Dan Steele

I think you could be right. Nothing like a wee media driven "crisis" to put prices up.

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Probably not affecting the one closest to DPB, so he'll be alright but Some areas of Next's business have begun to come under pressure from a lack of foreign workers, particularly in logistics and warehousing, which may affect its delivery service going into the peak festive season.

Border Guard bees.

Fully expect to see adverts on the media with him sitting in front of a Keep Calm & Carry On poster. And a Union Jack flag, obv.

The trouble with having a totally incompetent clown as PM is when headlines talk of him "reassuring" the public and that things are "settling down" and he'll "save Christmas" is that, as usual, nobody's going to believe him.

Gran seemed satisfied, though.

Toyah & Robert Fripp's Sunday Lunch music on YouTube is dire. Fripp should hang his head in shame.

I asked her if she thought I needed a haircut. Straightforward question, it's either yes or no. You'd think. Started off by saying one of her chums has a friend who does all her friends hair, witters on for 15 minutes and is now in the huff cause I interrupted her with 'is that a yes or a no?' Seemingly my question sounded sarcastic.

Pee Wee Ellis, great saxophone player, died Friday. Played on many Van Morrison songs. Guess he's now on the dark side of the road.

Well played, sir. I however, am rattling down a pint and an Italian meal in Edinburgh. Going to ask for a Forfar win discount.

Or stitches and scars as most folk would say.

UK: I know we told all you foreign chaps to f**k off, but we're in a spot of bother. Would some of the HGV drivers and food processing chaps like to come over and help us out of this tiny problem? Just for a temporary period. Then you can all f**k off again.

Bloody hell, P&B's been hacked by the Daily Express.

Quick enough to stop this? The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is calling for an urgent Covid Recovery Visa to allow firms to recruit from outside the UK to alleviate “crippling” labour shortages across the supply chain - a problem largely blamed on Brexit.

So you're quite happy to see the country grind to a halt on the back of the most short-sighted, self-inflicted, xenophobic attempt to re-create some mythic Golden Age of 'Great Britain' striding the global stage because at some future point there will be* great opportunities? *File alongside the great trade deals.

This Taking Back Control is working out just fine.

OK, who bought her the Gordon Ramsay cookbook?

Tesco now asking the UK government to make it easier for HGV drivers to come over and drive for them. Interesting interpretation of Brexit. Wonder how many will now flock back for the 'temporary' period they're asking for. What a country, what a shambles.

Television - Marquee Moon. I think one side was stereo, the other mono. Great, though.

Currently listening to Roddy Frame's 'Seven Dials'. Excellent stuff.

If that's two hours and you've not changed the station or thrown Alexa out, I'd say she's taking the pish.