A little colour in Beckenham High Street
Month: May 2019
May 29, 2019
A humble bumble bee in our garden
May 28, 2019
St George’s Churchyard
May 27, 2019
Laburnum petals
May 26, 2019
Planting pansies in the back garden
May 25, 2019
Alex prepares to travel to Baku, Azerbaijan for Wednesday’s game
May 24, 2019
Bell Green Gasworks – now disused
May 23, 2019
Beckenham decides – well, votes. I make this distinction because it appears politicians don’t really listen or care what ordinary people think if it doesn’t accord with their views. (That’s all of the political parties).
May 22, 2019
MV Cap Finistère departs on its twice weekly crossing to Bilbao, Spain
May 21, 2019
Southsea happiness – when were you last this happy?
May 20, 2019
The Pompey flag flying over the Square Tower.
May 19, 2019
May 18, 2019
The FA cup and food poisoning – both were quite painful
May 17, 2019
Tower Alley with Capstan House in the foreground and Tower House behind.
May 16, 2019
Looking toward DP World Southampton from Eling
May 15, 2019
My front room as remembered at Portsmouth Museum
May 14, 2019
Unconditional Surrender at the National Museum of the Royal Navy
May 13, 2019
Heat At Southsea seafront
May 12, 2019
Sunday lunch with our two sons, Greg and Alex. Discussions ranged from football, through money and politics, to how they were getting home. A nice afternoon and proper catch up.
May 11, 2019
European Parliament Elections postal ballot form – a choice between twenty one parties/independents.
I used to like the Labour Party for their compassion and focus on ordinary peoples’ needs reflected in their welfare policies. I grew up in a council flat and house; use(d) the NHS; and completed a massively subsidised Open University degree while on welfare benefits without which I wouldn’t have got back into work after being injured.
However I have also liked the Tory Party at times for their focus on individual responsibility; protection of the citizen from too much state interference, and the recognition that the (heavily regulated) market works better in practice than socialism.
But now? The Tories appear to me as a disorganised, uncaring/cruel bunch of toffs out for their own gain, while labour seems to be too driven by an internationalist ideology that has forgotten its historical focus and core values. So who do you think I voted for?
