Absolutely Heartless
I've come down from all my la-di-dah observations and thought that I'd have a look at the British press.
So three pensioners are smoking by an external door, on private property. Local government jobsworths turn up and begin a process that gets their club fined £5000 and they are fined £1000 each.
For goodness' sake. I do hope that they properly recycled their rubbish and made sure to separate it out and not to let the lid of their bin go more than an inch above its closing capacity, and that they put it out at the right time. Not to do so is illegal.
I hope that their nurses or home helps, if they have any, don't offer to say a prayer for them. They'll lose their job, or maybe just be suspended.
I am glad that they got to be pensioners, as so many others will not.
I hope that their local government tax isn't rising as high as the average is in a time of deflation.
I hope that they were never exposed to infected blood products or to hospital viruses if they ever underwent treatment. I hope that the hospitals didn't employ private contractors on the basis that no sick days were allowed and that those contractors didn't force ill workers into the hospitals to perform maintenance, which they often do.
I hope that they don't travel by rail, which receives four times as much subsidy as British rail but which charges on average double the cost of continental services; I hope that they are not dependent on gas; I hope that their home has not been broken into by water companies and refitted with expensive meters.
I hope that, if they are one of the eight in ten voters who did not vote for the government, they don't feel disenfranchised.
I hope that they will never have to depend upon the social security state, and that they are not in fear of having to sell or spend everything that they have in case they have to have care in homes run by government supporters for profit.
I hope that they don't challenge any young tearaways in the street. I hope that they are not left to die on the road.
I hope they aren't reading this because I wish them well. I am beginning to despise what has happened to this country, but hope is a virtue for a reason. Sometimes, that reason is a little hard to identify; as someone once observed, God answers all prayers, it's just that, often, the answer is no.
And remember, don't make any invidious comparisons with any other group of people within or outwith the UK at all, you old racists. That's illegal too.
I've come down from all my la-di-dah observations and thought that I'd have a look at the British press.
So three pensioners are smoking by an external door, on private property. Local government jobsworths turn up and begin a process that gets their club fined £5000 and they are fined £1000 each.
For goodness' sake. I do hope that they properly recycled their rubbish and made sure to separate it out and not to let the lid of their bin go more than an inch above its closing capacity, and that they put it out at the right time. Not to do so is illegal.
I hope that their nurses or home helps, if they have any, don't offer to say a prayer for them. They'll lose their job, or maybe just be suspended.
I am glad that they got to be pensioners, as so many others will not.
I hope that their local government tax isn't rising as high as the average is in a time of deflation.
I hope that they were never exposed to infected blood products or to hospital viruses if they ever underwent treatment. I hope that the hospitals didn't employ private contractors on the basis that no sick days were allowed and that those contractors didn't force ill workers into the hospitals to perform maintenance, which they often do.
I hope that they don't travel by rail, which receives four times as much subsidy as British rail but which charges on average double the cost of continental services; I hope that they are not dependent on gas; I hope that their home has not been broken into by water companies and refitted with expensive meters.
I hope that, if they are one of the eight in ten voters who did not vote for the government, they don't feel disenfranchised.
I hope that they will never have to depend upon the social security state, and that they are not in fear of having to sell or spend everything that they have in case they have to have care in homes run by government supporters for profit.
I hope that they don't challenge any young tearaways in the street. I hope that they are not left to die on the road.
I hope they aren't reading this because I wish them well. I am beginning to despise what has happened to this country, but hope is a virtue for a reason. Sometimes, that reason is a little hard to identify; as someone once observed, God answers all prayers, it's just that, often, the answer is no.
And remember, don't make any invidious comparisons with any other group of people within or outwith the UK at all, you old racists. That's illegal too.
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It's a shame things are as they are and I wish that we could do the obvious things to make the situation better, but I think that the obvious has become impossible. The political and media class are both arrogant and absurd, and I find that shocking.