Poetry – Politics Kills

Politics Kills

Each pronouncement from the chamber augers life and death.

Some are cast upon the stony ground to wither

While others are raised to the heights.

For politics kills.

As the politicians play their games of intrigue and power

Setting traps and playing tricks

In order to win

In the battle of wills.

Outside in the real world where desperation drives action

And minds cannot find a way out

From the pressure,

Politics kills.

Opher – 1.11.2019

Whether it is war or social services, the decisions made kill people.

Ten years of Tory austerity has blighted millions of lives. The food banks, homeless and zero hours trap is testimony to that.

Politics kills.

The Corona Diaries – Day 673

It’s been a strange day in the aftermath of Christmas. A lull before New Year.

I’ve been working on my study, sorting out shelves, CDs and posters. It’s getting there!!

The weather has turned milder. We went for a walk up my hill this afternoon. The low afternoon sun broke through to bathe the fields with bright orange light so they glowed bright green. A copse of skeleton trees was caught in the glow against a backdrop of heavy purple clouds. It looked amazing. I just wished I had my camera. Warmed the spirit!!

Meanwhile, out in Coronaland our lying clown’s popularity is diving to unprecedented levels and the Tories are falling well behind. Our scarecrow is going for a populist mode of operation and ignoring the science. He is hoping that people will like the fact that he’s not bringing in more restrictions despite what Wales, Ireland and Scotland are all doing and what the scientists are asking for.

If it wins votes ignore the science – while saying, of course, that you are following the science.

That’s been the whole policy throughout – lie!! Ignore, shut down too late, open up too early, ignore the experts, then claim you are following the science. What a bunch of tossers!!

So, enjoy your Christmas get-togethers and New Year’s parties. We’ll no doubt pick up the tab further down the line. I’ve certainly been limiting my contacts. But then I’m a biologist. I understand what’s going on.

Yesterday there were either 98,515 new cases or 319,000 new cases (probably a lot more than that) depending what site you are looking at. I had to do a double-take on the 319,000. That surely can’t be right can it?? If it is then we are in big trouble.

The hospital cases increased by 500 but there is a lag between catching it and becoming very ill. Give it a week and we’ll see the effects of Christmas. Give it another week and we’ll see the effects of New Year.

Johnson’s populist policies are going to kill a lot of people!! Christmas Day had another record!!!

In the USA the death toll crossed 800,000 – heading for a million – in the pandemic that some idiots think isn’t real. How many hundreds of thousands have Trump and the Republican idiots killed now??

Give me science over internet crackpots and self-serving politicians any day!!

America is heading back to the Dark Ages!!

Stay Safe – We’re not far behind!!

Poetry – Welcoming Trump

Welcoming Trump

Let’s welcome the delights of Trump!

I love chlorine

And global warming’s a joke!

Who needs workers’ rights

Collaboration or partnership??

Let’s just go for broke!!

There’s big money to be made

If we can only convince the fools

And give ‘em a poke!

We’ll have zero hours

No environmental laws

And control of working folk!

Opher – 22.10.2019

You can guarantee that it’s all about the money. Some people, like Rees-Mogg, are going to make a killing.

Poetry – Broken

Broken

Broken politics

Broken nation

Broken people

By the station

How did we get to this situation?

Broken Politicians

Broken game

Broken everything

Such a shame

Whole country’s up in flame?

Broken partnership

Broken collaboration

Broken morals

Endless flagellation

Everything in disintegration.

Opher – 22.10.2019

Just three years ago it was all going so nicely. We had nearly eradicated racism. Fascism was just an ugly word from an ugly time long ago. The country was prosperous. We had great partnerships and collaboration. We were defeating ISIS and virtually eradicated Muslim fundamentalism. All we had to do was solve the mass migration crisis.

Then Cameron decided he wanted to get re-elected and offered the referendum in order to pacify the nationalist lunatics (who are now running the country).

Now it is all broken!

The Corona Diaries – Day 369

Another dull and dreary day in Yorkshire. I don’t much like dull and dreary. I’ve been indoors putting up shelves and sorting CDs. Quite enjoyable. I’ve been playing a range of music while I worked today. Now that the solstice is out of the way I’m looking forward to the days drawing out (though I’m not looking forward to the cold of January and February).

Meanwhile, out in Coronaland our feckless tramp of a prime minister sends out a Christmas message that stinks of hypocrisy. He talks about the grieving families his policies have created and tells everyone that a jab is the best gift! Well it might be but all he is interested in is his popularity. He thinks that keeping everything open and innoculating everyone will win him popularity.

I think that train has left the station.

Here’s what the New Statesman said:

‘There is much one can criticise Boris Johnson for as Prime Minister. He has little knowledge or interest in policy detail; he cannot build a strong team; he lacks a strategic vision; he refuses to grapple with reality and make hard choices; his inherent optimism leads to excessive risk-taking; he is too ill-disciplined to stick to rules; and he has a cavalier attitude to the truth. To name but a few. ‘

He’s desperately hoping that Christmas will provide respite that will make people forgive or forget. I reckon not. Once the darts and football fans get on your case I reckon it’s over.

