It was something of a late night last night. I got
four hours sleep then woke for a tiddle in the small hours… and that was it for
sleep for the night. I then lay awake from four more hours before finally
giving up and getting up.
I made toast and had my usual rummage round the
Internet. There was some seriously nasty bickering about the Operation Brock
debacle between supporters of the Labour and Reform UK parties, and this was
attracting comments from people who clearly didn’t understand what was going on.
All were delighting in showing their complete ignorance. The local Labour MP
said that he was trying to come to a long-term answer to the entire Operation
Brock thing. The local Reform UK county councillor claimed that the Labour chap
was blaming the county council (he wasn’t), and so the squabble gathered
momentum rather akin to children in a playground shouting “fight, fight,
fight”.
I seriously despair for the future – we have a
political system which elects leaders on the whim of a majority who simply
don’t understand what they’ve voted in. I’m not saying that the county council
are good or bad, just that they have been elected by a load of people who have
absolutely no understanding of what the policies and issues are.
In this instance Operation Brock is activated and shut
down by the Kent Resilience Forum. This is a rather large group consisting of
pretty much anyone who wants to get involved. But the main protagonists are
Kent County Council, Kent Police and Kent and Medway Fire and Rescue service…
and who is it that appoints the head honchos of Kent Police and Kent and Medway
Fire and Rescue service? Kent County Council.
No one seemed to know this, or care about this
piddling detail.
I took the dogs round the block for a walk. Time was
pressing and we didn’t have long enough for a long walk and the subsequent
bath. Half a mile round the block was enough to remind me why I’d rather not
take them any distance on the leads. Perhaps I should do more lead practice?
I Munzed and Wordled as I do, and wrote
up a little CPD, and had a go at chess dot com.
“My Boy TM” and ”Auntie
Chel TM” came round, and we all walked round to the Riverside
Inn where my brother was waiting for us. We had a good dinner there… but it
wasn’t cheap. We all skipped the dessert course and came home (through the
rain) to have puddings at home. We scoffed far too much puddings, shifted a
lot more beer, and played on the Infinity Table for a couple of hours until
everyone had to go.
And then as it was out, we played a few games on it, and played
a couple of games across the Internet with Chris. It was a shame that the thing
kept stopping, but that’s the Internet for you…
And today is the solstice. The shortest day. The days
start getting longer now. I see that as a good thing…
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