27th Oct – Yes, it’s only a canvas sky, Hanging over a muslin tree, But it wouldn’t be make-believe, If you believed in me.

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Realising that he is powerless against a tide of invective from the opposition, he has had his own side criticise him, on terms, such that he can respond with a coherent message to them.

24th Oct – It’s not today que le ciel me tombera sur la tête.

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It’s virtually impossible to conceive of that approach when you live in the UK isn’t it? Our parliament is adversarial, as is the legal system, as is journalism. We are mad, aren’t we? We would rather have a row than be right.

15th Oct – A thousand thundering thrills await me, Facing insurmountable odds gratefully.

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For a moment I look at him in a different light – someone whose intense determination never to concede a point makes him a sort of gifted and diplomatic negotiator.

13th Oct – No chance to emigrate, I’m deep in debt and now it’s much too late.

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That’s the sort of attitude that can cure apostacy as deep set as mine.

October 9th – What do you get from a glut of TV? A pain in the neck and an IQ of three. Why don’t you try simply reading a book? Or could you just not bear to look?

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‘Been furloughed?’ I ask, and Big Tooth nudges me under the desk to tell me that there was too much joy and hope in the question.

October 3rd – They felt they had to rehearse, Although we know they are masters, They get a real groovy sound, And you will have to admit it.

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Let us hope they take up motoring as their means to travel into the suburbs to witness the fall of the citadel.

Sept 21st – A safe place is no recommendation, I’m lookin’ for creation.

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Like many people, I will be coming out of this period of coronavirus thinner, and enhanced.

Sept 18th – We’ll make a scene about a man that’s sad and lonely, Begging down upon his bended knee, I’ll play the part but I won’t need rehearsing, All I’ll have to do is act naturally

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OK, now picture yourself in the Pictures, when a picture of you appears on the screen. THEN STARTS TALKING.

12th Sept – A lassie took me to a ball, And it was slippery in the hall, I was afraid that I would fall, ‘Cause I didn’t have on my troosers.

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I will resist by constructing an argument based on social distancing, even though it’s the origins of girl power that compels me.

3rd September – Don’t know why, there’s no sun up in the sky.

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‘It’s gone a bit tits?’ wonders Noel, and God tells him, ‘not really. It’s more like deciding to have a new hairstyle, and doing it from square one.’