Keep smiling, Nigel Farage the UKIP leader gives hope that Britain will leave the EU.There is something terribly sad when a person feels so utterly desperate and hopeless, that they decide to end their life by committing suicide. This mindset of total despair is hard to grasp for most of us, but for a few it is reality. For those poor souls in such desperate states there are the Samaritans, which is a brilliant organisation of which I have great admiration.
Those that volunteer to be Samaritans are wonderful people who must get down and stressed themselves after hearing of the torment and problems of others while doing their best to help, it must also be utterly depressing when they fail too and one of those whose life they have tried to save and helps still take their own life.
Sadly, out of all the ways these desperate people can commit suicide, one method is to jump in front of a moving train. The chaos this causes is immense, as well as the torment for the train drivers who are in full view of it happening far too late for them to stop, this is extremely stressful for them. Thousands of travellers far and wide have their journeys and plans thrown into turmoil.
One person I know from my own town of Walsall, who was once a train driver, had two people on two separate occasions commit suicide in front of the trains he was driving – he coped with the first suicide but the second was too much – that really cracked him up. He had to quit that job as he could no longer cope with the worry that someone else would do the same again. I still see him in Walsall from time to time but he is not the same person he was when he was much younger – those suicides had an effect upon him.
The reason I write all this very sad liturgy is down to the fact that yesterday, Monday 16th July 2012, I wanted to be home early in order to get ready in plenty of time to get over to the Black Country town of Sedgley, near Dudley, where the UKIP leader, Nigel Farage, was due to give a talk at the Mill Theatre, organised by the UKIP Dudley branch – it promised to be a very good night.
Sadly, after arriving at the station in time for my train, to my dismay the train I wanted to catch had been seriously delayed and even worse, another train I could have caught which was later but still give me time, was cancelled. The reason being was that someone on the outskirts of London decided to end it all by leaping in front of a train. This then threw the whole London to the Midlands rail network into total mayhem and I envisaged not being able to get home in time. Fortunately, I managed to cadge a lift and made it home in time to eat a dried up dinner that had been left warm in the oven, washed, changed and out in a rush to get to the Mill Theatre in Sedgley in time – which I was relieved to say we did.
When people think of public meetings, the first thing they think of as their eyes glaze over, is of some tedious event in a dingy room with a usually boring soul wittering on for far too long about an issue of little concern to most. But this was a public meeting with Nigel Farage MEP and tedium and boredom does not come into it. Last night, to say the least, he was not only on form he was electrifying.
The venue was full to capacity as he came on to the stage and was introduced by the Dudley North UKIP prospective candidate, Bill Etheridge. He then opened up with tales of his goading of the EU Commission and its “damp rag” President, the nowhere man himself Herman Van Rumpoy. Nigel gave other humorous tales of the EU farce and its idiotic doings too and all the time you could see the audience was gripped, he had them enthralled.
As the talk went on the topics he raised became more serious, he highlighted the treachery that has taken place regarding our membership of the EU over the years, the total failure of the Conservative Party and its leaders to honour their sham promises on the EU and their failure to honour their referendum pledges. He spoke about the disgraceful bias and corruption of the 1975 Common Market referendum and the arrogance of the EU and its acolytes.
He then gave full and clear answers to those who had the chance to question him during the questions and answer session in the second part of the meeting and then, when it was all over, he stood near the main entrance and spoke to people as they left. You have to hand it to Nigel, there is not another politician in the land with his charisma and commitment who can equal him.
After the meeting and people began to disperse, some went to the dinner in a restaurant nearby to have a late meal with the Dudley UKIP team and Nigel, while others started their journeys home. As my brother Bruce, sister in law Chris and wife Lin and I had all gone together, we took up the invite of some of our UKIP South Staffs members to have a beer, or two, in a real Black Country ale house, The Beacon Hotel, just down the road from the venue where they served their own mild and bitter brewed, I believe, on the premises. What better way to end such a good evening with family and friends and with one of the best pints of ale for far and wide.
For those of us who care for our country, our freedom, liberty and democracy there are dark days of despondency as we see our failed and useless politicians sacrifice all these values to enslave us to the EU, but suicide and creating havoc to others, as well as great distress to train drivers and family is not an option – that gets no one anywhere. We keep fighting and last night our spirits were lifted greatly. If you are feeling down and all is hopeless, don’t give up as there is always hope somewhere, and Nigel Farage is our hope for a Britain free of the EU. Just go to one of his meetings and join us in UKIP and stand up for what you value – you will be thanked for it.
