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I knew a little gnome
FOF!
Very nice start to a new week, I must say! 🙂
Two o’clock in the afternoon of a new week and just three comments?
Have space aliens landed in Britain and everyone’s distracted?
We are currently paying interest of over 40billion a year on the national debt and yet we still give billions in foreign aid, this must stop.
Why are we giving foreign aid at all? Britiain the other highly developed nations never had “foreign aid”. We did it all ourselves. I don’t think China has had any “foreign aid”. Japan, maybe briefly, after the war … I don’t know.
Foreign aid should be stopped completely, except for terrible natural disasters. We made it on our own. Why can’t the Somalis and Kenyans? Not a politically correct question that anyone would dare anwer in public.
Saudi Arabia has enough trillions to finance foreign aid for islamic nut job countries.
See, Anne, we were just waiting for V to get things going. 😉
A useful collection of information about the ‘Global Warming Mass Deceit’ has been put here in an easily accessible format.
NIPCC – The Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change
http://nipccreport.com/
The Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) is what its name suggests: an international panel of non-government scientists and scholars who have come together to understand the causes and consequences of climate change. Because we are not predisposed to believe climate change is caused by human greenhouse gas emissions, we are able to look at evidence the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ignores. Because we do not work for any governments, we are not biased toward the assumption that greater government activity is necessary.
RobertC at 21.18 (last week)
Quite a comprehensive take, Robert, much of it Baron would back, too, the dismantling of quangoes at the top of the list. The whole idea of these arrangements is alien to a democratic polity, the responsibility shits from elected representatives to appointed apparatchiks often answerable to nobody. Baron forgets, but the quangoes spend collectively quite a large chunk of the government budget. On top of it, to justify their existence the guagoes feel obliged to meddle, on occasions to the point of impeding the functioning of the organisations within their orbit.
Not that long ago Baron was eavesdropping on a conversation between two nurses on a train from Colchester. One of them was telling the other about a young girl – she kept saying the girl was a teenager, Baron rather doubted it – employed by the Heath and Safety Executive. On a visit to the nurse’s hospital ward she insisted, amongst other things, that clean towels cannot be stacked up, even temporarily, on plastic sheets lain on the floor, but must be placed on shelves at least a foot above the floor. The ward didn’t have enough space, the doctors were consulted, didn’t mind, the nurses decided to ignore her recommendation. The next day, the same girl appeared at the same ward again to check everything was complied with, and told the nurses that unless they did as they were told she would close the ward. The nurse said: Most of the day was spent arguing with her, calling her supervisors, the doctors, nurses, managers were all at it’. In the end, they had to move some gear to make space for the towels.
The H&S girl did nothing wrong, dutifully she followed what was written in her manual to the letter, hard to blame her. It’s the system that’s at fault. It allows little leverage for common sense initiative. It makes you think ‘how did we manage without agencies like that?’
And another thing, Robert: thanks for the non-governmental global warming site. Useful, that.
Could either Frank of Fergus enlighten the barbarian what’s going on? Is Baron missing something?
Verity, Baron has an excuse. He is out of the UK.
Also, this guy, Russell Taylor, is seriously good. You may recall his essay on the BBC, well, here’s his take on the Labour conference. Superb.
http://bogpaper.com/2013/09/28/russell-taylor-fantasy-versus-reality/
Baron – 18:27 ‘RobertC at 21.18 (last week)’
The quangos, as well as adding to costs, are very much part of the inertia. They merge in with the global charities, the civil service, some universities, the Left leaning think tanks and the BBC. Ah yes, and the BBC!
I have a “not that long ago” story as well, from a couple of years ago, which isn’t that long ago!
Someone was telling me how her career might blossom, using one of the potential NHS reorganisations to propel her to even greater heights. It sounded like complete and utter bureaucracy gone mad. I think she saw my eyes glaze over, so I didn’t get to experience the utter vulgarity of it. It involved studying and passing an exam, which sounded more like jumping through hoops than gaining anything useful, and then being able to apply for a higher position, which she was confident of getting as she knew everyone and everything involved. I haven’t seen her since so I have been saved hearing the outcome. This sort of thing must be more than just common practice; I expect it must be mandatory within these organisations and yet we get the Mid Staffs incident.
Baron – 18:32 ‘Russell Taylor, fantasy versus reality’
It should be taught in all state schools, with an exam at the end!
Baron @18:32
“Baron has an excuse. He is out of the UK.”
How are things back in old Meerkovo, Baron?
