Ally continues to be unwell; I phoned the doctor today (from the Lake District!) and he thinks that it's a viral infection. Ally has a constant headache and isn't eating. During one of his brief spells out of bed yesterday, he and Cat helped me to take Jack to the vet for his annual check up. Jack was not at all happy about this especially since he had blood taken and also got his claws clipped. He was so glad to get home. But Ally was so exhausted after this excursion that he went straight back to bed. If he isn't better tomorrow I'm going to phone the doctor again.
I feel that I should mention the death of Margaret Thatcher yesterday, but I can't think of anything to add to all the things that have been said in the press. I am disgusted by the vitriol that she still inspires in some quarters even in death. People having parties to celebrate her death - such bad taste. Sadly (based on constant references to her gender from BOTH her detractors and supporters - veteran reporter Jon Snow last night even referred to the sound her underwear made when she crossed her legs) I suspect that this vitriol has always had more to do with the fact that she was a woman than with her politics. I also think that history will judge her more kindly than many of her contemporaries. She was very intelligent, visionary, and had integrity.
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