Successful COS Weekend; UK accused of making EU Nationals second rate citizens

LunaPic edit of our COS street maze

After playing with chalks on the road to our studios, we had an immediate visitor lured in, but after that it was quiet for an hour. Looks like people were having a lie-in before coming out to visit artists. Several family groups with GCSE and Sixth form students; furthest visitor today came over from Worcester/Kidderminster. It was Jane's day today with a number of her little books on 'Who's Hoo?' sold. Louise's 'Stained Glass' and 'New York Central Park' quilts received a lot of admiration.  Ended the day with a well earned Chinese. Eveything shut down for the week till next weekend.

The G20 finished with the USA being isolated in a group of one, not joining in on fighting global warming. However, one positive outcome - the proposed ceasefire in Syria, brokered with Russia and Jordan, seems to be setting in.

Mosul in Iraq appears to be retaken today, but it is a Pyrrhic victory, which the city desolated by all the fighting.

Vince Cable - possible future or at least interim Liberal Democrat leader, dares to suggest that, once the economic difficulties set in during negotiations, Brexit may never happen. Guy Verhofstad, EU's Brexit coordinator and other leading MEPs wrote in the Guardian today. They say the UK’s opening offer on citizens’ rights falls short of both the EU proposal  and the suggestion is that this would make EU nationals 'second rate citizens. The UK was also accused of being “the new champion of red tape”, as each family member, including children, would have to make a separate application for settled status.