Robert McNeil: Bearded personality deals out the bleedin' obvious in state of the nation address

Published Date: 04 July 2008 NOEL Edmonds has spoken out! Yes, the situation in the United Kingdom – wot with crime, the credit crunch and everything – has become so serious that the bearded personality has no longer been able to contain himself. He has itemised "what's wrong with the country" in a shattering indictment of evil that should see the end of Broon's despotic rule by the weekend. Addressing reporters in his garden shed, Mr Edmonds declared: "Something in our society has happened and someone needs to do something about it." And yesterday, one senior judge said: "Something, eh? Someone, you say?" As families fled for cov er, Mr Edmonds identified one of the many something's wrong with this Chlamydia-addled country: politicians. Leading experts were stunned by this daring and original analysis. Here was somebody... [read full story]