Category: Politics

Brexit death threat oddballs

I see on the news that Anna Soubry has received death threats for daring to rebel against the government.

This ‘rebellion’ consisted of demanding that Parliament have a vote on any Brexit deal proposed.

The avowed purpose of Brexit was to restore sovereignty to the U.K. Parliament.

Anna Soubry voted to restore sovereignty to the U.K. Parliament in this matter.

Some mad Brexiteers have issued death threats.

So Brexiteers are in favour of Parliament being sovereign as long as it does what they want. Most politicians were Remainers, though they have spinelessly yielded to that stupid Referendum which spineless David Cameron did to appease the mad half of his party in case they defected to U.K.I.P. and the hypocrite Nigel Farage who has taken thousands of pounds in salary – with a fat pension to come – from an organization he despises.  The lies they told are becoming clearer every day and many of those who voted to leave did so because they didn’t like the government, not because of the issue itself.

And now we have the prospect of being in the single market, being in the customs union, being under the jurisdiction of the European courts for a while longer and having pretty much the same free movement of people as before. Oh yes, and we get to pay a fee too. I’m in favour of all that but it’s the same terms and conditions as being members but with no vote on anything.

Why don’t we just stay in?

I saw the ex-head of MI5 on Newsnight and he said the Europeans should be happy that we’re going as now they can go ahead with the European Superstate that we always blocked. I think he’s right about that and I think they will. Britain will be a poor little island in a world of superpowers dreaming of empires past.

Rule Britannia. God save Harry and Megan.

 

Amateurs do it for love

The word amateur is misunderstood nowadays to mean someone not very good. Amateur! It’s a term of contempt.

But the word derives from the Latin verb Amo – love. (Amo, amas, amat, amamis, amatis, amant is just about the only thing I remember from Latin class long ago). Whether they are amateur book reviewers like me, amateur writers (almost like me, I don’t earn much) or amateur footballers who turn out on the Downs every Sunday morning to play, they are doing it because they love it. In this age of declining mental health that can’t be a bad thing. Hurrah for the amateurs!

As to mental health, the government is spending more money on it but I think it’s a symptom and the cause is how our society works. Fix the society and the mental health might get better.

Finished nanowrimo

I bashed out another 700 words yesterday morning to qualify and so officially did NaNoWriMo and got my valuable winners certificate along with millions of others.

It was a useful exercise in discipline, sticking to a target. It definitely increases your productivity and that’s what Teresa May wants. Unfortunately, in most jobs you don’t get any extra money for increasing your productivity – the CEO gets another 15% pay rise instead – which is why most British workers don’t bother.