Britain in Turmoil

Yes, Britain in Turmoil.

It all started with a conspiracy and not a coup.

 

King Charles started it.

Nigel Farage came to his aid.

 

Plan was to oust P. M. Keir Starmer.

 

Judges were also in the plot.

 

Plan was to find an irregular business deal. They found a few but they were not strong enough.

Plan was to mount s smear campaign against the P. M., on campaign contributions. But in Western Democracy campaign donations are legal.

 

So the only option was an smear campaign and dirty tricks. 

 

Nigel Farage, King and the Judges aligned with the King set things in motion and letters of communication were exchanged quietly.

 

It worked and the P. M. lost his composure and in a single outburst made King Charles a villain.

Bottom line is, King Charles is the least popular of all, with many unfriendly gags floating around. He was jealous and despised the P. M.s absolute control of the Parliament.

 

To add to the problems Parliament stalled on key legislations, mostly on economic issues and also with the relationship with the EU. There is deep division between the EURO skeptics and the EURO sympathizers. Brexit in not finalized especially on trade issues. P. M.'s inclination towards E. U. was a sore point. 

That made his popularity to plummet.

He is for a modern democraticy and the Upper House with old peers doing sweet nothing at public cost is an anomaly where transparency is invisible.

His decision to dissolve the Parliament was a master stroke.

All MPs lose their seats except the Interim Government. 

He is still the P. M. and he still has power.

 

I hope George Galloway, if he decides to contest the gemeral election, gets back to Parliament winnings the seat he lost last time round.

Diversity is essential in a modern democraticy.

It is not too bad, the last election was held in 2025, July, two and half years ago. 

From 2015, no government lasted, normal 5 years. 

 

Politics in UK is fluid. 

 

Why I do not know.

My prediction.

Hung Parliament.

 

Keir Starmer ending as the next Opposition Leader.

 

Nigel Farage the caretsker P. M. without a commanding majority with minor parties propping him  up.

My Reasoning 

Large majority of Indians and Pakistsnis in inner cities.

They do not like Farage.

They are labour supporters.

The fate of U. K. is decided by immigrants (and not by real British descendants) that include European immigrants mostly of Polish, origin.

I am glad I decided to quit UK in 1988.

 

I did not anticipate England would go down this path.

I was and still a labour supporter but Keir Starmer broke the back of labour party with his ultramodern policies.

His firm stand against the Royal Family, living on public money did not go well, too.

 

His stand was correct but was ill timed.

I am not a fan of the Royal Family.

 

I despise the Royal Family for what they did to Princess Diana.

Halloween, Death and Rebirth

For Buddhist who believe in Rebirth, dearh is not an end but another beginning. 

So there is no celebration or thanks giving involved. 

Having started paediatrics in early 1970s and seen many deaths due to starvation and poverty, revisiting childhood mortality is relevant. 

History repeats, and another epodode under NPP is a real probability when the Health Minister who is only good at cricising others and never himself is running the health issues.

In my opinion, Minister of Health should not do politics but spend all his time resolving problems at hand. 

Getting involved in a media show would make him to loose his seat in the next election and he should not come back to the Parliament through a List MP post.

I have seen many bad health ministers in my time including one Rajapaksa who died in UK undergoing cardiac bypass. 

He was so hated that nobody would dare operate on him. 

My Rajapaksa hate probably started then. 

I could have gone to UK before him but we were bound by 6 year Compulsory Service. 

Ministry of Health was so bad, every doctor thought of leaving it with the first opportunity.

It is same after 70 years of Free Medical Care but nothing is free now except the bed, if one is available. 

Many still sleep on thr floor.

Coming to George Rajapaksa, he died in 1976 and I go by memory that he died in UK. I cannot confirm.

His Mulkirigala seat was kept without losing to his daughter Nirupama.

Even though, we hated him he was loved by his followers and he always had over 50% vote count.

I entered UK in 1979.

He died young under 50.

He would have been 99, if he lived without surgery.

Cardiaci Surgery was so fatal even in UK, those days until one of my Junior Mate from Peradeniya took over the mantle. He had over 100 cardiac sugeries without a fatal outcome.  

Then again one of my friends brother became an eminent cardic surgeon in another location. 

Coming to childhood death in 1970s, I did collect over 50 case reports within 6 months and wanted to write a report to inform the Ministry of Health. One was Communist party member's private secretary's son. 

Forget his name.

This in Ratnapura.

There were cases with CSF Sugar Zero.

That was the level of starvation. 

I did virological studies and took blood samples to MRI on my two weekly return home.

Thank you to Nanda Ellavala who provided us with rice and dhal which were in short supply. We saved him when he was shot by his own wife, reason which I do not know to this day. 

Not bothered to find.

They said it was viral encephalitis but I proved them wrong.

The bottom line is when I returned after my internship to collate and write a report all the BHT tickets were missing. 

So I blame it on George Rajapaksa. 

I made a resolve never to join the Health Ministry which I kept to my retirement but joined the University, instead.

In late 1979, in December I went to UK and got a job in pediatrics which I continued until I quit UK.

