Wednesday 17 March 2021

Wednesday 17/03/2021

So here we are half way through March and very little has changed politically both domestically and internationally with the main emphasis been on COVID vaccinations. Both America and the UK are stating stage one vaccinations will be completed by mid-year for all adults who wish to get a jab, but that isn’t telling us whether the populations will be safe, just that they will have dosed every adult. It is still to be seen if the virus will slowly dwindle away or come back stronger. So let’s take a look at what is rantable today, shall we?

In America as Biden pushes ahead with his different policies to turn the nation round after four years of Trump, the Republican congress members are pushing through illegal laws to cut down on voter’s rights ahead of the 2022 elections. Because the GOP’s ideas are losing them the popular vote their new continued plan is to stop people who vote against them from voting. There is over two thirds of states looking to restrict methods of voting which would alienate minority voters and make it easier for Republicans to win. These tactics are against the fundamental principles of American constitution, but for some reason they are allowed to happen. What is clearly seen is America stepping back in time to when minorities [meaning slaves] where classed as three fifth’s and only counted as such. This method was to appease the southern states and meant that only ‘Three-fifths’ were counted. This compromise was an agreement between delegates from the Northern and the Southern states at the United States Constitutional Convention (1787) that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives which modern day Republicans would like to see reintroduced. But instead of taxation which they want counted in full, they want minorities who would vote Democrat to be subjected to voter suppression.

Affluent white neighbourhoods are treated differently to less affluent minority neighbourhoods and so the GOP want to suppress the rights of those people. Arizona and Georgia Republicans along with other GOP states have already set in motion 250 court hearings to do just that. For a country who claims to be the land of ‘Freedom and Liberty for all’, America sure does place an emphasis on keeping the minorities downtrodden. The men and women of the GOP continually block the equal voting rights bills which require 60 yay votes to pass which just shows how scared Republicans are that equality will reduce their foothold on American politics. What dumbfounds me is those of minority who have made a better, more affluent life for themselves siding with the very white supremacists who would want to see them stripped of their wealth and returned to slave status. Wake up and smell the ‘BS’ been spread by these power hungry politicians who take your money while wishing you ill will behind your back. Even ‘Moscow Mitch McConnell has threatened the Dems with a reprisal should they attempt to remove the filibuster which Republicans use to prevent necessary voting on certain bills. This man is no American or supporter of democracy and Kentucky is such a blinded state that they allowed him to keep his seat instead of ringing in a new era when they had the chance during the election last year, more fool you ‘KENTUCKY’, for as you get poorer, McConnell gets richer!

Another aspect of American life that still causes me concern is this freedom of the press ‘BS’ used to allow bigoted individuals to spout there racist and sexist propaganda. A prime example of this is ‘FOX’ media who still allow the likes of Hannity and Carlson air time to preach their ideology to America and the world. There is freedom of the press and just plain racist and sexist rhetoric which both these so called journalists are given primetime billing to preach. Even we here in the UK remove unpopular presenters when they move across that line that cannot be returned from, but you American’s just let your unpopular presenters continue on. Carlson has now set his sights on the American military, especially their female personnel. A couple of days ago live on air he took a swipe at women in the military stating they had softened the US’s fighting forces.

This man and so-called professional journalist spent part of his show deriding military "maternity flight suits" and recent updates to Army and Air Force hair regulations before stating that “Pregnant women are going to fight our wars” he said. “It's a mockery of the US military”. Where in the hell does this man get the right to preach such sexist ideology in this day and age, does he think it is the 1950’s when women were thought of as the weaker sex. You know what I would like to see, is this pompous windbag put alongside one of those highly trained female members of the armed forces and made to compete in basic training, which would soon show the viewing public how emasculated he really is.

On that note I will turn my attention to police brutality seen over the weekend here in dear old Blighty. This past weekend as women held a peaceful vigil for a young woman mindlessly murdered by a male police officer and what does the Metropolitan police do? They use coronavirus breaches as the reasoning behind dispersing the gathering which got violent as police used force on unarmed women. Male police officers overpowering and assaulting woman whose only crime was wanting to protest violence against women and girls making every part of the criminal justice system work to protect and defend women’s rights. Once again the British police and government have fallen flat when it comes to the rights of the British public especially women’s rights. Women were arrested and all Johnson had to say is, he would chair a meeting of the crime and justice taskforce later to discuss ways to protect women. This is typical of the type of person Boris Johnson is, a misogynistic power hungry individual who will say the words everyone wants to hear, but will never take the actions required to correct the injustices that centuries of inequality and violence has inflicted on this nation of ours under the control of the likes of Johnson and his cronies.

