This glorious plant is waving to me from my next door neighbours garden. I have no idea what it is.
Does anyone know what it is ?
View From The Conservatory
Tag: UK
“If There Is A Need”
From the BBC ….
Vaccinations minister Nadhim Zahawi says they could open 24 hours a day, if there is need
What planet is Zahawi on ?
If there is a need ? Where does the bloody “if” come from ?
Of course there is a need. Has he not seen the news. The numbers of sick and dying increasing. The NHS bordering on collapse.
Surely the default should have been a steady increase of vaccinations to match the availability. Then steadily increasing to 24/7 provision until this pandemic is quashed.
The more people vaccinated will surely help alleviate the NHS overload.
I don’t understand our governments “softly softly” approach to everything to do with this pandemic. Slow to the harsher tiers, slow to full lock down, slow to hard border controls. And why so slow to enforcement ?
We should be giving vaccinations 24/7 now !!!
Frustration
Today my wife received a text from our local GP Surgery, inviting her to make an appointment to have the Covid-19 vaccine.
Within 10 minutes, of receiving the text, we had contacted the surgery only to be told that they were not making anymore vaccination appointments.
Apparently there are vaccine supply issues !!!
This is not an auspicious start to the roll out of the vaccine.
Given the accelerated spread of Covid-19 these are scary times. So to be offered the vaccine, then to have it snatched away, is very frustrating.
Why ?
I have just read this article about Christmas decorations being vandalised.
Residents in Whiteley have suggested that youths with ‘bladed weapons’ are the culprits.
It shouldn’t be the case, but I never cease to be amazed by the depths people are prepared to descend.
Given the difficult times we are navigating, why would anyone deliberately set out to cause grief and aggravation for the homeowners and spoil the pleasure for everyone.
This is such a selfish and thoughtless act.
I hope that they are caught and punished.
MPs to no longer receive pay rise
Giving MPs a £3000 pay rise at this time, would have been immoral. Also, a slap in the face, to the hundreds of thousands of British people, who have lost so much financially and personally, during the pandemic.
It’s the right decision. Indeed, given Britain’s financial state and the economical hard road yet to be travelled, I find it hard to forsee that such a pay rise would be acceptable anytime soon.
BBC News: Rita Ora apologises for second breach of Covid lockdown restrictions
Throw the book at her, for her blatant and shameless disregard for the rules, that most people are abiding by.
BBC News – Rita Ora apologises for second breach of Covid lockdown restrictions https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55213784
She is not a good role model.
Celebrity does not give you a free pass to act like a little princess.
She obviously thinks that saying “sorry” and splashing the cash will get her out of trouble.
Crass Stupidity
‘High Value’ Business Travellers’ Quarantine Exemption Branded ‘Dangerous And Elitist’ https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/business-travellers-exemption-from-quarantine-branded-dangerous-and-elitist_uk_5fc9ea49c5b63a153450c4bd
If our government goes ahead with this relaxation of rules, for “High Value” business travellers, they deserve all the vitriol coming their way.
Covid-19 doesn’t discriminate between rich and poor.
If we are going to truly protect this country then the quarantine rules need to be applied, strictly and fairly, to everyone who travels outside of the UK.
No exceptions.
Wake up Boris, this makes no sense.
Selfish Idiots
http://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-anti-lockdown-protesters-clash-with-police-in-london-12144977
I am so done with these fucking idiots. I do despair at the selfishness that they display..
If they want to put themselves at risk that’s their business.
But, by their actions, they risk infecting everyone around them. OK, they are surrounded by like minded individuals, so who cares if they infecting each other?
But the truth is, it doesn’t end there. By arranging these mass gatherings they put the emergency services at risk.
Such as the police, who could be doing something more productive with their time, have to monitor / control the marchers.
And, because there is always a rogue element who see a peaceful protest as an opportunity for mayhem, the medics also end up wasting their time on these idiots before transporting them to our already overloaded hospitals.
Selfish. It’s the only way to describe their actions.
BBC News: Harry Dunn’s parents lose High Court immunity review
BBC News – Harry Dunn’s parents lose High Court immunity review https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-55057671
It defies belief that “Diplomatic Immunity” should override morality.
“Diplomatic Immunity” should not protect those that kill or attempt to kill. In theory, a foreign state could send an assassin to kill our Prime Minister. Then claim “Diplomatic Immunity” to allow the assassin to go home.
This woman, Anne Sacoolas, should be returned to the UK to face justice. She is the wife of a technical support staffer at RAF Croughton, Northamptonshire. She had no role within the base and there is not entitled to immunity
Foreign states that protect common criminals are no better than those they protect.
Cowering behind “Diplomatic Immunity” is unacceptable.
Don’t Blame Boris
I nicked this from a post on Facebook, from a group I belong too. It sums up my thoughts, completely. What say you ? ….
Don’t blame Boris and his men for locking us away,
Think instead of the all night raves, that happened every day,
Think back to all those marches, when black lives mattered most,
And the crowded summer beaches, all along the coast.
Think back to newsreel funerals where a hundred more have come,
And street gatherings of the selfish, as stupid stood next to dumb,
Some say rules are made to be broken, but their actions have a cost,
And for every thoughtless action, someone’s life just might be lost.
So don’t look to those in authority, when blame you seek to lay,
We’re locked up because the selfish, have ignored rules every day,
So in this coming month or so, don’t rant or rave or shout,
Just do as you’re bloomin’ told, and burn this virus out!
WrAnTz 