Hong Kong is in the news following a new Chinese national security law. Mainland security personnel will be allowed to operate on the island and new crimes have been introduced with severe penalties. The new law means that people can be arrested for something they may have said against the government. The wording of the law is vague and therefore difficult to interpret but will of course make it easier for security to arrest people for speaking out of turn. Trials will be allowed to be held in secret. The UK never offered citizenship to Hong Kong residents when China assumed sovereignty in 1997 but they will do so now. Over three million people will be allowed to come to the UK for five years and after that period offered citizenship.
This Sunday 4th July is looking to be an important day in many ways, Now we all know it’s Independence Day in the US, pubs will be opening in the UK following covid lockdown and now it will also become legal to ride on our roads on an E-scooter. Now here’s the thing, I for one never knew it was illegal and neither did many other people who have been scooting around for years. I saw someone gliding along the road where I live a few days ago and thought ‘hm, that looks like fun’. It will only be legal though if it’s a rental scooter and initially only in certain places for a trial period. I think someone’s taking the mickey. Now I’m imagining people coming out of the newly opened pubs and going for a ride on a rented scooter, it could be carnage as well as chaos.
My favourite headline in a long time was in the Guardian today – “Boz the Bluster gets hammered in PMQs ‘whack-a-mole’.” Poor old BoJo is in trouble yet again, you’ll have to look it up, I just liked the headline.
I was lucky enough to have another outing today, lunch at a friend’s and a good old natter and catch up. Winnie lives in Ringwood and like me has spent a lot of the last three months alone. Lovely summery salad followed by fresh cream sponge with strawberries and raspberries.
Duchess Meghan has said in papers filed in her High Court privacy claim that her wedding to Harry brought one billion pounds into the British coffers via tourism. Now what this has got to do with her privacy complaint is a mystery to me. City experts have said however that it seems wide off the mark and she would be lucky if it brought in a quarter of a million. Security for the occasion cost the public fund 3.4 million but the experts say that it did on the other hand add value to the Meghan brand. My eyes watered when I saw a breakdown of the cost of her nuptials. Just the cake cost £50,000. I need to scoot to bed. Good night everyone. . 😴💤😴