Politics

It felt quite warm today as I walked up my hill in the Yorkshire sunshine. A westerly breeze drifted past, the leaves were mushy brown slush under my feet but the sun felt quite warm on my face. Not much to see – the odd crow, seagull and blackbird clucking.

We’re heading for the shortest day – the winter solstice. A week to go – then the days start drawing out (even though we’ve got the cold days of winter to contend with.

Meanwhile, out in Coronaland, our clown is tumbling in the polls and looking toward the winter recess to allow people to forget. I’m not sure it’ll work. Can you put a bubble back together once it’s burst?? He’s now got a reputation for lies, incompetence and being disingenuous. All his big promises are seen to be empty bluster. The man’s a chancer. Big rebellion among backbenchers and a by-election to get through. He’s in for a rough ride. Already the letters are going in and the knives are out. If they lose the by-election I reckon he’ll be gone. He’s looking more of a shambles every day.

We’ll see.

So who is lined up?? I’d love to see Rees-Mogg in power. That would be the end of the Tory Party altogether. Same with that moron Liz Truss. But it’ll probably go to Rishi Sunak. They are lining him up and he’s a ‘man of the people’. The British public know their place. They will vote for a billionaire to represent them. He understands them – knows all about poverty – after all – he’s created enough!

Aaaah!!! Democracy!! Who would believe that it would be so easy to get the people to vote for their masters!!

So, yesterday according to the government site it was 53,953 new cases with another 38 deaths. According to The Guardian it was 59,610 new cases with 150 deaths. Quite a big difference.

But surely the government wouldn’t lie to us????

In Parlaiment they are discussing restrictions to deal with the rising cases and the Omicron variant. Who would have believed that a pandemic could create such politicisation!

Snootysnotforbrains from Barkingmadshire says he is refusing to wash his hands on principle. Washing is an invasion of his rights. He doesn’t need to. You can’t trust experts. Nobody in his family have washed their hands for centuries and it’s never done them any harm – apart from the odd case of food poisoning, botulism, anthrax, salmonella, diphtheria, cholera and plague – but you can pick that stuff up from any source!!

Lord Lonelybraincell from Roundthetwist says that the only mask he needs is the visor on his suit of armour. Besides, thinning out the peasants is a perfectly good idea. That’s why we have wars. In the absence of wars, a virus will do!

In the meantime, I will ignore what they all say, use my biological knowledge, avoid meeting indoors, wear a mask if I have to go in shops, wash my hands and distance myself from other people until such time as this pandemic is over. I will avail myself of every vaccination going and use science to guide what I do rather than stupid people on the internet or politicians trying to get votes.

I have allergies!!!

I am allergic to ventilators and hospitals and I’m none too keen on becoming extremely ill or dying!!

Stay safe!! The clown has had his day – it’s time to clean up the mess he’s left!!

Loads warmer today!! This morning I was up in Teeside with my daughter, walking in the park. We ate in a restaurant. It was an early Christmas visit!! Who know3s what the next month holds??

Meanwhile, out in Coronaland at last the teflon is wearing thin and our clown is covered in manure and it’s not sliding off.

I think there has been one too many gates!! We’ve had Brexitgate, Irishbordergate, Fishinggate, Farmergate, Bordergate, Afghanistangate, Wallpapergate, Cronygate, Covidgate, Powergate, Petrolgate, HGVgate, Lyinggate, Torydonorgate, Secondjobgate, Revolvingdoorgate, Peeragegate, Socialcaregate, Lawbreakinggate, Taxgate and Partygate. I’ve probably missed quite a few!!

Brexit – a bunch of nationalists lied about how great it was all going to be!! It is becoming apparent that it was a complete disaster.

He lied about the Irish border.

He lied about the fishing and farming. Fishermen are going out of business. The loss of labour has meant crops rotting in fields and soaring prices.

He lied about keeping our borders secure and taking back control.

