Odd isn’t it…

I’m just not finding the time to write here lately. I have too many other things going on. I’m going to start writing properly again though. I like to write here.

The boy went back to school this week after his summer break. He was desperate to get back to school. I don’t remember being that keen. The dragon also went back to work this week. She was ready to go back too I think.

Odd isn’t it; now that summer is over and the children are back at school, the sun decides to come out. I don’t like that irony. On a related note, our boiler has now completely died. We still have hot water from the shower, but nowhere else. The plumber is coming to replace the boiler this month.

There are two news stories that interest me at the moment. The first is the cabinet reshuffle. Usually reshuffles don’t interest me much. I’m pretty sure that one politician is as scummy as the next. I wonder whether politics attracts scummy people, or whether it just turns people scummy. The interesting thing about this reshuffle is that he moved Andrew Lansley from his Health Secretary post. Good move because Lansley was a disaster. However, he’s replaced him with Jereemy Hunt the ex-culture secretary. What was he thinking? There could not be a worse choice of health minister. Hunt is pro homoeopathy, and he already has an anti health service reputation.

This will blow up in Cameron’s face, watch.

The other interesting story is that of the couple who were arrested and detained by police after shooting at burglars after they forced their way into the house in the middle of the night wearing masks. The burglars were caught and charged with burglary offences after they showed up at hospital. None of them were seriously hurt. The gun was a shotgun and was legally owned.

It emerged this morning that the couple will not be charged with anything because they took “reasonable” steps to defend themselves. But they were detained for two days for questioning before being released on bail. There would I think have been considerable public anger if any charges had been brought and there has been much talk in the papers about the case of Tony Martin who did the exactly the same thing a few years ago and ended up being found guilty of murder. His charge was reduced to manslaughter on appeal.

One other point about this case is that at least one of the burglars appears to have been recently released from prison on licence.