30th March, 2022

744 days since our first lock down day (15/3/2020)

The chickens are coming home to roost for the “party gate” perpetrators, including Johnson himself. About 20 fixed penalty fines have been issued so far and there will be more to come.It is not known yet if Boris will be fined as the Grey report has not yet been published. My feeling is that Boris will somehow wriggle out of it. It will be the minions who will bear the brunt of the scandal. For that is what it is!! Along with all the bribery, corruption and profiteering allegations, it will be mostly swept under the carpet. As usual.

It would appear that the world’s problems are not really helping BJ mask or lessen party gate despite the Tories’ best efforts.

They have dug themselves a massive hole with Brexit and are really creative in their lies to cover up how bad things are in the UK.I remember walking, when I was able, and seeing signs explaining who were the builders and architects etc and as often as no, in the corner was an EU sign with the blurb “Part funded by the EU” alongside. I haven’t seen one now for a couple of years. WE have lost all of that sort of thing. And ask farmers and fishermen how they are doing. The latest scandal is the P & O sackings of “too expensive staff”. Ironically, the seaman;s union urged it’s members to vote for Brexit, or as I refer to it, “Brexshit”.

The world events which have overshadowed everything else, involve, of course, The Ukraine.World leaders have been trying to find a solution to the illegal Russian invasion and it is very noticeable that the UK is basically excluded from the major talks with the USA and Europe taking the lead. W are of course there but it is very noticeable that the UK is ignored. Nobody even wants to shake the hand of BJ or even talk to him. Why would they. He is a proven liar and a complete narcissist. In fact he has a lot in common with Putin. Except for BJ’s inferior intellect and his horrible hair, they could be interchangeable. Meanwhile, Putin continues with his war irrespective of the Ukrainian’s ability to fight and kill thousands of Russian soldiers and destroy thousands of tons of armaments. I think at the end of it all there will be no winners but what a pity we have nobody in government who could broker a peace.

The NHS comes under ever greater pressure and BJ’s lot are making it even harder. Charges are being imposed on LFT kits at over £2 a time. Fortunately, we had pre-empted this and have acquired 11 boxes of seven tests so have plenty in hand. We are gradually learning how to beat possible restrictions. One of the lies perpetuated is the “new” hospitals they are going to build. 40 were promised. Number built? Zero! What has happened however is that a memo went out to all trusts asking for details of any additional buildings or extensions and these “works” are counted as new hospitals, Shameful.

The NHS workers however had to look after me over last week end. I was going to bed and was half way up when, for some reason, I fell backwards down to the bottom, hitting the banister post on the way sown. I could not move and Jenny turned me round so I could rest my head on the bottom stair. We dialled 999 and three hours later an ambulance came and took me to Hull Royal Infirmary. X rays showed cracked ribs and a fractured pelvis. Very painful. After a night under observation, I was sent home at noon with a pair of crutches and two boxes of co-codamol. I have to rest for at least 2-4 weeks. The paramedics, doctors and nursing staff were superb throughout.

We had a lovely visit from Sally a week ago which we followed up with a visit to Louth o see Jan and her partner, Terry. A really lovely chap and as he drives we are looking forward to them visiting Cottingham.

David has completed on his new house in Thorngumbald. Lots of work to do and Thea and Ronnie have picked their rooms. If Maisie ever goes, she will have to bunk up with Thea. David took Thea and 3 others to Leeds to see Ru Paul lat night. Apparently it was great. Drag is not my cup of Earl Grey.

Sadly, we lost our next door neighbour Jackie to emphysema/COPD, after being ill for some time. We never got to know her very well despite the few chats over the garden wall, but she was really nice. Our condolences to her daughter Andrea.

It was nice to get out to live concerts again. A “Free” tribute band were very good but too loud for me. Much better were “Church and Third” who sang West Coast American music and the best of the lot, a solo blues guitarist, Sun Jay. I even bought a CD.

17th March, 2022

731 days since our first lock down day (15/3/2020)

Over 2 years since I started this blog and so much has changed in the world and personally. Of course, Boris is still our PM and a right royal mess he has made of everything he touches.

Starting with Dominic Cummings who was pulling all the strings. has had them cut after a short while as he was an inept liar and ignored his own rules which everyone in the country had to follow. Now he has turned and is spending his time trying (fairly successfully) to undermine his previous boss. Quite successfully although neither of the comes out of the episode very well. Narcissists.

Then there was his fatherhood for the umpteenth time and nobody really knows how many kids he has. I don’t actually care. He is a serial philanderer and his now wife, Carrie doesn’t seem to care. There are a lot more stories in this vein, to come out, I am sure! Some of his escapades seem to have taken place whilst married to someone else. Dare I call him an adulterer?

Then there are his corruption issues along with his courting of Russian oligarchs. Money has been sloshing around for years from Russia which one way or another has ended up in the pockets of many of his friends as well as his ministers and the Tory party. There is a strange whiff of corruption permanently around his side of government particularly in the way cash is given for lobbying and worst of all cash from a Russian who was elevated to the House of Lords. Even the annual Budget changes have made his Ministers richer. I think I want to be sick. Nauseous.

