@ProudAmberTurtle "And what on earth is going on in London"
that's a really nice username, but I think it was probably an automatic suggestion was it? I like the idea of a proud amber turtle 😊
As for what's going on in London. I did really need to leave. I respect people's right to want what they want so to speak. But what Londoners seemed to want for London wasn't what I wanted at all.
I don't think I'm a city person and cities seem to be going one way. That way is left obviously.
I'm actually dithering about going to an event by the New Culture Forum but not sure I can be bothered with the travel. Again, it's purely to feel a bit less isolated in my views. Having said that, I've now had a little bit more open discussion with the people I know locally and I don't feel so isolated but I still wouldn't engage in a political conversation really. People you see on a night out just for fun, best to keep it light.
I suppose it's because politics has become so much of people's identity, it suddenly feels important to know people who are on the same page.
I don't really know why Sadiq Khan would be a candidate for the Lords but I suppose he has done extremely well in terms of furthering a Labour agenda in London.
I did have a colleague say to me "what happened to London? Why is it suddenly such a dump? It used to be so glamorous". I would argue that it's not sudden. Also, that kind of old-fashioned glamour that she likes is probably gone at the moment anyway. I suspect that's true the world over? But she is very much the kind of person who would support a leftist agenda - I'm going to guess that she would vote Green - but she wouldn't see the cultural effect of that.
Perhaps I'm just losing my ability to articulate these things well but I do think that it is hard to explain. I mean, there isn't a reason why everything has to be an ugly design, for example. There isn't a reason that a particular type of politician would go in for that.
I don't think Boris Johnson did London any favours either. One of the first things I ranted about on here was the Garden Bridge. After it was defeated, I realised that he probably never intended to build it - he probably knew about the practical problems all along but it was just a way to line the pockets of whoever he was in with. The disruption to the views was absolutely criminal as well. It was one of my major objections to the plan. I'm still convinced a lot of people who supported it hadn't really looked at it or thought about it.