'Will no one rid me of this turbulent Prime Minister?' And so she goes on and on and on, ever deeper into a suffocating bog of non-Brexit ordure. She is fooling no-one, except herself, and her last effort in which she pleads for 'dear Jeremy' to give her a hand out of the latrine, is beyond stupid and into the a land of make-believe. The only worry I have is that if she and Labour stitch up a deal in the next few days and then ram it through parliament it may give her a chance to dodge the European elections, the result of which will make yesterday's massacre of the Tory party look like a bun-fight!
Oooops, sorry for my absence! Well, I did my gardening but when I came in for tea I took 'a short course in death'. Dammit, all that fresh air is bad for you!
Don't mess with 'The Donald'! According to a news report, 'The Donald' has decided that the USA/China trade talks are going nowhere so he has decided to up the 10% tariff on $200 billion of goods to 25%! In addition, he has warned that a further $325 billion of Chinese goods could be added to the list if a trade deal is not agreed. That should wipe the smirk off Xi Ping-a-ling's face!
Pompeii: Entirely by accident I caught a programme on 'Channel 5' tonight on the subject of Pompeii. It was fascinating and there is another episode tomorrow at 21.00hrs. I once visited the neighbouring city of Herculaneum and it was, quite literally, a day I will never forget. Herculaneum is smaller than Pompeii and it was generally populated by the wealthier citizens from the bigger city. As I understand it, the stuff that landed on Herculaneum from Vesuvius carbonised - whatever that means! - and thus preserved the town in much better detail. I have been lucky to have visited various places and cities and sites around the world but Herculaneum, frozen in time from AD79, made far ans away the biggest impression. Try and catch the programme on Pompeii if you can.
No more rumbles today - and, boy, will I sleep well tonight!
The peasants have displeased their rulers and PM May has to fix it.
Posted by: Whitewall | Sunday, 05 May 2019 at 13:22
Gardening can be dangerous. Don't overdo it and look out for nasties hiding in the bushes.
Posted by: Andra | Sunday, 05 May 2019 at 20:48
David, you need to get help in to do the physical labour in the garden. A few hours at the living wage rate for a youngster! Take a few Bob out of your ISA and relax.
Posted by: Glesga | Sunday, 05 May 2019 at 21:57
Learning a foreign language makes Brit kids mentally ill ...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2019/05/05/children-find-foreign-languages-stressful-signed-gp-headteachers/
Makes ya praad to be British, don't it?
SoD
Posted by: Loz | Sunday, 05 May 2019 at 23:11
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/?s=Pompeii
Posted by: JK | Sunday, 05 May 2019 at 23:12
As I recall David you're into Americana?
https://www.thedailybeast.com/deep-sleep-how-an-amateur-porn-film-set-off-a-massive-federal-witch-hunt
That's actually a pretty funny tale. Heck I'm betting Andra will offer insight.
Not Bob though. Bob doesn't like anything.
Posted by: JK | Sunday, 05 May 2019 at 23:53
Drei beer bitte alt hexen. Driemal beer bitte und bratwurst mitt zweibal und pomme frittes mitt tomaten ketchup.
Posted by: Glesga | Monday, 06 May 2019 at 00:00
Glesga, that is sho'nuff some strange eenglish!
Posted by: Whitewall | Monday, 06 May 2019 at 00:20
Whitewall, it was my old CSM ordering food and drink for us young squaddies away back in the Cold War. Dearly missed.
Posted by: Glesga | Monday, 06 May 2019 at 00:44
Hahaha, Glezza, no mental illness in your regiment's CSM then!
Funnily enough, a builder friend recounted us on Sat night of his days in the 80's working over in Germany in the "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet" epoch. His German was not dissimilar to your CSM's.
A country broken by statism, collectivisation and authoritarianism found its saviour, and in the cleanup decade the peeps emigrated to survive and thrive, a friendly nation took them in.
Could be the story of Poland 1990's or Blighty 1980's.
My mates comment ref the four freedoms, particularly freedom of movement: "Out of my cold dead hands, mate, for my sake and the kids'".
Funny old game when the boot's on the other foot, ain't it?
Language and travel. The two essences of Liberty for the individual. Both in the cross-hairs of Blighty's modern day pols and their appointees, funny that too, eh?
Is this the Sunday Rumble or the Monday jokes post?
SoD
Posted by: Loz | Monday, 06 May 2019 at 09:30
God, our masters are a transparent lot. Neither main party dare face an General Election, so their plan is to club together and get Mrs. May's bill through, cancelling the Euro Election and shooting Mr. Farage's fox. Then another referendum, this time with choices designed to split the Leave vote. (I expect one choice will be 'Remain'; funny that, I seem to remember we've already had a vote on Remaining or Leaving.)
Posted by: Glyn Palmer | Monday, 06 May 2019 at 11:51
PS. Wot? No Monday Funnies?
Posted by: Glyn Palmer | Monday, 06 May 2019 at 11:53
No, no, Glyn, my 'Monday Funnies' are purely for the poor wage slaves hacking away at the coal face on a Monday morning - but it's a Bank Holiday so the lazy good-for-nothings are down the pub or watching football!
Posted by: David Duff | Monday, 06 May 2019 at 12:57
Your cousins don't get a bank holiday today.
Posted by: missred | Monday, 06 May 2019 at 20:15
"Then another referendum, this time with choices designed to split the Leave vote."
Glyn, I think they'll go with a three way preference / transfer vote. So Leavers of one preference get to use their second choice Leave if they lose (come third) with their first choice.
That'd be fair. Won't save you, mind.
And when you lose, it will well and truly bury the issue for another 45 years. Whereas a May-Corbyn deal vs Remain two-way only choice would invite a boycott by the No Dealers, with continued post-referendum Brexit vs Remain struggles.
SoD
Posted by: Loz | Monday, 06 May 2019 at 21:10
Quite right, missred, but you have Mr. Trump as a President and he's a laugh a minute!
Posted by: David Duff | Monday, 06 May 2019 at 22:03