Much changed?
RobertC@September 30th, 2013 – 17:14
nloke from the non governmental lot was on PM last week. Sounded really reasonable. then they had some chump from the net office just trotting out the same old, probably from a script. but the beeboid didnt press him on the bad science the non gov chap alleged.
BARON 18:27 – “…, the responsibility shits from elected representatives to appointed” — A Freudian slip, or was it deliberate?
Baron 18:32 – “Verity, Baron has an excuse. He is out of the UK.”
Well, I’m out of the UK, too! What do we have an excuse for?
It’s too damn hot here, btw.
His name was Fred
Re The Wall, what a weak start to the week! The last post was from Fergus Pickering and reads “His name was Fred”.
I must say, everyone has been economical with their words and thoughts this week so far!
Fergus darling, you’re never going to hold your audience like this, so just give it a rest.
Britiain [ ] never had “foreign aid”.
Not counting Marshall Aid, of course.
:-p
Ostrich (occasionally) – Which Atlee and his Government of Socialists squandered on nationalizing everything. Denis Healey said years later that they hadn’t a clue what they were doing, which is the only bit of truth I’ve ever heard come out of a Lefty’s mouth in my lifetime.
Our country was so much better in the 1960s when the Metropolitan Police Force was beyond reproach. That is what gives them their status to opine on our decline today.
““It was the time and mood to get the Macmillan government because two journalists had been to prison for not revealing their sources on something, and at the same time police were instructed to get something on Ward and turn him into an apology for what had gone on.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/10344890/Christine-Keeler-doesnt-like-me-says-former-friend-Mandy-Rice-Davies.html
IRISHBOY
Speaking of governments which don’t have a clue what they’re doing, here is all you need to know about the moveable debt ceiling and no budget in the USA:
http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/9/30_Catastrophic_Collapse_To_Unleash_Unprecedented_Chaos.html
“Second in command at US nuclear HQ suspended
The second in command at the military command in charge of all US nuclear war-fighting forces is a suspect in a case involving counterfeit gambling chips at a western Iowa casino and has been suspended from his duties. ”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10342262/Second-in-command-at-US-nuclear-HQ-suspended.html
Counterfeit gambling chips? Re-ally?
Those of you who find one of their eyebrows moving upwards, may recall the stories in the real media a couple of weeks ago of undocumented (i.e. illegal) movement of nuclear weapons from a US military base to an undisclosed destination and may infer that some other form of gambling may have been involved…
Does our right to bear arms go back to Magna Carta?
Malfleur 1:28 a.m. – Well, we started slow this week, but your post of 1:28 certainly ended it with a big bang!
Counterfeit gambling chips, eh? In Iowa …. a long way away from both coasts … Second in command … undocumented movement of nuclear weapons from a US military base to an undisclosed destination …
Have they thought of questioning Obama … He has family in Kenya and was, according to an auntie, born there.
He sent some staff home
I thought I might add to the the odd ode
Apologies to Cyril Fletcher
I had thought Fergus was dead.
We have not heard from him of late.
For the fourth line I assume he was going to reveal an ode to Fred the Shred.
So they called him “The Shred”
Meanwhile
I decry this: (in the mail):-
Women are grumpier than men when they reach old age, a survey reveals today.
The nationwide research appears to challenge the idea of men becoming bad tempered with age – epitomised by the archetypal grumpy old man Victor Meldrew in One Foot in the Grave.
Although not(yet) old I am as chirpy as when a Girl Guide.
Another boring new buzz word – HARD-WORKING. They will work it to death, it’s not so ROBUST and wll finish up ON THE GROUND.
I see the sanctimonious bitch Hodges is having a go at Google again for not paying ‘enough tax’.
Considering how little tax her family Company, Stemcor paid, her attacks on Google et al is more than a bit rich. Google paid 12million in tax on 3 billion turnover – totally in accordance with UK tax laws (and she’s clearly so f***ing stupid that she doesn’t seem to know tax is on profits, not turnover). Moreover, most of the current tax laws were put in place by the worst PM the UK has ever had whilst he was Exchequer. She was part of a government that had 13 years to change the tax laws but did SFA.
She’s already threatened to sue any MSM that raise her tax affairs but Guido is well on her back.
