It’s a strange thing how leaders around the world manage to let people down, are there any good ones (or maybe just one) anywhere? In 1975 Juan Carlos became King of Spain following the dictator Franco’s death. He had been brought to Spain when still a child by the fascist government and Franco and trained to continue the regime when he came to power. However, he introduced reforms almost immediately to bring about a new democracy. Many Spaniards felt hopeful and the king was widely respected. But in time he became known for being a womaniser, excessive spender, drinker and ultimately is being investigated for fraud. He is accused of receiving one hundred million dollars from the Saudi King which he had deposited in a Swiss bank in his name. He is now leaving the country to live in exile although he hasn’t said where. Neither has it been said if his wife has left with him. He already abdicated the throne to his son a few years ago. Very disappointing for the people of Spain.
And our very own leader BoJo has been accused by his father of living in cloud cuckoo land, no surprises there for the rest of the country. Dad senior Johnson was referring to a Brexit deal regarding farming. He says his son will have to agree to strict level playing field rules if he wishes to leave with any sort of free trade deal. BoJo wants the UK to have free reign to make a deal with other governments such as the US which would mean a lowering of food standards and animal rights. So now it’s official from his dad, Boris is living in cloud cuckoo land.
An ecologist at Kobe University in Japan has been watching a frog’s eating habits and more precisely what happens when it lunches on a certain beetle. Apparently it swallows the beetle whole and alive and doesn’t bother chewing its food like we were all taught. The beetle then paddles through the frog’s intestine as far as it can go and escapes through its anus. The professor said that 93% of the beetles it fed to the frog escaped alive. The beetles took from six minutes to four hours to make their escape. Well I never! and wouldn’t you think the profe. might have found something better to do with his time?
Up in Liverpool a woman had laid some astroturf to tidy up her garden without giving herself too much work. She had been gifted the garden makeover by her mother in law who sadly has since passed away. Anyway, the job was done just before the country went into lockdown. Yesterday she woke up to be asked by her son what she had done with the grass. When she looked she found that it had been stolen. ‘It couldn’t have blown away’ she reported ‘it was stuck to the ground and there were heavy plant pots on top’. It’s a strange world we live in. Good night everyone. 😴💤😴