I do not particularly want to leave European Union however is it just me that thinks a new referendum would be the catalyst for a very real civil war?

There is enough hate already, huge divides even from those with the same morality, and anger along with hate is on the increase exponentially.
I want change, I want a fair and caring society, however those of us that want to achieve this do not have all the weapons, infact it is extremists on the right, and in government are the ones that likely would wipe out morality and kill off the real moral majority. War never has any winners beyond those providing the ammunition.
A new vote to remain gives credence to their anger. We feel strong upon here because we are surrounded by so many that share our views, but sadly it seems many more do not.
The referendum was fraudulent, corrupt and based upon extreme lies and coercion, yet not of those criminals involved in the deceit, Boris, Farage or their compatriot traitors have been properly investigated or charged.
Not looking for an argument, just writing down my own musings here.
Jonesy.

5,333 dollars! That is roughly how much each human being upon this planet would get if we took back the money (not assets just cash) from the top 1% and distributed it evenly. To you that may not feel like a lot. It does to me, and for many in this world it is a fortune.

Times that 5,333 by 6, 000,000,000 trough estimate of folks alive on earth at this moment, and thats around 32 trillion dollars. That is the disclosed amount of cash it seems the 1% have. Given shares, property and belongings are not part of this figure, you can see how vastly unfair it is.
Our dear old tape worm (oops I mean Queen) is a part of this ‘class’ and likely heads up their hierarchy.
The Conservatives are the political arm of these parasites.

You vote conservative and all you do is make these vile people even richer, give our quality of life away to these robber barons.
This is why we need change. These creatures have this amount of cash yet we still have an increasing number of people dying in poverty daily.
There are no excuses for this. It is not the natural order. It is a corrupt and cruel society driven by extreme greed.
Its that simple.
Time to put a stop to it.

Jonesy
Dog of Socialism

Yep swear alert! Can I just say a resounding ‘fuck off’ to those PLP members that would prefer to keep the cruel, corrupt, murderous Tories in power, than support the Membership and Leadership of our party. Your vile self interest is colluding with genocide and oppression.

It is not Jewish, Muslim, Catholic, Protestant, Hindu, or any other religion, culture, gender, sexuality or ability that are not welcome, it is you, those that endeavour through sabotage and dirty tricks to keep your super rich establishment masters exempt from prosecution for tax fraud, safe from paying their way, safe from providing fair wages, safe from ensuring homes are safe and well maintained for their tenants, safe from being held to account for their wrong doings, keeping their huge fortunes huge and assisting the perpetuation of the evil that is austerity.

You are complicit in the deaths of innocents here, I suspect nearly half a million is the true figure by now, and millions abroad. You hold responsibility for the displacement of tens of millions and yes the genocide happening in the Middle East.
So its you horrific excuses for politicians that are not welcome, and we the membership will ensure that continues to be made clear to you.

Feel free to suspend me, to boot me out, my membership is one where I pay in to the party, it is not a gravy train for the corrupt to profiteer from. You will not silence me, for my words are very much my truth.

You know who you are, we know your corrupt and immoral tactics! Please do not slam the door behind you!

