Today it starts!

Well, I've been promising to do this for ages so here it is finally - my blog.

As I understand it one is supposed to start with something easy and non-controversial so, never one to break the rules, I thought I'd start with politics!! Did you watch the debate last night?

I was trying to think what to call the challengers, the three little pigs seems rude and anyway they didn't have names that I know of, so I decided they'd have to be either the Three Stooges or the The Three Musketeers, whichever you prefer. So if it's Larry, Curly and Moe; or Aramis, Porthos and Athos you decide - I think that's supposed to be the whole idea of the debate? Whatever. In my view David Dimbleby was certainly a contender for D'Artagnan!

I really would like to see politics based on common sense and I think that's what all voters would like. The private sector has got to make enough money to support the public sector. If it doesn't then the economy collapses because we're giving away more than we're taking back and that seems to be where we are at the moment. I just wish all of them would tell us the truth.

Also the idea of globalisation is fine but if a long-established British company like Cadbury's can be sold to an American company that makes plastic cheese because some hedge fund manager thought he could make a quick buck then we ought to be in a position to stop them. If you go to France and have milk in your tea it tastes different, so if they start making Dairy Milk in Poland their milk might not taste the same as ours so the chocolate will taste different (or have I got that wrong)? Anyway our dairy farmers in Britain need our support as well.

To this end when my breadmaker blew up, I decided to try and aid the economy by buying British and went for a Kenwood which is supposed to be made in the UK and I have to say I really am delighted with the results. Eleanor and Jack, the grandchildren, approve as well so I think I made a good choice and a big thanks to Dotsie, my mum for giving me the breadmaker for my birthday.

Tomorrow, if you look again, I may go for something really controversial like a recipe!!!