And unbelievably there are a tiny percentage of people that think a proportional representation (PR) voting system would actually make life better. Doh! PR would mean we would never have anything other than a hung parliament. How on earth could that be better?
I had to laugh at the headline "Squatter in no. 10" Police say a 59 yr old man is refusing to leave a luxury apartment in central London ....
Gordo lost and yet he refuses to leave. Several BBC commentators have been cheekily saying they don't think his hands will have to be prized from the door of no. 10. Personally I'm not so sure. Presumably he will have to go when the Queen summons them all to ask WTF is going on. The Bear and I discussed how the Queen would be sitting there with her feet up watching the rolling news for a sign just like the rest of us, while passing pieces of smoked salmon to the corgis. The Bear said the corgis probably eat better than he does, which is true as they have a chef preparing meals specially for them. No kidding. Those corgis are vicious little creatures too, constantly nipping the footmen. *Bears* say if Gordo proves to be really reluctant she may have to send in the corgis ....
And while I wait I'm watching Lock, Stock and two Smoking Barrels. The schedulers are having a laugh aren't they. While Great Britain stares down the barrel of a BIIIIIIG financial hole the politicians are sitting round ineptly discussing whether they should change the voting system or not.
I love that film. But it does make London look like a bit of a grotbag. Brings back so many memories from living in the East End in the 90s. Many of the characters remind me of people I used to know.
Of course these days I only know nice cuddly people :)
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More pictures from the uni grounds
The following are from a formal area of the grounds where they hold weddings and other special events
*nice, cuddly people* ... what a delightful vision, BearFriend!
ReplyDeletewhat's a "freegan"? wow those pics are just lovely!! what a beautiful place to visit. I love that tree, its so neat. i don't know a lot about Brittish politics (ok nada), so i'll refrain from saying much about that. i hope you have a wonderful weekend!!
ReplyDeletebeautiful pictures and i laughed at the send in the corgis...i own a corgi and i can just imagine LOL. He is pretty peaceful though , so i don't know
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures. The grounds look so very nice. All the flowers and the trees are wonderful too. Nice pics...:)
ReplyDeleteHappy Sunday!:)
wow beautiful words and great pictures thanks for lovely sharing i am really glad for you that you have great amazing people now days i hope and pray from depth of my heart that spring may stay in garden of your life forever but if autumn dares you will defeat it badly,keep feeling alive dear love you
ReplyDeleteGlad I'm not the only one frustrated with the current situation! canthey drag it out much longer do you think? If they have any working brain cells at all they must have been working on their plans for this situation long before the vote count finished. Ah well, so long as there are still beautiful pictures like these to look at...
ReplyDeleteWe have PR in Ireland and yes we ALWAYS have hodge podge governments. It's really just been the same party mainly in power for 13 years though (with the Green party and a few other stragglers). It will probably always be the biggest party, and govt only change when the second party gets enough seats to have a stab at getting someone else to join up with them. But nothing *really* changes, and I suspect even though the current govt are pretty unpopular they will still get into power because their supporters would rather DIE than support the second party (same applies for the supporters of the second party). It's quite laughable because the 1st and 2nd parties are really not that different from each other. From an outsider point of view I definitely see more differences between the Tories and Labour. I think you have the same situation - diehards will...well die hard. There are probably a lot of people who have always voted Labour and are fed up with them but look at the Tories and think Maggie Thatcher, Boris Johnson and that ridiculous club himself and Cameron were in in Oxford (or Cambridge, not sure if there's much of a difference? LOL) and think NO THANKS!
ReplyDeleteI don't know enough about British politics to comment on it, but I do think that tree has some odd looking seeds. Was it by accident that you took a photo off it? It kind of pertains to the subject of your post, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteWe have PR in New Zealand too, and the situation sounds very similar to hoe Deisegirl describes the Irish government. However I do think PR is fairer and more representative than FPP. Democracy isn't perfect but it is better than the alternative as someone (who? probably Churchill) said! I am just listening to the news as I write this comment and I hear that Gordo has stepped down as leader of the Labour party.
ReplyDeleteSorry about the typo, Deisegirl!
ReplyDeletePS Bearfriend, how do you get those nice pics on your blogroll?
ReplyDeleteBearFriend, Thank you for sharing these flower photos. I loved them all but the first and the second last photo is captured very nicely.
ReplyDeleteHi Bearfriend...I've nominated you for the 'Life is Good' Award!!! NO questions asked(geez I'm slack, LOL!).
ReplyDeleteYou are too funny. Love the comment about the Gorgis, I giggled. I too know nothing about Britain's political woes but its interesting to hear your point of view.
ReplyDeleteThe Uni is gorgeous. You're lucky to be so close to such loveliness.