Oh joy, we return later today to the home fires, that is Britain. As always, our time here has gone to quickly and as always has been fabulous. Friends, sun, good food and lots of laughing! We spent a great last evening with our Cretan “family” at one of our favourite places and the love and friendship shown to us is a treasure. The only downside has been the constant discussion of events unfolding back in the U.K. , which I have written about almost everyday of the three weeks of our stay.
I have downloaded two other sources of news coverage as the BBC pathetic, weak, reporting has become intolerable. Their cosy non confrontational fear of upsetting a government, who clearly have them under their control, has tarnished their once proud independence.
We return but with little enthusiasm. Our country is divided, unhappy, fragile and no longer a place where fair mindedness and liberal freedom can flourish! Countries always change, nothing stays the same but I no longer recognise a Britain that is respected and envied. I am not nostalgic, I do not hanker for past days, nor do I wear rose tinted glasses, I simply despair at the direction we are going in, supposedly guided by a government whose mandate is effectively a dictatorship and cares little for the vast majority of it citizens!
Stay well
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