so the tory MP found guilty of a racially aggravated public order offence will relinquish the conservative whip until his appeal (when it comes) is ruled on - very nicely delayed. and as we know with the overcrowded court system that can stretch out a very long time. and during this time he is still voting in parliament. because this was a fine and not a custodial sentence horsemouth thinks he doesn't face automatic deselection. (trebles all round!)
horsemouth gives the following example from the benches opposite - back in 2021 horsemouth was considering the conviction of claudia webbe MP and the likelihood of her being recalled and losing her position as an MP. as of now she is still an MP because despite losing her appeal the sentence was reduced to below the level that would trigger a recall petition. she has not been allowed to come back as a labour MP and still sits as an independent since then.
she lost the party whip in september 2020 - and so has had an additional three years on an MP's salary (£82k a year) and will almost certainly have most of a fourth.
3 years or 30 years what does it matter?
3 years ago horsemouth found a copy of the 1992 NLR (new left review) it discusses a great crisis in the world economy (and here we are again). of course the overheatings and seizing up of the great machine of trade is small beer when compared to climate crisis. indeed the disruptions of the climate crisis may be so great that moving towards net zero will be revealed as a comforting dream. we tend to view the ecological pessimism of UTOPIA as a mcguffin - something designed to move on the plot - but increasingly it looks like it is a real and accurate description of the future and net zero as a mere 'rearranging of the deck chairs on the titanic'.
the decarbonisation of social housing is still a thing. it could still happen. there could still be government money for it (or perhaps different pots of moneys). there may still be a way through that does not involve the benighted paupers of the communal endeavour paying for it all. regardless of its effects upon the climate crisis it would just be useful to the members to have their heating bills reduced.
it is november. one of the embers. the photograph for the month in the countryfile calendar is a very scalped and pushed over tree from near beachy head. (the ace of trees in the countryfile calendar tarot? or the fool in a tree tarot? december's photo seems to be the nine of swans.)
no zoom beers with howard as yet and none this evening he was up at docklands and by the time horsemouth has eaten he would be knackered. a few fireworks in the distance.
it is the morning of the 5th. it looks like a nice day out there. no kafka until the 12th. wednesday - the 8th - journey in satchidananda day. horsemouth is kind of stuck for a title for this blog post.
ah. one has appeared.
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