It needs saying, so I'll say it!

All that to endure, plus a very worn audio clip of Gerry Marsden singing a line or two from Ferry Across the Mersey. OK, I didn't mind the song snippet really. It is a good song with a lovely humane lyric.
But honestly, the whole Mersey Ferries experience is cheesy. It has absolutely no class. It shames Liverpool rather than enhances the city's reputation.
What is the point of keeping the Mersey Ferries going in their current form? They certainly don't deserve the title "ferries" any more.

AND why is it so hard in Merseyside to find a bar / restaurant that isn't part of some evil chain?
Chain restaurants always rip you off - and their food portions are way too small. The Albert Dock in Liverpool is full of plastic, over-designed corporate bars run by the greedy running dogs of international capitalism.
Where are all the indie bars and restaurants? I mean, apart from the handful in Lark Lane and around Bold Street...
I dined at the dock recently with a friend from Liverpool and Posh Boots. The portions were tiny and expensive. After two courses, I needed a bag of crisps and a slab of chocolate cake when I got home just to fill me up.
I'm not going to reveal the name of the offending chain "restaurant", for the simple reasons that when I complained about the stingy portions the waitress proved, in fact, to be a generous-spirited individual.
She agreed with me that a hatefully rigid portion control was enforced by the chain that owned the place ... her employers.
And she gave me a special promotional discount by way of apology. I don't know whether she was really supposed to do that, which is why I am not naming that particular ghastly food shack. I wouldn't want to get her into trouble.
The waitress' actions restored my faith in Scouse humanity and generosity, however. The city that gave the word "eat up, yer at yer auntie's" should have nothing to do with small portions.

FINALLY, how can Wirral Council possibly justify its sponsorship of Tranmere Rovers?
Most football fans on the Wirral are Reds or Bitter Blues in any case - they certainly don't care about Tranmere.
It's a waste of public money and it is utterly naff to have a council logo appear on the shirts.
Rovers will find their association with this despised council - known locally as the "Death Star" - will bring them nothing but bad luck.