The Ambridge Socialist
Reporting on the class struggle in Borsetshire
4th August
The Grundys are still here to stay, despite Thomas Hardy
The BBC’s reports from Ambridge have focused more or less relentlessly on the struggle that Emma and Ed have had to find the money for the mortgage on their new house after Ed lost his job at Home Farm.
It is storyline with strong echoes of Thomas Hardy.
Emma has sought loans and financial help from a variety of bourgeois figures in the village but unsurprisingly has received an unsympathetic hearing and finally the whole thing has ended in much the same way as Boris Johnson’s Premiership will
What you wont hear about the Village Fete
The Ambridge Socialist has been prepared to engage with the New Village Fete and will be organising a throw rotten fruit at ‘Boris Johnson’ stall this year. The part of Johnson will be played by Tom Archer.
Johnson explains the future of agriculture
Prime Minister Johnson explained the advantages of Brexit to the farming community of Borsetshire earlier in the week when he visited Wales.
Borsetshire is of course in England but it is adjacent (note to pedants, not immediately adjacent)to areas of Wales which the Guardian (30th July) described as having ten times more sheep than people.
It is understood that Johnson gave Ambridge a swerve to avoid Johnson Out protests by the Ambridge Socialist but it is likely that Brexiteers such as Brian Aldridge and Adam Macey made the short journey to listen to what the Prime Minister had to say. Johnson did not canvass Ambridge during his recent Tory leadership campaign
According to the BBC Johnson told farmers: Once we leave the EU on 31 October, we will have a historic opportunity to introduce new schemes to support farming – and we will make sure that farmers get a better deal.”
It is unclear however how Johnson plans to replace the £300million of EU money received by Welsh farmers if a No Deal Brexit, his preferred option, occurs. A knock effect to adjacent Borsetshire would be certain.
Ambridge Socialist Editor Keith Flett said, ‘Johnson Out, General Election now, kick the Tories out of Borsetshire’
In Other News
Jazzer has spoken to Knacker Burns about Jayston, As soon as he’s sorted out the bunting case he’ll be on to the matter
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