Hot & bothered
HOW lucky we are to have Whitehall fusspots to control every aspect of our lives and obsessively steer us away from danger.
Take this weekend and next week.
Will this Government ever stop treating the nation like kids and obsessively trying to steer us away from danger?[/caption]
It being summer, it will be hot. Very hot. Possibly hotter than ever, though possibly not. It may be uncomfortable — and, sadly, worse for the elderly or those in very poor health.
The rest of us will be fine thanks to this vital new advice from the Met Office: “Walk in the shade.” “Wear a wide-brimmed hat.” “Avoid exertion.” And, of course, “drink plenty of fluids” — though not excess booze (God forbid) or even TEA which bafflingly could dry us out.
If you absolutely must break out the barbecue, count yourself lucky it’s still allowed.
Only last week the Whitehall fun police briefly lobbied to BAN them on “air quality” grounds.
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For those who fancy just sitting inside, watching sport and betting a couple of quid, well, enjoy that while you still can.
Under plans to protect the tiny percentage of betting fans with addiction problems, you’ll soon be bombarded by alerts screaming “Gambling Kills”.
Plus ominous warnings that, astonishingly, losses can sometimes occur.
Will this Government ever stop treating the nation like children?
Maybe a new PM can haul in the nanny-state loons and fire them.
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Power trip
AS the Tory leadership battle also hots up, let us marvel once again at Labour’s utter certainty that power is already in the bag.
Keir Starmer has no policies and the vote-winning charisma of a brick.
Yet he is convinced that, with Boris out of the way, he is guaranteed to win back the Red Wall seats and stroll into Downing Street in 2024.
He apparently considers none of the Tory candidates as big a threat as Boris, even though he spent months claiming the entire country wanted the PM gone.
Compare that arrogance with the Tories. In 2019 they feared they wouldn’t even beat the bovine idiot Corbyn, even though they did so by a mile.
But complacency has long been Labour’s downfall. Think of Neil Kinnock in 1992. Then Ed Miliband in 2015, convinced by Twitter that he would be PM.
Now all the same voices are telling Starmer, an even less credible Labour leader, that he will coast into No10 just by not being a wicked Tory.
He too may be setting himself up for the same rude awakening.
Shell shocker
IT’S not often huge snails roam the heart of London.
Especially Giant Land Snails native to sub-Saharan Africa.
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It was an astonishing sight amid the rush hour traffic.
Not least because they were overtaking.
