It has been wet this morning, with rain of the old-fashioned sort, steady and wet. It’s been easing lately, but still cloudy. Rain brings forth smells from the ground and from cagoules. Speaking of rain, can I just mention that there have been three test matches at Old Trafford in this constrained and odd year of cricket, and all three have produced a result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The phone\/camera stayed in its plastic bag all the way round this morning – no pictures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, the qualification system is in a mess. I don’t like criticising incompetence, because I know I probably wouldn’t do any better. But having the wrong priorities is fair game. If the government hadn’t been so keen on news management and reassuring people that everything was under control (haha), they might have been able to get interested parties into a debate about 4 months ago when it became obvious this was going to be a difficult problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It has been wet this morning, with rain of the old-fashioned sort, steady and wet. It’s been easing lately, but still cloudy. Rain brings forth smells from the ground and from cagoules. Speaking of rain, can I just mention that there have been three test matches at Old Trafford in this constrained and odd year … <\/p>\n