And whilst she’s answering questions about paying the least tax possible personally, whilst pillorying others who do just the same, she might perhaps endow us with her opinions on paedos and pervs, especially the Muslim variety, and what she would do about it were she to again become Childrens Minister. After all, she didn’t do much of a job in the past :- (courtesy Wiki)
“In 1985, Demetrious Panton complained about abuse that he had suffered while in the council’s care in the 1970s and 1980s. He did not receive an official reply until 1989, in which the council denied responsibility.[12]
In 1990, Liz Davies, a senior social worker employed by the borough and her manager, David Cofie, raised concerns about sexual abuse of children in Islington Council care. Correspondence between Hodge and the director of social work indicates that she declined a request for extra resources to investigate. In early 1992, Davies (not to be confused with the barrister and former Islington councillor) resigned from her post and requested that Scotland Yard investigate the allegations. The Evening Standard then began reporting on the allegations of abuse in Islington’s children’s homes, shortly after which Hodge resigned to pursue a career with Price Waterhouse. In 1995, the “White Report” into sexual abuse in Islington Care Homes reported that the council had failed adequately to investigate the allegations.[13]
In 2003, following Hodge’s appointment as Minister for Children, Panton went public with his allegation that he was abused in Islington Council care and had repeatedly raised this issue with no effect. He accused Hodge of being ultimately responsible for the abuse that he suffered. Davies also went public with the issues that she had raised concerns about while working for the council.[14] Following a media campaign conducted by several national newspapers calling for her to resign from her new post, she responded to Panton by letter, in which she apologised for referring to him as ‘an extremely disturbed person’ in an earlier letter to then BBC chairman Gavyn Davies which was broadcast on Radio 4’s Today programme. Hodge was forced to publicly apologise and offered to contribute to a charity of Panton’s choosing as recompense.[15]”
Just type her name into Google and you’ll wonder how such a sanctimonious, hypocritical cow can remain in public life and be part of the establishment. Lawyers have a lot to answer for and she is an example of why they deserve all the hatred reserved for them.
AWK1 1st, – 10:42
Well, HARD-WORKING PEOPLE are just who they need to work on SHOVEL-READY projects where they can HIT THE GROUND RUNNING and can DELIVER ON TIME AND ON BUDGET to give VALUE FOR MONEY to the HARD-PRESSED TAXPAYERS, may of whom belong to the SQUEEZED MIDDLE CLASS..oi!
In connection with the right to bear arms, I understand that under Swiss law every adult is REQUIRED to keep a gun at home.
Their citizen army also seems to have a keen sense of realism, as evidenced at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/switzerland/10344029/Swiss-war-game-envisages-invasion-by-bankrupt-French.html
Clear Memories, you don’t like this woman Hodges much, do you? And you right, many of the politicians are in a world of their own far beyond hypocrisy, and not only on matters of tax.
It’s alos admirable of you’re sticking your neck out for Google although the US multinationals aren’t that much better. Baron’s rather puzzled by your figures, they don’t stack up with what’s available either in audited or unaudited form. Have a look at the chart below. It shows you the size of both the revenues, net profits and the margins these boys are raking in. Google is likely to post net profits around $12bn this FY. The $12mn of corporation tax they pay us is a mere 0.1%. Baron’s too lazy to gogle for their revenues in the UK, but he bets it’s higher than 0.1% of the aggregate world revenues.
You may have noticed Baron is rather keen on the corporate sector, the UK banks in particular, but he reckons the American giants are taking us for a ride. The whole of corporate America seems to think the outside world is there to be milked, but God forbid if any foreign company crosses them. BP is single handed paying for the US recovery, Baron reckons, for a mishandling of a disaster that has turned out not to be as devastating initially suggested by BP’s rivals and the messiah himself.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/23/4549094/apple-microsoft-google-profit-revenue-margins-q2-2013-chart
Malfleur @ 11.43.
What a country, the Swiss, how come their government trusts the unwashed then?
Ostrich (occasionally)
October 1st, 2013 – 11:40
How transparent!
Heard Boris charming Cameron off his tree! Wonder how soon it will be before he puts the knife (or chopper) in.
Ostrich (occasionally) – 11:40 ‘oi’
For some reason you missed off ‘Head in the sand’.
Malfleur at 0.23
Indeed a frightening prospect. The one question Baron always asks when anyone predicts the imminent collapse of the the dollar is what will the sellers convert to?
Look, the paper is an IOU, any other currency will also be an IOU on the wealth of the country that backs it (whether in cash or the country’s bonds).
