indications of bias

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indeed i am aware that, in the present day, using russian isn't terribly popular, hip or generally wise. fear not, as i use it not in the present sense look you see, but rather as a throwback to when it was the language of the lost, beloved soviet union. 

on a relatively recent trip to that there London (innit) i saw something peculiar. well, indeed yes, i saw a great many things which someone off of a normal, other part of the country would think as such, but just the one in particular. this was the sight of someone selling newspapers at tube station. for those of you not, so to speak, "in the know" about this, well, it's peculiar as most (if not all) of them tube stations are overloaded with free (gratis) newspapers. so, someone selling one is rather strange. 

not just any old newspaper, of course, but one entitled the socialist, which also (apparently) incorporates news from a similar periodical called the militant. or they are trusted to spread, or otherwise carry, the news off of them. i wonder if it is some derivative, or successor, to a similar named newspaper called socialist worker. that one brings back perhaps fond memories, for a trip to town on a saturday morning, be it to visit our price or hmv, led to one being confronted by a gent shouting the name of that newspaper, offering to sell it. yes, the chap who was selling this was shouting a bit, but not with the conviction i can recall. 

this, in the present, was all in an affluent, well to do yet prides itself on being a bit bohemian area of London (innit). from what i could tell the chap was having not as much luck, or good fortune, in selling editions to the passing members of the public. on a whim i purchased an edition. i was told that the price was either £1 or, if i wished to show solidarity, £2. so i paid £1.

much of the coverage of news within this newspaper seemed to be quite specifically centred on expressions of displeasure with the incumbent (or if you will present) government. as i am sure you have been able to ascertain, via the greater good and glory of Commodore 64 mode, the very cover of this edition was dedicated to a demand to "boot out" all members of the government, as well as anyone associated with them, or happened to say anything not overtly negative about them. a centre of newspaper editorial, pictured directly above this paragraph, celebrates some achievement they made north of fifty (50) years ago against a government they, presumably, also disliked. 

certainly it is (very much) down to the owners, or editorial staff, of a newspaper to present whichever or whatever political inclination they wish. it was just surprising to see that they appeared not to appreciate or approve of a single thing what the current party in power had done. that strikes me as, like, getting hung up on negative waves, man. surely, methinks, they can't be all bad, and must have done some good somewhere, even if by accident. not so, at least not in the period covered by this edition. 

back pages of most newspapers tend to be dedicated to sport. not so with (or for) the socialist, then, with them instead encouraging people what are not at all happy with their employment to fight back. that said, and now that i think, there was a kind of sports article towards the back, with an editorial on how private ownership had caused the demise of some rugby union club. perhaps if all sporting ventures were owned by the state, with the politburo determining playing squads, results and so forth, the world would be a better place. i really don't know. 

sorry, or apologies, to the regular readers of my little space on the internet for the avalanche of bits related to that there London (innit) of late. unfortunately i haven't really been to any other places of late, but that may well change. 

будьте добры друг к другу!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!