The wrong war

To nobody’s surprise, Labour has lost the Hartlepool by election to the Tories. I see plenty of recriminations between the Corbynite and the Starmer wings of the party, and the usual recriminations and disbelief that working class voters vote against their interests, but it feels like fighting the wrong war. It seems to me that […]

What I noticed

Coronavirus ravages India Pakistan next? The trial of the murderer of George Floyd Football Super League rises, falls Pakistan, India overtures on Kashmir Downing Street sleaze – I wish they’d just call it corruption US refuses to send vaccine precursors to India US recognises Armenian genocide Attacks on Arabs in Jerusalem President of Chad falls […]

Funny tofu

I made a funny tofu dish today which turned out surprisingly pleasant. It had tofu, turmeric, dill, a stick of cinnamon, chillies, fish sauce and lemon juice. So maybe slightly Vietnamese tinged? Anyway, it was good. Today is a lockdown so the streets were quiet. It was also a little cloudy all afternoon, so cooler […]

Mounting rage

There is certainly mounting rage about this football super league business, I can’t imagine they’ll go through with it. It was a busy working day – started before nine and I had my head down till past 10. A strange and terrible leak started up in the ceiling of the bathroom and has splattered everywhere, […]