Labour! Corbyn! Dancing!
So... over the past two weeks I have been to London and back with my class. It was good. I learnt a lot about taking children on class trips and i came back completely exhausted. I need to do a thousand things, but somehow, for some unknown reason i can't seem to do them.
Whenever i go and try to do something which isn't teaching or researching about things to teach or anything connected with the school i am paralysed. I lie on the bed on sit on the sofa and go, i have no energy. I mean literally, my limbs don't seem to be able to move. It is like i am on my tiniest bit of gas left in the tank. It is very odd. I have never been someone who is tired or can't recover from being tired. I have always been someone who has boundless energy - even when i was very tired, like when i had young children, i would be able to rest and get going again. I just seem pretty much worn out all the time now. I think i need to do less. I think i need to take a break and stop worrying about things which i need to do and just go, you know what, fuck it.
Which is what i am now going to do. Fuck it. I don't have to be on top of bloody everything.
There.
I feel MUCH betterer now.
Over the past few weeks I have done something I have never done before. I have followed the snap elections called by May. I followed it for two reasons: first, because i was curious how Corbyn would do. I mean i was not very hopeful that he would be able to carry support beyond the liberal lefties, such as myself. But then something rather odd starting taking place. People began to say how much they hated Theresa May. I think if we look at her campaign, if you could call it that, the Tories, seeings how Corbyn was so low in the polls decided that there was no need to organise any rallies. And so they didn't. To be honest who would turn out for them? They stage managed everything instead, strangely forgetting that there was such a thing a social media. So they did things like have her standing with a bus with thirty people around her, trying to make them look like a crowd, but someone snapped a shot of the real event and instead you could see that it was pathetic. The media, especially the BBC, were so anti Corbyn, that they shot themselves in the foot.
After Labour's manifesto was launched, a manifesto which essentially said to the world, we are better than this and fuck 'em, the Labour campaign caught fire. Seasoned veterans of the stump, Corbyn and McDonald, just took over. People came out in their thousands to see them. Whereas May read from scripts to small audiences and refused to have reporters question her at the start. It was, abysmal.
At this point, reason two kicks in: It was very very exciting now because Corbyn suddenly began to surge ahead in the polls. He came across as genuine, someone who really cared, who had integrity. And young grime artists began to endorse him. The youth vote was mobilised and 90,000 young people registered to vote.
Then the Tories launched their manifesto and there was total meltdown. What happened next was incredible. I mean, the Tories got their support from the enfranchised and the well off, right? Well they said, we will come and take your homes for care, if your home is more than £100,000. And they also said that they would take school meals from children and give them breakfast. And finally, the kicker was we will take the winter fuel allowance for old people who are well off.
Essentially the entire electorate exploded. This was not a manifesto for their core voters. What were they trying to do, commit political suicide? In fact there was a theory which abounded, they wanted to LOSE because they knew that they could not pull off Brexit. Then the Tories went on TV and for the first time they were being questioned by the media - mostly because their manifesto was so stupid, but also because the media were smarting from the accusations of bias. The interviewees they put forward were disastrous. Honestly, i had never seen worse prepared people. As someone in PR, who has done PR, i have always been thankful that i never had to prepare an idiot politician who was planning to get away with murder. Literally, sometimes. But being in media and having done PR, i know all the tricks. Deflection, redirection, reiteration... i can see through it. But for some reason, this time round, other people saw it too. They saw the incompetence and the arrogance and then - they went, this is nonsense.
And so the parodies, the memes, the songs, the poems, the endorsements for Corbyn just kept on growing - and it was interrupted by the Manchester bomb. Now, seriously, in which universe does any politician send troops and supplies arms to brutal dictatorship, expect to get away with it. How STUPID are those who advocate bombing and deportation. Especially in this day and age. With the current situation we have now, there is a real urgent need for us to start respecting each other and enjoying the positive benefits of globalisation and it is up to politicians to ensure that EVERYONE enjoys it, not just the plutocracy. Instead of being responsible adults, the governments of the West just continued with their sale of arms, their cheap, exploited labour, their refusal to bring businesses into account, the destruction of the natural environment, the list goes on and on and on.... which exacerbated the colonial legacy. Instead of saying, hands up, we fucked up over here and we need to go forward into the future together, they unbelievably did the opposite thing.
