Being Schlap as Money Talks to PM

'Kalorienbombe' 

Two words defined today. The first one is a German word that absolutely described how Jane and I felt, Schlapp! Translated as shattered, listless, exhausted, knackered, worn-out, weasly it is almost onomatopoeic for really summarising how you feel. Please share the word, to be used in response to the question "how are you feeling today" - "Schlapp!"

The second word is one that I originally knew in German but does exist in direct translation in English, it is - calorie bomb. Though I still prefer the original in German - Kalorienbombe (pronounced KA-LOR-REE-EN-BOM-BA), as it just gives more weight to an immensely rich food item. Today, we witnessed such a 'Kalorienbombe' in the Cafe at the larger Scotsdales, a full 6 inch/15cm high Blackforest Gateau, though to be fair, this was more a white forest gateau of inch-thick cream deposits with thin strata of chocolate sponge. It was so big, we shared the slice and still had problems finishing it.

Coming home with the strimmer we had gone out to buy was almost an anti-climax.

Since today's news was still dominated by the Tory surge and possible Labour decline, interspersed by the major email hack of the Macron election campaign, I had to dig a bit for Brexit news. The Guardian reported on a number of Tory donors who were attempting to encourage Prime Minister Theresa May to soften her strict Brexit strategy. Peter Hargreaves, who donated £3.2m to the Leave.EU campaign, said that the three million EU nationals already in the UK should be reassured that their current rights would be maintained. Tory peer and Next boss Simon Wolfson, donor of £50,000 to Vote Leave, warned against sending the signal that Britain would “pull up the drawbridge” after Brexit. Hedge fund manager and donor Paul Marshall, asked that foreign students be removed from official immigration figures. May refused to back the idea.

The EU hardened it's stance today with  the notice that "We will not discuss our future relationship with the UK until the 27 member states are reassured that all citizens will be treated properly and humanely" (note that this includes the status of UK citizens in other EU countries).