Be Careful What You Wish For

Last night we had a little celebration for Debra's birthday. Lots of cards, lots of laughs, a couple of bottles of wine and this splendid pink bed coat called a Slenderella...

Debra decided to do her world famous impersonation of Robert Plant entering to Rock and Roll from Zep 4.

Lesley joined in utilising out kitchen brush possibly aping Jimmy Page...

This morning there was the fall-out of Jacqui Smith's resignation announcement being discussed on the radio.

I took a walk out assuming that that there'd be no further resignations from the government today. Tom came with me en route to have his hair cut. As I waited for him on the corner of Norham Road and Park View I was enjoying the morning sun watching the world and the 355 bus go by.

I was joined by John Oliver - local bookseller - who stopped off on his way to the local auction rooms.

We were musing upon the local scene when we were joined by none other than Chris "lock up yer woks" Wilson. Chris tells me he was on the 355 bus when he saw me snapping the picture and got off to have a natter.



Back home I settled down to PMQs.

Brown was actually quite good during his exchanges with Cameron today - or perhaps that should be Cameron was quite bad in his exchanges with Brown.

Still, the game's up - a fact emphasised by the announcement today of Hazel Blears' resignation from Government, which seems designed to do maximum damage ahead of tomorrow's European and local elections.

Brown looks so behind the curve on the MP's expenses and now it seems he can't even keep his cabinet together. These days even half a week is a long time in politics. Brown spent so long wanting to be Prime Minister. His premiership is a cautionary tale: be careful what you wish for.