Cycling Sunday with my son

I got my son out on his bike!

Went for a three mile walk in the morning, did some housework (not enough though) and took my son out on his bike.  Just to his school and back, but that is better than doing nothing.

Love, Simon

Today, our family film was Love, Simon.

Before I get onto that, a quick summary of our day.  May daughter has lost her phone.  Out of charge, we think it is somewhere in the house,  searching her room (without her permission when she was in the shower) was an interesting experience and one which had to be witnessed with our own eyes.  And while this would mean grounding her normally, thanks to the new normal, that is not possible.  And with her phone missing, is a phone ban going to work?

My wife and I did go for a drive for food.  A trip to the butchers was curtailed when spew saw the queue and instead, we had our hot date at the bakers.  Social distancing in queues now is the accepted norm, though we have not been to places where it is not able to be put in place as easily.

Our lawn was mowed today, and I tried to get the kids to help,  my son did not want to as ‘it is the half term holiday’ which was an excuse I could not comprehend.  As discussed earlier this month, him and exercise are terms that rarely meet.  He did come out in the end, but was not able to lift his end while his sister could.  And later in the day I went for a long walk with her.

Love, Simon is a good film.  I imagine that in times to come, this may have the importance to this generation as films like The Breakfast Club have to mine.  Out simply, it is about Simon, who is gay and his experiences in an American High School.

Needless to say, this film will not appeal to all, but it touched our hearts and taught me things which I did not know before.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

We watched the beginning of this film last night, but has to stop once the kids started to bicker.  But after we all had been working today, we watched the rest of the film.

The day started with a courier run to my work.  My wife had wanted to know how to use a blood glucose machine so I brought one home from work last night and she saw how to use it.  This morning I returned it to work, taking the bike which was quite tiring.  After that it, it was work which was quite busy. After that, I went for a walk with my daughter and after dinner, we sat down to watch the rest of The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

All I remember of the original is one of the leads, so I cannot compare this to the original series.  But it was an enjoyable film.  While predictable in places, it had memorable characters though the down side is that the villains were two dimensional and the film reverted to type on occasions.  It was good enough that I look forwards to any sequel that is made.

Ready Player One

I liked it.  Predictable and with a few errors. (People using VR headsets in public will get injured and if everyone on the planet takes part in a game, why are all the best players in the same city that the baddies are located?) But the film flowed well and the story was well told.  I do like the settings where the story too place. Though I would like to know how high rise trailers are maintained.  I love the reference to games of my past, though I never got to play them, and I love the films of old.  (I may watch The Shining again and get round to watching the Chucky films.)  I had heard about it, and had no interest to watch it before.  My daughter however recommended it on Sunday which is why we watched it.  My son had half watched it then but took more of an interest when we watched the second half last night.  Neither my daughter or I could be bothered to fill him in on the bits he decided to miss though!

And I am still knackered today.  I walked to work and back yesterday and my wife had a genius idea to get my son out.  He had been quite laid back, still wearing his pyjamas when I got back.  I did offer to walk with the kids, and while my son said no at first, the inspired idea of my wife came into play, which was to order some dessert which we collected.  While both the kids came with me, my daughter went home after the two started to bicker.  Walking with one child was fine, though two would be better...

Sloth

I am frustrated.  I went for a walk yesterday as well as on Saturday.  But yesterday, my walk was not as long as before and my aim was to go for a walk later with one of the children.  My daughter has been out for a walk on most days during lock-down, but has not been for one recently.  My son on the other hand has rarely left the house.  My daughter prefers not to walk with me, and is fond of going for walks by herself.  I am okay with that, so long as she stays to areas where other people are.  But my son got my hopes up.  I had discussed this issue with my wife and she gave me some advice.  So I asked me son if he would like to cycle to his school.  He said yes, but he wanted to cycle more.  But when the time came, he backed out.  I am seriously concerned that this will be an issue when he returns to school as I am not sure that he will have the stamina to make it. And while at times he will say he wants to exercise, there is an excuse why he cannot do so on the days that he initially agrees to do so.

Anyway, yesterday we watched the first part of Ready Player One.  We started as a family, but my wife decided it was not for her.  And then my son decided to play on the Switch instead.  So my daughter and I continued to watch it until we both got tired and had to go to bed.

And on that note, have a quarantined good night.

Are we really in this together?

The theme of this blog entry is if laws and rules should be optional for those in power.

