Month: February 2021

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WEATHER AND GARDEN

I think the cold spell is down to La Nina in the autumn! But the Met Office are annoying, sending out yellow warnings without there actually being anything to be concerned about. I think it is called crying wolf! or ‘fire’ or something!

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VACCINES

Wake up Mr Johnson! There are now 3 of your MP’s (Desmond Swayne, Andrew Bridgen, Adam Afriyie) who are linked to those spreading covid conspiracy theories and campaigning for fewer restrictions. . Act decisively for once and take the whip away from them and get them out of the party. Not acting will enable apologists to argue that he is frightened of taking action in case the truth comes out. we are already beginning to see signs of a backlash against vaccination. In some ways the easy part has been accomplished reasonably well, although reports of lower levels of vaccination in BAME communities is concerning.

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WEEKLY COVID STATS

A bit better


27.095.1119.115.1222.12
2.17.114.121.1284.2
N.Som31177304142153188256372411368239173
Cornw204790256679173324351258176157
Bristol46350480168153166217408491434306258
Chelmsf41911501095977518781058905573328247
Exeter28312816810211714414722629224412661
Braintre42581091045827099101160890552406303
Ply301502256392107219221295327208118
IoW10417829711102539161093647382226
Liverp516330276971381712426111048809516348
Manch
466372175173196208351483443329297
Sunderl274309412161155176267514274426326327
Newcas445284449156152139147235285284226174
Swanse
39723136874769640043127920211487
Cardiff
301156247678684460470362282168122
Glasgo
286275147146151194318400325258207
Aberdee
41586115817417127928423614880
Belfast
317213109140150225504486284229175
Newry
199118113244236256756808447306210
Sandf



82106201320320189226248
W.Bod



06262287788437387337
Lostwith



5599.8190308399381349417

All lower apart from Sandford and Lostwithiel! But apart from Aberdeen, Swansea and Exeter not getting low enough. On the 5 November lockdown 2 was announced – lots of areas still way above the level then.

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STATUES

I am sure that Captain Sir Tom Moore was a very nice chap and his actions certainly inspired others and led to donations of over £30 million to NHS charities. However calls for a statue would seem a little over the top? I say this for humour, so do not over react, but what he did was walk round his garden a few times! (Paraphrasing James Corbyn-SPOTY talking about Dame Kelly Holmes who won a medal for running around in a circle twice!).

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VACCINES – I BLAME ROBIN HOOD

Freedom to refuse to be vaccinated is a right – of sorts. But as long as there is a viable population for the virus to survive, ‘and mutate’, there is no chance of returning to ‘normal’. And then there is the question of how often we will need to be vaccinated.

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ROSEMARY THINS -PINK CAKE

This is an update on the recipe for the thins and PINK CAKE

1tbs chopped rosemary; 1/4tsp chillies flakes (or smoked paprika); 10 crushed Szechuan peppers; 100g flour; 100g cheese (I am using 50:50 cheddar and stilton); 1tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp salt; 100g butter (but I am also going to try replacing with 75ml olive oil); 2 cloves of garlic. An alternative is to replace rosemary with other herbs such as parsley and basil.

Roll into 4cm sausage and put into the freezer for 30 minutes and then slice and cook in preheated oven for 10-12 minutes at 180C.

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16000 supercars

Yes that is how many of these cars costing between £100000 and £1 million have been registered in the UK last year. I know I am a socialist, but surely this is a green light for Government to introduce a wealth tax to cut the deficit. Just taking this money away would raise £2 billion. Ed Sheeran paid £28.2 million in tax last year, I wonder how many of the bankers, etc. in the city paid anyway near as much.

And another thought – I wonder how many rich people are still flying around the world?