A Propos Giggsy

The right to mock the rich and powerful is a very important right indeed. The Giggs case in trivial in itself but not in its wider implications.

I see a High Court judge has ruled that the injunction stays in place even though everyone in the country is going, "Giggs, Giggs, Giggs". This is daft.  When the logic of the Law results in Pythonesque rulings it's time for adjustments to be made. Which is Parliament's job.  

I like it how parliament and the judiciary have been butting their heads together over this. It's what they're meant to do. I believe it's called Division of Powers- and it's one of the safeguards of our democracy.

This And That

Yesterday's high winds lifted the cladding  off the garden wall. It was very ugly cladding and I'm not sorry to see it go. Now I have to dispose of all the rubble.

Judy's father once bumped into Ayn Rand at a New York party. He said afterwards that she was the ugliest woman he'd ever met. I was watching footage of her last night- and I didn't think her ugly; I thought her reptilian. The two things are not the same. Lizards- for example- are very beautiful in their own way.  Rand has never caught on over here; from what little I know of her I'd say it was because she was entirely lacking in a sense of humour.

The French Open is under way. We had the TV on yesterday afternoon. Eurosport runs adverts you don't encounter anywhere else- mostly for airlines. "We are Turkish airlines/ We are globally yours." Such a pretty tune. I have devised a dance to go with it.  I noted, with bitterness, that the sun was shining in Paris.