HAPPY NEW YEAR

Let us hope 2026 is better than 2025! However I doubt it. Israelies will continue to kill Palestinians with the support of the orange man baby. Putin will continue to kill Ukrainians despite Trump claiming that he had negotiated peace. On Trump – GB News (joke) aired an interview where he stated that human induced climate change was a hoax (he obviously does not understand the word); that Sahria Law was used in London and the police were frightened to enter some parts of London. OFCOM is deciding whether to investigate! What is it with OFCOM and OFWAT that make them so useless – can their accounts be made public and questioned.

Bold Politics – at last there is a podcast that counters the proliferation of right wing ones. Zac Polanski has shown that he is willing to take on all comers. And whilst GBNews (sic) loses about £50m a year, spreading the word may well work. It is undoubtably true that people are fed up with the try-partite politics of old. Until know, and since the referendum, Reform have filled the gap for the unsatisfied. Diversification of politics is in some ways inevitable, but also it is not a one sided coin. The NY Mayoral election showd that the left is not defeated. If racism was extracted from polls I actually wonder if most people would go down the centre left?

And to read the shite press you would think that the UK economy is tanking under higher taxes, etc.. But FTSE 100 Index is up 21.5%. Daily shit papers please explain? Or is Labour just shit at readjusting wealth?

BRITISHNESS

According to a latest YouGov survey one in three believe that being born in Britain defines Britishness! Thank fuck for that – Boris Johnson is not British (born New York) – so he can just fuck off along with many others. But it does raise the question of what is being British? To my mind it has always been a certain confidence in where we are from! We do not have to shout about our heritage – we just are! The old houses, churches and castles are part of our past, the bones of who we are. Various ‘invasions’ or migrants have made this country a vibrant microcosim of the world. We do not need to boast about being British – we just are. Is there a racist element to my analysis? I do not think so- It is not dependant on skin colour or religion.

If we did a survey of flag shaggers we would find that being British means abusing women and children – especially girls! Fortunately being British is more than that; To my mind it is being prepared to stand up and being countered for justice and fairness. That is what we are – a fair minded people, who give a shit!

PAPERS

Today the papers did not have much to report, but apart from the red tops and the Guardian, the bitterness was still promoted by the usual wankers. Who shall we hate today does not take a Xmas break! Is it our unpredictable weather that causes the personality defect in so many people. It is a trait of hating change that gives the right-wing power over the populous. After all who with any intelligence would support the £millions spent on the fancy dress lives of royalty and the continueing support for the aristocracy?

So the weather makes us suseptable to promises of stability. After all there is a Chinese curse that says “May you ive in interesting times”! Do other countries love moaning as much as the British seem too. It always too cold, hot, dry, wet, overcast, windy, murky, etc. . This also affects media stars – anyone who has managed to become ‘famous’ should be aware that the media will be looking for any excuse to pop their bubble. An example – who gives a fuck about a family dispute in the Beckham family – the media think we should all give a fuck. And if that person is less than 100% white and British they should look out!

NIGERIA

I suppose a welcome should be made for the USA attack on Boko Haram. The abduction and use of young women should be worthy of several airstrikes! Bastards! But things are never this simple – the terrorist group obviously has copious funding from somewhere (Middle East States look to be most culpable). France has recently withdrawn militarily from the region – so there is a vacuum. Will China try to fill it? America despite Trumps isolationism seems to be getting involved in various places. Yemen, Venezuela and Nigeria – where next?

Hey it is Boxing Day – shame about lack of Premiership matches – Boxing Day used to the day of derby’s before the suits took over. I have fond memories of Ipswich Town versus WHU at Portland Road – the heavy scent of tobacco over the terraces where we stood against an iron bar. No idea of the year or the result!

ORANGE MAN BABY CRISIS

So Trump is suing the BBC for $5billion – and the BBC say they will defend the claim. NO! They should just tell him and his lawyers to fuck off! If that means not reporting from the USA – so be it. His version of the news will be put out on social media anyway.

Basically all news is interpretive. GB News has been accused of false claims many times already. Who is the arbitor of what is fair reporting anyway? Did Trump say those words – yes! So if the BBC had cut to just the few seconds there should be no problem? This is all about press freedom – something supposedly dear to the him and MAGA; unless of course he disagrees. I am minded of the late Arthur Scargill – apparently he read 2 newspapers – obviously the Daily Worker but said he always read the Financial Times first so he could get the facts before comment! Some papers thrive on comment more than others. I am aware of the ownership issues but feel that the Times tries to report the news first and comment second; and I fervently hope the Guardian does the same. The Express, Mail and Sun are shameless in selective reporting and unsupported comment – I am ashamed that citizens of the UK are so crass as to read such bile. Unfortunately I should also include the ipaper (now owned by the Express, Telegraph (ownership is a fight between right-wing groups) and the Mirror (although on the left – still using biased discretion regarding news stories. The Star is just for laughs and some great headlines (Truss lettuce being the most memorable)!

Most of us veer towards echo chambers for our views – the rabid right towards the RWP and their own social media sites. I too have blocked those I totally dislike from twitter – yes I am still there!

