b'I want youto feel the fear I | PRO PERTY |feel every day. WHY IS OUR HOUSE ON FIRE, AND WHY ARE And then I want WE EXPECTING OUR CHILDREN TO PUT OUT THE FLAMES? you to act. BREXIT LATEST:CLIMATE WERE OUT! NO, WERE IN.- IN, OUT, IN, OUTIS THE REST OF THE WORLD LAUGHING AT US RIGHT NOW? Do we MATTERS care? Should we? Or is the bigger shame that weve allowed Brexit to get in the way of our day to day lives and our happiness?S HELLBERG ER PHOTO BY ANDOne day, when its all over, hopefully well see it differently; either as ourIMAGE COURTESY OF KISSMEKWIK CARDS WWW.KISSMEKWIK.CO.UKfailed attempt to break free of a Europe thats either unwise or impossible to leave, or just a drawn out A s Greta Thunbergencouragement.and the world leaders have movedYoung people are bringing aidentified an opportunity to landtearful farewell on a station platform. It could still turn out to be as stepped off the Malizia II,All of this is very overwhelmingon to other matters while Thunbergwonderful clarity to the issue, asgrab places that can be soonembarrassing as the day they buried Larry a racing yacht poweredand the ground is still shaking formaintains her steady course to raisethough seeing things in primaryexploited for oil and gas drilling.LaPrise, the man that wrote The Hokey by solar panels andme, Thunberg said to the press. It isawareness and incite action. colours.But the final words go toCokey. The story goes that in 1996 LaPrise underwater generatorinsane that a 16 year old should haveEarlier this year, the ExtinctionIf the Amazon creates 20% ofGreta, Adults keep saying: Wehad died peacefully at the age of 93, but turbines, 78,000 fires were ragingto cross the Atlantic ocean to make aRebellion came to the attention ofthe oxygen on the planet, canowe it to the young people tothe most traumatic part for his family was through the Amazon. These man- stand! many Londoners for the first time,it really be said to belong togive them hope. But I dont wantgetting him into the coffin. They put his left made fires, silently sanctioned byMeanwhile Jair Bolsonaro, Presidentstaging a variety of street protests,any one country? Its a universalyour hope, I dont want you toleg in. And then the trouble started.a nod and wink from the Brazilianof Brazil, was beginning to feel somesit-ins and bridge blockades. Onresource, just like ice caps andbe hopeful, I want you to panic, leadership, were busy burning thepressure from G7 world leadersthe whole the atmosphere wasoceans required by all humanityThunberg said during a speechYou put your left leg inforests that create 20% of the earthswho, led by President Macron ofsurprisingly jovial and reminiscentfor life. Simple. at the World Economic Forum.your left leg outoxygen. France, clubbed together to offerof hippy music festivals or anti- Donald Trumps recentI want you to feel the fear I feelin, out, in, outAt the shore, the 16 year oldjust $20 million to help deal withnuclear protests of past decades,attempt to buy Greenlandevery day. And then I want youyou shake it all aboutadmitted to still having sea-legsthe emergency. An argument thenbut with Thunberg as a figurehead,revealed the ominous intentionsto act. I want you to act as youYou do the hokey cokeyand was a little unsure of herselfpersisted between these politiciansbringing a legion of children withof more developed countrieswould in a crisis. I want you toand you turn aroundas cameras jostled in front of heron whether Brazil should accept theher, an innocence has been addedtoo. As the territory warms andact as if our house was on fire.thats what its all aboutand the crowd shouted words ofoffer or not. So the fires continue,to this movement - and a legitimacy.is cleared of ice, the USA hasBecause it is. Woah, the hokey cokeyWoah, the hokey cokey.ELECTIONThe public will finally getOr will they come out inpeople know it. If any leaderparty however, has achievedBrexit while problems persistor Corbyn make a real con- on just saying strong and SPECIAL their say, but for ten yearsforce behind the Tories andconnects with the real aspi- much else by way of policyin our streets, our hospitals,nection with the country onstable or for the many, not have returned a series ofsteer us sharply into a hard,rations of the general publicor popularity to warrant anyour factories and the widerthe campaign trail? Or willthe few over and over. They weak governments. TheyNo Deal Brexit? it could well be a landslide. major swing in their favour.environment. either of them put their footwill need to take a stance must eventually give clearThey couldnt surely voteBoth main parties will loseAnd yet, at home andSo what will stimulate theright in it and scupper theirand outline a plan with a THATS IT.support for one direction.in another limping govern- votes and seats to rivals be- abroad the world is chang- electorate to move in bigown chances? real, rounded narrative the A GENERALWill they choose a new pathment without enough seatscause of their adjusted posi- ing, and we need to startnumbers to unify, and deliverElections are full of pitfallspublic actually gets on a ELECTIONtowards Labour (and/or theto decide anything again,tions on Brexit, but they canmoving with it. We cannota majority government thatand opportunities. All partiesvisceral level. Thats why the WILL SORTLiberals), cancelling Articlecould they? The result musteach expect to win othersafford more years arguingcan lift the UK out of thiswill need a clear convincingdeciding factor will be the 22THE RIVER MAGAZINE|Winter 2016 emaining in Europe?be unequivocal and thefor the same reason. Neitheramong ourselves aboutimpasse? Will either Johnsonmessage. They cannot relyquality of their leadership. 23IT OUT! 50 and r THE RIVER MAGAZINE|Winter 2016'