cupcakes

I was asked to make thank you cupcakes for campaigners for Dylan Haskins. I like his video.




It's not the best photo as I was trying to leave the house to deliver them amidst scenes of dysfunctional family life, but...

He does seem astoundingly young but... the better known faces of authority and senior years don't inspire me with any more confidence.

Yes, I'll take the fresh faced innocence over the self involved cynical corruption at this stage, thank you.

I was listening to the radio, and David O Doherty, the comedian, was on. He said is great grandfather was involved in the Rising, and nationbuilding with the new government. He pointed out that they were all young men, all doing something totally new.

Somehow we became afraid of that, of innovation or change, it made us angry, and instead we put our faith in these patriarchal, conservative, church-kowtowing, narrowminded, parochial, corrupt men (and the women who internalise and support her partiarchal values), like these:

 I think we should be brave enough to start afresh. Call time. Do something new, and hopeful.

My no.1 vote is going to Stephen Donnelly, as I think he embodies the practicality of thinking and enthusiasm, and integrity we need now, to get through this next bit of bad time.



It's hard, I want to vote Green, but the Green party conducted themselves like cowardly babies in government and did not impress me at all. And there's this guy I'll give a mention to:

I don't know, a friend of a friend asked me to spread the word because she likes his values and green politics  -I don't know - the Greens' stint in government has really done the environmental cause harm - peope in this country are less interested than ever, and even I feel it's a slightly naive focus to have at this point, despite the fact that I feel it has to be our primary concern, contradictory as that is. I just don't feel like one wee man can do much good, maybe. Still. Better than Dick Roche...

There ends my political ramble.