Thank you Iceland

Could have done with one of those myself

By Ancient Brit

Even though you have desperate economic troubles of your own, your thoughts turned to the plight of poor pensioners in the UK where 1 in 12 of them will die of cold during our winters.

Yesterday, a large consignment of warm clothing arrived at Hull docks, kindly donated by your warm hearted people. The garments were made of unique Icelandic wool and very colourful and I’m quite sure they will be very much appreciated by those who will receive them. The appeal was sent out by Heimir Karlsson and Kolbrun Bjornsdottir presenters of an Icelandic radio show who were responding to an article in the Daily Express about the plight of our senior citizens.

When I saw the containers being unloaded at the docks I unashamedly cried, some tears were for the compassion shown by your people towards our suffering elderly, but most of my tears were for the anger that I felt knowing that our own people, those who had paid into the system all their lives were now reduced to third world status.

Nearly every week our government gives away millions of pounds in aid to anyone who holds out a begging bowl while our own people suffer, we have a Prime Minister who salivates over the words ‘Global’ but dismisses the word ‘Local’ He speaks of a ‘New World Order’.

I don’t know about you, but when I think of a ‘New World Order’ I think a reversal of fortunes where we in the west become the third world, maybe I am wrong, but it certainly seems that way to me.

So will your kind gesture make our government ashamed of its failure to protect our own people, I doubt it very much, every time we here of of cuts having to be made by local authorities, it is always the care of the elderly that is at the top of the list.

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