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Good morning everyone.
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Last
Sunday, it what many regular readers of this weekly circular may
regard as a glaring oversight, I omitted to mention that Balls had
departed. No longer will we and his long suffering partner have to
endure the
gingham check shirts, the vivid eye watering yellow suit, the
rather curious hat and waistcoat and the other assorted garbs which
Balls managed to lever
himself into over the weeks.
Nor will we have the embarrassing spectacle of the former Shadow
Chancellor plodding
around the dance floor, roughly in time with the music but out of
sync with his facial expression. Not as bad as John Sergeant back
in 2008, but certainly giving the impression of trying for Sergeant's
title.
"Why",
you are wondering am I raising the matter of the departed Balls this
week. Well, it seems that a recent poll has revealed that the
popularity of the
Former
shadow Chancellor has soared among
voters by a staggering
28 percentage points.
Apparently, Mr Balls's performances, "shed light on a more
playful, amenable side to Mr Balls"
lifting his "favourability" rating from minus 39% in 2015
to the dizzy heights of only minus 11% today. An achievement worthy
of mention.
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Adrian
Anthony"A.
A."Gill
(28 June 1954 – 10 December
2016) R I P.
An
English writer
and critic. He
was The
Sunday Times'
restaurant reviewer as well as a television critic.
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John
Herschel Glenn Jr.
(July
18, 1921– December 8, 2016) R
I P.
An
American
aviator,
engineer,
astronaut,
and
United
States Senator
from
Ohio.
In 1962 he became the first American to orbit the Earth, circling
three times.
I
mention these two men as further additions to the list of
personalties, celebrities or others who have passed away during this
year. A number of names on the list were of some age where
it would not come as any great surprise to learn of their passing.
However, it seems to me that the year 2016 has witnessed an
inordinate amount of obituaries announced in the media, on television
and in the press.
It
may be my imagination, but it certainly seems odd.
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You
must have seen the "story" of Boris Johnson, Saudi Arabia
and Theresa May. Now I am no big fan of
the buffoon (but not such a buffoon as he would have us believe),
Johnson. In fact I am not a little fan either, but in fairness, I
find that the reaction of Theresa May in
"slapping down," Johnson for telling the truth to be
hypocritical in the extreme.
Read
my "take" at:
http://new-agenda2012.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/the-hypocrisy-of-diplomacy-concealing.html
(copy and paste link.)
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Meanwhile,
back in Jersey, a planning decision on the conversion of the
former NatWest bank in St Aubin into an Indian restaurant has been
delayed for a month.
I love St Aubin as I have previously mentioned, and I was looping
forward to
having a "real" Indian restaurant added to the choice of
restaurants in the village.
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| The original "Shapla" |
We used to eat at the Shapla before it
was taken over by the Boat House group and turned into the "Spice
House" (Not recommended read my Tripp advisor review).
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| The Spice House. (Not recommended) |
Hopefully
it will not be too long before the application is passed and the Miah
family, who ran the Shapla, can begin work on the conversion. We are
looking forward with watering mouth to Papadums
with dips,
Chicken Korma, Pilau rice,
Nann
bread, etc etc.
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The
predictions of extreme cold, frost, snow biting winds and a very
White Christmas have not materialised. Clearly, the seaweed is well
passed its sell by date and the media may have to resort to the old
fashioned guess work.
In
the meantime, it seems to be getting warmer with temperatures in
double figures !
Have
a nice week.
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