New City

Last week the MP for Southend, 'David Amess' was assassinated while he was serving the community by a extremist terrorist. One thing that stood out about David was his desire for Southend to be reclassified as a City. So, the whole house of commons chamber of Parliament decided to ask the Queen to reclassify Southend as a City. The Queen agreed and will declare Southend to be a city on her platinum Jubilee celebration on June 2022. I'm not sure sure how they will go about it. Perhaps they will condense the whole district into a city, so Basildon, Canvey island, WestCliff and Southend will be one city. Perhaps it will only be Southend town centre that will be classified as a city. I don't know. I will watch and observe.  

Southend is the nearest coastal sea town to London and it is very straightforward to get there. You just go to 'West Ham' train station and take the c2c train from there. The ticket machines are in the station and the tickets are about £11 return last time I checked. It takes less than one hour for the train to get there. I think that 'West Ham' train station intersects with the Jubilee line, DLR and a few others so it is very easy to get there. I'm no stranger to Southend, I took my son there for his first day trip to the coast last summer. Southend is on the Thames estuary, the place where the river Thames meets the sea. There is something there for the whole family, it has the longest pleasure pier on earth, beach side cafés, amousement parks, adventure golf, all sorts of things. Plus there is a nice view of the Ocean. 

Let's see what happens in 2022. 

David Amess Assassinated

About two days ago on the 15th of October, the MP for Southend 'David Amess' was stabbed to death while he was meeting the community. The news thinks his death was an act of Terrorism. This is the second time in a short period that a member of Parliament has been assassinated. I feel pity for the man and his family. I'm sure other MPs are wondering if they will be next. 

My view is that death can come at any time, there are so many hazards that could end my life and eventually I will die. I don't know when or how I will die but I know I will eventually. The heart could stop pumping, blood clot, stroke, infection, accident on the road or blunt force trauma to the head. So many things could happen. I am lucky to still be alive, I could have been in a country that is at war and forced to fight and be killed already. I have avoided all the deadly diseases in this world, I am grateful for that. 

I think to myself every day that this day could be my last day in this world so I try to make something nice every day even if it is just an entry in this blog or a pen and pencil sketch on paper.