Conservatives seem to have issues obeying rules and understanding COVID.  To be fair, it is not just those on the right.  As seen in the UK, Piers Corbyn, the brother of Jeremy Corbyn, has been spreading the lie/delusion that COVID is a lie as well as organising protests against lockdown so that people can get COVID-19 just like Audrey Whitlock did in the USA.  But there has been a huge example of this in the USA, as well as one in the UK.

From what I understand, before deciding to play golf in a pandemic, Trump decided to ignore the requests of factory bosses as well as the law in Michigan about wearing a face-mask, a law which is in place to reduce the risk of a person spreading this terrible disease.  The governor of that state has more important things to deal with rather than prosecuting him for this breach of the law, but his actions are in my view inexcusable.  Either the law is to be obeyed, or it is not.  In addition to this, ignoring it will encourage others to do the same, which means that more will catch this.

In the UK, the most important political strategist has decided to flout the advice on lockdown, most importantly, when he was meant to be isolating.  Lockdown came into effect on the 23rd of March.  Matt Hancock and Boris Johnson tested positive for COVID on the 27th of March and the government confirmed that Dominic Cummings was staying at home with COVID symptoms.  

The allegations are as follows.  On the 31st of March, The Durham Constabulary become aware that Dominic Cummings drove his wife and son to Durham to take his son to his parents (though other relatives lived closer). His wife was unwell, and the guidance is not to leave the house when unwell with symptoms of COVID-19.  He was seen outside his parents property on the 5th of April.  On the 12th and 19th of April, he was seen, according to one allegation being 30 miles away from his home before his return to work on the 14th of April.  And his wife had an article published an article on self isolation on the 25th of April (23rd on the website) which apparently omitted the experience of doing so in Durham.     


Working in healthcare seeing those who may or may not have COVID is something I have to do.  I despair when I see people flout the guidelines on social distancing, but if those in power do not do so, how can we expect everyone else?

Lust

It is an interesting time to post this.  My wife, daughter and I are watching The First Time. The reason both my wife and daughter have wanted to watch this is because of Dylan O'Brien.  It has been interesting to watch this, but despite a few issues, his shirt being always ironed at the party for one, it is a good film.  I identify a lot with the father, but more so with the father from a short film the kids and I watched earlier today, Riley's First Date?

I thought that it dealt with teenage relationships quite well.  Not knowing what was going on, the mix of emotions and the message about the right thing to do,

But the reason I post this is, as the title suggests, about lust.

I have posted before about how I felt how Brett Kavanaugh lied, or forgot important episodes when he was drunk over the testimony given about the allegations of sexual assault against Christine Blasey Ford.  I do not think that he can be proven to have assaulted her, but if he tried her for defamation, she would be found innocent as while the GOP ignored the holes in his testimony a court of law would not.  It is horrible how people have slandered the woman who was brave enough to speak out over him.

Sexual assault is not just limited to the GOP, Biden has faced his and his creepy behaviour around women does not scream innocence on his part.  But he has not been shown to lie about this drinking.  And he has not boasted about sexual assault.

And that of course takes us to Donald Trump.  Not only has he boasted about infidelity and sexual assault, he has had two affairs that he know of, this being a one time dalliance with Stormy Daniels as well as a longer affair with Karen McDougal.  His supporters can say that these are just alleged affairs and the bush money paid to them does not imply guilt, but this is a man on his third wife.  In 2016, many who claimed to be Christians voted for him, as opposed to a woman who stuck with her adulterous husband.

One day, someone may explain this double standard to me.  But I have been waiting a few years and I suspect no one will be able to justify it.

Waiting for the R number to rise

Social distancing is still taking place, but not as much as before.  And I working in primary care, I can see the consequences.  Specifically, I have to assess and treat the consequences.

I suspect that one child I saw earlier this week has COVID-19, and today I saw two children with symptoms of viral infections that probably were not COVID.  Probably.  But in order for those children to get those infections, they had to have caught them from someone.  And if they can catch one virus, they can catch others, notably COVID.

In the last few weeks, I have not seen any children with symptoms of a viral infection, quite simply because they have been in isolation, and therefore were not able to catch these infections because they did not see anyone to catch infections from.  I knew that when the lockdown measures were eased that I would be seeing unwell children again.  And that has happened this week.  Which means that I am going to be at greater risk of catching COVID.

Things would be better if people were being sensible when it comes to how they act, but considering the crowds at beaches this week, not enough are.  Not all of them will end up like the Fusco family, but some may.
On he bright side, my COVID test came back and I do not have the plague. Yet.

