I used to love going..I first went about 79...i went most years up until around 99 when cash machines started to appear and the whole vibe started to change...i wouldn't go now even if someone give me a free ticket...thanks for all your hard work
Thinking now of the role of hereditary useful idiots, like the King, and the psychopaths who control them, as illustrated by the photograph of our green to the point of idiocy 'sovereign' being poked in the chest by one of the Rothschilds, who towers over him and so is able to look down on him. Chuck knows that the people who surround him are far more 'clever' than he and that they can deprive him of all he enjoys, and his descendants might enjoy, if he does not do as he is told. Another example is the little boy depicted in the film _The Last Emperor_; an emperor who is prevented from leaving his palace by guards far too humble to look him in the eye.
I don't think our king has any agenda other than hanging on to his family's wealth, position and privilege by pleasing those who ultimately control him, and their agenda was set long ago.
As I recall, Linda Chalker was widely regarded as a mediocrity and a bit of a joke. No surprise to see that the girl has done so well.
Excellent one, Ben, very informative. Thanks for holding your nose and diving into the swamp so we don't have to. Another reason as to why Not my king' should be in the tower of london. It would be vaguely amusing if the tabloids started haranguing this lot, the biggest welfare scroungers in this country by far but I won't hold my breath.
Well done Ben, I appreciate that you must have done a lot of work to produce that, many thanks, I have shared it with my local sustainability group in the hope that the spell they have all been put under will be broken.
Very best wishes, see you at the next UK Column live event.
I was refused entry once, about 30 years ago, because I did not have a ticket, thank God.
And thank God I did not become the rock star I dreamed of being as a young man, I would not have sold my soul, but they could have tricked me into handing it over.
A good ( long departed friend) Dick Milford, was a founder of Oxfam after WW2, he started parcelling up packages in the tower of St Mary's for starving Greeks. One of the things to celebrate about his departure (although I still miss him) is that he never got to hear about Oxfam's new roles in child trafficking, money laundering and food-for-sex in Haiti's disaster 'relief'. Those alone would have killed him.
WaterAid have been doing Glasto for some years now, their involvement isn't particularly new. (Maybe they've improved the toilet facilities at the festival since I went in the 1980's, haha!)
Great deep dive, Ben. I was surprised to hear from a friend that Google had a big tent backstage at Glastonbury with free food and drink (and no doubt some brainwashing / programming going on too!).
I first went in 1981 and kept going for another 12 times until 2000. It has morphed out of all recognition since then and like Kelly Melrose mentioned earlier I too wouldn't accept a free ticket to go now and I avoid the BBC radio/TV media overkill. There's no shortage of other enjoyable, smaller festivals across UK, and Europe that don't leave such a sour corporate taste.
The musicians at Glastonbury might do well to listen to this, there is no chance that Tim who wrote, played, and produced this will ever play at Glastonbury.
I used to love going..I first went about 79...i went most years up until around 99 when cash machines started to appear and the whole vibe started to change...i wouldn't go now even if someone give me a free ticket...thanks for all your hard work
You certainly saw the best of it
Thinking now of the role of hereditary useful idiots, like the King, and the psychopaths who control them, as illustrated by the photograph of our green to the point of idiocy 'sovereign' being poked in the chest by one of the Rothschilds, who towers over him and so is able to look down on him. Chuck knows that the people who surround him are far more 'clever' than he and that they can deprive him of all he enjoys, and his descendants might enjoy, if he does not do as he is told. Another example is the little boy depicted in the film _The Last Emperor_; an emperor who is prevented from leaving his palace by guards far too humble to look him in the eye.
I don't think our king has any agenda other than hanging on to his family's wealth, position and privilege by pleasing those who ultimately control him, and their agenda was set long ago.
As I recall, Linda Chalker was widely regarded as a mediocrity and a bit of a joke. No surprise to see that the girl has done so well.
That explains the relentless media coverage of the last few years.
And why there's something 'off' about it all...
Excellent one, Ben, very informative. Thanks for holding your nose and diving into the swamp so we don't have to. Another reason as to why Not my king' should be in the tower of london. It would be vaguely amusing if the tabloids started haranguing this lot, the biggest welfare scroungers in this country by far but I won't hold my breath.
Thanks for watching Adam
Well done Ben, I appreciate that you must have done a lot of work to produce that, many thanks, I have shared it with my local sustainability group in the hope that the spell they have all been put under will be broken.
Very best wishes, see you at the next UK Column live event.
My pleasure Mike, thanks for watching
Nice Cactus
went to glasto in 1985 ‘86 ‘87 but would never go back now….
and its very expensive
I was refused entry once, about 30 years ago, because I did not have a ticket, thank God.
And thank God I did not become the rock star I dreamed of being as a young man, I would not have sold my soul, but they could have tricked me into handing it over.
https://beyondcertainty.substack.com/p/the-ride?r=j4u5j&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=audio-player
We must have been there at the same time!
Who was performing those years?
Ian Dury and the blockheads was good
A good ( long departed friend) Dick Milford, was a founder of Oxfam after WW2, he started parcelling up packages in the tower of St Mary's for starving Greeks. One of the things to celebrate about his departure (although I still miss him) is that he never got to hear about Oxfam's new roles in child trafficking, money laundering and food-for-sex in Haiti's disaster 'relief'. Those alone would have killed him.
WaterAid have been doing Glasto for some years now, their involvement isn't particularly new. (Maybe they've improved the toilet facilities at the festival since I went in the 1980's, haha!)
Great deep dive, Ben. I was surprised to hear from a friend that Google had a big tent backstage at Glastonbury with free food and drink (and no doubt some brainwashing / programming going on too!).
Yep, remember the massive Zelensky screen where he talked about freedom.. wanted to puke...
I first went in 1981 and kept going for another 12 times until 2000. It has morphed out of all recognition since then and like Kelly Melrose mentioned earlier I too wouldn't accept a free ticket to go now and I avoid the BBC radio/TV media overkill. There's no shortage of other enjoyable, smaller festivals across UK, and Europe that don't leave such a sour corporate taste.
The musicians at Glastonbury might do well to listen to this, there is no chance that Tim who wrote, played, and produced this will ever play at Glastonbury.
Please share.
https://beyondcertainty.substack.com/p/the-ride?r=j4u5j&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=audio-player
Charities like these also have a lot of civil servants seconded to them to work on shaping policies. The tentacles of influence reach far and wide!
This fantastic festival are also playing every year in Glastonbury, a festive in a festive. https://www.bimbleinn.com/
Although I wouldn't go to Glastonbury, their little festive is worth a visit. Lovely experience I had with them 😁