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SunshineGirl

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Facts and figures

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USA vital economic statistics as of 5 November 2024. GDP (change on previous year): 2.7% Consumer prices (change on previous year): 2.4% Unemployment rate: 4.1% Just in case there is an outbreak of amnesia 🙂

Speaking truth to power

My daughter has recently started a vocational health and nutrition course at school. Through a work contact I managed to arrange for the marketing director of a well known restaurant brand (that happens to be HQd in our city) to give a talk to the... See More »

Not forgetting

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset... See More »

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Urban life

I was at a conference in London at the start of the week and had an evening out with some of my younger colleagues. I like hanging around with the 20-somethings because you don't feel obliged to drink alcohol and an evening out is often based around... See More »

Yesterday I found a hedgehog in the road . .

. . going round and round in circles. I scooped him up and popped him over the hedge into a field where hopefully he will not get run over. I wondered if he'd had a stroke. But then it occured that he should probably be hibernating by now. Perhaps... See More »

The meek shall inherit the earth

Part time vacuum cleaner salesman and resident of Singapore, Sir James Dyson, criticised Chancellor Rachel Reeves for withdrawing 100% agricultural property relief from estates worth more than £1 million. From April 2026, inheritance tax will apply... See More »

Kemi Badenoch elected new leader of the Conservative Party

First black person to hold that role, succeeding Rishi Sunak, the first non-white leader. Stand by for the ironic spectacle of the daughter of immigrants arguing for the dismantling of our immigration system 🙃 She says she will offer shadow... See More »

Assessment of UK autumn budget

No huge headlines, everyone seems marginally disappointed, financial markets have not (yet) blown up . . all in all to be judged a success 👍 Difficult to detect a unifying theme. The government pins hopes on facilitating economic growth and using hi... See More »

Solar System

Last night watched three episodes of Prof Brian Cox's new TV series Solar System, with my daughter who was completely gripped. For those who are unaware, Cox is a British academic and former rock star who presents popular physics programmes in a... See More »

Four hours into half term holiday and my daughter managed to get herself grounded

🤦‍♀ She went out when she was asked not to, switched off her phone, and was rude to my wife when she eventually came home. I was out working at the time. Got a text message saying I needed to enforce the sanction next day. Thanks 🙄 Daughter very... See More »

Firefighting

Shortly after 2am on Tuesday morning we were awoken by the sound of a woman in the street outside our home having an animated conversation with a friend on speakerphone. Her friend had an ailment and the woman was offering "medical advice" that my... See More »

Moldova votes to join EU

Despite "unprecedented interference and intimidation by Russia and its proxies", Moldova backed proposed constitutional changes and a commitment to joining the EU. In recent weeks money has reportedly flowed from Moscow. Ilan Shor, a Moldovan... See More »

Pink wedding accomplished

All went according to plan. Those who were meant to get married found the right person and no innocent bystanders were harmed 👍 Our daughter and niece pulled out all the stops as bridesmaids . . perfectly behaved (during the ceremony and photos at... See More »

Quiet night in?

Ever since we began fostering her nearly two years ago, our daughter's Friday afternoon routine has been almost completely unaltered. Slam front door - Hurl school bag in corner - Start to change out of school uniform - Start furiously doing... See More »

Teenage logic

Last night my daughter asked me to sign off her online school diary: a daily record of the homework she has been set, feedback from teachers, extracurricular pursuits, etc. All good until I came across an entry for Tuesday lunchtime: 30 mins... See More »

And then there were two

In a shock reversal of fortune the bookies favourite for the Conservative Party leadership contest, James Cleverley, failed to make it to the final stage. So members will be able to choose between Kemi Badenoch ("5%-10% of all civil servants should... See More »

My daughter and I arrived at the beach for the last swim of September

Horizontal rain was lashing the car windows and you couldn't see further than 5 metres through the swirling sand. But mustn't lose face among the other ladies in our swim group. We looked grimly at one another and silently changed into our swimsuits.... See More »

British values

Today the rather grisly spectacle of the competition to elect a new leader continues at the Conservative Party annual conference in Birmingham. Kemi Badenoch, the bookies favourite, has nailed her colours to a "hard-nosed immigration policy", which... See More »

Bats**t conservative politics

Bonkers right wing politics is not the sole preserve of Donald Trump. Excerpts released from former UK prime minister Boris Johnson's forthcoming autobiography Unleashed reveal how he discussed with military officials the possibility of launching an... See More »

Chilly autumn afternoons

I walked home from school with my daughter after dance club. It only takes five minutes, but there was much standing water on the roads and pavements and we got damp and cold. Now safely back home, wet clothes removed, feet warming up on the... See More »

Dance club rules

New school term, and I have resumed helping out at after-school dance club and performing the vital parental function of causing my 14 year old maximum embarrassment 🤣🤣🤣... See More »

Diversity in Dawlish

This week I had a pleasant late summer excursion to the seaside resort of Dawlish, on the south coast of Devon. In Dawlish Water (a park that bisects the town centre) there is a lovely collection of waterfowl, including 15 breeds of ducks from across... See More »

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Daughter and best friend have been making a lot of noise in her bedroom for the past hour

My wife poked her head around the door. "Girls, girls! Do we need some extra practice in how to be quiet?" 🤣 Daughter's friend: "No need. We've got science homework. Should get the hang of it fairly soon!" That's sorted then 👍😊

Harmonious labour relations

Last night we sat down with our daughter to discuss her weekly allowance and the chores she does for it. Daughter adopted the unorthodox negotiating tactic of turning up for talks in her nightie with Bunny as her union rep 🐰 We then discussed what... See More »

I'm still needed!

Daughter has been unrecognisable since she went back to school yesterday. She's had her bag packed the night before, been on time without me having to chase her, remembered all her books, PE clothes, etc . . I'm in danger of being made redundant 🥺... See More »

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