COVID testing

Have been carrying out COVID19 testing at work today.  In the last seven or so days, we have lost four staff, but thanks to the way testing for COVID-19 has been improved, we have got two back already and one more is returning tomorrow.

But today we tested frontline workers.  I was one of the volunteers for testing and carried all (but my own) out.  Not all got tested, but some of us did as a way of the health service trying to find out how many people in the NHS are working but are asymptomatic carriers.

The procedure was uncomfortable and carried a risk of spreading infection in itself.  Also it was meant to have been carried out yesterday but we were not sent the samples.  And now it is a wait for the results.  Considering how we are monitoring temperatures at work now, I doubt that anyone will be found to be a carrier.

Vaccines Work

Vaccines work.  They have saved lives and reduced the burden of illness and disability.  We know this due to several things.  One is how Obama has harmed vaccination programs.  Another is the eradication of Smallpox.

Obama did many things as US president, Like Trump, some of this was good and some of it was not so.  When the USA assassinated Osama bin Laden in Operation Neptune Spear, they obtained information on this presence through a hepatitis vaccination programme allowing them to obtain DNA evidence of his presence.  Militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan started to attack healthcare workers who had been trying to eradicate polio and one of the reasons for this was the perception that healthcare workers were continuing to aid the USA.  Vaccination rates dropped and the rates of polio increased.  But when vaccination rates increased, the cases of polio fell.  Likewise, falling vaccination rates due to increasing unrest have resulted in more cases of polio in both Afghanistan and Pakistan.  To be fair to Obama, he cannot be blamed for all of this as extremists there have been spreading lies and fake news about vaccinations.  

My next example of how vaccinations work is smallpox.  Put simply, it is not seen anymore.  And that is thanks to vaccination.  Those who are against vaccination claim that there are other reasons for the end of smallpox, this including hygiene measures.  But while other diseases have continued in areas of poor hygiene, smallpox has been eradicated.

At present in the world, many are hoping that a vaccination to COVID-19 will be developed.  An effective and safe vaccine may not be possible though.  Even trials into this have been subject to fake news with reports being shared that the main volunteer into this has died.  If Dr Elisa Granato has, she has been able to speak from beyond the grave to state that she is alive!

RIP Dr Mirza

Sadly a local GP has died.  I had only met him a few times but was surprised to find that he was in his 80’s as I assumed that he was about twenty years younger.  Well respected in the area, COVID-19 got him.

My own exposure to patients has increased.  In the last week I have seen more patients in a face to face role than I did last month.  I do have access to PPE, this being a simple fluid resistant mask, a bin liner apron, gloves and if I feel it is needed, a visor.  We are taking temperature measurements at work from everyone daily, but have lost two others this week.  Thanks to testing, the symptomatic members of their households will find out if they are carrying the plague or not and hopefully they will be back soon.

With lockdown easing, I know that not only am I seeing more patients, but the numbers of those infected by COVID is to increase.  I know that others have faced much more risk than me, but I know that the odds that I face are getting worse.

Every time I go to work, I am rolling the dice and I have no desire to join Dr Mirza as another local healthcare worker who has died in this pandemic.

Anyway, he was respected and I am even more impressed with him now that I know how old he was. May he rest in peace.

Is it right for an unarmed jogger to be shot in broad daylight just for running on the road

In the UK, people can now exercise outside the home as much as they want.  Which will mean more joggers being out and about.  And in these times of the plague, some joggers are considerate and give pedestrians a fair bit of distance as they jog past.  Others, not so much.

In the USA, an unarmed man was shot when jogging.  He allegedly decided to assault an armed man who shot him.  This was a few months ago but this has come to the public eye as a video recording of the incident from a dash cam was released.  It just happened that the unarmed man was black and the men who killed him were white.  Well one man killed him, the other could be argued to be an accessory.  There is an argument by some that there was a racial element to this and the crime that took place was running when black.  But I think that race should be ignored.

Ultimately the question to ask is if it is right for an armed man to kill an unarmed jogger.  As you can see, some think that it is acceptable, stating that he had a criminal past and was seen in a building site before.  Interestingly, it has been argued that it was right to pull him over for he crime of assaulting the man who pulled him over.  That reminds me of the film Minority Report, but the choice of film name will probably cause offence to some as well.

Yeah but no but yeah. Not Vicki Pollard, but our Prime Minister, Boris Johnson

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— realmattlucas (@RealMattLucas) May 10, 2020

We in the UK are lucky.  No matter how much our Prime Minister screws things up, we can always look to Brazil and the USA for leaders who are more incompetent.  And while the government has got some things right (such as sourcing ventilators and building the Nightingale hospitals), and may be right in the long term when it comes to the policy of herd immunity, it has got many things wrong, an example of this being PPE.

