Betty's Reshuffle Blues

Hello Betty Fans.
Today I made Mary take me to 10 Downing Street because Boris was having a reshuffle and I wanted to be at the centre of the action. 

I don't know why but all the camera Hupeople and journalists were not very happy to see me. I have to admit that I was standing right in front of the gate where the ministers were arriving and leaving. I thought I added to the excitement, but they seemed to want me out of camera shot. Still the public liked me and I had my picture taken lots of times. Your Betty was quite a hit.  Here are some of the camera crowd ignoring me:

We heard that the Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid resigned, which is quite sad because he spoke to us once outside Marsham Street and showed real interest.  Here he is:

We saw the new Chancellor  called  Rishi Sunak He doesn't look old enough to vote let alone look after the finance of the country Here is his picture.  We wish him well.  

Then we heard the dreadful news and I wanted to weep. The awful George Eustice has been promoted to Secretary of State for the Environment.  That is the worst nightmare of me and other Badgers.  We will not sleep well in our setts again. Eustice hates Badgers and he wants us all dead.  He doesn't care about the suffering of farm animals or wildlife. He doesn't care about the environment and he doesn't believe in the Human cause of Climate Change. Mary says he is in the pocket of the NFU.  I wonder if he might be having an affair with the head of the Farmers Union Minette Batters.  That would explain his irrational behaviour.  She looks as if she might enjoy a bit of slap and tickle.  Here they are together with some other Human:

 I have seen him answering questions about Badgers in Parly Ment and he uses Weasel words to avoid the truth. We keep asking why he hasn't commented on Professor Godfray's report of a year ago but he wriggles out of it like a snake. I fear there is no hope for Badgers. And he has the nerve to smile at us when he goes for lunch at Defra This is his picture:

We had a dreadful drama in the garden this week when a Lurcher Dog called Tulip caught one of Mary's Chickens and ran away across the fields with poor Neptune in her mouth,  Mary was so angry and sad and let out a scream that was so loud that her terrified Cats, Lola and Rufus, grew instantly to double their normal size and ran and hid under the bed.    They are normally on top of the bed....

Tulip belongs to Mary's neighbour Tim who is an irresponsible Dog keeper.  Mary once wrote an article in her local Paper called "The Divine Right of Dog Owners" all about how Dog Keepers think they can let their Fido go where they want and chase Cats and kill wild life such as Deer, Pheasants and Hares.  

Amazingly, there was a happy ending to the story as Neptune was found later cowering in a wood, with feathers missing and utterly traumatised.  Mary let her spend the night with her but was sure Neptune would die of shock.  But she didn't die because she is a tough little chicken. She is starting to get stronger every day. Here is a picture of her in a knitted coat to keep her warm until her feathers grow:

  Because we went to West Minster tube today Mary found a Greggs and had one of their Vegan Sausage Rolls.  That cheered us up. 

I am going to finish now because I have the Reshuffle Blues.  Mary is giving me and the family extra nuts to cheer us up tonight.  When I next write I will tell you all about my new Grandcubs.  We are busy in the sett looking after them.  They are too young to go outside yet but hey are certainly making their presence felt.  They are a reminder that even in the darkest times, new life gives us hope whether we are Badgers or Hupeople.

Here is a picture of some cubs to lift our hearts:

Night Night,

Betty 🐾🐾🐾