Day 123

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Peg rang this morning about a Singer sewing machine left down at the theatre about three years ago. Was it mine? No. I can't imagine what it is doing there or who it belongs to. CADS Committee have decided to spend their windfall on the roof and some electrical work. Excellent!

Blitzed the house with the vacuum cleaner today. Worked on the scrubs - did the pockets and the facings - 2 hours. 

Sheila came and did some ironing after we had some lunch then we took Jasper out. Nice day again. 

Snippet from the News

MPs have voted against an amendment to the Trade Bill that was intended to protect the NHS and publicly funded health and care services from any form of control from outside the UK, according to the House of Commons.

Green Party MP Caroline Lucas put forward the amendment, New Clause 17, with the support of Labour leader Keir Starmer and a number of other senior MPs.

As well as being designed to protect the NHS from foreign control, New Clause 17 listed other measures to protect publicly funded health and care services including:

* Providing a comprehensive publicly funded health service free at the point of delivery


* Protecting the employment rights or terms and conditions of employment for public sector employees and those working in publicly funded health or care sectors


* Regulating and maintaining the quality and safety of health or care services


* Regulate and controlling the pricing and reimbursement systems for the purchase of medicines or medical devices


* Regulating and maintaining the level of protection afforded in relation to patient data, public health data and publicly provided social care data relating to UK citizens


It was voted down by 340 votes to 251 in parliament last night. No Conservative MPs voted for the Labour amendment and no Labour MPs voted against it. Plaid Cymru MPs voted for the amendment.

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Random Photo

This was a scruffy blackbird who came and sat at our table at a cafe on the Isles of Scilly. The birds there are so tame they will eat out of your hand. Jim and I had some good holidays there - a lovely place.

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