I was wrong

When I posted yesterday, I was under the impression that my daughter had arrived at her destination.  She had not.  She is there now though, but being at work, I have had no updates.

My son has now finished school and is free for the next six weeks.  Our Cockapoo is missing our daughter and my wife came round to my work to have lunch with me for the first time since the pandemic began!  Some may say that enjoying eating lunch with her is silly, but I loved it and was very grateful for the food, drink and company.  Having her with me lifted me for the rest of the day.  Seeing her smile is the best drug ever! 

I do have to ensure that I keep recording videos or am taking pictures of Leia as I know my daughter will miss her.  I suspect more than she will miss the rest of us! 

Just our son at home now

The title is a bit mean as we have our dog at home as well.  He had taken Leia out for a walk when I got home late today and was in a good mood as he had got all the GCSE options that he had asked for, most importantly for him, being able to do triple science.  He was quite worried that he would not get the option to do this, so that is reassuring for him.  Also he did not want to study Geography (I do not understand the aversion of my family to this awesome subject) and he has not been allocated that either.

My daughter is now in France, the journey there taking a while.  I have not had a chance to speak to her, but I might see if I get a chance tomorrow, if nothing else, to find out what she thought about the episode of Love Island from tonight.  

From what I can gather, they were held up by Eurotunnel.  I am impressed at Audrey, the mother of Eve, my daughters friend, did the drive by herself.  When my wife and I drove to Bordeaux in 2016, we shared the driving.  Not sure either of us would want to drive the distance by ourselves!

Uvalde and the first few minutes

First of all, let me say how appalled I am at the death of children in Uvalde.  As explained by Trevor Noah below, while there was a delay in the response of the police to the shooting, most of the children would have died anyway due to the use of the AR-15.  An AR-15 was not around when the constitution of the USA was amended to allow people to have the right to bear arms, nor were mass shootings.

The good guy with a gun argument again is ruined, as there was a possibility that the murderer could have been stopped before he went on his killing spree.  But those on the right again are trying to resist gun controls, saying in effect that dead children are an acceptable price to pay for the right to own weapons like the AR-15.  

I am not going to repeat my previous posts on gun control in the UK, but guns are legal here and thanks to decent gun controls, things are far safer.  Yes, we have knife crime, but it is far easier to defend yourself against someone with a knife than it is someone with a gun.

The Princess

The Princess was an interesting film.  Simultaneously bad and good at the same time.  When it comes to the test of payment, I am glad that I did not pay to watch this though and I am not going to watch it again. It is not even a film I would recommend to anyone unless they are interested in fantasy role playing and even then, I would warn them that it is not the best film ever.  With this in mind, I watched it alone.

I continued to watch Grey’s Anatomy with my son before I took my daughter to her friends for her sleepover before her drive to France tomorrow and then watched Love Island with my amazing wife.  I am glad Danica has got to stay after her awesome takedown of Billy last night.

Last of all, the video is of Leia earlier this morning on our walk.  She can be very determined at times! 

The last PMQs of Boris Johnson

Hopefully this will be the last PMQ’s of Boris Johnson. With the Conservative Leadership coming up it was good to hear Boris Johnson being asked questions about issues that had been raised by the candidates.  His answers were not up to much, but when are they?  Never before as a Prime Minister been so despised by those in Parliament due to this repeated lies, the lack of applause as he left from opposition politicians being a sign of this. 

I did watch it with my daughter who was not as animated as she was before.  The odds are that she will be watching this again when it starts up again with a new leader.

Controlling behaviour on Love Island

Yes, I am still watching Love Island.  I was appalled at the double standards shown by the two men to women last week when they returned from time apart with new men in tow as these men had hooked up with other ladies themselves.  Dami was disappointing, but Andrew was worse having been intimate with Coco and then forgetting that he had been so.  

But this week, Luca has been controlling regarding his partner, Gemma, and Davide has been the same with his.  Luca though appears to be the worst as all his partner did was talk to another man (who then lied about what happened).  I just hope that women and girls watching this do not expect this behaviour to be normal when it comes to men.  

Coming home, it has been interesting. My daughter is due to travel to France on Thursday with friends (and the family of one) and tonight is her last night with us as she will be sleeping over at her friends for a sleepover before an early morning start.  Sadly and argument has taken place which has involved her.  I hope and pray that this is resolved before she leaves.

Am I the only one to be suspicious of the support Gove is giving Kemi Badenoch?

Sorry to sound cynical about this, but Michael Gove has a history of being linked to racism.  The contents of his bookcase came under scrutiny in the past.  While the books concerned may have belonged to his wife, and people have the right to read what they want, having books that promote racism visible to others is not an advisable move for a politician.  When younger, I bought a copy of the Satanic Bible.  I do not have it now as I consider it to be literally evil.  There was only so much of it that I could read before I threw it away.  

I may be wrong, he may think that Kemi Badenoch would have been the best leader for the Conservative party.  But his backing of her will be convenient if he is challenged on racism in the future as he will be able to say that he backed her so cannot be racist.