Hi Everyone
Every Wednesday at 12-00 when parliament is in session, there is a ritual called Prime Minister's Questions. This is one of the few times when parliament is full as the Prime Minister and the leaders of the opposition parties have their weekly political battle. It only lasts for half an hour but usually, someone manages to get a political blow on the Prime Minister. As you can imagine some enjoy the rough and tumble of the occasion while others would rather be out of the firing line. This week's question time however was different than normal in that it was the last occasion that the previous Prime Minister Rishi would be jousting with the new Prime Minister as Rishi's successor will be in place next week. The usual shouting and arguing was put aside as both men, while acknowledging the political divide between them, had complete respect for the work that they had and were doing and showed genuine friendship. I am telling you all this Rubble as this is the complete opposite of the current situation across the pond in the US. There, words like crook, fascist, Hitler and no doubt many others are being thrown around. I read a quote years ago that democracy is the best form of chaos. Here we had a smooth transition between one government and the next. It no doubt did not please many but that was what we, as citizens of our country, had decided. In the US we are confident that only one political leader will admit defeat while the other will incite even more division and with it the real possibility of mass violence. Here we have serious problems with many saying that our country is in decline, something that is very difficult to argue against. I have the answer to all the US problems, however. Just instruct every TV channel in the US to broadcast this week's Prime Minister's questions to show how the political divide can be bridged and to persuade the majority that democracy really can work. On the 5th November 1605 Guy Fawkes tried to blow up our parliament building and with it our democracy. On November the 5th November 2024 Americans vote for their new President. Guy Fawkes failed. Let us hope....................
This week I read about this lady who keeps getting caught shoplifting, so to beat the shop owners she has bought some wigs so that she can disguise herself. Now I say 'bought' some wigs as it seems that they were most likely lifted from somewhere. Now she has apparently been banned from wearing wigs by the courts. I am not sure how that works. If I wanted to wear a wig nobody could stop me except possibly the Main Contractor of course, unless she thought that a wig would be an improvement. Anyway even though she thought that the wigs would fool the shop owners, the reason this ploy failed was that they recognised her from a tattoo that she has on her neck. The good news is that although she can keep changing her wigs, the tattoo is there for life. If you are a longtime Rubbish reader you will know my opinion about body art but for PC Plod and his friends, this is almost as good as DNA.
This week the Conservative Party, remember them they were our government just a few weeks ago, have this week elected a new leader. Apparently, her first task is to unite the party members. That reminded me of the film Mission Impossible which I must have seen years ago but I cannot now remember the plot. With most made in Hollywood, there is a happy ending and I can only assume that this film falls into that category. Unfortunately, in the case of the Conservative party, this is a real mission impossible.
Just a Thought :
Show respect even to people who don't deserve it, not as a reflection of their character, but as a reflection of yours.
There is a shoplifting gang in town, shoplifting clothes in order of size. Police say they are still at large.
A bee tattoo will create quite a buzz.
Brian
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