We as a nation need to step forward and show this government that how they perform their roles requires to change and be structured towards the British public rather than the big businesses and nepotistic tendencies of this current Conservative government. Boris Johnson cows down all too often to the money people of the financial institutions within this country while overlooking the little people. Johnson was elected on the back of a nations want for independence from Europe, yet all that has happened is that the power hungry politicians are milking the nation for all they can before stepping down and taking up lucrative positions on affluent companies’ boards. It is time for the elitist politicians to be shown the door and people from less well-off backgrounds stepping up to fight for the populous and taking high flying company executives to task for their woeful neglect, deep pockets and self-righteous attitudes. Society is suffering under the present style of government and that is proven in the fact this nation of ours has seen 125,000 deaths in one year when we were told this time last year by ‘Sir’ Patrick Vallance [another conservative crony given a knighthood] that a good outcome would be 20,000 deaths, well he got that f****** wrong didn’t he.

We are in the midst of one of the worst pandemics of all time and we are been told what to do by a group of inept moronic individuals who have created such a shitshow of governing that we have seen so many unnecessary deaths, not to mention only granting NHS staff a 1% pay raise for all their sacrifice and hard work to save lives during said pandemic. The health secretary claimed 1% was a good pay raise as it was higher than inflation, What ‘BS’! The Office for Budget Responsibility’s forecasts for inflation have stated that in 2021-22 when the pay raise would take effect, inflation could be between 1.5% and 1.8%. What is more staggering is that each and every Member of Parliament receives a staggering £81,932 per year as a salary and have enjoyed a pay rise in each of the last six years while nurses and auxiliary staff suffer on between £18,600 and £35,000 dependant on banding and experience. Tell me who deserves the higher wages, Politicians or NHS staff? One group sits on their arses in the houses of parliament pushing paper while the other over the past year have put their lives at risk to save lives. One groups argues over who can run the country better while the other rolls up their sleeves and deals with illness, death and sometimes violence.

To me politicians should have their wages halved and NHS staff should have theirs doubled for I see martyrs on the front line of a pandemic only receiving a hand clap for all their due diligence and sacrifice which is downright criminal especially when our so-called leaders gave away millions of pounds to inept companies to provide PPE to these angels of mercy which was inadequate and unsafe for use in the current climate. I say again how can we as a nation allow Johnson and his inept cronies carry on without some kind of repercussion for their grievous and murderous actions.

I am a simple person without any want to be famous or run for office, but I know there are so many people out there who can do so much better than the leaders we currently have in power. America has taken its first steps in the last fifty plus days to correct the ineptitude of a money hungry and narcissistic President, but still have a long way to go to remove the politicians responsible for allowing such a President in the first place. The likes of McConnell, Graham, Cruz and Hawley are just the tip of the iceberg of corruptness within the American congress and until such characters are shown the door, American politics will never change. Back in dear old Blighty we need to start the progression towards removing Johnson and the Conservatives from power now because once the sweeping post-Brexit changes they have planned come in to force we are lost as a nation. The changes to law and order which will send us closer to Orwell’s dystopian future are been outlined right now in the form of the ‘Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill’ giving police and courts powers that They would not get if we were still part of Europe. This means which ever government is in power can decide on sweeping changes to laws without any oversight from other world powers which to me is wrong, we still need a basic bill of human rights to be overseen by a world central agency. This is only two nations of the world who require a global government to hold them accountable for their actions. Maybe the United Nations should be restructured so as to create a world leadership where each countries leader is given a seat rather than just that countries representative and each sitting leader would spend three month’s as the figure head. Just my opinion. On that note I will call it a day and apologise if I sound like I am rambling,

Rant you tomorrow!

Monday 8 March 2021

Monday 08/03/2021

Well in to week two of March 2021 and the world keeps on wondering what can hit us next in life? I am finding myself becoming very sceptical of everything the news headlines tell us because a percentage of it is to alienate or sensationalise what is actually happening especially when a member of royalty uses them to better themselves rather than a needy cause.

I don’t act like I am an expert on anything and just give my opinion on what I read or see. But when I see someone like the Duchess of Sussex use her fame and newly found status in life to drive stakes in to the fabric of one countries establishment just because she didn’t get what she wanted I have to call ‘BS’. This woman saw an opportunity to raise herself up from a second rate actress and propel herself in to royalty, yet when the position got a little rough she chose to tear it down. From day one when she was introduced to Prince Harry she saw a chance to advance herself rather than a chance to become a member of a family that has been around for generation. Because the life she married into came with a few rules that meant she had to consider her words and opinions before opening her mouth, she decided she wanted her cake and eat it at the same time. She claims royal bigotry, but if the royal family was as racist as she portrays she wouldn’t have got to a second date with Prince Harry, let alone married to him.

