“PHONETICALLY SPEAKING” To reflect the fast pace of world news, my blog is probably best served as a stream-of-consciousness text. Fast and unadulterated. With this approach, and on first encounter, text might not seem to scan. This is because I am dyslexic. Instead of keeping the proof-readers busy, I would rather let my blog updates of my visual work stand as a record of my experience of dyslexia, which I am keen that you now get to enjoy too. Unlike some news outlets, I hereby excuse myself the need for a ‘corrections’ section! The excitement of a new language is something I’m quite familiar with, and it is with this ‘joie de vivre’ that I am delighted to guide you through my thought and work processes, more phonetically (than fanatically) speaking.
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A sharp reminder, that families and loved ones of those who paid the ultimate price for the United Kingdom, a final kick in the teeth from the MoD with love.
The Iraq Afghanistan memorial will be dedicated at a service by the Queen and 2500 people Including civil servants, politicians, veterans, and some relatives.
Unfortunately, the MoD forgot to invite most of those families who paid the ultimate price for us, they had limited spaces and those with important Twitter accounts had priority for selfie opportunities.
But don’t worry the MoD said, “the memorial will represent the more than 300,000 people who served in the conflicts between 1990 and 2015 and those who supported their efforts from the UK, not just those who died.”
A spokeswoman said the relevant charities and organizations had been contacted to ensure all groups are represented.
Thank God for that, I am so glad that all the groups will be represented, so there is enough room for 2500 groups to be represented. One politician, one civil servant, one wife, one husband, one sister, one daughter, one brother, one son, obviously I know this isn’t what they mean is there probably thinking more down the racial element of grouping which I’m not going to do as its racist and based in Marxist philosophy.
It’s also odd that they need charities to work out who needs to be invited, is also ironic that these charities should not exist as we should be looking after our servicemen and women along with their families especially when they have paid the ultimate price.
There is no excuse, they just don’t care.
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