Tuesday, July 5, 2022

 Are you like me struggling to believe anything thing you read in the news or on social media? Have we become so cynical and lacking in trust of anything written or said? So many lies, so much spin and misdirection! The world is a scary place and becoming scarier by the minute. Everyday we wake up to yet another tragedy, another shooting, another sleazy scandal, day after day after day! We are more polarised than ever, if your not on the right, you must be on the left, if your not religious, you must be anti-religion, if your against trans, you must be anti-trans. Indeed any comment that seeks to take the middle ground will be interpreted by one faction or another as a defining statement either against or in support of whichever view suits their agenda. Women are the biggest losers as their rights are eroded and their independence once again trampled over by insensitivity and a lack of understanding that belongs to values, we thought had long since been discarded. 

People have strong views and opinions and are entitled to them but there is reluctance on both sides to give any ground to the other. It appears easier to disagree all the time, than find any common ground? 

Temptation is a difficult prize to resist and it is evident that far to many of our elected Parliament are unable to do so. Who of us would say we would not be tempted given the opportunity to line our own pockets if we thought we could get away with it? That so many from the top down do it so shamelessly without any remorse has become the norm and their blatant refusal to accept responsibility for their actions is only a another symptom of the wider attitude prevalent in much of societies throughout the world!

We must do our best to remain steadfast in our beliefs, whilst accepting that there will always be those who we will disagree with. We cannot accept the current standard in public life and must do all we can to revisit it’s creeping erosion of our rights.


Stay well

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