I see the queen and her descendants as Britain’s most valuable asset and just because Markle thought she could still do what she wanted when she wanted, she poisoned her new husband against the very family that has supported him. There is a hierarchy within royal bloodlines which if you look closely, you will find that only those directly in line carry the titles of Prince or Princess and for Markle to openly criticise her offspring not gaining that title just shows she married into royalty for the title, not love. You don’t see the Princess royals or the duke of Wessex’s children carrying titles, so why should Markle’s children be any different. She saw Harry as her next step to fame when her acting career was dwindling, yes she was a star on a long running TV show, but she wasn’t the shows real star and that show was coming to an end, so she would either end up doing bit parts again or she needed a more lucrative gig which she thought would be as the wife to a Prince.

Now she has shown her true colours, by airing her dirty laundry in public just like all jumped up actors or actresses do on a chat show when their fame is flagging and losing popularity. If she had any real dignity the interviews would not take place and for Harry to lower himself to her level is just upsetting to many residents of the British Isles for this nation has stood by him as he lived his playboy days and honoured him as he served his country. When Markle first saw harry, he was a lost soul who required someone by his side who would support and be his confidant, but instead he got a selfish fame hungry woman who saw a chance at bettering herself. Instead she found a close nit family who would not put up with her shenanigans and who would have supported her for life if she had truly wanted to be part of them.

What Markle wasn’t ready for was indeed the hierarchy within the family and didn’t like been second fiddle to the Duchess of Cambridge who personifies what a true consort to a royal should be. The duchess of Cambridge holds herself regally and at all times works tirelessly to better the royal standing whereas Markle merely saw the role as mundane. She missed the pomp and fanfare of tinsel town and set out to ostracise herself and Harry from the family. If Markle had truly wanted to be part of the establishment and not just in it for the title, she wouldn’t be sitting in California spreading ‘BS’ to the world’s biggest gossip monger and playing the racist card which is just her jumping on the BLM bandwagon [which I support whole heartedly] to promote herself once again and to announce the sex of her second child on TV is just tacky, so that celebrity magazines pick up the story and dole out lots of cash for the exclusive pictures. Also if she was really concerned for the Duke of Edinburgh’s health she wouldn’t have dragged his grandson and great grandson thousands of miles away from him in his final years. The couple would have chosen somewhere within the British Isle’s to set up home instead of California where the so called freedom of the press is open to abuse like their interview with Oprah.

To me the minute Markle has had her fill of Harry or Harry opens his love sick puppy eyes to the real woman he married, their marriage will become the next royal disaster sending Harry back to the fold of the family where he will find the real love and understanding. Up to date only the Queen herself has had a marriage that has tested the rigours of royal duty and only that has come with her own patience and upbringing. None of the present day royal nuptials have weathered as well as her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh, so there is a better than fifty percent chance that Markle will divorce Harry like she did with her first husband as she looks for something better or more affluent. In this person’s humble opinion she was looking to be the next Princess Grace of Monaco, with one small hiccup, Harry wasn’t closer enough to the throne for her. So now she sees her only option is to spread scandal in the hopes of it raising her profile once again and cash in on the gutter presses money as her career and Harry’s family money will quickly dwindle. Meghan Markle the actress I really admired, but Meghan the Duchess of Sussex I see as a gold digging wannabe trying to blame the royal family for her piss poor attempt at being a lady of title. As an actress I would have thought she would have been great at acting the part, yet she has showed how unprofessional and petty she really is by running to the scandal hungry American press and talk show leeches knowing that the royal family will respond with dignity rather than sordid interviews. On that note I will call it a day,

Rant you tomorrow!

Monday 1 March 2021

Monday 01/03/2021

Welcome to March 2021 which is no different to March 2020. We are still seeing people dying unnecessarily from COVID Over a year since it first spread across the world and we are still hearing the same old excuses by politicians for their incompetence to eradicate the threat to the populous even with three approved vaccines being used. We the masses are in the hands of minority who don’t have a clue about how to turn the tide on this pandemic’s death and economic catastrophe. Let’s take a look at what has been going on in the world shall we?

