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Mags Meanderings: From
Som Tam To Mushy Peas
christmas ads, china and a load of bulls
It’s that time of the year again - the big stores all competing
for our seasonal custom by creating their ‘must see’
Christmas adverts. And this years’ award for the most
cringe worthy of the lot has to go to John Lewis.
Sponsored by Age UK (previously Age Concern) the
message conveyed is laudable enough - that we should
think of all the elderly people who are on their own at
Christmas. And with an ageing population in the UK
their numbers are bound to increase. To that end we
are shown an old man sitting all on his own on the moon
waiting for a child back on Earth to send him a gift.
Amazons delivery systems must be improving, while
clearly the UK’s housing crisis is getting worse.
Not to worry though, China is going to rescue us - in
particular those of us who live north of Watford - with
multi million pound Chinese investment deals proposed
for the Manchester Airport City project, green power
stations for Wales, and other projects in Leeds, Sheffield
and Salford.
Sceptics doubt that the promised investment will
materialise, while supporters point out that the UK
governments’ need to invest heavily in economic growth
leaves it with no choice. Especially if we are indeed to
have our proposed ‘Northern Powerhouse’, complete
with high speed rail links.
The US apparently isn’t too happy about our new Chinese
chums, but might just be jealous of their spending
power. Chinese visitors are reported to spend five times
more in Harrods than American tourists do. Personally
I would welcome anything that would help expand
Hulls’ Chinese Supermarket, which is the only place in
these parts where you can find fresh lemon grass. And
who knows, perhaps the UK will end up joining ASEAN
before Thailand gets around to it.
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Meanwhile the EU has voted to end the 100 million
Euros in agricultural subsidies being used to raise bulls
for bullfighting, on the basis that bullfighting is part of
Spains’ culture. Campaigners have been trying to put an
end to bullfighting in Spain for years, and most of us will
doubt that the lack of EU subsidies will actually put an
end the sport, any more than we believe cock fighting
can be banned in Thailand. But the puzzling thing is how
in the name of culture the subsidies were agreed in the
first place.
On November 27th 1967 the president of France, Charles
De Gaulle, stated that he would veto Britains application
to join the Common Market. He warned the five other
countries who were partners in the EEC then - Belgium,
Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands - that
if they tried to impose Britains’ membership on France
the result would be the breakup of the Union.
It was the second time De Gaulle had threatened the
veto, citing our close relationship with the US as one
reason, and it wasn’t until 1973, after his demise, that
Britain finally joined. You have to wonder what De
Gaulle would have thought of Europe today.
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