Occupation
I was on the Torness demonstration during the spring of 1979.
That was as part of an occupation of the site where the reactor was being built.
10,000 people on the demonstration and 2,500 of us who occupied the site.
Now
As predicted the site is just not safe.
The newly highlighted problem is Asbestos, as highlighted by the ONR
For those of you who have been watching Bob Lambert being quized at the spycops inquiry this week.
He pretending to be this very ancient and infirmed individual.
He is only 74 . Born during March of 1952.
He keeps replying to the questions asked:-
” I can’t Recall”
” Not that I can recall”
and
“I don’t understand the question”.
In contrast –
I was born on November 3rd 1949. So I’m 76.
( Remember how I became a first time buyer at the end of last year.)
So I have a different take on getting older.
Thus I’m not impressed with the game Bob is playing.
Having spent a lot of time sorting out my new flat, and finding out about the area I live in it’s now time to start looking at just what I can do.
Thus I am now looking at what the vegan options are in the city.
This is what has just been covered on this in the Carlisle local press, which is the News and Star.
https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/26138251.vegan-activist-claims-carlisles-vegan-options-limited/
Next task is to find and join with other vegans in the city.
Over the last couple of months I have been very busy.
Being a First Time buyer at 76 and moving into to a flat in Carlisle has been somewhat challenging.
Unpacking everything has also been a challenge. Though I have at last managed to resort all of my books and donated a lot of them to a charity shop.
Now I will soon be able to get back to some more campaign work and start on a few new projects.
What I am now trying to do is make contact with any vegans in the city and pacifists in the region.
There is a real need for a Vegan shop and cafe in Carlisle.
Ditto there is a need to set up a pacifist group.
So any contacts to make this happen would be most appreciated.
It’s Not Logical.
In many of the current news reports and commentaries about the Trump bombings, wars in the middle east, and the shipping delays are focused upon the price of oil.
Not that we need to use oil if an ecologically transport system was in place.
Yet very little information is available about the ecological damage being done right now.
The same applies to the war between Russia and the Ukraine.
We need to focus upon this information as a part of our peace campaigning activities.
During the last few months I have had a lot to focus upon, and thus been unable to add much to my blog,
During November I finally purchased my new flat which is in the centre Carlisle.
That has been a real first for me, as I am a first time buyer at 76.
I’m currently in the process of moving in, unpacking boxes, making contacts, and finding out about the area.
The long term aim is to engage in campaigning throughout Cumbria and get over to Northumberland which is not that far away.
On Monday it will be my 56 (49) / 7 celebration day.
That is to mark the day I became Vegetarian in 1970 and switched over to becoming vegan in 2019.
The train derailment which happened this week in Cumbria is the kind of thing that might take place at any time that a DRS nukiller waste train passes by.
We have been very lucky so far that it has not occurred.
There might be a speed limit on the waste flask trains, but there is no such low speed limit on passenger trains passing by.
This is just one of the railway safety regulations which we need to focus upon.
Aspects Of The Current Housing Crisis.
There are a lot of major criticism about how air hotels are taking up flats which should be used as homes for people to live in.
Yet they produce several orders problems.
Those who own or use them do not contribute towards the cost of local council services, yet they still benefit from them.
That is a part of a much larger argument about just why the grossly inequitable council tax system should be scrapped.
While there’s still a shortage of decent affordable accomodation, and it is not uncommon to see people sleeping on the streets.
Yet there is something else which people forget, and especially those who talk about community or social action.
Communities destroyed
The large number of air B&Bs in city centres destroys communities, and makes it very difficult to become involved in local affairs.
This all needs to be stated time and time again, especially as many decision makers do not live in our city centres and are not effected by these issues.
Like many people I do not own and do not want a television.
So the news that older pensioners are to be exempt from paying for a television licence makes no difference to me.
In contrast I really think we need to campaign for all pensioners to have a free broadband connection.
With so much now been done online it would be a very efficient way to deal with everyday tasks, and overcome a lot of the isolation problems many elderly individuals have.