Jonathan Meades is publishing another novel soon (Empty Wigs). Very much looking forward to this. I absolutely loved Pompey which is both a masterpiece and one of the funniest, darkest most deliciously unpleasant books ever to find their way into print.
Not been down this road before, but these two huge, purple/black trees are magnificent. Picture doesn't do them justice. Don't know what they are, I'm afraid.
I used to be a proportional rep supporter, but I have to say we'd be in a much worse state now if it wasn't for fptp. insulating us from the appalling people we were voting for. Like endless pizza and doughnuts, sometimes we need to be protected from what we want because what we want is awful.
Interesting numbers in God's own constituency compared to 2019. Does Ms Cooper have the Reform guy (who's a bottom slapper if I ever saw one) to thank, or was it the Lib Dems holding their noses and voting tactically?
The best thing about British democracy is when the actual head of government has to stand in a leisure centre at 5 am beside a guy with a bin on his head to find out if he still has a job.
The Right Honourable Peter Bottomley thinks I can't see him because he broke the street lamp with a stone earlier. My plan is to climb out the back window to vote in the morning.
Labour are definitely spending more on campaigning. The only Conservative leaflet I've had was a hand written piece of torn off ring binder from Peter Bottomley saying "Come on old boy, weren't we at school together?"
This old thing is going in for MOT tomorrow so I thought I'd take it for a blast and blow the cobwebs away. Radiator hose has split so I'm driving home in two mile chunks after cooling down.
I see articles, particularly on Covid that talk about your vaccine protecting you, so you might not become infected. The purpose of your vaccine was to boost your immune response. To be clear: if your blood is fighting off a virus, you are infected.
The albums Lady Gaga did with Tony Bennett are fucking masterpieces. She can measure her voice and vocal skill against anybody and his aged like expensive leather. Great music to listen to while watching the sun set.
I have a bad knee so trying to lose some weight, but whenever I catch myself in the mirror, or on a video call when I'm trying to look like I'm listening, I can't help noticing I'm looking more evil. Not serial killer evil, more boring; O'Brien from 1984
