Good morning everyone.
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Last
week, the Daily Express was forecasting "heavy snow". They
were wrong (again) it is, in fact a hurricane. Well, almost a
hurricane as it "barrels" (why do the media use that word?)
across the Bay of Biscay, heading towards Ireland. By the time it
reaches County Cork and Kerry, sometime early on Monday morning, it
will have lost its category 2 status and be "no more than"
a severe storm. The South West will feel the effects of the 90mph
winds and heavy rain, so if you live in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset etc,
the advice is batten down the hatches and stop buying the Express.
Prime
Minister Theresa May, completed the "hat trick" on
Wednesday at "Questions to the Prime Minister". Following
the disaster Turin speech and the even worse speech to Conservative
party Conference, Theresa May probably came to the Commons with high
expectations of dealing heavy blows to the Labour opposition with the
support of a united cabinet and the baying, howling ranks of
backbenchers as is normal at PMQ's behind her. Alas, in this
expectation she will have been sadly disappointed
Read
the full text at:
https://new-agenda2012.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/there-never-was-any-real-reconcilliation.html
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The
road outside our cottage is quite narrow being no more than 12-15
feet wide (I do not and have never used the metre/centimetre
nonsense) before it reaches the bank of the brook which eventually
runs into the sea at WestBay about 6 miles away (I do not use
kilometres either).
The
road, according to the Post Office and all official bodies, is named
"Main Street" though I defy anyone to find a sign to that
effect as it is a very small village and is probably no more than a
hamlet. The village is surrounded by farmland and is subject to the
usual farm traffic which is normal for rural areas. However, over the
past few weeks and certainly becoming even more noticeable over
recent days, the tarmac road surface has disappeared beneath a layer
finely chopped straw or hay covering which has been discharged from
the large tractor drawn trailers passing at approximately three
minute intervals on their way to and from some dumping ground at the
Bus stop end of the village.
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(Bus stop-Yes. Buses-No). This hay or
straw covering, which is only marginally less offensive that the
animal slurry which also frequently covers the road, becomes wet and
sticky when it rains and then hardens off ready to receive the next
days dumping to be dragged onto paths and into houses despite using
the mats outside the front door. I appreciate that in rural areas
this may be a common occurrence, but surely there must be a by law
somewhere in the ancient laws which can prevent or control the
excesses of this nuisance.
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I
am becoming increasingly irritated by the finger glued to thumb
gesture from the blonde/sand coloured hair (just about covering the
grey), orange coloured skin megalomaniac who currently resides
at 1600
Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC.
Following
reports of the most recent temper tantrum reverberating around the
corridors of the White House, Donald Trump appeared on television
screens around the world ranting about how evil Iran is and how they
are reneging on their commitments to the Iranian Nuclear Agreement.
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the full text at:
https://new-agenda2012.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/the-latest-temper-tantrum-is-littered.html
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There
is something very strange about the Conservative party. As each day
passes, "several Tory MP's and even the DUP urge Theresa May to
sack...........", somebody or other. The latest is the
Chancellor Philip Hammond joining the list of Johnson, Schaps, Rudd,
Davis, and others who over the past few days alone have incurred the
wrath of one or other of the factions fighting for control of the
corpse of the conservative party. Theresa May should do the decent
thing and sack the lot of them, herself included and call a general
election.
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After
the strong winds and heavy rain, the predictions are that things will
calm down, but become colder. However, avoid the Express as they are
still carrying "Hurricane Ophelia: Troops
on standby in UK & Ireland as Met Office warns of DANGER TO LIFE"
Have
a nice week
John
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