NOT THE LAW?
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The UK Supreme Court was asked to decide on the legality or otherwise of sending asylum seekers on a one way trip to Rwanda, and the verdict was otherwise. Oh dear oh dear.
So you are the government. What do you do now?
You announce that you will change the law, that's what you do. God almighty, you can't have your worst laid schemes thwarted by a legal system that you supposed to be on your side. What the hell did you pack the upper echelons with public schoolboys for if it wasn't to support you no matter what international code of honour you may be minded to overlook. No. Change the law.
I know the whole damned world is in a heap, but do we have to add to it in quite such a desperate, undignified way? Enough. Straight on to the old person's standby:
TELEVISION.
We watched the first four episodes of The Crown (season 6) on Netflix.
Though superbly acted, the comings and goings, the conversations, and the manipulations, of real people (many of them no longer alive) is, perforce, sheer conjecture. It shows.
The trouble with trying to tell such a story on television is that 'it has to be good tele.' So you tell it the way you think the public (or, if you are dreaming of a knighthood, King Charles) would like it to be. And if this had been written by Charles' PR team they couldn't have done a better job for him.
Mohamed al-Fayed becomes an outright villain, son Dodi Fayed an unwilling player in his father's ambitious manoeuvrings. Princess Diana a simple pawn in the 'let's use Diana' game, and Charles the compassionate voice of reason. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip are the bemused voices of reactionary royalty.
Ignoring the many 'believe this if you like' scenes, it's worth watching for the acting.
I'll be back soon
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