An amusing aside

...An excerpt of a letter my good woman, M, wrote to a friend that has recently moved back home...

"What's been happening here then? Well Ken was kicked out and we now have a new mayor, Boris Johnson. Labour were slaughtered in the local elections and are facing their lowest rating for something like forty years. The Lib Dems are on 24% popularity and Labour are on 25% whilst the Tories were on something like 45%. Gordy and his mates have made some big mistakes. They have increased taxes and scrapped the 10p tax rate without really explaining the compensation low income workers would receive through tax credits. The base rate has been kept on hold at 5% but there is talk of a housing crash, which, combined with the crappy GBPAUD exchange rate, is not good news for us in the short term and means we may have to put off our return home until things improve. Who wants to sell at the bottom of the market?? Kids continue to get stabbed and die. A 16 year old was stabbed outside a bakery on the weekend and yesterday or the day before a guy was stabbed and then his throat was slit on Oxford st in the middle of the rush hour. Well that's all a bit grim isn't it! (Oh and Pete Doherty went to jail but is out now and Amy Winehouse continues to be in the news too). On the bright side, this May is looking to be the hottest on record. It has been superb! Dad arrived over a week ago and the day after he arrived the weather picked up and was great the whole time pretty much. Banksy had an exhibition in a tunnel near Waterloo which was good, we did the Tower Bridge Exhibition, went to Hampton Court Palace, Greenwich, Warwick castle, Portobello Road and Dad did some other stuff on his own. He left on Sunday. I'm putting together an eclectic tea set and I bought a gorgeous Victorian cup, saucer and plate and a milk jug and I got some silver forks. Before Dad arrived, we had a top temp of 21 and we went for a ride to Richmond Park. Boy did I trash myself. Sime had a horse whisperer moment when we noticed a horseless rider trotting toward the main bike/walking/driving path and he went after the horse and managed to gently approach it with a few comforting noises and grab its reins. The poor rider it had thrown off was in tears and Sime finally reunited her with the horse"



I dunno, but it made me laugh quite a bit... she has a "way" with words... or something!