Musings on the byways of popular culture
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Shropshire. Surely the place envisaged by Del Amitri when they wrote the song “Nothing Ever Happens” But no, the by-election result there last night — turning a 23,000 Con lead into a 6,000 Lib Dem one — was the big story this morning.
So, is it just a vote against Owen Paterson’s greed and enttitlement, or a wider message to Boris and co and the first brick in the Yellow Wall?
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As some of you may be aware I get a ‘chance to vote’ in two weeks time (deep joy). 16 candidates are standing possibly a record. Today I was telephoned by a ‘polling company’ my wife had spoken to them last week, he admitted then that it was on behalf of the tories. I’d just returned home after a hot afternoon on the allotment so I wasn’t quite ready for the questions. I did tell him that FPTP is outmoded and outdated and that I negatively vote by voting for a candidate who will help ensure the candidate I don’t want to win doesn’t and not voting for the candidate I may want. I did say I wouldn’t vote for anyone that thought brexschitt was a great idea. After batting away some of his questions he said that my views were different from many that he’d spoken to and would I like to join a ‘discussion’ in two weeks for which I’d be paid. He asked age and religion ” none really, but I do follow Bokononism ‘
If I do get chosen is there anything else I should add?
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I have to admit that, whenever I hear the words “Dominic Cummings”, a little bit of me dies.
However, his blog piece denying being a leak for anything and accusing Boris of being “mad”, “incompetent” and acting “illegally” has brought out the very best in Marina Hyde. Her opinion piece made me laugh at loud several times.
BoJo will, of course, brazen it out. Like Adam Ant, he is not afraid of ridicule. There will be no parliamentary enquiry, despite Cummings’ suggestion, and all the sleaze business will be resolutely ignored, regardless of Labour’s best efforts to keep it alive.
The sun is shining and the virus is under control. I predict Tory gains in the upcoming local elections.
In the meantime, there is no fury like a spad scorned. Let’s make the most of it, join in the lolz with Marina and dream of BoJo rolling in deep doo doo.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/23/boris-johnsons-text-addiction-dominic-cummings
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I have just discovered to my enormous pleasure that this is the middle name of Lord Sewel, he of the orange bra and breast/fiver interface. This is a word that needs to be incorporated in the English language. Any idea what it might mean?
