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Things that have p***ed me off this week

Ok, I have got very angry all of a sudden. These are a list of things that have pissed me off over the last week: 1. Bombing Syria It is looking likely that we will be going to war with Syria. It feels like a knee jerk reaction to the terrible attacks in Paris a week and a half ago. As horrible as that was, even British people who were there are saying that bombing Syria is not the right way to go. Leader of the Labour Party, the Right Honorable Jeremy Corbyn MP, has said he is against bombing and that talks are the only way forward. I agree. The problem is that Daesh (not ISIS or ISIL as they have nothing to do with true Islam or the Ancient Egyptian goddess) is a mentality and not a geographical area. You can't just bomb them in Syria and hope the problem goes away. It won't work like that at all. 2. People who smash up local shops This morning I was trying to go to my local shop and people from the nearby estate had smashed it up over night. The poor staff were havin...

My Room 101

Ok, so 'Room 101' is a reference to the torture room in Orwell's famous work '1984' about a society which has every aspect of its life under surveillance and documents are re-written to keep the public controlled. 'Big Brother' is watching your every move and the 'Thought Police' are coming for you if you deviate in any way (and you might not consciously realise you had deviated). We are heading that way as the Government in the UK would like to do away with the European Human Rights and would like to monitor all electronic communication in real time. Scary stuff. Still, that is a diversion...for now. 'Room 101' is the place your ultimate nightmare exists to break your spirit. Since the show that started in the 1990s on the BBC the idea has become one where you can deposit your pet hates. In that spirit, here are mine. Facebook 'share this' items. If you are on Facebook you will have encountered these at some point. They run along...