16th april 1872 and kilvert is on holiday in the gower penninsula.
he visits some (presumably neolithic) tombs between penmayne (in kilvert's somewhat archaic non-welsh spelling) and kilvrough.
yesterday horsemouth went for a wander on the common (the usual round probably about a mile or so). he suspects he may have to do it several times over the course of the day. he was preparing for a meeting and he wanted to be as calm and as easy going as it is possible for him to be.
he also had an egg delivery mission. however he doesn't want to ask about the eggs in case that is the wrong thing to do, he thinks he'd rather wait until the eggs are offered. as he looks out of the window his mum is pulling some rhubarb.
horsemouth has put some pepper seeds and some basil seeds in a tray in the greenhouse. he doubts it is warm enough yet for them to get going but he will see. otherwise the runner beans continue to grow well - horsemouth will plant them out after sunday (when the weather has warmed up). the broad beans look to be on the go. otherwise no sign of anything else particularly.
the onion bulbs have arrived so horsemouth will get those planted out this afternoon (or it might be an idea to get it done now before it starts raining again). anyway they are done now (now to see if they come up).
flowers wise - some sweet peas and nasturtiums are on the go.
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we move towards the may 7th elections
voters in scotland and wales will elect representatives to their national parliaments.
a number of local council and mayoral polls will take place in england.
in northern ireland, local council and assembly elections are scheduled for may 2027.
reform can be expected to do well in wales because it is not first passed the post but proportional representation - the caerphilly defence of voting to keep reform out will not work. similarly for the greens (and indeed your party should they actually run any candidates) they should do well and achieve fair representation.
scotland MSPs are election on an additional member system (broadly designed to produce proportional representation).
elsewhere it is first passed the post and this, together with more than 2 plausible parties, can result in distortions (horsemouth recommends the gallagher index to measure these).
the problem in many seats is working out who the keep reform out party are. in the caerphilly by election (conducted under first passed the post) it was clearly plaid cymru. who it will be in council elections up and down the land is not clear.
and then that's our lot. that's all our supply of democracy until the next general election which must be held by 15th august 2029. the prime minister has the power to dissolve parliament and call it earlier (but then neither he nor his successor has any real reason to).
it is the collapse of horsemouth's belief in radical or protest politics that leads him to electoral politics.
but he doesn't really believe in that either.
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meanwhile horsemouth attended the meeting he was going to attend. it went well. the vote went the way horsemouth hoped it would. he was reminded of why he doesn't like those meetings (he doesn't like the people).
ok to be fair he does like some of the people (just the ones he doesn't like he really doesn't like).
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