So 2011 arrived with all the usual fireworks, resolutions and domestics. Once again we turn to the future with hope. When will we ever learn? (As Pete Seeger once sang - "Who the **** is Pete Seeger" - He was a guy who was once a radical but like all good radicals became one of the Establishment when he tried to shut Bob Dylan up at Newport in 1965.) Anyway, as he once sang, when will we learn? Africans are being raped and killed within sight of Israel, soldiers are dying in Afghanistan, people are dying all over the world and the Pope blesses us all while singers, actors and political nest-liners get honoured by the Queen although she hasn't a clue who the hell they are!
Homeless people die on the streets of London - funny how this year we haven't heard any statistics on how many old people have died in the cold. Does that only happen under Labour governments?
Anyway, I joined in with wishing everyone I know happy new year and I sincerely hope we all get one, but I ain't holding my breath.
Happy New Year to you all.
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