Muppets

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. Most of us had open mouths when we learnt they were going to cut taxes - especially for the most wealthy. Truss said that she would be happy to make unpopular decisions and that she would "deliver" on her promises.

It was a load of bravado and hot air. Tough talk from a couple of muppets. And now the markets are giving their damning verdict in no uncertain way.

Where is this nightmare going to end? Will Truss and Kwarteng backtrack? Will they resign? All of a sudden The Labour Party looks a better bet, advancing by seventeen points in the polls under Sir Keir Starmer's steady leadership.

If everything goes pear-shaped, Truss and Kwarteng will be fine. They'll have enough personal wealth to survive the worst that the economic weather can throw at them.  However for ordinary citizens , that is not the case. They will have to bear the brunt of the failed experiment It's just like wartime. Leaders make wars but it is ordinary people who have to fight them.

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This Too Shall Pass

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 branded block which still he couldn’t afford so I gave him a pound which gave him the extra and smiled to myself when he told the cashier to keep the change when he was 9 pence in credit.

I watched The Repair Shop and had a good cry at the table renovation.

And we are all going to bed feeling just a little bit better.

I’m not going to bang on about the lows of being single.

We all know what they are, and we singletons live with the negatives by generally celebrating the positives when we can . 

The negatives can just creep up behind you when you are unawares , like rainy clouds do in Autumn.

And I hate it when those negatives slap your face hard when you really don’t want them to.

At least I have a nervous bulldog who watches over me carefully when I sleep

Who can ever say that ……? Eh ?

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Getting Going

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

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