Sunday 15th October

Having been somewhat deprived of News for a week, how depressing it all is.  President Trump turning back the progressive pages of History by attacking Iran and saying he will break the deal partly brokered by Obama.  So, it seems that we are heading for more confrontation, not only with North Korea but now with Iran, both of which countries are dangerously unstable.  America’s, or rather Trump’s actions are not only threatening Iran, but the whole World order, which while not perfect has maintained a sort of peace since the Second World War.  As the EU immediately retaliated, the deal is not with America alone, but was sanctioned and approved by the UN.  But it seems that Trump can simply rip up any treaty or agreement he doesn’t like the look of.  So where does that leave us?  In very dangerous territory I fear.  It will only strengthen the hard-liners in Iran, who will now gain more traction in the power struggle with the Moderates.  Oh dear….

Then we have Brexit, and despite warning after warning by Michel Barnier, it seems that we are still arguing over the ‘Divorce’ bill and the status of EU citizens.  Both of these should have actually been the easiest to agree.  It is almost certain now that no trade talks will begin this year.  Which leaves precious little time before we leave in March of 2019.  Theresa May is still threatening a ‘No Deal’ crashing out of the EU, and there is a whispering campaign against Phillip Hammond – the only grown-up in the entire Cabinet.  There are also rumours that there have been over 300 amendments drafted to the bill which should convert all EU law into UK law.  The Government is now scared they won’t even get this bit of legislation passed at all.  Oh dear….

And the Harvey Weinstein saga rattles on, with more and more actresses claiming that he made passes at them, or even in some cases raped them. How very depressing.  But as usual he is being painted as a rotten apple, some sort of rogue male.  Whereas it is the whole system – Capitalism, Power, Greed and Money that are the problem.  I am fairly certain Weinstein is not the only one, or that the Movie business is alone in Male Power Abuse.  Oh dear…

Strangely another link on Facebook took me to a report that women in the countries behind the Iron Curtain had much better and more sex under Communism than after the re-instatement of Capitalism.  More equality and respect for women generally, even if they only had cabbages to eat.  Maybe it was worth queueing for toilet paper after all…..