Do You Believe in Omens?

Today is Friday the 13th which in certain western superstitions is considered very unlucky. It is also the day that my brother, a workmate and several other friends have set off on their summer travels. Tonight they will fly to Delhi in India. After a few days there they will fly onto Hong Kong. From Hong Kong they will fly to Shanghai in China and may find time to fit in a visit to the Beijing World Trade Expo before returning back to the UK at the end of August.

I think then it is an appropriate time for me to explain the significance of the three dots. The role of the first dot (my brother) is to draw attention and interaction onto itself. The role of the other two dots is to sit back and observe what type of attention and interaction the first dot attracts. This simple routine was the undoing of Libertas when my brother was assigned to them ahead of the 2009 European Union elections. Therefore by being seen to mount this type of operation against the Chinese the Brits are trying to convince the Americans and other allies, but mainly the Americans that Britain can be trusted to lead the vanguard against the Chinese Communist threat.

In reality though the Chinese state is much better financed and far more experienced then Declan Ganley's Libertas Party so it will present absolutely no challenge for them. In fact this routine is so old that it's almost a carbon copy of a mission my father was sent on to China back in the 1970's. That coupled with the fact that my brother will have to be handled by the Indian authorities before heading to China makes it look as if he is being sent as some sort of blood sacrifice. The idea being that this trip will act as something of an apology to the Chinese for the events of the past and by doing so will help strengthen the relationship between Britain and China. After all you didn't seriously think the Queen of England could care less what happens to England just as long as she still gets to be Queen.

Now for being that blatant I think I at least deserve a souvenir. A Go set would be ideal but there's not much chance of that because my brother doesn't even know how to play Chess.



Also Jo has been evicted from the UK Big Brother house and Josie has been given a golden ticket that means she cannot be evicted until the final on August 24th. I don't really know what any of that means either because as I'm sure you understand Big Brother has not been a major priority this week.