10 October (Part 2) - A bit of a rant
The past few days have been more than usually depressing. Last week Prime Minister Sunak managed to do the near impossible
by making me even less inclined to vote for a party led by him than I was before
he made his Conference speech. Early yesterday morning I listened (Times Radio) to Labour’s
Shadow Chancellor putting forward some not unattractive plans. Usually when
Labour lays out its pre-election stall my reaction is to think that if fixing
the economy was that easy it would have been done already, but I am not sure that applies any more.
There are things Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has done which are just plain stupid
such as raising Corporation Tax to uncompetitive levels, making tourism more
expensive for foreigners while everyone else is made worse off by his green
taxes. And then there is his refusal to chase the Covid scammers. There must be plenty of scope for Rachel Reeves to improve matters. The
next interviewee to speak from the Labour Conference was
eco-Loon Dale Vince who has decided that Labour has all the right ideas so I quickly came to my senses.
Without a television to watch I have been spared seeing most of the graphic
images coming out of Israel. Where does such hatred come from? I watched a YouTube
live stream of the protests in London last night. How did we come to live
alongside so many people content to endorse, rape, mutilation and murder? Did we
import it or did we breed our own form of savages? I found myself wondering if
any of them looked like they might be Conservative voters. I would guess not.
Now it’s back down to earth with more examples of people with no regard for their
fellow human beings. Self entitled motorists who are happy to endanger others
by parking on corners and content to block roads to anything larger than a private car. I didn’t
report them because to be honest it is a bit fiddly but presumably
somebody else did. The black Vauxhall was ticketed a couple of hours after the CEO’s
usual visiting time. I will add that the maroon coloured car in Photo 2 was not parked. The lady driver was
struggling to turn around in a restricted place.
One day Bexley Council may decide to improve matters but no one here is holding their breath.
I will probably get into trouble from both sides for posting this but I don’t see how I can support any party at the moment although the one that doesn’t attack me on Twitter/X probably enjoys a small advantage.