26-09-21, 04:41 PM
I was born post war in 1948 and we all had ration cards into the early 1950s. I do remember my dad struggling to get enough petrol coupons at the time of the Suez shenanigans in 1956-he would purchase unwanted coupons from a couple of neighbours as he needed to travel around Kent, Sussex and part of Greater London for his work.
I know you can't compare the situation then with possibly 6 million private vehicles on our roads with the current estimated 36 million private cars etc.
The situation we find ourselves in is the result of decades of asset stripping, sell offs and the cultivation of selfish self seeking attitudes from the top down.
The peak of the British Empire was around the time Victoria died and we have since paid the price of financing 2 catastrophic World wars.
Unfortunately elitism and the old boy network are still very much alive and well in "great?" Britain today and all we are witnessing when we see panic buying and selfish greed is a reflection of the behaviour and attitudes of an inept and fundamentally incapable government -all these selfish hoarders simply copying our leaders behaviour.
Why do we still runour country as we did 100 years ago? We need professionally qualified leaders who understand the importance of security of energy supplies, proper border controls and a benefit/welfare system that requires people to get out of bed when there are jobs to be done.
I am ashamed to be British the way I see things going. I worry for my children and grandchildrens future.
I know you can't compare the situation then with possibly 6 million private vehicles on our roads with the current estimated 36 million private cars etc.
The situation we find ourselves in is the result of decades of asset stripping, sell offs and the cultivation of selfish self seeking attitudes from the top down.
The peak of the British Empire was around the time Victoria died and we have since paid the price of financing 2 catastrophic World wars.
Unfortunately elitism and the old boy network are still very much alive and well in "great?" Britain today and all we are witnessing when we see panic buying and selfish greed is a reflection of the behaviour and attitudes of an inept and fundamentally incapable government -all these selfish hoarders simply copying our leaders behaviour.
Why do we still runour country as we did 100 years ago? We need professionally qualified leaders who understand the importance of security of energy supplies, proper border controls and a benefit/welfare system that requires people to get out of bed when there are jobs to be done.
I am ashamed to be British the way I see things going. I worry for my children and grandchildrens future.