Do NOT read this if you are of a nervous disposition!

No, I am not, as 'that woman' once put it, "frit" but I am becoming distinctly uneasy.  All around the globe the political tectonic plates are shifting and no-one has a clue where they will eventually end up and how much damage will be wrought as they crunch and crash against each other.

At home, here in 'dear old Blighty', our less than distinguished Prime Minister fumbles and stumbles her way through the morass of Brexit and her party appears to be in complete disarray.  I fear an election is imminent and, though I can hardly believe it, there is a very real chance that Corbyn and his 'praesidium' of ultra-Marxist maniacs might seize control.  If they do, I may well emigrate to St. Helena!  

Europe continues to be nothing more than "a mess of pottage"!  Quite apart from their arrogant stupidity in trying to humiliate us as we seek a reasonable Brexit, they are laying into the newly elected and highly passionate Italian government which is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. At the same time they are, unbelievably, trying to bully one of the biggest bullies in Europe, Viktor Orbán, the Prime Minister of Hungary.  The chances of him, a 'wannabe' dictator, bending the knee to Brussels is less than that of an ice cube in hell!  Other East Europeans are already looking East rather than West preferring 'Vlad the Impaler' to EU fanatics like 'Junck the Drunk'.

Meanwhile, 'over there', the tensions mount and when our 'Yankee-doodle' friends lose their tempers, so to speak, you had better take cover!  The 'deserving' Dems, by which I mean that the Dems always believe they deserve everything all of the time, have found it impossible to reconcile their loss of the Presidency in 2016.  Their fires are now being stoked by the woman who really and truly thought she deserved to win because, well, it was her turn.  As the old saying has it, always beware a woman scorned!  Of course, 'The Donald' is not exactly a man to accept his victory quietly and to extend the gentlemanly hand of friendship to the woman who lost.  On the contrary, he struts his stuff across the headlines and the internet of the world, never losing an opportunity to rub it in.  Where will it end?  I do not know but the imminent result of the mid-term election will be critical.  If the Dems lose 'big time', or even if they only achieve a 'no-score' draw, their fires will be stoked even higher and the more extreme elements will indulge in even greater and more dangerous stupidity.

Needless to say, this is the worst of times for America to be obsessed with internal warfare as, what I call 'the Chinese creep' slowly but inexorably extends around the globe backed up by an increasingly powerful military.  There was a time when I had some hopes for Chairman Xi Jinping, the 'Mr. Smiley', or should that be the 'Mr. Smirky', of China.  Alas, no more!  It is obvious that he is just another wannabe ruler of the universe with the sort of insane ambitions that nearly always end in tragedy.  Whatever one might think about 'The Donald' I am totally glad that he is leading the push back against Chinese ambitions and not that utter drip 'Obamarama'!

In the meantime, the South American 'hacienda' is crumbling to dust, including, I am sorry to say, the once mighty Brazil which, you may remember, was the leading initials in the collective noun 'BRICS'.  According to a report I read today, the Brazilian people are having to choose between two utterly useless and extremist politicians of the worst type to be their next 'el Presidente'.  The rest of South America seems to be collapsing into financial disaster.  Across the oceans, Africa is now an A1, prize basket-case from top to bottom and from east to west.  Anything useful in that continent has already been bought up by the Chinese so the impoverished Africans will not even get a smell of it!  Finally, there is India, a country of truly enormous possibilities which, God help it, is now seeking friendship with Russia - yeeeees, well, good luck with that one!  In the meantime, their big - no ENORMOUS - cities are stinking cesspits in which, quite literally, the air you breathe will kill you!

So there you have it, my friends, 'Doomster Duff' strikes again!  My only advice is that if you have been saving up a rare bottle of Scotland's finest tipple for Christmas, fageddaboutit, knock the top off and drink it now!  Er, have a nice day!

 

 

Comments

[Timbo]

Well Duffers, I was feeling quite chirpy before I opened your latest. I’ll be nursing a bottle of the finest local hooch (not for resale) before the sun is over the yardarm.

[Whitewall]

Order vs Chaos in the world. Satan is at work among us. Europe seems to be as it always was, in the US, Democrats are out of power, out of their minds and now out in the open. South America is still roiled by warmed over Marxist theory and many are dying for it. China was, is and will be communist. Communists lie always. Russia is Russia as long as Vlad is alive.

[Bob]

Well, David, you either pretend to not, or really don't, have a clue about American politics - and I'm not delusional enough to try to 'splain it to you - so just a few easy questions: Did you imagine Britain could simply pull out of one of the world's largest trading blocs with no complications and all involved keeping big, silly grins on their faces? Do you believe that America can operate on the governmental equivalent of a reality TV show without China and other dubious players gaining power?

[missred]

I am not nervous. Maybe my glass is too small and fools me into thinking it is half full when it isn't. Africa and South American have always been A-1 basket cases. I still think Vlad is all mouth and having a short man disposition. We all know what happened to dear NB. I also think that Pompeo is doing a bang up job. Trump has picked some fine representatives (Glorious Comet Haley is also one of them - too bad she resigned). The hysteronics of the Dumbo party is not doing them any favours.
Now. What is happening across the pond? Alas, I had such high hopes for May. Again, my belief that women make bad leaders.
As far as fleeing to St. Helena - I may just join you. So remote it is 5 days by boat, and even though they finished their airstrip, the winds make it too shaky to invade.

[David Duff]

Dear Miss Red, there was me feeling all depressed and along you come and cheer me up. What a prospect, you, me and the shade of Napoleon Bonaparte!

[Peter Whale]

David you have regaled us with the incredible ongoing multiple faux pas by Churchill et al and look how that turned out. However stupid politicians are they do have a profound sense of self worth and self preservation along with every other self they can muster.As we know politics is showbiz for ugly people, enter events from stage left or right whatever your calling.
My litre of J&B blended is 20 Euros but the litre seems smaller these days.

[Cuffleyburgers]

Peter - my bottle in Italy of J&B blended is about 8 euros (on special offer) so I have stocked up on that, tinned food and ammunition and am retiring to my hillside fastness.

There are worse ways to sit out armagheddon.