New Kids on The Block

Hi Everyone

Back in the 1980s Carly Simon had a hit song called Nobody Does It Better. The chorus goes

Nobody does it better

Makes me feel sad for the rest

Nobody does it better than you

Baby, you're the best.

I think that over the last few years the Uk has shown the world that we are a country in slow decline however much our politicians try to persuade us otherwise, but when it comes to tradition and pageant, with all due respect to the rest of the world, surely we have demonstrated in the last two weeks that we are the envy of the world. No wonder millions both here and across the world have watched in awe at the way we have celebrated the life of our Queen. As we watched events unfold and the fact that nothing ever seemed to go wrong, just think about what was going on behind the scenes. Just one instance was the service at Westminster Abbey as 2000 people from world leaders to ordinary people took their seats over a period of three hours with the arrivals carefully timed to take into consideration the importance of the people involved. At the end of the service, we followed on TV the journey of the Queen's coffin while back at the Abbey those 2000 had to be taken back to their original meeting places and, no doubt, provided with refreshments and toilet facilities. When you then add in the thousands of service personnel, 10,000 police and security staff at multiple locations all needing transport and food, we begin to get some idea of the huge operation undertaken over those ten days. No doubt things did not always run smoothly and the word crisis was used on occasions, but overall I think that we can agree that Nobody Does it Better. If, however, you are critical and think that you can do better in any situation, as I have said on many occasions during my working life, have a go and see what happens.

Apparently, a researcher - you know how I love researchers - has had a paper published recently in a dementia magazine on the link between sleeping and dementia, but don't ask me the name of the magazine as I cannot remember it. Anyway, I wondered whether I should never go to sleep again but thankfully it is the posture of our sleep that is very important, whether we sleep on our backs, on the right hand side, the left hand side or standing up while leaning on a wall. Now sleeping on my back is not for me as I know some of my readers who can snore for Britain while sleeping on their backs, sleeping while leaning against a wall is ok until the demolition contractors move in. Now I usually sleep on my left hand side which according to the researcher puts my brain in just the right place as I sleep and if you are someone who sleeps on the right hand side, that is ok too. The result of all this research means that when you wake up in the morning and cannot remember what day it is, it is because you have either been sleeping on your back or sleeping while leaning on a wall.

Mrs. Trustworthy and the new kids on the block found their way back to Parliament this week as the third Chancellor in as many weeks gave his mini budget which turned out any other than mini. The new kids on the block have lurched to the political right despite only less than 1% of the country's voters having given them the job. Now I only read the news, I don't make the news but, to me, the path ahead seems very risky. Taxes have been cut to stimulate the economy but as many of us are worse off due to inflation and high energy costs, as we will have less money to spend how will that stimulate the economy?. Yes but now that the value of the pound has fallen it will be cheaper for us to export goods so that will stimulate the economy except that 50% of the parts we need to manufacture those goods have to be imported at a now higher price because the value of the pound had dropped. Are you following me? Everything will be ok though as we are going to borrow billions from goodness knows who to help pay our energy bills this winter on top of the billions we borrowed to get through Covid. I just hope Mrs Trustworthy and her new kids on the block know what they are doing but then again, what do I, or for that matter, you know?

Just a thought:

A recent study found that women who carry a little extra weight live longer than the men who mention it.

What's the difference between a politician and a flying pig? The letter f.

A good tip for any Rubbish reader who is having trouble sleeping. Lie on the edge of the bed, you'll soon drop off.

Brian