At various points yesterday the sun came out and we thought we might manage to go for a walk. Every time, without fail, by the time we had got ourselves organised - just another email to answer, just another little task to complete - the sun had retreated and the rain had returned. Eventually we decided to eat early and managed to go for an early evening stroll round the block - rather shorter than our usual walks. These dark evening do restrict your activity.
It rained heavily in the night but this morning dawned fine and relatively clear. I ran round the village as usual, managing to avoid the muddiest of the overnight puddles. At the end of the morning I set off for the local Tesco to replenish supplies of this and that. There are some things that the village co-op store just doesn’t stock. I was very efficient: I caught a bus just before 12.00, whizzed round the store and caught a bus home just before 1.00. Sometimes i impress myself!
I had been home for about half an hour when the sky darkened and torrential rain began to fall. My timing was clearly perfect this morning. The rain has eased somewhat but it’s still there. I think we are set for the day.
I read that the BBC has found Gary Lineker “in breach of the broadcaster’s own impartiality guidelines” because he tweeted “And her party will hand back their donations from Russian donors?” when Liz Truss suggested that “English football teams should not play in the Champions League final then to be held in Russia, due to the invasion of Ukraine.” Oops! He may well be their highest paid star but they might have difficulty making him toe the line. Besides their interpretation of impartiality seems rather loose, mainly consisting of not reporting stuff that runs counter to someone’s political views.
However, this is not stopping people having fun on social media with the current situation here in the UK.
Here is a linguistic item:
KWARTENG (verb)
- to instantly destroy something
‘Did you hear about John? He’s okay but his car was absolutely kwartenged.’
Then there is a bit of cabinet timetabling on offer:
“Chencellot rota for the next seven days.
Friday: Jeremy Hunt
Saturday: Sajid Javid
Sunday: Sam Allardyce
Monday: Mr Tumble
Tuesday: Skeletor
Wednesday: Inspector Gadget
Thursday: The evil guy at the end of inspector Gadget with the cat”
In his column John Crace has invented his own names for Kwasi Kwarteng and Liz Truss: -
“Kamikwasi takes Librium Liz’s offer to consciously uncouple from train wreck.”
And Michael Rosen has also contributed:
“My diAry
by Liz Truss
Oct 15
Had to do a test yesterday. There were going to be loads and loads of questions but I only did 4. I just said, thanks but no thanks. Theres too much testing in schools so I said I dont have to do this if I dont want to. Good old me.”
“My diAry
by Liz Truss
Oct 15
Jeremy was talking about some stuff that I don't understand. Anyway, when he finished, Miriam - who is an unbelievably bad rude girl - said the f-word. In front of everyone! She is so going to get into trouble! Loads of detentions or something.”
We were not greatly surprised at the resurrection of Jeremy Hunt. In the early days of the Great Johnson Kerfuffle, when scandals were just emerging but before anyone started seriously trying to dislodge him, we noticed an odd phenomenon. Jeremy Hunt started to be invited onto news programmes to comment on events, as a pundit, as a “man who knows”. Is this the beginning of a come-back? we speculated. Well, it looks as though it was. And there he is, our new Chancellor! What next?
Life goes on. Stay safe and well, everyone!
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