Mick would like to say a big thanks to his loyal readers over the last two years. I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I have had writing it.

Unfortunately it is not possible for me to continue writing satirical stories so I'm signing off whilst on a high. The decision to do so is mine and purely mine alone.

Many thanks to the members of opposition groups and council employees who have been very supportive of the basic idea behind muckspReading over the years even if they didn't like every joke and for your emails of support. A big wet raspberry to those with a collective sense of humour failure who haven't... I know who you are.

The stories will be edited down to a 'best of' compilation and left online, as well as a few of the supporting pages such as the Reading Traffic Sign writer.

Since muckspReading was set up, Reading now has a burgeoning local blog network so hopefully someone else will take up the mantle of poking fun at the pompous, the smug and the jobsworths of Reading and continue to expose lies and hypocrisy where they see it. Don't leave it to the press!