Month: May 2023

11500 police and hundreds of soldiers in fancy dress to ensure no legal protests on Saturday. Policing will be robust and tolerance low. Do we live in a democracy? All this so. some privileged nonce can put a silly hat on, have magic oil placed on him – the whole thing is ridiculous.

Why do so many soldiers have the silly hats and red tunics? And why do so many ignoramious idiots give such time to it?

Well I voted – ID shown but I got the impression that they did not know what they were doing! No doubt the Tories will be looking to America to find new ways to disenfranchise people less likely to vote for them, no expense spared. There were 3 people at the poll this morning instead of the usual 2, it also took longer. driving licence photos are notoriously bad and mine was 13 years old. It will be interesting to see if the turnout is substantially down. Voter confidence is politicans is very low anyway due to the slease and corruption and general uselessness of the Government and perceptions of Starmer are not much better.

The Guardian analysed the Daily Mails stats on yesterdays headlines and found them wanting! 39% were ardent Royalists whilst 37% regarded themselves as Republicans. Only the over 65 year olds were for the monarchy. And only 20% thought the monarchy would still exist in 50 years time.

Round here it is very mixed. Sandford only has one house with obvious bunting or flags at present. My road had street parties for the ? not sure what as I abstained! but bunting was across the road and the road was closed officially. This year nothing. However in Banwell just a mile away there are several houses with bunting, a crown on a cushion and a large flag. Greater apathy seems to be being showed to the elections tomorrow – only 2 posters up in gardens (both for the Greens!).

Should we be worried about the growth of the NatCons? They are anti-unions, anti-immigration and by default racist (although they claim not to be), fundamentalist Christian, anti-woke and anti-LGBQ. basically against everything that I believe the majority of British people believe in and value in our society. These groups are getting funding from America and their agenda is akin to that of the ERG and Tufton Street lobbies.

My belief above is based on surveys carried out across the developed economies that finds Britain to be one of the most liberal societies. GB News and other stations are promoting the anti-woke agenda – today the Sun states that a survey shows that the country is into-woke. However as the vast majority of people cannot define woke (even people phoning into radio talk shows to condemn woke cannot define it, let alone those for whom it is a passing comment or a term to cricise someone, I think we can just see that the Sun is trying whip up the culture war. The Mail joined in with a survey stating the the UK was rock solid behind Royalty even though aboiut a quarter were republican, and another quarter apathetic. A whopping 70+% stated that the constitutuinal monarchy needed reform! Rock solid!

Apart from those hoping to make money from it there seems little enthusiasm round here. No bunting or talk of street parties, and this is a tory area.

It is becoming an increasing embarrassment. Money spent distributing photos to schools and council offices, and now the nonsense about the oath of allegiance – they can fuck straight off. The Dail Fail says it will make a nice round £1billion for the country – I would love to see their maths on this sum. The Bank Holiday next week will have a variable impact on the economy. Spending is expected to rise by £500million which will help the economy of the entertainment and service industries, but there will be lost production in other areas. An extra day off makes people feel better, but coming a week after today’s is not the best timing, October would be better?

Surveys show that the young are increasingly apathetic towards the monarchy. Only 1 in 7 watched the Xmas broadcast, even though there was naff all else on! The spat between the heir and the spare and their old man and his missus is only of interest to the terminally insane!

Time for a debate on how to replace the monarchy with a Head of State – not easy, but France and Germany do it better than most. Selling off the castles and land could clear the national debt and could be sold with restrictions demanding public access!