Covid mismanagement with one of the worst death-rates and hardest hit economy.

He made a complete ballsup of getting our Afghan helpers out.

He lied about the massive rises in power.

He lied about the huge increases in petrol. Brexit was going to make it cheaper!

He lied about the Tory donors paying for his refurbishment.

He lied about tariffs and HGV drivers – putting costs up and shortages on shelves.

He lied about cash for questions, lobbying and peerages for donors.

He lied about the revolving door and massive salaries for lobbying and disclosing secrets.

He lied about plans for Social Care and then taxed the poor.

He broke international law, law of the land and parliamentary rules.

He lied about not putting up taxes.

We’re meant to be basking in the sunny uplands with free tariff-free trade and no red-tape, secure borders and £350 million aq week for the NHS!!

What we’ve got is tariffs, queues, extra costs, slow delivery, rising prices, shortages, delays and massive job losses. Not quite what were promised. Where are all these wonderful lucrative trade deals?? Nowhere to be seen.

Now we have parties taking place during lockdown in his own house that he doesn’t know about.

Hasn’t this clown and his ‘gathering’ of extremists caused enough damage? They’ve certainly put billions into the pockets of their chums – and themselves. How much has Rees-Mogg made out of Covid and Brexit (to the nearest million)??

The saga of incompetence continues as our clown addresses the nation to tell us that the ‘irreversible’ is to be reversed! What a plonker!!

So yesterday there were another 54,073 new cases with 132 deaths!! Not looking good!!

Omicron is starting to go mad with another 1239 new cases.

Our Track and Trace is performing as usual. Obviously needs another £37 billion!!

As if the virus isn’t bad enough we have the prospect of our clown addressing us. No doubt he will tell us not to party!! To wear facemasks!! To socially distance!!

We will be regaled with a belated Plan B. Should have been in a week or two back.

We’re heading for Plan C. Now as I remember it:

Plan A – ignore it

Plan B – pretend it isn’t happening and only affects foreigners

Plan C – Panic, flap around and hand out billions to Tories to make things that don’t work.

Plan D – find scapegoats for the deaths, job losses and disasters

As we can see – they actually practice what lies to tell to the public. ‘What do we say about parties, nibbles, party games, alcohol etc. ??” ” Legal gatherings, work-related, no covid rules were broken.”

“But will they swallow that?????”

“They’ll swallow anything!!!”

So as we head towards Christmas Is see that we are moving to Level 4. They will be more hospitalisations than with any previous wave. The hospitals are full of the unvaccinated and they are predicting another 75,000 deaths.

The one good thing is that the Omicron variant may be less lethal. It looks like we’ll all catch it, as it is extremely transmissible, but the vaccines will work. It may kill off a lot but it might create herd immunity in those who remain.

As a triple vaccinated person I’m very confident.

Stay safe!! He’s on his way out!!

Bright, sunny and cold. That’s today in Yorkshire.

I’m still sorting my room. I think it’s going to be a big job!! DIY is not my thing. Good tools would help! Never mind.

I’ve shortly got to go off and buy some wood and rawplugs! Wish me luck!!

I haven’t done any editing today but I have been playing some music to lift the spirits – A bit of Love!! Always a good choice!!

I’m watching the events out in Coronaland with interest. I’m just hoping this proves the end of our resident clown with his posse of nationalist extremists. They’ve done more than enough wrecking!!

So wallpapergate is coming back to bite him hard on the heels of partygate. He hasn’t got over sleazegate or lawbreakinggate yet. Every day is liegate followed by blustergate and ineptigate.It’d be funny if it wasn’t so incredibly bad. How one man can make such a mess and cost us so many tens of billions is simply unbelievable. It’s amazing how forgiving people can be. But I think, with the polls plummeting that the backbenchers will be baying for blood. They want their Rishi at the helm!!

As Patton said – The Tory Party has been taken over by a bunch of nationalist extremists!! It’s been a sad few years. Brexit empowered the fascists. They’ve all crawled out of the woodwork.