In hindsight, we could say that the government should not have built the Nightingale hospitals but at the time, this of making the decision, based on the information available, this was the right thing to do.  Also, while letting the public know how measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 were to be put in place in advance, we can now say that the 'leak' about how lock-down measures were to be loosened before this bank holiday weekend was a bad idea.  Let alone how alcohol appears to have resulted in worsening social distancing measures on VE day.

But last night, the television address by the Prime Minister was a shambles.  Letting employers know that people are to return to work literally the night before the change comes into effect was insane.  It would have been far better to let employers know about this before the bank holiday weekend so that they would have had more notice along with employees.  Saying that, while we were told that the changes are to take effect today, it now appears that they are not.  And the advice on who we can or cannot meet now, or is it in the future, is also unclear.

A good thing about the performance of the Prime Minister is that it has taken our attention away from the message to Stay Alert.  The message to stay at home to protect the NHS was been a simple one and due to this it is to be kept by Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.  The change in message indicated that lock-down measures are to be relaxed, but due to the incompetence at which the message was changed to this unclear form, we should have been warned that the message would be shared in as incompetent a manner. 

There are ways to present a message to the nation.  This is one of them.  Boris should learn from this message how to present himself as a Prime Minister.  It is a shame we have a buffoon in charge when the man who should be Prime Minister is not.

I think I hate squirrels

Today was spent relaxing mostly.  After my post last night, my wife and I watched Kinky Boots. But it as late we went to bed and on waking this morning, finished it.  I loved it, and while the film was a predictable feel good film. I liked it for the quality of acting and the background in which the film was set.  It is not often that the topic of drag queens is in film, and while this does not match up to films like The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert and The Birdcage, it still was an enjoyable film.

I also after watched Clone Wars with my son, relaxed with my wife in the garden went for a bike ride, and started to watch Attack of the Clones with the kids.  My son decided that he did not want to watch it as he had watched it recently but watched the first part before heading for bed.  My daughter is now in bed so we may finish it tomorrow.

And I fed the birds, my wife had made some lovely sandwiches for lunch and we still had some left over from yesterday.  So the bread from yesterday’s sandwiches and the crusts from lunch went to the birds. I have some big balls as well so took them out to feed them.  Only to find that the squirrels had somehow managed to get into a caged feeder.  My wife and I had seen one running across the lawn with what appeared to be a bird ball.  I discounted it because there was no way into the feeder, or so I thought.  But they had managed to get into it, and take out the ball of food.  I hate the little gits, but I am impressed that they were able to do this.  Very impressed.

VE day

Today was VE Day.  I got to see the fly past by the Red Arrows, my son missed it completely but my wife and daughter got to hear it.  My wife was amazing and prepared an amazing lunch, and afternoon tea, which our street had in driveways and front gardens, most of us socially distancing while doing so.

We listened to music from the war, my son having had downloaded some music which we listened to before the music from one of our neighbours drowned it out.  As you can see, some dressed up much more than us, but it was lovely to see the street our like this.  Most of us do get outside for the 2000 Key Worker clap, which still touches me, but this lasted longer than a minute.

Afterwards my daughter and I went out for a walk which was almost an hour and while my wife attended her book club using Zoom, the kids and I watched The Phantom Menace.  I have not watched it in a while, and once I felt that it was not up to the standards of the original three films. I still think that, but it is much better than episodes seven to nine in terms of writing, just not in the direction.

You remember that PPE the UK has been exporting because it doesn’t meet UK standards?

A few weeks ago there was an interesting situation where the UK was trying to import PPE from Turkey while manufacturers in the UK were exporting it to the EU.

The government was asked why we were doing this, and rather than admitting that the issue was cost (production costs are lower in Turkey) they said that the PPE produced in the UK for the EU would not meet UK standards.

Well, that PPE that we had to wait ages for, cannot be used as it does not meet UK standards...

Nerf Star Wars

Two things.

The first is that my son thinks that Rogue One is the worst film in the Star Wars franchise.  To me that is obviously episode eight.  I love all the Star Wars films and while I felt the prequels were lacking, ultimately they were films designed to get kids to love Star Wars.  And they worked with my children.  My wife watched and liked episodes 7-9 as well as Solo and Rogue One.  Obviously, as she is not as obsessive about Star Wars as I am, she did not love them as much as I do.  But episodes 7-9 have large plot holes.  Which is a shame when both Rogue One and Solo did so much to fix the issues raised in the original Star Wars film.

