When a teenager I enjoyed ballroom dancing with my girlfriend Ann. It is very many years since I have danced. I really want to keep those memories as they were. We made a good dancing couple.
These days, I watch "Strictly" on TV, but pretend not to! I hope Frankie wins as I vote for her most weeks on-line for free. Lis votes by phone. Frankie looks a bit like my dear wife Lis when we first met. Frankie is a good dancer, of course.
"Strictly" is a "feel good" programme, ideal to cheer you up. I never take it too seriously. It is the nearest I come to reality TV. I absolutely abhor "Big Brother". Every time I have (accidentally) watched small parts people are either sleeping or arguing. I just do not see what fun it is to watch.
Sunday, 23 November 2014
Hamilton wins F1 championship
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See http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/30168481 .
UK immigration
See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30167160 .
The Home Secretary has said on TV that UK immigration target are unlikely to be met.
The Conservatives published some very ambitious targets, that frankly, were a joke unless the immigration pattern was drastically changed. This remains a very contentious issue central to the next General Election. Making such STUPID claims about immigration targets serves no good at all.
We are a small, overcrowded, island and HAVE to be able to manage our immigration numbers. Currently we are a magnet for people and we need to understand just why this is so. I hope we can find a way of controlling immigration and stay in the EU, but if we don't we may have no choice but to leave. If we go, others will follow us.
Incidentally, free movement within the EU means about 800000 UK people now live in Spain. It is not just people coming into the UK,although our small size makes net immigration an acute issue. Some skills we definitely need and this is likely to continue to be the case. We just need better controls, whether by looking at points, welfare or whatever.
I am no UKIP supporter, but I do understand the issues.
The Home Secretary has said on TV that UK immigration target are unlikely to be met.
The Conservatives published some very ambitious targets, that frankly, were a joke unless the immigration pattern was drastically changed. This remains a very contentious issue central to the next General Election. Making such STUPID claims about immigration targets serves no good at all.
We are a small, overcrowded, island and HAVE to be able to manage our immigration numbers. Currently we are a magnet for people and we need to understand just why this is so. I hope we can find a way of controlling immigration and stay in the EU, but if we don't we may have no choice but to leave. If we go, others will follow us.
Incidentally, free movement within the EU means about 800000 UK people now live in Spain. It is not just people coming into the UK,although our small size makes net immigration an acute issue. Some skills we definitely need and this is likely to continue to be the case. We just need better controls, whether by looking at points, welfare or whatever.
I am no UKIP supporter, but I do understand the issues.
Grandchildren have gone home
Our "Kent" grandchildren and their parents have now returned home. They come to stay again before Christmas.
Although the house is now quiet, I am still very tired, as a result of my stroke. People tell me this will get better. I do hope so as I still get profoundly exhausted with any physical effort, quite unlike how I used to be. I want to be able to do all I did with my grandchildren before, but I get so exhausted.
Although the house is now quiet, I am still very tired, as a result of my stroke. People tell me this will get better. I do hope so as I still get profoundly exhausted with any physical effort, quite unlike how I used to be. I want to be able to do all I did with my grandchildren before, but I get so exhausted.
Saturday, 22 November 2014
Profound tiredness (stroke)
These last 2 days I have felt more tired than at any time I can remember. I think this related to my stroke, but I have been PROFOUNDLY exhausted. I have no understanding just why I have felt so very tired. I hope it will pass soon. I thought my tiredness was lifting, but like so much about my stroke, it keeps surprising me.
Friday, 21 November 2014
FTSE 100 and Sepura shares
With about 15 minutes until UK markets close, it looks as if the FTSE 100 index and Sepura (SEPU) shares will end the day in positive territory. This year, both the FTSE 100 index and Sepura have lost some ground, but in recent weeks these losses are being clawed back.
UPDATE 1900z: Both the FTSE 100 and Sepura (SEPU) shares ended the day in positive territory.
UPDATE 1900z: Both the FTSE 100 and Sepura (SEPU) shares ended the day in positive territory.
UKIP recent successes
In the last few months, UKIP has gained its first 2 MPs taking votes from the Conservative, Labour and the Lib Dems. As I said before, in the General Election next spring it could all be very different At the moment UKIP is picking up protest votes and this is unlikely to be the case in a General Election when people are electing the party to govern us for the next 5 years. Both the major parties will have been rattled by the results of the by-election results from Rochester and Strood. The Lib Dems did very badly indeed with the Greens polling higher than them.
See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30140747 .
I still do not know who to vote for in the next General Election, but it will not be UKIP. To me, this party is maybe OK as a protest, but it would be a disaster if they helped form the next government. They seem to stand for just one thing: get the UK out of the EC. Personally, I believe our relationship with our European friends will change somewhat, but I hope we remain close partners with our friends in mainland Europe.
See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30140747 .
I still do not know who to vote for in the next General Election, but it will not be UKIP. To me, this party is maybe OK as a protest, but it would be a disaster if they helped form the next government. They seem to stand for just one thing: get the UK out of the EC. Personally, I believe our relationship with our European friends will change somewhat, but I hope we remain close partners with our friends in mainland Europe.
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