Sorry Folks. Another mega-rant from my goodself.
Here I am, a lone 70 year old pensioner, who contrary to the notion spread by MPs and political pundits not rich. I don't own my own home worth millions and live the life of luxury, because I'm a baby 'boomer'.
I live from week to week on a state pension and that's it.
I've worked my entire life and rarely had occasion to claim benefits. Only when I've been between jobs. Even then, I've got off my arse and got a job. Any job, even menial jobs to earn a crust, until I could find a job in my field of expertise. I even worked way past my retirement date, as a favour to the boss I worked for.
No, I'm not looking for sympathy. I'm just stating how it is.
This is why I despair at this country (UK) and how it has been railroaded on a path to a place I simply don't recognise any more. It's not the country I grew up in. It has changed beyond recognition. Purely and simply because the Governments of all colours over many decades have 'engineered' a country swamped by illegal and legal immigrants. It continues this relentless path to population exchange. Cheap labour to undercut the indigenous white people. Call me racist, if you must. But deny this is happening? You can't.
When I was more able (housebound now), I would visit my local high street, and wander around the shops and market, and buy groceries and shopping of one sort or another. All very leisurely.
Now? You have to sneak about with hopefully some degree of invisibility. Dare not wear a watch or anything valuable. Don't use a mobile phone, or if you do, hide in a doorway, and make the call brief. All for fear of being targeted by gangs of immigrants, loafing about, looking for their next 'victim'.
Admit it or not, that is how a significant proportion of people live these days. I know it's a much vaunted phrase, but it's like living in the third world. It's actively been engineered and continues. In fact gets worse by the day.
Now, we have the debacle in Gosport. Where the police invoked a special order to effectively lock down the entire town. Laid on luxury coaches, commandeered a dozen or so ambulances, and provided motorcycle outriders to 'escort' the most recent influx of illegal migrants to God knows where. The police provided more security than they would to a visiting dignitary. A great big welcome to illegal invaders.
Is it any wonder true Brits are spitting feathers, knowing Brits are footing the bill for this kind of exclusive treatment.
As I hurtle along my twilight years, I can only feel a growing despair at what I'll be leaving this in place of this once great country. A third world shit-hole, entirely engineered by politicians.