But the problem isn’t really Johnson, useless as he is, it’s the whole bunch of extreme rabid nutcases making up the right-wing of the Tory Party. They are complete imbeciles and they, thanks to Brexit, are running the show.

Getting rid of the clown isn’t going to solve the problem. They’ll just shove another puppet into place and carry on profiteering. Politics is a big money-making racket for them.

Let’s hope that in the New Year we find a way of dumping the lot of them!!

As we hit Christmas we also hit another record with 119,789 more cases of Covid recorded yesterday along with 147 deaths. That’s a lot of covid.

I’m hearing of lots of covid cases among family and friends. The most there has ever been. This is fierce!!

Just think, as all those people travel around the country meeting up with friends and relatives – we could be in for a bumper year!!

The other news is that we might need another jab in 10 weeks time!! Looks like a repeating cycle of jabs. But at least the Omicron looks to be less of a risk – though with such a huge number the hospitalisations are rising – up to 1004 yesterday!!

I’m not sure that Boris was in much of a party mood this Christmas. Good. He had his parties last year. Now the chickens come home to roost!!

Stay safe!! Merry Christmas!!

The Corona Diaries – Day 368

It’s still cold and wet here in Yorkshire so I set about carpentry!! I never was much good at carpentry but I’m getting better. It’s all about attention to detail and being precise. I think that in the past I’ve tended to rush things! So, I’m building another set of shelves for CDs. I’ve bought the wood, the screws and brackets. What can possibly go wrong??

We’ll see.

Meanwhile, out in Coronaland I’m watching with some glee as the Tory Party descend into the cesspit of their own making. Johnson’s personal ratings are dire! That’s what happens when you’re a celebrity and you are found to be a lying rat. Boris is now synonymous with sleaze and lies. Makes me laugh when I hear them chanting in the world darts championship – ‘STAND UP IF YOU HATE BORIS’. They are even chanting in football stadia ‘Boris is a C**T!’

That’s some turnaround. These are the people who elected him; who thought he was a funny guy. They now think he’s a lying sleazebag. Rightly so. He is.

Of course, as we’ve seen throughout his time, Johnson is nowhere to be seen. He’s keeping his head down in the hopes that it will all blow over. It has in the past. I’m not sure it will this time though. I think his bubble has burst. People have seen through him – empty promises, loudmouth crap, slogans and headlines – no substance, no idea.

I wonder if he gave Carrie an injection or two to induce labour so he had an excuse to keep out of the limelight?? Ha Ha!! Wouldn’t surprise me. He’d do anything to cling on to power.

He certainly isn’t a leader. We don’t see him out there setting examples, leading from the front. It’s all bluster and soundbites. A party-loving, vacuous nincompoop. He can’t speak without an autocue – a bumbling fool – Peppa Pig’s got more about her!!

He thinks that by tousling his hair he can appeal to the Labour voters and be down with the people. He’s just a twat. When you see him with other world leaders he looks like a shambling wreck with as much clout and decorum as a scarecrow washed adrift in a sewage farm.

The whole world is either laughing or aghast. They see the decline of a once important country. He symbolises decay. This is what we have become – from Churchill (The scum that he was) to Worzel Gummidge.

Like Trump and Bolsonaro, I think the world has had enough of these populist, extreme right-wing twats. It’s time we went back to some compassion and care and sorted problems out instead of creating them.

Above all we want fairness and competence.

With Johnson, Trump, Bolsonaro and the rest, we get a diet of nonstop lies, fake news, conspiracy, division and incompetence.

According to these twats there is no global warming, no environmental catastrophe, scientists and experts are useless and covid is a conspiracy.

I think that if there is one thing that has come out of all this it’s that science and experts know what they are doing and Johnson and Trump haven’t got a clue!!

So, yesterday there were 119,789 new cases (though the official site says a lot less) with 147 more deaths. Another record!! The real figure could be a lot higher as many people are not testing and a lot are asymptomatic.

Should we be worried??

I’m not. Being triple vaccinated should give me immunity.

This is the highest it’s ever been but never-the-less I’m beginning to see a glimmer of hope. We could be out of this soon.

We have new antiviral pills appearing. We have new vaccines that are effective against all variants. The Omicron variant looks, from early analysis, as if it’s 50% less nasty. It spreads quick but doesn’t make you as ill.

If the Omicron provides immunity for other variants we could be in a game-changer.

However, in the short-term we still might have a crisis – a tiny percentage of a very large number is still a lot of people. The NHS could still be in trouble.

Time will tell.

Stay safe!! We might be allowed out to play soon!!

Always get a straight answer from a politician – definition of a party.

Definition 1 – a social gathering of invited guests, typically involving eating, drinking, and entertainment.

