Back to the 70s.

to add a little more, a lack of respect for School and Teachers, I actually overhead a mother tell her "precious darling" that "If you want to draw in maths you can, I'll be going in tomorrow to tell her she can't tell you what to do" this would be a child 11/12 years old.

This continues in adulthood an acquaintance of mine was threatened with legal action after he sacked a member of staff on an assembly line who refused to keep his phone in a locker and his constant checking his instagram and facebook slowed the line to a crawl "I have a right to use my phone whenever I want and you can't tell me otherwise"

Back in the 70s, of course, the union would have had everybody out in support of him, in seconds flat...

I've just started watching the Sweeney on Amazon prime I get the feeling they have tucked it away probably not sure about it. Don't know what they would make of Jack Regan at the Met today and it was probably a million miles away from policing at the time away. Still its a get trip down memory lane the series 10 years ago Life on Mars was inspired by it. Strange thing haven't seen anyone in a parker yet. 

What is needed right now is a pragmatic outline by the government of how we get through this supply side inflation period. Of course it is clear that with inflation at 10%, either the gvt should explain very clearly how if belts are tightened for a year, inflation falls back close to zero the following year. But if everyone gets a 10% income rise, inflation next year will be 10% and round we go again.

What we are getting is the worst of both worlds, where some sectors are denied a rise, while pensioners for instance will get 10%. The other sectors are forced one by one to go into battle using whatever power they have, strikes etc, to try to catch up. It's a receipe for industrial action which drags on year after year. I suspect the government half likes this, as it gives them a chance of getting re-elected on a wedge issue. The Labour Party shows the limitations of the two party system, as they seem unable to put together any coherent vision for us, and simply seems unable to speak with one voice daring to say nothing at all.

We're being sadly let down here by a weak system and divisive politics.

This article crystallises the problem that threatens a Sterling crisis. If the balance of payments continues to deteriorate relative to other countries, and overseas investors see a deterioration in the value of sterling assets as inevitable, it can become a self fulfilling prophesy. 


www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-30/dismal-deficit-means-uk-needs-foreign-investors-more-than-ever

I saw a white dog poo today, the first one in ages. it's a sign of a malnourished dog.