2nd September, 2025: VJ Day.
Right … it’s officially Tuesday.
And … ?
Frankly, I’m going to be having a quiet day.
After all, it’s not until tomorrow I have a meeting with my Job Centre case worker, and Thursday until I have my quarterly blood tests.
I think putting my feet up could be good.
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As I write … ?
The radio is off.
Just so I’m not distracted.
At the time I did so, Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, was being interviewed on the Today programme: about the many immigrants trying to get to the UK, illegally, over the English Channel.
As I recall, in the last election, one member of Reform called for illegal migrants to be shot, when they landed.
Which, unfortunately, is an idea I find appealing: and may be a deterrent.
I find it appealing: as, I suspect, will many others.
However, I also think it’s an idea that’s very unethical.
I’m also reminded of a scene in a Dr Who story called Genesis of the Daleks.
One where the Doctor asks Davros, the creator of the Daleks, if he, Davors, could launch a plague and kill all life.
The key question I’ve always remembered from the scene?
But would you do it?
It’s one I feel applies to the “Shoot a Migrant” question.
Could you — or me, or them — put a bullet in a gun, point it at a migrant coming off a small boat, and pull the trigger?
Could you?
Cold-bloodedly?
I couldn’t.
But I suspect some could.
That’s not a reassuring idea …
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