A Step to the Right.

First - it's Lailat al Miraj, we wish our Muslim readers and good one.

Next - The EU held elections in its member countries this past week, to elect members of the European Parliament, the voter turnout in the UK was appalling - 40% - and if a large part of the country hadn't also been voting for local councils it would probably have been ever lower.

That makes me angry. People struggled, were imprisoned, suffered, were tortured - hell some died - so that we could have the right to vote. The least we could do to honour that struggle is walk a couple of hundred metres and put a cross on a bit of paper. (Or if you can't walk that distance, put your cross on a postal ballot and have somebody post it for you.)

It also makes me worried. Because the extremists will vote.

There's been a shift to the right in many countries.(Including mine.) And in some countries to the very extreme (bordering on neo-nazi) right. Racist. Misogynistic. Xenophobic. Homophobic. Transphobic. Bigots.

Very worrying.

In happier news - I'm still ferret-sitting and she gets more playful and more affectionate every day. I never realised that ferrets could be this much fun. I took some pictures of her and I was going to upload a few - but I broke the little gadget that transfers stuff from my camera data-card to my laptop, so I've had to order a new one. Until it arrives I can't post the photos. They said two weeks... but you know what these places are like, two weeks could be any length of time from two days to six months...

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