Saturday
25th June
Distance:
5.01 miles Time: 1:10:55 Avg Speed: 4.24mph Avg Pace 14.27min/mile
Calories
Burned 821 Calories
Burned TOTAL: 2737.
Friday
24th June Quick jog round
school field with Y4
Distance:
0.34: miles Time: 4.21 Avg Speed: 2.97ph Avg Pace 20.10min/mile
Calories
Burned 46 Calories
Burned TOTAL: 1916
Had
a good run today I turned left, so that was a good start, I trotted up the hill
to St Chads and managed a nonstop run for most of that first mile. I had
already decided that I would head for Lawnswood Cemetery as that is one of my
target areas, I have a few along the route; St Chads, Lawnswood School,
Lawnswood Cemetery, Golden Acre Park then Otley. It was a beautiful morning the
sun was daring itself to come out the air was relatively clear and my head was
set. I needed to run, I needed to pound the pavements, I needed to run away. I
find running a therapy I get the same feeling from a brisk walk, the feeling of
running and as I do I drop by the wayside those thoughts, those worries, those
niggles that would otherwise fester and stew in my brain. So run I did all the
way up to the cemetery and then home again by this time the sun was coming out
and the day was promising
to behave.
So
why did I need to pound out my troubled thoughts so much today well one word, brexit!
(I won’t give this word a capital letter as that names it and I don’t want to
name it.) Did a nation ever make such a ridiculous decision? All the reasoned financial
and economic arguments aside, although in that respect we are well and truly
screwed, no the thing that has distressed this Middle-Of-The-Road Liberal has
been the vile and poisonous rhetoric that has spewed forth like puss from a
rabid wound. I could give this blog the sub heading of “the stupid things
people say” but that would be too simplistic and would somehow not do justice
to the maleficence that has been disgorged by the narrow minded, mean spirited
and noxious people of this nation that I love and was proud to call myself part
of. I am not proud any more, I am ashamed. So much deleterious, pernicious bile
has been promulgated as reason that I have at times shouted at the TV or quite
simply cried in disbelief.
If
nothing else this referendum has shown a large group of our nation to be
racist, bigoted, xenophobic, delusional knob-jockeys. I cannot believe some of
the vile vitriol that I have witnessed. The flimsy and inherently racist views
published in both the written and TV media have been unbelievable. Now call me
a simple minded fantasist here but I do generally tend to believe in the good
of people. My dear dead mum (who’s anniversary of death is on Tuesday- still
miss you mum) always taught me the very true maxim “There’s good and bad in
every kind” and that is a truism that I hold dear to. Yet I have truly
struggled to find any truth in that these last few weeks when all I have heard
is a dictate of right wing scaremongering about immigrants and people who were perceived
as ‘not British’
“They’re
coming here taking our jobs”
Which jobs? Who’s job? http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/is-britain-really-full-up-we-put-the-most-common-assumptions-about-immigration-to-an-expert-10427400.html
There are
some very interesting figures that relate to this, from the time around the
turn of 2004 and 2005 when something like a quarter of a million Poles entered
the UK. However, recorded unemployment rates went down between 2003 and 2005,
and recorded vacancy rates actually went up slightly, which would seem
counter-intuitive. There are of course other factors at play, and people will
make of that what they will, but the data would suggest that they weren’t
taking the jobs of Brits.
“Our
youngsters can’t get a job because all these immigrants are taking them”
Show
me the British ‘youngster’ who is prepared to work 15 hour days picking fruit
for minimum wage, show me the British ‘youngster’ who is prepared to wipe the
backsides of elderly people in care homes for minimum wage. There may be some
and to them I am doing a disservice and apologise but so many either don’t want
to work or they think they can fall into an Alan Sugar position that will pay a
6 figure salary or worst still the XFactor Generation who want to be
celebrities because “I really want this”
oh how I loathe what talent and reality shows have done to our children creating
a generation of wannabees and mind numb audiences. I digress.
EXCUSE ME! Our NHS would collapse if it were not for the
immigrants 21.5% of NHS staff not including GP’s and temporary staff are
immigrants.
"Overseas
doctors have for many years made a valuable and important contribution to the
NHS, especially in key services where there has been a historic shortage of UK
trained doctors. Without the support of these doctors many NHS services would
struggle to provide effective care to their patients." British Medical Association
“We
want our country back”
I love this one! Our Queen has just celebrated her 90th
birthday she has ruled over us for 60+ years. Three of our Home Nations are
currently holding their own in the European Cup, Our Olympic and Paralympic
squads are about to launch themselves into competition in Rio. Our designers
and musicians are celebrated throughout the world; our political leaders sit on
NATO, G8, WHO, UN Security Council….. We have our country and more besides NO
ONE IS TAKING IT AWAY numpties!