Anyway the second is the battle we had today.  My son spent a lot of his money from presents on a very special Nerf Gun.  He has not watched Terminator 2, but he might enjoy it more than he would have now.  My daughter who had a quite lethal weapon has found that it is out of batteries and when she joined, it was with a less intimidating weapon, but one which they did not know.  The problem with the gun of my son is that it takes time before it can fire.  Which means that I, with my normal guns will mostly get the first shot or two in first.  But I do not have the volume of firepower that he has.  I can shoot once, prepare the gun again and shoot, until my six bullets are out. If he and his sister work it out I will be no match for them!

Patriotism. I love my country, but this is not unconditional.

First of all the family.  My children have been good and bad, but to my wife, as I have been at work.  Tomorrow, I might get to spend time with them, if they are willing.  My son has been playing PokémonGO with me and with the help of a family friend we undertook a difficult raid to attempt to capture a Pokémon called Darkrai. I have been doing quite a few, but an elusive shiny one has been beyond me.  My son though has one, despite this being his second attempt. To say I am jealous is an understatement. To describe him as pleased is the same.

But to the point of this post.  My love for my nation.

This has been an issue, here and abroad when it has come to supporting the state in its response to dealing with COVID.  The tweet that made me post this was one by a US politician in which she said “Republicans love America.  Democrats hate America.  It's simple.” Now I love the good things about my nation.  But I do not love everything about it.  I think that Britain is great, but that it can and should be so much better.  I am proud of many of the things it has done and does, just like I am ashamed of things our nation does and has done.  And when it comes to the USA, I am sure that for most people they would say the same.  Unconditional love for my nation is stupid.  It means I ignore the bad things it has done in the past and the ways it can be better now.  I respect the right of others to love the nation they are from unconditionally, but forgive me if I question this if someone they do not support is elected.

21 Bridges

Sunday was quiet.  I woke up early and relaxed watching Brooklyn Nine Nine.  After my wife woke up, I took her to the shops where she visited one store and bought some cards and a cake for friends of ours.  When dropping it off, I had a socially distant chat with them and later, an old work colleague.  Sadly, he had contracted COVID but has got over the worst of it.  He is still affected by shortness of breath but also mentioned GI symptoms which he did not go into in detail as we were on the street!

I did try taking my son out for a bike ride, but as it started to drizzle, he stayed at home after cycling up and down the road.  My daughter had gone for a walk by herself so I continued my exercise alone.  I am missing out on my Wednesday bike rides, but I need to keep up exercising as my stomach has been getting bigger.  My main challenge though is to get my daughter on her bike over this time.

I did get to watch Clone Wars with my son, but it has been annoying that the episodes appear to be out of order.  We watched one episode that may have been a prequel to the first episode in the first series.  And we are on the third series now!

But the highlight of my day was watching 21 Bridges with my wife.  (Though eating the jam tarts her and my daughter made cake second.). The film was predictable in places but was quite enjoyable, despite the high body count.  When it comes to police films, I would rate it better than average, and much better than the comedy we had tried to watch beforehand (we stopped after ten minutes of that).  With predictable films, what I am interested in is how he film is directed.  Are there major plot holes, and I do not think that this had any major ones.  And while predictable, it was in places once the story had evolved.  The strength of the film is the evolution and this is a film I would recommend as a lockdown film to watch.

Anyway, time for work!

Care homes and Nightingale hospitals

Sadly in the last week or two, more of those I am involved for caring for have died in care homes.  The bravery of those providing them with the care needed, despite the risks, literally makes me well up with tears when I think about them.

I think that more will pass away in the next week or so as some who are in isolation have now passed.

Which brings me onto why I have posted his.  On Twitter, a few people have noted how the Nightingale hospitals have been stood down.  Opening them was necessary as we in the NHS feared the worst.  The UK has been closely following the curve of Italy and Spain.  And we in healthcare were (and considering that the lockdown measures will be relaxed, still are) concerned that the NHS would be overwhelmed.  That does not seem to have happened due to the changes in what the NHS is doing as well as the way that the attitudes of people towards getting help from the NHS has changed.

Some have asked why patients who do not have COVID who from care homes where COVID is spreading are not transferred there.  There are many problems with that is that.  One is that they may take the disease from the home that is infected to the Nightingale hospital.  The next is that the care needs of those in care homes tend to be different from those in hospital and those nurses who work in hospitals have a different skill mix to those min care homes.  This brings up the next issue, staffing.  Before COVID-19 hit the nation the NHS did not have enough nurses.  Nurses have been taken from other duties but as the NHS prepares to deal with other issues.

