8 July 2022 (Friday) - This n That

As I drove to work through the -hursts and the -dens the pundits on the radio were all of a twitter about what happens now that the Prime Minister has thrown in the sponge. There was endless speculation; the reality of the matter is that things will slide and no one will take command as Britain has an "unwritten constitution". An "unwritten constitution" means that there aren't actually any written rules which lay down how the country is run, and so when something unusual happens, anything that happens is made up by those making it up as the go along. This presupposes that there is someone willing to stand up and make something up... and this isn't happening right now.

 

As the sport news was drivelled out I realised something. When there was talk of rugby or tennis or cricket or pro-celebrity arm wresting, then that sport was mentioned by name. However there were plenty of references to "the league" and "the cup" and "the women's euros". It seems that football is so important that it doesn't need to be explicitly mentioned. The implication is that everyone automatically knows that in the absence of any specified sport it is football that is being discussed. I wish I know why football is so popular; to me it is *so* tedious.

 

There was then an interview with Angela Rayner the deputy leader of the Labour Party. She squawked on (she didn't speak; she really did squawk) without actually saying anything; flatly refusing to answer any question that was put to her. You would think that with the government in such disarray the Labour party would be streets ahead in the polls wouldn't you? But they aren’t. If a general election was called tomorrow, there would be a hung parliament.

If the Labour party can't command a majority now, they never will.

 

Meanwhile Science has made a discovery. For some time astronomers have had something of a dilemma. Most of the universe is made of stuff called "dark matter", and astronomers have been rather embarrassed by the fact they can't actually find any of the stuff. Now Science has come up with the reason why not... There's no such thing as "dark matter".

One lives and learns...

Oh… my day was a tad dull today.