Nine days later

So here I am on the 10th June, and what has been happening? Well same old, same old. We just plod on, although the weather has been very warm. Much hotter than we normally get this time of the year. The first rain in over two weeks has just come down and even that was not much. Normally I would not argue, as we have had enough rain over the winter months. But the garden is dry and needs some spring rain. 

I am going away next week to the peak district for a couple of days, so that will make a nice change. Hopefully some nice photos when we get back to post. We are probably going to visit Chatsworth house while we are there. One of the great houses of the UK. I have been there before and it will be well worth a visit again. 

So what else? To be honest not a lot, which is why I have not blogged recently. It is nice to put something on here! Although I have made appointments to see two hearing specialists. I have a NHS hearing aid, and I am just missing a lot of things. I am reluctant to pay for another, but as Denise says, I would pay the same for a good holiday, but not for something that would change my life. 

Of course all we hear on the TV and see on the papers is the bloody E.U. referendum. One side comes out with a load of crap, so the opposing side has to come out with even more crap. Don't these politicians realize that they are putting off the voter, not turning them on? 

And now, we have Euro 2016. More bloody football just as the season has come to an end. And if you don't like to watch 20 men trying to kick a bag of wind behind two more, you are thought of as weird and heaven help you if you want to go into a pub, as all there is, is bloody football on the TV. 

OK, that is my moan and I will wish you all a good week ahead. 

The referendum

The European referendum.

I seem to be getting a lot of posts these days as the referendum approaches on the ‘OUT’ side of the story, and not that many on the ‘IN’ side. So, I will put my point of view, which I realize many will disagree with, but hope that you will accept there is two sides to every story.

I am will be voting ‘IN’ on June 23^rd. Do I think that the E.U. is perfect? No, actually I don’t. There are many things that should be changed and yes it does cost a lot to run. We cannot change anything by leaving.  But NO we do not pay the £350 million or whatever figure has been plucked out of the air by Nigel Farage on a daily basis. This is the actual figure for the cost of being in the E.U. by the UK.  https://fullfact.org/europe/our-eu-membership-fee-55-million/

 

The ‘OUT’ side say that we can make Britain great again. You really believe that do you? I mean REALLY? Yes we were Great Britain about seventy years ago, and yes maybe Churchill was right at the time to say we should look after ourselves first.  But that was in the past, and we are now living in a new world and a new century. 

So we can look after ourselves can we? Why should the world care about us if we leave? Why would they give a shit if we are not part of a HUGE trading block? I am sorry friends on the ‘OUT’ side, but you are living in cloud cookoo land, and I have not heard one ABSOLUTE cohesive argument that will convince me that voting out will be better for the UK. 

 You think we will but you do not KNOW. 

As for the arguments on the TV, most of it is absolute bullshit on both sides. Yes, I know Cameron is a dickhead and so is Osborne, but who are your champions on the ‘OUT’ side? Nigel Farage? Boris Johnson? Michael Gove? Iain Duncan Smith? Oh please!  The ‘OUT’ side seem to be the more vocal. But I have a sneaky feeling that the ‘IN’ side are the quiet majority. We just have to make sure we vote on this. 

Well that is my side, and I hope that those that bother to read this don’t swear at me too much. Just accept that we all have our views.