The headline of the Evening Standard, hand-painted on the advertisement boards outside shops, was Sharon's fight for Life - Latest. I've passed four of them this morning. Another Standard headline I saw was See Your Doctor at the Chemist. Well that's too late for some of us I guess.

I'm itching to write about Sharon's departure, but this blog is not the right place to do it. Here I deal with more important things, such as: the discarded fish-tank I saw on the street yesterday; the 'non-denominational festive lights' of Hackney council and some random human encounters I had yesterday. (Human interaction! It's the best! Try it soon).
But if you're still interested in boring political commentary, I've written something in my Jerusalem Blog.