Which resulted in the growing number of suicide bombs and attacks on them - as the most innocent. Which is only retribution as the suicide bombers see it. I do not agree with them, but i certainly understand where they are coming from.
So the innocent suffer.
I have no idea how this election is going to work out. In recent years, when bombs have gone off, the natural reaction is a lurch to the right. This time round, there are people who are going, nope, this has got to stop. We are better than this. We need to stop bombing other countries. What Corbyn said was right - he warned us, and then as if to bring home his point this terrible occurrence was inflicted on everyone.
Sometimes, the only satisfaction one has is saying I Told You So. I don't understand what is wrong with people - how come they seem incapable of critiquing something properly. There is no excuse anymore. None whatsoever. Now with the Internet the competing views of the truth or what is taking place must at least give pause and stop people from holding on to an attitude of certainty, which is really the bedrock of fundamentalism. If you are certain about something, you will act in a way which excludes. It is the nature of certainty. However, if you are open, if you are fluid, if you are always interested and debating and moving to and fro, then you are creating, you are dancing.
Corbyn does this. He says, look you can't do this because this type of definitive action will result in untold suffering. It is very simple, It is straightforward. And ok, yes, this kind of attitude does not help you to accumulate ridiculous amounts of wealth or untold power, but it does help people to live with each other while realising their potential as best they can. I mean, if you are not interested in this kind of world, then what kind of world would you like? It is crazy.
You could say that, like in Singapore, you can achieve great 'progress' through authoritarianism. This is the model which Western governments have ironically chosen. However, that kind of progress is brittle. It is not fit for purpose in the 21st century. The city which Singapore has built is ok for the late 20th century, but it is blatantly unsustainable. It is most certainly not a city which will be able to evolve without a lot of money. It is a city built on a slave class. It is a city which is dependent upon the complete and utter compliance of a vast majority of the population for the benefit of the few. There is no quality of life, so to speak for many people there. Most certainly the students have no childhood.
Anyhow... so that has been the past few weeks. I am about to do some laundry now and tidy my mom's house. I just want to SLEEP. I think maybe i'll do that between the laundry cycles.
Whenever i go and try to do something which isn't teaching or researching about things to teach or anything connected with the school i am paralysed. I lie on the bed on sit on the sofa and go, i have no energy. I mean literally, my limbs don't seem to be able to move. It is like i am on my tiniest bit of gas left in the tank. It is very odd. I have never been someone who is tired or can't recover from being tired. I have always been someone who has boundless energy - even when i was very tired, like when i had young children, i would be able to rest and get going again. I just seem pretty much worn out all the time now. I think i need to do less. I think i need to take a break and stop worrying about things which i need to do and just go, you know what, fuck it.
Which is what i am now going to do. Fuck it. I don't have to be on top of bloody everything.
There.
I feel MUCH betterer now.
Over the past few weeks I have done something I have never done before. I have followed the snap elections called by May. I followed it for two reasons: first, because i was curious how Corbyn would do. I mean i was not very hopeful that he would be able to carry support beyond the liberal lefties, such as myself. But then something rather odd starting taking place. People began to say how much they hated Theresa May. I think if we look at her campaign, if you could call it that, the Tories, seeings how Corbyn was so low in the polls decided that there was no need to organise any rallies. And so they didn't. To be honest who would turn out for them? They stage managed everything instead, strangely forgetting that there was such a thing a social media. So they did things like have her standing with a bus with thirty people around her, trying to make them look like a crowd, but someone snapped a shot of the real event and instead you could see that it was pathetic. The media, especially the BBC, were so anti Corbyn, that they shot themselves in the foot.
After Labour's manifesto was launched, a manifesto which essentially said to the world, we are better than this and fuck 'em, the Labour campaign caught fire. Seasoned veterans of the stump, Corbyn and McDonald, just took over. People came out in their thousands to see them. Whereas May read from scripts to small audiences and refused to have reporters question her at the start. It was, abysmal.
At this point, reason two kicks in: It was very very exciting now because Corbyn suddenly began to surge ahead in the polls. He came across as genuine, someone who really cared, who had integrity. And young grime artists began to endorse him. The youth vote was mobilised and 90,000 young people registered to vote.
