But by the 1960s, approaching middle age, her inner struggle intensified; she loathed her maleness. She began hormone treatment and for five years led a double life between her family in Wales and alone as a woman in Oxford. Colleagues noticed her teetering gait in heels and powdered face, but “this being Britain, nothing was said”.
It’s amazing how liberal the past was. Perhaps we should go back to that very liberalism?
In private there was gossip, sniggering and some sympathetic amusement.
Everyone gets to say, think, whatever they wish. Good manners leaves everyone to live as they see fit.
There are worse ways of organising the world – as we can see around us.
Must confess that I don’t really care that James Morris decided to have himself dosed with hormones so he could pretend he was a woman.
But if he thought it was fun, that was his business.
Though no doubt I’d have been a bit peeved if he’d pulled it on me and made a fool of me.
Speaking of the old ways, does anybody know why our new de facto PM Jeremy Hunt – who took his instructions in Brussels yesterday before training it to London -is desperate to sharply increase taxes at a time when businesses and individuals are being hammered by inflation?
Why is destroying the British economy so important to them? Is the controlled demolition of British living standards about Rejoin, or something more sinister and WEFfy?
Sorry, can’t think of anything to say about trannies right now, seeing as we’ve just watched a successful live action coup against the British government and everybody’s pretending it’s just bog standard infighting. None can be arsed calling it treason.
The old liberal way: when I was about 14 my father said “you may notice that there will be a boy in your class who is attracted to other boys while the rest of you are attracted to girls. Don’t let anyone bully him.”
What fascist cunts those bourgeois, white patriarchs were, eh?
Steve.
It’s all about rejoin. The eating bugs, owning nothing and being happy stuff comes afterwards.
Jan Morris was a great talent but also ‘disgracefully self-centred’.
No doubt the irony of this sentence escaped the person that wrote it.
. . . we’ve just watched a successful live action coup against the British government and everybody’s pretending it’s just bog standard infighting.
Who or what is the new government?
. . . we’ve just watched a successful live action coup against the British government and everybody’s pretending it’s just bog standard infighting.
A comment worthy of the master himself.
Who or what is the new government?
Whoever they are Jeremy Hunt (the classic identikit left of middle-grounder who would fit effortlessly into Blair’s labour, Cameron’s tories, any version of the lib dems and any of the myriad short-lived ventures featuring Anna Soubry), will be following their instructions to the letter while the PM attempts to avoid responsibility for anything.
Steve
You forgot the Bilderberg Group, the Trilateral Commission and those shape-shifting, blood-sucking, reptilian humanoids…
Whoever they are Jeremy Hunt . . . will be following their instructions to the letter . . .
Is the inability to identify them all the proof that’s needed of their success?
@PJF
Is the inability to identify them all the proof that’s needed of their success?
It is patently obvious that someone is running Emperor Joe Palp-a-teen. Who exactly it is remains unknown. So the answer to your question may well be Yes.
On topic – back then – sixties – Britain was indeed a more polite, well mannered place and yet eccentricity was tolerated and shrugged off. As for Jan Morris she can be forgiven for selfishness and sexual confusion – the books are magnificent, beautifully written – especially the British Empire trilogy, Fishers Face, Spain, Venice …. One person I wont ‘dead-name’ or use the ‘wrong’ pro-noun.
Oxford. Again.
PJF – Who or what is the new government?
Never you mind, just vote harder next time. That’s bound to work, lol.
Theo – imagine still sneering about wacky conspiracy theories after everything that’s happened over the last two years.
“Heh, that David Icke is a card, isn’t he?” said the Smart Guy, sitting in his freezing dark house after they shut the leccy off again.
MG – In Joe’s case I assume it’s Satan.
John – Seems like they’re going all in on what the kids call the globohomo. They very grudgingly – after four years of fighting the British electorate – allowed us to have a technical Brexit. But they’ve no intention of allowing us to use Brexit to do anything significantly different to the EU.
The corporation tax rise is a gift to the EU, and particularly Ireland. It’s absolutely fucking crazy to drop a massive tax hike on business in the current climate. British jobs, wealth and pensions are being sacrificed by our own government, on purpose, because our own government no longer answers to us.
– Never you mind . . .
Ooh, stop messing about. Is it the EU or the Chinese Communist Party?
– It’s absolutely fucking crazy to drop a massive tax hike on business in the current climate.
Not sure massive tax hikes make sense in any climate, but there are times when stimulus tax cuts are pointless. Those times being when growth won’t happen for other reasons (energy insecurity, semi-war, etc).
‘Is it the EU or the Chinese Communist Party?’
Is there a difference, PJF?
Is the controlled demolition of British living standards about Rejoin, or something more sinister and WEFfy?
In order to ‘Build Back Better’, you have to demolish what was already there.
As to Tim’s original point, most modern trannies seem to be high-T, self-obsessed, aggressive arseholes.