Another sunny day. At 8.30 this morning it was already 14°. Our next door neighbour has mowed the grass in our shared garden. And he has got his barbecue equipment out ready for later today. After all, this may well be our summer! Who knows what the weather will be like in a few weeks time.
Carpe diem!
In the meantime we have all been washing things like mad and hanging everything out to dry in the garden - to be taken in before the barbecue is lit!
Yesterday ‘Reform are not your Friends’ posted this on Facebook alongside a photo of parliament:
“Eagle eyed viewers of Prime Minister’s Questions might have noticed a familiar face missing from the benches lately… Nigel Farage.
At first, we thought it looked a bit suspicious. Then we thought, maybe give him the benefit of the doubt and stop being all Reform Are Not Your Friends about it.
Then we thought… actually, no. Let’s check.
Here are the facts 👇
Never mind PMQs, since March 18th, the Reform UK leader hasn’t voted in a single parliamentary division.
Not one.
In that time, there have been more than 50 votes in the House of Commons.
Over a month of decisions affecting the country… and no participation.
If you’re elected to represent people, turning up and voting isn’t a bonus, it’s the bare minimum… and right now, Nigel Farage isn’t even clearing that.
He’s not just absent… he’s laughing at you, Clacton.”
Enough said!
Out in the wider world, journalists are still being killed:
“It has been sadly confirmed that 42-year-old journalist Amal Khalil of Al-Akhbar newspaper has been killed today, Wednesday, the sixth day of the ceasefire, in an Israeli airstrike on the town of Tiri in southern Lebanon.
She and freelance photojournalist Zeinab Faraj had been reporting on an earlier airstrike that targeted a car in front of them, killing two civilians, when they took refuge in a house. Israeli forces then carried out a second strike that directly targeted the journalists, trapping them inside.
When Red Cross teams arrived to rescue them, the Israeli army threw a stun grenade at the ambulance before opening fire, blocking the rescue. After three hours of delays, with Israeli forces citing the need for “permission through the mechanism”, a second Red Cross team, accompanied by the Lebanese army, finally reached the three-story building and searched through the rubble. It was too late. Zeinab was evacuated to Tebnine Governmental Hospital where she underwent head surgery. The bodies of the two men from the initially targeted car were also recovered.”
You can’t really call the death of journalists collateral damage when emergency medical help is prevented from reaching them.
“Israel killed her.
Israel killed Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil.
It killed her after besieging her for hours and preventing the Red Cross from reaching her under the rubble.
Israel didn’t allow access until it made sure she was dead.”
Life goes on, stay safe and well, everyone!
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