for saving 506 lives last year. each life saved was special – thank you.
If you go down in the sea today, you’re sure of a big surprise
If you go down in the sea today, you’d better go in disguise
For every turd that ever there was
Will gather there for certain because
Today’s the day water companies issue their profits
Every child who’s ever been good is sure of a treat today
There’s lots of floating things to eat and wonderful diseases to catch
Beneath the waves where nobody sees
They’ll hide and seek as long as they please
That’s the way the water companies have their picnic
Picnic time for holiday makers
The little children are having a lovely time today
Watch them, catch them unawares
And see them share the sea on their holiday
See them gaily gad about
They love to play and shout
They never have any cares
At six o’clock their mummies and daddies
Will take them back home to bed
and treat the vomit and shits that come about
If you go down in the sea today, you’d better not go alone
It’s lovely down in the sea today, but safer to stay at home
For every turd that ever there was
Will gather there for certain because
Today’s the day the rich cats have their picnic
MY GARDEN
I there I hope you are well – too hot! I have the fan out!
I have just ordered some more roses as they seem to like it in the front garden. I think the chicory may be coming back! and I am waiting to see if the evening primrose reappears, lemon verbena seems to have died but I retain hope! Something had a roll around in the middle of my raspberries last night, not sure what, the blackbird seems to see it as a McD’s – but fair play to it. Purple Loostrife has now been planted out. Tomatoes and chillies seem to be doing ok. Raspberries are being raided by a blackbird – fair play to him! Neighboirs seems to be cutting their grass less often! I hope it continues!
I am still cooking – I am still striving for a personable ciabatta ! or baguette! Doing bean sprouts at the moment!
Maz is signed on for teacher training, Martin still doing electrics and Tams has a new enterprise. https://tyldatents.co.uk
DAILY MAIL
Oh dear, they do not know which way to turn. Record numbers of small boats is Starmers fault who is also now an ecoterrorist due to his opposition of their anti-democratic Public Order Bill. Nadine Dorries claims that her poverty at birth has prevented from being selected for the HoL she ignores the fact that the founder of the Big Issue is a Lord – maybe she was deemed just too stupid? However the nominations by Johnson create an excellent case for urgent reform of the whole situation. The Express leads with Boris will be back in frontline politics, they have obviously considered the average age and the IQ of their readership and could not see which was highest!
Polling in key seats show that just 12% want lower taxes and reduced public services whilst 36% want the opposite. Johnson and supporters should note – as should Starmer!
WEATHER
The dry spell continues, my 350ltrs of water butts have nearly run dry. But some floods around with convectional storms. Do planning authorities and the water boards actually have any AI – no not artificial intelligence – but AI – actual intelligence. Covering green sites with concrete reduces infiltration, increases convection and temperatures, speeds up runoff. We need urban planting, replacing impermeable surfaces like parking spaces with permeable grids, more street trees and roof gardens. It is common sense
GONE
We are glad to see the back of him. Dorries is incoherent with anger at not getting a peerage. Farage is negotiating for BlowJo to join his Party and says 15 or so other MP’s could join them. Can the priveleges committee name the MP’s who went on TV and Radio and repeated the lies that they had been fed by Johnson and the Cabinet Office.
Sunak should do a Guadiola (if you do not like my tactics – leave!). If 15 MP’s leave it will not dent the tory majority and they are hardly likely to side with Labour on anything! Would any of them win an election for Respect? Unlikely as the conservative vote would be split. The Daily Fail does not know what to do – attacking Starmer for opposing the oppressive Public Order Bill stating that he is siding with eco-terrorists (If only he would!).
The 3 bye-elections are interesting. Johnsons seat in Uxbridge should go Labour, Dorries Mid-Bedfordshire seat should remain tory but LibDems have an outside chance, Selby and Ainsty should remain Tory with Labour in with a chance. All 3 could claim a victory of sorts with a variety of results. Tories will be happy to retain one, Labour will claim success with one and the LibDems the same! Overall Labour will need to look at their share of the vote in what are Tory strongholds – have the Lib-Dems made inroads in the blue areas? Can Sinak gain any solace?
