We’ve had another quiet day here at Bigland Towers due to the fact we’ve both had plenty of office work to keep us occupied, plus the weather’s been crap! Consistent it ain’t! There’s been no ‘flaming June’ here today. Instead we’ve had wind, rain and temperatures that make you want to wear several layers. It’s only this evening that the skies have cleared and the sunshine’s returned, but the temperature’s remained in single figures.

Still, I’ve had the latest general election fiascos and maneuverings to raise a smile. Honestly, what an absolute shambles for the Tories! I cannot think of another time when – instead of narrowing the polling gap, the party of Government widens it! Sunak’s an absolute disaster at hustings and his PR team want shooting (that’s metaphorical, OK – just before some people start to get wound-up). His campaign’s one disaster after another. Who in their right mind thought using an empty whiteboard in a Tik-Tok video was a good idea? Labour’s PR people were like greased lightning with their response, which got far more views than the original. Then the Lib-Dems (who seem to be having the most fun) photobombed Sunak from a boat.

Now, to add to the Tories sense of doom, Nigel Falange – sorry – Farage, has announced he’s standing for Parliament in Clacton! Admittedly, this is the ultimate in cynical opportunism by Farage. Originally, the UK wasn’t important enough for him. He claimed he was going to be a major player in getting grifter-in-Chief, Donald Trump back in the White House. Then Trump became a felon with 35 convictions, so the grifters gravy-train looked like it was going to hit the buffers. Suddenly, Farage did a reverse-ferret and decided that the UK election was worth his time. Well, grifters gonna grift.

Could he finally get elected on his eighth attempt? Possibly, Clacton’s very Brexity and if they’ve learned nothing since the referendum, voters may just be stupid enough to choose him. But it’s not guaranteed. Part of me hopes they will as it will finally expose the charlatan to UK public scrutiny in the way his previous role as an MEP never did. He’d make an absolute arse of himself in the House of Commons, if he could ever bother to turn up. He’d be a party of one. Can you imagine, just him and the other party of one (Jeremy Corbyn) having to share the end of a bench? His only hope would be that what’s going to be left of the Tories after the election will welcome him back – driving the Tory rump even further to the right and away from the political mainstream. Thinking about it, that might actually help put the final nail in the Tory party’s coffin…

Still, the whole circus will keep the media occupied for a while, just as the milk-shake throwing incident has today. Was it a set-up as some people claim? I’ve no idea, but I wouldn’t put it past Farage. He has form for these things. Either way, none of it is going to affect Labour’s standing in the polls, just as the hard-left shenanigans haven’t. Labour had a wobble over Diane Abbott standing, but it’s been a minor one that’s soon been eclipsed by other events. Meanwhile, there’s a debate twixt Starmer and Sunak in Manchester this evening, not that I’ll be watching as I’ve better things to do.

Tomorrow I’ll be back in London for a press lunch, so expect another rolling blog and pictures. In the meantime, here’s today’s picture. Yesterday Dawn and I had to pop over to Huddersfield to visit the dentists, afterwards we had a lovely lunch at Arcade coffee in the gorgeous Byram arcade before Dee had to call into her company office at the station water tower. That’s when I spotted today’s picture…

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