A lovely day here today. More progress in the garden and some pleasant social bridge too. I planted two rows of French beans. But it's sad reading some of the postings from England. No wonder the Aussies talk about "whingeing Poms". Blair's given them ten years of stability, low inflation, low unemployment and industrial peace, but they're still unhappy. OK, he's got involved in five or six wars, not least Iraq, which he won't live down, but will David Cameron do any better?
Who are we to talk, though? We have an election here in Ireland on Thursday, and our Taoiseach, Bertie, has also been in power since 1997. Could be he'll be around for a bit longer.
