The more we know about the state of the NHS the more we realise that the Tories have basically destroyed it! privatised health care is the norm. My daughter has to wait 5 weeks for root canal treatment. So it is not just the privatisation of health but the undermining of it. Will Labour have the will or the means to conduct a complete overhaul. Private health facilities should pay for the honour of using NHS trained staff for a starters. I do not know enough to suggest more – so I will shut up!
Angela Rayner – the more the press pick on her the greater my admiration becomes! The Sun has had a pop at her for being in a nightclub where, apparently, cocaine and excasty were on sale. Presumably the person reporting this bought some to verify the legitamacy of the claim? And so fucking what! I doubt if there are many night clubs where drugs are not available. There was no allegation that Angela was taking drugs and I am sure she would be happy with a drugs test – how many Tories would throw a sickie if they knew a random test was to be carried out in Parliament! Well, those not already at home watching illegal porn! The same could be applied to reporters at the MSPress!
Water companies. Thames is in very dire straits and the answer is not overtly simple. Many foreign investors and even governments have invested in these companies with the assuarance that they are Government approved and therefore their bonds are ring fenced. Well sorry chaps, capitalism is full of not guaranteed profit, but also possible loss. Consumers who have no option (even those with no water supply or disposal are forced to pay. So again the government will have to find the big boys trousers and let it go bust and the foreign investors lose their money (and shareholders. and other bond holders). Will foreign investors be reluctant to invest in the UK because of this. I doubt it – they will still look for profitable investments. Thatcher really, really, screwed up this privatisation.
Was it the Telegraph this morning stating that the mega rich were leaving the country in case there were tax rises. Cool, get rid of the money grabbing traitors. If this is true the government should bring in legislation the annexation of property not lived in by the owners for at least 6 months a year, and at the same time ensure that there is no tax avoidance by those spending 6 months a year in the UK. If they wish to let it out as a tax avoidance measure hit them with corporation tax. I really missed my true vocation in life!
What else – Brazil is on verge of blocking twitter, and will not be the first country in the west to do so! A thought, does Trumps alternative employ people to stop pornography and drug dealing? I doubt it – he could be very liable! The guy is going steadily bonkers – his advisors have suggested that he justifies his incoherent ramblings as being extremely clever! He even used the classic no hopers argument of ‘ I met an English Professor who said I was the most intelligent person he had ever met”. My brother uses this argument all the time to justify his racism and ridiculous views (I met a black person who objected to giving the knee … scenario”. It is rather pathetic that they resort to the need for another to vindicate their ridiculous arguments. rant on this over!
Can Harris win? In the end it will come down to basic economics – how many Americans believe the bullshit from the rich? Just like the UK the poor working classes are encouraged to believe that it is the migrants that are taking their jobs (and in a country of migrants that is some con job!) and supressing wages. I neither understand, or wish to understand the American psychic and contradictions. Land of the free – executions – abortion ban – gun legislation. It has so many positives but like all western democracies remains beholden to the rich? Is Hollywood to blame for creating the myth (for most) of fame and fortune? Only complete idiots in the Uk would fall for the lies and weirdness of Trump. However Reform did get a few million votes, but my faith in this country as the best in the world remains strong – other countries lose out purely on weather criteria, not politics!
Sport – I apologise! I cannot get excited about the paraolympics. What they are doeing is amazing and warrants hero status. But it is not the best in the world competing! I object to the sports that require finance in the olympics – sailing, rowing, horses, tennis, golf, soccer, etc. there is not a level playing field available to all. The paraolympics are brilliant for physical ability, but the field is not level. Western countries provide for those with disabilities and now the BOCommitte fund athletes and competitors. Sorry, but Usain Bolt was the fastest bar none. Cram, Coe and Ovett and then Elliot raced as. the best.
Ok – enough – Millie is bubbling away – a bit more chilli today. Baguettes with chilli were ok, but a bit lame, so I might add some sun dried tomatoes and garlic? Tomatoes still providing slowly, Chillies looking good – I am staving them for a while! Mullberries still producing. Pickled onions – I have given away the first lot so need to make more. Strawberry jam the same! Also I am thinking about lemon curd – not sure my trees will produce for home grown, but hoping.
Thunderstorms seem to have missed us again! – I quite like the thunder and lightning – maybe I should move to LaketMaracaibo in Venezuela?