Steve Monaghan musings

 The past month has taken me into May. A month full of long weekend music festivals and volunteering. But training, detoxing from CAMRA duties is a goal.  Training continues to be a priority whilst juggling other life areas. Makes me appreciate the amateur athlete. Two events in June with Rasselbock to keep testing the BYU style, in event conditions, whilst simulating with shorter version. The slower pace, time to stop, eat, drink, etc all part of simulation.  So my Strava for May 13th looks like five separate loops but is actually continuous with stops. Does anyone else train in this way? comment below 👇 Other big change is lots more walking/hiking including a twenty stage long distance called The Peak District Boundary Walk. A group of three of us, mainly on Wednesdays, one stage per week responsibilities aside. I take in the views and convince myself it's all part of a bigger picture and long term goal of BYU September 13th and beyond.  One further change that I ...

 Some have just celebrated the end of World War 2 and the surrender of German forces. VE Day. The fascist regime that governed Germany was not the first and will it maybe the last? The German people did not vote for it. The German people may feel the blame. The German people were not all German. The violent overthrow of a nation to impose certain rules including the killing of those they blamed for any failings of the governors of Germany is Fascism. The Reform UK policy document includes a statement to  ' Imagine No More Small Boats in the Channel  Illegal migrants who come to the UK will be detained and deported. And if needed, migrants in small boats will be picked up and taken back to France.' Who and how will this be funded? The first part ALREADY HAPPENS!! Does France agree to people being put on their soil, if needed.? Not all small boats come from France. You see making things happen is not as easy as saying them. However, none of it is real because you only have ...

 The election of Reform UK at local level is not unprecedented, Liberals (Democrats) have done on several occasions. Will these elected people disrupt local government, effect financial budgets and make sweeping changes. They may succeed but only for a short period of time if history is repeated. Farage recognizes this and has ambitions to surpass Liberals of the past. Remember they succeeded? in gaining a coalition government. Anyone remember anything that still exists from that government? The lefts criticisms and fears of Reform UK have some validity but becoming President is not the same as becoming Prime Minister. Corbyn would have disrupted government if he succeeded? Can anyone disrupt a system that has existed for 800 years, in a nation that pioneered that system? I am inclined to belief it is a storm in a teacup. The Rich will still be better off and the poor will still be worse off. There will still be entrepreneurs (Victorian gentlemen). There will still be Boom and Bust...