Yesterday I listened to a zoom meeting of the Woman' Green Party. Not quite sure why they send me emails, because I haven't paid a subscription to the GP recently. Strangely enough it was about voting for word change in a series of documents. For instance......
"If the latter does not identify as a woman or as gender variant is not a woman, a member of the Equality & Diversity Committee who does identify as is a woman or as gender variant can participate in Committee work as a representative. "
Or as Grandpa Opper would say SID, SID, which stands for "sometimes I despair" when the family got too aerated at the dining table. This was after he had thrown a napkin over his head. Surprisingly everyone quietened down.
Well that is the GP for you, every comma and word outlined and brooded over but.... by jove they have got on to the main thoroughfare of British politics so they will have to move forward at a much quicker pace. But then aren't the British public voting for personalities and quick time promises? I think the media put politician heads under good and bad, Farage and Starmer bad, Polanski good. He definitely deserves star rating, but then aren't some of Starmer's good policies coming through as well? I shall subscribe to the GP, our Andrew has, even watched an induction course as he has offered to help them with their campaign.
It's difficult to pick the bones out of that gender statement. It's a pity no-one proofread it before publishing.
ReplyDeleteI thought there was a ruling out of parliament that simple English should be written in all documents so that everyone could understand them.
DeleteI have no idea what that gender statement was trying to say. Seems like it has extra words in there that make it confusing.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, the flowers are lovely!
Don't worry Ellen I have the same problem and sadly my mind cuts off and I stop listening.
DeleteHello Thelma,
ReplyDeleteWell, it seems that organised party politics are in their own way as problematic as organised religious groups. When it comes down to individuals, then it usually becomes more meaningful. Nevertheless, we do think it best to be involved somehow since they have such an enormous impact on the lives of everyone.
Hello to you both, yes you are perfectly right we have to understand the politics for our own sanity. People just seem to carp for no reason at all, whilst of course some people have completely genuine problems.
DeleteMost of the print media and some leading TV channels clearly decided to crucify Keir Starmer from the word go and they are now doing the same to Rachel Reeves. I find this constant carping and digging most unpatriotic. If Roman Polanski ever got to wield genuine power then he would also be pilloried like a medieval vagrant - clamped in the proverbial village stocks before being pelted with rotten produce. That's just the way of things these days I am afraid.
ReplyDeleteIt must be the young Neil;) but somehow the internet has turned a lot of people nasty and into trolls. Somehow the tide must be turned.
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