Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news

MP Cat Eccles has complains about the rudeness of traffic wardens in her Stourbridge constituency, saying she has witnessed them blatantly breaking the rules they enforce, and swearing at members of the public.

And some bears, who live in the woods, don't always put the toilet seat down when they've finished.

I've always assumed that traffic wardens are sent to some kind of training school, where they are taught how to be rude and petty-minded. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if its not a graduate occupation these days, charging 10 grand a year for lessons in how to lick pencils.

But then again, who in their right mind would do the job if they didn't already possess these qualities in abundance? I remember that fly-on-the-wall series about them in the 90s, where one of them spoke about the buzz he got from catching people for infringements.

As far as I'm concerned, a good traffic warden is an unemployed traffic........

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