Today the BBC web-site had interviews with Danny Care (England) and Sam Warburton (Wales) in which they ranked the Six Nations stadia. Their order was:
That is fascinating and from a players point of view they see little of the 'weekend experience' where we have often commented that the game is often the low point of the celebrations. My choice would be this:
They say a week is a long time in politics and so it seems at the moment. It was not many days ago that Bonking Boris was knee deep in Partygate, with the police calling and a swell of opinion increasing towards him facing a vote of no confidence. In the blink of an eye he was then thrust centre stage as the new Vlad The Impaler appears on the block, surrounding Ukraine with every last Russian storm trooper he could find. Then blow me down, even that was pushed off the front pages as Britain was bombarded by three mega storms in less than a week. First Dudley with its eerie Brummie wind tone, then Eunice fresh from the 1920's and a bit of a flapper followed by Franklin, a true moaner if ever there was one.
Now I have long supported Bonking Boris as regular readers will know. This was based on sound evidence from his time as Mayor of London. I lived there under his regime and he was renowned for his ability to surround himself with clever people who basically ran the Capital while he opened things, had photo shoots and took centre stage when it helped team Johnson.
The mess the capital is now descending into under the control of Shere Khan just re-enforces the job he did. Knife crime and teenage murders are increasing, the transport system is creaking and its flagship Elizabeth line is well behind schedule and over budget. I still think it should have been called the Elizabethan line, so as to role off the tongue a bit better....like the Metropolitan or Northern Line.
Finally Khan has thrown a grenade under the bus which is the Metropolitan Police by sacking Cressida Dick and not having a suitable replacement lined up. London faces some tough months ahead.
But back to Boris. He has had a very difficult term in office and is now fighting battles he did not expect to be involved in. I agree he has made mistakes and taken decisions which have been somewhat misguided but he has deserved a few beers occasionally. Unfortunately for him Dominic Cummings appears to have been stalking him and storing up imagery by which to torment the PM at a time when Boris should be taking accolades for the brave COVID decisions he has taken, all aimed at releasing us back to normality as soon as possible.
He is a great fan of Sir Winston Churchill and now has the chance himself to take centre stage in the unified diplomatic process aimed at pushing back at Vlad before we find ourselves fighting another enemy from the East, this time the Eastern block.
Let's hope his initiatives go well otherwise goodness knows how much heating bills will be next Winter. I'm just off to put another jumper on.
Its the awards season again. The Brit Awards were announced last night, and I always used to get the double CD with all the nominated songs on it, but that has gone by the board for several years now as most of the tunes are on Spotify or other download sites.
The Bafta award nominations came out last week, and yesterday we were greeted by the Oscars. They are led by Netflix 'The Power of the Dog' so SWMBO and I decided we would watch it. We may have got halfway through, maybe a boit less, when we reached the conclusion that it's entertainment levels were almost nil.
It does ask the question of the nominating panel as to whether they do take entertainment quotient into consideration or is it all a bit too lovie. The film Belfast does seem to be worth watching, but I am not sure about the rest.
We also spent time watching The Tinder Swindler and again it was a real struggle to feel we were being entertained by women narrating a story about how they had been conned by some chap on the Internet. we have struggled for two years to watch more than a handful of movies through to the end, and now almost play a game as to who would say ' Is this any good' first.
Hey ho, there are always classics to fall back on, so the actors can have their moment of glory at the Oscars and we can continue to search out the hidden gems which do appear every now and again. That's a wrap....
