Russell and Carol - hayle and hearty

"England has in all times given foreigners flying for refuge against oppression" #migrantcrisis

"England has in all times given foreigners flying for refuge against oppression" #migrantcrisis pic.twitter.com/bUFhgTpIA5

— Telegraph Letters (@LettersDesk) August 27, 2015

Wow perspective does change everything huh pic.twitter.com/UwowbBzSG9

— Female Pains (@FemalePains) April 25, 2015

A Perfect Marriage...

... is just two imperfect people who refuse to give up on Each Other

for I have often observed that resignation is never so perfect as
when the blessing denied begins to lose somewhat of its value in our
estimation

Pride and Prejudice http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/ppv1n20.html

Came across this today.. via http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wbritonad/cornwall/185...

Robert Bolt:

Roper: So now you’d give the Devil benefit of law!

More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?

Roper: I’d cut down every law in England to do that!

More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned ’round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country’s planted thick with laws from coast to coast– man’s laws, not God’s– and if you cut them down—and you’re just the man to do it—do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I’d give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety’s sake.

A Man for All Seasons

Thanks to http://www.ministryoftruth.me.uk/2013/07/24/cameron-porn-advisors-websit... for the reminder...

"Bury me in the space bweteen your actions and intentions'...

bury me in the space between your actions and intentions

— your ghost girl (@littlehauntings) May 22, 2013

Let us not forget the wise words of Josh from the West Wing, "Islamic extremism is to Islam as the KKK is to Christianity".

— Ruth (@RoofB) May 22, 2013

As part of the comment on the cot death storyline in Eastenders Giles Fraser had an article in The Guardian with a very interesting quote

For there is no version of "it is going to be all right" that can work in circumstances such as these - nothing religious, no homespun wisdom about time being a great healer, no kindly meant distraction. Few people have the confidence to walk empty-handed into the pain of another and be prepared to do nothing other than accompany them in their grief.

Great article in The Guardian with Bo Jo on apparently sparkling form

For example

"The Tory mayor said he was determined to spark a cycling renaissance in London. In 1904, 20% of all journeys in the city were made by bike, he said, 'and if you can't turn the clock back to 1904, what's the point of being a Conservative?'"

"'It took a Conservative mayor to do a deeply, deeply communist thing.'"