Time for Sunak to put his long trousers on and become a leader. He was talking about AI with Biden last week, time to be talking Actual Intelligence!
Meanwhile Canada is still burning and the sparks seem to have reached Scotland with wild fires developing. Climate change – where? But Sturgeon in trouble “no smoke without fire”. Has she become a victim of the “In power for too long brigade which has Thatcher and Blair and key members”?
DOUGHNUT ECONOMICS
Interesting to see a new look at our perilous economic position. It totally debunks liberal capitalism and the need for growth. To occur will require a massive disruption of the economic and thus political systems. More seriously what can we do to bring about change when the economic and political systems are dominated and protected by wealthy corporations and their supporters. Both the social and environmental boundaries are theoretically achievable but look unobtainable despite all the warniings by thousands of climate scientists and environmental models. The last being the disruption in ocean temperatures. In the western world with the media controlled amnd manipulated by the rich and wealthy leaving protesters the only option of physical disruption by groups of protesters like Just Stop OIL and Extinction Rebellion.
A court of law that was equitable and fair would look at the protest, the climate change, the stupidity of governments and award the protesters damages not lock them up! “You prevented my wife from getting to the shops, and that deserves a prison sentence “-I have heard people say they would throw away the key! But there will need to be a bigger disruption than they can muster to disrupt the system. I doubt that it can be done peacefully, we have seen how desperate the rich and powerful like Johnson, Trump, JR-M will use anything to retain their position.
Even the war in Ukraine has had little effect. Countries like the UK with massive potential for clean power generation are using the war as an excuse to open more oil well in the seas around us. Electric cars do not come without environmental and social cost (Cobalt mines in the Congo), perhaps we all need to have better more affordable public transport Cost of running a car is £5-6000 per year – transfer most of that to public transport and we could have virtually free buses and trains.
Basically we need to live within the constraints of the doughnut – something I am not sure Conservatives (free market) or Labour (basically the same with modifications) would agree with?
DISARRAY
Senior tories calling for Johnson to be banned from standing in the future, JR-M calling for him to be allowed to stand asap, and the Sun leads on Marcus Rashford splitting up with his girl friend! This could run for ages! But if full report is published on Monday we will have a clearer picture. The Mirror calls for a general election.
ODE TO JOY
Not one but two egocenric narcissist liars go down on the same day. Trump facing criminal charges whilst Johnson resigns before being sacked as an MP. His constituents will not miss him as he has been absent without leave for the past year, missong 192 votes in the HoC. I suspect that this is the begining of Johnson’s troubles, not the end. The Covid Inquiry will surely reveal more cases of incompetence and wrong doing. He seemed to imply that he would be back – I would be very surprised if even his most ardent supporters can mis-read public opinion that he is a liar and not to be trusted. The chutzpah and aura that led him in the Brexit Campaign and GE victory have long since metamorphised into nightmares. Brexit is a complete failure. Every new Minister announces that they will correct the errors made by Conservative Governments.
Johnson should not be allowed to dispense honours- he has been found guilty of lying and dishonesty. by his peers, and should not be able to create new ones! Oh, yeah, and Dorries has gone – are there more to follow?
Meanwhile Starmer announced a pull back on its Green Policies. This is not surprising given the financial black hole which the Conservatives will leave behind. However he does need to make firm commitments in this area if he is to avoid a serious swing to te LibDems and Greens in many areas.
Trump faces Federal Criminal Charges – which experts believe are sure to succeed. Trump responds just like Johnson – “They are picking on me – I am so perfect I cannot have broken any laws”. Of more concern is the donations to his presidential campaign due to the indictment – let us hope that not all Americans are this stupid (although there seems to be a lot of them!
FFS GET REAL ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE
Canada has the worst wild fires at the moment 1400% up on last year. New York is making 1million masks available for use, free in public buildings due to the air pollution. Time to change from growth to sustainability in economic policies. This summer may bring a new reality to food production and sustainability. The knuckle draggers may not like “Just stop oil” but will be proved to be as neathderthal as they look and behave.