We and countless others have been busily making hay while the sun shines. At last Mother Nature appears to be on side, hopefully making up for the challenging wet winter and spring drought.
The young steers continue to protest as they are moved to yet another field of delicious herbal ley which they still don’t appreciate. I hope they will eventually get used to it and tuck in as they are supposed to.
It looks like the combines will soon be rolling as crops turn golden, but I fear the yields will be disappointing due to the lack of rain at the right time.
I am truly shocked to read in the national press that Sussex Police along with four other police forces and the British Transport Police, until recently allowed trans (male) officers to strip search girls and women. Why anyone considers it acceptable that a man who decides to change his pronouns, is a suitable individual to strip search young girls and women, is beyond comprehension.
Fortunately, due to the legal advice following the Supreme Court ruling which found that sex is biological under the Equality Act, these police forces have been made to reverse this practise.
Considering Sussex has a female Police and Crime Commissioner, Katy Bourne, and Chief Constable, it is hard to understand why this was ever allowed. It is not good enough to suggest the leadership was unwilling to offend the trans community. This is unacceptable, an outrage.
It has also been reported that Sussex Police scrapped warrant cards that identified officers as male or female but instead labelled males with letters A or C and female officers with B or D in November last year. The move prompted complaints that it would make it harder to find a female officer to carry out duties only a woman could do - such as searching a female suspect. Let us hope this too has been scrapped.
The force was subject to ridicule in 2017 after a sergeant warned high street stores that “feminine care” signs on women’s sanitary products breached gender equality rules.
It is time to scrap Police and Crime Commissioners; I never thought they were a good idea; I am on record for saying so. Katy Bourne who has held this post since 2012, is now seeking to be the conservative candidate to take on the role of Mayor of Sussex. I would suggest these inappropriate decisions taken under her management, make her unsuitable for this important position.
The current heat which we are experiencing has caused the authorities to publish advice on how to keep cool and healthy, reminds us that our forefathers knew how to build homes which coped well with both the summer heat and cold winters.
Those of us fortunate enough to live in old houses have the advantage of a home which keeps cool in these conditions and cosy during the winter. These houses breath, they allow the air to flow.
We can only feel for those living in modern buildings which have been built to conform with modern planning regulations, invented by environmentalists and people who believe the climate will remain constantly moderate; never too hot or too cold.
These hermetically sealed boxes circulate toxins from plastics, cleaning fluid, electrical impulses, and harmful radiation coming from the screens of mobile phones, laptops and other gadgets which cannot escape and are harmful and detrimental to our health, particularly young children and babies.
Those of us who have resisted sealing up the roof and filling in the cavity walls of our old buildings allowing fresh air to circulate are at an advantage. Modern buildings will be like ovens during this heatwave.
I wonder when governments, environmentalists, planners, and architects will recognise the damage they are inflicting upon our population. Creating hermetically sealed boxes to ‘save the planet’, is causing huge damage to the health of the nation as they breath in toxic fumes, dust, and chemicals. If the NHS is struggling now, God help it in years to come.
The young steers continue to protest as they are moved to yet another field of delicious herbal ley which they still don’t appreciate. I hope they will eventually get used to it and tuck in as they are supposed to.
It looks like the combines will soon be rolling as crops turn golden, but I fear the yields will be disappointing due to the lack of rain at the right time.
I am truly shocked to read in the national press that Sussex Police along with four other police forces and the British Transport Police, until recently allowed trans (male) officers to strip search girls and women. Why anyone considers it acceptable that a man who decides to change his pronouns, is a suitable individual to strip search young girls and women, is beyond comprehension.
Fortunately, due to the legal advice following the Supreme Court ruling which found that sex is biological under the Equality Act, these police forces have been made to reverse this practise.
Considering Sussex has a female Police and Crime Commissioner, Katy Bourne, and Chief Constable, it is hard to understand why this was ever allowed. It is not good enough to suggest the leadership was unwilling to offend the trans community. This is unacceptable, an outrage.
It has also been reported that Sussex Police scrapped warrant cards that identified officers as male or female but instead labelled males with letters A or C and female officers with B or D in November last year. The move prompted complaints that it would make it harder to find a female officer to carry out duties only a woman could do - such as searching a female suspect. Let us hope this too has been scrapped.
The force was subject to ridicule in 2017 after a sergeant warned high street stores that “feminine care” signs on women’s sanitary products breached gender equality rules.
It is time to scrap Police and Crime Commissioners; I never thought they were a good idea; I am on record for saying so. Katy Bourne who has held this post since 2012, is now seeking to be the conservative candidate to take on the role of Mayor of Sussex. I would suggest these inappropriate decisions taken under her management, make her unsuitable for this important position.
The current heat which we are experiencing has caused the authorities to publish advice on how to keep cool and healthy, reminds us that our forefathers knew how to build homes which coped well with both the summer heat and cold winters.
Those of us fortunate enough to live in old houses have the advantage of a home which keeps cool in these conditions and cosy during the winter. These houses breath, they allow the air to flow.
We can only feel for those living in modern buildings which have been built to conform with modern planning regulations, invented by environmentalists and people who believe the climate will remain constantly moderate; never too hot or too cold.
These hermetically sealed boxes circulate toxins from plastics, cleaning fluid, electrical impulses, and harmful radiation coming from the screens of mobile phones, laptops and other gadgets which cannot escape and are harmful and detrimental to our health, particularly young children and babies.
Those of us who have resisted sealing up the roof and filling in the cavity walls of our old buildings allowing fresh air to circulate are at an advantage. Modern buildings will be like ovens during this heatwave.
I wonder when governments, environmentalists, planners, and architects will recognise the damage they are inflicting upon our population. Creating hermetically sealed boxes to ‘save the planet’, is causing huge damage to the health of the nation as they breath in toxic fumes, dust, and chemicals. If the NHS is struggling now, God help it in years to come.
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