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I freely admit that I am rather ignorant when it comes to economics. The subject tends to make me glaze over. It's not how my brain works. Give me history, art, geography and poetry any day. These are subjects that get me buzzing but economics leaves me floundering like a jelly fish on a beach. Generally, I leave the zone up to other people. My country has been in a challenging position for a while - what with The Brexit Disaster, COVID19 and Putin's war upon Ukraine. Common sense tells me that this was not the time to test out breathtaking economic experiments to boost growth. This was a time for diligence and probity, for trying to get through stormy waters as best as possible. In the shortest political honeymoon ever,  our new prime minister Liz Truss and her chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng have managed to plunge Britain.  into unmitigated  disaster like the captain of "The Titanic" They have been playing poker with citizens' lives on the back of a hunch....

I slept until 6 pm   I slept heavily still with my crocs and hoodie on. I slept with  Dorothy watching me carefully as she does before I eventually opened my eyes at dusk  It’s a habit she got into not long after she arrived It’s not been a particularly nice day, so I made it a bit better by having a shower, walking the dogs in twilight and by eating  a nostalgic supper of chicken and mushroom pot noodle straight from the pot Comfort food from the Spar in Dyserth.  As I walked to the till with my pot noodle and tin of whiskers a boy of around seven asked me if I knew where the cheese was. I showed him and there followed  a rather sweet conversation between us of where the mild cheddar was. He had obviously been sent out by his mother to get something for tea .  I pointed out a large block which cost over three pounds and the boy told me he hadn’t got enough money  We searched the shelves together until  I found a smaller non br...

Some days I feel brave and positive and full of bounce. Like one of those girls of roller skates you see on transatlantic tampon adverts I can do this life thing  and grab it by the balls. I am that assertive twat that asked the neighbours to keep their yappy dogs quiet And I almost brought in the cheap shoe gag when coping with a strangely irate woman in Jackson’s Nurseries who belittled the cashier over the price of cushion.  Today I don’t really feel brave and positive and bouncy. I feel lumpy and old and I can’t get my head around Google classroom as quick as I’d like. I want someone to make me soup and rub my hair with cold fingers And I want to be told it will be alright Which of course , it will be. I’m a bit tired, me thinks …and my bladder is playing up today Dorothy and I are going to sneak under the eiderdown shortly and have 40 winks  Hey ho from Going Gently https://ift.tt/9jwf3DF