(1658) Evening all … dusk plus Christmas draweth nigh.
15. AKH on Reaves (deliberate spelling)
“But the NHS still needs more money”, states Reaves, “who else do I get it from?”
“You’ve got it”, say I. “Take it from the money you’re going to spaff up against the wall in Ukraine, on Net Zero projects, on useless ‘green energy’ projects, on foreign aid for useless green energy projects, on the migrants nobody wants, on the criminal amounts of waste you and we all know occurs in all parts of the public sector. You could even slash the civil service in half and no-one would notice.”
14. In a similarly prissy, high-handed way
… to my reaction in 13 … I’ve noticed a few people yesterday and today … people I know … a bit stressed out and to my mind, it’s not just the politics nor the cold.
This was something I noticed upon my return to this fair isle after Russia … over there, the stress dissipates towards New Year, the big festivity, and then there’s real winter wonderland stuff … bbqed shaslik in the forest, long walks … and then comes Christmas on Jan 6th-7th. The downside is that soon after … around the 10th, it’s straight back to work. I’d have liked a fortnight but there ya go.
The downside for lone wolves is the isolation while everyone’s last minute shopping, sorting things, preparing the house etc. … the upside is the bliss of not having to. I finished my Christmas buying today, wrapping tomorrow, the blog’s Christmassy, the stress is low at home.
13. Now and Next
“Watching the PM and Kemi Badenoch go at each other over immigration today, an independent observer might be inclined to conclude despairingly ‘they’re as bad as each other.’ And so of course they are, what with the faux Conservatives having looked at Blair ‘The Master’ and decided that was the model to follow from 2010 onwards.”
12. Steve and war room at 906
First time I think … correct me if I’m wrong … that I’m not summarising as it’s all about Wray.
Frankly, though they’re justified about crowing over Wray, plus Bannon went through so much … so yes, there is every justification, chaps and chapesses … hmmmm … I’m not so sure though that it’s a good look, the nyah nyah n nya-nya.
I’d prefer them to maybe say one word: “Vindication.”