Sunday 17 November 2019

Annus Horribilis mark 2

Is it me, or is everything falling apart? The Queen's speech will be entertaining this Christmas. How can she possibly avoid referring to all the things which she has been dragged into since the last one?

The year is not over yet. We may end up with a government which is naturally hostile to the royal family and Prince Andrew may be forced to have a little chat with the FBI.

Personally, I am fighting a daily (and nightly) battle with negativity, and right now negativity is winning. I don't mind change, so long as it is for the good.
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33 comments:

  1. The Weaver of Grass17 November 2019 at 10:33

    Feeling much the same Tom. x

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    1. Tom Stephenson18 November 2019 at 02:14

      I also feel as though I have been relegated to the scrap-heap. My phone has stopped ringing and the only letters I get are bills.

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  2. gz17 November 2019 at 12:40

    We are limiting how much "news" we hear...this has improved life no end.
    Finding even the smallest bit of positivity in anything is a step in the right direction

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    1. Tom Stephenson18 November 2019 at 02:06

      I would like to limit the amount of electioneering I am exposed to, but I don't like news to creep up on me from behind.

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    2. gz18 November 2019 at 11:43

      Often we just see or hear the first five minutes....not worth sitting through the rest, too depressing

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    3. Tom Stephenson19 November 2019 at 11:34

      The rest often contains some uplifting, off-topic stories which I love. Cats stuck up trees, that sort of thing.

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  3. Yael17 November 2019 at 13:10

    Here too, the situation is similar, and we have a real life-threatening "bonus" for at least a few days a month.Maybe the negativity is justified.

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    1. Tom Stephenson18 November 2019 at 02:07

      Yes Yael. nobody is firing missiles at us yet.

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  4. Jacqueline @ HOME17 November 2019 at 14:00

    I think it should all be put into perspective ...... we are lucky to live in this country with all its privileges ...... I thank my lucky stars every day ...... we could have been born into much worse. XXXX

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    1. Tom Stephenson18 November 2019 at 02:12

      My point was that privileges are about to be taken away from us. We could have been born into much worse, true. But part of putting it all into perspective is to compare our past with our present. Once you give a peasant a loan to buy a washing machine, their whole domestic life changes forever.

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  5. landscape17 November 2019 at 14:36

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  7. Tom Stephenson17 November 2019 at 15:26

    When I said 'personally', I meant it literally.

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  9. Jennifer17 November 2019 at 15:41

    Heavily armed Conservative men here are hinting about our "next Civil War" with the current impeachment hearings. The other day Trump pardoned a bunch of military men convicted of war crimes. He's talked before about how "our side" "has all the guns and ammunition". It's so obvious he's pandering to right wing military types. You think it's scary being in England right now? Trump's America is a horror show. :(

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    1. Tom Stephenson18 November 2019 at 01:59

      Our gun laws mean that our next civil war will be fought with pitchforks, cudgels and a few sporting guns. It will be just like our first civil war. I'm joking of course. There might be a few violent demonstrations, but no war.

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  10. sarah toa17 November 2019 at 22:52

    Far out Jennifer (and Tom). The disquiet is getting disturbing. I feel not so much depressed as despairing, and we just have pollies lobbing climate change missiles at each other.

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    1. Tom Stephenson18 November 2019 at 02:03

      In the run-up to our forthcoming election, the NHS and climate change are being used as weapons. Each party does their best to out-green each other and swear that the cherish our health care system more than the others. If the Conservatives thought so highly of the NHS, why have they left it up until now to do something about it? Everyone thinks that they have been waiting for American investment rather than borrowing even more money to pay for it.

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  11. Rachel Phillips18 November 2019 at 01:40

    Although pain can feel the same, I perceive what is happening in the US and what is happening in the UK, and any potential remedial action in both, are two very different things.

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    1. Tom Stephenson18 November 2019 at 01:55

      Yes, but - as I have said many times before - we are intricately involved in American policies and it will be Trump who will determine any 'reciprocal' trade deals once we leave the E.U. He really does not seem like the sort of president who would do anything other than screw whichever country which seeks to do business with him. When he talks to his own fanbase he just comes right out with it. Whatever you think about the E.U. it has provided quite a high degree of protection against the rest of the world.

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    2. Rachel Phillips18 November 2019 at 03:10

      We are on the precipice of dual disasters in the UK which will take decades, if ever, to rectify. A Marxist government and leaving the EU is the end.

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    3. Tom Stephenson18 November 2019 at 15:26

      I think we will meet in the middle one day, but it won't make any difference.

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    4. Rachel Phillips18 November 2019 at 22:33

      To what?

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    5. Tom Stephenson19 November 2019 at 02:35

      The outcome.

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  12. Jean18 November 2019 at 03:44

    I don't watch or listen to the news any more. If I hear any more false promises from any politician I will explode with rage.
    Johnson is shaking the previously non existent money tree in order to persuade people our future is safe with him.
    I liked the report that when on one of his primary school visits a youngster asked him how many children he has. 4 or 5 apparently. Not sure which.

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    1. Tom Stephenson18 November 2019 at 15:23

      Prince Andrew recently wished a happy birthday to the wrong daughter on Twitter.

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  13. landscape18 November 2019 at 07:31

    Hi Tom .Sorry to delete earlier comment and thanks for visiting the "new " blog . However the new one complicated things in ways I had not anticipated . So I am back at a slightly tweaked "seductive landscape ".Many apologies for the arsing about .

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  14. John Going Gently18 November 2019 at 09:33

    Where will it end?

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  15. Tom Stephenson18 November 2019 at 15:28

    Anyone got a spare Netflix code so I can watch the latest series of The Crown?

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  16. thelma18 November 2019 at 22:42

    No. How can you believe it when they change all the actors?

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