Hope the clear up went well after the water leak and the replacing of the heating system goes smoothly.
Your Sunday sounds wonderful. I'm so glad to read that. Really only the ceiling stains so far but the insurance company should deal with that and perhaps a few other incidentals. I've just read this and now feel quite sorry for Rishi and perhaps a little for Pritti and Suella. Seems to have nailed the hypocrisy within this Faragist iteration of the Blue Team.
Hug for the cold but thank you for sharing that amazing creative which certainly looks good to me.
Thank you very much for the compliment @ianpspurs
Neil was on steroids for a couple of years to treat his sarcoidosis. He put on lots of weight but not because he ate any more than usual, he just developed a "tummy". He's back to his normal cadaverous self now; gradually lost the weight over the last few months, just by not having steroids even though his appetite has improved since stopping the steroids.
Maybe so, I wouldn't know, but it was certainly not what I would have expected a lady to say, never mind a politician. Why do women in positions of power seem to think that they must out-do the baser elements of some males' behaviour?
I feel you are rather tongue in cheek there, @ianpspurs
I think all three of them plus at least Javid and Cleverly have been desperate to belong to the inner magic circle of Tories but didn't realise that circle were just as disparaging of them as they are of "us" For all his money Sunak isn't one of the inner blue "us" in the way Cameron is nor are any of the others. I also think Nigel feels like an outsider. England is still an ultra class conscious and racist country and those people have been used to send a message that talent and hard work still pay whereas the stats tell a different story. Apples will always fall in orchards.
Interesting read Ian. It sums up the situation absolutely. I have always felt quite sorry for the man and all the taunts he has had to suffer but realise that it is a matter of being able to withstand the heat or getting out of the kitchen. Not a kitchen I would choose to work in. Too many flaws I'm afraid to be throwing stones at any one else. However, sympathy only goes so far. He is intelligent enough to be able to see the effects of policies despite his background. Hopefully the misery will soon be over for many of the incumbents, but then, I thought that years ago when "the Iron Lady" was around and look what happened. I thought then, "Surely that couldn't happen." But it did! I'm not assuming anything. If it seems likely that the man Trump could be re-elected in America, then a similar thing could happen here. I'm being unusually pessimistic.
I seriously wonder if Sunak really "gets" that he will never be accepted into the inner sanctum however much money he has. He'd be better off in the US where he'd be accepted for being wealthy. In the US people seem to be viewing their option as between an old man and a conman. Given a good VP (probably not Harris) the old man could/should beat Trump, serve for a while and ride off into the sunset.
You're clearly more optimistic than me, Ian. We (the world) might have to suffer a while more before we learn what is right and what is self-interest. Maybe my cold is just getting me down though. Come on Ann, let's have a bit of optimism here. I would say faith, but I'm not sure what the greater plan is which faith would require me to accept gladly.
Oh John what a crazy, stressful situation. Hugs, thoughts and prayers for you and Judith.
Unfortunate indeed. Wonder why someone didn't think to tell you that. I know it happens (usually in a less serious situation) but there's really no excuse. Now that you have the information it should be fairly straightforward, and you are used to it now. Hope and pray all goes well next Sunday.
But I don't understand - the plan is working. Jimmy Dimly said so this very morning. Rejoice and cheer up my good man. Alternatively, enjoy the peace of the garden, get as mad as hell but stay focused and kick 'em out. Hit them where it hurts: right in the ball - ots
Sunak, and the other ministers, ex ministers, who are pushed onto our screens are the 'front' of the tories.
Did you believe my first paragraph?But I don't understand - the plan is working. Jimmy Dimly said so this very morning. Rejoice and cheer up my good man. Alternatively, enjoy the peace of the garden, get as mad as hell but stay focused and kick 'em out. Hit them where it hurts: right in the ball - ots
