We’re waiting to hear that a peace treaty has actually been signed in Gaza. It should be happening as I type this. People have already been rejoicing but I won’t quite believe it until it happens. And even then, it will take some time for me to be convinced it’s working.
Through all the news reports of negotiations it has struck me as very strange that missile attacks and troops carrying out activities in Gaza City have continued. There’s a naive part of me that says that surely negotiations would work better if the actual fighting stopped. But then I suppose that would be tantamount to an unofficial ceasefire and such things need official recognition apparently!
Here’s a link to an article about Scottish farmers and the difficulties they have had getting staff since Brexit. Some of them have spent large amounts of money arranging for workers from places like then Philippines, sorting out skilled worker visas for them and such like. They’re concerned that proposed changes to the visa system as the Labour government aims to bring down the number of people arriving in the UK and reduce reliance on overseas labour will make life more difficult for them. But British people don’t want to work in remote places, even though dairy farmers Gregor and Rory Christie say their workers are paid an annual salary of more than £40,000 and given accommodation on the farm. Nor do they want to work anti-social hours - dairy farmers start work while it’s still dark as cows need milking!
You’d think that working for a few years for £40,000 per annum in a remote location where you presumably don’t have much to spend it on, would be a perfect opportunity to save some money for the future!
Maybe they are afraid of missing out on the “British Night Out”, something mentioned in this article about plans to licence pubs and cubs to stay open into the small hours of the morning. This plan is part of “Labour’s drive for economic growth, a move which critics say will lead to more drunken disorder.
Ministers are pushing ahead with plans to allow premises that sell alcohol to extend their opening hours in order to boost “the British night out” and help the hospitality sector.”
It seems an odd policy on which to base “economic growth” and is already being criticised by health experts. As someone who lives next door to a pub, well, next door to its carpark, I really don’t want to hear revellers at 3.00 in the morning! We shall see!
Life goes on. Stay safe and well, everyone!
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