Then the Tories launched their manifesto and there was total meltdown. What happened next was incredible. I mean, the Tories got their support from the enfranchised and the well off, right? Well they said, we will come and take your homes for care, if your home is more than £100,000. And they also said that they would take school meals from children and give them breakfast. And finally, the kicker was we will take the winter fuel allowance for old people who are well off.
Essentially the entire electorate exploded. This was not a manifesto for their core voters. What were they trying to do, commit political suicide? In fact there was a theory which abounded, they wanted to LOSE because they knew that they could not pull off Brexit. Then the Tories went on TV and for the first time they were being questioned by the media - mostly because their manifesto was so stupid, but also because the media were smarting from the accusations of bias. The interviewees they put forward were disastrous. Honestly, i had never seen worse prepared people. As someone in PR, who has done PR, i have always been thankful that i never had to prepare an idiot politician who was planning to get away with murder. Literally, sometimes. But being in media and having done PR, i know all the tricks. Deflection, redirection, reiteration... i can see through it. But for some reason, this time round, other people saw it too. They saw the incompetence and the arrogance and then - they went, this is nonsense.
And so the parodies, the memes, the songs, the poems, the endorsements for Corbyn just kept on growing - and it was interrupted by the Manchester bomb. Now, seriously, in which universe does any politician send troops and supplies arms to brutal dictatorship, expect to get away with it. How STUPID are those who advocate bombing and deportation. Especially in this day and age. With the current situation we have now, there is a real urgent need for us to start respecting each other and enjoying the positive benefits of globalisation and it is up to politicians to ensure that EVERYONE enjoys it, not just the plutocracy. Instead of being responsible adults, the governments of the West just continued with their sale of arms, their cheap, exploited labour, their refusal to bring businesses into account, the destruction of the natural environment, the list goes on and on and on.... which exacerbated the colonial legacy. Instead of saying, hands up, we fucked up over here and we need to go forward into the future together, they unbelievably did the opposite thing.
Which resulted in the growing number of suicide bombs and attacks on them - as the most innocent. Which is only retribution as the suicide bombers see it. I do not agree with them, but i certainly understand where they are coming from.
So the innocent suffer.
I have no idea how this election is going to work out. In recent years, when bombs have gone off, the natural reaction is a lurch to the right. This time round, there are people who are going, nope, this has got to stop. We are better than this. We need to stop bombing other countries. What Corbyn said was right - he warned us, and then as if to bring home his point this terrible occurrence was inflicted on everyone.
Sometimes, the only satisfaction one has is saying I Told You So. I don't understand what is wrong with people - how come they seem incapable of critiquing something properly. There is no excuse anymore. None whatsoever. Now with the Internet the competing views of the truth or what is taking place must at least give pause and stop people from holding on to an attitude of certainty, which is really the bedrock of fundamentalism. If you are certain about something, you will act in a way which excludes. It is the nature of certainty. However, if you are open, if you are fluid, if you are always interested and debating and moving to and fro, then you are creating, you are dancing.
Corbyn does this. He says, look you can't do this because this type of definitive action will result in untold suffering. It is very simple, It is straightforward. And ok, yes, this kind of attitude does not help you to accumulate ridiculous amounts of wealth or untold power, but it does help people to live with each other while realising their potential as best they can. I mean, if you are not interested in this kind of world, then what kind of world would you like? It is crazy.
You could say that, like in Singapore, you can achieve great 'progress' through authoritarianism. This is the model which Western governments have ironically chosen. However, that kind of progress is brittle. It is not fit for purpose in the 21st century. The city which Singapore has built is ok for the late 20th century, but it is blatantly unsustainable. It is most certainly not a city which will be able to evolve without a lot of money. It is a city built on a slave class. It is a city which is dependent upon the complete and utter compliance of a vast majority of the population for the benefit of the few. There is no quality of life, so to speak for many people there. Most certainly the students have no childhood.
Anyhow... so that has been the past few weeks. I am about to do some laundry now and tidy my mom's house. I just want to SLEEP. I think maybe i'll do that between the laundry cycles.
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