Interesting.

The London Borough of Bromley (the borough in which I live) election results are in.

There's no real effect on the borough, as the Conservatives still have a majority in council, but still, 2 x labour, 5 x Indies, and 3 x libDems have taken ten Tory seats in the Council Chamber. The Tories still have 35 of those 55 seats, so not an overwhelming majority, but a clear majority none the less.

BBC News story link

It's well worth reminding everyone that a LOT of people have voted as they did for the WRONG reasons.

This will not affect the way the COUNTRY is run in the slightest, but it may affect local councils (actually, it will: Some have changed hands overnight), but the end result will only affect local areas, not the country as a whole; foreign policy, defence, strategic policing, the NHS, and so on, that are not run by local councils, will NOT be affected.

What MIGHT change is the local election we had yesterday may cause the Conservatives to rethink their election strategies for the next GENERAL election.

And that's it, folks.

Have a great weekend 🙂

A quick tip for those of you refilling short International ink cartridges for your fountain pens...

Just a quick tip, for those of you refilling short International ink cartridges with your own preferred inks, and using the international cartridge stoppers from Hamilton Pens to seal them when they're yet to be used...

I carry three spare refilled cartridges for my two 'EDC' fountain pens (one for my filofax, the other is my 'work' pen); I use these fieldcraft-style tinder tins from Amazon.

One tin holds three International (Short) cartridges *with stopper inserted*, and held in the tin within a small ziplok bag, just in case. One cartridge is refilled with Diamine Green/Black, for my personal stuff, the other two are refilled with Diamine Blue/Black, for my work stuff.

This keeps them together, and, more importantly, protects them from knocks and bumps that might dislodge the stoppers - and the ghastly results from such a horrific occurrence 😉

Hope this helps someone 😊