Movement of Shipping

This will be the last blog for a couple of weeks as we are making a tour by boat around what is still the United Kingdom.  It will give us a chance to see the coast of Scotland before it breaks away to a life not plagued by debts nor deluded into thinking that they still have a role to play in the world.  Once the Scots have their independence we can grant the same boon to the Welsh and the Conservative party can then govern England forever.  As such we shall no longer have to spend our time and money propritiating the Celts and will have no need for a trimming Premier like Dave. Incidentally should not the English have something to say about the matter?  As usual it is all being done over our heads and we are being ignored.  Chesterton comes to mind (there is a vogue for him at the moment):

Smile at us, pay us pass us,

But do not quite forget

For we are the people of England

That never have spoken yet.

Dave's latest gaffe is his message to his generals, "I'll do the talking; they can do the fighting."  He has forgotten that thanks to his defence cuts they no longer have the weapons they need to fight wars that nobody anticipated.  Anyway he is going to go on bombing Gadhaffi's stronghold for "as long as it takes".  Is it now the government's intention to kill Gadhaffi or do we just want him to surrender? Why can't we stop meddling?
The kindle is being charged up for the holiday and tho I don't yet like reading without holding a book I am building up a small library of books out of copyright which are free.  I shall watch nothing but tennis on TV to be free of reminders of the folly and stupidity of our lords and masters to which I shall return with my usual disgust.
Wimbledon is full of grunting women this year, But they look pretty good so we shall have to forgive the noises they make.  Sharapova started it all a few years ago and she has now gone on to greater things, earns eighteen million dollars a year and is now promoting a new range of chocolates called Sugarpova.  Good luck to her.