Chaos continues.
British Steel has gone into insolvency. Jobs are at risk all over the place. Some of the workers found out when they heard the news on the radio. Brexit is not the only cause of this collapse but it has been a contributing factor.
Jamie Oliver is closing his restaurants in the UK. This is also partly a consequence of Brexit. But I don’t feel too sorry for Jamie as he has business in Europe as well. He’s not going to be going to food-banks any day soon.
The radio tells me Brexiteers have been arguing outside the House of Commons.
Mrs May has been telling MPs they have a last chance to vote for her deal - rather like a mother at the end of her tether talking to her naughty children - but nobody seems to know whether the deal will actually be voted on at the start of June.
All sorts of fun and games are going on with Huawei - my granddaughter, who has one of their phones, may not be best pleased.
We get to vote in the European Elections tomorrow, against the will of Brexiteers, although I feel that while we remain in Europe, even if only briefly, we should be represented. Lots of rumours abound about Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party being set to do well. And there is talk of our parliamentary system being at risk. Fingers crossed for a sensible outcome!
The fabric of society as we know it appears to be unravelling around us.
Meanwhile, we continue to go about our business.
Grandma’s Cafe, which branched out recently into Grandma’s launderette, has further diversified into Grandma’s Decorating Service, not to mention Grandma’s Housesitting Service. I got in a taxi at the crack of dawn to head for my daughter’s house to be available for the washing machine repair man who could come any time between 7.45 am and 12.00 am. Just a bit vague on the timing front!
He finally arrived at 10.45.
While I waited I painted walls in one of the bedrooms at my daughter’s house. When decorating help is needed, who is she going to call - her mother!
Next week Grandma’s Multi Service Company withdraws for a while as we are off to Sicily for a week. This is a guided visit organised by my Italian friend and teacher. A few years ago we went on a trip with her to visit places where the detective series “Montalbano” was filmed. This one was supposed to be a more serious sort of visit, more refined and cultural, with visits to Roman remains and other such things.
And then came the news that further episodes of “Montalbano” are being filmed in Sicily right now. The cast and film crew are based in Ragusa, our initial destination and point of departure for all our excursions and adventures. They are quite likely still to be around when we are there.
Some of our party are overexcited and imagining meeting with Luca Zingaretti, the actor who plays the eponymous Montalbano.
The world as we kniw it might be going down the plug hole but hero-worship continues!
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