The time has come for a change in politics

IF ever you wanted to know what democracy is in the UK, you only have to look at the House of Lords.

Very nearly filled to the rafters with political party establishment ‘yes’ men and women, whether they be former MPs, business people, their advisers or financial donors – basically not people of or for the people in reality.

Establishment systems of which the Lords is a major ingredient, are again for the political parties and not in essence for the people, as the party is everything when you look at this setup.

This can clearly be seen when they vote the way the party wants them to, not the way the people wish (most were against the Iraq War /Middle-East War and in more modern times HS2, the white elephant that will cost the taxpayer anything from £100,000m to £200,000m or possibly even more).

Indeed in essence, we live in a mirage of what is thought to be ‘Democracy for the People and by the People’ as someone once said, but where in reality it is a system predominantly for the political parties and their backers, donors and advisers (whatever they may be).

That’s where democracy goes wrong.

I would say a major system change is well overdue.

Shown how much we rely on others

THE virus sweeping the world is proving a double whammy for Britain. Not only is the virus on our shores but the parts firms need to keep industry going have dried up from China.

The Stock Exchange has taken a huge shock with fear running through the markets.

The NHS is confident it can cope despite the shortage of beds, doctors and nurses.

The Government is suggesting former NHS employees who have recently retired come back to help fight the virus.

This virus has shown how much we rely on the world to keep the wheels of industry going.

Not investing in our skills could be a big mistake.

Community spirit? It’s in short supply

AS the Coronavirus spreads throughout the UK it’s good to see that some people’s community spirit is centred on total selfpreservation at the expense of others by clearing out the supermarket shelves. On my weekly trip to our local supermarket the place looked as though a hoard of locusts had descended on it.

Looking into the stark reality that due to our age we shall be encouraged to stay home and only venture out at night like some form of vampire, I decided to order our shopping online. That was mistake number two. The earliest delivery is in approximately two weeks time

So blood sucking looks more and more likely. People beware.