Last night, as I was finishing up some billing and drinking tea in the porch, there was a crash in the undergrowth just in front of me. An armadillo appeared to have plummetted from the sky. It collected itself and bustled away, leaving me wondering if it was what had been scrambling on the roof the previous night.
This morning I woke to the news of the UK Supreme Court’s judgement. Prorogation never happened. It looked likely that the court would rule against the government, but the strength of the judgement is a surprise. Very encouraging, and nice to have had a few bits of good news from UK politics in the past weeks.
At the same time, in Pakistan, an earthquake. Only 20 people dead so far — ‘only’ for Pakistan. Sad to think that in New Zealand the figure would undoubtedly have been zero.