Knifed in the Back

February rain has arrived.  A bit late but pleasing to some.  Not that I cared as I was trapped indoors again today.  Yesterday I felt better than I have for a while and trooped of in the chilly air to the museum.  While I sat awaiting Microsoft updating my slow work computer (one hour and twenty minutes it took) I watched as two men attempted to fit the electric door opener.  This, part of the fire defence, is complicated and therefore the door was wide ajar all morning.  I froze and could not get away from my seat.  Once the door was closed, round about the same time Microsoft let me back on the computer, the place instantly warmed up as the heaters work well.  Today the cough is worse than ever, I hate men who fix doors and next week I will take a hot water bottle to work with me just on case. Grrr.  

Not sure if you have noticed but there has been a lot made about knife crime in recent days.  Quite whether this has been exaggerated by the media to detract from Brexit I am not sure but we are heading for trouble if someone does not do something soon.  This is an English problem as such activities were dealt with in Glasgow by their own operations and there is a slow take up in London or elsewhere of the Scots success stories in this.  
One point frequently made concerns the PM.  While Home secretary she reduced the numbers of police, reduced their money and as PM continues to justify this today.  The fact that 20,000 police have gone from our streets and a 90% rise in knife crime and other criminal activities has resulted she will claim has nothing to do with her.  I suppose if she passed this on to 'Failing Grayling' we might believe her.  
This miserly government has reduced public cash to such an extent no public service works.  Probation, Jails, police, trains, Brexit,care homes, benefits, immigration and everything they touch has to be done on the cheap even if it does not work.  The ERG, Rees-Moggs mob, are getting richer whatever happens, the public just get conned and indeed stabbed.  We are all being knifed in the back by the Tories.