I can’t confess that I am an expert on Politics and I never
went to University as a young man but as I have moved through the decades of my
life I have built up certain opinions and beliefs. One of these beliefs is that
I am happy to be proud of many things (obviously not everything!) regarding the
country where I live without being overtly nationalistic or where I get to the
point that I distrust every newcomer to my country as a corrosive influence from
outside or someone who will be detrimental to the lifestyle that I have
accustomed myself too and the same lifestyle that I am sure many people enjoy,
of course I do not.
Now what really annoys me is the way we (e.g. the government,
our society ??) let’s everything be sold off for a king’s shilling to the
highest bidder and offers no protectionist policies whatsoever. Lately Penguin (yes Penquin Books !! the unique and treasured Penquin Books) have been sold/merged with Random
House Publishing a German company and also my beloved Branston Pickle is now
owned by a Japanese conglomerate. I’ve seen HP Sauce sold abroad and Cadbury’s
taken over by Nestle (they will always be Nestles to me). I have nothing
against either Germany or Japan or any of its citizens I just feel passionately
that these brands remain British owned and British made and then they should be sold everywhere as
a purely British product. The trouble is the whole world is now seen as a
global village with no borders and apparently these outdated opinions don’t matter anymore but
to me they do matter and they should matter more too others as well. I love
Marmite, Branston Pickle, Cheddar
Cheese, HP Sauce, Sarsons Vinegar, choclate etc
but as a country we do not value these products and we seem quite happy to see
factories and jobs move abroad to
produce these products, make huge profits and sell it back to us without a whimper
of protest.
Well shame on us all I say.
Let's enjoy some music...
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