Its almost that time of year again when the sliegh bells ring and the snow drops begin to fall , Yes Christmas is almost on us , just 35 more days to go.
The shops have thier decorations up and all thier christmas sweeties on sale and the thoughts of diets are put off now until new years eve when resolutions are made.
Its the time of goodwill and the time of joy.
Working in a shop as i have done for as long as i can remember it is a time of stress for all the managers to hit the targets thier is no thought about the real reasons that we celebrate.
Trafalgar square in London is a place to go where the people of Norway always give us a tree to thank us for our help in the war.
Somerset house is another place to go to where they have an outdoor ice rink , music and a beuatiful christmas tree , its like a scene from a movie and the place to go if you are young lovers.
Selfridges is the place i always used to go to with my mum and my sister to see the grotto , it always had a theme and i remember one year meeting the stars from the film planet of the apes , im not sure what it is like nowadays !
London at night where you can walk through theatre land and down the streets into china town and smell and taste some of the local delights , if you wonder around you will soon find streets full of christmas lights and lots and lots of joy , Its the place i call home and a place you cannever better , its the town with so much history style and elegence that if you go , you need at least 2 to 3 weeks to see the whole place with shops and markets for all and enough attractions around for people of all ages
Thursday 19 November 2009
Tuesday 10 November 2009
Mothers
I read the transcript of the telephone conversation between Jacqui Jane's and Gordon Brown and it must have been a very hard conversation for both sides.
Mr Brown is obviously convinced that what he has done is right and he has done this , he thinks for all the right reasons , I just say maybe ask somebody to proof read what you have written next time Mr Brown as he does have advisers.
Jacqui Jane's is the person who received the letter and lost her son she states he was fifth generation infantry s she should have some idea what she is talking about and as the receiver of the letter , if Mr Brown has upset her , he should just acknowledge this fact and apologise instead of holding a debate and trying to say what he did , neither side was going to agree and my heart as always goes out to her for the fact that she lost her son and in reading his injuries and what he sustained , if must be terrible for her.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Afghanistan-Transcript-Of-PM-Gordon-Browns-Telephone-Call-To-Jacqui-Janes-Whose-Son-Was-Killed/Article/200911215448445?lpos=UK_News_Article_Related_Content_Region_1&lid=ARTICLE_15448445_Afghanistan:_Transcript_Of_PM_Gordon_Browns_Telephone_Call_To_Jacqui_Janes,_Whose_Son_Was_Killed_
Today at work one of the Ladies whom I talk to at work on the bakery told me that her son had joined the RAF and that she was upset and scared because there is a very real chance of him being called to go to Afghanistan , I have no idea how far into his training he is as I did not push the subject as it was very obvious how upset she was.
This is the first time since my brother in law left the army some 9 years ago that i have known anyone personally who has somebody in the armed forces and it is the first time I have looked at somebody and seen sheer dread and fear in their face knowing that if her son goes to Afghanistan there is a real chance he will come home in a body bag.
This war , if that is what you choose to call it is touching many people's lives in many ways , if we look at my friends as an example , she has a husband and another son , they have in laws and then from her side she has her friends at work and we are like a community and if something were to happen to him we would all offer her condolences and also be upset so this one person who has this possibility of being called to Afghanistan would touch over 100 peoples lives if killed , it is a dreadful thought to have and I hope as do other that this never happens , but people all round the country are having their lives effected by this war and it is sad how it effects every aspect of peoples lives.
I have the ultimate respect for anybody who chooses to join anything in the military and hope that as many as possible come home safe.
Tomorrow is Remembrance day and I hope everybody stops for 2 minutes at 11 am and pays their respects to those who have fallen and those who are their fighting.
Mr Brown is obviously convinced that what he has done is right and he has done this , he thinks for all the right reasons , I just say maybe ask somebody to proof read what you have written next time Mr Brown as he does have advisers.
Jacqui Jane's is the person who received the letter and lost her son she states he was fifth generation infantry s she should have some idea what she is talking about and as the receiver of the letter , if Mr Brown has upset her , he should just acknowledge this fact and apologise instead of holding a debate and trying to say what he did , neither side was going to agree and my heart as always goes out to her for the fact that she lost her son and in reading his injuries and what he sustained , if must be terrible for her.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Afghanistan-Transcript-Of-PM-Gordon-Browns-Telephone-Call-To-Jacqui-Janes-Whose-Son-Was-Killed/Article/200911215448445?lpos=UK_News_Article_Related_Content_Region_1&lid=ARTICLE_15448445_Afghanistan:_Transcript_Of_PM_Gordon_Browns_Telephone_Call_To_Jacqui_Janes,_Whose_Son_Was_Killed_
Today at work one of the Ladies whom I talk to at work on the bakery told me that her son had joined the RAF and that she was upset and scared because there is a very real chance of him being called to go to Afghanistan , I have no idea how far into his training he is as I did not push the subject as it was very obvious how upset she was.
