Trump is
going to make America great again - compared to when? How do you define
'great'? He's going to build a wall, deport millions of people - the list
of the bold direct statements is long and there was no explanation of how this
was going to be achieved. The first big failure was on replacing the Affordable
Health Care Act aka ObamaCare but - the President tweeted – “ObamaCare
will explode and we will all get together and piece together a great healthcare
plan for THE PEOPLE.” I think he meant
implode....
Brexit
means Brexit (No one knows what that means). The Prime Minister is going to
negotiate a Brexit deal that is good for everyone. Well that's a load of
rubbish. Every single person? There are going to be groups who will
not benefit, don't know who they are but it just isn't logical that it will be
all good for everyone.
I am not
even sure what I think any more, I have all these words shouting at me in my
head.
I am almost
at a point when I can only believe what I see - and you know how unreliable eyewitnesses
are. After the dreadful terrorist attack in London last week a woman wearing a
headscarf was photographed walking past the wounded with her hand to her face apparently
looking at her phone – interpreted as uncaring.
She was vilified on social media until she came forward. She had offered
help but there were many people helping at this point so she was contacting her
family to say that she was OK and the photographer confirmed that she was very
upset – which can be clearly seen when you look closer at her face. She then helped someone go to Waterloo
station and went home. We see what our prejudices tell us to see.
On the weekend I had lunch with friends - we laughed a lot and argued some - that was real. Last night
I went to the Barbican to hear Joshua Bell play – he was amazing – that was
real.
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