Everybody's favourite simian of conversation, George W. Bush, managed to crack a few wry smiles from audiences in Japan last night by making a joke about his country's super-sized contributions to world pollution levels. As a final sayonara to Japanese leaders the saucy Texan quipped, "Goodbye from the world’s greatest… read more…

When Westmonster first stumbled upon the confusing headline of "Bush contemplates writing memoir", we imagined an anthropomorphic and post-modern account of an unusually pensive species of flora: "I started life as a seed. Though my parents did their best to raise me, they seemed distant and emotionless, too rooted to… read more…

According to recent figures, MPs only get paid £61,820 a year. So stop complaining. The Guardian. China and Taiwan are to start talking again for the first time in a decade. BBC. The company responsible for computerising the NHS, Fujitsu, has lost it's contract to do so. BBC. It seems… read more…

In a pure moment of edification and spiritual insight, an old Chinese Master once looked upon the setting sun and said with profound awareness: Once a monkey starts masturbating it cannot stop. It was a wise and sagacious metaphor for the nature of human actions, something that has no… read more…