It must be the lunar cycle...

The crackpot tendency has taken over The Times.

Here:

"IT IS Winnie the Pooh’s fault. The cult of sentimentality inspired by the bear of little brain is a threat to an important military tradition: the bearskin, as worn by the Brigade of Guards. A Labour MP, Chris Mullin, is leading a campaign to force the Guards to use artificial fabric.
He claims that the bearskin has no military value. That is nonsense."

and here:

"So if you don’t like Tesco’s food or its arrogant behaviour in the high streets, the answer is quite simple: stop shopping in Tesco stores and persuade your friends to do the same. If enough people felt the same way and were willing to pay a small extra price to preserve the diversity of their high streets by boycotting Tesco, the message would pretty soon get through."

and here:

"Mr Brandreth also lavished praise in The Spectator on Prince Edward, whom he interviewed at Buckingham Palace for the two films, which are being edited. He wrote: “On past experience, I’d written off Edward as a bit of a whingeing wimp. On this occasion, I found him wholly engaging — funny, friendly, unstuffy. Edward is said to be his parents’ favourite son. I can believe it.”