five years of sub-MAGA hell

'called on lewis the policeman.' - kilvert, diaries, 16th january 1872. 

horsemouth had a headache in the morning. he was therefore keen to get into ewyas harold and pick up some paracetamol (there being none in the house) and the newspaper. he also picked up his mum's prescription (next time the 12th if he remembers correctly). 

everything seemed to work smoothly. 

in the afternoon he snoozed to try and shift the headache. 

at 4pm the business with the abbey and the chickens. after that perhaps the bell-ringing (we shall see). perhaps a quick shower before that (out of kindness to humanity). 

horsemouth has to admit he's been feeling a bit angsty and such like. he's agreed to the bell-ringing despite not feeling that lively - he knows he will feel better once he's out. 

kemi badenoch has just tossed robert jenrick off the tory bus. 

horsemouth is not a fan of jenrick's in  particular ever since the unlawful approval of westferry housing development scandal.  to be honest he's not horsemouth's type and he's another housing minister who has failed to do anything useful to sort out the post-grenfell cladding mess.

here's a tricky question for you - what has jenrick ever done that was successful and useful? 

he has been picked up by reform (like nadeem zahawi etc.) it will just reduce the clear blue water between the discredited tory party and the untested reform when reform's real chances now lie in taking seats off labour. 

horsemouth's short-term predictions? - may council election disaster (but not the full labour/ tory wipeout currently predicted). starmer falls, both labour and tories do better at the general election than predicted. 

horsemouth's medium term predictions? - tory/ reform pact, five years of sub-MAGA hell. no profound shift in the underlying economic problems of the country. 

in the morning the business with the abbey and the chickens.