Thank you to Jemma Forte's Dad for this poem about the wonderful succession of Tory leaders we’ve had.
STEP ONE
CAMERON As smooth as a plastic banknote, a cipher in a suit,
A bottomless pit of nothingness, he started the dispute,
With our European neighbours, to appease the rabid right.
He proposed the referendum, that has turned our world to shite.
THEN MAY Strangely forward leaning, but only in her walk,
She preached the Brexit gospel, and talked the Tory talk.
A fervent believer in Brexit, though she’d campaigned to remain,
She spread the Brexit mantra, whilst sounding quite insane,
‘No deal is better than a bad deal.’ she honked like an angry goose,
But she didn’t get her deal through, and the bastards cut her loose.
JOHNSON People liked this funny chap, this rumpled clubbable Tory,
But his days as Bullingdon hoodlum, tell quite a different story.
A greedy lying narcissist, feathering his nest.
Milking Tory donors was the one thing he did best.
His horrendous Brexit deal went through, making millions for his chums,
Whilst leaving others destitute, millions of credulous bums
Leveling up was a great success, though not everyone got more,
While millionaires became billionaires, it was leveling down for the poor.
As food banks fed the destitute, the ruling class got richer,
He’d done horrendous damage, by the time he left the picture.
AND NOW TRUSS
Truss – ‘A surgical appliance’, only this one inflicts pain,
The ultimate horror tory, borderline insane.
The red meat of racist rhetoric, hooking codgers in the Shires,
Pandering to xenophobes, and stoking their desires.
Spouting shit more freely, than the shit flowing into the sea
Picking fights with global leaders, completely out of her tree.
Pig-headed and thick as mince, a fatal combination,
What Cameron did to a pig’s head, she’ll now do to a nation.

This spectacular image of a pair of Antillean Nighthawk, or Querequete to use the Cuban name, was the recent winner of Flora and Fauna Category of the Naturaleza Digital Online 2022 Competition organised by Gaviota Turismo at Topes de Collantes. It was taken by Yadiel Veunes Alonso near Matanzas. He says that he spotted the female sitting on the low wall and crept closer through the grass lying on the ground taking pictures as he went. Then the male appeared and they mated.
And this beautiful picture of a male Northern Bobwhite calling, also by Yadiel, shows just how much photography of the natural world has progressed in the last few years.
Well done Yadiel and thank you for letting me use your photos.