- Young love is in the air
- Lilian’s key issue
- Jill’s key issue
- Was Oliver wandering around a bit tipsy?
- George got a space warrior
- Ed’s right to be suspicious of Will
- Slow broadband
- “We’ll let the voters decide”
Young love is in the air
[Lilian, on hearing about Spencer] “Good for Pip, I thought she had a bit of a spring in her step”
…
[Lynda on James and Leonie] “They did seem so happy together. So suited”
[Lilian, not convinced] “Hmmm …”
Lilian’s key issue
Jill finds Lilian seemingly looking at wildlife. Which is odd.
[Lilian] “ … the state of this verge … so untidy, a real eyesore … it’s a wilderness … don’t suppose it’s ever been properly managed”
[Emma] “Can’t say I’ve ever really noticed”
(does Emma actually have an interest in anything?)
All becomes clear. Lilian has a plan …
[Lilian] “Quite simple, but brilliant darlings”
Her idea is to get local businesses to support pieces of verge – pay for it to be tidied, reseeded and so on.
But, Lilian hadn’t thought it all through.
The business would expect something in return. Which would likely be an advert on each verge.
So – in the place of untidy verges – Ambridge would get mini adverts scattered around the village.
Hmmm. Not ensure that’s a vote winner, Lilian.
Jill’s key issue
Is to enter Ambridge into Britain in Bloom.
Even more cunning, is that she’s going to organise it with Lynda.
Which may actually lose her a few votes (Lynda isn’t exactly popular with every Ambridge resident), but will at least make sure it has a good chance of happening. What Lynda wants …
I reckon Jill’s onto a vote winner there.
Lilian better break out the bribes.
Was Oliver wandering around a bit tipsy?
Oliver had been out with an old mucker (Angus, who’s judging the hounds, apparently) for a long lunch.
He had a bit of a chat with Caroline about Roy’s leaving present (Caroline wants it to be special, even though she is a bit miffed. Leaving presents can be such a minefield).
[Caroline] “I hope he doesn’t come to regret his decision as much as I do”
Then, Oliver later wandered up to Ed, to waffle on about how he and Jim had just had a bit of a gentleman’s disagreement about politics. Ed wasn’t interested. He doesn’t really bother with voting.
The man sounded drunk to me.
Oliver becomes an alcoholic, which forces Caroline to finally retire to support him through it?
George got a space warrior
Which I’m supposing is a plastic toy figurine thingy. George was delighted, but I think Ed’s missing the point of spending more time with him. You can’t buy a child’s happiness …
Ed’s right to be suspicious of Will
Will’s offered to have George stay over with him and Nic again.
Ed sounded quite suspicious, but Emma was only too glad – she reckons she needs a break.
Slippery slope indeed. Where there’s a Will, there’s a way (for Ed and Emma to lose custody of George).
Slow broadband
Now that would be a good issue for Lilian to champion properly.
She reckons it is one of her campaigns – but it’s surely a better one than untidy verges.
Living in a rural area myself, I’m lucky enough to be near(ish) an exchange – but coverage is very patchy in my region.
I’d happily vote for someone (anyone) who could get that fixed. Especially considering rural businesses are increasingly dependent on the internet for selling (high petrol prices, local high streets deserted etc etc).
“We’ll let the voters decide”
When Jill and Lilian had been chatting through their (very different) campaigns ideas, it was all very civilised.
Not so the case when Lilian and Lynda have a chat.
For starters, Lynda reckons the verges are patches of wasteland. And:
[Lynda] “patches of wasteland are important natural spots … not weeds Lilian, wild flora”
[Lilian] “Next you’ll be telling me they’re miniature wild life parks!”
Which is more or less what Lynda was saying.
Lilian tries to turn it back onto Lynda – wasn’t Lynda’s guerrilla gardening in the same vein? – and Britain in Bloom is just:
[Lilian] “Flora clocks and potted geraniums!”
Lynda fights back. She reckoned she was at least:
[Lynda] “Not suburbanising them to gain some cheap publicity for local firms”
But, that was actually that. Lynda didn’t want to have a proper barney, which could lead to a “fall out with new family connections”.
(oh eeeek! James and Leonie’s wedding … the horror!)
[Lynda] “We’ll let the voters decide”
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