{"id":1675,"date":"2020-07-01T19:38:59","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T19:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/?p=1675"},"modified":"2021-01-02T14:27:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T14:27:24","slug":"the-value-of-traditional-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/the-value-of-traditional-values\/","title":{"rendered":"The Value of Traditional Values"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1 July 2020<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Published: 1 July 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last couple of days have been extremely important ones here in Russia, as the citizens of the largest country in the world head off to the polling booths to vote \u2018yay\u2019 or \u2018nay\u2019 for the new constitutional reforms. My wife was among them. I cannot reveal which she way she voted, but you who know her can probably guess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Value of Traditional Values<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The latest BBC article (https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-53255964<\/a>) as at 20.27pm Kaliningrad time, obviously alludes to the effect that a \u2018yes\u2019 vote for the reforms will have on President Putin\u2019s terms of office and \u201cOther conservative reforms include a ban on same-sex marriage and reference to Russia’s ancestral \u2018faith in God\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Whilst all this has been going on, I had lost touch with \u2018home\u2019 news, so I undertook a quick scan to see what has been happening in the UK over the last few days. I deliberately avoided any and all references to coronavirus, as I have a good friend in Leicester and did not want to think about it. These were the headlines:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

22 June 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reading stabbing attack suspect Khairi Saadallah<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Comment: The one thing about the Old Normal that the New Normal cannot change]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

26 June 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three Londoners stabbed in Bournemouth beach brawl hours after ‘major incident’ declared<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Comment: Safer to be self-isolating]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notting Hill: Police officers attacked at illegal street party<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Comment: Could it be the price of appeasement, ie softly, softly approach\u2019 to statue-wrecking riots?]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hero policeman David Whyte, 42, fights for his life after trying to tackle knifeman asylum seeker who stabbed six at Glasgow hotel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Comment: Do I need to?]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

27 June 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bottles thrown at police as another London street party turns ugly<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Comment: As I said in my previous article ~ never give in to the demands \u2026]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So there you have it. I could have read more, but that\u2019s enough for one day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seventy-five years of progressive liberal values, and here we are \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Copyright [Text] \u00a0\u00a9 2018-2021 Mick Hart. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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