Radiopussy

You know, I used to be a skeptic regarding global warming, but I'll admit, my little part of the earth has shown severe climate change since Radiohead's Thom Yorke contemplated meeting with Tony Blair over global warming. Of course, that was back in October. And now, halfway around the sun later, Yorke chickens out, big time:


"It was like talking to Blair's spin doctors. It was all getting weird. It was just obvious there was no point in meeting him anyway, and I didn't want to.

"That was the illest I'd ever got. I got so stressed out and so freaked out about it. Initially when it came up I tried to be pragmatic. But Blair has no environmental credentials as far as I'm concerned.

"I came out of that whole period just thinking, I don't want to get involved directly, it's poison. I'll just shout my mouth off from the sidelines. [Editor's Note: Thanks, Thom. We just don't get enough of that these days, do we now?]

"It's a nasty business. It's up to people with pure integrity who know what they're talking about, like Friends of the Earth."

The best part is, all the headlines are reading, "Radiohead Singer "Snubs" Blair"...as if the PM were waiting by the front door of 10 Downing with an autograph pen and a copy of The Bends.

Now the truth can be told: not only does Punxsutawney Phil have better environmental credentials than Thom Yorke...at least he's got the balls to stick his head out now and then.