Why? Does a 1965 song - It's Good News Week traipse through my mind when I turn on BBC radio 4 at 6 in the morning? Has anything changed in the news? Weirdly I have just listened to a session in parliament from an African news source. I suppose I should give thanks to the great god You tube.
The first thing from the BBC is the, by now, the old story of our deputy prime minister not paying stamp duty tax on her second or third home. Which is a flat down South in Hove, Sussex and so it says £800,000 in Bing News. Apart from the scurrilous amount of money asked for a flat, in a time when our young can't even afford a room in a house share. Where the hell is the Labour party going?
I can see why the new Green Party leader Zack Polanski is making such a showing in the news. As a once member of the Green Party I am intrigued by what will happen, the greens after all have a few seats in Parliament and we all know the British people will often vote for an abrupt change just for the pleasure of turning the tables (not a good habit).
The GP votes in a very fair way (and long) you end up with two deputies for each department. A little tale on that. Many, many years ago in Bath, I think the GP started in Bristol by the way, our small group used to have meetings in a wonderful old house in Corsham. One meeting we were voting on something, just a dozen or so in the room, and in marched a real red socialist called Derek Wall with his followers. I knew him as a young lad who would come on my husband's excavations. He turned the tables on the vote. And left me with the knowledge that not all things in the way of politics are nice ;) ;) How little I knew but have gained knowledge along the way.
So to my last link, which is a happy, personal one
Adrian Ramsey is our MP . Before the election we got newsletters every month, since the election - Nothing.
ReplyDeleteI see he is green Sue. In defense of politicians though, they get a raw deal from their constituents, who can badger them unmercifully through social media and emails.
DeleteWhen I saw the title of this blogpost - I thought: Great! Finally, Thelma is blogging about coastal golf courses!
ReplyDeleteAs if!! golf courses are a waste of good green spaces Neil.
ReplyDeleteI remember that song and you have reminded me that the world has been messed up for quite a while so what we are going through now will pass eventually and some other horror will come our way but I'll be gone by then I suppose. I was so glad to see the wedding photos and that did give me some hope for the future...
ReplyDeleteWe lived through the horror of maybe a nuclear war and the 'Cold War' Ellen in that time. Sit under the table and you will be safe. Not exactly reassuring.
Deletei quite like Angela Rayner, she seems down to earth and i think she has grounded the labour cabinet a bit..... you know, working class vibes and all..... but i really hope this isn't a case of her trying to pull the wool over our eyes intentionally...... either way she's probably gonna have to step down..... shame, but this is what happens when you put yourself out there under the microscope innit? You gotta be pretty careful, and this doesn't look very careful at all.
ReplyDeleteWell she has resigned and you are right she is very chirpy along with all the women in the Labour party. Very Northern would you not say A/F ;) She tripped up over this, got too excited about the salary and went and bought a very expensive flat - not something a socialist is supposed to do!
DeleteI do think Rayner made an honest mistake on the stamp tax thing, but the Labour party in general has been making some doozies since they took power. I'd still vote for them over any alternative, in all likelihood.
ReplyDeleteWell I am one of those voters who goes for the minority party, either Greens or Liberal. My crossness with the Labour party is of course their inability to condemn the terrible vendetta in Gaza. I don't judge Rayner either, she will be pilloried by the right wing press and I feel sorry for her.
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