Before we get into all the exciting stuff that’s been happening around the world, let me give you the promised update on the demonstrations that were due to take place in Bournemouth today. Short and sweet, they didn’t happen. I went for a walk with my daughter through the gardens and along the east cliff seafront this afternoon and there were a few walkers, some sun bathers on the sand and quite a few cyclists, all maintaining social distancing, no crowds and no demonstrators. Daughter Sam had already been out for an exercise jog in the morning and didn’t see anything then either.
The news showed that there there was an anti-lockdown protest in London’s Hyde Park . Hundreds of protestors took part and nineteen were arrested including Jeremy Corbyn’s brother Piers who had been one of the speakers. In the current situation it’s difficult to know where one’s freedom of speech starts and ends. Meanwhile the other Piers (Morgan that is) is facing pressure over his GMB job. A petition has been doing the rounds to have him sacked with over 50,000 signatures so far. Ofcom has received thousands of complaints over his abrasive interviewing technique during the pandemic. The petition called his behaviour heinous and took issue with his attitude to transgenders. Ofcom didn’t agree and said he had done nothing wrong and was well known for his combative style. I’ve never seen GMB, I wonder if I should?
The POTUS has been having a ‘mine is bigger than yours’ brag. During a Friday presentation at the White House Trump informed those present that Russia claimed to have a missile five times bigger than anyone else, China said they were working on one five or six times bigger. Well, said the world leader?? we now have one which is seventeen times bigger, referring to it as a super duper missile. The chief political analyst at ABC news said it sounded like an 80s porn star. Trump has also vowed to remedy the ‘command and control’ of social media by the radical left. This would include Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Google who according to the POTUS were involved in an illegal situation although he declined to say what that was.
A woman has taken advantage of her time at home to organise her home. Every single thing was folded, rolled and sorted, items were placed in boxes, baskets and plastic cases. The receptacles were all beige or opaque see-through white. I nearly had a nervous break down looking at the pictures. I cannot imagine having to put something back exactly where I found it. All those tidy shelves and cupboards would take away a large part of life’s fun. Never again to come across some long lost pair of scissors, or a wedding hat, a book or a gift you had forgotten you had. I bet she loves lockdown, everyone in their own cubby hole, neatly put away. I remember losing a crocheted waistcoat thinking i had left it somewhere while on holiday. I found it a couple of years later in the pocket of a suitcase, didn’t fit any more but oh the joy of being reunited. The thought of all that tidiness might keep me awake but I hope you all sleep well. Night night. 
