No, really, I mean it, there are no words, even for an old gas-bag like me! And there are no words because there is bugger all happening! Well, of course, if you live in central Africa, or the Bronx, or, heaven forfend, deepest darkest Liverpool, then no doubt there is plenty going on but 'down 'ere in dozy Zummerzet', it's all quiet on the South Western Front and long may it remain so!
National politics has withered. Parliament looks and sounds like an empty echo chamber with half a dozen - on a good day! - MPs all sitting carefully in their own space - what would old 'Winnie' have made of them? International affairs seem to have disappeared although, no doubt, beneath the surface there is much being perpetrated of which we know nothing - yet! Social life is restricted to the occasional 'phone call to old friends when you learn the hard way that, really and truly, you do not have that much to say to each other. Happily, as I have progressed steadily in my later years to being the anti-social 'grump' I was intended to be, none of it bothers me that much.
Have a nice day, y'all!
David, did you get the 'Stoppard' piece in your email?
Posted by: Whitewall | Sunday, 22 November 2020 at 20:26
Or, John Cleese on a 'transgender' comedy bit.
https://pjmedia.com/culture/tyler-o-neil/2020/11/22/hilarious-john-cleese-savages-transgender-orthodoxy-in-epic-tweetstorm-n1166266
Posted by: Whitewall | Sunday, 22 November 2020 at 20:39
Whiters, yes indeed I did receive your 'Stoppard piece' and I replied by e-mail thusly:
"Thanks, Robert, as you may have inferred over the years of 'D&N', Stoppard - or at least his writing - has been an enormous influence on me. Alas, none of his enormous talent quite reached me!
DD"
Bloody Pony Express, you just can't rely on it any more!
Posted by: David Duff | Sunday, 22 November 2020 at 21:18
G'day All.
Knowing your admiration of the Paddies Duffers you may like this.
https://quadrant.org.au/magazine/2020/11/the-thin-skinned-irish/
Posted by: AussieD | Sunday, 22 November 2020 at 22:50
AussieD, I enjoyed reading the link. The truth is the British know exactly the Irish mindset as did the Normans who invaded Ireland. The article ommits the Irish Catholic connection with Nazi support and anti semitism. To the credit of some Irish they oppose the EU dictatorship. The Irish elite fought a dirty war against the British for independence then sold their nation out to the EU as my country is attempting to do.
Posted by: Glesga | Monday, 23 November 2020 at 01:51
You're jaded, David, but maybe this will help. You might not like trad jazz or the French or weirdo musicians, but if you can't find anything to like about this, even with the sound off, you might already be dead:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81viyOKgx0w
Posted by: Bob | Monday, 23 November 2020 at 14:43
Bob, The bit of skirt reminded me Cleo Laine.
Posted by: Glesga | Monday, 23 November 2020 at 16:23
" ... because there is bugger all happening!"
https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-mossad-chief-said-to-travel-to-saudi-arabia-meet-with-crown-prince/
Not precisely David. Look to your south southeast. Over the horizon.
Posted by: JK | Monday, 23 November 2020 at 17:01
Glesga,
Cleo Laine has a great voice and class act.
Posted by: Bob | Monday, 23 November 2020 at 18:04
Here is something different. I have lived here for 32 years and never knew this: It's Repudiation Day in @FrederickCoMD! On Nov 23rd, we recognize of the repudiation of the Stamp Act by 12 local judges. This act of defiance against the British predates the Boston Tea Party by 8 years & is believed to have stoked the flames of Revolution
Posted by: missred | Monday, 23 November 2020 at 18:40
https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/527129-rising-november-23-2020
Second segment - naming Biden's team, pay close attention to his foreign policy picks.
Hope the UK has a bunch of troops immediately available because it sure looks like forever war! And of course we'll be depending on our allies ...
Posted by: JK | Monday, 23 November 2020 at 19:27
Off topic and surprised msm hasn't jumped all over it. Or they may have and just missed it.
Lauren Boebert, owner of Shooters cafe in Rifle, Colorado and dubbed; Gun-toting congresswoman-elect may carry Glock at Capitol.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gun-toting-congresswoman-elect-may-180010594.html
Posted by: Up2L8 | Tuesday, 24 November 2020 at 19:51
Uppers, she might be what we call "stacked and packed". It's a term of endearment.
Posted by: Whitewall | Tuesday, 24 November 2020 at 20:46
Tried to nik a pik of her staff, they also open carry.
Posted by: Up2L8 | Tuesday, 24 November 2020 at 21:40