Well bois bach,this is the closest thing to Anarchy I have ever known apart from the Poll Tax Riots and the Toxteth Riots and the Riots of August 2011. Now you see if the Brexit vote had gone the other way do you think that the Working Class Baby Boomers would have been walking genteelly around the Capital Cities of the United Kingdom with their European placards? Dim fears sa beryg. They would have been rioting. The Countries of England and Wales have given their Capitals a kicking. Life in Rochdale and Holyhead is far removed from the metro-hedonism of Camden and Cardiff Bay. We in the sticks do not get London Weighting, an artificial construct that keeps the Capitals' economy floating better than the rest of the country! Apart from the less affluent boroughs where are the boarded up shops in the Capital? In towns of the North, it is spot the un-boarded up shop. I voted remain because I believe in the European Union but I don't believe that this was a vote about that. This referendum was a vipers' nest of racism and prejudice and an outlet for the unheard to be heard and it was facilitated by the ruling class. How farcical! Cammo shot himself in the foot with the ammo supplied by Nigel Farage. Two people as far removed from the high rise flats and terraced streets as you could hope to find. They are going to be replaced by that equally great champion of the Working Class Boris 'Anyone for Cricket' Johnson. Meanwhile the right wing Labour Party are trying to unseat a Socialist. So the conditions are ripe for a revolution or a coup by the people but it won't happen because we couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery! We the people could not find our own arse with both hands. Why? because we are desperate for a leader. We must must have a leader of the pack. We cannot move on Westminster as an amorphous mass because there is always one egotistical prick who wants to stand out from the crowd.
"Croeso i ddyfnderoedd fy isymwybod: Welcome to the depths of my subconscious. Shark Fishing in Wales is one man's odyssey to understand the land of his birth through anecdote, observation and reminiscence! By learning about his country, perhaps he can learn more about himself. A process of individuation which Carl Jung suggests we should all go through. Less assuming one nationhood and more working towards one nationhood before we become Independent." Daf Williams
Cymru/Wales: Bipolar Nation
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Wednesday 29 June 2016
The closest thing to Anarchy I have ever seen
Well bois bach,this is the closest thing to Anarchy I have ever known apart from the Poll Tax Riots and the Toxteth Riots and the Riots of August 2011. Now you see if the Brexit vote had gone the other way do you think that the Working Class Baby Boomers would have been walking genteelly around the Capital Cities of the United Kingdom with their European placards? Dim fears sa beryg. They would have been rioting. The Countries of England and Wales have given their Capitals a kicking. Life in Rochdale and Holyhead is far removed from the metro-hedonism of Camden and Cardiff Bay. We in the sticks do not get London Weighting, an artificial construct that keeps the Capitals' economy floating better than the rest of the country! Apart from the less affluent boroughs where are the boarded up shops in the Capital? In towns of the North, it is spot the un-boarded up shop. I voted remain because I believe in the European Union but I don't believe that this was a vote about that. This referendum was a vipers' nest of racism and prejudice and an outlet for the unheard to be heard and it was facilitated by the ruling class. How farcical! Cammo shot himself in the foot with the ammo supplied by Nigel Farage. Two people as far removed from the high rise flats and terraced streets as you could hope to find. They are going to be replaced by that equally great champion of the Working Class Boris 'Anyone for Cricket' Johnson. Meanwhile the right wing Labour Party are trying to unseat a Socialist. So the conditions are ripe for a revolution or a coup by the people but it won't happen because we couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery! We the people could not find our own arse with both hands. Why? because we are desperate for a leader. We must must have a leader of the pack. We cannot move on Westminster as an amorphous mass because there is always one egotistical prick who wants to stand out from the crowd.
Sunday 26 June 2016
The View from the Dyke
- People are kind and friendly
- You won't meet kind people unless you go out there.
- Nationality has nothing to do with generosity and kindness
- Not knowing where England and Wales started and finished was confusing and comforting at the same time.
- Does a country need well defined borders? If so, what for?
- There are very few Welsh Speakers living on the Border.
- Hay on Wye is not so poncy and pretentious as I first thought.
- Hereford is a nice town.
- Talgarth has always had a high percentage of the population living with Mental Health problems.
- To get to Abergavenny from Talgarth you have to get a bus to Brecon First.
- Never moan about the frequency of City Buses having been out in the Country.
- North Wales is not well served by Cardiff as the Capital City of Wales.
