Flat Track Bullies Do It Again; The Island; Salmon Fishing In The Yemen; A Crappy Small World

We are only two days away from England's Cricket World Cup semi-final against Australia so it would be wrong of me not to mention that Jonny Bairstow scored another hundred at the tail end of last week - clearly if this is how he reacts to perfectly justifiable criticism then we should lay it on with a trowel. As they say on the terraces (or rather as they used to say when terraces were still permitted) Ing-ur-land, Ing-ur-land. The Big Fat Pig is right behind you boys.

Ynys Moelfre - where the walk starts and finishes

The Groupie and I had a joyous weekend in Anglesey - great weather for walking and, of course, great terrain to walk in. We did Moelfre to Lligwy and treated ourselves to a pint (glass of white wine for the lady) and a portion of chips on the way home. Bosting.

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen starts with a great advantage - the title is enticing. I have not read the book but we did watch the film at the weekend (available on Netflix) and it is perfectly diverting without living up to the promise of that title. Ewen McGregor and Emily Blunt are good but the best thing about the piece is Kristin Scott Thomas as a foul-mouthed government spin doctor. National treasure material. 7/10.

There is an unedifying little spat going on at the moment on the back of leaked memoranda from the UK's ambassador to the USA, in which said diplomat made the hardly startling observation (and here I paraphrase) that Donald Trump is a bit of a twat. Trump has responded to all of this with his customary finesse - that is to say no finesse whatsoever. Meanwhile Jeremy Hunt who is busily losing the Conservative leadership election to the disappointing Boris Johnson (A man lacking any moral anchor I'm afraid) has been an unexpected beacon of rectitude in calling Trump out for his impropriety. And by the way, they should find whoever it was who leaked this stuff (my bet is s die-hard pinko with an Assange complex) and sack them with all pension rights removed. The ability to speak frankly and in camera is the necessary subtext to the negotiation that is inherent in democracy.