It's been an interesting week here at Garibaldi House - a news report on the BBC stating how these flats are no longer fashionable and that's why they're being demolished, instead of the fact that to maintain them is not cost effective. Not sure what that was all about! Then, shock horror we find out that the country is being run by a deviant who puts his penis into the mouth of a dead pig - am I the only person who actually isn't really surprised that we have an alleged pig fucker as Prime Minister!! The Bullingdon Club are made up of a bunch of upper class rich wankers (which also included Osborne and Johnson) who used to allegedly burn £50 notes in front of homeless people as an initiation ceremony, perhaps a smack in the mouth would be the appropriate riposte! After the allegations of drug abuse and pig fucking, all the press want to do is attack Jeremy Corbyn - a normal person!

This week is the Labour Party Conference and the beginning of a new political reality - the media don't seem to have grasped it, the old political process has changed, and we are entering a new era. It will be interesting to see Jeremy Corbyn's conference speech and the fight back against the Tories with his anti-austerity agenda - why should ordinary people suffer while the alleged pig fucker and his mates do exactly what they want. I would rather have a country run by normal people for normal people, than one that is only run for the benefit of a small minority at the top.

Just another quick message to Assam Allam, the Labour Party is not your party, you do not own it! If you don't like what has happened to the Labour Party then fuck off and join the Tories. Stick to trying to change the name of Hull City and leave the Labour Party and trade union movement alone!!
This leads on nicely to the rugby union world cup, which after South Africa lost to Japan seems to have caught the medias imagination - rugby union traditionally the sport of the posh of the south of England, unlike football - I always support Scotland! It was rather amusing to see the royal brothers both sat there at the England vs. Wales game, both English - one supporting England, and the other Wales - just because you've made up your own surname and called yourself Wales doesn't make you Welsh! Anyway, from now on until the end of the tournament I shall be known as Captain New Zealand! However, it was good to see that the Mariners managed an away win at Southport, never the easiest place to go and get three points, but a 4 - nil win and the unbeaten run goes on. It'll be a big game at Blundell Park on Saturday against Forest Green Rovers.

UTM,
Captain New Zealand

Well congratulations to Jeremy Corbyn the new Labour leader, and Tom Watson the deputy leader. It was a landslide victory for Jeremy Corbyn with nearly 60% of the vote, and Watson won relatively easily. However, if you listen to the London based media you would think otherwise, the usual suspects - The Sun; Daily Mail; Daily Express etc have all been an utter disgrace. They talk of a divided party but with nearly 60% of the membership supporting him it is not divided, and those Labour MP's like Simon Danczuk need to remember this - it's MP's that are out of line with party thinking.

Then we had the attacks on Jeremy Corbyn for not singing the national anthem, which is nothing but a pro-royalist dirge anyway - even Scotland and Wales have their own! He stood in respectful silence to honour those ordinary men and women who fought and helped to defeat Nazism, while some of the British ruling class and royalty were cosying up to Hitler and Mussolini, and as we now know even the queen was doing her Nazi salute!! At least Jeremy Corbyn now has time to get used to being in charge and prepare for the future as we enter the conference season, and it should be a united Labour conference behind him. The good thing though is less and less people read the right wing press, especially the younger population who now use social media, and many of these will be able to vote in 2020, and hopefully 'generation rent' will sweep middle england away for good! And Assam Allam can just fuck off!!

The refugee scenes from Hungary look more hopeless by the day, not helped by a right-wing Hungarian Prime Minister, even though ordinary Hungarians are trying to help. It was good to see Corbyn heading to a rally about the refugee crisis immediately after being elected Labour leader, but typical of David Cameron that he flew out a few days later to a refugee camp - going doesn't mean you actually care!

It was good to see the Mariners keeping their unbeaten run going with a late equaliser at Chester, and then another draw (they should have won) in Friday's televised clash with Tranmere. I expect both Tranmere and us, along with Forest Green battling it out for the title come next April. Finally, hats off to the Japanese rugby team for beating South Africa!!!

UTM
Captain Haddock

It could be a very interesting weekend, with the winner of the Labour leadership election being announced tomorrow morning; if it's Jeremy Corbyn that is elected, as I hope, then potentially there will be a leader of the Labour Party with the majority of Labour MP's not supporting him but massive support amongst the membership (a membership that will never forgive or forget those MP's if they bring down his leadership), or a Labour leader with the majority of MP's supporting them, but massive numbers of ordinary supporters opposing them!

It's always a strange time of the year when summer is coming to an end and we start to move into autumn - we are in the last days of the cricket season, and it seems a longtime ago now since England regained the Ashes. We are now well into the football season, and that initial optimism around the Mariners has begun to disappear but the reality is there's plenty of time. However, Grimsby Town need to win tomorrow against Aldershot and improve their level of consistency and build on last week's victory at Boreham Wood.

This time of year is when our television screens are bombarded with mass produced rubbish - from X-factor to Strictly. However, local actor and Town supporter, Thomas Turgoose returns to our screens on Sunday evening on Channel 4 in 'This is England 1990'.

The main issue in recent days and weeks though has been the refugee crisis across Europe, which has been shocking, especially the way David Cameron has done everything he can to avoid doing anything to help until being shamed into it! There are many people doing what they can to help, such as those taking aid to Calais - if you want to help you can pledge money at crowdfunding.justgiving.com/humankinduk.

Finally, today is the anniversary of 9/11, and as someone who lives in aa high-rise, Garibaldi House my sympathises go out to them as usual.

Captain Haddock