Just a few thoughts. Firstly always regard being old as a privilege rather than something to moan about, yes there are many inconveniences associated with old age, slower reactions, stiffness, bits of the body malfunctioning, but we have made it! Despite the self abuse and risk taking of our youthful years and beyond we made it! Are we wiser? Probably not – politicans tend to be older, and some of them are right ejits – Trump is a prime example of someone who is old and thinks it makes them clever (the evidence, your honour, shows this to be a no brainer, literally). For my generation, the situation has been wonderful for many of us, I got a grant to go to uni, a job basically for life, free health care and for a long time free dentistry, cheap public transport before Thatcher, the 1960’s/1970’s, and now a pension that is more than adequate. TBH what is there to moan about? A dodgy knee and deafness in one ear, meneires disease, Yes there have been hiccups on the way – but we made it!
The press is resorting to laziness – complaining about the early release of prisoners, despite and ignoring the fact, that the last Government caused this crisis by not building new prisons, increasing jail times and cutting the Probation Service.
Capitalism without a human face is crap! The big 4 banks in the UK have reported profits of £29.2 billion in the last 6 months – how? Well to my ignorant eye there seems to be 2 ways 1. do not pay depositors a fair return on investments; or 2. charge companies and individuals extortionate rates for overdrafts/loans. Maybe they have also overcharged on fees for acquisitions. Then the top oil companies have been creaming it – $90 billion in last 3 months – created by the mystery created by Trump and Israels war with Iran and Lebanon. But the RWPress continue to harp on about the small boats (is it because the thick punter can understand the plight of 100 people on a small boat but are too thick to acknowledge the $/£ billions made by the rich. Palantir which has £670 mill in government contracts paid just £2mill in tax, and they have access to your medical records!
Farmers and landowners have called for a ban of disposable bbq’s, I thought they were banned, but a small design change and they are now reusable bbq’s . And should be banned, with a class legal action against all those who sell them, maybe the law should be changed to make anyone who sells them responsible in part for damages and prosequestion for manslaughter.