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| Olga Wisinger Florian 1844-1926 |
Poppies chosen for their summery feel.... Words chosen at random. Years ago I kept 'commonplace books' and then threw them away. Perhaps I regret that action now, but there again we move on and restructure our thinking. Jane Goodall is the only female amongst the four, and that is something new in my lifetime, the rise of the other half of the world, commonly referred to as 'women' ;) The youngest kid on the block, Greta Thunberg has sailed into view and I wish her success as she ploughs on but in the end it is us that must do the groundwork of seeing that we do not destroy the world we live in.
As for Jeremy Corbyn being included, I think a great disservice has been done to him, by the lightweight cruel commentary that goes for our newspaper media nowadays. But then because political battles are fought with words my New Year resolution is going to be.....................read up on Dominic Cummings, one should always know one's enemies!
We must always question what we hear and what we read. Aways.
ReplyDeleteAgree entirely Tabor. Actually I shall probably have more resolutions but they will have nothing to do with getting thinner, etc.
DeleteChomsky has always talked such a lot of sense. It is years since I read him so my resolution is to read him again. Thanks for the reminder. And I do sincerely hope Thelma that you enter the New Year with hope - the first New Year is the hardest but I admire the way you have approached it.
ReplyDeleteWell that is a difficult one Pat, hope. I think I will never accept Paul's death, my mind weeps against it every day but there are others in my life who need my presence and my mind is always alert and curious, and that is no bad thing.
ReplyDeleteChoice of language is important for relationships and that does not just mean within close family circles but also those worldwide, all the people. I would prefer to think in terms of Opposition rather than enemies.
ReplyDeleteTrue Rachel, but enemy as a word signifies how I see Cummings. He has laid siege to the government and seemingly many of the traditions we hold strong such as the law being separate from politics. But as you are so much better informed than I it is up to me to read about him and form an opinion. He might after all be a great reformer?
DeleteI am not going to tell you what to think of Cummings, you must find out for yourself and make up your own mind, but Opposition is better for human relationships in this decade of so much intolerance than enemy and the way forward for the next decade. I found out about Seumas Milne for myself and formed my opinion. I never called him the enemy, just somebody whose ideology was not good for this country.
DeleteI wonder sometimes if the constant bombardment of information is intended to shut us down from being able to separate out hyperbole from facts. Hysteria is pushed more than plans that actually might make a difference. It's like the insect population going down in the US and someone screams global warming when it's more likely constant use of pesticides and not just by businesses but individuals who don't see their small piece of the pie as mattering-- but it does.
ReplyDeleteYes Rain, we are at the mercy of the world and his son. Everyone has an opinion no matter how trite it is, we lose the facts in the scramble to blame someone. We have a hedgehog decline in this country, which can be blamed on a few things, but the initial blame went on to slug pellets to kill the slugs which the hedgehogs ate. In all probability it is road kill that kills most of the little creatures.
ReplyDeleteJust as an afterthought, this is what I read this morning about the election.
ReplyDelete"Dominic Cumming’s job was therefore quite straightforward when the election came around. He wasn’t out to win it for the Conservatives, he just needed Labour to lose, and so the campaign was fought on allegations of antisemitism, leadership smears and spending plans while shielding the future Prime Minister from scrutiny. He turned Corbynmania toxic and in doing so created an environment in which the Labour leader became unelectable. Forty three per cent of voters cited “leadership” as the main reason they didn’t vote Labour this time around. Contrast that with the banks of the Tyne in 2017 and you see the mechanics of the Conservative communications machine in action."
That seemed a fairly accurate summing up of how the election went, yet I have not seen an analysis of the Labour party's tactics yet.