Day 612

Aka Thursday 4^th October 

Today I finished, and submitted, the first of the three job applications. Although I’d checked the form, I’m worried that I’ve misspelled something or repeated a word or left out a full stop…but it’s too late to change anything now. Fingers crossed!

…I tried to watch the 'Jeremy Vine' show on Channel 5, the replacement/rebranding of 'The Wright Stuff', and they were discussing Theresa May’s speech from yesterday’s Tory Party conference and all the panel loved it. There was no discussion about the hypocrisies (e.g. that “Conservatives will always stand up for a politics that unites us rather than divides us”, given that she was the person that oversaw the ‘hostile environment’ that led to the Windrush scandal of British citizens who have lived here for most/all their life and have contributed greatly being deported or threatened with deportation), the outright lies (e.g. “And we must be a party that is not in thrall to ideology, but motivated instead by enduring principles” as she is leading out of the EU, not because it is best for the country, but simply to appease the Eurosceptics in the Tory party) and the PR puff (e.g. re the Chequers deal “So this is our proposal. Taking back control of our borders, laws and money. Good for jobs, good for the Union. It delivers on the referendum. It keeps faith with the British people. It is in the national interest.”. And that’s before you mention the dancing, FFS.

 Jeremy had no discussion with the panel, just asked them a question, agreed with what they said and moved on, no discussion or pushing for why they thought that way. And this was carried over to the callers, just taking they at face value, the closest we got to a discussion was when Jeremy asked one call to talk to another call. The show has just gone so far downhill it’s a joke and I kinda feel sorry for Storm and the panellists. Andrew Waspman for presenter!!!

…the postman delivered this comic, 'Komisk':

…which I’ve heard loads of good things about and it almost lives up to the hype. The stories centre around/spring from Ikea, from bizarre instructions, life drawings, musings and epic battles. Good fun. 7/10.

…and I did the G2 crossword:

…and the nosedive continues with needing to cheat on seven of the 19 clues, just not me day for doing crosswords, at least I learnt that a ‘Condor’ is an ‘Andean bird’, that a ‘horse-drawn carriage with two seats and a folding hood’ is a ‘cabriolet’, that ‘converted stables’ are called ‘mews’ and that the ‘muscle that bends a joint’ is a ‘flexor’.