A chap on one of @IainDale’s podcast said that the few big house builders who control the market have a strategy of ‘contrived scarcity’, to keep prices at the right level

He might be right

www.theguardian.com/society/2…

#TodayILearned that, apparently, I say the word ‘americano’ in an amusingly strong Wiltshire accent

(Grrrrr….)

A reminder that the good people of Hartlepool don’t always do the sensible thing when it comes to elections

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_p…

Sunset over pig farm and @EHOldSarum tonight

Bit of a queue at the polling station

It felt right to #VoteLabour again, after switching in 2019

Maybe the ESL Super League wasn’t such a bad idea…

www.theguardian.com/football/…

No Frog Chorus?

www.theguardian.com/music/202…

Having lived in London for twenty-ish years I always feel vaguely disenfranchised because I don’t get to vote for the mayor

I’m sure @SadiqKhan will do fine anyway

Special, lucky voting pen has been located

#Election2021 #BothVotesLabour #UseChelseaPens

#TodayILearned, via @davidhepworth on the @WIYElondon podcast, that only one zebra crossing in the UK is classified as a Listed Building.

This one:

historicengland.org.uk/listing/t…

My word of the day today is ‘vanquish’.

Doodling….

#CHERMA

RT @seanjonesqc: @CasparQC Hear hear. It’s crazy to be making two English clubs travel to Istanbul for a final in a pandemic.

Still the best team in Europe apart from West Brom

#CHERMA

Fulham defended better

#CHERMA

I absolutely love him…but it has to be said.

Eden who?

#CHERMA

Didn’t know I could hold by breath for 45 minutes

#CHERMA

Saw this video on an oldies channel at the weekend

One of my favourite songs - Nowhere to Run by Martha Reeves & the Vandellas

The video seems to be filmed on an actual Detroit assembly line, and may not conform to modern Health and Safety best practice

m.youtube.com/watch

I found out today that the bass player of my favourite band is Chelsea

This has got to be a good omen….we can’t possibly lose now

#CHERMA

My word of the day today is ‘parish’.