This is the first time since my brother in law left the army some 9 years ago that i have known anyone personally who has somebody in the armed forces and it is the first time I have looked at somebody and seen sheer dread and fear in their face knowing that if her son goes to Afghanistan there is a real chance he will come home in a body bag.
This war , if that is what you choose to call it is touching many people's lives in many ways , if we look at my friends as an example , she has a husband and another son , they have in laws and then from her side she has her friends at work and we are like a community and if something were to happen to him we would all offer her condolences and also be upset so this one person who has this possibility of being called to Afghanistan would touch over 100 peoples lives if killed , it is a dreadful thought to have and I hope as do other that this never happens , but people all round the country are having their lives effected by this war and it is sad how it effects every aspect of peoples lives.
I have the ultimate respect for anybody who chooses to join anything in the military and hope that as many as possible come home safe.
Tomorrow is Remembrance day and I hope everybody stops for 2 minutes at 11 am and pays their respects to those who have fallen and those who are their fighting.
Monday 9 November 2009
Holidays
Well , Today is the last day of my holdiay and that is really it now until next year.
The days are getting shorter and , it is begining to feel colder as well so winter is slowly but surely falling upon us.
I will get a 3 day possible 4 day break for Christmas and 2 days for the New Year which will be more than enough as I am more of a Chirstmas person than i am a New Years Eve person and I do so so enjoy Christmas.
With next years holidays I will proberly take some time off in may when the election is called to canvass the area that i am standing in , but I will do a majority of the work whilst I am still at work , 2 weeks should be enough and hopefully they will leave the counting alone and make sure it happens on the Thursday night and Friday morning like it has been for as long as I can remember.0.6%
The last time I was invited to the count was about 12 years ago when my mum stood for UKIP in the parlimentary elections in 1997 in Edmonton ,Enfield and she polled 260 votes and got 0.6%.
UKIP were really almost new then and she and the other candidates were all self funding like we will be and if you look at the link which will be below , number 29 they really have not faired that much better in the 2 elections since she stood and in they polled 2.3% which was 1.2% rise , So i am looking to do better as , if you look at number 31 Enfield / Southgate I will need to get about 2,100 votes or so to keep my deposit , but of course that is only if the same number of people vote as did in the last election , but I would think more will come out this time around and the mre people who vote means the more votes i require.
http://www.election.demon.co.uk/1997LB.html
The days are getting shorter and , it is begining to feel colder as well so winter is slowly but surely falling upon us.
I will get a 3 day possible 4 day break for Christmas and 2 days for the New Year which will be more than enough as I am more of a Chirstmas person than i am a New Years Eve person and I do so so enjoy Christmas.
With next years holidays I will proberly take some time off in may when the election is called to canvass the area that i am standing in , but I will do a majority of the work whilst I am still at work , 2 weeks should be enough and hopefully they will leave the counting alone and make sure it happens on the Thursday night and Friday morning like it has been for as long as I can remember.0.6%
The last time I was invited to the count was about 12 years ago when my mum stood for UKIP in the parlimentary elections in 1997 in Edmonton ,Enfield and she polled 260 votes and got 0.6%.
UKIP were really almost new then and she and the other candidates were all self funding like we will be and if you look at the link which will be below , number 29 they really have not faired that much better in the 2 elections since she stood and in they polled 2.3% which was 1.2% rise , So i am looking to do better as , if you look at number 31 Enfield / Southgate I will need to get about 2,100 votes or so to keep my deposit , but of course that is only if the same number of people vote as did in the last election , but I would think more will come out this time around and the mre people who vote means the more votes i require.
http://www.election.demon.co.uk/1997LB.html
Saturday 7 November 2009
Gone but not forgotton
This is with thanks (mostly to the Sun newspaper who had a couple of these people in their Saturday edition.
Walter Daniel Tull 28 April 1888 – 25 March 1918) was the first black/mixed race officer in the British Army, and the second black/mixed race player in the top division of the Football league , the Other player was Arthur Wharton of Darlington.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Tull
Then we have Oscar Linkson who played for what is now known as Barnet football club and is my local team , he died in France at the age of 28 , although his body was never recovered.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Linkson
Tom Cooper - Liverpool Football club who joined the military police and died aged 36.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Cooper_(footballer)
Not only have footballers died at war but cricketers have also died and this shows that wars have always touched every part of this nation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_in_the_Great_War
War is not a thing we can take lightly and whatever happens people always suffer , I can not imagine today's footballers or crickets from the higher leagues going to fight in battles or wars as as I think their money would talk , more sports were touched but this is just an example of what we lost.
