Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his Prime Minister-ship for his special friend

It’s almost as if Boris Johnson has decided he doesn’t want to be Prime Minister any more

Boris is fond of the word ‘palpably’

It doesn’t add much

Why is everybody calling the Cummings problem a ‘safe-guarding’ issue rather than a ‘child-care’ issue?

Is it a male/female thing? Or a political thing?

#Durhamgate

RT @petercmoore: @salisbury_matt This could be his Waterloo.

RT @Vitt2tsnoc: Reminder we had public OUTRAGE when Diane Abbott had a mojito on a train. #DominicCummings #Marr

He may have ducked his responsibilities, and put lives at risk, and be about to destroy the government…..but I’m still really annoyed about the Abba thing

RT @GaryLineker: If it were a young footballer, he’d have been correctly told to make a humiliating public apology.

‘Musicians, like golfers, tend to believe they’re just one piece of equipment away from achieving perfection’

@davidhepworth

See also hifi buffs, cyclists, computer geeks and perhaps a few others

I like the description of Sir Bob as ‘the exasperated mastermind behind the Live Aid concert’

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The English towers and landmarks that inspired Tolkien’s hobbit sagas

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The thing with the saxophone is that it looks good.

All musical instruments do, but the saxophone makes whoever is playing it look that bit cooler than most other instruments

The saxophone is over-rated.

The trombone is under-rated.

You may disagree

RT @petercmoore: What if Dolly Parton could only get a part-time job?

Cat scarpered when everyone started clapping tonight

Only just got him in

Ruddy NHS!

I should add that the mural was painted (or mainly painted) by my friend from football, Fred Fieber

www.fredfieber.com

My other thought for today is that if you ‘win’ a competition in penalties, it ONLY really counts if you’ve previously lost that same competition on penalties.

IT JUST DOESN’T.

My thought for today is that good enough is good enough

From today’s lunchtime walk

I hope the old chap isn’t getting lonely in @SalisburyMuseum without any visitors

My next Dyson will be a Hoover

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