AN ERA OF SERIOUS LEADERS NEEDED

To get rid of Johnson

 “is not enough”

 Former MP Rory Stewart (pictured) has given his answer to those of his former constituents  who say that he has largely disappeared from the political scene. He has written an article in the Financial Times about Boris Johnson and his current problems.

The article is  headed “Brian needs an era of serious leaders”

 

 The article says:”To get rid of Johnson and promote new policies is not enough.

“A better British politics will will require politicians who take their vocations seriously and govern responsibly and well.We don`t just deserve better than Johnson, we deserve better than the culture and the system that produced him”.

Mr Stewart was MP for Penrith and the Border. He is now is a senior fellow at Yale University`s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs and is on the Advisory Board of the Britain Project, a cross-party a cross-party political collaboration seeking to build a broad coalition in the centre ground, that puts hope, decency and integrity at the heart of our politics.

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THE PARSNIPS STARTED TO FROTH...

A liquid

lunch-

Fairy

Liquid !

A couple of my Christmas cards have just  arrived , nearly three weeks late. A black mark for the Post Office, sure, but no different from  other hold ups at  Christmas and New Year.

Like the parsnip hold up on Christmas Day when I was cooking the dinner.It happened when the newly scraped and washed parsnips were to be doused with olive oil and put in the oven to cook.

 

I reached out for what I thought was the olive oil  bottle and covered them. To my consternation the parsnips started to froth.

The bottle I had reached for was not olive oil.

It was Fairy Liquid.

Parsnips, of course. are not alone in frothing at Christmas. Human beings froth too…  frothing with fury, sometimes.  Like a young local mother I heard about through a letter requesting help  .

This is what she wrote:

 “I have  just spent the most infuriating Christmas with my mother-in-law. We had my husband’s parents and brother over for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and not only did she pass remarks on how I raise my children and how my tree looked `very stylish but not very festive`, she brought her own stuffing, pudding and gravy, even though I made it clear that I didn’t need anything.

“And before you say she may have been trying to help, she just brought enough for herself and her husband because he can `only eat food with really good ingredients`.

“ My husband thinks the whole thing is hilarious, as does his brother, and in a way I agree. I get great mileage telling my friends about her, but it is coming to the stage where I can’t be in the same room as her. How can I get my husband to stop treating his parents as the deciders of how we spend holidays and to stand up for me?”