Thursday 28 July 2022

Sadly, Fred Seems Unavoidable Today

The song is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5XX9LX2es4


"Right, " said Fred, "Both of us together
One each end and steady as we go."
Tried to shift it, couldn't even lift it
We was getting nowhere
And so we had a cuppa tea and
"Right, " said Fred, "Give a shout for Charlie."
Up comes Charlie from the floor below
After strainin', heavin' and complainin'
We was getting nowhere
And so we had a cuppa tea
And Charlie had a think, and he thought we ought to take off all the handles
And the things wot held the candles
But it did no good, well I never thought it would
"All right, " said Fred, "Have to take the feet off
To get them feet off wouldn't take a mo"
Took its feet off, even took the seat off
Should have got us somewhere but no!
So Fred said, "Let's have another cuppa tea"
And we said, "right-o."
"Alright, " said Fred, "Have to take the door off
Need more space to shift the so-and-so."
Had bad twinges taking off the hinges
And it got us nowhere
And so we had a cuppa tea and
"Right, " said Fred, "Have to take the wall down
That there wall is gonna have to go."
Took the wall down, even with it all down
We was getting nowhere
And so we had a cuppa tea
And Charlie had a think, and he said, "Look, Fred
I've got a sort of feelin'
If we remove the ceiling
With a rope or two we could drop the blighter through."
"All right, " said Fred, climbing up a ladder
With his crowbar gave a mighty blow
Was he in trouble, half a ton of rubble landed on the top of his dome
So Charlie and me had another cuppa tea
And then we went home
I said to Charlie, "We'll just have to leave it
Standing on the landing, that's all
You see the trouble with Fred is, he's too hasty
You'll never get nowhere if you're too hasty."

Bernard Cribbins, RIP

 Russel T Davies on Bernard Cribbins.



Wednesday 27 July 2022

Tory War...

 From today's Guardian.


Wednesday 20 July 2022

Sunak and Climate Change

So. It is day after the hottest weather on record in the UK. Far worse than 1976.

Exactly the day for Sunak to announce a continuation of the Tory ban on onshore windfarms, if he become PM.
#AnyoneButATory


Friday 15 July 2022

The Tory Leadership Candidates are on Telly Today, Having a Debate...

 ... We at the Trees will be watching the Football.

Lost Truss

 


An Update from Channel 4





Fascination with the Horror...

I know the Tory Leadership contest is like the Ringwraiths arguing about who gets control of  the ruins of Mordor after Sauron has been defeated, but I still find it bizarrely, horribly fascinating.

Thursday 14 July 2022

Thoughts from a Great Dame...

 


Trust Truss

 


Mordaunt

 Yet another dodgy candidate whose name sounds as though it came straight from the pages of Gormenghast...


A Prediction

 This prediction from Patrick Flynn, who has a track record of being quite good at this sort of thing:

Sadly, it means we still get another fucking Tory.

Wednesday 13 July 2022

Insufficiently Eliminated

 Note.  'Eliminated' isn't as drastic as it sounds...



Rishi... Shhh!


 

A Better Way to Choose

 


New Candidate


 

Screwed

 This isn't looking good for the country.

All the remaining candidates are Tories.

Some Basic Statistics

 


Just a Reminder of all he Stood for...

 


Jacinda After her Visit

 After she visited Johnson to tell him to bugger off, it is pleasing that Jacinda got to party with the girls...


Tuesday 12 July 2022

The Power of Jacinda

So Jacinda visited Johnson just before he was dumped upon by all those ministers.  Just like she visited May, a day or two before she resigned. 

It can only be that she is the appointed Emissary of the Western World, whose job is to tell inept rulers that their Time Is Up.

She couldn't face meeting Trump. so she dumped him by text.