Brexit - and mistresses - and the law

Yesterday Britain digested Brexit.  It still is today.  The BBC has had nothing else, although a gay pride march is getting some attention today.  In the half kilometre between Russell Square and our apartment, we overheard three conversations in the street about the result. We talked to the ladies in the office here and one said her family was split and she was not surprised by the result. The lady who changed our sheets was from Eritrea - her husband had come here as a refugee.  She wasn't eligible to vote and wanted to return to Eritrea if conditions improved.  But she too was talking about Brexit and gave me an explanation of how local people didn't like migrants because they "destroyed" the environment (make allowances for the limited English).

But I couldn't help but reflect on how something in UK can affect the world.  Can you think of anything happening in Australia that would have the same impact?!  Some advantages of being at the "arse-end" of the world, even if we have to put up with jet-lag.



Have been taken by this blue plaque that we pass most days. Doesn't take much to get a blue plaque it seems.  How does it compare with the efforts of Charles Dickens and John Nash (also with blue plaques around here)?

The Courts of Justice in The Strand.  Very impressive - now we know why NSW has some beautiful court-houses and jails.