26 July - Of Brickbats and Bouquets
Yesterday was quite a good one for email feedback. “Please don’t ever think
about shutting down” followed by one from occasional correspondent David who I
suspect is a carbon copy of myself. Similar age I would guess and similar
opinion on life in modern Britain.
He too gets his news from a multitude of independent channels on YouTube rather
than the established broadcasters and speaks highly of Mike Graham, late of Talk
TV. I am subscribed to his channel but rarely have time to look, It is not often
I can spare an hour on a YouTube video.
During Covid I used to watch a live stream from Manchester which went out
every Saturday and showed what went on it that fair city. Piccadilly Gardens,
the city’s centre, was
renamed Crackadilly Gardens because it was full of drug addicts and work shy
alcoholics making it a No Go Area for normal people. From the River to the Sea
was the constant background theme.
Because the videographer was not committing an offence, although he did have to
physically defend himself quite often, there was little the authorities could do
about him. Nevertheless a Court was persuaded to put a restraining order on him.
He is not allowed into Manchester for two years and we all know who the Mayor
and Crime Commissioner was.
David laments the loss of local news papers, The Mercury, The Chronicle and
Linda Piper in the News Shopper which no longer covers political issues. He is
grateful for Bonkers keeping him informed.
But what I wanted to say to you was that you are now supplying what those
papers used to do. Keeping us informed of what our local councils are doing or
planning to. In essence keeping them answerable. I wanted to thank you for this.
I'm sure many will echo that but you might never get the praise or thanks that you deserve.
That is exactly why I do keep Bonkers going. As I said the other day, we must not allow Bexley Council
to operate as a Secret Society
oppressing the population whenever it can.
David goes on about the oppressions revealed on YouTube. The compulsory addition
of Folic Acid to bread and other wheat based products and the Covid lockdowns.
Jonathan Van-Tam has now got himself a plum job with vaccine manufacturer Moderna.
I have long regarded the Covid vaccine as a form of Russian Roulette and refused
every invitation since April 2021. A friend from back in my Hampshire days was
quite the reverse. He has taken every booster shot offered and for a long time
refused to meet anyone not wearing a mask.
Sadly one of the clot shots gave him a big one about a year ago. He is now in
hospital on end of life care, Quite a bit younger than I am.
Oh; and the brickbat? Apparently
alluding to the Hitler-like
tendencies of a Facebook Administrator when they boast and laugh about
censorship is “shocking”. Oh, dear. It was the Facebook post that demonstrated
the writer’s mindset, Bonkers simply drew attention to it.
Note: Linda Piper was the News Shopper’s tenacious political reported
who died soon after retirement, never to be replaced.