Well, Kier Starmer has given in to pressure and resigned as Prime Minister and leader of the Labour Party.
“When I leave the biggest job in the country, I shall spend more time on the most important job, being the best husband I can to my fantastic wife, Vic, who has been a rock by my side through good times and bad, and being the best dad I can to my beautiful children, who are my pride and my joy,” he said.
I think there’s also the matter of a retiring prime minister’s pension, but we don’t talk about that.
It looks as though Andy Burnham might be about to take over.! We’ll see how that goes. Jeremy Corbyn doesn’t seem to think there will be much difference. Wes Streeting has apparently decided not to stand against Andy Burnham - possibly in exchange for a cabinet post
It was already warm at about 8.30 this morning, forecast to get hotter today and even hotter as the week progresses. Some parts of the country are being pit on red alert for heat, an unusual even apparently. However, we’re not as hot as part of mainland Europe. Three elderly people have died in France, supposedly because of the heat. They expect temperatures heading towards 40° - rather too hot for me.
Nowadays sunshine seems to mean men taking their shirts off. In this article Emma Beddington declares her admiration for men going topless, an indication that summer has arrived. She writes about places in France that have banned men going topless through the streets, or indeed anyone strolling around in swimsuits. Quite so! Many Spanish resorts have similar restrictions. We used to be much more restrained when I was young. Was it because of having been to sunnier climes that English men felt the need to shed their shirts on the streets?
Here’s another proposed restriction: the nation of Palau has now tasked the WHO expert committee on drug dependence reviewing nicotine, which will lead to a UN vote – likely to be in 2028 – on banning it worldwide. It has long been said that if nicotine were discovered today it would be classed as a dangerous drug. Maybe the same should be said of vaping! Which is a recent invention and tempts a lot more teenagers than smoking behind the bike shed ever did. Strangely fruit flavoured and sweet vapes are probably more dangerous than a sneaky packet of cigarettes!
Something I personally might ban is oddly flavoured coffee! Coffee should taste of coffee not caramel or vanilla or other adulterations!
I need to go to London in the second half of this year to see the Frida Kahlo exhibition at the Tate Modern - tickets from £49!! Here are some pictures of inside her Casa Azul in Mexico.
Life goes on. Stay safe and well, everyone!
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