The Jam Jam

So three 15 year old boys raped 2 14 year old. girls and film themselves laughing and joking as they do so. Where are the riots and ‘keep our women safe’ protests? Obviously the childrens identities are being withheld – but we can guess that they are white or someone would have triggered race riots. The boys have not received custodial sentences. this is probably ok as prison would just radicalise them even more in their misogynisticism (is that a word?). But can we have a reeducation punishment/training. I also wonder about the boys parents – they have obviously done a shit job – should they be punished/reeducated

Sadiq Khan stands out as a politican of principal in blocking the Met.Police deal with Palantir. A £50 million deal with a company whose CEO implied some cultures were inferior. But regardless of their Israeli supporting stance – why is it that we do not have the ability to support the development of computer experts to do the job?

Single sex toilets must exclude transgender people. I understand this, but not the furore over it! I would ask a dfifferent question – why do we have single sex toilets at all? Public toilets are fast disappearing anyway. Is there a problem with transgender people in toilets? Women I know say they regularly used mens toilets in nightclubs when the queue for the Ladies was too long! Is this another thing the media can get women upset about – ask any woman when was the last time they used a public toilet, or even a toilet in a store or restaurant! And controversially, why is there not a campaign about gay men using urinals where they can see other mens dicks!

274 climbers reached the top of Everest yesterday. Climbing Mount Everest costs between $40,000 and over $300,000, with the average expedition running around $61,267. This total covers permits, logistics, guides, and gear. The massive price discrepancy depends primarily on the level of support and luxury you choose. Too many over rich people? Whe even has a spare $40000? Should the mountain be given dignity and left alone but for those will to test their skill and endurance?

Israeli continues to breach international law by intercepting and aid flotilla in international waters, and then humiliate and basically torture its members. And Starmer and other politicians are … silent! Fuck Israel – I will not buy anything that has been near the contaminated land!

I am passionate about the need to take action regarding climate change – but tadays headlines in the Guardian were sensationalist and possibly counter productive. The oil companies and big business and for some strange reason the right wing idiots are all climate deniers. So whilst the use of statistics maybe justified if predictions are even marginally out it will be lapped up. Headlines referring to 2050 may be prudent and sensible, but populist propaganda is not, most of the ardent supporters of Reform will be dead by then! Worst case scenarios are pointless when knuckle draggers welcome Med style summer temperatures. Will water companies, still driven by profit, be prepared – no new reservoirs for how long?

The Climate Change Committee also reported that flooding would increase (especially with nonsensicle planning approvals) with more intense storms and higher river flow (beavers and rewriggling will not be enough) and sea level rising. Conversely drought will become more common. Wild fires would increase and food production would be disrupted. So totally gloom and doom! I am a believer in Ester Boserup’s theory; population growth acts as the primary driver for agricultural innovation. Adapting this climate change will see farmers and consumers adapting to change. Will fizzy wine (champagne) become more common whilst meat becomes a luxury (if it is not already)? The old – middle aged today will lament the change but it will happen. Back to Ester – world population growth, has trebled in my life time, and even with growth rates falling it will continue to expand. This means more space for humans and less space for the ecosystems that underwrite our survival. Fuck it – I went down another negative theme!

So all Hail Elon Musk and fellow bros – they will save humanity! Or like Stark by Ben Elton they will fuck of to another planet and leave the suckers who supported them to die!

Again filling the front pages with excitable bollox. Why would the EU want the UK to rejoin when a major party has grown due to its distatste for the EU (Reform and with the Tories rump still a sizeable percentage of the electorate). Yes the British economy is 5th in the world ranked by GDP, but the EU will not be rushing to allow the UK to rejoin as it has bigger problems at the moment – namely the Russian threat, Trumps instability, and the growth of right wing populism. So maybe a Starmer’ish approach of little by little would be better.?

Ebola – a very nasty disease and the WHO have declared an emergency. Should we be bothered? Well over 200.000 international visitors travel from Congo every year – so it would not be impossible for it to spread? In our interconnected world nowadays we need organisations like the WHO to keep us safe! And Trump has cut funding to zero – bastard! The disease has already had 2 victims in neighbouring Uganda – cuts to aid by the US has reduced early warning systems and possibly enabled the spread of the disease.

