Wow! What a day. One child went to a sleep over last night and the other had an argument which carried over to today. That had to be resolved and that was an emotionally draining conversation. Fortunately that appeared to resolve matters which was just as well as my wife and I met up with Lyndsay and Nick for drinks in the sun and food.
Getting back, we chilled and I took the dog out. It has been a sunny day and the aroma of barbecue’s was in many places, as was singing from a silent disco (how can anyone not sing to Mr Brightside) and later on the walk, music itself from another party.
This is an interesting video on PMQ's. Not sure that many Conservatives will agree with it. To be fair to Boris Johnson, his ability to communicate won him two elections to be London Mayor, one when there was a backlash against Labour, but the impressive victory he had was the second election during the coalition years. Also his simple messages got him to win his huge victory in the general election of 2019, and while Corbyn was a factor in the sale of the win, his ability to get his message (or lies) across cannot be understated.
I know that I am considered by many to be a Transphobe as I consider TransWomen to be TransWomen, TransMen to be TransMen, Women to be Women and Men to be Men. I define a woman as someone without a Y chromosome unless that individual identifies as something else. Likewise a man is someone with a Y chromosome, again unless they identify as something else. I do think that sex is real but I do think that in many cases, those who are Trans should be treated as such. I used to think that toilets should be based on genitalia (a view that I still feel should apply to prisons), but there are those with a penis who have lived as women for some time and so long as they are not known to be a threat, I do think that they should be allowed in many areas for women.
I have just finished watching PMQs with my daughter. She is considering studying politics when she is a Sixth Former so I took a break from work to watch it. She became a bit animated when doing so, mainly due to the distortion of the truth that took place. She was not happy that clapping is not allowed in Parliament and also that Boris Johnson can lie in Parliament, but cannot be called a liar.
It is not often that I feel sorry for my MP. I do feel sorry for the loss of his child that his wife and he had to go through. I do not agree with all the abuse he is subject to and I do not think that it is right, that for the safety of him and his family, that he has to keep his address secret.
I do feel sorry for the way that he was sent out to defend the Prime Minister, who has been caught out with yet another lie. He put himself in the line of fire to defend the allegations that Boris Johnson had been told about Chris Pincher and the allegations that Boris Johnson was aware that he had been groping people and how finds himself in a position where he was lied to. His quote was 'I don't believe, given the shocking nature of what I've read about over the past few days, the Prime Minister or any employer if they'd known about this, would have appointed Chris Pincher as Deputy Chief Whip.' Remember that Chris Pincher was there to ensure that MP's behaved themselves and did not act in a manner that would endanger the way the public perceived the Conservative Party in his role in the Whips office.
I do not trust Boris Johnson on most things. I do admire the way that he has helped Ukraine in Putins War, but that is about it. I knew Boris lied over and over again before he was elected as Prime Minister, and I, like many in the nation, have witnessed him lying again and again. I know that it is the nature of the Scorpion to sting the Frog. Will Quince has found this out the hard way.
Back at work again today. Afterwards, my wife, daughter and I watched Elvis. While not a cinematic masterpiece, it was a good film. We did ask my son if he wanted to join us, but he declined after initially accepting the offer.
It was obvious that it would not be able to do justice to his life, for that, a much longer film would be needed and with this in mind, I would consider this a work of fiction based on his life. I liked the way it addressed racial injustice in the USA as well as the dangers of drug use. It did gloss over a lot of his life, including the age that Priscilla Presley was when they first met.
Overall, I am glad I watched it, though I see no need to watch it again.
My son has got help from my daughter today with his revision. My wife helped a bit as well, but my daughter discussed what she had been taught about what she would get marks for. The first part of this was biology and I have to say how impressed I am with her patience. My son can be challenging when he puts his mind to it and while she was sharp at times, I suspect my wife would have been sharper and I would have been even worse at helping him to learn. After this was chemistry and he responded to her more, and then physics, though my wife also helped at this point. She did get paid by me, her earning it most on the first part, but his improvement may have been down to her, though I am aware, that he may have been the actual reason.
I did get to go for a walk with my son this evening. My wife and daughter watched Love Island while my son went for a walk with Leia so that he could buy himself a milkshake. I do hope that we get to have more of these walks.