While patients from hospitals could be discharged to Nightingale hospitals rather than nursing homes, this would require a lot more logistics to move them across greater distances and any communication issues when a patient is discharged would be harder to resolve.  

And last of all, many who are in care homes have made decisions (or the next of kin has decided) that they are not to be admitted to hospital.  Just as those who want hospital assessment should have it, those who do not wish it should not have it forced on them.

Family games night

I have bonded with the children today.  After stressing them out, and my wife.

The kids have been a bit distant from me in the last week, and in they felt that I was not being nice enough.  A little bit of attitude too much and I lost my temper.  Sadly this upset my wife as well as both of them, but it did get them to bond as they tend to stick together when one of us has lost our temper.  My wife explained how she felt I was feeling which was important later in the day.  After this discussion, which took place while we were getting some fruit, we dropped hem off and went to a bakery for some bread.  It is a local enterprise and while there was a long queue (they since have apologised for it) it was nice to get out of the house and relax.  My wife joined me after a while in the socially distancing queue (the lady in front of me was particularly observant about social distancing) so we got our hot date.  Another family that we know cycled past.  I suspect they came for food, but turned around on arrival.  It was nice to have a socially distant chat with them and I have to say I was envious that they were all out together.  They were quite kind thanking me for my work in the NHS, but while I was grateful, and am at risk at times, the real heroes are those working in hospitals and working in care homes.  In addition to which, I am very grateful that those running the shop are putting themselves at risk, along with so many others who are still working.  At my work, we screen those before we see the, if they need to be seen face to face.  Those in the shop see more people than me and have no screening.

Once at home, my family let me listen to Any Questions and Any Answers afterwards, bringing food and drink to me upstairs so that I could rant on Twitter about the topics raised. After this, I took the kids out on a bike ride.  My daughter has been active going out for a walk most days, but this was her first bike ride of the year.  For my son, who was cycling back and forth to school, he has been out of the front door to exercise, literally less than a handful of times.  I was hopeful that I could take them out together as my daughter in innately fitter than he is, but he has had so much more practice on his bike than her.  But they have not done well in the past, and the same happened this time.  This meant that I had to take my daughter back before taking my son out for longer.

I did get to watch The Mandalorian with my son and enjoyed the series finale.  I still say that the little green alien is evil, but my son still insists otherwise, despite the way it murdered a storm trooper.  There were a few plot issues, an example being how the robot got to the baby so quickly, but overall, a great series.  In addition to this, I spent an hour or two watching comedy with my daughter.

After dinner, thanks to a take away, it was a board game all together.  We each favour different games, but we settled on Labyrinth.  The first game was enjoyed by all, but sadly this was not the case on the last one.  Saying that, it was nice that we all played together.

We are lucky to have each other as well as our garden and house.  Especially when I do not know how my mother would have coped with me and my siblings when we lived in our first floor council flat in the past.

Boris and his desire to repopulate Britain

For a man who was a spotty nerd who loved academia, part of me admires how Boris Johnson is now doing his bit to repopulate the nation by himself.  Or rather with a series of women (because he requires the use of several wombs to repopulate the country).  In the public eye, he has been married to two, has had affairs that we know of with two, has a child with his fiance and rumours circulate about another two women (who may not have had any carnal knowledge of this prolific philanderer).  But when I say part of me, that is not the moral part of me.  Marriage, can be open, so long as both partners in it accept that is the rules by which they play, even if that only applies to one of them.  But a marriage where one person cheats, repeatedly, is not really worth its name as far as I am concerned.  So while part of me admires the repeated success that he has had with a string of women, most of me does not and is appalled at how it is acceptable for him to do this, but how any woman who had done the same would not be seen anywhere this level of government.

He was married to; Allegra Mostyn-Owen
Marina Wheeler

He is known to have had affairs with; Petronella Wyatt
Helen Macintyre

As we know, he is engaged to Carrie Symonds

And while these women deny it (and there is no reason to doubt them), he has been linked to; Anna Fazackerley
Jennifer Arcuri

In addition to this, there are allegations that not all of the interest that he has had in women has been consensual.

Why so many women find him irresistible, let alone are willing to trust him in a relationship is beyond me.   

But anyway, we know that he has at least six children and I, like many wish him congratulations on the birth of his sixth publicly acknowledged child.