An open letter to William Hague

Dear Mr Hague

I am born and raised in Britain, I like to have a good moan and all the rest of it but (cliche time) at the end of the day I love my country. Not in an overtly patriotic way because I'm English and frankly we find that embarrassing.

Every country has its problems but we have a lot to be grateful for, the pinnacle of true justice; relative freedom and democracy. Although I bear no grudges against the Queen, and I don't normally make a habit of abusing pensioners, I am glad I am able to say fuck the queen! Without being imprisoned for 20 years (*cough cough* Thailand).

The NHS isn't perfect but even if we are living on the breadline we do not have to necessarily worry about becoming ill because seeing the doctor is free bitches! I have been on forums in the US and the fact that they are on a forum consulting strangers on the net about the state of their health because they cannot afford to see the doctor or buy health insurance is thankfully an alien concept in Britain.

We don't have a reputation for being the friendliest but once you do have a chin wag with most people one on one, you find that most people are good people.

I am even grateful for our legendary 'terrible' weather, bear with me for a second! This year especially, has seen so many devastating natural disasters around the world, and even though our summers last about 2 weeks long and are in the wrong month we should be grateful that, touch wood, we rarely if ever experience truly terrible natural disasters.

We may also have sections of subtle and not so subtle bias media. But it is generally free and compared with other countries 'news' stations like Bahrain, North Korea and even America's revolting Fox News, dare I say it, I am even glad to have the ignorant and hateful rantings of The Sun.

Our strange hybrid government is still nowhere near as bad as some other European countries where the far right parties are deemed credible enough to have seats in Parliament.

I am grateful that when you fall on hard times that there is help such as job seekers allowance and hostels for vulnerable people. There is a lot of things to be grateful for in Britain, and although I will always speak out against something I perceive as wrong, I do heart my country.

My questions are; why are we joining in on the I hate Iran brigade? Or whoever is politically convenient at the time or whoever is not a Western puppet? We are putting sanctions against a country thousands of miles away that has nothing to do with us, we make their people suffer and then you are outraged that the Iranian people storm our embassy? We engage in hypocrisy in the Middle East and now they don't like us? NO SHIT SHERLOCK, you are lucky storming our embassy is all they've done.

Surely we the British people are more important than the US and whatever Pro-Israel lobby you are trying to appease? Your behaviour just conforms to the old adage of imperialistic behaviour. The worst ex-colonialists; the Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, have left their colonial pasts back in the ashamed past where they should be, I think it's high time we did too. Everyone can see through the spin and you do not care about any civilian in the Middle East so save us the bullshit and keep your beaks out of their nuclear plants. They say whoever does not know history is doomed to repeat it. Surely your private school education taught you a bit of history? So why are you repeating it?!

We are not the centre of the world, neither are we America. Even though we have foolishly followed them on every foreign escapade, we've still somehow managed to not be as hated as our American counterparts. So my undying question is Mr Hague, if you love this country as much as I do, why are you trying so hard for us to be hated?

Eagerly awaiting your honest reply,


N.E.E.T.

See http://raraproductions.blogspot.com/ & http://anbarrockny.blogspot.com/

'Racist Tram Lady' as she will forever be known

Is it just me (and I think it is actually) or is that now infamous 'racist woman on the tram' not actually that racist? I don't know why but I don't find it that offensive, & I'm the kind of person she is referring to; a 'brown' in London who has ruined 'her' Britain. I actually find it funny and of course ridiculous, as she is so ignorant & uneducated, but it's more xenophobic than racist. She seems very bitter, which is the worst trait to have so I feel sorry for her actually.

I don't know why it's Asda in particular but every time I go there I think wow, if I was a member of the BNP and I came in here I would just shoot myself in the head right there and then. Trying to find a white English person in Asda such as the woman on the tram, is like trying to find Nicalagala on the map. It's not just Asda people! There is evidently loads of 'us', as the video shows, but fear not BNP/EDL/Chav we still comprise less than 10% of the UK population (that's about the same as the gay population) and we mostly exist in London, the most cosmopolitan place on earth, you know the financial centre of the world? Which exists in the e-c-o-n-o-m-y, globalisation, no haven't heard of any of these words?

If she thinks we have ruined 'her' Britain, why doesn't SHE just fuck off somewhere else in Britain where there are plenty of people who genetically resemble her. There are loads of places where she does not have to look at us browns and blacks, and I'm sure there are loads of job opportunities for her in those places too hmmm. These places will still be full of people that stare at me when I go into a restaurant and ask me if I speak English (*cough cough* Blackpool). Xenophobia exists in any country of the world, in South Africa, African immigrants including people escaping Mugabe's regime, have been lynched on the basis that they are 'stealing' jobs. What is race anyway? What are countries anyway? Mostly borders drawn up by the... duh duh duuuuh... that's right, MY BRITAIN.

See http://raraproductions.blogspot.com/ & http://anbarrockny.blogspot.com/

Are We Sleepwalking Into a Disaster?

The premise of the parody film Shaun of the Dead was 'dead' on and is more relevant today than ever. For those of you that don't know, in the film, London was being taken over by zombies and nobody noticed because everyone pretty much behaves like zombies anyway. So much has happened since its release, wars against previous allies, a global economic downturn with no end in sight, yet it appears many people, young and old, are still sleepwalking.

The world is changing rapidly and still there are too many people who don't know what's going on around them and frankly don't care. Even those who are aware think there's no point in either voting or protesting against any measures that are cast upon them as 'it won't make a difference'. You will not believe how many times I have heard this and thrown a BF (bitch fit) because of it. If we were all as bloody lazy and cynical as people like that nothing would ever change!!!

We cherish that we live in a democracy but (unlike the French and even now people under tyrants in the Arab world,) we are the most on-lock nation I can think of - whenever something happens that we don't like we just lie down and take it like dogs. The favourite national past time is moaning yet we do not even want to complain at restaurants so why would we dare protest about something that is affecting our entire lives!! We may as well be under a dictator as there is not much which unite the masses in an effective way. AND!! Even when there are large protests people stand at the sidelines and say 'what's the point?' or even worse they moan and complain about people who do protest.

Our Occupy protests are small compared with our cousins across the Atlantic and people just see them as a bunch of hippies who are partying at St Paul's (they are most definitely not all hippies and so what if they are?? and alcohol and drugs are strictly banned). There are many against the public sector striking over their wage and pension reforms because

- How dare they hold the government to account?

- How dare they fight against punitive measures breaking their lawful employment contracts?

- Apparently, because the private sector are even worse off, this means the public sector workers should just count themselves lucky they have jobs and pensions. So because the private sector cannot but actually more significantly WILL NOT do anything about it that means the public sector workers should not do anything also? What kind of absurd logic is that?!

-We are doing exactly what the government want us to do, turn against each other, So the answer is all putting our heads down and doing whatever the authorities tell us to do?

We are the people and we should decide how are lives should be, not stooges in suits. People all over the world are standing up to their rulers, from the students in Chile demanding access to education, the Occupy protests across the world demanding a fairer distribution of wealth, the Israelis unhappy with living standards, the Bahrainis who want reform and democracy in the face of great brutality, even the super rich in the US (including the creator of Ben & Jerry's) are lobbying to pay higher taxes. Why are we, the British, so disunited even when we are theoretically in agreement? This is the one British trait that I hope will change. What will it take for us to stop sleepwalking?

See also http://raraproductions.blogspot.com/ & http://anbarrockny.blogspot.com/