I know our MP. See you often. We move in similar circles, we live in Wimbledon, we meet at local events, exhibitions, concerts, theater performances and in the same pub (that "Guinness", I "cosmopolitan"), so, in my opinion, it is okay. Tall, in years, as a junior, he was obviously schizophrenic, with a good taste for dress, because the party he belongs to is not (really) my favorite. But he was always with his views, and even for a while he was at the mercy of his people, because with logic and facts and representing ours and, without knowing it, my views on Brexit, he was at the mercy of his people. They even took / fro the MP "vip", ie removed him from the party, when together with 21 others he did not vote as ordered. To me, such an MP is, frankly, really cool - to have three clean or, as we would say, "defiant", to oppose the party decisions of the leader and his people, because for him they are unacceptable, illogical, unfair and above all , contrary to what the majority of its voters want and think. Including me.

Then, when they saw that the smart MPs, who rebelled to be a voting machine (including Winston Churchill's nephew) and who by the way received great support from the public, even from their "ordinary voters", and moreover could not provide majority in parliament, called them back into the party. Because of this, our MP won the next elections again and is still a member of parliament. For a while, but still.

MPs on target 

Following the stabbing of Stephen Tims in 2010, the murder of Joe Cox in 2016, and the death of Officer Keith Palmer, who lost his life defending Parliament in 2017, the death of Sir David Aimas is a gruesome reminder that between threats of rape and insults, many MPs are exposed to danger by doing what is their job.

Of course, it helps that the fight against internet anonymity has intensified recently, so those who "force themselves" have started hunting them like mice, but they say that the MPs in Westminster live like in a village. They share offices, eat in the same places and relax in the same bars and pubs. And now, after the latest incident with the murder in church of the MP Sir David, new measures are proposed for their protection.

However, campaigners for the protection of MPs warned that the end of anonymity on the Internet is a double-edged sword, because it will endanger whistleblowers and pro-democracy activists. While some are calling for a protection law, others, such as Bernard Jenkin, for example, have argued that both lawmakers and politicians need to be reconsidered when it comes to civilized politics. We were reminded that everything we heard during the Brexit debate - the language used from the rostrum of the parliament and beyond - was at least disturbing.

And we for London

What, will you go back to London, my friend Dusan from Belgrade asks me, in a chat after we retold the summer in which we went back and forth several times and did not set foot in Belgrade. And, to convince us that we should stay a little longer, here in the south, staying with him as a guest (he dies of boredom), he says: "You see, the number of infected people is growing."

I look at the latest data and when it really does, the numbers are growing. They are higher, say the data, from this time last year, when parts of England were in partial lockdown. That's the bad news. The good news is that thanks to the vaccine, there are fewer cases of serious illness that requires people to go to the hospital. But the growing infections, which are higher than those in some European countries (uh, I have a hard time that we are not a European country… well, we are in Europe, but we are not in the EU, so it comforts me a little), so the growing infections are still worrying. Because they are more likely to break through the defense line of vaccines. In recent days, more than 40.000 new cases of covid-19.

I watched Arsenal play Crystal Palace. Thriller. In the last minute of the extra time we scored a goal and… but I say that as a tormented Arsenal fan, my word was different. Did you see anyone with masks in the audience? Me neither! All right, the Emirates were not filled to the last place, but there were crowded queues, people came and went in queues, and I know how it is with the transport - most of them came and went by subway. The UK is easing restrictions faster than most of Western Europe. People in England, Wales and Scotland could go to nightclubs this summer and gather in unlimited numbers. And they started not wearing masks. And research after research shows that masks help prevent viruses from being transmitted to humans, especially where there is a high concentration. People and viruses.

One of the British traditions is to complain. And write petitions. And the municipalities to consider those petitions, whatever they are. So with the complaint about the appearance of the bush in the backyard in Warwickshire, which Richard Jenkins cut in the form of a raised middle finger, after the clumsy guests from the pub across the street made fun of his horticulture. The municipal officials came, saw the raised middle finger and told him to cut it, it was a shame. Even the police intervened. But the Middle Finger Shrub Company petitioned, the media celebrated, Richard stumbled, and now the bush is a local landmark. Blessed are the people for such problems. We are going to see the bush. And the local pub, of course.