I held my nose for the both votes; UKip are doing an appalling job of promoting themselves as a serious political party with a filled out manifesto; most just write them off as Euro headbangers.  Nicely done by the Torreeez[2], though, to marginalise their hardest competitor for votes as "banging on about Europe".

Had my friendly neighbour over for a barbie today, along with his lovely wife and charming daughter.  The kids all go to the same nursery, and the Dad, G, comes along to the Dad's group with his daughter on Saturday mornings.  We spoke on recent events when he pulled my irons out of the fire, while the ladies were faffing about with the rabbit fare indoors.  As we speared the raw bloody meat onto skewers, he noted that in London he helped me one way - in Uraguay (his home nation) he'd have helped me in a different way. 

There's quite a bit to think about, and I've been doing a lot of that the last couple of weeks. 

And that is the last I shall say on this, other than many thanks to the supportive, as ever, on HuSi.

Those that are worried about these things might also like to worry about something else - at the minute the papers are being drawn up to indebt me to the banks for just shy of £650,000.00

Victorian era, sixty metres from the front gate of an Outstanding Primary School, 4 bedroom, 2 bathrooms, granite work surfaced kitchen, downstairs toilet, in no need of any construction work or even re-painting and it'll halve my commute time.

Fuck you, sociologists, who claim that having the well off live next to the poor leads to a better society.

It doesn't. It just makes those that have, targets for those that do not. And with all of the community work I am involved in - it's all driven by those that have.

Try to involve the have nots - and they are mystified that there is actually work that goes into the street parties, that people do spend time planting flowers and give up their Sundays to weed the kids playground. That's by the four gay blokes and the three retirees, by the way, with no immediate benefit to themselves. The gay guys have no children; the retirees' have no grandkids in London apart from the rare couple of weeks that they visit from Jamaica.

And then slowly - the haves, who can, who try to make things better - stop. There's only so much you can take before you just walk away.

It'll cost me a metric fuckload of cash - which if in the next 5 years we have a continuing recession will ruin me.

But fuck it, I'm done trying to help this community - until the community makes an effort back. Except those 7 that I've already mentioned, and I don't know how much longer they'll keep it going, either.

Up your fucking arses, social "justice" fans. You just don't understand those that you try to help.

[2] who eat babieeeez