I don't usually bother to comment on political goings on but, I ask you, how did our government become such a joke? Firstly, Boris is forced to resign and is replaced by Liz Truss (voted in by the party and not the people) who seems to have her own agenda for running our country, said agenda bearing no resemblance at all to sanity! Plans to reward the rich with tax reductions, and kick the poor and disabled in the teeth by not increasing benefits by the rate of the cost of living. I won't even mention pensioners and families already struggling. The Chancellor had, it seems, become power hungry by his sudden promotion to office and initiated sweeping changes which instantly rocked the finance sector on it's foundations. I don't even pretend to understand finance on such a grand scale, but warning bells rang as soon as the announcement of the 'mini budget' was made. Now Truss has sacked the Chancellor after just 38 days in office and there has been a massive u-turn in the plans. Jeremy Hunt has taken over as Chancellor and is talking of spending cuts in public services. He was a former Health Secretary who did nothing to help the NHS so...... God help us.
Meanwhile food shortages continue. Our Son-in-Law tested positive for Covid yesterday so I went to buy some paracetamol for us and Lemsip drinks for him. There were just 2 packs of Lemsips left on the shelves so I just took one, and about a dozen packs of paracetamol (I took 2)
Eggs were missing apart from a few boxes of the expensive Happy Egg ones....
Tea bags in the smaller packs were gone....
Also missing were:
Small tins of the pineapple pieces we like, G's favourite cornflakes (shop's own brand) and small tins of baked beans (own brand.... and I refuse to pay double the price for branded)
Ok....I'll descend from my soap box now! I'm sorry for the rant but I didn't sleep well last night so am not at my absolute best today 😒
Today is our 51st wedding anniversary. G is working and, with SiL so ill, I can't see the family. Today will be spent alone, probably ironing, which isn't my favourite thing to do. I must find things to be thankful for.....
For being able to have a power nap this afternoon
For 51 years of marriage and 2 lovely children
For a lovely bright, sunny day
Have a lovely day everyone. Stay safe x
The Tories are a farce. It's actually disgusting what they are doing. Yes the shortages continue and like you we go without rather than pay for over- inflated branded goods.
ReplyDeleteI think most people are sick of the in-fighting and back-stabbing going on Tania. Where will it all end I wonder....
DeleteYour leaders sound as weird as ours. I am in the US.
ReplyDelete"I must find things to be thankful for....."
I think this is the key.
"For being able to have a power nap this afternoon"
😊
"For 51 years of marriage and 2 lovely children"
A tremendous blessing!
"For a lovely bright, sunny day"
😃
"Have a lovely day everyone. Stay safe x"
Thanks! You too.
Blessings 💙
Thank you Sandi x
DeletePS many congratulations on 51 years!!
ReplyDeleteVery happy Anniversary to you.
ReplyDeleteThings can only get better? but not sure when!
Thank you Sue.
DeleteI'm not sure how long it will take either...
I just read about that in the news. How upsetting. It's good that you got your ironing done. I hope they restock your favorite items at the grocery store. I guess people are still getting Covid. I am debating on taking my second booster when it is available...
ReplyDeleteI think we will too, Stephenie, it's just a matter of when they can fit us in. I guess that after a whole year since our last booster our resistance to infection will be much reduced :(
DeleteHappy Anniversary to you. I don't read or watch anything about government any more. They will just do what they want and don't care about people. And yes, whichever supermarket I go to there are things missing. My husband read an article a few months ago in which it said that the over manager of the company instructed each place to limit what it had and keep some things off the shelves!!! Again they don't care about people.
ReplyDeleteI like reading your blog.
Keep things off the shelves? What on earth are they playing at?
DeleteI despair, Pat, the world has gone mad!
Thank you for your anniversary wishes and I'm glad you enjoy reading my blog. At least I can get some things off my chest on here! lol :)
I think you are absolutely right, Angela, they always manage to shift the blame.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your congratulations :)
Happy Anniversary, and I hope your son feels better soon.
ReplyDeleteI still haven't forgiven the b***** Tories for Thatcher/Nigel Lawson. (Ended up with negative equity on the first tiny flat I ever bought ...) Like you, I do not normally talk politics in public but the current situation beggars belief. Sunak broke the triple lock last year and heavens knows what they will try and get away with this year.
Oh Jayne, I can see negative equity rearing it's head again now and that's if anyone can actually afford to get on the property ladder in the first place now :/ I can't see the triple lock being re-introduced next April as promised either.
DeleteThank you so much for your good wishes :)
I totally agree with your post, Liz Truss has made a dogs dinner of her policies.
ReplyDeleteHasn't she just :0( She's done more damage to the economy in just a few weeks than Thatcher did in years.
DeleteWhat can I say.. what a shambles. I don't think I can find words!!
ReplyDeleteSo on a nicer note a very happy 51st anniversary to you both and I hope you have a lovely evening when G gets home from work.
Get well wishes to SiL x
Thank you Beverley :) x
ReplyDeleteI hope you had a good anniversary, and I love that no matter what happens you can find things to be thankful for ... and 51 years of a good marriage is definintely one of them. Lots of love to both of you. xx
ReplyDeleteAs for politics, they are all appearing to be as bad as each other at the moment. We need a government of the people, for the people not one made up of ministers feathering their own nests and trying to be in the popularity stakes no matter what the cost to the ordinary citizens of this country.
Happy anniversary to you and your husband! What a wonderful achievement! Hope your son-in-law recovers quickly and hope the shelves fill up soon!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Bless x
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