Month: May 2023

First results seem to show small gains for Sein Fein and similar losses for the DUP whilst the Alliance Party seems to be holding up and the SDLPand UUP in decline. These are early results, but it appears that little has changed in the polarised environment of NI politics. Latest results show same pattern with DUP holding its own but SDLP and UUP having losses. Only SF seem to be gaining. how this will affect things I am not sure – I guess it will meed to be evaluated when the conrollers of the super councils are revealed? The Green Party has lost seats and appears to have no traction here.

Overallk it looks good for Sein Fein with the DUP holding steady, but losing some of its influence? What impact will this have on the UK Government and the Good Friday Agreement? And the possibility of a return of Stormont?

The Times reportsthat in an interview with Keir Starmer he said he would encourage more houses to be built on the green belt. I think he probably said would consider houses on the green belt, but that is not what we need. Building in the green belts increases traffic and pollution. Proper planning is needed to provide services and proper drainage for all new housing. Increasing the cost of second homes would release many properties without new builds,, 15 minute cities should be developed with greaster pedestrianisation and play streets. Proper analysis of new housing areas is needed to determine demographic trends.

I am severely concerned at the lack of intelligence in the Conservative Party. This is not about fruit cakes who have formed, de facto, a National Conservatism Party – they gave up their brain cells long ago. No it is the rest of them! Having just been humiliated in the polls and with about a year to the next GE it would make sense for the backbenches to be pushing for reform, for new policies, for a hope of saving teir seats and expenses. What they have at the moment is hare brained policies from the looneys and … well nothing. Changing the voting rules did not seem to work. They are left with criticising Labour for any new ideas they raise, hoping that abandoning labour, environmental and food laws that are mainly obsolete – but occasionally essential to our high standards (and often introduced to the EU by ourselves).

Firstly the Ukraine – I am glad we are doing our bit to help stave off the malicious Putin. But I do wonder just how much the public cares? A war by proxy is OK until we send our children in to fight, is the mantra of the Tories. Johnson based his respectability and reputation as a PM on it and lost! Putin will not be defeated and possibly not even deposed as he will retain support from the Russian Public (who are just as likely to be brain washed as the British Public were over Brexit).

Secondly Taiwan – can someone lose Truss’s passport and boarding pass, or is she still flying at our expense on RAF planes? She is the epitome of “me-me-me-me-me”. She does not represent me or the British Government. A very selfish and silly person!

Thirdly Israel – why has the government not condemned the recent atrocities by the Israeli Government. Where is the desire to ease the situation? If all prominent persons were called out to condemn Israels activities I suspect we would have more Jews voting against their government than suppliant UK politicians. Would Starmer condemn their killings or would he be scared of being accused of being anti-semetic, Sunak the same.

I agree that immigration needs to be brought down in the long term to ensure a sustainable society. However Bonkers Braverman is pursuing the stop migration agenda for her own purposes. Will stirring the migration pot be enough to redress the polls? My sample of just one farmer (supported by newspaper articles and radio) revealed the lunacy of current policy. Migrants are needed to work on farms (and elsewhere). Statements about getting British people picking crops in the fields is ideological fantasy. This is the world where top echelons of the Conservative inhabit a world where the laws of the land and society do not apply to them. The needs of the country are second to their own warped ambitions.