I actually love that someone, hopefully children, have sussed out how to produce a false positive Covid test. I know I should not be pleased at this, but as the test is pretty useless anyway, it is good to see inventiveness coming through! Video.
BUY A WOOLLEN JUMPER
Whilst New York is fitting air purifiers in every classroom, and Belgium is fitting CO2 monitors in public buildings, our wonderful government thinks rhetoric will ventilate our schools and public buildings. So my recommendation for the winter will be to buy extra layers to keep warm – bamboo t-shirts are wonderfully soft, nice woolly jumpers (we have a glut of wool in the Uk, and throw open those windows!
WE NOT I
So Sunak, Whateley and Jenrick have all publicly stated that they will drop wearing the mask asap. This basically sums up the nasty party. Wearing a mask protects others rather than oneself. So obviously a party of self righteous egoists would drop them as fast as they can, whilst being led by a liar and someone for whom personal responsibility seems to have been surgically removed.
ENGLAND FOOTBALL TEAM
Whatever the result tonight I am in awe of the team. The unity shown, the social awareness (taking the knee), the humility they show from the the manager to the support team. Whilst the government goes out of its way to be divisive, this team truly represents the England I want to be part of.
WILLIAMSON SETS OUT BID TO BECOME PM.
With a statement that basically said nothing new, and answering questions in the house with even less information Gav set out his stall to become PM when Mr.Bozo gets tired of playing the game!
COVID
BASIL
IDEOLOGY RULES!
Sajid Javid says we have got to find ways to cope with Covid. I agree! What he did not do was spell out what these ways will be? Jenprick seems to think we can rely on common sense when the cabinet members themselves show no restraint. All this in a week where the retail sector has reported over 100.000 assets on staff members during the last year – are the common sense of the great British public! Hospital and medical staff are assaulted on a daily basis.
THANK YOU DAY
Oh please, I would be more excited about a Fuck Off Day – why does every campaign need a day. Christmas Day and Birthdays were the exciting ones in the calendar, now we have so many I guess they will have to split them into morning, afternoon, evening and night. I will celebrate the night ones by sleeping. And a f**k off day would be fun if targeted at organisations rather than people!
WEATHER
Excellent. Perhaps not usual July weather, but wet and cool. My water butts are full, I am saved an hour or two of watering and all my new plants seem to be thriving. The forecast is for a bit of heat wave later in the month so I look forward to enjoying the best of the British weather at its best, providing a little of something for everyone.
My tomatoes are nearly ready for ripening (I have picked 3 so far) but my next job is drying herbs and putting in jars, jam making, then sun dried tomatoes.