Jonesy
Dog of Socialism

“When a hard-working head of the household leaves for work every morning, he can see that the blinds on the windows of the house opposite are still closed. Behind those blinds may be somebody who is on benefits and is not going to work. He is paying for those behind the blinds to stay at home and not work.” this is a direct quote from George Osborne he made in a speech around 6yrs ago.
Let’s think about closed blinds, or for most of us curtains or even for some old sheets pinned up to windows.
Well when I was young, so much younger than today (sure there’s a song in that), keeping your curtains closed was a sign to your neighbours that you had a death in the household. People would often react to that by paying respects or visiting to see all was ok. Sometimes it would mean folk would go to the house to check on the resident and maybe find them in need or sadly that it was the person themselves that had passed away.
Sadly today this is not usually the reason for closed curtains or the like. I say sadly for death is the only certainty in life, but the reasons today maybe far worse than death.
In a few cases closed curtains may mean a night shift worker, maybe someone rushing to get to work or kids to school but far far too often they signify things are not right. It maybe that the occupant suffers from depression and does not have the ability to let light into their world, they may have let things go and be worried that someone would look in and recognise that they were not coping, maybe they are suffering anxiety too and are scared of someone seeing they are in, a social worker, a bailiff, a neighbour, a stranger, family or even just the post man.
It maybe that by opening those curtains they would expose themselves to the horrors that for so many in society daily life holds.
A big percentage of our supposed ‘great’ nation live in debt, in constant fear their possessions or even home will be repossessed. Others know they are not coping with day to day living and are scared that their children may be removed or that their own ‘freedom’ will be taken (not that they live free, prisoners to their own personal hell).
People label depression and anxiety as ‘mental health issues’ which of course they are, but they are also often people living within states of mental cruelty, a state of constant torture, where the ethics, morals and values of todays politicians, the current government in particular, the establishment (those behind the politicians who hoard wealth and power) are the catalysts, the causation and their actions serve to perpetuate the distress.
We are now programmed to see those with any disability, but particularly those with invisible illnesses and mental health issues as 4croungers, as drains, as sub human, a subject to ridicule and yes hate. You will sit there not realising the sublime messages kyle, or Benefits Britain, or even the BBC news are pushing into your heads. Why? Because giving you someone to hate, a scape goat detracts from them. If you focus your ire on the woman with chronic pain, or the bloke that feels so hopeless he does not even dress, then you are not seeing the corruption and greed of those who are making life impossible for so many.
So yes todays reasons for closed blinds in my view can be far worse than death, they can mean isolation, terror and a complete loss of hope. Thats not a lazy scrounger Mr Osborne, that is someone fighting each day just to exist, if not survive.

Jonesy Jones
Dog of Socialism

Can we just be absolutely clear. Yesterday’s budget was to bribe middle England. To recruit traditional Tories from Toryland back to their failing party. It will not benefit the many, and again adds new levels of cruelty to the vulnerable.
This government once more prove themselves incapable of understanding hardship, of displaying empathy or car for those in need.
They continue to cull those at risk, whilst serving their own self interest.
We call time and time for an election, we fight to expose the truth, we endeavour to wake up the people to the true results of years of toxic and yes wicked greed, alas nothing has changed for the better.

What is next? How much worse can life get for those who’s lives are seen as not just unimportant, not just worthless, but those we are constantly told are a drain on this country’s resources.
The only true drain are those hoarding money for power and control. Those in charge who daily show us what a corrupt government truly can do to make life intolerable for so many.

When we compare the British Conservative Party to Fascists it is not a bit of banter, not defamation of them, it is a true and fair comparison. They may not wear the brown or black shirts of Hitler or Moseley but they practice their hatred and cruelty.
Their is one difference though, the Nazi’s and Fascists wanted their Country to be seen as dominant and strong, these clowns we have just want to strip it bare of assets and wealth, then leave for some tropical retirement.

We need to put a stop to this government’s ongoing cruelty right now. If they will not agree to democratic elections then we need to force their hands. Marches and demos have not worked. Time for civil unrest. To hit them where it hurts. In their pockets.

We need to bring the fruits of their corrupt practices to an end. We need to disrupt infrastructure. Take their profits. Make it impossible for them to gain from their immoral and often illegal behaviour.

Flash mob is not a term I am comfortable using but time for flash disruption. We do not need millions on a unreported march, we need pockets of resistance all over the UK to embark on legal, peaceful but firm activity.

Change is well overdue in the UK, the government are stagnant and toxic. Our children’s world needs to be one of nurture and hope, not cruelty, discrimination and death.

I am no longer afraid to stand against them, no longer afraid to speak my truths. Are you?

Jonesy.

