Crumbs.

I’m not sure what to write about today, so I’ll just tell you what I have been doing. I sold my Robert Crumb book yesterday. I was pleased about that because I regretted buying it in the first place. In the early 1970’s I used to read those hippy type comics and I used to think they were funny. I don’t agree with censorship, I believe in freedom of speech and I don’t want to sound puritan but now I am older I find some of that stuff is racist misogynist semi-pornography. Anyway, I hope the person who bought it enjoys it but I’m glad it is off my land.

I am going to replace it in my shop with a book about Aneurin Bevan. I saw it on eBay and put in one bid and it was mine. What I like about it is the fact that it is signed by the author Michael Foot. If you haven’t heard of Michael Foot he was a great socialist and leader of the Labour Party from 1980 to 1983. He died in 2010 aged 97 after a long and brilliant life. As well as being a great politician he was also a great writer and orator. One of his first books was called Guilty Men published in 1940 which named those responsible for appeasing Hitler in the 1930’s. That book was partly responsible for Labour’s victory in the 1945 election. 

The subject of this signed biography Aneurin Bevan was in my view the greatest Welsh person of the 20^th Century. He was responsible for Britain starting the National Health Service in which health care was free to all citizens regardless of their circumstances. It was this country’s greatest achievement and at the time was the envy of the world. It was all the more remarkable because it was started when the country was bankrupt after the war. The post-war Labour government achieved great things. This present government are a shambles in comparison. I might read this book before I sell it.

I don’t what to do for the rest of the day. Despite the rainy weather I might venture out to the pub in a bit because I haven’t seen any friends since Monday.