.. Alan Whicker

Lynsey Hoyle the speaker of the House of Commons, racking up a bill of £275k on trips abroad at the expense of the taxpayer, apparently 19 trips since October 22', on one occasion a bill for nearly 16k on business class seats for himself and two of his staff, absolutely disgraceful waste of taxpayers money, who do these people think they are FFS.

Funk. Where rhythm is life and life is rhythm, man.
Here the tropically sensuous beat makes you wanna do things most self respecting people could be arrested for.
It's not uncommon to find yourself throwing caution to the wind, and yourself to the floor.
The heat and excitement is somewhat reminiscent of a Calcutta sauna

Here today (Here today), groove away (Groove away)
Feel the beat (Feel the beat), it's so neat (It's so neat)
Hit the town (Hit the town), and party down (Party down)
Where it's at, laid back (Laid back)
What's goin' on brother (Not a heck of a whole lot)
Love one and another (Hmhm)
One nation under a groove (Under a what?)
This is some of the lingua franca of the funk business
And people come from miles around
With almost religious devotion to get on down

The wikka wrap is what it is, gotta get interviews
The wikka wrap is what it is, just gotta get interviews

As you can see it's all too easy to get wrapped up in the kaleidoscope of sounds
The hand claps and the bass throb erotically and the piano tinkles invitingly like so much crushed ice into a dry martini
Utterly far out, man
It don't matter if the lyrics don't scan
You bad mother- (Shut your mouth)
They may say, but you know, the right way (Woo-woo)
Strut your stuff (Strut your stuff), take the smooth (Take the smooth), with the groove (With the groove)
Get on down (Get on down), yes party down (Party down)
Get laid back with your bad self one time

In the last few years, funk has become an industry (Woo-woo)
And one thing's for sure, this industry is full of funk (Woo-woo)
So as they say here, everybody say woah (Whoa)
I said woah (Whoa), thank you
So fundamentally it's a question of moving your wings (Move your wheels) making your deals (Make your deals)
You know how good it feels
Walk along, proud and tall, because the writings on the wall
Walk long, proud and tall, cause the writing's off the wall
Shake your booty, do it all, have yourself a good time
Good times, we all have good times, leave your cares behind
1, 2, 3, 4, get your woman on the floor
You've gotta get up to get down, so really go to town
Don't stop til you get enough, wanna rock with you and shake your stuff
Boogie nights where it's alright, ring my bell it's out of sight

So there you have it
A society within a society, a world within a world
Where words are the music of life and life is the music of words
And where the southern freeze is not a cold day in Bournemouth
This is a place where good roots don't grow on trees
Love it, hate it but you can't ignore it
Here good is bad and bad is about as good as you can possibly get

[quote="Mr Irrelevant"]
The heat and excitement is somewhat reminiscent of a Calcutta sauna


Or Bombay Grove - Summer of '76

Our deputy PM raving behind the DJ booth in Ibiza tops the lot.What a mover groover!!

At least Whicker was working, I wonder what Hoyle was up to? Personally I think people who fly, say more than 5 times a year, should be taxed more. Sadly we now live in a world where politicians fly around in private jets to summits and conferences on climate change, no doubt eating endangered animals as they waffle on at taxpayers expense.

I always liked the line of Alan Wicker when he was on a cruise liner.

"You sit back and we move the scenery"

Pure class.

I understand on all four occasions, he was visiting the University of Gibraltar as he holds some position there…..but if it’s not Government business I think it only fair you pay for yourself.

I like him...have for years. So there.

Oh cheers Mutters.

I like him too, but if it’s private business you pay for yourself.