Similarities to Never Let Me Go, and I have to read The Remains of the Day now to complete the set as that is written from a servant's perspective so has parallels. Klara is an AF ('Artificial Friend') with exceptional awareness and intelligence who becomes the companion to a privileged girl at the top of society. she is utterly selfless, dedicated and obedient and ends up in a scrapyard. Very poignant.
I'm meant to be running a virtual London marathon next weekend, but I went out yesterday and my ankle pinged, so I'm all strapped up. Kwasi Kwarteng has just announced a mini-budget that blatantly favours the very wealthy and is going to rack up government borrowing rapidly. It's hard to tell whether they are just recklessly gambling on a dash for growth they truly believe in, or whether they are just shamelessly trying to make a fortune for them and their friends by shorting the pound and don't give a stuff for the consequences as they'll be rich and someone else will sort out the mess
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