Month: January 2023

The half way point of the season and we see Arsenal 8 points clear of ManC. They have the exuberance and the tenacity to carry on but will the behemoth of ManC grind them down – they have to play each other twice. ManU got pulled back at Palace and may yet find that they have not the consistency, or. be over reliant on Rashford. Newcastle are playing above themselves but have a fine manager who has spent well. Spurs seem to under perform at crucial times. Liverpool and Chelsea at 9th and 10th – who would have thought.! Fulham, Brentford and Brighton have been good, and Notts Forest re playing as a team after woeful start. Leeds also look dangerous at times. Which leaves relegation – Everton, WHU, Southampton, Aston Villa, Bournemouth, Wolves and Leics are in bottom 7 and I would expect the bottom 3 to come from them.

So Arsenal have 3 games against Manchester clubs which will determine their season. I do not wish to split them but believe the top two will be Arsenal and ManC. Relegation I see Wolves, and Bournemouth goingg down with possibly WHU or Everton?

Is there nothing that is not fucked up in this country? There are 1000 Met Police personnel who are being investigated for sexual offences and domestic violence but the government seems unconcerned. Teachers are joining other workers in strike action. The government is seizing discretionary powers to stop protests (at the discretion of the minister, not the law or the courts). Voting rights are being restricted, especially for the young. The NHS is broken. The Care Home system is broken. The rail system in parts of the country is broken. The right to roam in wild places is being curtailed (admittedly this was a flawed judgement of a judge not government – but the same ilk!). The education system is at breaking point. The court system is broken. The right wing press lowers it standards daily. The BBC has become a government tool. Food inflation was 13.3% in December but 20.3% for budget items. Dairy and bakery products were up between 19-29%.

The government is running out of people to blame. It is now concentrating on stripping democracy from anyone who may, potentially complain in future!

I just listened to idiot Neil Oliver. Over 45 million have had a jab and 33 million boosters. All the science shows it to be safe. But forget the science – are you leading a normal life? In this country we seem to be on top of Covid at the moment. Hopefully we can avoid another lockdown. China is interesting because their vaccination rate is much lower and their vaccine may not be as effective if reports of deaths are to be confirmed. There is no doubt in my mind that the first lockdown was absolutely essential, the second was a result of Johnson’s incompetence. The vaccine has prevented further lockdowns.

For my age group it has to be a total no brainer. For middle aged people I would suggest it depends on their job and proximity to those at risk. For younger and children I suspect (with no medical knowledge) that they may have gained natural immunity and unless there is another pandemic would let them get a dose!

I would hope that NHS staff and Care Home staff get a jab as the elderly and infirm are more likely to be at risk from this and flu.

So the government is to give more powers to the police to prevent protests, it also wants to stop strikes. There is am alternative, take action to increase public sector pay and stop policies which harm society and the environment. With nothing to protest about there would be no protests.

It is odd how papers and organisations that ask if they support or disagree with strikes and protests never ask whether it is fair that CEO’s of FTSE100 companies should have a 44% pay rise?

I will start with the shit – Thames Water has been pumping raw sewage from an overflow pipe at Amply St,Peter non-stop since 20th December. Southern Water Pumped shit onto 83 beaches last year. Braverman spouts shit at a holocaust survivor. Johnson paid £4445 for a meal in NY on a Government Credit Card. Tory donor Clipper Logistics were paid £11 million for PPE and are now to be paid £4.5 million to destroy it. Davros is inundated with private jets bring the rich and privileged to their annual talking shop. The Russians are hitting Ukraine with more missiles so Nato countries are providing more tanks. Will this war continue for years? Israel continues to harass Palestine at all levels. Iran continues to execute people for not agreeing with their authoritarian and bigoted regime.