"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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Six days in to 2020 and I haven't written a blog post yet! I haven't missed a month since January 2012 when this crazy adventure fir...
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Looking back to the playground of St. Osmund’s RC Primary School in the district of Breightmet in the Lancashire mill town of Bolton I re...
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My second spoken word event in 4 days. I am turning from an anti-social moth into a social butterfly all in the name of 'Spoken W...
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As a Ffrinj Nutter who had a dalliance with the Welsh Nationalist Party/ Plaid Cymru/ The Party of Wales many, many years ago I was p...
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I have not written a blog post in the month of April 2024 yet and it is the 22nd already. As I type this I do not know what I am going to ...
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"Individuals and businesses not paying the tax they should deprives the government of the funding it needs to provide vital public serv...
Monday 30 March 2020
What was your normal life?
Saturday 28 March 2020
The River Thames Mystery
Thursday 26 March 2020
Do Not Visit Wales
'you're enough to drive a man to drink'
https://sharkfishinginwales.blogspot.com/2016/09/wales-free-wales.html
Saturday 21 March 2020
Carer's Pittance & Universal Discredit
I call that #Austerity wages. I paid my stamp from ages 21-38 as an undiagnosed manic depressive trying to hold jobs down with extreme mood swings and all I have faced from the #DWP and #HMRC HMRC are distrust, questioning and a profound inability to understand #mentalhealth https://t.co/LiNuVvzn9q— David Williams (@davidredbutton) March 20, 2020
And now the people who I have been caring for and ostensibly sacrificing having a life for, are now under threat from a virus that could have been stopped in its tracks if they had shut the airports 6 weeks ago. You will forgive me if I shed no tears for the closure of capitalism— David Williams (@davidredbutton) March 20, 2020
Anything you receive in carers allowance get deducted pound for pound from UC.— Universal Credit Helper- ask Qs👍 (@credit_qs) March 21, 2020
I got a bit self-pitying on twitter last night. But thankfully a 'Book Early/Cheerful Chappie' from Universal Credit questions was on hand this afternoon to answer my bellow into the void. I wasn't really looking for a logical/mathematical explanation from this bot as to why the level of Universal Credit that I was in receipt of was so low so I replied
I know that there are people who frown upon those who air their dirty laundry on twitter but I thought, I need to highlight Carer's Pittance & Universal Discredit. I know that you probably don't give a shit about this BUT I have been living on poverty wages for five years now. In fact the last time that I earned £28,000 a year was in 2004. Yes I was salaried once. So perhaps I have some tips and advice that could prove of help to those of you that have had to take a pay smash because of COVID 19.But why? If Carer's Allowance is so low shouldn't Universal Credit be adjusted upwards and not downwards? A #UBI would be a lot better than #UniversalCredit don't you agree?— David Williams (@davidredbutton) March 21, 2020
What I'd like to ask is that when things get back to abnormal at some time in the future and when you have returned to your massive fat cat salary that you think about lobbying for a Universal Basic Income because there are those in a far worse situation than me. We know of the phenomenon called sofa surfers to hide the real numbers of homeless but there are people who are falling through the so called Benefit's safety net! These are the same people who wont fight you over toilet rolls, they will let you have them. These are the same people who are not claiming what they are entitled to from the public purse 1) Because nobody tells them that these benefits are available 2) Very often people are too proud to apply.
I didn't even know that I could claim Universal Credit until I saw another Carer on television saying that he was struggling on both. BOTH? I thought, I'm only on one of them. I filled out all the forms at Aberystwyth Job Centre and bish bash bosh 'FREE MONEY' suddenly appeared like Mr Benn. It was adjusted just as Mr/Mrs Bot has said above pound for pound so I am left with approximately £100.00 a week to live on. Not to be sniffed at I hear you say. "As a single man, you have no children's support allowance to maintain so you can live quite comfortably on £14.285 pence a day. Luxury. That could buy you an awful lot of shoe boxes in the middle of the road." All I ask, whoever is in charge post COVID 19 please, please give the non toilet roll fighters in the aisle the dignity of a Universal Basic Income without making us jump through hoops, without making us declare all our offshore accounts in the Cayman Islands, without having to report to you, without having to sign on, without having to prove to you that we are good boys and girls.
Im just answering questions, I don’t necessarily agree with the policies. If you are a f/t carer you should also get the carers element of approx £160pcm added on. Also adiitional amounts for rent/children etc— Universal Credit Helper- ask Qs👍 (@credit_qs) March 21, 2020
The fact is, the poet does not want admiration, he wants to be believed.
— Jean Cocteau Quotes (@CocteauQuotes) September 21, 2020
Death by Taxes
"Individuals and businesses not paying the tax they should deprives the government of the funding it needs to provide vital public serv...
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Bottom of the Ottoman
Bottom of the Ottoman from David Williams on Vimeo.
Crying in your Beer from David Williams on Vimeo.
Hitler navigates the A487 from Aberaeron to Aberystwyth
I shall never wear tweeds from David Williams on Vimeo.