RIP 'Mrs T' ... or, more correctly - and more formally - Rest in Peace, Mrs Thatcher.
RIP? Did I just write 'Rest in Peace' for... ... *Mrs Thatcher* ???!!!
Well, the years roll by, and the heat of one's more youthful, and passionate, political views mellows with age, doesn't it?
In 1979, when 'Mrs T' (though we hadn't started calling her that 'till many years later), with a Conservative government, got voted in, I was a Labour Party voter in 'Conservative clothing'; because my (then) wife and her family, were all Tory, and I *had* to fall in line or risk the wrath of "She Who must Be Obeyed!"
But by the mid 1980's, with *that* wife out of the way, (divorced, dear boy, not murdered!), I was able to be the political person I'd always been "underneath", but never able to give voice to, as my parents were Tories, my brother's a Tory, and my (now ex) wife was a rank-Tory! However, by 1986, I was re-married to the most wonderful person ever - my lovely wife, Ann - and, thankfully, she is also a Labour Party voter, so we "suffered" together the final years of Thatcher's Reign!
So, although I'm a fan of women getting any job going, from a caterer to a Prime Minister, I'm afraid the legacy of the "Thatcher Years" will, for me, forever be one of deregulated this, that, and the other, which have all proven to be total failures (for most people) in their respective spheres. BT replaced the General Post Office, and Royal Mail was cut out from the Post Office, and now both are ailing. Umpteen railway privatised train companies have replaced British Railways, and STILL we don't get trains which run on time or commuter rail fares people can afford! I could go on... but I can see your eyes are glossing over, so I'll just end as I began, and respectfully say Rest in Peace, 'Mrs T'... ... but actually, I'm not that sorry you're now fully consigned to history!
Monday 8 April 2013
Saturday 6 April 2013
The first mild, warm, and sunny day since last Autumn!!
It's been just *wonderful* having the sun out most of the day - and very little breeze this morning, till about lunchtime!
Aaaa... sigh of relief... At least we've had ONE day of Springtime! It seems like we've been in Winter since December! We've just finished March, which was the second coldest on record, and April had hardly begun when the Met Office said that the 2nd of April was the coldest April day on record, too! And all the time, during march and April so far, we've battled bitingly-cold Easterly winds; and the March snow still lies many feet deep "up North"!
So it's been a real respite-day, today, to have the day mild - even warm this morning while there was no wind - and sunny most of the day... Aaaa... We even opened the Summerhouse doors to air it out!! Wa-hey!! Springtime has finally arrived, if only for one day!
So, I wonder... How many of you, like me, had a bit of a clear up in the garden, as the sun shone warm this morning? And while the male Blackbird sang his velvety-song to his lady-love? I was even happy to see the first fly of the year! Well, the first I've seen.
Another, pleasant surprise, was a pretty little male Siskin has visited the bird table again this morning, while the male Bluetit continues to drum on the nestbox under the eaves to attract his lady-love.
After all, that's what they've always said, innit? When Springtime comes, a young man's fancy turns to courtin'!
Aaaa... sigh of relief... At least we've had ONE day of Springtime! It seems like we've been in Winter since December! We've just finished March, which was the second coldest on record, and April had hardly begun when the Met Office said that the 2nd of April was the coldest April day on record, too! And all the time, during march and April so far, we've battled bitingly-cold Easterly winds; and the March snow still lies many feet deep "up North"!
So it's been a real respite-day, today, to have the day mild - even warm this morning while there was no wind - and sunny most of the day... Aaaa... We even opened the Summerhouse doors to air it out!! Wa-hey!! Springtime has finally arrived, if only for one day!
So, I wonder... How many of you, like me, had a bit of a clear up in the garden, as the sun shone warm this morning? And while the male Blackbird sang his velvety-song to his lady-love? I was even happy to see the first fly of the year! Well, the first I've seen.
Another, pleasant surprise, was a pretty little male Siskin has visited the bird table again this morning, while the male Bluetit continues to drum on the nestbox under the eaves to attract his lady-love.
After all, that's what they've always said, innit? When Springtime comes, a young man's fancy turns to courtin'!
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