It hit -10 degrees Celsius yesterday morning when I started up the car at 0715 and the temperature stayed around -7 all the way to Carmarthen. Now that's nothing new for Patricia and Michael with their new home in Canada and seasonal weather at -10 daily, but this is Wales. I have had a car with a temperature gauge for 5 years. Well two cars over five years and both with a temperature gauge. The lowest that I have ever seen the temperature hit was -5 and that was rare. To find -7 last week on my way to Carmarthen and -6 outside the house before I started off, was a first. The new -10 and -7 all the way is a new low, or is that a high?
Well it's certainly a high in Ghana; especially for the new President; John Atta Mills. A great result for Democracy and an even better result for President Mills.
I can think of no better way in which to relay the result other than to repeat the current CEEFAX listing from the United Kingdom that appears on page 115 of today's listings: "Ghana's new leader takes office. John Atta Mills has been sworn in as Ghana's new president following a cliff-hanger election victory. Mr Atta Mills, 64, took his oath of allegiance in front of thousands of people in Independence Square for the inauguration in the capital Accra. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate beat the ruling party's Nana Akufo-Addo in a hotly contested poll by a margin of less than 0.5% of votes. President John Kufuor has stood down after serving the maximum two terms."
I have visited Independence Square, albeit not with my friend Michael as he was a bit busy when I travelled over to Africa. It was a lovely quiet and sunny day. Only disturbed by an armed guard marching his prisoner to the prison bus. I bet there were a few armed guards in place for the inauguration. We must now hope that President Mills is allowed to serve his term of office unhindered and is able to instigate improvements for the welfare and future of Ghanaian's in line with Elias's cycle of continuous improvement. Congratulations Mr. President. I thought that I would throw that one in, just in case he ever reads this Blog. Well, it has two followers and who is to say that they are not the two most important new Presidents to take their place firmly on the World stage this year. I suspect that it is a great time to be American, a great time to be Ghanaian and a great time to be Black. But hey ho, things aren't that bad for this Welshman. Yes, there is a recession, but we live in a democracy with free elections and choices. Something which we share with the States and Ghana.
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