Happy Friday!

I hope that re-entry week hasn’t been too terrible for you and if you’ll not back at work/school/whatever yet that you’re enjoying the rest!

Here are this week’s links…

I should have asked why people don’t vote. About time someone did!

New pet leave. First I need to be paid enough to be able to afford a place to live that will accommodate a dog and then the money to afford the pet. So I don’t know maybe we could start with paying better salaries?

Free speech works both ways – as Toby Young is finding out

Why free hospital parking isn’t as good as it sounds

Raw water: the unsterilised health craze that could give you diarrhoea What the hell is wrong with people?

I have a fridge full of cheese…this might help use some of it up. How to make the perfect broccoli and stilton soup

I loved the library when I was kid, I still love the library now but for reluctant readers or even keen ones, this run down of the reading merit badges that children can earn in the Maine library that Lelia runs is amazing. I want a badge…