May 1st (Thurs)

Pinch punch first of the month. May already. Pressure little sign of summer on the horizon though. An almost blank day. A at 5:30 gives me something to do. An easy guy to teach, another one who will be well ready before his test.
Get some work done on the web site and actually get my cards printed. H is at the PTA this evening, so I suggest eating out. The Red Lion Kingshill stops serving at nine, by the time we get to the Bell it's turned 10, which is when they stop serving. So we settle on the new Sushi bar in town, though don't as it transpires go for Sushi. It looks just the same as the stuff you buy in Tesco but for 3 times the price. Nice bowl of noodles, and good value, though the good but pricey Jap beer bungs thebill up a bit.
Election night. Local councils and the mayor of Lonon.Manage tostay up for a while to see the government tottering, and then it becomes clear that there's a rout goin on.Worryingthing is that it's the tories who are benefitting whilst the old Libdems are standing still. It could have been worse, they aren't really making much headway these days.No nice issue like the Iran war for them to win votes with, though Cable has been by for the most sensible politician in the country throughout the credit squeeze which, according to what time of day it is is either the precursor to a slump unlike any since the great depression,or a mere blip that'll be sorted in a week or two.
House prices will plunge by at a minimum 30% (no bad news really unless of course you have just bought one), mortgages are just about unobtainable.
i stay up for an hour or two, but the locals really are such a pale imitation of the real thing. No Shakespearian tragedies palyed out, no Portillo type moments, the cup is dashed from no one's lips. We just hear about the events in strangely named councils, where quite often we have no idea as to their geography. "The conservatives have taken Cobble Valley from no overall control." Wow!
Anyway, before I doze off the die is cast. It looks bad for Livingstone in London if the trend is repeated there.