LAND OF HOPE AND JACKANORY

by M.C. Newberry

Friday 9th June 2017 4:59 pm

So, Theresa May's political gamble following unpopular intentions became a busted flush, with Corbyn

benefitting from the youth/protest vote (see the result in Canterbury and various university towns for

examples of that).

There was a song around the time of WW2 that encouraged folk to "keep young and beautiful if you

want to be loved". A political update might be to "be young and gullible to see the Tories get shoved!"..

Anyone would think that "Remainer" May's recent visits to pre-Brexit Brussels had been for advice

about how to scupper the process and still hang on (just) to power. And as for irony, the return of

the Tories in Scotland (land of the fiscally canny and careful) at the expense of the SNP was surely

a "carry on" lifeline, together with the rise of the unionist DUP, that no one expected to help May in

time of need..

The sight of Clegg (reminders of Portillo here in London) losing his seat - along with the two big

SNP names - were images to put alongside other notable political upsets...whilst the ageing

Cable and the younger Goldsmith got back into Parliament for their respective parties to add to

the merry-go-round of mixed messages.

We are truly "living in interesting times".

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Linda Cosgriff

Thu 15th Jun 2017 12:01

We certainly are living in interesting times, especially when a win is considered a loss and a loss a win.

John Coopey

Sun 11th Jun 2017 16:12

Interesting times, indeed, MC.

M.C. Newberry

Sat 10th Jun 2017 15:56

Harry - thanks for another considered rational comment on
WOL. From a personal point of view, this Englishman cannot understand why his countrymen & women would
want to be subject to the whims and wishes of a motley
assortment of johnny come lately lands that seem to
make it their aim to scupper our individual "asks" at any
opportunity - individually and collectively...bearing in
mind the "all for one" rule for decisions that exists in
the EU. Sorry, but that's not my idea of freedom after
what my father and his folk went through, and certainly
not what our billions (per annum contribution) are worth
despite the scare stories about losing the EU market and
travel comforts. Are we so reduced in self-confidence -
now supplicants/servants to creature comforts and convenience in an age when even the word "poverrty"
has lost its original meaning in the mouths of politicians
and proselytizers?

Harry O'Neill

Fri 9th Jun 2017 20:47

M.C.
Getting all the unpleasant stuff about triple locks and selling homes for care costs into the mix must have sounded like a cunning plan (when it looked like a walkover)...but the `best laid plans...etc`.

I usually give the benefit of the doubt to the hard-pressed police...But that a guy who had already been reported, and then appeared on the television with that black flag making himself so ominously clear was somehow `un-watched` to the extent that he was able to stab people later makes me wonder what use was made of the intelligence. How did it get as far as it did? I think many people are wandering.

It certainly contributed to May`s defeat.

Listening to them all wanting to rescue the `very best` of what we can save of Europe, makes one want to sit down vacantly sucking one`s thumb and murmur ` If we`ve already got all this stuff, then why on earth are we leaving it`?

Parliamentary sovereignty was ceded to `the people` in a
referendum So if - at the end - either side feels it is losing, why not another appeal to the people?

That`s what Farage is thinking about now (but only if he thinks he might lose again)

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LAND OF HOPE AND JACKANORY

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