WORLD events
The Ascent of Man was a 13-part British documentary television series produced by the BBC and Time-Life Films first broadcast in 1973. It was written and presented by the Polish-British mathematician and historian of science Jacob Bronowski, who also authored a book
In 13 episodes, Jacob Bronowski travels around the world in order to trace the development of human society through its understanding of science. Many of the episodes are available now on YouTube.
It worries me greatly that in our “new” millennium human kind could well be on a downward path. We are not in harmony with the rest of nature and this will have severe consequences.
I have included this page to catalogue my worries as we head towards future decades.
Please read and come to your own conclusions.
The millennium, starting at 2000, will go down in history as the most turbulent of all times. If global warming continues at its present rate there WILL BE mass extinction of life as we know it. It is obvious that the affluent members of our society have taken consumerism to extravagant levels and this, combined with severe overpopulation, can not be supported by our planet.
The twin towers (in New York, September 11, 2001 ) bombing put World events into chaos. Bush and Blair took it into their heads to invade Iraq and this led to the whole mis-adventure of the Arab Spring.
Iraq, Libya and Syria are now in periods of great instability. The Taliban are back again in charge of Afghanistan after the sad loss of life of many military personnel from the USA, UK and other countries..
AND FOR ALL THIS TIME 2000 to the end of time THERE is a GROWING AWARENESS OF CLIMATE CHANGE (page 5 on “sample pages”) and many catastrophic events have occured in the world due to global warming.
COULD A NEW DECADE, 2020, MAKE THINGS BETTER ?????
The sound of the year 2020 was pleasing to the ear – was it going to be a good year? It started well as my wife and I, with friends, went to the New Year’s concert at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester.
January came and went and February was quite mild from the weather angle. BUT there were ominous stirrings from China – a virus was spreading and the big question was “was it going to stay in China or become a worldwide issue?” I was going to take my grandson for a SUSHI meal in Manchester at Piccadilly station on the 12th March but his Mum (Ruth) strongly advised against travelling on the train – “the COVID 19 virus is spreading rapidly” she said ” and you must avoid mixing with people” — Ruth is a General Practice doctor and knew much more about COVID than the public.
Almost six months into the year we have witnessed the horrific progress of the virus in the UK which has claimed more than 40.000 live. What have we done wrong when many countries have witnessed far fewer deaths counted in hundreds not thousands. Has the present government been so inept? A considerable number of people were alarmed at the power exerted by Dominic Cummins – should a non-elected person dictate policy directions which lead to disaster?
I remember an article many years ago in the Times, Oct. 19 1970, in which Michael Shanks described how Mr Heath was giving a new structure to Whitehall so that industry and the Civil Service could be run more efficiently.
(please note, the word above the PM is CABINET)
One may ask “What framework is the New Government operating under?” If the linkage between Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummins is so strong that all the advice given by the medical world (my daughter was advocating lockdown in early March) has been ignored in February and March then these two gentlemen must accept a huge accusation of guilt for letting the pandemic spread out of control in the UK.
Politics aside, any government that places the country in such a precarious position should be subject to sever scrutiny as their behaviour, in the short term, has caused great sorrow for the families, relatives and friends of people who have died. The longer term effects on the economy and the standing of Britain in the world are unimaginable.
It is just an insult to the citizens of this country to have the highest total deaths of any country in Europe. Surely a democratically elected government should have given the UK a better deal.
Well the country has now moved on to 8th May 2022 and I personally have managed to survive COVID. The last “jab” on 6th May 2022……..was MODERNA !!!!!!!
The COVID-19 vaccines currently approved for use in the UK are:
- Moderna vaccine
- Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine
- Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine Janssen vaccine (not currently available)
- Novavax vaccine (not currently available)
and this did cause a little discomfort. But I will never be an ANTI_VAXER as I hold medical advances in very high regard.
Putin’s war against Ukraine started in February 2022 – what manner of man is this?
2023 Israel–Hamas war
The Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip is an ongoing part of the Israel-Hamas war. Immediately after the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel.
On October 7, 2023, Ben Sochman was awakened at 6:30 am by air defense sirens wailing and Hamas rockets whizzing by. This was nothing new for the residents of Be’eri Kibbutz. For about 20 years, the town of around 1,200 residents had been under fire from the Gaza Strip.
But that morning, the attack was unprecedented in its brutality. First came a dozen rockets, then hundreds more. Fifteen minutes after the initial barrage, a 47-year-old friend from the kibbutz called Sochman to say, “The terrorists have crossed the border.” That friend locked himself in a shelter with his wife and their three children. Hundreds of Hamas commandos stormed the Israeli villages surrounding Gaza. They killed indiscriminately, targeting both Jewish residents and migrant workers living there. They set houses on fire and shot at those trying to flee on foot or by car.
2024 Both the Gaza war and the Russian special military operation in Ukraine continue .
IN the UK our PM’s are changing at an alarming rate
- Rishi Sunak (Conservative): November 2022 – July 2024
- Keir Starmer (Labour): July 2024 – 2026
- Andy Burnham (Labour): 2026 – Present
IN THE US we see the republicans in charge again
- Trump elected for second term Nov 2024 Trump won the election over Harris, with 312 Electoral College votes to Harris’s 226.