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[pensnest]

Well, that was quick. I read about a petition to ask the government to cancel Donald Trump's proposed visit to the UK when it was fresh up (well, it had been online for twenty minutes or so, and reached the necessary 100,000 signatures by then). I think it's well on the way to a million now... and the evening news on Radio 4 was full of discussion of Should The Government Cancel? How? Etc?

Personally, I'd rather he came. I'd be there with a rude sign to stand between him and Buck House, as would half the country. Beast has also expressed interest in marching to protest the very existence of Trump.

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I made two cakes this weekend. One, a reward for Tristan's suggestion which led to us being able to install the giant shower tray in the space fit only for a small shower tray. It was a chocolate sponge of some sort, but came out very thin and, due perhaps to the vagaries of the oven, perhaps a little overcooked. But there was some of FIL's excellent damson jam and some whipped cream in it, so it was probably okay. Took it to Bunnyhold in the evening and spent a couple of hours there stroking Bun's more sociable cat and watching a film.

Today I made Nigella Lawson's Dense Chocolate Loaf Cake, which is rather better, being nicely moist and squidgy and tasty. Even if the recipe did call for a cup of butter.

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Also, finished my seamless sweater, with a rather smart V-neck. It is purple and snuggly. Go me.

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[stranger]

While I sympathize with any locality that must host the current U.S. President, I think he deserves to meet E II, in that she can be coldly polite to him while wearing a pink hat, and the world needs that spectacle. (She can wear an entire pink outfit, to render the hat unexceptionable, perhaps, although pink-on-gray is very striking also.) Agree that as one of the veterans of WWII, she has even higher moral ground than most of the world for giving him as much set-down as she likes.

[pensnest]

The only trouble is, I don't know that the orange lout is perceptive enough to notice that he's been snubbed by royalty. But EII in pink for the occasion is an *awesome* thought.