CROWD-FARMING

I am singing the praises of this organisation. Fresh organic fruit and produce straight from the farmer. Crowd-farming. I have bought avocado, lemons, clementines, olive oil, fruit juice, onions – all have been wonderful.

UKRAINE REFUGEES

Ashamed to be British – again! Priti nasty Patel is apparently asking refugees how long they plan to stay? She obviously does not read the papers and is unaware of the war. Why can we not just welcome them – kick out a few nasty oligarchs (which tis all of them by definition) and convert the mansions into housing for refugees. Oh but that would mean other Conservative party donors have refugees living next to them – how distasteful (especially as their donations were to keep migrants out). And Johnson is banking on the war ending before kicking them out, or at least allowing them to sell to suitable people!!!

GEOGRAPHY

Looking at a map of the world one is taken by the sheer size of Russia, and add in friendly countries like the ‘stan’s’ it is even larger. However it is also noticeable that its coastal boundaries are away from most trade routes. With Turkey having closed the Bosphorus to the Russian Navy and the Skagerrak being controlled by EU countries Russia will be increasingly dependant on Arctic waters and the North Pacific – both remote from the centres of population and industry.

COMEDY TIME

Williamson gets a knighthood for being very useless in a cabinet of uselessness. Oligarchs given more time to shift resources. This countries government is a pathetic and humiliating joke.

CHELSKI

So Abramovich wants to sell Chelski. I cannot quite understand how he could do this and pocket the money if sanctions are in place – but maybe they are not in place? The supposed prospective buyers are Hansjorg Wyss and Todd Boehly who seem to be the antithesis of Roman Abramovich. Presumably the Prime Minister will have recovered from the shambles that was PMQ’s yesterday and will name those Russians who do not have dirty money – although it has been pointed out that any money given to political parties to influence policy is dirty. (I guess this includes Trade Unions so a different system of funding needs to be found?).

PUTIN

The long game. Putin almost certainly has the ability and fire power to achieve at least a partial victory in military terms. Whether he can allocate enough troops to maintain any victories is doubtful. So annexation of Eastern Provinces is likely. The capture and murder of the Ukrainian President would probably be counterproductive in the long run.

AVOCADO RECIPES

Ok – toast is easy option. I am trying something different here

2 chopped avocado, chopped tomatoes, chopped cucumber, chopped red onion, dried tomatoes, crushed garlic, sweet corn, shellfish, all in a olive oil and basalmic vinegar dressing then maybe a flat bread. Then maybe a touch of chilli or smoked paprika?

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