Go Christine.

 What a great start to the day. Checking around the internet while drinking my first coffee. Things are looking good.

Years ago when joining the EU was a big thing, new rules and regulations were coming in from Brussels. I knew at the time that this was the beginning of the end of the freedom of the road for truckers. One of the reasons for me doing the job was that I could be left to my own devices to get the job done. Here is your lorry, here is the paperwork for the load, off you go. Yes, I was trusted to work out the best route to reach the delivery point on time. When there was a return load I was given the address of the collection point, and left to find my way there, and instruct the fork lift driver how to load the trailer. It was my responsibility to load it legally, with the correct weight distribution throughout the axles, spreading it across the length of the trailer. It was my responsibility to make sure that the load was delivered safely. 

Then the new legislation was drip fed to us, we are doing things differently now. Log books changed to tacho discs, then to plastic digi cards. With phones in the cabs we were nothing more than robots to point it in the right direction, according to the route we were given from the transport office. Now the vehicles have trackers. Then I had to sit in a classroom watching a training video on how to couple and uncouple a trailer. Something I had done a million times before. It was time for me to give up. In my mid fifties the job was changing. I didn't want to become a robot. 

So what is making me happy today? Christine Anderson, the MEP for Germany is in Canada supporting the Truckers Family Day. They haven't gone away, they fight on for freedom. You can see her speech here. If you listen to the end you will hear about what motivates her. 

Here is Christine's Tweeeeeter feed. If you scroll through the comments you will find a video of her in full flight as she rips Truuudoh to shreds in the European Parliament. She doesn't hold back. 

I see also in the news that a group of well known doctors are in Australia at the moment, giving speeches to sell out audiences. The truth is coming out. 

Breakfast time for me. Looking good outside. Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona