Insidious

A corrupt, archaic and bureaucratic oligarchy, with a long record of repression towards its citizens and international dirty dealing, has been warned against tactlessness by the Heathen Chinee. It has been argued that the recent economic boom among the Heathen Chinee was based on disregard for social and environmental problems and the imposition of working conditions which the Minister for Health and News Corporation would like to bestow upon Britain's junior doctors. The Osbornomic miracle, by contrast, has been based on everybody being in the green crap together. Accordingly, the Bullingdons have been busily sucking up to Beijing and trying to keep a lid on the Dalai Lama and the slant-eye jokes, because Britain desperately needs Chinese investment in nuclear power in order to compensate for the shortage of wind and waves which is characteristic of an archipelago in the North Atlantic. To help pave the way for a mutually gracious and profitable relationship, the Great Britain China Centre announced the appointment to its presidency of the veteran crook, Lord Mandelbrot the Infinitely Recurring, who replaces a dead sheep.