I once flew into JFK and was asked if I had anything to declare. I genteelly stated ‘a nicotine habit and a full bladder’ and the customs agent was … not amused. I eventually (really eventually😂) smoked and emptied and still love New York.

It’s (grammatically) like the word ‘unique’. There is no qualifier - either it is or it isn’t ‘unique’. There’s no such thing as ‘underage women’ - they’re fucking CHILDREN.

True. However, to heal America, I hope he is 100% compos mentis and can stand trial.

Looking from outside - America isn’t a sick & racist society. Unfortunately, with 330+m population percentages don’t work for you. At the moment, the minority percentage is shouting louder. We, outside America, still love you and we can’t wait for normality to resume. Stay strong. We love you.

Staring at the daisies from underneath.

My precise age is “watching Theisman’s leg fold unnaturally”. And I’m British!😂

I’m a 50(ish🤪)-yr-old Brit. I walked through the White House in c.1985. I’ve been a lover of US history ever since. I visited DC with my wife just before lockdown but couldn’t enter the people’s house like we wanted but that’s okay. I’m glad she saw it in its glory, before this week’s abomination.

Raze it. I would rebuild Eleanor’s legacy. And I would strip the whole White House of any gold frippery. I’m British, with a love of flouncy official nonsensical-ness but Trump has no class, no charm, no honour, no humility and no grace. He deserves no remembrance, other than pity. And prison.

Johnson is an abomination of a Christian. I hope his children (his son particularly) reject him. I’m the son of a Methodist minister (and missionary) and, while I’m not especially virtuous myself, I believe in the Ten Commandments as generic life rules.

Serious question: how do they balance their ‘Christianity’ with their perpetual examples of ‘false witness’? Can they spell the word ‘hypocrisy’?

There are 1,118 days to the next (Democratic) president and 1,193 days to a restoration of sanity (barring the 25th Amendment). Stay strong my American friends. Long fights give solid wins. ❤️

As a legal proofreader … I’m crying😂😂😂.

Me, the dog (and the four cats) live in a beautiful corner of England.

He always does. But a dog’s love is forever (as long as there’s food😂). He’s 10 now so we won’t have him that much longer but we celebrate him every day … and the cats just love him. Truly.

Vicarious feline/canine love to you😁.

I’ve got four of the little gits and a chocolate labrador ((with chronic hip arthritis). Love ‘em all but the monthly bills are crippling (I’ve also got a horse and chickens🤣).

The undertones and echos of Hitler and his thugs horrify everyone this side of the Atlantic. What’s worse is the creeping insidiousness making its way here (Farage et al and the Tory party conference). Time to re-read Orwell, strap on the metal jockstrap and throw off British insouciance.

Looking from the outside (as someone who’s loved/read/studied American history for nearly 40 years) I can’t help asking: how has the US fallen so far, so fast? I thought I (kinda) understood her. But, apparently, not.

Update again: cat found. Everyone indoors, warm and relaxing. Me with replenished scotch. If only life were always so simple.