Isn’t is great to have such a sharp mind at the centre of power; someone perceptive, analytical, a stickler for detail, thorough and methodical. Just what you need in a crisis. What with Brexit and covid we’re not short of crises.

So yesterday we had 51,342 new cases with 148 deaths. That still seems a lot of deaths to me!! I thought we were supposed to have a good antiviral drug now???

They are warning us about the Omicron variant. If it is as bad as the Delta it will overwhelm the NHS. It probably isn’t and won’t – but you can’t tell. They are advising the unvaccinated to avoid crowds.

It seems the symptoms of Omicron are a bit different. You tend to get a headache, have a runny nose and sneeze a lot. On top of that you could develop a sore throat, loss of smell and a cough.

Not sure I want any of those!! But I do have a runny nose!!

Stay Safe!!! The day of the long knives is coming!!

A cold sunny day in Yorkshire. I’ve been to my writing group and working on the major reworking of my room. It’s amazing what you find when you delve through all the detritus that has accumulated in various drawers!! Old posters of Roy Harper, Nick Harper and assorted bands that I went to, a great wad of old CND postcards, loads of VHS tapes of live music, hundreds of C90 tapes of live music, hundreds of CDs and DVDs of live music, letters, cards and some of my old artwork.

The next question is what to do with all this stuff.

Collectors of the world unite!! I reckon I’m going to have to sell some of this stuff. I don’t like to part with it though.

Meanwhile, out in Coronaland the charade continues. Our clown is still pretending that he knew nothing of the party that didn’t happen in his own house – the one that they did the practice denial of and found very funny. There turns out to be another two!!

Rules, to Tories, are for other people! They love their liberty – it’s just everybody elses’ that they don’t like. They adore bringing in draconian laws and locking people up for breaking those rules but they don’t have to abide by them.

So we take away passports and driving licences from all those all parties shoving coke up their noses but it was perfectly alright for Johnson to sniff his head off.

We are all meant to be locked down and not see anyone but if we have family around we get a visit from the cops and end up in court.

Why is it that these ‘freedom-loving’ people don’t really like real freedom??? They are great on freedom for themselves but on their terms and for themselves – other peoples’ freedom has to be severely curtailed with hefty sentences for anyone who does not conform to their own vision of what is right. It’s the same the world over – Trumpists like to have their guns and threaten other people. If you don’t agree with their views then you are in for some aggressive confrontation. It’s so incredibly conformist and conservative.

As for me – I’m incredibly intolerant. I’m intolerant of racism, violence, intimidation, bullying, unfairness, injustice, misogyny, cruelty and any damage to nature. That’s why I despise Tories and Republicans. I despise elitism, arrogance, privilege and entitlement. I want a fairer, liberal society.

Our clown is accused of trying to deflect away from his problems with illegal parties and sleaze by bringing forward Plan B and starting a war on drugs that he hopes will be popular.

But the more he wriggles and lies the worse things get. He’s been caught out lying about the refurbishment payments for his flat. He claimed he did not know the donor but had sent emails!! The Tories were fined for breaking rules!! What a surprise!! Then the number of parties is multiplying by the day. The police are looking into three now!!

Do you think the police will prosecute??? Do you think Paymaster General Michael Ellis will really investigate?? Or is it going to be a whitewash!!

so, we have Sleazegate

Partygate

Wallpapergate

Pritigate

Lyinggate

Coronagate

Brexitgate

What an extraordinary set of corruption, entitlement and ineptitude.

Yesterday there were 50,617 new cases with 161 more deaths. Omicron is taking off with another 249 more cases taking it up to 817.

They are talking about a million cases by Xmas.

The one bit of good news is that less than a third of those in South Africa infected with Omicron are becoming severely ill. This variant appears to be much more transmissible but maybe less severe.

Stay Safe!! The clown might be in his death-throes!!