- Once you share your own 'Mental Health' History, others tend to follow suit.
- You must be brave and open up first.
- Suicide is a huge problem in rural Powys.
- Mental Health Provision in Wales is Universally poor.
Thursday 23 June 2016
Nid yw Cymru yn bodoli
Doedd na ddim croeso i mi mewn lle gwely a brecwast yn Llanymynech, y pentref cyntaf yng Nghymru felli cerddais ymlaen i Four Crosses ac mi wnes i bwyso'r gloch y funud wnaeth Cymru scoria’r gôl wnaeth ennill y gêm yn erbyn Slofacia. Wnaeth y drws agor at sŵn bloedd fawr "You'll have to excuse my husband, he's Welsh", "so am I" wedes i ond golwg digon anghredadwy roedd ar ei hwynebau nhw pan wedes i fy mod i'n byw yng Nghaerdydd. Cyn hyn edrychais draw at fynyddoedd y Berwyn a meddyliais "Tu ôl i fanna mae Cymru yn bodoli oherwydd dyna ble mae'r Iaith Gymraeg yn cael ei siarad". Mae yn gwneud i fi feddwl fod cyfuniad o ddosbarth rheoli Lloegr a Sais addolwyr, Rhyddfrydol Cymru, wedi dod i ryw ddealltwriaeth na gadael pethau yn agored ac yn llifo fel yr afonydd ar y ffin oedd y syniad gorau. Tasa na rhyw 'Sentry Box' yn Llanymynech gyda milwr mewn lifrau'r Free Wales Army, fuasa hwn yn atgoffa'r dreifwyr ar ei ffonau ei bod nhw yn symud o un wlad i'r llall ond dwi'n siŵr ar ôl iddynt stopio i gael ei passport wedi checkio fuasent yn gweud fel y dyn o Seland Newydd "Who Cares?"
Ag basa’r soldiwr yn ymateb "Well the Maori do....."
Welcome Home
I have returned to the Peoples' Republic of Grangetown, Cardiff which is nowhere near Offa's Dyke. It was nice to have a bath and not pay for a night's accommodation BUT there was a letter awaiting me from HM Revenue & Customs informing me that I was not eligible for Working Tax Credits. I rang the Preston number which took me through to Scotland where I foolishly told Angela that I worked voluntarily. I had forgotten what I had put on the form three years ago when I voluntarily came off J.S.A because it was sending me 'doolally tap mun' applying for jobs that would not suit the sensitive soul that I am. I was meant to be Self-Employed which would have kept my £50.40 a week but "Loose Lips sink Ships" and once again "I've done it again Dad" so I'm back to red buttons again. Do I sign on again for J.S.A where my compulsory attendance every two weeks will see me stick Eeyore hooves in the ground! I am somebody for whom a Universal Basic Income would suit quite nicely thank you but it ain't gonna happen because tut Government want their pound of flesh. They want you dying paying their taxes so after spending 2 and a half weeks and 177 miles tramping to raise money for someone else it appears that now I will have to start raising money for my own charity. Welcome Home to the Charity begins at Home Charity.
Sunday 5 June 2016
Myfyrdodau cyn mynd dros Mind.
Friday 3 June 2016
Newport State of Mind
Thursday 2 June 2016
The only 'Rave in the Village'
"This is the site of Llanddewi Brefi. It derives the second part of its name from a local legend involving two oxen. The oxen were hauling stone up a steep hill when one of them collapsed and died. The other bellowed nine times, and because its bellow was so loud, the place became known as Llanddewi Brefi (brefi meaning bellow). The village’s connection with the Welsh patron saint led to the first part of the village name. In 520 AD Saint David (Welsh:Dewi Sant), held the Synod of Brefi here and it has borne his name since; “Llan” referring in Welsh place names to a church or holy place. Legend has it that when the crowd that had gathered to see the saint couldn’t hear him, he raised the ground from underneath himself so that he was standing on a small hill."
I think that in this case it is the local Tories and Ukippers who are bellowing instead of the cattle of old and it sounds as if St David himself had been on a little something if he was able to raise the ground underneath himself so that he was standing on a small hill. Talk about a storm in a tea cup full of magic mushrooms. If anybody died from attending this ILLEGAL RAVE or from taking an ILLEGAL SUBSTANCE then I will delete this blog post. 'Amen'
The fact is, the poet does not want admiration, he wants to be believed.
— Jean Cocteau Quotes (@CocteauQuotes) September 21, 2020
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