Right … it’s hopefully going to be a quiet Tuesday, today.
But … ?
I can take a certain amount of pride in a fact.
Yes: I’ve actually lost some weight, this week.
Four hundred grams: about fourteen ounces, in other words.
That’s not much.
But every little helps!
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If you ever wondered how right-wing the Reform party are, the latest news should tell you.
In a recent announcement, they’ve said they will close down the UK’s asylum system for a full parliamentary, should they be elected.
Outside of any humanitarian considerations?
I think that won’t work.
It won’t stop the boats: just as leaving the EU didn’t.
I can’t swear to this second thought: but think keeping the system as it is, is going to be cheaper than stopping it.
There’s another thing.
Reform frontbencher, Robert Jenrick, is reported to have said that — should Reform win an election — their government would deploy both the Navy, and the Royal Marines, to the coast.
With orders to use lethal force if necessary.
I know it’s a temptingly easy option.
But I’ve always felt that killing people in cold blood is not something I could do.
Nor, given that, is it something I could ask others to do for me: marines, soldiers or otherwise.
I’ve found out, this morning, that there’s an upcoming film version of The Magician’s Nephew: the first book — chronologically — of C. S. Lewis’ Narnia books.
Which was possibly my favourite of the books.
The fact Greta Gerwig is directing the thing is no problem: she’s an authentic Oscar winner with a ton of talent.
I think what’s going to cause a problem is one of her casting decisions.
She’s cast Meryl Streep as the voice of Aslan, one of the book’s central characters.
In case you didn’t know?
Lewis was a devout Christian: and made it perfectly clear Aslan represented Jesus Christ.
Which is why, in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, the character is sacrificed on the Stone Table: the scene is supposed to parallel the Crucifixion.
So … ?
I’m twitchy about the casting choice: and I’m not especially religious.
So I’m aware that others, more devout than me, will have problems.
One such objector was speaking on Radio Four’s Sunday show, this morning.
There’s something else, as well.
Apparently, Aslan is to be presented as a lion, as a male of the species.
I know Meryl Streep’s good: her string of awards tell us that!
But …
I don’t know if those gongs will help her play a male lion!
