People in the news

Profumo's gone then. I'd forgotten he was Minister for War. What a lovely title. One of the few times I remember being lost for words was when I called a mate and he picked up the telephone and said "War Office. You want a fight?". Why don't we have a Minister for War and a War Office nowadays? Apart, that is, from Tony Bliar and 10 Downing Street.
And Maxwell just won't go away will he? Despite having been dead for 15 years or so. The latest scandal is that he shot a German in the war. Someone apparently took exception to his account of this in his autobiography and reported him to the police. I know Maxwell was Hungarian, but did he really write something in his autobiography which was effectively an admission of murder? The story goes he was attacked by a tank. Did he try the old "Stop shooting or the mayor gets it." ploy? The police eventually decided not to proceed with the matter. Perhaps the mayor was carrying a table leg, or looked a bit Brazilian.
And Wayne Rooney is being paid five million for the first twelve years of his autobiography. He is quoted as saying " ... the books will contain some 'surprises' ... " What - like a properly constructed sentence? I can see it now - in fifteen years someone will be reporting him to the police for misuse of a comma. Or perhaps even for admitting to the occasional deliberate foul or two.
And, finally, Michael Jackson has stopped paying for his Neverland Ranch, because he's no longer living there. He moved to Bahrain after being acquitted of being a paedo. Is he doing a Glitter? Do they have sharia law in Bahrain? Is he being a good boy? Goodness knows what they might cut off. I also wonder what their reaction might be to his 'singing' and 'dancing'. Anything which brings these to an abrupt end is fine by me.