Whilst President Biden tries to get some control over the situation left behind by the incompetent and inept Trump who allowed the death toll in America to rise above ‘One Quarter of a Million Deaths’ while he lied and cheated his way through the last year of his presidency, we see the Republican Senators and house members doing everything they can to delay Biden’s $1.9 Trillion aid package. What is really scary is the fact that even as President Biden tries to unite the country, Trump is out there stirring up more and more division within the American people. At the CPAC conference he pushed more lies down the throats of the ignorant masses that watched his speech as he stood in the middle of a stage shaped to resemble the ODEL Rune sign used as an emblem by the Nazi’s during World War Two and is now seen on flags and banners used by certain ‘White Supremacist’ groups. Clearly the Republican Party is been overrun by Neo-Nazi and other fascist groups who Trump and his cronies are in full support of.

During his speech Trump played to a crowd of people who want the United States to return to a time before sexual and racial equality was allowed. Trump said he had no plans to create a new political party, why should he when he has control of the Republican Party! There are more people who are far right supporters within the GOP, than there are centre right or liberal. The GOP has always been the party of extremists who follow the money and power rather than see it as their duty to serve. Trump portrayed himself once again as the 'Saviour of America' preaching and preying on the ignorance of moronic conservatives amassed in a display that could be likened to Hitler as he took control of the German minds turning his ideology in to a reality which ended in an attempt on global domination. Trump is not finished with his own attempt at global domination and unless more GOP members stand up and be counted there will be no stopping Trump for lying and bribing his way to the top again. The whole country needs to open its eyes and condemn the practices of the far right which includes the Trump family as well as find a way to eradicate Trump’s ability to re-enter politics at a competitive level.

If this man is allowed to push his far right ideology even further than he has already done, he will create what Hitler envisioned America would look like under a Nazi rule as portrayed in the TV show ‘The Man in the High Castle’ where America is run by the Germans and Japanese. As an outsider this is what I can see America developing in to, if Trump and his supporters require full control of the political allegiances which legislate. The Republican politicians within the states that gave Biden his win are already trying to win by fowl means. These corrupt politicians are legislating laws to prevent the voter rights of minorities so they can win the 2022 elections by disallowing people to have a vote instead of convincing them they are the best candidate for the position. This is voter suppression at its most diabolical and is how the GOP plan to take control of America along with filibustering their way through each and every legislative vote they don’t agree with to prevent Democrats and President Biden from uniting America. Again I say America is regressing in to the past, pre 1950’s and not progressing in to a future filled with equality for all like their constitution advocates. They are been driven back towards an insane ideology of fascism by a party who supports racism, sexism, xenophobia and promotes self-interest over equality which resembles a life before the American Civil War.

On that note I will return to dear old Blighty to see what has been happening here within our battle against the pandemic and fascist government. So as the government try to reassure the public they are doing everything possible to get control over the pandemic, more and more people are suffering either as a result of close family deaths or the rising financial problems faced. They keep pushing this ‘We care’ bullshit when really they have ‘I couldn’t care’ mentality which comes through in the briefings they give. We get second rate cabinet ministers telling us what they are doing when we should be hearing it from the horse’s mouth meaning why is it we never hear from the Primeminister on a daily basis like any professional leader would be doing especially as we are entering a new phase of the pandemic with the spreading of the Brazilian strain of the virus throughout the UK.

What does this mean for those of us, lucky enough to have already received their first injection of the vaccine? I got my first dose of the vaccine on Friday gone and already I am worried it won’t be enough to safeguard me against this new strain attacking the nation. There are some reports that the mutating strains of COVID may be resisting antibodies in people already vaccinated, but the Pfizer vaccine may immunise against it even if less effectively. This is not good news for people already vaccinated and believe they are now safe. We as a nation need a government who keeps their dealings and decision making transparent on all levels, which this current Conservative government does not. I am distraught with the thought of this nation dipping in to a fascist mentality where the government runs our country in to a black hole of despair which will take decades to recover from.

Within any nation, if the people who lead us don’t lead with integrity and transparency then we still have the right to replace them and keep replacing them till there is someone who is honest with a heart to work towards a better quality of life for all. In this current climate America has found a President of the people for the people, but still need to replace the power hungry politicians of congress with people who truly want to serve humankinds interests. The likes of Trump, his family and supporters need eradicating as much as this pandemic because their style of politics is its own pandemic spreading through every state of America. What is happening in America also needs to happen in the UK with the removal the current Primeminister and cabinet because they are steering us down the same path Trump led and is still leading America down. Until both America and Britain relinquish the reins from the fascist politicians, how can we expect the rest of the world to act democratic with transparency? As a populous we need to change our own ideology which will in turn eradicate the fascism growing within world politics. This is only my own opinion and I wish I could believe in our politicians, but in my fifty years of life I have never seen a politician I can trust. On that note I will call it a day,

Rant you tomorrow!