How important are local elections?

Not terrifically, has to be the conclusion after there were no riots in the areas which didn’t have any due to Angela Rayner’s gerrymandering.

Quite Insane

That has to be the verdict on the Cambridge University Polar Museum’s operators, who would have us believe that exploring Antarctica was an act of colonialism, even though no one lived there at the time.

Huh?

What was up with GB Views the other night? I switched on just before 8 p.m. for the State of the Nation programme and the news summary.
    12 minutes later, they were still going through the stock of plugs and promos with no explanation for what had gone wrong.
    So I pulled the plug on them in disgust.

Real Retro

Looking for an expensive gift for someone? An American company is using Tyrannosaurus to cook up an artificial fabric which will have the texture of T-Rex skin and can be used to make gloves, etc.
    And if anyone complains that whatever they’ve bought doesn’t feel like dinosaur skin, they’ll just be confronted with “How do you know?”

Inability to focus?

Our Chancellor headed for the United States to do something about a trade deal. Next thing you know, she’s being reported as telling all sorts of people that Uncle Beer is much more interested in a deal with the EU. That’s going to do wonders for her chances of a deal.

Enjoy it while you can

We’re having a rather lengthy period of sunny weather. Not something we can look forward to the future if the climate spivs get their way and start blocking our sunlight in a futile attempt to change the climate.

Suspend judgement

Trump’s first 100 days in office, a political milestone or a millstone?
    I suppose we’d better wait a while before we decide if he’s rewriting the script constantly.
    Ending the war in Ukraine in a day? That’s now a joke. And not a brilliant one.