KEEPING FAITH WITH THE NATIONAL TRUST
As of last Monday, 12th April, shops, public houses, hairdressers, outdoor attractions including zoos and gyms reopened across England. If all goes well and the Covid infection rate does not rise significantly we could be on track for indoor entertainment and leisure activities to recommence during May and June.
One of the major attractions for those with a feel for centuries-old 'grand design' and history will involve visits to a National Trust property. Over the years I have spent many a pleasurable day or part-day walking around well-staffed buildings, well-kept grounds, exploring woodlands and reading the fascinating histories of various owners and founders who bequeathed their properties to the nation. It is our heritage, our past that is there to be shared by all.
Sadly, after the disgusting actions of the great unwashed, unemployed and probably unemployable, statues were torn down in Bristol while the police stood by and watched. If ever there was a need to fire tear gas or dowse the protesting dross using water cannons then this was it! But no! We are talking about 'slavery'. The very use of the word engenders such emotion - why? Governments are frightened stiff of upsetting black minorities, police tread with such caution as to be totally ineffectual and the left-wing papers have a field day preaching to their own with articles written by journalists who show absolutely no empathy with the native white resident of these septic isles.
Last September, riding on a groundswell of minority unrest, the National Trust published its findings into its own involvement with slavery. Anyone with a modicum of common sense - so not groomed at Cambridge, Oxford or the LSE - and a rounded education would be aware that capitalists made their fortunes on the backs of others and slavery was a perfectly legal way of keeping expenditure to the minimum in centuries past.
The Trust's AGM produced some very heated discussion and a lot of that rarely found 'common sense' was on show for all to listen to. The view of the average NT visitor was succinctly put by 'Diana from Leicester' who complained that the 'majority of members just want to see beautiful houses and gardens, not have others' opinions pushed down their throats'. Hear, hear, Diana! And that is it in a nutshell. Peter Mitchell, a journalist with The Guardian wrote an article published in the edition dated 12 November 2020. His piece is, as expected, one long diatribe citing government failings on a more general level, why a group of MP's are questioning the Trust's funding and why slavery is important to our history. He refers to a fellow scribe by the name of Nesrine Malik. He or she wrote that some feel '... the culture of these islands is being stolen from the (implicitly white, native and straight) majority, or indeed the entirety of western civilisation... ' He or she is not wrong, in fact they are very, very right, and bloody fed up with it we are too! In my opinion, it is the average visitor (mainly white and educated in my experience) who should be listened to, not some miserable hack with an agenda supporting minorities with their pseudo-sensitivities and skewed ideology!
It goes to show just how trendy the NT has become, they no longer have a chairman, they are led by the cut back version, the politically correct 'chair'! His name is Tim Parker and, according to The Guardian, he has acknowledged the importance of Black Lives Matters'. I bet he has! More than his career is worth to say anything else, but wouldn't it be a joy if he said: 'You know what? I really couldn't give a monkey's if we were totally funded from a family fortune founded on slavery. We offer great afternoon teas and sell highly sought after plants, cakes and jams. So stick that up your jacksy and bore the pants off some other like-minded tyke who displays little empathy with Britain or its native white, straight visitor, and who, just like 'Diana of Leicester' merely wishes to have a nice day out!
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