It is all Spanish to me

My son has had the second of his exams this week.  Earlier this week, he had his oral Spanish exam.  He has had help from one of our friends who has tutored him (he had declined this help before), and hopefully, this will be of use when we have a holiday in Spain later this year.  Fingers crossed that all has gone well with both!  

Voting in the 2024 Local Elections

Our dog came with me to vote this morning.  She was quite keen to do so, but was not allowed.  I got to cast my vote, though my first form of ID was not accepted as it was not photographic, my next form, which is my NHS smart-card was declined.  That is odd as the card I use to access confidential information is not accepted for voting!  Fortunately I had my photographic driving licence and used that to vote.

I know that there are those who say that voting does not change anything, but it does in the UK.  In Russia, where Putin is to win, it does not.  In North Korea and Iran, again, it does not.  And there are many nations where people do not even have the pretence of a sham election.

My view is that we should vote, even if that is to spoil our ballot paper.  Too many people fought for our rights to do so, rights which are denied to too many people across the globe.

My trip to London

Am knackered.  My mother was unwell today and had to go to hospital, so I drove down and back again.  The downside of my electric car is its range.  While I have been to Holland and back in it, I was lucky with charging.  Getting back, the chargers I normally use were not available.  One was blocked off as all the points were being used, another was out of order.  I did find another place, but it was not yet operational.  So an hour or two after dropping my mother off at home, I managed to get some charge for my trip home.  

I am hoping that she is going to be okay, but considering that she does not listen to me about what she should do, despite my job in the NHS, I am not sure how she is going to be. 

Homosexuality and The Bible

To be fair, I have not had a discussion on Twitter about this for a long time.  But I saw this video and thought that I should share it.  

It is An Open Letter to Dr. Laura Schlesinger which has been shared on the internet for decades about being gay.

It is quite Old Testament but I have asked my questions about The New Testament, asking what behaviour is acceptable. Apparently, on Twitter, that can cause offence as well!

Tottenham Hotspur 2 Arsenal 3

What a game.  I did not get a chance to watch it last night as we were being badly beaten in the pub quiz, but I have now watched it.  To be fair to The Scum, they played quite well and if not for a few decisions, we could have lost.  Now I just have to hope that The Team That Rhymes With City drop more points than use between now and the end of the season.  But I doubt that will happen.

Taylor Swift

Yesterday, we watched Taylor Swift. My son is to watch her in concert in June if all goes well, but yesterday my son was watching The Eras Tour on Disney+. I joined him for her singing All Too Well, then my wife joined us and my daughter joined us at the end. My wife recorded my daughter and I dancing (my son does not dance with me). It has been too long since we watched something together, and while we did not watch the full concert as a family, it was nice that we watched so much as a unit once more. 

Nationalising our railways

Labour have talked about nationalisation of at least parts of our railway system. Many people have commented that nationalised railways are terrible, but several of the companies who run, or ran our railways are already owned by state railway companies from abroad. 

In addition to this, the East Coast Mainline ran a profit when run by the state ten years ago. While the first video is a few years old, you should be able to understand the message it gives.