I did not confirm a single (under 6 months) death but they were saved with significant handicaps. There was no happy end. 

Those who died had significant inborn fatal conditions including leaukamias and sarcomas.

I had anothet belief that no leaukamia child should die without proper treatment. In one place where, I worked there were 11 kids in full remission. One was whom I diagnosed before leaving to UK who ended up as a doctor in America. 

He was a son of a consulant physician.

But I happily ended up as pathologist and everything including diagnosis was after the fact.

However, 40% no diagnosis was made and I made that category "Kamma Group" in my mind and they are born again, somewhere else.

Rebirth is a veritable concept and Halloween is not necessary in Ceylon.

I never discussed this topic in UK but let the priests deal with it and I pocket 10pounds by signing the death certificate for cremation.

Going Bananas

Banana a day keeps keep you healthy.

Pair it with yougert that add the correct amount of proteins makes you even healthy.

As kids we had the habit of peeling off the fiber part of the skin before eating the sweet fleshy stuff afterward. It has lot of nutruents and fiber. 

Beware.

Banana is treated with many chemicals along the way, and like the chicken that lives longer in the fridge can be contaminated. Washing gently witn water is the solution.

Lot do jot know from which it end to peel off. Top end is the right way.

Putting the banna may make the skin go brown but it does not spoil the inside.

Puttinh it in the fridge is a mistake.

Wrapp them individually and let them ripe one after the other. 

It is a Japanese method well tested.

One banna a day is enough.

It them in between meals.

Banana is natutally alkaline and reduce stomch acidity. 

Do not mix with acidic citrus fruits. 

I avoid or eat citrus fruits when overiped.

Acid in citrus eats into the enamal of the teeth with old age. 

Protect your teeth till old age is my advice.

Banana is an ideal trestment for constipation. One a day is enough

Do not eat too mamy.

They add natutal flavour to smoothies.

I have skipped many other facts.  

It has lot of different sugars and adding cane sugar is the biggrdt mistake. Thess different sugars are  released in a staggered manner and keep the blood sugar stable. 

One does not feel hungry and one may be able to skip a meal.

One busy working days in the university, I skipped the lunch and survived on milk and bananas. 

That I have become a "One Meal a day" man to this day.

Hunter gatherer survived on one meal. 

We can feed more hungry kids in the world.

Three meals a day is very unhealthy. Changing this habit has to be gradual.

The rich Ceylon, Tea kept me alert. 

Tea has lot of antioxidants.

Banana Bread at Mesna Tea (instead of cheese cakes) Center was later addition.

I miss Mesna Tea.

By the way, NPP/JVP have gone bananas and there are lot more slippery dealing behind the corridors of power which the citizenry is not aware of.

Truth about Chocolates and the Chemistry Experiment on Kids

There are a few very good chocolates brands still in existence.

We visited Chocolates Factory in Philip Islands in Australia that keeps the chocolate nostalgia of old time as real.

It is the Valentine gift.

Panny's Chocolate Factory is worth a visit of a lifetime.

There are so many American sounding words wrapped round in chocolates 

Ethical

Premium

Sustainable

Organic

Consumer focussed

Even Endangered Species are used in Labelling 

Kandos Chocolates in Kandy was a delicacy of the past.

So many brands makes one wonder why there so many.

This Information is Collected from a YouTube presentation.YouTube is not always bad.

Chocolates epitomizes the American capitalistic pushover that marketing hype is used to hoodwink the consumer.

Many brands changed hand and now Korean and Chinese brands are ruling the market in the game of cost cutting.

The kids are cheated by default with attractive wrapping. 

It is high time that cost of the Labelling is Reduced and the quality of chocolates is maintained.

African children are not treated as slaves in this game of chocolates and prime land is not sacrificed for cocoa growing.

Last thing I did before leaving Ceylon was to find some ripe Cocoa seeds and give to a guy to grow. I use cocoa plant to propagate orchids. It is a rainforest plant that needs lot of water for sustainance.

It is the Belgian Kings in Brussels who exploited the Africans and made chocolate empires. To this day, I refuse to taste Belgian chocolate brands.

Even Mr.Bean had made comments on chocolates.

In the 1980s I used to bring loads of Swiss Chocolates on my holidays.

Having come to Australia, I rarely taste chocolate.

Like I stopped drinking alcohol due to high rate of taxes, I avoid chocolates due to high content of sugar and hydrogenated vegetable oil.

I go for soya or TOFU instead which is healthierm

Sophisticated capitalist market hype

Chemistry Experment on Kids

Child labour in Africa 

Cadmium

Lead

Salmonella poisoning

Petroleum based preservatives

Artificial emulsifyers

Sugar

Milk

Inflated Labelling 

Hyperactivity related to coloring agents

Allergens 

Peanut butter

Soy milk

Palm oil

Cane Sugar

PGPR

Polyglycerin Polyricinoleate

Based on Castor Oil (තෙල් ඒඬරැ) which is used as a purgative 

Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil

Metal, plastic fragments and stones in your bar

It us called a bean to a bar and that transfomation makes, all the capitalistic tricks which China and Korea are practising today.

This is a funny world.