Community Cafe day today. Picked up the wheelchair and other items we loan from All Saints Church in he morning just before the first showers arrived. Dashed to the dry cleaners in Milton to buy a large umbrella, which came in very useful in the afternoon, when I picked up my two ladies to take to the cafe. Nathalie had baked three sets of goodies, of which the Gateau was definitely my favourite, followed by a cherry & almond flan, and then scones, jam and cream.. New thing learnt today from Janet on the craft table - how to make a compositae (daisy-like) flower using quilling.
Brexit Secretary David Davis told business leaders today that Brexit was more complicated than a moon landing. This applied to the interim arrangements after the UK left the EU. He intimated that we would be outside of the custom's union and the single market. The Chancellor, Philip Hammond was also talking today, in Berlin, and he apparently expressed views that the length of the transition period could be up to four years - times that David Davis thought not quite consistent with his. Fortunately, the Prime Minister's official spokesman intervened and confirmed that Mr Davis and Mr Hammond's views on Brexit were consistent with each other, and with the Prime Ministers. Well, that's all clear then.
In Germany, Karl Haeusgen, Vice-President of the German Mechanical Engineering Industry Association, warned that failing to strike a trade deal with the UK “will be bad for all of us” economically. However, I have to agree with Katja Adler's comment in a Brexit program yesterday, that ultimately we will be harmed a lot more than the EU.
President Trump continues to have a good day as three CNN reporters had to resign after publication of an unchecked article on an associate of the president meeting with a Russian investment fund head. He tweeted:
"Wow, CNN had to retract big story on "Russia," with 3 employees forced to resign. What about all the other phony stories they do? FAKE NEWS!"
Meanwhile, the Washington Post had reported that apparently there was a fake cover of TIME, dated March 1, 2009, featuring Trump and the headline “Donald Trump: The ‘Apprentice’ is a television smash!” on display at a number of Trumps golf courses. The displays had a good run as it was only today that TIME magazine got around to asking for the removal of the faux covers.
No comments:
Post a Comment