This article from Lawyers In For Britain states the case in far more eloquent terms than I can and as far as I can see we always have made our own laws and pulling out of the EU will not mean that our little businesses can suddenly trade in Europe by new rules, they will still be governed by them the only difference being WE WILL NO LONGER HAVE A SAY IN HOW THEY ARE SET!!! Idiots!!!
In practice, the UK has had significant influence over the development of single market legislation particularly in relation to telecoms, energy and financial services where EU legislation is largely based on the UK model. In other areas, notably pharmaceutical regulation and competition law, UK legislation is closely modelled on EU law. That would remain the case even if the UK were to leave the EU but the UK would cease to have any influence over the future development of that law.
Indeed, if the UK were to leave the EU, it would have no real say on EU legislation, but much of its business would remain subject to EU law in order for UK products and services to be accepted in other EU countries.
http://lawyers-inforbritain.uk/b-m-a/does-membership-of-the-eu-prevent-the-uk-from-making-its-own-laws/
“It
was better before”
Sorry do you actually remember the 60’s and 70’s? Power
cuts, strikes, corrupt police forces, rampant misogyny, Jimmy Saville, dull,
dull, dull food, IRA, lead paint, asbestos, 2 TV channels, drink driving, smoking everywhere,
corporal punishment, homosexuality criminalised, little or no contraception
(until the pill in 1967), dirty beaches, dirty rivers, over fished seas? Granted there was
great music and weird fashions but music and fashion are always there helping
us through. We live today in an accessible world with instant communication and
access to a life style the 60’s and 70’s had no potential for. I loved growing
up then but I don’t want to go back life should only go forwards.
“They
come here bringing all their foreign ways” and this absolute pearler
“I
go to the supermarket and there is a whole row of Polish food!”
Well!
All I can say to that is thank God they do. Imaging if you will a supermarket
without “foreign” food……..no wine, no pizza, no wine, no curry, no wine, no
spices, no wine, no pasta, no wine, no bloody anything. Go open your fridge or
your pantry and take a look where the food comes from, go on… I’m waiting…. In my fridge I found;
Mayonnaise American
Butter
Danish
Cheese
Swiss, German
and French
Chorizo
Spanish
Lime
Pickle Indian
Yoghurt
Greek
Wine
Chilean
Champagne
French
Bacon
Danish
Sauerkraut Polish
Coke
American
Hot
Pepper sauce West Indian.
Soy
sauce Chinese
Tomatoes
Spanish etc. etc.
etc.
Now
I know I can get British cheeses, sauces, butters etc. but my point is I don’t Just want to. I enjoy having a
world of variety in my fridge and pantry. I enjoy walking to Headingley where
there are Thai, Chinese, French, Greek, Italian, Indian, American restaurants. I
can go into the centre of Leeds and eat food at restaurants from every
continent of the world. Migration has brought a wealth of variety and colour to
our lives. My neighbours are Romanian, French, Irish, Indian, Pakistani, Greek
and that is just the ones who I know for definite and my street is wonderful
because of it. We have a street party every year and celebrate our
neighbourhood. I don’t want to live in a place where the food is bland, the
people are colourless. I want to live diversity, share diversity and celebrate
diversity. I DO NOT WANT TO LIVE IN LITTLE BRITAIN WHERE FEAR AND SUSPICION ARE
THE NORM AND WE EAT DULL FOOD.
I
teach and I cannot begin to imagine a classroom without diversity neither do I want
to live in a society without it and for that reason I fear that brexit is bad
for our country, bad for our economy, bad for our standing in the world, bad
for everything that makes Britain great. You got it so wrong people, I hope that
the world will forgive us as right here, right now I cannot forgive those who
have made this catastrophic choice, a choice based on misinformation, lies, deceit,
racism and bigotry GOD HELP US.
So
I will keep running and pound out my frustration and do all I can to raise some
funds for the charity I am supporting. A huge thank you to all those who have
sponsored me so far and for now I will close as always by saying thank you for
your support and if you could please see your way to sponsor me at https://www.justgiving.com/Janet-Lewis3
for however much you can spare I and www.musculardystrophyuk.org would
be most grateful.
Thank
you