Money

Ok what is money? Money is a promise issued by the government to provide goods, property or services to the value of the coin or note. It is in the UK generally measured in sterling, sterling silver, hence the metal strip in notes.
It’s worth always was only based on a belief in a promise. It was a way of carrying bartered promises with you and exchanging them with others.
When the belief that the government cannot back up its promises there tends to be huge inflation and a situation where people demand their money back, they want their promises fulfilled. This becomes what is known a ‘run on the banks’. Now you could demand a pounds worth of sterling silver or even gold for your pound of cash, which is why a country needs to hold reserves. The Government do not want you to do this.
The concept of ‘money’ is so simple yet so complex. Once upon a time, long long ago, the government (Royalty and the Royal Court) had very finite reserves. Their only lines of credit were form the land owners (Barons) and if they refused to lend monies then taxation was the other option. But even this was finite. It depended upon factors such as how the harvest had gone, what riches were obtained through barter, negotiation, diplomacy, trade and yes war with other kingdoms. It was also often based upon perceived strength, and as Britain had the best and strongest Navy in the world, and led the field in soldiering, we not only invaded countries, increasing our Empire and therefore wealth reserves, we had countries clamouring to be our friends in order for Britain to protect them.
We (as in Britain) were a ‘super power’ on the world stage. We still had huge numbers of folk living in poverty, dying of starvation on our streets, homeless, disease, but our ‘rich’ were the wealthiest class of people in the world.
Throughout our empire there may be famine, genocide, torture and death but the King or Queen of the day had the best finery and luxury that money could buy.
Yes there were rebellions both abroad within the empire and here in Britain but the mighty armed militias soon quelled them with violence and cruelty, sanctioning entire regions, putting leaders to death in many imaginative ways.
We were the Richest nation on Earth!
But then came the time of steam, of electricity, of radio. Things changed. Rebellions were no longer localised, they were world news, one tinder pot set off another. The cost of ‘policing’ started to eat into profits. Small military campaigns grew, and when they went awry other dissidents were encouraged to act.
The Boar war and Crimean war, along with uprisings on the Indian continent were costing dear. Then came the first world war, and Britain had to consider borrowing money off other nations, one of its biggest allies Russia had a revolution and this hit the British in ways never publicised. The main one in the pocket.
So at this point the British government started getting into debt. Now they were at this point only borrowing money that could be offset against the reserves of gold and silver held in the treasury. Then came the biggy, WW2, this was a fight to the death, the enemy with the advances in war machines were truly able to bring the fight to our door. This truly was all out war. We were out gunned and out numbered. As an Island State we depended upon our Empire to provide so much of the basics needed to sustain life within this ‘modern’ world.
To keep these supply lines open we needed ships, and lots of them. Every day we were losing ships to German U-boats (submarines) and the German airforce was decimating industrial areas of Britain. We were alone and starving to death. But then came ‘lease lend’. A way of the USA helping us without being seen to ally to us. This meant we would lease ships and arms from the USA to keep our supply lines open, to replace ships lost, and to fight off our enemies.
America was the most industrious nation ever by this point.
To keep us going the US government and firms extended us credit way beyond our gold reserves and our means. We took it, in the same way a drowning man reaches for a rope. No consideration for cost in the future, these were desperate times.
Soon the navy were sailing US ships, the airforce flying US planes and the army riding in US tanks.
Then came Pearl Harbour. December 1941 the Japanese attacked American naval and air forces. The decimated the American battleship fleet.
America entered the war.
Now you would think that as our allies now the US would start supplying equipment free of charge, ending lease lend? But nope we carried on sending promissory notes for money we did not have.
Eventually the war was won by the allies. Germany capitulated then Japan.
Now was time to pay. We were given terms by the US that would keep us afloat and fairly well off but also in debt to the US for a very long time. In the 1950’s the cost of policing the empire became so great that the Queen announced its dissolution. People thought it was because she personally was being humane to those nations we stripped and enslaved, but nothing was further from the truth, we were losing power and it was but a tactical retreat.
The British Establishment were still strong militarily but couldn’t counter peaceful demonstrations such as those led by Ghandi. Times were changing. But do not get it wrong her, this was not capitulation. The British tied these countries in trade deals through the formation of the Commonwealth. Like the EU but where Britain remained firmly in control. An Empire that did not need policing.
Now there are other factors too in the changing world that effected Britain, the main one was the rise of the union movement in the 19th and 20th centuries. This meant an end to domestic slavery of the workers, it was the foundation of fair pay, of fair working hours, of holiday pay, sick pay, health and safety in the workplace, of workers and human rights.
This had a huge impact. The Establishment were now to some degree accountable.
Votes for women also made huge changes. Challenging the patriarchy and its power over us all. Giving women a true voice. All these changes were won through shedding of blood, loss of freedom and lives. It is due to the actions of the brave folk that fought these battles against their self appointed masters that we have the rights now, that this government are determined to strip us of.
So back to money, money works as a system as long as it flows, is exchanged, however capitalism does not preach that. Capitalism is about hoarding these promissory notes, about controlling the flow of such promises whilst holding onto as many of them as you can.
To those with money it is not about the choices it gives us, the buying of that suit, coat, or even tampon! Of whether we eat or the kids do! Even of whether we can afford to go to hospital and pay the parking charges. To the rich, its about game play, we are all just indicators of how much more money they have than us.
In some ways their role us not to make more money it is to prevent us making any. In their insular world money truly is power and as with all abusers it is power they crave.
At the moment we pander to that, we spend our power on things that have no true value, upon a label, the latest technology we do not need, on entertaining and deflecting, distracting us of the cruel reality of our lives.
Until we realise this, that money truly is a tool to keep us in our place we will always be subjugated, controlled and owned. We will be subservient to those with copious. Amounts of money, we will only ever be the chaff to them.
I am not rich, I often need to decide whether I eat or live. That is our reality. And if you think ‘I am alright Jack’ because you have a good job, savings, a nice living standard, so did I until a few years ago, then I got ill! Now I exist, barely as do so many others, and all my savings and luxury did not last as long as you think.
So please read, share and open your eyes to reality if not already all too aware.
Jonesy
http://www.thejonesy.com

