Brexit – enter
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THE Incredible Hulk – the Marvell Comics cartoon character – joins the Brexit negotiations. He was invoked by British prime minister Boris Johnson at the weekend.
"The madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets," Johnson told the Mail on Sunday. Britain would certainly leave the EU by October 31.
The Incredible Hunk is a green giant of immense destructive strength. The cartoonists have had a field day, one showing the giant wrecking the Houses of Parliament.
Johnson certainly needs all the help he can get. Today the Supreme Court sits to consider a ruling by Scotland's highest court that his prorogation of parliament was unlawful.
Parliament has passed a law requiring that if no deal with the EU is achieved, he has to apply for an extension of the October 31 deadline.
He has lost six consecutive votes in the House of Commons.
Perhaps Bojo needs more than The Incredible Hulk. Superman, The Incredible Spider-Man, Batman and Desperate Dan are standing by.
Another Jock
MANY readers will remember master cartoonist Jock Leyden who entertained this province – and far further afield at times - over many decades.
He covered everything from cricket, rugby, football and tennis to motor racing to the theatre to politics to war (World War II). And much besides.
Two of his originals hang in Buckingham Palace, one in Blenheim Palace, one in the Pentagon. He received a papal medal for his work. Also Freedom of the City of Durban.
A clubhouse at Kingsmead – the Mynahs – is named after his cricketing Indian mynah characters. At King's Park, the KZN Rugby Union HQ is plastered with Jock's cartoons.
Jock was ambidextrous. He could draw with both hands simultaneously. His little signature box beneath his cartoons was always drawn with his left hand from right to left.
When he died, some years ago now, Jock left a void. But suddenly Durban has a new Jock Leyden.
Jock's son Murray tells me his (Murray's) grandson was born three weeks ago and is to be named Jock, after his great-granddad.
Jock Leyden II. This baby needs to be watched carefully for ambidextrous talents. He must be allowed to scribble on any wall he chooses. He must be nurtured, encouraged. Durban could do with another genius cartoonist.
Harbinger?
INVESTMENT analyst Dr James Greener speculates in his latest grumpy newsletter whether a slight strengthening of the currency, as well as share and bond prices, could be a harbinger of the Boks bringing home the World Cup?
"Business confidence has gone the other way but maybe that's because companies suspect that productivity is going to plunge with kick-off times in working hours.
"As others have remarked, it is astonishing just how unaffected the markets are by what those of us who follow 'social media' feel is a huge wave of lawlessness swamping the country. The racist violent attacks on foreigners who have swarmed into our country to fill niches and make a living where locals can't be bothered, is terrible.
"It would be useful for all South Africans if our borders were not so porous, while simultaneously the formal immigration process was not so tardy and asinine."
Tailpiece
NERO was talking to his financial advisers in a Roman amphitheatre.
"Why aren't we making more money from this building?"
"Because the lions are eating up all the prophets."
Last word
USA Today has come out with a new survey - apparently, three out of every four people make up 75% of the population. - David Letterman
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