When I arrived home at lunchtime today, the screams and yells from the nursery next door were approaching new heights of hideous cacophony, so I rang the owner, who unfortunately did not pick up. Had she done so, I would have said something like:
"The other day I did actually hear one of your staff trying to encourage the children to play more quietly, but this is still very much the exception. During the warm weather people tend to keep their windows open for fresh air, but then the din from next door penetrates every room in the house. Could you please ask your people to think about this a little more?"
I've tried this tack in the past, and it works, but only for a short time. But I do know that one of my own neighbours has also complained about the noise, so we may get somewhere this time. You never know...
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I ALMOST LIKE DAVID CAMERON NOW
I've been quite impressed by our PM's utterances of late. He has admitted than we are very much the "junior partner" when it comes to Anglo-American relations; he has openly criticised the Israelis for their blockade of Gaza, and he has taken Pakistan to task for its overt alliance with the "West" while maintaining its covert friendly relations with the West's enemies, the Taliban.
But to illustrate how complex politics are in south-west Asia, the former Pakistani cricketer and opposition party MP Imran Khan pointed out on the BBC today that Pakistan has suffered more bombings than any other country on Earth last year: over 500. How to solve this horrific conundrum? There is no easy way, though I can't help thinking that getting the foreign occupiers out of Afghanistan ASAP might be a constructive beginning...
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