On top of physical health am fighting depression brought about by life changes, pain, immobility, constant exhaustion, not being able to socialise and not getting out. My bad days are bed bound or at best housebound. Having more of them than not. My good days are also pretty housebound with only a trip to shop to break monotony.
I am ok in myself at this moment as in functioning but been a few times of late where i haven’t and came close to looking at ‘other options’, a thought process constantly at the back of my mind.
I had planned a few trips this year but pretty much had to cancel them all.
Holding several insulin pens in hand can give one ideas. However the thought that I am a dad has so far pulled me through.
I have spoken to GP and counsellor but not helped much. Dealing with a fair bit myself and been trying to help others but in doing so what has been left of my stamina seeps away.
Truly cannot take much more. Will still be a friend when I can but things truly do need to change. Depression and anxiety were not issues for me prior to physical illness, well not upon this level. They go hand in hand with my conditions, but family issues, the assaults, further health issues with no good outcomes, money issues (not destitute so please do not offer as I know some will) and other issues within my life, including feeling valueless are destroying me.
I know folk will want to reply with kind words, offers and deeds but I truly do not want that. All I want is to feel respected, to be seen, be heard, be accepted, maybe valued and to be allowed to live when I can. Is that too much for any human to want?
Simon

Who are we? who are you? who am I?

How can we define ourselves? we use nationality, age, gender, religion, culture, employment. education, ability, class, colour, weight, height, language, eye colour, hair colour, we may use our status of being a parent, a son, a daughter, an orphan, a sibling, an aunt, uncle a grandparent, a citizen, we may see ourselves as richer poorer due to material wealth, or maybe its love, friendship and loyalty that are the true riches. The home or lack of it is usually used as a social indicator, as is the car we drive.

Others may use all these examples to define us, but also see us as humble, arrogant, wise, foolish, happy, sad, brave, cowardly, meek or even wild.

Maybe though what truly define sus is far more elusive? Maybe it is more about the experiences we gathered on our voyage to this point in history, possibly the decisions already made or about to be made?

So who am I? well yes I am a white British male, I am a father, I am overweight, I am living with chronic illness, I was a social worker, I am a socialist, I am a biker, I have friends, I am social, I speak only one language fluently (this one), I am a son, a brother. My hair was blonde but now mousey brown with grey, my eyes are still blue. I’m six foot tall and in my very early fifties as I write this.

My future plans changed when I got ill and had to retire from my career. I was earning good money and loved my job, at that time if asked to define myself it would have been at the top of my list. The past few years have been challenging and at best unsettled, at worst, well let us say touch and go.

I lived and worked all over the UK as a social worker, but now spend 80 – 90% of my time in my little disabled bungalow. I do still have occasional good days and do get out upon those, that is when I see myself as living rather than just existing.

So given all the above I am sure some folk would describe me as arrogant, foolish, a snowflake, a wuss, a scrounger, fat, and many other derogatory terms, in fact I know a few that do just that. Others see me differently, thankfully, I see myself somewhere in the middle. I am a human being, not perfect and completely fallible.

