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By Rachel M Posted on December 21, 2020

Lorry queues, supermarket queues, food production, and Christmas dinner

Victoria helped me wrap some presents today. Actually, she was a right nuisance and ended up tearing the paper. I went to the shops early this morning to beat the … Continue reading Lorry queues, supermarket queues, food production, and Christmas dinner

Categories: JournalTags: Brexit, Calais, Christmas, Dover, lorries queuing, pandemic, Vegan, virus
By Rachel M Posted on August 27, 2020August 27, 2020

The end is near!

Oh dear. The world really is conspiring against me. I woke this morning to the news that Boris Johnson has hired Tony Abbott as a Brexit trade advisor. This is … Continue reading The end is near!

Categories: JournalTags: Australia, Brexit, politics, Tony Abbott, trade, UK
By Rachel M Posted on November 17, 2019

Electionmania

Since we moved to the UK we have participated in so many elections. We narrowly missed the independence referendum in Scotland in 2014 but since then we’ve had two general … Continue reading Electionmania

Categories: JournalTags: Brexit, election, elections, politicians
By Rachel M Posted on September 11, 2019September 11, 2019

Brexit disaster kit

Before the Christchurch earthquake sequence began I had prepared an earthquake emergency bag. It was a backpack containing batteries, candles, a first aid kit, a radio, a torch, matches, and … Continue reading Brexit disaster kit

Categories: JournalTags: be prepared, boy scout, Brexit, emergency kit
By Rachel M Posted on June 27, 2019

Scottish education, doggies, and Brexit

The Scottish state-funded education system is brilliant. Daniel will be starting secondary school in August and they have a transitioning program for pupils that starts in primary 6, two years … Continue reading Scottish education, doggies, and Brexit

Categories: JournalTags: Boris Johnson, Borrow My Doggy, Brexit, cartoon, dogs, education, school
By Rachel M Posted on January 17, 2019January 17, 2019

Snow and Brexit chaos

We finally got some snow today. The first snow of the year and winter. It was beautiful but will probably be all gone by tomorrow. Daniel told me that he … Continue reading Snow and Brexit chaos

Categories: JournalTags: Brexit, politics, Prime Minister, Theresa May, Tweets
By Rachel M Posted on June 12, 2017

Take me to your leader

It’s hard not to feel a bit of schadenfreude about the situation Theresa May has created for herself. When she first became prime minister about one year ago I was … Continue reading Take me to your leader

Categories: JournalTags: Brexit, election, ge2017, Jeremy Corbyn, politics, Theresa May
By Rachel M Posted on June 3, 2017

Liar, Liar!

I’ll likely be voting for Labour or SNP on Thursday. I haven’t yet decided which party but I’m leaning towards Labour because I really like Jeremy Corbyn and I want … Continue reading Liar, Liar!

Categories: JournalTags: Brexit, ge2017, Jeremy Corbyn, politics, Theresa May, UK
By Rachel M Posted on October 18, 2016October 18, 2016

Theresa Mayhem

It may not be mayhem in the UK, not yet anyway, but I’m becoming increasingly alarmed by Theresa May. She started off with grand statements about equality and working for … Continue reading Theresa Mayhem

Categories: JournalTags: Brexit, EU, referendum, Scotland, Theresa May, UK
By Rachel M Posted on July 6, 2016July 6, 2016

Depraved local authorities and Brexit

My chalk protest message on the street washed away with the rain yesterday. So I wrote it again last night and again this morning and I’ll continue writing it over … Continue reading Depraved local authorities and Brexit

Categories: JournalTags: Brexit, city council, deforestation, depravity, EU, European Union, felling, local authority, trees
By Rachel M Posted on April 19, 2016April 19, 2016

Snot and brexit

I haven’t written a blog post for ages, the reason being that I’ve been feeling rotten for about a week. It all started last Wednesday. I was not feeling great … Continue reading Snot and brexit

Categories: JournalTags: Brexit, EU, European Union, sick, virus
By Rachel M Posted on April 10, 2016April 10, 2016

Brexit and other things

On the 23rd June 2016 the UK will vote on whether they want to remain in the European Union. We get to vote in this referendum and although I’m still … Continue reading Brexit and other things

Categories: JournalTags: Brexit, Cookie law, daffodils, EU, European Union, garden

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