POVERTY?
Greetings young people, marvellous that you are, if not as devilishly handsome as I am, we live in trying times, this November 2026.
Your bro’ Sandy, was 21 recently, is in year 3 at his place of study in Glasgow and sharing a flat with his girlfriend, Maggi! He’s had a busy, creative summer in Edinburgh festivals and all so I’m happy with all of that.
I’m even happier when I see you lot visiting me here at my place when mum and dads drive down. Alba had a birthday recently, Anna too. Breagha and Faisie , just recently. I’m officially Birthday skint.
‘But we are worth it,’ I hear you shout. Yes you are, I tell my bank manager. Happy birthdays!!!!
But….bad grammar – we live in challenging times – I have views – it’s my blog – on the world here in the United Kingdom. Our politicians are a disgrace in leading our country and supporting it’s citizens to live, work and play well. They appear not to be able to care for communities, citizens and the vulnerable! Kids, have a look at your world, whenever you can and ask yourself if there is improvement – or are business leaders still screwing the rest of us to make profits for themselves at peoples cost!
We have a UK budget from our Labour government tomorrow, 28th October, and attempts will be made to make poor and impoverished families feel better. I really want Labour to do well, but they seem to be struggling to get their sense of what the Tories did to mess the nation up in the last 14+ years. They should have been jailed. Damn their eyes. Have a look at the politicians, local, regional, that are serving you! Are they doing well? Are they doing anything creative or helpful? Is there anything you can do to rumble them up?
Here in Scotland we have struggles with UK government, Scottish government, which for me is a bit of a disappointment with past and recent Scottish Government failures, poor leaders and their new ideas of centralising local government and health services. Selfishly, because I live here and need these services, the Scottish Borders will inevitably lose out – I was here when everything was Lothian and Borders and we lost out to Edinburgh on all fronts.
How is it going for you, where ever you are at the moment?
I’m for an independent Scotland. Previous observations suggest the politicians are as poor performers here in Scotland as down south, so that doesn’t feel good.
My feeling about independence comes because of the treatment of Scotland – and Wales and Northern Ireland – by the selfish aristo’s of Londons political and social societies. In 2026 our nations are considered colonies by a Victorian hierarchy who treat us like fodder and exploit the wealth!
Keeping the citizens poor works alongside keeping the majority powerless.
Any new developing groups choose right wing dogma that the Tories already have proven are amongst the nastiest considerations of those in poverty and disadvantage. Racism, misoginy and abuse are their watch words.
Where is that in your world at this time.What do you think? What do you do? What can you do to edge a difference? You can’t change the world but you can change bits of it, make a difference to some people in it.
I get some e-bulletins from time to time mostly from the voluntary sector. The focus is on ‘struggle’ to survive, saving too many people from disaster, homeless, food-less, hopeless-ness, heat-less…..and yet the sector is saving the government and its quangos from utter embarrassment and oblivion and
it’s own incompetence.
One in four children in Scotland live under a poverty line deemed acceptable to so called civilised times.
So guys, another question for you! Where do you fit in with all this? Go well with my love.