With monsoon like rain teeming down I was forced, last night, to walk miles in the rain to attend, under compulsion, the St Paul's men's meeting 'SPAM.' This spiritual gathering, in the Liberal Club, occurs every month, it is a crime to miss it. Having no wish to be forced to sit on the 'Cutty stool' and be preached at by the prelate for an hour concerning my sin of not obeying I attended, in spite of the rain coming in through the holes in my worn out shoes.
As the gathering progressed we discussed the NHS, the Great War, painting and decorating according to the wife's instructions, the Holocaust, the use of metres rather than feet and inches, all the while attended cheerfully by the
These rich men, 40 years of paying into a pension has paid dividends for some! My £10 a week from the NHS pails into significance besides them. This also enabled them to ensure a wife was given driving lessons so she could collect them after the meeting had ended, the end coming when one wife arrived and threw us out, thereby proving her worth and his displeasure.
I sloshed my way home in the dark, fumbled my way upstairs and collapsed in a warm spiritual contentment.
While the media concentrates on Trump's latest farce, the Turks invading Kurdistan, less attention is given to the Spanish 'Franco like' approach to Catalan independence. The English media play this down implying the Spanish are doing the correct thing, indicating their willingness to do the same to Scotland, and even worse is the lack of criticism of this disgraceful jailing of Catalan politicians who dared to separate from Madrid.
While the EU leaders are quick to condemn the Turks under their somewhat desperate leader Erdogan, they have said nothing regarding the Spanish inquisition. One Scots MEP spoke in the European Parliament but nothing has come of that as far as I can see. Riots followed the 13 year sentence handed down by the Spanish 'Judge Jefferies' and I suspect these may continue for a while. It may indeed be a proper referendum next time, and where will Spain be then? Sensitive political handling is required, Spain has not offered much inclination that that in recent years. Fear of the nation splitting, Franco's memory and the division that leaves, short sighted politicians all combine to offer an unstable future which ham fisted handling will not ease.
Bumbling Boris has been told to fix things by midnight tonight. The question is, who will he sell out to get himself an agreement - if he gets an agreement? Does he care, will it happen, will it go on....?
At last the Met is doing its job. The children and fantasists are being removed from the streets, roads are being opened, and London returns to its normal terribleness. What has been achieved?
Nothing!
Police costs have mounted, vast number on overtime and all to be paid.
Crime risen around London and probably much of that not reported as there is no-one to report it to, they are all in central London confronting men dressed as Brussel sprouts!
Streets blocked and much hindrance to daily traffic, many small businesses losing money.
And the environment effect?
None.
Planes still fly, taking the celeb protesters home.
China still builds faulty Nuclear power stations and faultier cola fired ones.
India does no stop kicking Muslims and Christian around to turn of their smoking power stations.
Trump continues...well that's a big environmental health risk!
The USA continues to allow polluters to buy Presidents and candidates.
So what has the protest movement achieved?
Nothing.
There is a grown up way to protest, this was not it.
Lock them all up!
4 comments:
And now the Spanish government have issued a European arrest warrant for Puigdemont....
Fly, After those sentences I suspect Belgian judges will be even less interested in returning him.
The Belgian here certainly hopes so...
Fly, Leo is a great man! But I suspect he knows this...?
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