Boris thinks he can outstare the E.U. because he has the backing of a leader who is so stupidly childish that he thinks he can buy Greenland from the Danes. He didn't even know it belonged to Denmark until his advisors - taken by surprise at his bid - told him. Outraged at the refusal to sell, he refused to turn up to a dinner party hosted by the Danish royal household.
They asked some ordinary Danish people what they thought of Trump, and the general consensus was that he is a big baby who reaches out for a shiny new toy, then throws a tantrum when it is denied to him.
They asked a woman what she thought of our current Prime Minister. "He is not a Prime Minister," she said, searching for the right word, "He is a... a... clown."
I really didn't think we could sink any lower in the eyes of the world, but we have a long way down to go yet.
I read all the Norse sagas when I was younger. They must have been the beginning of the ever-popular theme of sex and violence.
The way the Norse justice system worked was that if, say, a murder took place in a village or homestead, the villagers would have to wait for a travelling assizes to turn up in their area (a 'moot' as in 'moot point') to hear the evidence against the accused.
If he was found guilty, the family of the victim were within their rights to kill him themselves if he did not leave the country for good. Criminals would often join the 'Vikings' to man the long-ships in their quest for wealth and/or territory, and that was the beginning of rape and pillage.
When they discovered the freezing, bleak and unpopulated area now known as Iceland, they named it as such and were surprised that few people took them up on their offer to go over and form a new society by colonising it.
They learned their lesson when they discovered a similar large bit of unpopulated land, and when they returned to Denmark (as it is now called) they named it 'Greenland' to make it sound a little more enticing.
If they had known about the wealth of minerals buried beneath the windswept tufts of hardy grass and ice, they could have sold it to China even then.
Have you ever thought of standing for Parliament? You talk more sense that a lot of those up there.
ReplyDeleteI didn't attend Eton or Harrow Weave. I come from a long line of under-achievers.
DeleteI read that Trump has also said that North Korea's "great beaches" would make ideal locations for condos.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget that somehow or other he also managed to built himself a golf course on the protected sand dunes at Menie in Aberdeenshire. They are now set to loose their protected status because his golf resort has ruined their ecosystem.
I have words, but I had better not use them here.
DeleteBoris thinking he was clever by employing a 'wir schaffen das' in his best English accent really took the biscuit.
ReplyDeleteObama learned this from Bob the Builder.
DeleteYes, both think they can out stare the inevitable. Your reckoning is coming a bit sooner than ours.
ReplyDeleteI'm not so sure. The sooner the better as far as I am concerned.
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