There was a Heart of Midlothian side and of 16 players that enlisted 7 never came back.
We have most years two days each year where we are asked to spend two minutes in silence for all the people who have lost their lives Remembrance Sunday and Remembrance Day.
These two days and just 4 minutes whilst wearing Poppy's isn't much too ask.
Remember them who gave their lives so we can live in freedom.
Walter Daniel Tull 28 April 1888 – 25 March 1918) was the first black/mixed race officer in the British Army, and the second black/mixed race player in the top division of the Football league , the Other player was Arthur Wharton of Darlington.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Tull
Then we have Oscar Linkson who played for what is now known as Barnet football club and is my local team , he died in France at the age of 28 , although his body was never recovered.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Linkson
Tom Cooper - Liverpool Football club who joined the military police and died aged 36.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Cooper_(footballer)
Not only have footballers died at war but cricketers have also died and this shows that wars have always touched every part of this nation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_in_the_Great_War
War is not a thing we can take lightly and whatever happens people always suffer , I can not imagine today's footballers or crickets from the higher leagues going to fight in battles or wars as as I think their money would talk , more sports were touched but this is just an example of what we lost.
There was a Heart of Midlothian side and of 16 players that enlisted 7 never came back.
We have most years two days each year where we are asked to spend two minutes in silence for all the people who have lost their lives Remembrance Sunday and Remembrance Day.
These two days and just 4 minutes whilst wearing Poppy's isn't much too ask.
Remember them who gave their lives so we can live in freedom.
Friday 6 November 2009
Westminster Abbey - today
Today , Myself and Raquel went to Westminster Abbey to visit the Garden of Remembrance.
It is a very moving Experience , but one i must recommend to anybody who can go , to go.
It shows the different people who faught for Britain in different wars we have had and it shows that we were valiant and trumiphant each time.
But in being victorious it has cost this great nation many many lives.
Then it was the great war as it was called when World War 1 was faught then it moved to WW2 and the Falkland in the 1980's
We moved on to Iraq and then went back to Iraq again 10 years later and now we are fighting in Afganistan where still our soldiers are dying.
The soldiers who are dying are fighting for what the government say is our freedom because without security in Afganistan we can not be safe in our homes here in England.
We should make sure this Sunday which is Rememberence Sunday we all pay our respects with 2 minutes silence and wear our poppies with pride.
We should make sure that the people who are new too our country know and understand that we are free because these people gave and give up thier lives for our freedom.
And each time a soldier comes home in a coffin they are due the ultimate respect for he gave up his tomorrow for us to live our todays.
Each time a soldier comes home injured they also deserves the ultimate respect for they have put thier lives on the line for us to be free.
Each time a soldier comes home after serving thier tour of duty we should think and we should make sure that they know we salute them and thank them.
That is why we should be prepared to hold those 2 minutes silence of Sunday and on 11th November at 11 am so we will remember them.
Also poppys play an important part and everybody should be allowed to wear them to show a sign of respect.
Tuesday 3 November 2009
Rememberence day
With November 11Th rapidly approaching , It is a must for everybody who has ever had a member of their family , a friend or somebody they know who has been in the armed forces to buy and wear a poppy with pride.
My Brother in law was in the army and served in Northern Ireland and also Iraq the first time round.
My dad's dad was in world war 2 and served behind enemy lines as a person who gathered information as he called it.
It was not something he really talked about apart from one time only and , his wife told me I was privileged as , not even she had been told about some of what he told me that sunny Sunday afternoon in Bournemouth sitting at the dinner table after dinner , having what he called men's time.
To say that he was tortured when he was captured was the least I never saw the marks on his back which he said he still had , a bit faded but , still there and my dad said he had seen them just the once by mistake.
Also Every person in this country and around the world who values the freedom that was won during the years between 1939 and 1945 should also wear a poppy , for many men and women gave their lives so that we could and can live ours today.
or as is said
They gave their today for OUR tomorrow , least we forget
My Brother in law was in the army and served in Northern Ireland and also Iraq the first time round.
My dad's dad was in world war 2 and served behind enemy lines as a person who gathered information as he called it.
It was not something he really talked about apart from one time only and , his wife told me I was privileged as , not even she had been told about some of what he told me that sunny Sunday afternoon in Bournemouth sitting at the dinner table after dinner , having what he called men's time.
To say that he was tortured when he was captured was the least I never saw the marks on his back which he said he still had , a bit faded but , still there and my dad said he had seen them just the once by mistake.
