I see the film award season is now in full swing (does it ever stop) and it's a good way of maintaining popularity for what are a generally speaking coke-snorting, wife-beating, sexually promiscuous bunch of ne'er-do-wells

So I'm writing off to Kofi Ann An suggesting we do something similar for politicians. Have Premier of the year (Sharon would get a good sympathy vote), Most Promising Newcomer (Harper wouldn't even make the short-list) and Lifetime Award (Thatcher before she pegs it)

Of course, I would have picked up several best-supporting awards during the 90's. It would have been all the more satisfying as my predecessor would have left home empty-handed year after year

Anyways, I saw the Oscar favourite, BrokeBack Mountain the other day. Nice scenery but the storyline didn't gel. It was about a couple of typically-married cowboys who met up for a fishing trip once a year. They played the strong silent types but then got incongrously over-affectionate on their annual trysts. Seemed a bit queer

Also one of them dies near the end. His wife clearly states that it was an accident whilst fixing a tyre but then the visuals show him being attacked and killed for no apparant reason. An alternative scene that should have been spotted before it went on general release

No Oscar for editing - that's for sure