Navy socks and TV bollocks

You might have thought that the purchasing of a pair of plain navy socks would be easy but apparently not.

In the week I went to the flagship John Lewis store in Oxford St as I like their menswear department with the object of acquiring some navy socks.

Amongst the multi-coloured pairs I could only find 3 pairs of navy socks branded by Calvin Klein.

I have an aversion to basic items like underpants or socks being branded by a high end clothes designer like Calvin Klein as you are paying for the name not the quality. The description on the packaging was a one size “Cotton Coolmax Blend moisture wicking” whatever that might mean.

To my horror when I tried them on back home the sock did not cover the ankle. Were I to wear them with shoes that area above the ankle would be exposed. They were not fit for purpose.

Unlike Arthur Nelson I managed to watch 30 minutes of the TV debate last night.

Years ago when I was doing work for a professional body we had a day’s media training course. It was explained to us that in an interview arrive with the intention of getting 4 points over and be pleased if you can get two across.

The interviewer knows this and does his/ her best to pin the subject down. Jeremy Corbyn’s mission was to expose the injustice of austerity (even though debt is running at 85% of GNP with difficult times ahead) and Boris Johnson wants to get Brexit done even though the withdrawal agreement is just the start not its conclusion.

Julie Etchingham constantly interrupted.

As with Emily Maitlis’ interview with Prince Andrew, who appears to be the only one not to realise he made a colossal twit of himself and would have done much better to keep schtumm, it’s a great launch pad for bigger and better gigs in the media for the career of Ms Etchingham and not necessarily in the UK.

So everyone on the platform has their own agenda and with Corbyn refusing to identify his policy on Brexit, the public are none the wiser afterwards.

Often a little thing in such debates is remembered longest like Richard Nixon’s five o’clock shadow when debating with John Kennedy and possibly Jeremy Corbyn’s glasses sliding down his nose and needing replacement was that.