The pragmatic solutions to almost any situation or problem is what endears me to the Thai people.

You need to be quiet now and stop wasting our air.

A conceptual, intangible, idealogical foe is a necessary evil in the modern age for most governments where the majority of ordinary people balk at the concept of conscription, rationing or death on an industrial scale and where the motivations of national pride and victory can stimulate a flagging economy.

The universality of mankind, our thoughts, our motivations for a better life, a better world, our values, our passions, means black or white, rich or poor, we are not dissimilar.

This is the production era. What follows will be a war against nature as she tries to restore balance to the harmonious systems which have existed for millennia. Mankind cannot beat nature but should work with her. We should not try to dominate but instead should submit to the infinite and intricate diversity provided on earth.

Everyone could win the ‘war on drugs’ by giving a fair price to the Afghan poppy growers, get pharmaceutical heroin freely prescribed by GP’s to all heroin users. This would eliminate the need for street dealers, cut the bill of the soldiers burning the profitable crops, cut the bill of the prisons, and policing and maybe use the money saved to give every homeless person in the UK a clean nice studio flat to live in. Drug addiction should be a 100% health issue and not a criminal justice issue.