Interesting article in todays paper by John Harris. It suggests that clustering is taking place in previously fairly uniform voting areas. Cambridgeshire, Surrey and West Sussex have moved to the left (possibly due to migrants from London). Greens win in East Sussex, Gloucestershire and Kent. Whilst areas in the north have moved to the right. Or is the terminology of left and right out dated. Are people making economic decisions based on their situations, education and beliefs. Just as religion is virtually nonexistent in my world, so the discussions about veganpsm, organic food, poverty and food banks, the wealth gap and the obscenely rich have grown.
COVID 17 May
RHS BRIDGEWATER
A new 154 acre garden is opening in Salford. Admission £12.10 or £7.70 if you arrive by bike or on foot. Locals free on Tuesdays and GP’s can prescribe visits instead of anti-depressants. Costing £35 million the site will hopefully generate £13 million for the local economy. The site is a former scrap yard, derelict area. I think this could be replicated in many area. It is sort of a more practical Eden Project?
RECIPES – LAMB
INSECTS
OUR WORLD
Johnson is to make voting difficult for people without photo ID, I.e. poor – i.e. non-tory voters. Emigrants given the power to vote. WTF – there have chosen to leave and that is fine, but to still have the vote? If they continue to pay tax that would be ok. Conversion therapy not banned. And Lizzie had to read all this crap out for 15 minutes. I wonder if she thinks it is worth it?
GARDEN THOUGHTS AND COOKING
RECIPES
I quite like the look of this one from Yotam Ottolenghi – a cheesy potato and herb slab pie. Although there seems a lot of cream and creme fraiche in it. I think with 400g of cheese this might be too much?
WEEKS
The Beatles wrote 8 days a week, which begs the question why does a week have 7 days. A day is defined by rotation, as is a year. The months are roughly in line with the lunar orbit. 24 hours, 60 minutes and 60 seconds are all logical mathematically. But 7 days a week. Why is it a prime number? 7 does not fit into a month apart from 3 of 4 years for February.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Israel is reaping the result of its unfair nationalist policies for the past few years. Does criticising the Jewish government of Israel make me anti-Semitic? Personally I do think so because I really do not know or care what a persons colour, religion, orientation, etc. is. There have been many things that seem wrong to me that have happened in the Middle East – most emanating from Post-War British rule. I am not sure the situation was ever manageable, but it seems like we did not try too hard!