Ok, family stuff first. Rachie’s come home from Berlin for the weekend. Just to play tennis with me tomorrow. But while she’s here it just happens to be my dad’s 94th birthday (today! Happy Birthday Moish!!) so she’ll come for the lunch tomorrow. So here’s a lovely photo of him last night with his granddaughters and his (yet unborn) great-grandchild.

What???

Yes, Lila is sibling-bound. Something that never occurred to me on one level. I’ve got MY baby, my glass is full. What will I do with another?? Find out next May (may it please the Lord).

But what kind of world will little baby ******* be born into? What will it look like? I’m hoping that the totally insane dystopia that is ‘Brexit negotiations’ will be over by then. But I’m doubtful. I’m hoping that Britain will be moving forward in some direction rather than this stifling and toxic dross that’s been miring us down since the referendum. And I’m really hoping that Corbyn, McDonnell and all are in prison for racism, nastiness verging on naziness and for being a bunch of ultra-Marxist tossers. And obviously I’m hoping that Spurs will be top of the league by 19 points by next May with Arsenal failing to avoid relegation.

With Brexit, I’ve reached the ‘fuck ‘em!!’ stage of negotiations. Fuck the government, all three halves. The Brexiteers, the Remainers and the rest. Fuck the opposition who think that because they’ve come up with three ridiculously simplistic ideas (more jobs, a better economy and workers’ rights) and if we just vote them into power, they’ll get this past Europe as if… as if… as if Europe were the kind of people who actually ‘negotiate’ in any meaningful way. So fuck Europe. They’re horrible, controlling, megalomaniacal, greedy and obstructive. And if it all comes down to the inevitable, mind-numbingly boring ‘Irish border’ (repeat and repeat and repeat until your eyes bleed), then fuck the Irish too. Just don’t put a border up. The Europeans certainly won’t, just leave it open. The effect on London will be thankfully minimal.

Ok, that’s sorted then. Easy. Just need an open mind.

Happy Saturday

A xxxx