Time Is Not A Friend?

This afternoon, Radio Two played Julian Lennon's Saltwater. From 1991. It could have been written today. You see, 28 years later, the Extinction has still not occurred.

For anything up to 90 years, they are going to be telling the story of how, in October 2019, they were ever so slightly roughed up by the Police after they had decided to go ahead with a demonstration that had been banned, in the expectation that the ban had been less than fully meant, so that any breach of it would be let go. The miners, they are not.

And for anything up to 90 years, they are going to be able to tell that story, because the world is still going to be here. But in the meantime, alas, they may well have succeeded in imposing all manner of privations on the rest of its inhabitants.

Another hung Parliament is coming, however, and we need our people to hold the balance of power in it. A new party is now in the process of registration. After nearly 30 years of suggestion, speculation, and even a sort of preparation, I will stand for Parliament here at North West Durham. The crowdfunding page is here, and buy the book here. Please email davidaslindsay@hotmail.com. Very many thanks.