“And Another Thing…….”
By Vince Nolan
political discombobulations Like most of you, I have had a sickener of politics from both sides of The Pond but it really is hard to ignore. I am a great believer in democracy since the alternatives do not fare well, so I was somewhat alarmed to read that despite devolution, the UK Government can proceed against the will of the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish administrations if it chooses to do so. I don’t know about you but I can’t remember voting for that. So it would seem that we don’t have a democracy really. Meanwhile a US spy married to a US spy can kill an innocent UK civilian bike rider and then be secretly repatriated on a non-scheduled flight to the US with no prospect of extradition. Not even an apology. Maybe that’s what the “special relationship” means.
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employing an illegal immigrant. Don’t know why I am even surprised any more. Anyway, onwards and sideward. I was wondering if eyewitness accounts were now extinct in our over-the-top politically-correct society. I say this because it is now frowned upon to describe a persons’ colour, physique, fashion sense, age, sexuality, gait, behaviour etc. Going to be even more unsolved crimes out there. Imagine Crimewatch: “Wanted, somebody for doing something to someone else, somewhere.”
On a lighter note, the most dangerous job in politics has always been the Speaker of the House of Commons. Apparently seven former Speakers have been executed or killed in battle over the centuries so the recent clamour for the head of John Bercow should not have been that surprising. Until the seventeenth century, the Speaker was often an agent of the King, and as such was usually blamed if they delivered news from Parliament that the King did not like.
Read this in a James Paterson novel the other day and thought it would be a great verse for anyone involved in trying to maintain peace: “The caller I’m awaiting, over whom I’m ruminating, has been long deliberating how to put me to death’s door. So after careful preparation, I’ll assess the situation and I’ll pray my presentation leads to peace and not to war.”
This is my last post on Brexit for some time as I’ve managed to bore myself with the subject. However, the idiocy of our senior politicians is mind blowing. Simon Hart, Secretary of State for Wales recently said: “We are leaving as one UK (might want to ask the Jocks about that one Si), with a mission to build safer infrastructure, make our streets safer, clean up the environment and make our union stronger.” Not a single EU issue there mate. Next up Boris: “Brexit marks the moment when dawn breaks and the curtain goes up on a new act.” Ignoring his Trumpist mixed metaphor for a minute, Dawn Brakes was a character in Carry On Girls, played by Margaret Nolan. Here’s another good one. Mark Harper, (who?) was forced to resign recently as Immigration Minister for
Q: Is a chicken-proof lawn impeccable? Quiz down the local pub, with She Who Must be Obeyed and The Sainted Mother-in-Law, and one of the questions was, ‘which of the Ten Commandments covered not killing anyone?’ If you are interested it is number 5 depending which version you may follow. However, this prompted me to think that it was about time we had some
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