Well, here we are again at the start of another year, and that’s a good enough reason to celebrate on its own, but while those who are having a lie-in dreaming up new ways to upset Londoners trying to go about their normal everyday business in the year ahead, I thought I’d usher the new year in by showcasing  a couple of London parks where it’s still possible to enjoy the simple things in life.

I very rarely, if at all, voice my personal opinions about contentious issues in these blogs because I prefer to let people decide for themselves how to think, but I make no excuses for breaking my own rule today.

Britain has always been a liberal country where people have the right to protest, but when that right comes at the expense of the silent majority’s rights, then I think it’s time to stand up and be counted. Politicians are elected to implement the wishes of the people they represent, and while some of them might think it’s ok to chant inflammatory slogans, throw paint over works of art or desecrate statues, that is not what the majority of people think.

There’s likely to be a general election in the year ahead, and my one wish is that whoever wins, acts in the best interests of this once great country. Our forefathers didn’t fight to secure the freedoms we hold dear just to allow incompetent or subversive politicians to relinquish those freedoms. Happy New Year everyone!

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Originally posted 2024-01-01 13:46:06.