I awoke this morning not to the soothing sound of John Humphrys voice, but to the rasping trombone solo of the theme to “Monte Carlo or Bust”. Yes; the BBC News team are all on strike, and so instead they were repeating old episodes of I’m Sorry, I Haven’t A Clue instead. Which, frankly, is a much better idea and much more entertaining than hearing politicians worm their way out of questions – which is fun, but gets old really quickly.

The slow news day has spread to the BBC News website, too. As evidenced by the fact that they’re reporting on a new American (it had to be, really) diet called The Jesus Diet – apparently, we should all be eating unleavened bread, drinking red wine and not eating meat more than once a month. And it’s not just for our physical health; oh no, by following the Jesus Diet, you’re bringing yourself further into line with God’s Will and therefor buying yourself a shortcut ticket to heaven. Dr Colbert’s website is fantastic, and well worth a browse around if religious fruitcakes (no pun intended) are your thing.

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