Lucyloupoliblog

Hello to Boris and applaud what a fine job he and our new Chancellor of the Exchequer are doing.

It is time to mothball HS1, a hugely controversial railway that is not yet needed between London and the northern cities.

And remember, Boris, that you promised the northern cities inward investment and a new type of railway would make their links stronger and faster.

We cannot afford it, certainly not with the £300 billion that has rightly been promised to businesses to keep them alive.

Closing schools? How will children access school meals? Those with free meals are being offered vouchers, yet there is a large number of children who are borderline, about to be offered. Can Churches step in and give out free lunch, provided by community charities?

And why can’t your children run around in your garden? If someone sneezes on the other side of the fence, it should be up to the main caregiver.

Best

LucyLou

Hello,

Coronavirus is a serious virus, but TV reporters ought to

a) stop asking banal, predictable questions, such as

i) How many people are likely to get it and

b) how many people will die?

The UK Chief of Health could barely disguise his contempt, when he responded, as, of course, he can only give best estimates at the moment. When our scientists have time to study patients and the Coronavirus, they will be in a better position help.

However, I find the jumping on the bandwagon by the Press, to be sickening. They should be encouraging and telling people what to do in case symptoms appear.

Discussion of symptoms is avoidable.

Current advice is to wash hands thoroughly, cough or sneeze into a tissue and away from other people. The NHS must be clear and in a bigger font than it is currently.

We are going to cope with it in the UK.

The lemmings are in the stockmarket. They have been clinging to the cliff edge for the past two weeks. Stockmarkets the world over, fell last week.

So to Fund Managers, look to your assets, back British companies, encourage them to trade. Now that we are out of the EU, we should have limitless opportunities – Canada, Australia, We can export our products, with a promise that transport has had a deep clean and will continue en route. And before it unloads. This gives a positive, upbeat outlook and will shove the lemmings back in their corral.

Good luck for a positive week

LucyLou

Nobody can say that Boris Johnson does not have a stance on Brexit. Of course he has; he has been saying what he believes in and what he will do for the country for the past three months. Suddenly, the Opposition Parties do not know what they think and are gathering a group of lemmings. It is because they have to make their manifesto, with nobody to rail against. If it was not so serious, it would be funny. The Liberal Democrat Jo Swinson has said that she will stop Brexit. It would perhaps be a good idea to ask the constituency to do an informal poll to find out how many of her Party members voted for Brexit. I may not agree with her, but she has courage.

The other parties are far too afraid of losing votes to put their definitive positions.

I don’t think that we have had a Prime Minister who has hit the ground running before, apart from Mrs Thatcher. Boris Johnson has listened to people on the front line of care. He just needs to surround himself with people who can make improvements happen.

So, two appalling events that have been allowed to happen:

1. A young career broadcaster who said something silly that was brought out at the time. But, however it objectifies women, it is true. What he really said was that women did not understand men and shouldn’t get themselves into a situation they cannot manage. He’s only 34 and has wanted to be an MP for a very long time. It would be a good man who could reinstate him; it might just not be Boris Johnson. Is that the pot calling the kettle black?
2. Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg lounged on a seat in the Houses of Parliament before or after hours. It shows just how exhausted he was. No-one minded, no-one sacked him; it was nonsensical. But it does show the amount of work the ferrets are creating. It was so sweet to see him with his eldest son, so like him, protecting him from a barrage of cameras.

So Parliament has to sit on a Saturday. Their Prime Minister needs a break. A few days maybe, where no-one can find him.

Regards for a busy week.

LucyLou

Hello

Guy Verhoefstadt, the fake Anglophile, who evidently flat-irons his hair … on an ironing board, to make it lank.

Don’t you mock our Prime Minister; we don’t like it. Of course, Mrs May was mocked and replied in the politest fashion. Doubtless, they misunderstand lofty comments. The best are when the tormentor is unsure whether they have been insulted or not. Boris Johnson is British to his core, but as impassioned as Mrs May was not. I wonder what he will come up with, Mr Verhoefstadt?

Of course Boris said ‘do or die’. If you want a big achievement, you have to make expansive comments, give yourself huge goals. But these leading EU negotiators make nothing. They create nothing except huge expense accounts when flitting between Strasbourg and Brussels, every 3 weeks. That is one huge bill we no longer agree to foot. They also need us to stay, so desperately. It took 27 countries to sign ‘yes’ to the initial Treaty. How long did it take this time? On a shower of hands? Their refusal to let us leave is contemptible.

And, yet, we must protect …

Our fishing limits around England and pertinently around the coasts of Scotland;

Our agriculture, manufacturing, medical supplies,

The 1001 small companies in the FSB, CBI etc.

We know, don’t we, that such a big contributor to EU frippery, cannot be allowed to leave. So give us continual 3-monthly extensions, until something snaps. We don’t like threats of this kind. It is a fact that we pay more than we receive in grants etc. And who is going to pay for French agriculture? They hate needing us to pay into EU coffers.

Our lives are currently in suspended Brexit-animation. Please, Boris, get us out of here. Without a General Election. This country needs you and the last word goes to M. Barnier . He called it a ‘flexextension’, proof that every language can be tortured in the name of good senses. It means that we don’t have to wait until January 2020. We can go by Christmas. Wouldn’t that be a lovely present?

Work colleagues of all parties are refusing to take part in a General Election. Forget it, Boris, just get us out, please.

LucyLou

Hello

If the British Government coughs up £250 m, to have UK citizens repatriated, we need agreement between at least 3 parties: the hotels, the customers and our government.

Sums of £2000 have been quoted in order for customers to leave. This sounds like the hotel is trying to make up for future lost revenue, which is very unfair.

It would be reassuring if the British Embassy or Consulate in the countries concerned, could come to a financial resolution that is fair for UK customers. And what about other countries? Can they band together to get some financial resolution? A hotel that forces their customers to stay, by using security guards, must be breaking their own laws and local government should intervene to stop escalation.

A plea to people who are running out of medication. Please go to the nearest pharmacy. Drugs are global and pharmacists are much respected in other countries. Customers with medical conditions could be given priority and the hotel could allow distribution of prescription drugs. That is a priority.

If some people are receiving credits back to their credit cards, then that is good, but it is costing the UK taxpayer an awful lot of money. First, protect Thomas Cook’s pension fund, then pay off creditors and what is left should go to the repatriation costs of their customers globally. That’s the idealistic view, but Thomas Cook is not broke. Its creditors presumably outweigh its assets, which means it cannot trade. But the British government could find out where the money is. There will be some.

To the countries affected: bring back our people and your generosity will be welcomed by your future customers.

Good luck, Boris, but you might consider that £250 m is worth bringing holidaymakers back from holiday. I am sure that the other political parties will declare that they would pay it. In fact, wait for them to do it and then declare your intention.

LucyLou