Get me out of here.....

 A week is a long time in politic's, and so the last month or two have flown by. I understand why Bonking Boris was forced to resign, but it ws a case of be careful what you wish for, as the elderly grey pound population from the home counties decided to choose his replacement.

Goodness me what must the new King have thought. A cross between Margaret Thatcher and Teresa May, takong hopefully the good bits from both. Sadly only the handbag reminded us of Maggie, and I struggle to remember any good bits Teresa May had.  So Liz Truss entered office, set a fe hares running and then decided she had bitten off rather more than she could chew. 

Trigger World mirth at the mess the UK was in. The poison dwarf AKA the gobbler, North of the border could not believe her luck and just as she was meant to stick the knife in, some transgender nonsense got in the way and she ended up fighting a battle she did not expect, right on her doorstep. One of her protagonists is well connected in the witchcraft community so it might not be a straight forward battle to win.

So what of Labour? Not since Tony Blair have they had a creditable leader to push home any advantage they have over the governing Conservative party., and so it proves again. I would have been inclined if I was Rushi Sumak to call a general election, pass the baton to Mr CPS and see how he and his brash Northern colleagues would do. He must so be relieved that did not happen.

Then, just as the Country needs a lift, Peter Kay announces he will be touring again, that al do, and that mad MP Matt Hancock decides to emigrate to Australis but gets the wrong connecting flight in Perth and ends up somewhere in the jungle with a Karma Chameleon, a dwarf throwing minor royal,(lucky Ellie Simmonds got turfed off Strictly) and a series of Z list celebrities  all ready to breath a sigh of relief as Matt looks forward to ten bush tucker trials on the bounce.

You couldn't make it up!!

Queen Elizabeth II - RIP

 Such sad new about the passing of our Queen of over 70 years. She was a good age at 96, and continued to be active mentally albeit with limited mobility. Boris Johnson and Liz Truss must have been very touched that they were the last political figures to be received by her as Prime Minister duties were passed from one to the other.

What, though, for the rest of us. I was born in her coronation year of 1953, and my mother was of the same age as the Queen. I never knew a previous monarch, and people born after February 1971 would have never known any other face but the Queen on our coins and bank notes. That was, of course, when our pounds, shillings and pence were replaced by decimalisation. I saw her once to my knowledge at The Royal Bath and West Show in the 1960's. She may have been at sporting events I attended but I cannot be sure

I just wish they had named the new cross-rail train line The Elizabethan line rather than The Elizabeth line, it just trips off the tongue easier.

She was commander-in-chief of the armed forces and many serving and retired military people still refer to her as their boss. That responsibility now passes to King Charles III as we enter the Charline or Charleon era. I await a new train line being named as such later in the new reign.

The King has been in training for many years and should be pretty good at the job. He will have his mother's sense of humour honed during his time in the Footlights at Oxbridge. Hopefully he will be able to manage the challenge presented by Harry and Megan, and initial signs are that William and Harry are open to talking through their problems.

The one challenge he has is being fit enough for the challenge The Queen started very young and grew into the role. It is a much bigger job now than it was in 1953 and Charles is jumping straight into it in his 70's. Lets hope all the gym work pays dividends or we could be going through this pomp and circumstance all over again in the not too distant future.

So as The Queen is laid at rest in Edinburgh for 24 hours  and the Scottish public file past her coffin we can only surmise the impact it will have on the independence debate, as well as the united Ireland challenges and the Northern Ireland protocol. Our monarchy is unique in the way it reaches out across the World. Let's hope the change of the guard enhances that reputation and does not diminish it.