Winners and Losers ~ Tuesday May 24, 2011

Today’s winner is the U.K – U.S relationship – which finally settled on some classification and depending on different views it has either been promoted or demoted from “special” to “essential”. The first is obvious; it was born of years of unique understanding and cooperation; it was built on warmth and affection as with Reagan and Thatcher in the 1980s and a couple of decades later between Blair and Bush. Essential on the other hand, although necessary feels rather basic, cold and measured – could be vital and indispensable but it’s still a relationship build on need as oppose to want. However, with the current administration I suspect most things British will be reminiscent of Mau Mau and build on necessity.

The Telegraph’s article on the rising rate of caesarean birth makes them a loser for hinting “assuming” that middle class women would rather not push for vanity reasons – clearly the piece was researched, written and edited by men who their only birthing experience involved cheerleading and cutting the umbilical cord before proudly sprinting out to pass out cigars – that’s if they didn’t like my “attention seeking” ex husband pass out during…..!