Should the law be optional for those on the right of politics?

What is it with those on the right and breaking the law. Not just that, but the outrage when they are challenged on this.

In 2020, two Prime Ministers ago, the government wanted to break international law in a limited way. Can you imagine the police letting anyone else doing so?

Later that year, on the 13th of November, there was a party held at Downing Street which broke the law. Apparently the defence was that the Prime Minister thought that it was a work event which is why he said that there were no parties. I doubt that I would avoid a speeding ticket if I was genuinely not aware that I was breaking the speeding limit, though in this case, Boris Johnson knew what has happened and he lied to Parliament about this.

While there are other examples, the Rwanda case is another example. It may be found to be legal when the case is appealed, but the fault of this lies not with the government, but lefty lawyers. Not sure that this would apply to the general public as well!

The law of the land can be changed through the Houses of Parliament. Despite this, the right just keep wanting to Break the Law.  No wonder they defunded the police! 

An old friend

Today has been tiring. We went to visit my parents-in-law for my wife to fill in some forms. It took more time than we expected. I did visit my wife, but instead of this being on our journey to see my old friend Martyn, we returned to collect my wife,

The journey to see him took time, the North Circular Road being quite busy. The last time I saw him, he was married to his first wife, this being at my daughters first birthday party.

He is much happier now. While he is with his second wife, in religious terms, this is his first as that marriage was annulled. It was a very ‘interesting’ marriage and what his first wife was like is hard to believe, unless you meet her. He is so much happier now and it is truly great to see. We had parted ways when he had asked me why I did not like his first wife and knowing me well, there was no point in lying so I told him the truth. It put him in a position where he has to chose between a friend and his wife and he did the decent and honourable thing and broke contact with me.

But he is free of her now, sadly finding out the hard way the truth of what I said. I am so glad that his new wife has made him so happy and I hope they spend the rest of their lives together in marital harmony. 

STOP THE BOATS

I am both in favour and against the decision of the Court of Appeal to deport those who cross The English Channel in small boats to Rwanda. 

As posted before, I think that those who do cross in small boats should have deportation.  But I also think that there should be a system in place so that asylum seekers can have applications processed abroad in third countries, just like we did with refugees fleeing Putins War in Ukraine. The system should be able to cope with the numbers quickly and fairly, just as it did with Ukrainian refugees.

It is insane that an Afghan Pilot has had to get here by a small boat because we have no decent safe and legal route for him to come here.  Many more who have helped the UK in Afghanistan are still trapped abroad and it is a crime to process them slowly with wilful inertia.

Gender Neutral Toilets

In the news, there has been a case reported of a girl who was sexually assaulted in a gender neutral toilet at her school.  It appears that some are now arguing against them, the case about this being not the first of similar issues in school.

People who have read posts by me know that I am a transphobe as I consider men to be men, women to be women, TransWomen to be TransWoman and TransMen to the TransMen.  Not everyone thinks of me as such, my children for one have said that I am not one, but many others do think this.

I am of the view that we should have more gender neutral and unisex toilets but by getting rid of all segregated ones.  The same applies with communal showers and open dressing areas where I think that segregation should be based on genitalia.  I do not think that there needs to be someone checking up on this, but there is a difference between someone using a space in private with no one seeing their genitalia and someone showing their bits to girls when they pretend to be a woman. Basically I think that people should have the option to use facilities which are segregated, not necessarily by genetics, but by genitalia instead, but that gender neutral and unisex facilities should exist, ideally in addition to segregated ones.

I think that calls to ensure cyber-flashing becomes a crime are heeded.  But I do not think that we should make it easier for women to be flashed in person. 

PMQs and housing

Housing was an issue which was brought up in a fairly boring PMQ's today. Keir Starmer was great before being Labour leader, but he has not been as inspiring as Jeremy Corbyn. However, he has not been as controversial and has got many voters to switch to Labour.  He is, to put it bluntly, boring.  In PMQ's while he did have a few good lines and asked important questions, he makes it too easy for his questions to be ignored by not learning a lesson from Corbyn. That is the use of real human examples.  It is much harder to avoid a question when it relates to an actual person and Starmer should use this Corbyn tactic in PMQ's.

I had described him as dependable and reliable, but recent issues have changed that perception with more people that Labour keeps changing its views.  The most recent one is on housing, and rent controls.  I have seen issues with people renting in private accommodation, which is the right thing for many tenants.  But I have seen too many people having to move from place to place when landlords have to remove them, for one reason or another.  

After my parents divorced, I grew up in a council flat and then later, a house. A huge advantage of this was that we did not need to move, and when we did, it was across the road.  Too many people have had to move from one area of Colchester, to another.  This has big issues for children who are in school as either they have to change schools, or spend more time travelling.  I know that this also is an issue for those who own homes, but it is an issue which I think, is harming the education and development of too many children.  

Changing a policy before elected based on changing circumstances, or being made aware of the effects of such a change is important.  I would love to see a change to a Labour policy which favours the building of council homes again, and ideally, gets rid of the right to buy.    

The silence

Apparently the children are still not talking to each other.  I am at work so have yet to see if this is true or not.  We are to see Lana Del Rey next month and I hope that this is resolved before then. 

Prettyfields Vineyard

In addition to our trip to London yesterday, my wife and I spent time with two friends earlier in the day before they head to America for the summer.  They have been to Prettyfields Vineyard before, we had not. We were very grateful that we came as the views were amazing.  The food looked spectacular, but not as good as the views over the vines.  They are dog friendly and our friends were surprised at how well behaved Leia was.  Part of this is because she is a good dog, but I also think that the walk I took her on beforehand helped.

But the best bit was the wine.  We bought a bottle of Rosé and I look forwards to drinking it later this summer.