Following my first blog, i am pleased to comment on the common sense reported by surrey police to take the common sense route to policeing. At last someone has deemed that we can live in a non target driven society. Hurray!!
Let's hope more and more institutions follow the example of this one and get back to doing the jobs they were set up to do instead of pandying to politicians.
Interestingly, today it has been announced that the government is now going to put forward a plan to stop ciggie companies from branding their products. Hmmmm. I find this very interesting at how far this nanny state is prepared to interfere with my life. Not only does it attempt- with much success- to ban using this product in many areas, which on the whole is not too bad an idea, but now it wishes to banish it from the shelves. I would like to know of other products which are quite legal to purchase and use over the age of consent, to which we are banned from seeing and very restricted in using.
I will give a parody- if that's the right expression. A shop can legally sell shoes- manufacturers can legally make the product- people can buy the product quite legally, but the government decides that it is illegal to wear shoes.
I'll leave that thought with you for a while.
Bye

This is my first attempt to 'blog', and i'm not sure how this works, but i'll give it a go.
I'm not really sure what a blog is- is it a rant, should it be poetic, can i use this new found tool to express my opinions?
As a middle aged woman- i regard myself as middle aged as i don't expect to live well into my nineties- i am getting weary of the repetitive nature of life and society. Where are the rebels these days? Why have we become so hum drum in England?
Conformity is everywhere i look, and acceptance of the words of bureaucrats, politicians, and big business.
Am i really happy to sit back and watch as my privacy is invaded at every turn. The answer is of course no.
Am i really happy to sit back and watch as the basic standard of living which i inhabit is stretched to breaking point- i am one of the many childless people on low income who cannot get tax credits, assistance for rates etc etc- while i watch the underbelly smugly smile (knowingly) at my efforts to support myself without government help. The answer is again a resounding NO.
I had a conversation recently with a relative who insisted on pointing out how we got here- in this present situation- citing Thatcher and the politicians of the 80s, I argued that it doesn't matter how we got here, the fact is we are here, and nobody (en mass) is doing anything about it. I used an agument of a broken vase- it inevitably doesn't matter how much you analyse who broke it, it is still broken and either needs replacing or repairing.
I am awaiting a brave soul who will start a rebellion and offer a future for all, not just the top and bottom of my society.
As a footnote, i am generally a happy person, but this is on my mind today and i thought i'd share it with you.
Thank you for reading!