Friday 1^st July - students are suggesting that their grief over ‘Brexit’ could cause them to fail their exams. Oddly they are finding time to protest when they could be swatting – no surprise there. As an excuse, their current moans and groans are nowhere near as good as the dog ate my homework. And the protesters will need a good degree to get their optimum job flipping burgers! The smart ones will just shake their heads at the vote and move on. We’re not sure of the optimum age for joining the real world. Perhaps it has got older as the i-phone owning generation got younger. The problem with a referendum is that one side loses and every vote has the same value. If a result can be overturned, democracy is dead. Perhaps these people would prefer to live in a dictatorship. They almost certainly condemn the likes of President Assad while screaming for a democratic vote to be overturned. They must belong to the ‘life ain’t fair’ brigade.

    The odds must be strongly in favour of Theresa May becoming our next Prime Minister. Could she be another Thatcher? I bet Europe hope not – they’re not ready for Merkel v May, handbags at dawn. And heaven help us if their menstrual cycles coincide! The odds on May winning shortened immediately after Michael Gove tossed his hat in the ring. The general opinion seems to be that Gove shafted Boris but there have long been questions about Johnson’s statesmanship. Boris is flavour of the month with a small bunch of MP’s but not with a majority. The chances are that Gove got the message that Boris couldn’t win, hence his standing. As an intellectual, Gove would take what he saw as a logical step and enter the race, unconcerned by any argument about the meaning of friendship. Oscar Wilde summed it up nicely.

            “I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their

            good characters , and my enemies for their good intellects.”

Gove misses out on two but wins hands down on the third!

    Saturday 2^nd July – Wales used to be the land of song and rugby, but they may be switching their national game after last night. After the performance of the England ‘softies’ we’re searching for Welsh ancestry however far back we have to go. Since my family are all from the border country it seems fair to say “dw i eisiau dod adre nawr!”

    A new bone condition has been diagnosed. It’s called ‘selfie elbow’ so the cause is self-explanatory. Several sufferers have been making appointments to see orthopaedic consultants. That speaks volumes for their lack of medical knowledge. They should seeing psychiatrists.

    Sunday 3^rd July – it’s suggested that two transgender athletes who were born male may be allowed to compete for Team GB in the Rio Olympics. The new international Olympic Committee has ruled that the women will be able to compete without gender reassignment surgery provided their testosterone is consistently below a certain level. It takes us back to the days when ‘female’ Russian shot putters needed jog straps. And we can’t wait for World Tennis to take the same route. The sight of Serena Williams made to look like Twiggy by a seven-foot transgender opponent with a six o’clock shadow is worth contemplating.

    Monday 4^th July – it appears that the next big health kick will be donkey’s milk. The Huffington Post has reported that the milk has loads of health benefits, is rich in vitamins and easy to digest. So get used to the idea of donkeys braying in your neighbour’s gardens as health fanatic’s rush to become even healthier. Personally, we’ve always found it difficult to distinguish a donkey from an ass.

    Tuesday 5^th July – another referendum will be held in October. Don’t panic, this one will be in Hungary. The vote will be whether or not to accept mandatory EU quotas for relocating refugees. Hungary has already fenced its border with Serbia to curb the influx, and along with Slovakia launched a court challenge against the EU plan. So what happens if the referendum says ‘no’ and the EU say yes? Wait for another EU fudge!

    Tomorrow finally sees the publication of the Chilcot report. Not that it will offer much to the people of Iraq who haven’t had a genuine day of peace since Saddam was toppled. The report should result in several ‘big names’ holding their heads in shame but it won’t. We fear the use of language in the report will avoid direct criticism leaving wriggle room for the guilty.