I recall, when the referendum in the UK chose Brexit, the first thing I said was..."so, what happens to Ireland?" And this is still the main issue, really. The peace in Ireland was always a temporary thing, worked out by Blair et al, and was never designed to be tested. This is one of the problems with administrators like Blair...no forward thinking. Now, everything is a mess because of it. The English have to actually consider the abiding Irish...and the English just can't do that and remain what England-UK means to themselves. Blair's success may well be far more bloody troubles, delayed and intensified. Ireland needs to be one island, all free. They have the spirit and the gear to do that. Brexit isn't about Europe at all, it is about a continuing crime by the UK on the sovereignty of the Irish people and Irish land.

I see our Prime Minister is apologising to the Indonesian President for saying that Australia will move its embassy in Israel from TelAviv to Jerusalem, that it was just a silly promise to the Jews in the Wentworth electorate, and that he didn't mean it at all...meanwhile, Indonesia has cancelled the Free Trade Agreement with Australia based on the fact that Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison is a lying prick who can't be trusted. We already know that here.

Australia. Shhh...don't tell...don't make a noise...there's no one here but us. just the aborigines, and, gosh, aren't they a problem, and only the English, and aren't they a filthy scourge, and only the Irish, and aren't they a joy, and only the Italians, and aren't they problematic, and only the Greeks, and Jesus, no wonder he wept, and only the Iraqis, and how troublesome they are, and only the Jewish Somalians, and how black they are, and only the South East Asians, how Asian they are, and only the Indians, and why can't they speak English without all the head bobbing, and only the Chinese now, now that the more pleasant and less yellow Japs have gone home, and, really only the Americans now... controlling our country now...Sssh. Sssh. Only the Americans are our friends. Americans, like Donald trump. Great Southern Land. A Prisoners Island hidden in the summer for a million years. We imprison little children for many years in horrible places until they go mad, because we want to, because we like it. Australia. It will burn you blind. My country.

The whole reason Scott Morrison, the current bullying PM of Australia, is going on an election tour of Queensland, trying to show everyone how nice he is, full of promises, is that he will be calling an early election well soon of the expected date next year.

GRIEF and FEAR are fascinating activators of human behaviour. When I got my 2 deadly prognoses of heart disease and cancer, after working in palliative care for many decades, I just took off, refused all treatments at age 50, spent money, saw the world for years, fell in love, found a family, and did things I never ever would have done without this impetus. Then, I just didn't die... I'm still standing. I have great respect for grief and fear and, because of them, I still lead an unexpected and remarkably meaningful life...and I have yet to be irradiated or operated on, 15 years later.

Noting some silly people getting in trouble in UK for building a bonfire effigy of the Grenfell Tower and some in the USA getting in trouble for a bonfire of the Twin Towers...Silly people, yes, but nothing wrong with doing that. Social Grief has many manifestations and effigy burning is one of them, whether folk realise what they are doing or not...still better to burn something in a bonfire than to invade and destroy another country as has been the abiding grief-habits of both the USA and the UK for many decades now.

Grief is grief...no one likes it...and no one out evolves it.

Mutterings of the Aged: I like my job. I don't mind going to work. I just don't want to contribute to society anymore. I've experienced Australian society for a long time now, since 1953, and I certainly don't want to contribute to that any more than I have had to. Jesus, look at it! I didn't do that!"