I Was A Blitz Baby

Birth is a happy, dangerous, emotional mystery, and celebrating is an irresistible impulse.
(Libby Purves)

For years, I played the role of the perfect child – until the teenage years arrived.
Then it was very different.
Mum is one of the most respectful and diplomatic human beings one could dream of.
(Poppy Floyd)

I was a blitz baby.
My brother was sent to the country as an evacuee, but I was in the house with my mother getting bombed.
The irony is that here we are, the world has changed, and the Germans want to run Europe.
They failed to do it by war, twice.
What is it?
Is this the Fourth Reich?
I’m only reflecting what’s been going on in the country for some time.
We have more and more rules coming out of Europe telling us what to do, and I think people are getting a bit fed up with it.
This was supposed to be a common market.
I don’t remember them ever saying we would be governed by Brussels and become a satellite of Europe.
But there you are.
At least we’re not throwing bombs at each other.
(David Jason)