Making the news today....

[Johnsond]

Watching Bloomberg this morning and an article came up ref the EU expansion plan possibly being put on hold. If there ever was any doubt about the EUs primary function as an aid to big business and corporate needs the following statement would maybe point to its true function. 
“The six hopefuls in the continents south are ideally placed to become a supplier base for European companies seeking to reduce their reliance on China, according to the European bank for reconstruction and development”.  

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

A light news day locally:

 

 

[timbernut]

Keeping it light hearted:

Loud Fart Gives Away Suspect’s Hiding Place To Nottinghamshire Police Following Chase - UNILAD

WWW.UNILAD.CO.UK

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A fugitive who attempted to evade police by hiding himself in bushes managed to – quite literally – blow his own cover with a loud fart. The wanted man, whose identity remains unknown, had fled into a wooded area close to Harworth, Nottinghamshire, in the early hours of May 7 with officers in hot pursuit. …

[Mark J]

[Squaredy]

So what a mess we have here in Wales now following BoJo's broadcast this evening. 

 

People living in England can (from Wednesday) drive to wherever they like, sunbathe, relax in the sun, presumably have a kick around with a football, or a cricket bat.  Here in Wales, we are still locked down indefinitely.  We can leave the house more than once, but not drive anywhere to walk or exercise.  So people living in (for example) Ross-on-Wye can drive to Brighton beech, or the Lake district and have a lovely picnic, but if they head half a mile west and cross the border into Wales, they could be turned round and fined.

 

I am going to ring my brother now for a chat - he lives in Bristol, so I guess he will be going back to playing golf weekly as long as it is in England....

 

I hope the leader of the Welsh Assembly (or whatever they call themselves these days) has the sense to align the rules urgently, or we are going to have a right confusing mess, and possibly much resentment.  What is even more annoying  is that BoJo seemed to set all the rules initially, even in Wales, and we all received our BoJo letter telling us what to do, yet now it appears he no longer has a say in Wales. 

 

I am not saying either message is wrong, I just think it would be sensible to be consistent!

[Stere]

What does stay alert actually mean?

 

Boris never looks alert he always looks half cut the dopey c**t ?

 

 

[TIMON]

Look on the bright side Mark.... we could have had the EU take charge of measures to navigate us through the pandemic...

[Richard 1234]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-52609417

[Mark J]

[Richard 1234]

3 minutes ago, Mark J said:

How long do you think the country can afford to sit at home doing bugger all for?
In an ideal world we should have had total lockdown for a month and killed it off but it’s just not possible