Also Every person in this country and around the world who values the freedom that was won during the years between 1939 and 1945 should also wear a poppy , for many men and women gave their lives so that we could and can live ours today.
or as is said
They gave their today for OUR tomorrow , least we forget
Monday 2 November 2009
Our Obama moment
Reading the now free London edition of the Evening Standard , I came across on page 7 of the news extra copy an article by Ross Lydall and Louise Jury , entitled 'Our Obama moment will be electing a black mayor'
It is says that London will experience the full "Obama" effect when it elects a black mayor of London , This is being said by Kwame Kwei-Armah who is one of the countrys leading play writes and also rose to prominence when he was an actor in Casualty.
It would be a "True symbol of progress" as by 2012 on polling day 45%of Londoners will be from an ethnic community.
He goes on to say that the scandals of mayral aides Lee Jasper and Ray Lewis act as a a warning to black middle classes not to come forward.
Link to why Lee Jasper resigned http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jasper
Ray Lewis according to the article quit after finacial irregularities and inappropiate behaviour.
Anyway , It says that Mr Kwei-Armah has heard romours of various high profiled posts being refusedby very able black candidates simply becuase these black men fear being a target and that the press would discover something that would give them trouble.
I raise a question here is this not the case for White or Asian men and women as well and anybody who stands up and says that they want to run for public office weather it is a councillor or an Mp and it does not matter what colour your skin but , it should matter how well you are able to do the job.
It is an intresting article , but I think it is unnessary especially when it says the type of black man has to be to win the approval of the white voters , is this not the same for white or asian people , again I would say the candidate should seek to win over all votes and not just one type of voter and the more people that you win over the better the result for you.
I may chose as an election candidate to go to deaf or hard of hearing institutes and try and win them over because I have an afinity with them becuase I too am deaf , but that would not win me , the seat I am trying to win , so you go out and aim to speak and win over everybody you can , and it does not matter what colour , what sex , what orientation , or what religion you are.
I can see where this man is coming from but I totally disagree with what he is saying and how he is saying it.
A black Mayor or a black Prime minister is possible , like it is with an Asian or or Indian people but don't just vote for them because you see a likeness in the skin colour or the religion , vote for the person because you believe they will do a good job.
As a candidate for the English Democrats in London in Enfield / Southgate , I would be devastated if someone voted for me purely on my colour and not on what I or my party stands for.
As a people we all need stand up and say we are one people and we are all of the same race , this divide that is there because of our colour belongs here no longer and we all need to stand up and shout we are one people.
Elect me so I can be a great service to the public and do not elect me because of what I look like.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23763219-our-obama-moment-will-be-electing-a-black-mayor.do
It is says that London will experience the full "Obama" effect when it elects a black mayor of London , This is being said by Kwame Kwei-Armah who is one of the countrys leading play writes and also rose to prominence when he was an actor in Casualty.
It would be a "True symbol of progress" as by 2012 on polling day 45%of Londoners will be from an ethnic community.
He goes on to say that the scandals of mayral aides Lee Jasper and Ray Lewis act as a a warning to black middle classes not to come forward.
Link to why Lee Jasper resigned http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jasper
Ray Lewis according to the article quit after finacial irregularities and inappropiate behaviour.
Anyway , It says that Mr Kwei-Armah has heard romours of various high profiled posts being refusedby very able black candidates simply becuase these black men fear being a target and that the press would discover something that would give them trouble.
I raise a question here is this not the case for White or Asian men and women as well and anybody who stands up and says that they want to run for public office weather it is a councillor or an Mp and it does not matter what colour your skin but , it should matter how well you are able to do the job.
It is an intresting article , but I think it is unnessary especially when it says the type of black man has to be to win the approval of the white voters , is this not the same for white or asian people , again I would say the candidate should seek to win over all votes and not just one type of voter and the more people that you win over the better the result for you.
I may chose as an election candidate to go to deaf or hard of hearing institutes and try and win them over because I have an afinity with them becuase I too am deaf , but that would not win me , the seat I am trying to win , so you go out and aim to speak and win over everybody you can , and it does not matter what colour , what sex , what orientation , or what religion you are.
I can see where this man is coming from but I totally disagree with what he is saying and how he is saying it.
A black Mayor or a black Prime minister is possible , like it is with an Asian or or Indian people but don't just vote for them because you see a likeness in the skin colour or the religion , vote for the person because you believe they will do a good job.
As a candidate for the English Democrats in London in Enfield / Southgate , I would be devastated if someone voted for me purely on my colour and not on what I or my party stands for.
As a people we all need stand up and say we are one people and we are all of the same race , this divide that is there because of our colour belongs here no longer and we all need to stand up and shout we are one people.
Elect me so I can be a great service to the public and do not elect me because of what I look like.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23763219-our-obama-moment-will-be-electing-a-black-mayor.do
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