Definition 2 – a formally constituted political group that contests elections and attempts to form or take part in a government.

If you get both definitions combined during a strict lockdown – that’s the definition of a crime!!

The Corona Diaries – Day 367

Back home again!! We’ve been over to the other side of the country to visit with our oldest son wife and grandchildren! It was a kind of early Christmas. We’re not having everyone over for Christmas so we are seeing all the kids separately. Seems to work and feels a bit safer. Even though we are triple vaxxed we are not taking too many chances. It’s all about weighing up the risks.

Meanwhile, out in Coronaland, Johnson is keeping his head down (paternity leave and Christmas proves very useful!). He’s hoping that if he keeps quiet then all the problems simply go away. It’s been a highly successful tactic of his. The Tory theory is that we are all fools with short memories and his charismatic, cheeky image will see him through.

It obviously works with the ‘I Like Boris’ brigade of halfwits. I do get the distinct impression that they are beginning to see through him and have realised that behind that tousled hair and soundbites there is a devious, cynical chancer who is taking them for a ride.

No surprise to me. He’s always been a prize twat. It wouldn’t be so bad if he wasn’t so absolutely useless with it – all soundbites and empty promises at best – nasty lies and scheming arrogance.

So yesterday there were 106,122 new cases with 172 deaths. The Omicron cases rose by 13,106 to 69,147.

The unvaccinated are filling the hospitals. Silly fools.

Everywhere is locking down but it’s party time in England!! Is that just so the Tories can have their parties without castigation??

Self-isolation is being brought down from 10 days to 7 days.

The death rate going up is not good but it seems that the Omicron is not as nasty as the Delta, but only a little bit better!!

The right-wing ERG are dictating policy now. Johnson is emasculated and they have no opposition…….. yet. It’s every person for themselves. Money comes first!!

We’ll how it all goes!!!

The good news is that there is another vaccine on the horizon that threatens to provide immunity against all variants and SARS. That sounds great!!

Long live vaccination!! Here’s to science!! (Sure beats all those conspiracists on the web – the flat-earthers, biblical nutters and fourteen-year-old fake newsers). Long live science, rationality and common sense!!

Stay safe!!

The Tories said we could have our cake and eat it – now they are stuffed and voters are hungry.

Rafael Behr

This article in the Guardian sums up the whole mess created by Boris Johnson and his band of Rabid ERG nutcases.

These profiteering chancers, with their racist/xenophobic nationalism, have been bleeding the country dry, lying through their teeth, promising the earth, delivering nothing and walking off with the loot.

Apart from being seriously demented they have been cynically devious. In order to get their crackpot agenda through they ousted anybody who disagreed – the rational Tories were kicked out (Rory Stewart, Ken Clarke, Heseltine, Hammond etc) or side-lined, opposition, such as the BBC, was loaded with xenophobic Tories or ostracised, and they set about pouring out propaganda and falsehoods through their media channels. All the problems created by their extreme policies (Covid deaths, damaged economy, Fishing, Agriculture, HGV, NHS, Education, Northern Ireland, empty shelves, red-tape, tariffs, energy costs, Care sector, Petrol price increases, cost of living……) was all due to ‘global forces’, The EU being awkward, Russia, China, antibrexiteers, lefties, Covid.

The reality is that they and their cronies are making a mint out of the situation.

Most of these problems are the direct result of their lousy policies!

They have run down public services and then complain that nurses, doctors, teachers and carers are not performing.

They run down the Care System and then complain that the system is broke.

They look at rising crime, backlogs in the courts and pretend it’s nothing to do with cuts to police, cuts to youth services and cuts to education.

For twelve years they have imposed austerity on the poor, cut education, health, police, armed forces, council funding, libraries, youth services and throw their hands up in the air when society starts breaking down.

They deliberately create the hardest Brexit possible and blame the EU when it doesn’t work.

They impose a hostile environment driving out doctors, nurses, HGV drivers, teachers, carers, caterers and the like and wonder why everything starts to collapse.

Meanwhile, they are raking in millions through investments, lobbying and second jobs.

Their lies and promises have come to nothing. People are beginning to see them as the profiteering pigs they have always been.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/dec/22/tories-cake-stuffed-boris-johnson-covid-restrictions-freedom

The Two-Faced liar. Whiny and Cheesy.

The hybrid of a clown, scarecrow and Billy Bunter continues to rule. I can’t believe anybody believed a word he said!

He’s lied about Brexit with its sunny uplands.

He’s lied about Covid with its world-beating track and trace.

He’s lied about wallpaper, parties, donors, the NHS, Care……………

When he doesn’t like something he simply ignores the rules and laws and does what he wants. That includes breaking international laws and lying to the Queen and the people.

He says the first thing that comes into his head.

He’s been overseeing the sleaziest government we’ve ever had.

Every time he’s caught out he looks around for a scapegoat!