Matthew Parris being a bit of a knob

[Adrian]

I can't believe I'm doing this - but I feel that I have to defend Mr Parris.

OK - he's a knob, but frankly the idea that you shouldn't be able to swim in the Thames (or across the Thames) is daft.  The PLA spokesperson is being a bit of a spoilsport knob.

Frankly, we should be reclaiming our rivers and streams just as we are reclaiming our roads.

I agree with this as well. It was the not knowing the difference between BST and GMT, compounded by just not noticing that the water wasn't slack, which made this look like knobbery to me.

[Greenbank]

The Port of London Authority's Mr Snelson said the Thames in London was "lethal".

I'm surprised he, and his friend, survived if that's the case.

Maybe he wanted to say "literally lethal"?

[itsbruce]

Maybe he wanted to say "literally lethal"?

To give us something to complain about in the grammar thread, you mean?