A False Spring?

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Today, the year finally seemed to be turning itself towards the sun again, with a tentativity of Spring somehow about its face: at least in this tiny Welsh corner of this meridian-fixed archipelago, anyway. I always think, about now, that those who seek out more temperate watering-holes in which to over-winter, only returning in Spring, somehow miss out on this magical transition out of the bleakness of Winter. Life is surely about contrast: seeking out a uniformity of climate ultimately denies one the fulfilment of a long-awaited need for warmth and comfort.

On the other hand, unfortunately, I've just witnessed the appalling Trump/Vance/Zelensky press event from the Oval Office: all I can say is that Trump and Vance came over as the very worst kind of playground bullies in the most unseemly display of arrogance and hubris I've witnessed in my seventy years of existence. This was about as reasonable and diplomatic as a cage-fighting bout: an utter disgrace and deeply disturbing. I rarely make the comparative with Hitler lightly, but Trump's paranoiac ranting - never mind his signature! - parallels the behaviour and mental state of the late Austrian dictator far too closely for comfort. That notwithstanding, Trump's behaviour towards his equal, President Zelensky, in the full glare of live world media was simply offensive. End of.

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