My opportunity to vote.
Category: UK
The ripples from the EU referendum grow
Tory MPs escalate party turmoil with open call for Cameron to quit
Andrew Bridgen says Conservatives so fractured over EU that fresh election needed, while Nadine Dorries says prime minister ‘has lied profoundly’
David Cameron’s hopes of being able to avoid terminal damage to Conservative party unity after the EU referendum campaign were dented on Sunday when two rebel MPs openly called for a new leader and a general election before Christmas.
The attacks came from Andrew Bridgen and Nadine Dorries – both Brexiters, and longstanding, publicity-hungry opponents of the prime minister – and their claim that even winning the EU referendum won’t stop Cameron facing a leadership challenge in the summer was dismissed by fellow Tories.
The Big Match
It’s really not that important but it is hard to miss the opportunity.
Brentford played their local rivals, Fulham, Friday evening in the Championship. The last time I saw them play each other was about 1990 when I went to Craven Cottage with Sara for a League Cup game. Jimmy Hill was the chairman of Fulham at the time and he spoke to the crowd at half-time through the PA. The Brentford fans were singing “Flats upon the Cottage…”. We lived in Hammersmith at the time-a short walk to the ground. I cannot remember the score and not really that important.
Anyway, a big match this time around and televised by Sky TV-which was good for me. Not because it was televised here but because I could watch it via an internet streaming site. Excellent! The quality of the image was average but good enough to watch the action.
Brentford dominated the first half, the second was even. Fulham scored first-no!!!
But an equaliser brought the Bees back to life and they managed to score the winner near to the end.
Riding high now-4th until tomorrow probably but it has not been this good in my lifetime I believe.
New Zealand Politics
This is standard fair for John Key and the National Party. Image is all and Key has always been sold as ‘the likeable guy’. He is a light weight, and promotes himself and the politics of the party via this sort of thing and appearances on breakfast television and talk-back radio. He is not a politician for a political discussion.
However, Kiwis still seem to like him. The ‘humble beginnings’ story seems to still have legs.
Memory Jogger
This one has a narrow audience but came to mind with discussion about a professor around the dinner table.
Who said ” ..someone appears to have icked in the garden” when talking to one of the inhabitants on the doorstep of 1 Eastwood Street?