Those that volunteer to be Samaritans are wonderful people who must get down and stressed themselves after hearing of the torment and problems of others while doing their best to help, it must also be utterly depressing when they fail too and one of those whose life they have tried to save and helps still take their own life.
Sadly, out of all the ways these desperate people can commit suicide, one method is to jump in front of a moving train. The chaos this causes is immense, as well as the torment for the train drivers who are in full view of it happening far too late for them to stop, this is extremely stressful for them. Thousands of travellers far and wide have their journeys and plans thrown into turmoil.
One person I know from my own town of Walsall, who was once a train driver, had two people on two separate occasions commit suicide in front of the trains he was driving – he coped with the first suicide but the second was too much – that really cracked him up. He had to quit that job as he could no longer cope with the worry that someone else would do the same again. I still see him in Walsall from time to time but he is not the same person he was when he was much younger – those suicides had an effect upon him.
The reason I write all this very sad liturgy is down to the fact that yesterday, Monday 16th July 2012, I wanted to be home early in order to get ready in plenty of time to get over to the Black Country town of Sedgley, near Dudley, where the UKIP leader, Nigel Farage, was due to give a talk at the Mill Theatre, organised by the UKIP Dudley branch – it promised to be a very good night.
Sadly, after arriving at the station in time for my train, to my dismay the train I wanted to catch had been seriously delayed and even worse, another train I could have caught which was later but still give me time, was cancelled. The reason being was that someone on the outskirts of London decided to end it all by leaping in front of a train. This then threw the whole London to the Midlands rail network into total mayhem and I envisaged not being able to get home in time. Fortunately, I managed to cadge a lift and made it home in time to eat a dried up dinner that had been left warm in the oven, washed, changed and out in a rush to get to the Mill Theatre in Sedgley in time – which I was relieved to say we did.
When people think of public meetings, the first thing they think of as their eyes glaze over, is of some tedious event in a dingy room with a usually boring soul wittering on for far too long about an issue of little concern to most. But this was a public meeting with Nigel Farage MEP and tedium and boredom does not come into it. Last night, to say the least, he was not only on form he was electrifying.
The venue was full to capacity as he came on to the stage and was introduced by the Dudley North UKIP prospective candidate, Bill Etheridge. He then opened up with tales of his goading of the EU Commission and its “damp rag” President, the nowhere man himself Herman Van Rumpoy. Nigel gave other humorous tales of the EU farce and its idiotic doings too and all the time you could see the audience was gripped, he had them enthralled.
As the talk went on the topics he raised became more serious, he highlighted the treachery that has taken place regarding our membership of the EU over the years, the total failure of the Conservative Party and its leaders to honour their sham promises on the EU and their failure to honour their referendum pledges. He spoke about the disgraceful bias and corruption of the 1975 Common Market referendum and the arrogance of the EU and its acolytes.
He then gave full and clear answers to those who had the chance to question him during the questions and answer session in the second part of the meeting and then, when it was all over, he stood near the main entrance and spoke to people as they left. You have to hand it to Nigel, there is not another politician in the land with his charisma and commitment who can equal him.
After the meeting and people began to disperse, some went to the dinner in a restaurant nearby to have a late meal with the Dudley UKIP team and Nigel, while others started their journeys home. As my brother Bruce, sister in law Chris and wife Lin and I had all gone together, we took up the invite of some of our UKIP South Staffs members to have a beer, or two, in a real Black Country ale house, The Beacon Hotel, just down the road from the venue where they served their own mild and bitter brewed, I believe, on the premises. What better way to end such a good evening with family and friends and with one of the best pints of ale for far and wide.
For those of us who care for our country, our freedom, liberty and democracy there are dark days of despondency as we see our failed and useless politicians sacrifice all these values to enslave us to the EU, but suicide and creating havoc to others, as well as great distress to train drivers and family is not an option – that gets no one anywhere. We keep fighting and last night our spirits were lifted greatly. If you are feeling down and all is hopeless, don’t give up as there is always hope somewhere, and Nigel Farage is our hope for a Britain free of the EU. Just go to one of his meetings and join us in UKIP and stand up for what you value – you will be thanked for it.
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