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’

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-ra…

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

www.theguardian.com/books/202…

I was quite excited to see ABBA were trending. Was that new music coming out? Are they making Mamma Mia 3?

No…..Dominic Ruddy Cummings twitter.com/jimwaters…

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

I am not lugging ANY of that stuff around with me when I go outside twitter.com/10Downing…

I have seen this joke and I see no reason why I should suffer alone twitter.com/hic_non/s…

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

What if most of the employment in Wichita was call-centres? twitter.com/dukkhaboy…

What if de-do-do didn’t want to do de-da-da-da? twitter.com/dukkhaboy…

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

From today’s lunchtime walk

I hope the old chap isn’t getting lonely in @SalisburyMuseum without any visitors t.co/Tp7RRuLyq…