There are some people I see as I see myself, some I have a little less respect for but the vast majority I believe have huge potential to be far better than me. You may well be one of them

What I really respect in people is morality, being ethical, challenging discrimination and hate. I do not care what you drive, the clothes you wear, whether you live in a mansion or a tent, Your phone doesn’t impress me, nor does the name on your handbag. The people I am drawn to may have nothing or everything materially, but they will share whatever they do have to alleviate the pain and anguish of others.

You can be whoever you are with me. You can laugh with me, cry upon me, shout or scream at me. If you need me I will try to be there, as I know many of you would be for me.

My class is human.

So whether you are a biker, or rapper, whether you have kids or not, whether you have scars, stretch marks or a few ripples like me, you have the potential to be my friend. You will not be judged ever as harshly as I judge myself, You need no airs and graces, you need only be yourself.

If you want to better yourself, do so by being humane, not for stretching out into the void for lavishes you never will likely receive.

Live life for you, your family and those you love, the only person that has the right to criticise you is you, and then it will likely be too harsh.

Jonesy

Ok folk saying the Brexit vote was done, the people have spoken! Yep the people did vote and the vote was for Brexit. However, the information or rather misinformation we were provided with by those we were meant to trust was not just flawed but blatant lies. It was all actually supposed to be a simple publicity campaign for Cameron and his flunky government.
No one expected people to vote for leaving the EU, in fact not even those leading the leave campaign, Boris and Farage wanted a vote to leave. They only were leading the campaign for their own self promotion.
So given we were fed lies, more lies and more damn lies realistically we were not in a position to make any informed choice.
We know the laws regarding elections, laws not rules, were broken, yet those truly responsible were not even properly challenged never mind investigated or charged, such is the farce of the British legal system. These liars, cheats and fraudsters truly are above any laws of this country.
So a vote for leave happened, based upon fantasy. Then we have Theresa the Traitor May stepping in when Piggy Cameron ran away to sun himself wrapped in hundreds of thousands of £50 notes from his ‘offshore’ bank accounts.
Now Theresa and her corrupt money obsessed husband decide to make the most of this Brexit situation, not for us, the folk of the country, but for themselves and the shareholders in Mr May’s list of companies.
So first thing she decides to do is end the UK’s compliance with EU legislation on human and workers rights, thus enabling corporations, businesses and companies (such as those owned and controlled by Brian – oops wrong Mr May, business) to slash conditions for those employed and yes housed by them.
Then given her new position she can ally with tyrannical regimes that will buy weapons (guess who supplies these? Yep hubby May).
She is supposed to be negotiating for a tactical retreat of the UK from the EU, however she makes such a hash of it that even the heads of the other EU countries decide to ignore her and tell the British folk that if they want as individuals we can stay EU members.
Now back to this Brexit vote, well yes we voted for Brexit, yes a few folk still believe the lies we were told, a few still think the British, or more likely the English are superior to the rest of Europe, but now the truth has seeped into the heads of many that voted leave they have suddenly realised they were duped (not to be confused with Theresa being DUPed).
Now we vote in new governments every few years in the UK. Sadly of late folks have been fed more lies and propaganda by all the main media in Britain, so the Tories have been able to strip our economy bare, but even given this there is still the prospect a change of government could reverse most of the theft they have committed against us.
The Brexit vote however offers no opportunity to fix the errors their lies have caused. Once we leave it will be final. No going back.
Now some folk still see the forecasts of the crash of the pound, runs on banks, no trade abroad meaning few exports or imports, and economical along with physical isolation as scare mongering, maybe they are, but if not life is about to get very difficult for us.
Already British citizens are dying under the auspices that the fabricated ‘austerity’ brings. (Yet more fraud from these Tory thieves). If the forecasts prove true hundreds of thousands killed by this government will become likely counted with six zero’s. Can we live with thats? Clearly some of us won’t.
So what to do? Do we go blindly into the abyss because the stubborn say ‘the people have voted’ or do we recognise that the vote was firstly not legally binding, and secondly not democratic due to lies, fraud and untruths?
Do we accept such a dangerous path based upon the corrupt self promotion of a few greedy politicians? Or do we recognise that the cost to employment, diversity, rights, and quality of life is too much?
You tell me, but do not tell me ‘the people have voted’ for a vote based purely upon fantasy and lies is not a democratic vote in any reality.

Jonesy

Dog of Socialism

http://www.thejonesy.com