Unimaginable

At least, it would have been for most of my life, certainly the first three-quarters of it. The last deep coal mine in the UK ceased production today. The job my dad did for 45 years, underground coal miner, effectively doesn't exist anymore in this country. Two days after our elected dictatorship voted, without a debate, to allow 'fracking' for shale gas in previously protected areas like national parks. The politicos talk about 'market forces', but I'm more than sufficiently cynical to wonder how many parliamentary palms have been greased to bring about this state of affairs. All politicians are vile, as far as I'm concerned, but Conservative politicians are completely egregious.

Love & best wishes to all
Sammy B