Chilly but dry day. Pasta dough in fridge, bread dough rising. Last of tomatoes picked (only a few small ones, but tasty). So Spag Bol for tea. And maybe tomorrow ‘Apple Charlotte”??
USA ELECTION
There are many things I do not understand! The American electoral system is one of the major ones (along with anything science!). last time Clinton got 3 million more votes than Trump and lost. Ok similar things happen in the UK. But it is like their system is built to deceive. Created in the 18th and 19th centuries it resembles the ‘rotten boroughs’ of Georgian England.
MR JOHNSON IS A **** (why does clown have 5 letters?)
The moment he had been waiting for. Forget this Covid-19 distraction. Brexit he could wax lyrical about, and it would be at least 3 months before his bullshit is found out! With 95% of business people declaring that the economy would dive with a no-deal Brexit, everything was fitting into place. The drop in the economy would be hidden by Covid-19 impacts and mesmeric speeches about freedom and opportunities would rule – right? He could become popular again (if he had not been sacked by his own party by then). Maybe he could organise a shut down to end on Dec 31 and thus extol his brilliance. Maybe Dom could organise, and have a word with the people at the Met Office – snow over xmas and melting for the new year would be great, oh, and then a freeze so pictures of thousands of lorries in Kent could be blamed on the weather.
Just thinking – where would British politicians like Johnson, Gove, Rees-Mogg, etc. go into exile? USA under Trump, maybe Australia but they are still too democratic, I reckon China. No silly, they could dos with Branson in the Caribbean!
CONFUSION RULES
New areas put under level 2. Not Bristol (143/100000), not Exeter (341), not Plymouth (64), but yes Chelmsford (63), yes Braintree (42), but not North Somerset (53). Can anyone explain the geography of this? Presumably Bristol and Exeter may be due to students. But Braintree and North Somerset are demographically fairy similar; NS probably has an older population.
Corvid-19. latest stats.
I READ THIS AND STARTED DRIBBLING!
I could forget the lamb and just eat these – which I will try out!
DATE AND APPLE SLICE and a gin.
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
It looks like the government will follow present path until it goes wrong, and then after a suitable period of inaction, make some wrong decisions! Where is the leadership?
Putting increasing numbers of places into lockdown will not solve the problem, we have seen cases rise in these area despite the measures.
MEMORIES
CIRCUIT BREAKER
It does not matter what you call it, unless a strong case is made for any intervention and all sectors of society accept it, it will not work. We are told that unemployment is hitting the young and the poorest hardest. Lock down puts these peoples jobs and opportunities at risk. Marshall law and