Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Forty Five
Monday Morning peeps. A little grey but warm this morning, the woman on the TV says it is going to be sunny and quite warm here in London this morning. Bozzie is off to Northern [more…]
Parliament
Animals
Larry’s Diary Week Fourteen
Monday As usual it’s been a fairly uneventful weekend here on the Downing Street estate. I caught sight of a mouse in the garden yesterday, but it shot into the Foreign Office so I left [more…]
21st Century
Larry’s Diary Week Thirteen
Monday It was a pretty quiet day yesterday so I was able to laze around a bit. I undertook a few patrols of the estate just to make sure that Mickey and his mates weren’t [more…]
Biography
So Farewell then John Simon Berkowitz
In the foreplay preceding the election of the new Speaker I had a conversation with a friend regarding the significance and power of this position. He was of the opinion that this was a token [more…]
Elections
Election of Speaker of the House of Commons
Anyone hoping for someone better should be prepared to be disappointed. My bet’s on Bryant, Harperson is also an obvious candidate. Not since the Great Stink has Parliament been so malodorous. Lindsay Hoyle is the [more…]
19th Century
The Final Betrayal?
Parliamentary session to discuss the Surrender Act starts at 9.30 am. Right click to open Parliament TV I’ll add a live feed and agenda when they become available. Crossword later today. Swiss Bob Update: Ministerial [more…]
Arts
Placard-waving and Marching to Exit
The undoing of Brexit has been incremental so that it has been difficult to pin down any one point at which to say “Stop!” We may be reaching the end of this Brexit saga to [more…]