7 Replies to “Sunday book review”

  3. Facts are he won a democratic vote.
    Fact is USA citizens obviously dislike Clintons more than Trump.
    Fact is by a country mile petitions prove UK citizens dislike Trump much more than illegal killing of raptors by Grouse shooters.
    My guess is if what is even now a small % of UK citizens ruin trade deals between USA and UK they will be the same ones blaming UK Government(pathetic bugg***)
    Looking at the four comments above I wonder the connection with the book review.

    1. One of your odder comments Dennis. With regards to your ‘facts’:
      1) Yes Trump won the election but that does not mean that everyone should therefore shut up and stop criticizing him. I believe from previous comments you have made that you are not a Labour supporter – did that mean that during the years Labour was in power from 1997 you refrained from all criticism of the Labour party? I would imagine not. Many people from all parts of the political spectrum are deeply concerned about many of the things Trump has pledged to do (and has started doing) and we are entirely within our democratic rights to express this concern, however we wish, as often as we wish and as loudly as we wish.
      2) It is not a ‘fact’ that US citizens obviously dislike the Clintons more than Trump (although you are right that many do dislike her very strongly). Clinton actually polled MORE votes than Trump overall. She lost the election because she didn’t get enough electoral college votes. She lost according to the rules but it doesn’t follow from that that more people dislike her than Trump. In any case what is the relevance of this? Clinton is history and Trump is the man in the White House causing concern with his actions and statements so he is the one who is the target of criticism now.
      3) It is undoubtedly true that more UK citizens dislike Trump than the illegal killing of raptors by grouse shooters but so what? Trump’s actions will have consequences far beyond the grouse moors of northern England so it is not surprising that there is much greater awareness of Trump and his madness than there is of the abuse of hen harriers.
      4) We don’t know yet what trade deal the UK will be able to negotiate with the US but we do know that having burned our bridges with Europe the British government will be desperate to secure a deal and will therefore be negotiating from a weak position. Trump has made it very clear that his intention with regards to trade is ‘America first’ and we can be sure from his business track record that he will fully exploit our weakness to his advantage in the negotiations so chances are we will be offered a very poor deal. That is likely to include conditions that enable US corporations to ride roughshod over our environmental, social and health and safety concerns and to force the privatization of the NHS. If we don’t want to accept such conditions we absolutely should protest and resist them rather than meekly accepting a deal.

      Finally you wonder what is the connection between the other comments and the book review? Well, in case you hadn’t noticed, the book is about climate change and Trump has gone on record as saying that climate change is a fiction and is pledged to reverse US commitments and policies aimed at combating climate change. For anyone who considers that climate change is a serious threat to wildlife and to humanity Trump’s actions and statements are seriously alarming. I daresay that sending him this book would be a futile gesture and I don’t suppose anyone was suggesting it seriously but one way or another it is important to contest Trump’s views and to endeavour to limit the impact of his policy.

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