Bonfires are not just for the Fifth of November! We need more of them, now!

 

 

I wondered if getting up on this cold and dark morning was worthwhile when I perused the headline under which Auntie B presented this morning’s front pages: “Newspaper headlines: ‘Worst day for strikes’ and ‘bonfire of EU laws” (link). I think the ‘staff writer’ responsible for this headline ought to be asked where he learned to produce this fine clickbait which in no way represents the content following. Check it out yourselves. 

But let’s play ball. There’s this ’worst day for strikes’: allegedly on 1st February the country will come to a standstill. Well, there’s the saying “forewarned is forearmed”: I’m sure we can use the two weeks’ warning and prepare, from laying in groceries to  topping up the car’s tank for a family outing if the weather permits:

“Britain will be forced to grind to a halt next month as co-ordinated strike action will see hundreds of thousands of train drivers, teachers, airport staff and civil servants walk out of their jobs. On February 1, travel chaos and pandemic-style remote learning for students will return due to the major industrial action over pay from a number of unions. The date has been dubbed as a national ‘protect the right to strike’ day by unions, in response to the government’s planned law on minimum service levels.” (link)

Why would there be ‘travel chaos’ when people not on strike will WFH and keep their kids away from schools anyway? Who will notice that civil serpents aren’t working? Given that more and more people are taking hard looks at their budget thanks to inflation and are cutting back, how long will it take until they ask why they ought to pay for ‘services’ they do not receive? Why are there no modern-day ‘Poll Tax Riots’ when we all pay through the nose for striking fat cats?

Look for example at the wasters in the HoC. We’re told, on the one hand, that MPs, even some Tories, won’t agree to that ‘bonfire of EU laws’ on the one hand while wasting time on this transgender/gender identity ‘law’ on the other. The DT has given this issue top booking on their front page (link) while The Times wastes acres of pixels further down in their online edition (link).

It’s so cute to read how ministers (Ms Badenoch) and MPs (JRM) are concerned about ‘unintended consequences’, that parents might be ‘criminalised’. Well, perhaps making it illegal for children to ‘decide for themselves’ as long as they haven’t reached their majority might help? 

Pictures, as we all know, say more than a thousand words, so look at the photo accompanying the DM’s report on that ‘transgender’ debate (link): MPs are clearly still ‘social distancing’, at best, if not absent anyway and not interested. I’m sure they’ll disgrace the HoC with their absence when ‘debating’ yon EU Law Bonfire, lovingly reported, e.g. in the DM (link).

This is only ‘news’ because some Tories might ‘rebel’. There’s no uproar about why this hasn’t been done already. Where are the opinion pieces about our elected representatives not working, not being present? Are they also ‘on strike’? Do they need ‘moar money’, like all those planning to walk out on the 1st of February demand? After all, it’s only we taxpaying serfs who pay for them: we can afford to pay a bit more for their non-work. 

Mind you – it’s not just us Brits who’ll have to face strikes and stuff. The Times has a report on what happens across the Channel:

“France faces what is expected to be its worst disruption for years tomorrow with national strikes and street protests aimed at killing off President Macron’s deeply unpopular attempt to raise the retirement age to 64. Rival trade unions have joined forces for the first time in 12 years to lead stoppages involving transport, schools, hospitals, air services and oil refineries. They have called for a mass turnout at marches against the reform that Macron sees as pivotal to the second presidential term that he began in May.” (link, paywalled)

This is interesting not because the Frogs are always good for fiery images when rioting but because France, as we all know, are in the EU. If the Rejoiners win then we’ll have to pay for their pensions through our contributions to the Brussels funds. Of course, we plebs might also ask how come we will have to work until age 67, getting the least amount in pension.

Shouldn’t we be like the Frogs? Where is our Macron addressing the issue of ”curbs on privileged public sector pensions” (link, paywalled)? Forget it – we don’t have:

 “[…] opposition parties of the left and hard right (are) trying to use the occasion to harness public hostility and inflict a debilitating defeat on the president, whose centrist bloc no longer controls parliament.” (link, paywalled)

Our Uniparty system only shuffles one or another representative face into No 10, with no change in politics affecting us. Only the slogans will vaguely differ while the Uniparty talking heads will keep telling us that we’re in it together, that ‘together’ we can do whatever the latest ‘thing’ is. 

I leave you with ‘news’ that Madame Climate Whatevah, Greta T., was participating in a ‘green’ protest in Germany. This was about preventing an open-cast coal mine from operating. After all, coal is not green and electricity comes out of the wall. The Times has the photo – oh it’s to weep bitterly! Not!

And then there’s Davos and the WEF… well, ladies of a certain profession have also congregated there (link). Clearly, it’s not just a feast for the wine- and champagne drinkers, preparing us for another bout of telling us to drink water and eat bugs: their other physical needs also are being catered for. Who could begrudge them this little extra!

That’s all I have for today. Why can’t we demand a bonfire not just of EU Laws but of the whole bunch of ‘regulations’ and statutes which have made our lives a misery ever since 1997. At least that would provide us with some much-needed warmth. Have a good day.



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