An article in the paper today talked about food poverty in the countryside. Yes food in the local shop is expensive and not organic -But did these people learn nothing in school about healthy diets – being a single mother does not have a prerequisite that their children should live on fast food and takeaways. They are often living with gardens – plant some seeds then! And then cook fresh veg – even if more expensive than Aldi or Lidl – it is still cheaper and healthier than preprepared crap. So I have no sympathy for those who cannot be bothered to peel a few veg, a chunk of mincemeat and some pasta/potatoes/rice.

The present mob are in disarray. Elected with a massive majority just in June 2024, they are now fighting each other. Wes Streeting is unlikely to be an MP at the next election – let alone PM. And as for the rest I agree with Jonathan Pie. I too like Angela Rayner but do not wish her to be crucified on the Daily Mail alter of pseudo rightshness (how do you spell that!). No Labour are probably stuck with Starmer – they just need to role out some radical policies. Nationalise the bastard water companies and threaten the same for any energy company that uses the Iran/Trump crisis to profit. Kick private companies out of the NHS, cut student fees, impose rent limits, free bus services in rural areas, increase tax on millionaires (whether via property of earnings – preferably the former). Yes the press would have heart attacks and hernias, but the public would be proud! Stop the phoney Israel love scene and condemn the bastards, along with muslim regimes that incarcerate citizens and murder them. I want to be proud of a multi-cultural Britain.

The BBC have uncovered schemes to fund small boats and trafficking organisations. They are able to launder money through UK banks. Excuse me for being totally fucking ignorant – but why do we have a police force? Surely it should not be up to BBC reporters to go undercover, or are the police to busy dealing with right wing bigots terrorising their families? Or funding themselves by placing speed traps in harmless places? I have often thought the same regarding drugs – if it is easy for a young teen to get drugs it cannot e that difficult to catch the dealers – unless of course they are big male businessmen! Whilst politicians of all parties receive money from Israeli supported groups and other billionaires – should we feel sorry for the shoplifter? I have never been a shoplifter myself although I will admit to finding something under my bags when loading the car – I did not go back into the store to pay for it! Maybe the police are too anglo-saxon and white to be able to infiltrate ad expose these people traffickers? We should have no sympathy for these people who exploit others – but the question of deportation or imprisonment is not one with an easy answer.

The gutter press is in a panic as they see allth econtenders to be next PM supporting the idea of rejoining – a fact supported by the majority of voters in the UK. Brexit was a blatent plot funded by dodgy dealings and has been a disaster on every front. Andy Burnham will possibly lose a byelection in Wigan and there is no one else with the support of the membership and unions. The flag shaggers will probably defeat him – they have unlimited funds supplied by billionaires and foreign powers determined to undermine our democracy which may be wilting under the challenge. I fervently believe that only 20% of Britons are racist, and most of them are over 50! Add in 10% who are just stupid or gullible and the 30% vote for Reform is containable. Another 30% are left wing and support Labour and the Greens (of whom 10% are natural green votersand probably 20% traditional Labour voters.). Another 30% are broadly centre -right, of whom 20% are traditional Tories. That leaves 10% which are SNP or Plaid Cymru and have a greater influence in their respective areas. Why would anyone with a functioning brain cell (and I mean singular here) want to travel to London to support a misogynist, racist bigot – and then hide behind the flag of patriotism. Some peopple are so fucking stupid they should not be allowed to walk the streets without warning signs!

Well that was a rant from no where! I looked at the papers and could not see much of interest! Garden is more interesting. Herbs and roses are all doing well. I am hoping that chicory and evening primrose will appear somewhere soon – they self seed.

Ah – a topic for discussion! Sporting millionaires – Sir David Beckham and Victoria have become billionaires. Fair play to them – but should anyone become a billionaire? Yes we enjoy their talent, as we do with pop stars and film stars – but are they really worth that much? In my opinion no one is worth that much – not Elon Musk or other tecbros, not pseudo industrialists who fuck up the planet or purveyors of luxury brands. Their towers will crumble and the world will rejoice again that small is beautiful.