The strike is on, the tube(s) are clamped. Naturally my line is most affected, so I left an hour early and went home by cab. I strongly believe that strikers of London Transport should be shot or hanged with piano wires; their walk-out is frivolous and crippling the city. Bastardos to the gallows!
Another gullible topic is the pending visit of the pope here.
The first ever papal state visit to Britain will commence on September 16. An online poll of 2,005 people, published this week also on BBC, found that 79% had "no personal interest" in the visit. The survey by think tank Theos also found 77% thought that taxpayers should not help pay for it. Count me in on that number.
The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales has now said it is right that UK taxpayers should help pay for the Pope's trip to Britain. Critics are angry that up to £12m is to come from the public purse. But Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols told the BBC it would be a "sad day" when the UK "closes its doors and says we can't afford state visits". He muses that "It was right the taxpayer and the Church shared the bill because the Pope was coming at the invitation of the government. It is a state visit, and the day that this country closes its doors and says we can't afford state visits is a very sad day because it would be a real gesture of isolationism," he said.
That logic in mind I support dispursing of public funds for the state visit of His Wholeness of Vatican State; but with not one Dime beyond what London has paid for heads of state of similar proportions, such as Andorra, Monaco and Liechtenstein.
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