Post 495. ELECTION YEAR IS HERE.

 

SO NOW THEY FEIGN CONCERN

AFTER YEARS OF INDIFFERENCE.
Funny how concerned for fairness Westminster becomes when there is an election in the offing. The splendid ITV television telling of Mr. Bates vs. The Post Office (Toby Jones as Alan Bates, and a fine fellow cast) has suddenly awakened MPs to the injustice suffered by over 700 sub-postmasters and postmistresses when a faulty IT system, abetted by outright liars on the so-called 'help' line, had them wrongly accused of theft.
Reputations, minds, lives were lost, and for years only a handful of politicians showed an iota of belief in their innocence or empathy for their plight. Now there are calls in parliament for 'suitable' compensation. It will never be enough but, if and when it comes, it should be big: very, very big!
NATIONAL INSURANCE.
From 6 January the main NI rate for employees has been reduced from 12% to 10%. Did I say there is an election in the offing?
You really must avoid cynicism, Dennis, it is so unbecoming.
TELEVISION.
Why was A Boy Called Christmas my 'best Christmas film' choice? Saw Maggie Smith was in it, so knew it would have to be good. It was.
Also enjoyed a re-run of Roald Dahl's BFG, directed by Stephen Spielberg, Mark Rylance was the BFG. Of course it was good.
And, back in the day, I recorded The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. We watchcd it again and were enchanted again. Not an indifferent human in sight.

Lovely.
WORLWIDE
FORGET THE HAPPY NEW YEAR STUFF
TOO MANY LIVES HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED.
DO LET US HAVE SOME SANITY IN 2024