I’ve been watching some of the Comic Relief stuff on TV this evening. It is quite a remarkable thing, really. In 2005, Red Nose Day raised £65m. That sounds quite a lot, and it’s great. But what gets me is this:

Olympics budget rises to £9.3bn and the government is forking out £6bn. That’s £6,000,000,000 which I find simply staggering. This, for some sports. Yes, yes, redevelopment of the East London area, benefit to the country blah blah economy and all that bullshit. Whatever. SIX BILLION POUNDS.

£20bn for renewing Trident. Twenty thousand million pounds. And this for devices for causing death and destruction on a grand scale. Devices which should never be used, which is apparently why we need them. That’s one hell of an expensive insurance policy.

It makes me so fucking angry.

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