Sunday, 18 June 2017

This week.

The fire and deaths in the Grenfell tower block are unspeakable, if it turns out to be profit over safety, what kind of comment on unfettered capatilism? What profiteer will spend money they're not forced to? Whatever the cause it's the poorest and most vulnerable who are the victims, this wouldn't happen in a multi-storey luxury apartment block. In a quite disgusting aside, 2013 Mr Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson told a rival political an to ‘get stuffed’ when quizzed of the slashing of the fire service budget in London when he was mayor.



Mrs May and Mr Corbyn visited the tragedy site, the difference in approach seemed telling. Corbyn put his arms around someone, a real person, May stood woodenly in the centre of selected emergency staff, flanked by their bosses, I hope she's not that crass, but I'm sure she's that awkward.

Oh dear now she's even worse, been told to get out and meet people, seems incapable, since then there has been a meeting organised at 10 Downing Street in order for residents to state their cases. Two rags masquerading as newspapers one blamed the EU, the Sun was reported to have impersonated a relative to try to speak to one of the casualties in hospital, which they have since denied, there however a track record.
Two soldiers killed in a tank accident at Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire Wales, shell blew up inside the tank, a terrible tragedy for their families, they were just doing their jobs. Does bring me back to a social thought, the wasteful death of these soldiers in a machine, the money spent on which could better spent of safe accommodation/homes for the vulnerable and forgotten.

https://www.thecanary.co/2017/06/13/theresa-may-hoping-nobody-see-northern-ireland-document-written-cabinet-minister/

The above is of course taken from a socialist publication, but Mr Gove has not denied anything. The British government will always side with their natural colonial allies.
To sum up the 6 counties, from my point of view. A quick anecdote, for father’s day, my late dad moved from Ireland in the 1950’s from Waterford, Eire, met my mum, from Donegal, Eire in London and the rest as they say is history. My parents moved to S Wales to live and work, my, dad built a decent business, became part of the establishment, even joined, with my uncle, the TA, army reserve. He got to know many people in this part of the world, as a staunch Catholic his (and my mum’s) politics were very conservative. His circle here in the U.K. included many he would never have known back in Ireland. Many were Protestant clergymen. Every summer we would go back to Donegal, one time my grandfather’s favourite chair had broken and my dad was to fix it for him, one of my dad’s clergymen contacts here in the UK had a relation in Belfast who could supply the part needed to fix said chair. Off dad went to Belfast city, met up with the supplier, spoke about their mutual friends, my dad spoke about the TA, was saying all the right things, supplier found the part for the chair tucked away, was pleased to be able to help a mutual friend. Dad then set about paying, at a good discount too. He opened his overcoat to get his wallet, revealing a small pin with a very recognisable Catholic emblem- a sacred heart- a sign of the temperance Pioneer movement, he had signed the pledge never to drink alcohol, supplier saw the pin and sent my dad packing, he would not then serve him. Now my dad because of his religion, where he lived and how he lived, had no reason to indoctrinate me in anything other than Catholicism, certainly not antiestablishmentism, he read the Daily Express, voted Conservative, hated Communism to the extent of seeing facist Spain as sort of OK because it was Catholic, but he still told me this account. I know it's true because it rings true and it is also a reflection of the fear Northern Unionists held of Catholics, Ireland and the Pope in Rome, which Gove distilled in his tome.

Tim Farron resigned as leader of the Liberal Democrat party, he's an evangelical Christian, faced inquisition over his personal beliefs, found including compatibility with these and being a political party leader, to qualify that a liberal values political party, it is a boon if you’re a Republican in the USA, or Democratic Unionist in the 6 counties.

Finally for this week
Meadows are disappearing 7.5 million acres already, why can't human beings disappear.

http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife/habitats/lowland-meadows




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