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A tidy garden is a sterile one. Leave some stinging nettles for our most popular butterflies for whom it is their only food (Peacock, Small Tortishell, Red Admiral, and Painted Lady) and several moths too.. And should you be lucky enough to have wild thistles with their magnificent heads, they are food for paineted lady butterflies and later in the year their dried stems provide protection for over wintering insects and their larvae. Add a few rotting logs under a bush and see what happens. My neighbours lawns are nicely trimmed and as interesting as a wall of drying paint!

It is hardly a wildlife haven but a couple of bees and a small white and a skipper butterflies on the chickory.

Fires are now alight all the way around the Mediterranean. From Spain to Lebanon to Algeria and Morocco. Shapps says government will ‘max out North Sea oil and gas’ whilst Gove talks about the need to ‘stop an environbmental crusade’. Goldsmith – arch Brexiteer admits that this government has used Brexit to do the wrong things regarding the environment.

Meanwhile the Daily Express continues to. fuel Frages ego-trip rather than admit that tye public do not give a shit as to whether the shit has a Coutt’s bank account or not, and the Daily Mail is trying to fuel hatred at lawyers representing asylum seekers.

A reprot in the Guardian states claims that Toyota have made a breakthrough with a solid state battery for cars. A range of 745 miles, charge in 10 minutes, half the weight and half the cost. They claim it could be in production in 4 years. It would be a real game changer and could impact on plans for ‘super battery factories’ on the UK. If it also worked with domestic electricity and solar panels it could cut many peoples energy bills to almost zero.

Meanwhile the government proposes to drop £11.6bn pledge to world climate fund. And the WMO states that El Nino is likely to cause extreme temperatures and weather events over the next couple of years. Thus the likelyhood increases of more climate refugees – and we know how the government has a viscreal dislike of refugees. Tackling the climate crisis is not optional, it is not even futuristic. However it is discrimatory between rich and poor. The rich continue to fly their private planes and helicopters with impunity, have central heating and air conditioning without concern for their energy bills. islanders on Tuvalu may have to leave the island sooner than expected as sea levels and storms increase. The poor in the vulnerable countries have no home insurance to compensate them for floods, earth slides, droughts. And the rich British Government will turn a blind eye to their plight. At least boris wanted to be liked – Sunak shows no compassion, understanding or empathy, just a love of money and power.

How Johnson can write such crap? My comments about the sub were purely mine, although maybe I have leftist DNA? BORIS JOHNSON: Lefties sneer. But those brave souls on the submarine died in a cause – pushing out the frontiers of human knowledge – that’s typically British and that fills me with pride Pushing out the frontiers of human knowledge? Brave? What is he on? He obviously does not know the boundary between excessively riched and privileged; and egoistic and selfish! As for the frontiers of human knowledge, there is nothing hew to see down there, just a macarbre sight of a mass rave. As for the “lefties sneer” – what does he mean? That most normal people can think of better ways of spending £250000 but sneering was not a thing I saw?

The thing that is Johnson is a horrible spectre of the worst of humanity.

The Met Police are considering the video? How much fucking evidence do they need? Video with sound that acknowledges that they were breaking lockdown rules – and then Johnson awards some gongs to some of them! So mich shit around! especially around our shores where Scarborough and Blackpool have advised against swimming. The government has estimated the cost in £billions and the time in decades. I would give companies 3 years or be privatised with no cost to the public. We would see things happen fast!

Meanwhile it seems that many Tory MP’s will abstain from their democratic duty to recommend the findings of the Priviledges Committee – just who do they represent? Surely the rules of Parliament should be sacrosanct? Whilst on about the liar-in-chief it seems that ‘red wall’ MP’s are at the forefront of Johnson supporting MP’s – does this mean that people up north are still under the thrall of the liar? Thatcher destroyed their wealth and the present government have compounded their misery with a Brexit which has reduced incomes. Not all northerners are as thick as Nadime Dorries?????

Still dry with what has fallen evaporating quickly – there is a chance of a decent amount tomorrow – my water butts are empty – but as it is isolated showers they could miss us completely. Otherwise the garden is good. Purple chillies are looking good! and tomatoes forming, raspberries if I can get them before the blackbird does, I have a dunnock nesting in the peuple elderflower/rose bush. Herbs ok but I think the lemon verbena has not made it!

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

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”?

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.

It is still looking a bit scruffy! Thehage sage has had a die back but some californian poppies have reappeared. I am waiting to see if the evening primrose, lemon verbena and chickory reappear – I seem to remember them being late last year. Fennel is growing again and thyme is in flowers with the rosemary. Apricot tree seems to be doing ok and raspberries looking healthy, as are the stinging nettles! Forget-me-nots have appeared from no where and a healthy crop of dandelions. Yellow bush rose is flowering with the hot lips but the red rose is still just buds. In the back garden the wisteria and honeysuckle are the usual delight. June berry is growing tall, and budhlia growing, also some thistles. hanging baskets beginning to flower.

Regarding wildlife – very little! 2 butterflies (small tortishell) and a few bees but nothing of note since the sparrow hawk was seen above with what looked like a blackbird!