I didn’t think King Charles’s cosying up to Angela Rayner and Keir Starmer on a recent visit to a development in Cornwall was a good look.
Linking up on such a visit about contentious political issues around house-building targets and Net Zero is something the Royal Family should be avoiding like the plague.
I was a massive fan of the late Queen and Queen Mother, and have always hugely admired Princess Anne, but in all honesty I have never really warmed to Charles.
I started to review my opinion after his mother died, and I felt he started his reign really well – but it seems he’s in danger of slipping back into his bad old ways of getting involved in overt political issues. I’d urge him to stick to being a Royal and leave the politics to the politicians.
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How disappointing that some members of The Royal Society, Britain’s most auspicious scientific institution, have decided to try and expel Elon Musk from it.
He was made a fellow in 2018 in recognition of his outstanding contributions to electric vehicles and space travel engineering. He was then being viewed as a modern day Isambard Kingdom Brunel, but now –because of his backing of Donald Trump and his questioning and downplaying of climate change – some have decided he’s no longer fit to be a fellow.
This is from a group that made Sir Chris Whitty a fellow, and has kept him in its fold despite the epic failures of the lockdowns and Covid restrictions that he promoted and the woeful lack of scientific basis for them. How sad that such an impressive society, established in 1660 whose motto is “Nullius in verba” – take no one’s word for it – and which should stand for scientific objectivity and rigour has become so woke and fearful of challenge.
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Nothing used to bore me more on a Saturday than wrestling on ITV with Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks in their panto-style fighting routines.
Not so for my godchild James who went to the For The Love Of Wrestling convention in Manchester at the weekend with his dad, and then stayed with us afterwards. We had a weekend of the highlights, autographs and photos with his favourite US wrestlers of yesteryear like Jake the Snake, who used to bring a snake into the ring with him.
James is only nine so I don’t blame him for this strange fascination. The blame lies squarely with his dad for such blatant indoctrination. I think he’s going to have to stay with me more often so that I can reprogramme him!
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In the latest episode of politically correct public-sector madness, a police force reissued a photo of a convicted Islamic State terrorist after she complained the first image showed her face. The second image showed her wearing a niqab showing only her eyes.
Well done West Midlands Police. That will certainly make her more easy to identify! What bunch of quivering buffoons allows a terrorist to call the shots in this way? Releasing the second – and completely useless – mugshot shows that the only mugs are at West Midlands Police.
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Rumours have swirled around Westminster over the last week that Sir Keir Starmer is sharpening his knife for a cabinet reshuffle, to try to improve the government’s dire performance and ratings.
It was reported that Attorney General Lord Hermer, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy and Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson are all facing the sack. The same report suggested that the Chancellor Rachel Reeves is safe in her job in any forthcoming reshuffle.
Just how bad must this government be if there are at least three cabinet ministers performing worse than Rachel Reeves?