Brexit has been a shambles and it is all down to Johnson. We were promised a better standard of living on all fronts and what we have is the loss of free movement, loss of EU grants for UK projects, Massive paperwork for exports and imports and tourist travel. Help!! Many Europeans don’t like us any more and make things very difficult to live or work in Europe. I believe we moved out of Spain in time although it feels like jumping out of the frying pan into the fire. The out break of Covid 19 hasn’t helped but that caused it own problems. Brexit? Shambolic.

Th Covid outbreak was mishandled from day one. There was no organised plan, especially with regards to face masks and other preventative equipment. This was partly due to giving contracts worth tens of millions of pounds, to his and his cabinets mates. Many of the contracts were not fulfilled because they were given to mates with payments in advance but no experience of production of this very necessary equipment. Millions were lost to us taxpayers but not to his pals who became rich by doing nothing. How many people will have needlessly died in this period. Murderous.

And now the BIG ONE. The invasion by Russia into UKRAINE. Putin is a psychopath and has chosen his target well. The Ukraine is not in NATO and we cannot legitimately send our forces and those of Europe and the States to fight Vlad the Impaler. But once Putin works that out, we are on the back foot when he invades Latvia and other countries. He will not deal. He wants a fight. The only light on the horizon is that his armed forces are weak and easy to beat. But so is Johnson and I fear for us all. Putin is capable of pushing the button. At least if he does, Boris, who is a dickhead, will at least be a dead dickhead.

To summarise:

A narcissistic, adulterous, shambolic, murderous, nauseous, dickhead.

Have a good night.

28th February, 2022

709 days since our first lock down

I’m feeling a bit guilty about not keeping my entries up to date but the Covid debacle, Brexit and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, have left me reeling a bit and I have come to realise there are more important things around than my ramblings. However, it does no harm to put “pen to paper” when readership is totally insignificant. Also, there is a sense of satisfaction when i press “Publish”. So, now for a I go for another eye injection on Wednesday and I feel my eyesight may not be getting any better. I am driving, although only in daylight. My left eye fills up quickly and makes it difficult to read, even with the “bad” eye closed. After 7 injections I am getting fed up with it all really. I don’t mind being short sighted. That can be corrected. This is something else.

I’ve watched Ronnie play two games in which he was again used badly in my view. Yesterday, for example, he came on from the bench and caused havoc with their defence all funnelling back to cancel him out. The result was that all the play was in their half. He was then taken off and the play moved into our half and they scored three goals winning well but, in my view, undeserved.

Talking of sporty stuff, I have rejoined the gym but have paid for a personal trainer, Nikki, who will try and strengthen me up, Nowhere on my ageing frame in particular. Just a general improvement in strength. bought two 5kg dumb bells on line. They are not called dumb bells for nothing. I can hardly lift them for the arm curls, which is why I bought them. So I bought two 1kg weights from Aldi for a couple of quid and they are perfect. One day I may manage the 5kg weights. I have as mentioned before, also booked some physiotherapy sessions to get some treatment on my back and knees. The physio is called Sam and between him and Nikki, I am hoping to notice a big difference. Especially going up stairs. The sessions are hard but manageable and some I can do at home.

So, Putin HAS invaded the Ukraine and I was ready to sympathise with a bombed out country. Defeated by a far superior force. But it has not turned out that way. The Ukrainian people have been absolutely magnificent in the defence of their country, although, it has to be acknowledged that the Russian Army, in large numbers, are less than enthusiastic about their duty to kill people they regard as their mates. The problem is that even if they all lay down their arm, Putin is threatening to wield the big stick and use nuclear weapons. The man is an absolute psychopathic sociopath, He has no feelings or empathy with people including old women, mothers and children who can be seen queuing to get out of their country into Poland. He is a pathetic excuse for a human being and I can’t be the only one who wants him GONE.

An election would be good, but sadly he is a 5 foot 7 inch dictator. It is interesting that small dictators have regularly been nutters of one sort or another.

Kim Jong Un. Unknown but between 5’4″nand 5′ 7″

Putin 5′ 7″

Napoleon 5′ 6″

Mussolini 5′ 7″

Stalin 5′ 5″

Lenin 5′ 5″

Franco 5′ 4″

Khrushchev 5′ 3″ , and so on.

In some ways Putin is the worst of the lot. He hates NATO and when Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia Bulgaria, Romania, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia joined, it must have fried his brain. At least that may explain all the cosmetic surgery resulting in an inability to smile. Hopefully he will nave little to smile about soon anyway.

As for Boris and his entourage, they are mostly absent from the fray or taking no action to allow Ukrainians into the UK without Visas. Why do we not do the same as our European friends and allow them all in for at least three years? There seems to be no problem letting Russian millionaires in and giving them citizenship and even ennobling them giving them, effectively, a vote on our laws. Are we mad?!!! Not us. Our politicians. In the meantime bombs are falling on the Ukraine while it’s people try to get out of the country or are sheltering in the very deep metro system. At least we are sending arms to be distribute amongst volunteers who, in the main, have had no training. We also have the threat of the use of nuclear weapons. The signs are clear that we are dealing with a madman. What a world we live in. Terrible.