2024 are you looking forward to it? General election? Change of government (please)? Some peace in the world (please)? We trundle on seemingly unable, unwilling or incapable of do much about anything! the problems seem insurmountable and yet if the leaders of the world came and spoke to Wendy and me, we could solve all the problems! Of course we don’t know all the intimate details but like us do you sit there and think if only they did this or that things could be different? Sometimes it is just having the will and the bravery to take action but we have been wrong and misguided so many times, ending up in disaster, that our collective bravery has become eroded and ultra cautious! It is hubris of the worse kind to think the “West” is the arbiter of all the worlds ills. We have cocked it up so many times, it is no wonder we are reluctant to get involved.
You may ask yourself how do we end up with the power hungry perverted leaders we seem to have at present? We give labels like popularism and right wing to these protagonists who have an agenda that is far removed from the peaceful tolerance that I believe most people want. Having said that should we trust any of them, whichever side of the divide they are on? There are voices of reasons and restraint but at present they are over cautious and not able to get their message across as effectively as those who seem to shout the loudest, like Trump. How is it that in a violent gun obsessed country like America, some lunatic has not assassinated this orange candy haired arsehole?
There are so many conflicts currently that it is hard to know where to begin. Some never get more than a mention. 2024 has already started with shootings int the USA and we are not even a quarter of the way through January! The Israelis continue to pound Palestine and Netanyahu seems oblivious to even the will of his own people who have condemned his actions.
Putin continues his madness in Ukraine and that conflict trundles on in its never ending circle of stalemate!
We should have an election this year and finally the Tories hopefully will be ousted but what a mess Labour will inherit, who could envy them having to clear up the shambles that 14 years of Conservative governance has left? This country among many others needs radical reform both of our parliamentary systems and public institutions. they are not fit for purpose, most importantly the NHS, which needs a root and branch overhaul to update it for our different needs and an increasingly changing demographic!
It is not just about money, it is about the will and the intelligence to think clearly to implement change.
As you eat your breakfast this morning you can ponder why they just don’t ask Wendy and me, we can solve all of it, just ask!
Stay well
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