I have just read this article about Christmas decorations being vandalised.
Residents in Whiteley have suggested that youths with ‘bladed weapons’ are the culprits.
It shouldn’t be the case, but I never cease to be amazed by the depths people are prepared to descend.
Given the difficult times we are navigating, why would anyone deliberately set out to cause grief and aggravation for the homeowners and spoil the pleasure for everyone.
If our government goes ahead with this relaxation of rules, for “High Value” business travellers, they deserve all the vitriol coming their way.
Covid-19 doesn’t discriminate between rich and poor.
If we are going to truly protect this country then the quarantine rules need to be applied, strictly and fairly, to everyone who travels outside of the UK.
No, I’m not misquoting a Monty Python song. I am aiming this post squarely at
The Lockdown Kitchen
I should have known better, the company name, “The Lockdown Kitchen” , should have rung many alarm bells, indicating that they hadn’t been going for very long. I know, I should have checked the reviews before placing the order. But I didn’t.
On the 26th August I responded to an advert for a kitchen utensil set.
Liked what I saw and placed my order, paying via PayPal. I received the expected confirmation email from the seller. Their email contained the following words
On the face of it, very friendly but it was a lie.
Also on the 26th, I received an email from PayPal indicating that my payment had been made.
So I waited a couple of weeks allowing for their email request and also allowing for the worldwide effects of the pandemic.
I have now chased these folks multiple times for updates on my order. All I have receive are what I call “template” responses …..
As of November 12th, clicking on the tracking link in that email shows this …….
i.e. Nothing has happened for 3 months !!!
As a result of the latest “template” response, on October 10th, I requested a full refund. As of this time, I have not had a response.
In parallel I have raised a claim via PayPal. They have acknowledged but, so far, I have not heard anything else.
Checking out the reviews for this company on-line, I am definitely not the only one that has fallen prey to these scammers. Many folks seem to have trodden the same path along which I am trudging.
Facebook is still allowing these folks to advertise and I have reported them.
The galling thing is that this business is still operational, and also, they seem to be offering the same kitchen utensils for sale. Where are mine ?
The reason for this post is not really about the money, though I would like either the goods or my money back …. soon. No, the real purpose is to alert people to the fact that they may well be throwing their money away.
I also believe that Facebook and other social media sites should be doing more to protect consumers from the scammers that infest their apps.
My advice to anyone considering ordering from these scammers is ….. DON’T !!!
That is my opinion of the organisers and attendees at this illegal rave.
We are constantly being told that it is the older generation, including me, that are at risk, that we should be abiding by the social distancing rules and self isolating.
And yet this message is somehow lost on the young in this country. Although this incident was happening in Wales, it is just one of many that are happening across the whole of the UK.
The young quite happily ignore all the rules. They ignore the fact that anything they pick up, at these events and other such gatherings, will be taken home and shared with their friends and family. Shared with their parents and, possibly, their grandparents.
Ch Supt Simon Belcher says: “This type of illegal gathering is totally unacceptable and we are aware of the concerns it is causing for the local community.
“I would like to again remind people of their obligations under the current coronavirus legislation and the overarching goal for everyone to take personal responsibility by following Welsh government regulations to keep Wales safe.”
What is required is that the government give the powers to clamp down on these incidents and for the authorities to exercise those powers.
The message isn’t getting through. It is time to make examples of the organisers and the attendees.
'I think it's time we stop this general bout of self-recrimination and wetness'@BorisJohnson gives his view on the row over over the playing of Rule Britannia! and Land of Hope and Glory in the Last Night of the Proms https://t.co/bzG12p0QUVpic.twitter.com/eXhEpH3V0L
You can’t eradicate racism by alienating large portions of a nation.
You can’t erase history by ripping the traditional heart out of a nation.
And that is just what The Last Night of the Proms is. A British tradition that millions tune into every year.
And to excise a tradition such as the musical content of the Proms is an affront to to me as a Britain, as an Englishman and as a rational human being. And for why ?
Because the music reflects our colonial past.
So what ?
Britannia Rules The Waves, we haven’t done that in many many years. Successive governmental defence cuts have seen to that. But, as a tune, it’s a bloody great song to sing along to and arouses a sense of patriotism. Something that is sadly lacking in this country. The “National Anthem”, God Save The Queen, is a dirge and harks back to another time. The anti-monarchists must cringe everytime it is played. Should we ditch it for something more modern, hell no. However, Land of Hope And Glory, another proms favourite, is probably more appropriate these days and would make a brilliant replacement. And what of Jerusalem ? Should we dump this in deference to our non Christian communities. Of course not. Need I go on ? Probably not.
However, the eagerness, shown by businesses and the media, to clamber onto the BLM bandwagon is sickening.
It is right to work against racism but it has to be done in a much more subtle way.
The constant thrusting of BLM down our throats is devisive, the erosion and attempted erasure of our historical roots, is certainly having a negative effect on me, and I suspect, on many others.
For example, the enforced taking of the knee at F1 – whatever happened to freedom of choice, the BLM breaks on TV – my wife and I just mute them as we do to the normal ad breaks.
We need to push back. The likes of the BLM movement are slowly turning this once great country into a bland, neutral, grey shadow of its former glory.
So says the Attorney General with reference to the sentences handed down to the killers of PC Andrew Harper.
Who could not agree with Suella Braverman when she says that attacks against emergency workers should be “punished with the greatest severity for such heinous crimes”
Henry Long, Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole were all cleared (wrongly in my opinion) of murder charges but were convicted of manslaughter.
Long was sentenced to 16 years whilst Bowers and Cole were each sentenced to 13 years.
The Attorney General has referred the sentences to the Court of Appeal.
Lets hope that the Court of Appeal will deliver the justice deserved by PC Harper.
WrAnTz 