Day Thirty-two

Feest Isolation Days -15 April

In America it would appear that the President of the United States has decided he is King. That must be a worry to us all.  At a Press Conference earlier in the week, Trump said “When somebody is President of the United States the authority is total. It’s total. The Governors know that.”  As it happens, thankfully, the Governors not only know that this is not the case, but when it comes to deciding when to lift lockdown in any State, which is what Trump was discussing, it is the Governors who will decide.  My blood runs cold when I think Trump might be where he is for another four years.  Let us hope for the sake of the world that this isn’t the case. Trump Tweets are increasingly unhinged.

Here in the UK Rishi Sunak held the daily press briefing yesterday evening and continues to do an impressive job.  The young Chancellor, Rishi will be forty next month, and took his Parliamentary oath of office on the Bhavagad Gita. His father was a GP and his mother ran a Medical Shop.  Although he was a keen advocate of Brexit, and our politics differ, I can see that he has been putting measures in place that not only are unprecedented but actually are thoughtful.  He is willing to say that his measures won’t save every business or person.  What a refreshing change for a politician. Still, it would be good to have an opposition sitting and holding the government accountable.  If journalists can use electronic media to question the government, why can’t elected officials?  Nevertheless, a far cry from the outrageous and often dangerous press briefings in the States.

And turning to a different sort of tweet…we have a pair of pigeons in the bottom of the garden that have taken to mating every morning at about the same time that we have our first cuppa on the swing.  It’s been going on nearly as long as lockdown itself and is quite amusing.  The feathers fly, she ignores him, he returns to her once more they both fly away then one of them returns and the wings flap and the feathers fly.  I never knew pigeons were such determined and inexhaustible maters.

With love,

Kathy x