Sicily, the Mafia guarantees a faster internet speed than Boris Johnson can offer me .........

So, we are the 5th richest nation in the world?

And we are leaving the European Union?

Well, currently I am living in Sicily.

In the UK, in my home, in Consett, I average 0.5 megs internet speed.

Here in Sicily I get +20 megs, instant communication. No buffering. No hiatus. Instant and unbroken communication.

I can email. I can text. I can watch movies on my iPad Pro. I can surf the web.

Download is immediate, instant, faultless and damned near perfect. From my apartment, from the coffee shop, from the bar, from the terrace with uninterrupted sunshine, from the street, just about from anywhere!

So, what to say?

The service here is a government service, provided by the state, the same state that Richard Branson sold his Virgin Trains to!

So now all the UK Trainlines are state owned, by the French, German and Italian States!

When the Labour Manifesto suggested providing a state guaranteed internet service, people voted Tory.

Booze ups and breweries come to mind.

Signora Thatcher thought that the private sector was the best way to provide public services.

Wrong!

Wrong!

Wrong!

The Tories simply don’t care!

And the private sector pockets the cash. We are being taken for the proverbial ride.

If, at the foot of Italy, in the land of the Mafiosi, I can get 20+ Mega Bytes of gigabytes, per millisecond, why do I only get 0.5 in the UK?

And pay through the teeth for it?

The only real reason for leaving Europe is because we can no longer compare the poor service we get with the premier service Europe Guarantees, whether it is trains or internet speeds.

So if we are the 5th richest nation in the world who gets the money?

Who gets the pies?

Who wins?

Today in the Guardian Newspaper the head of the IMF spelt it out.

The imbalance between rich and poor is unsustainable.\

We are back a hundred years ago in the 1920’s.

Depression lurks around the corner. Rees Mogg has been quiet recently and not suprisingly.

Last time he had lunch with the FT he he left his keys in the Bentley, next time they will be confiscated and he will have to move to Consett!

Let’s see if he can run his business with 0.5 Megs?

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