Category: Politics

Chat with Andy this morning. We agreed 100% that the Labour government has been disappointing to say the least! Winter fuel payments and the farmers inheritance tax could both have been avoided with a little nous! They had at least 2 years in which to prepare for government – but have done nothing! Water company debacle was known about and yet the government is unprepared. They have also allowed themselves to be diverted into discussions about grooming!

Setting the agenda with the RWPress should not be difficult. People want, nay demand some radical policies to give optimism for the future. If Labour do not provide, then from a different angle Reform will! The Tories seem doomed with Badenoch – she appears witless whilst Jenrick is worse! Whilst I debate whether the only good Tory is a dead Tory, I do wonder what has happened to the sensible Conservative Party, the one which purported to propose that a bigger cake equalled more money for the poor?

All we have now is the pursuit of money. The RWP are unashamedly fixated on the USA and the orange man child. here again Lefties like me need to be careful – Trump cannot be wrong on everything, so we need to be discerning and selective.

On Europe the papers are trying to make the govt. tread carefully – but opinion polls show that the populist view is closer alignment (if they will have us). And Europe, at least western Europe needs us! The former Soviet dominated states are veering to the right – is our terminology wrong here? Was the USSR wrongly identified as being left wing when the reality was that it was a totalitarian dictatorship of the right. Marxist ideology was only applied when it suited the regimes.

I do not understand how Thames Water can pay dividends and bonus’ when it is in so much debt. Capitalism is supposed to weed out failing companies? I have some sympathy for the government not wishing to nationalise it when so many foreign companies and pension funds are invested – but they have had their chance to sell up! So nationalise.

Neoncotinoid poison is to be banned in the uk. A pesticide that protects sugar beet is extremely fatal to bees – “honey – it’s a no brainer”! But the NFU was against the ban!

Storm Eowin – more havoc predicted. At least we have the brilliant Met.Office to warn us, and even send out text messages. However I think that we are seeing more and stronger storms than in the past. For sure we have had bad events, but they are becoming regular. I guess our farmers are struggling to cope with the changes?

Trump – I fear that we have not seen the worst yet. I sort of get why Musk, and Co. want lower taxes to increase their profits – no wait a minute I FUCKING DO NOT! Why should these obscenely rich priveldged cunts receive more money?

Ok so Trump is in the White House, Labour are disappointing and it is January and cold.

So time for a ramble through my hopes for the future. Firstly (as this will not be a coherent list!) climate change. Deniers can fuck themselves not others! Changing the norms of society will be glacially slow anyway, so it is imperiative to start yesterday! Solar panels and heat pumps should be subsidised and made compulsory for all new builds and large buildings. Electric cars should be subsidised by the recycling of petrol driven ones. these are no brainers!

Society should move towards the longevity of things – quality over convenience. It now gets difficult as quality costs more! So to avoid penalising poverty we need a more equable society. I suppose it is inevitable that there are spongers and crooks amongst us, but that should not provide the justification for huge wage differences. I am now losing the plot! How can we encourage risk and productivity without penalising it? I need to think things through more before continuing! Education has to be a key element as does community/society.

Well another fucked up year is nearly over. Russia continues to bomb Ukraine and seems to have the upper hand. Israel bombs the fuck out of Gaza and seems to bomb other countries with impunity. Labour is finding government difficult; Water industry is a shambles; NHS in dire straights; education meandering; the environment suffering; Migration still a mess; EU negotiations fruitless.

Basically, having lost support the government needs to go for broke. Ignore the RW Press, reorganise the BBC and implement real change – like NOW. Borrow the money, tax the rich and block loopholes. Renationalise water and rail and the parts of the NHS privatised. Sort out the national grid and get wind turbines built using UK steel. Sort out political funding and introduce Levensme.

It seems that it was all a little bit too quick?

Russia may be finding the war in Ukraine stretching its resources too much; Iran may be suffering from the defeats of Hamas and Hezbollah; whilst Türkiye who have fought the Kurds for decades. seems to be the power broker in the region.

HTS is making a bid to be the de facto leadership post-Assad. How this will pan out will be interesting. Kurdish groups backed by USA hve large areas under control and are distrusted by Türkiye. The Islamist fighters will be hoping for a fundamentalist regime. Israel will have an influence by default. Russia has 2 large bases in the west of Syria which it will want to hold onto. HTS appears to be largely self-funded by oil and trade with Türkiye.

The west will be hoping to avoid the power vacuums that left Libya and Iraq in such dire straits that neither have recovered. Will Saudi Arabia or Qatar step into the vacuum? The joy at Assad’s departure maybe tempered by concerns for the future that the next few months will reveal.

Much has been said about the ridiculous anachronism used by President Biden to pardon his son unconditionally. This goes against all aspects of a democratic society. However we should not criticise too much when we have our own anachronisms. The departing P.P.’s honours list for s start! And then the state of land ownership in the UK where most is owned by a few a aristocrats. And the Royal Family itself. And the presidence given to pivately educated people throughout society. And the precidence given to men over women in all wals of life.

I find the Greg Wallace affair interesting! I am absolutely certain that it does not deserve to be on the front pages for a week though. I have conflicting views though! Perhaps that is why!

I wonder if fame and power addles the mind of men? I went 30 years as a teacher without behaving like him! However I was not rich and famous!

I do not have sympathy but wonder if I can understand. To become rich and famous I would assume that one needs a huge ego matched by massive confidence. He was also likely to have been surrounded by people massaging his inflated ego. The Programme was also one where innuendo and bantering were common place – even a requirement. He also has not been accused of anything other than comments – which were inappropriate and uncalled for. However it does seem that the media has a campaign against the BBC.

Yes it is correct that he should not be retained as a presenter, but I suspect that many more people are guilty of much worse! The last government was full of misogynists and bullies!

Public life and prominent celebrities should set an example – President Biden has just set a truly awful example in the USA which will be compounded, no doubt, by Trump.