DIFFERENCE

19 indiscriminate deaths on Bondi Beach – all Jewish. 46000 deaths in Gaza – all Palestinian and a large number were children. Which gets the biggest headlines in the UK. Every death is regretable whatever their nationality, race, religion,age or sex.

RANDOM STUFF

Firstly the ‘flu epidemic? Stats show that it is mainly children. Most of us oldun’s have has the stab! My wonderful grandchildren came up yesterday and we went to the park where they spent an hour playing on a pirate boat. I was sad not to see any other children there. there are a variety of activities from traditional swings, a basketball hoop, to a mini zip wire and unquatifyable others! It made me think how everything available for children is monetised or non-existent. The football field in the village is surrounded by a high fence and locked (supposedly to keep out dogs! The local swimming pool has closed, tennis is only available via a club. The old “Strawberry Line Railway Line’ is paved and suitable for cycling and surrounded by scrubland and woods for most of its path between the local villages – but it is rare to see a child! No wonder they get obese and stuck in rooms with their phones and online games. My generation has overseen the deprivation of childhood from our young. Hey government – do not increase benefits for the young, just give them free access to meaningful activities and free bus passes to get there.

Nothing much else to report! I might make some lemon curd as I have just had a delivery from https://www.crowdfarming.com/en – a brilliant company that supports organic farmers and cuts out the supermarkets. I get lemons, avocados, clementines, garlic, olive oil and more from them – highly recommended.

SORRY

I am English so therefore say sorry; for you bumping into me when you did not look where you were going; for being white skinned when so many like me are absolute arseholes; and so many things! However I will not apologise for our wonderful weather. I love it, rain, shine, snow, drizzle, fog, cloudy and whatever.

I am not sorry for being a nice person, for not slagging people off without knowing their circumstances, for looking for positives, for hating racisim and misogyny, homophobia and and any form of sexism. So if you disagree, debate with me of delete me!

BONKERS

£3120 for the CHEAPEST ticket for the FIFA World Cup Final. If England get to the final it will cost £5137 in total for the cheapest tickets. No doubt the streaming companies will hike their subs as well. Football is a game for the people – not te elite. No average fan is going to have £5137 in spare cash, let alone the cost of air travel (and between grounds in different countries), hotel costs and if lucky the occassional meal and drink! Infantino is being infantine. I recall a friends brother returning from the World Cup in France with tails of multinational games between fans in squares in France. Peaceful and friendly with exchange of addresses. And the profits will go to FIFA headquarters, Trump will glow ever brighter orange and the sponsor companies will grant selected board members admission to privideged seats. I will be interested to see how many tickets are granted to “fans’ who can afford the exorbitant fees. I hope the BBC has the guts to ignore the coming auction of broadcasters. TBH group matches have as much interest as group matches in the European Cup. Maybe the quarter finals onwards might be interesting, but less so than Barcelona of Real Madrid against Liverpool or Manchester City. Think more like Port Vale vs Exeter as an alternative in the early rounds – and even the excitement of the FA Cup is diminished by the ‘group’ stages. I should stop now! But why stop when on a rant!

Infantino gives Trump a peace prize so the C*** goes out and attacks Venezuela – I am sure they were threatening world peace! And has a rant against European Countries – which British Politicians with a few exceptions were too scared to respond too.

MAN OF PEACE

celebrates his FIFA award with an act of terrorism. Whilst tankers ply their trade with Russian oil and contraband against international law, with impunity, Venezuela seems to me on Trump’s hit list. Their offence – having a left wing leadership. I am not saying that Venezuela is a paragon of virtue – far from it, but in terms of evil I doubt that it is in the top 10 – but it does have the advantage of being militarily weak – ideal for a bully like the orange peril. The idiot was boasting that the tanker was one of the biggest in the world – with a crew of unarmed sailors. It appears that the boat may have visited Iran recently, thus breaching an embargo. However the raid appears to be targeted rather than a part of a co-ordinated attack on embargo breaching trade. This also follows armed attacks on Venezuelan boats – allegedly plying the drugs trade. This too seems to be an attack of a bully rather than a country enforcing world peace and stopping drugs. Whatever the facts – this has not made the world a safer place. This all begs the question “Has Trump lost it? If he ever had’it'”! Will Starmer call him out? Not a chance – having just stitched up the taxpayer ‘again’ with a deal that benefits ‘Big Pharma’, and failing to condemn DT’s rant about Europe, and then failing to develop strong ties with the EU.

We need another referendum on the EU – the last was obviously orchestrated to some degree by Russia and the right wing. We need Europe and Europe needs us! The rise of populism is not inevitable with a government that shows balls! 5 countries are now boycotting the Eurovision Song Contest – objecting to the genocide carried out by a non-European country! Oh to be Spanish, Dutch, Irish or even Polish! As for the world gurning champion – he has still not apologised for his racist comments as a teenager (does not apologising for being a racist twat as a young man – earn respect? Does not lying and saying sorry earn respect – No – he is a c**t.