Davey is a Pie, announced dead and EA boss Dilley resigns

Some funny Davey is a Pie images on social media

The UK Labour party and its leader Jeremy Corbyn have been having a tough old time recently and some in the mainstream media have been having a field day.

But Monday there are a couple of light-relief political news stories that are less Corbyn and Labour centric and one odd news update.

David Cameron's death announced in error

We all hate to make mistakes at work so imagine how HEART FM DJ Fiona Winchester felt when she was reading today's 8.30am headlines on air and announced "David Cameron has died'."

She quickly recovered and corrected the announcement which read "David Bowie has died."

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But in those few seconds her listeners would have experienced a wave of emotions including glee, happiness, sadness, fear and more; the response would probably depend on age and political affiliations.

Davey is a pie

But Sunday a tweet on Jeremy Corbyn's twitter account reading "Davey is a Pie" was cause for much laughter.

There were claims that Mr Corbyn's Twitter account had been hacked or hijacked but it could have been something as simple as a person gaining access to his smartphone or IPad even briefly.

As is the 21st Century British way the humour was not all good-natured as you can see from the image posted over from the Mail Online.

But Davey is a pie caught the imagination of many on social media and it was fun to see some of the images and memes with captions such as Life of Pie linked with UK PM David Cameron.

On a negative note it is yet another person undermining Mr Corbyn, who could be the country's PM in 2020.

Bronzed Environment Agency Boss Resigns After Floods

Last week Environment Agency Boss Sir Philip Dilley has resigned after he was hauled over the coals last week for sticking with his holiday in Barbados during the UK Christmas floods.

Initially there were lies and it was denied he was in Barbados but ultimately the truth was out. He was enjoying getting tanned as huge parts of the north of England Scotland succumbed to severe flooding; homes and businesses were lost and he was on vacation.

Dilley was not happy at how he was reported in the media and had this to say:

Social media responds to Davey is a Pie Tweet

Was this the hacker? lol

"My reason for resigning is that the expectations of the role have expanded to require the chairman to be available at short notice throughout the year, irrespective of routine arrangements for deputy and executive cover.

"In my view this is inappropriate in a part-time non-executive position, and this is something I am unable to deliver. [ a £100,000-a-year role ]

"Furthermore the media scrutiny focused on me is diverting attention from the real issue of helping those whose homes and businesses have flooded, as well as the important matter of delivering a long-term flood defence strategy.
"This same media attention has also affected and intruded on my immediate family, which I find unacceptable.

"I want to be clear that I have not made any untrue or misleading statements, apart from approving the statement about my location over Christmas that in hindsight could have been clearer."

Dilley's wife is from Jamaica but initially he claimed she is from Barbados.

But however you look at it people suffering loss of homes and businesses were left without a pot to you know what in and a lack of support; that is not acceptable especially from a man being paid £100,000 a year for a part-time role.

And while we are at it how come he was paid more than an MP?

Will there be a generous pay out for his resignation?