Ellee Seymour

Latest “noose” from gallows farmer forming political party

Gallows farmer David Lucas plans to form his own political party, spurred on by the public support he has received in his macabre stand for law and order.

It will simply be called The People Party, though I expect the tabloids will dub it something totally different, and the name certainly does not reflect his extreme support for capital punishment.

Lucas is also angry that new EU legislation has forced him to stop selling his gruesome gallows. This prohibits the import and export of any goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or degrading treatment or punishment within the EU. Lucas said defiantly:

“I am the last person in Europe making this kind of professional hanging equipment and I think today is the end to a piece of history. This has been going on for hundreds of years and I find it disgraceful how I have been treated. They should be bringing back capital punishment not banning people like myself who have only done this to restore and maintain law and order.”

Thick skinned Lucas and his hard core right wingers are a tiny minority and entitled to their own views; he will always be a headline hitter due to his gallows, but a big turn off for the great majority as there is no way capital punishment will ever be reintroduced in the UK, we are far too civilised a society.

It makes you wonder how easy it is to set up a political party. Plenty of interesting advice is offered here to anyone else wanting to do the same.

Please let me know if I am wrong, if you would give Lucas your X.

James, right, and friend Joe, netted more than 100 crabs each night

A stunning sunset at Burnham Overy Staithe

Once again I was totally entranced by North Norfolk’s natural, unspoilt beauty, its gentle sloping freshly harvested golden fields framed by miles of lush hedgerow; the narrow lanes lined with rustic flint cottages adorned with fragrant roses and sturdy hollyhocks; the endless joy of exploring the coast’s saltmarshes and mudflats, made all the more glorious by unbroken blue skies and sunshine, complete with the gentlest breeze enabling me to savour each special moment while the rest of the country melted. We even missed the worst of the week’s torrential storms. Can you blame for for staying on an extra couple of days?

Then, of course, there was my hero Lord Nelson, whose aura becomes stronger each year I return to his homeplace and learn more about his remarkable life. This description in his parish church sums him up perfectly:

“Nelson had seemed all things to all men; fearless but vulnerable; vain but insecure; morally upright yet flawed; ruthless yet humane; classless but ambitious; both superman and everyman.”

Are these the qualities/characteristics our leading politians should aspire to?

I bought three special books to cherish my memories - a charming historical narrative written as if by his own hand called I am Horatio Nelson. Nelson had a complicated lovelife, but was true to his heart, and I shall enjoy learning more in Nelson’s Women by the extremely aurthoritive Tom Pockock. Although I very much enjoy taking pics, they could never be the same quality produced in this recently republished stunning collection called Elements of the North Norfolk Coast by David North and Martin Hayward Smith.

I was holidaying with my youngest son James, 13, and we were joined by friends and family throughout the week. Although all good things have to come to an end, I am looking forward to a brief return visit on Saturday to see the English Chamber Orchestra Ensemble performing two favourite pieces of classic music - Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet in A major and Schubert’s String Quintet in C major at Burnham Market’s summer concert. I am an aspiring, but sadly lapsed clarinetist, due to my commitment to blogging (though I still have lessons). And I am determined that one day I will play the hauntingly beautiful Adagio from Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto.

P.S. Mustn’t forget to mention that I saw Stephen Fry too and he looked truly magnificent and statuesque, having dinner in the Hoste Arms, which also staged another wonderful jazz evening with legend Stan Tracey when an extremely memorable reading of Under Milk Wood was given by Philip Madoc.