FGM horror

I am amazed that with so many people accused of FGM not one person was prosecuted for this, horrendous violation. The NHS in London saw 2,500 cases. There were some 200 reports to the police in London. But no prosecutions. So we ask why hasn't this happened? Is it because we do not want to upset too many people. It seems strange that having all the evidence of this barbaric practice, nothing  has been done. So why is that?

Moving forward on Plastics

We are trying to get the most publicity in the local supermarkets the Sainsbury and Tescos, Aldi and Waitrose. How can we persuade the big Supermarkets to do what they have done in Holland and have an Aisle free of plastics. People are more aware of the problem and Penzance is one of cities that is committed to becoming plastic free!
We heard today Tuesday 16th 2018 that "Iceland" had made a commitment to go completely plastic free, which is a good start. There is a guy who is travelling in a boat taking samples of the sea and finding how many micro plastic beads there are in the sea; scarey.
What can we do about this or can I change things but with a couple of friends one gets the message.
People are becoming more aware of the situation thanks to Blue Planet and David Attenborough giving advice. This means that each one of us must do our bit and stop buying plastic, very easy to say but we have been so seduced by the use of plastics. We look at how we managed before the war then milk was delivered in bottles and you reused them. Far better!

Plastic pollution of the oceans

I was in Geneva this Summer for ten days and my husband was doing very political things and I then decided after hearing about the plastic in the Pacific ocean was if you pushed all the Islands together it would be an area as big as Germany! also there is an area in South America as the rivers are pushing the rubbish together. David Attenborough I thought would be the man to contact. David Attenborough's Blue Planet makes people aware of this thorny issue: what happens next to all the plastic. There is talk of a machine that can hoover all the Plastic into one manageable bunch. The plastic is leaching onto the sea bed, and contaminating all those in the sea. If you go for sea salt in the Supermarket that too has minuscule bits of plastic in it and as to the prawns they too are contaminated. When we think that these creatures from the sea are at least pristine and fresh.
We only have one planet and whether you believe in Global Warming or not, the ones that have put this fragile planet at risk are us. So we have to do something about it!
We have to all use less plastic, but that is difficult as may be we all use plastic toothbrushes.
We raised this issue on our Facebook page and it had a huge impact with over a thousand likes. This issue really concerns people, and thank heavens it does.

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Veronica Morris

Plastic Fish!

There is in the Pacific Ocean an Island that is as big if all the islands were dragged together are as big as Germany! This is all made of Plastic discarded by people who threw them away! Do you have a plastic tooth brush? And I do so this  a hard thing to do. We all seem to be wedded to our plastic!
I have written to David Attenborough asking for advice. I am sure that he is away filming for Blue Planet 2 a remarkable man.
There are many people who have heard about it, but what can we do one feels so impotent it is such a huge problem, and will be buried under a huge bonfire of Plastic! Which is the last thing we want to happen. If there is anyone that can think of a way of solving this problem do let me know!
We all want know!
Veronica Morris

Skeleton Fish

One of the things that concerns me is that if were you to gather together all the plastic in the Pacific, you would have a great Plastic Island the size of France. All this stuff is plastic discarded by the consumer societies of the West.

This is a huge area and could almost be called a country in itself. To have as much plastic in the sea, an accumulative area as large as an island, and growing exponentially every day, is obscene. Thus there are those of us who want to have this great virtual country registered as a state by the United Nations, as it is critical that the UN is made aware of phenomena happening amongst us. 

If you feel the same you could write a letter to the UN. I am here now at the UN in Geneva, partaking in the 36th session of the Human Rights Council, and I would most like to see some progress made on this extremely important case.

It saddens me, that this phenomena is having a disastrous impact on fish in the sea. It saddens me further that my children's children, and their grandchildren, may not be able to witness the beauty in our seas that we have today.

One thing is for sure, this “virtual country” shows what a disposable society the West is, and how we have do not have the moral high-ground to tell others how to live in other parts of the world. 

For the sake of the planet, I would like to have a question or two asked about this virtual Plastic Island.

Yemen and Afghanistan a Forgotten part of the World!

Any one seeing the news a few nights ago would have seen Lyce Doucet and Jeremy Bowan talking about Yemen. One is aware that this has been hardly been mentioned by the people that are news reporting.

Meanwhile Josh Lederman writes yesterday that Donald Trump has done an U Turn on Afghanistan, but this is an area which is tribal based, and is not easily ruled. In fact the Russians have failed as have the US, and I saw in Phoenix last night Donald Trump was speaking about the fact there was misreprsentation in the printing of this article.

Donald Trump faces many of the same challenges that have faced previous presidents. Now The Taliban is resurgent and the Afghan forces are too weak without US help. The nation is Tribal led and this could be the reason that the Russians and US was not able to overcome the area.
He said at the weekend with the Afghan government and others, that he laves the door open for an eventual peace deal with the Taliban. Some day it will be possible to have a peace settlement that includes the elements of the Taliban.

Boko Haram moves again!

Nine suicide bombers blew themselves up killing 19 people in a series of attacks that targeted girls and young women. They concentrated on marketplaces and the girl suicide bomber aimed at a tea vendors cafe. The north eastern city Maiduguri, the birthplace of Boko Haram's eight year insurgency.
"One of the suicide bombers was female she actually crept to the sand bag post of our boys at Molai and before they had realised what was happening she detonated herself and killed three of our boys"
This was reported by State Police Commissioner Damian Chukwu. Some young women who escaped extremist groups have said that the girls were drugged and forced to carry out suicide missions, we do not have verification that this is true.
After the kidnapping of those girls from Chibok, the School girls have been released in small batches,
unfortunately, Boko Haram seems to be going strong, although I believe that Nigeria would like to be free of them, that might take longer than we think.