What would you rather have then, even today with the dollar near the cliff, a billion in greenbacks or a billion in yens, renbimbis, euros given the questionable stability of the Chinese political- economic set-up, the Japanese inability to engineer any visible recovery (they’ve trying for a quarter century), and the shaky state of the euro?
In any economic crisis, there has always been a flight towards the dollar. Not because the US is in a better shape than any other of the world’s economic giants, but because the country still happens to sit on the biggest chunk of wealth and is, relatively speaking, more stable both political and economically.
You reckon Baron’s getting it wrong?
Baron@October 1st, 2013 – 11:59
cos they are all reservists. Every male does national service, at the end of which he is issued with a rifle.
alexsandr – 12:21 ‘Every male does national service’
Does Harriet Harperson know?
Baron – I merely (lazily) quoted the newspaper figures Hodge was whining about. I (guess) the 3 billion could be UK, as that is the only sum Hodge should be interested in.
But the simple fact is that, for whatever reason, governments have created systems that permit tax avoidance, especially through international/inter-division trading.
In my own humble way, I have adopted the same stance by spending minimum periods in various Countries and thus have (legitimately) paid no income tax since 2006. For example (and simplified to some extent), as long as you spend less than 90 days (I seem to recall) in the UK in a tax year (averaged over 4 years) you are not liable for income tax – in fact, you don’t have to declare your earnings, especially if they are from outside the UK. The day of arrival and departure does not count, nor does anytime spent in the UK for medical treatment.
So, it is quite possible to work in the UK, travel in and out and pay nothing (except, of course, things like duty, VAT and other indirect taxes). A banker (say) living in the Isle of Man flies in Monday, out Friday – that’s three days. Dental appointment? Another day not counted. Add in holidays – do the math. You can work in the UK and pay your taxes in the IoM at a much lower rate. Be self-employed and your travel is a deductable cost. Who makes the rules? The likes of Hodge.
Sadly, now being resident in Aus, I’ve just filled in my first tax return for 7 years but, praise be to accountants and politicians, I don’t owe them anything either.
Perhaps Hodge might look into how much her old war-criminal boss is earning and how much tax he pays to the UK?
Won’t hold me breath.
Malfleur 11:43 – Yes. I have always admired the Swiss for this. Every household has a gun … BY LAW. (I didn’t know they were issued free, at the end of mandatory national service, though. What about women living alone? Are they also required to have guns? Are the guns issued free?)
I wonder what the Swiss gun crime is …. My guess, zero. Have they let the bums-in-the-air allah trash in to their country? I am guessing … not.
I just looked it up. Switzerland was UN-free until 1992 when, for some reason that defies understanding, they joined.
Margaret,Lady Hodge, has also been known as Margaret Hoxha in honour of Enver Hoxha of Albania.
Baron @ 12:14
Richard Russell writes:
“I’ve searched my mind to try to understand what a bear market to Dow 5,000 might mean. In the first place, I think such a bear market could involve a new monetary system. I also think a huge bear market would see the balance of international power shift from the US to China. Finally, the giant megaphone formation that I show could be an advance message to the effect that we must all be ready for massive and radical change.
Question — How do you think we should prepare for these massive changes that you foresee? I’m not really sure, but my first response is that we must abolish greed and become spiritual. Currently, it seems to me that the emphasis is on profit, growth at any price, power, greed and wealth.”
http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/10/1_Richard_Russell_-_Expect_Massive%2C_Radical_Change_In_The_Future.html
Such hypocrisy and ignorance. All the voices raised against the “DM” (who have printed their first legitimate political tract in years), are squealing that a refugee from the Nazi who found sactuary in Britain, could not possibly hate Britain. Rubbish! What about all the asylum seekers who we have here, receiving benefits, a home and all the rights possible, many of them unfortunately hate us, and show their sentiments by going off to train as terrorists. Cameron and Clegg are masters of cant, and anything these wretches say should be treated with caution. No doubt, they would be happy to join Miliband in banishing us all to the Gulag.
A spat going on between DM and Ed Miliband over father Adolphe/Ralph : Evil Legacy;Why We Won’t Apologise–says Daily Mail. Now spilled-over onto BBC news ; and sympathy expressed for Ed by Dave of the Chipping Norton set. SEE http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2439714/Ed-Miliband-evil-legacy-wont-apologise.html
Clear Memories @ 12.53
What the barbarian wrote was not a criticism of you, far from it, Baron suffers from an identical disease, nature made him lazy, and in his tax affairs he, too, is informed by a maxim of an English judge of old: ‘no man is required to arrange his affairs so as to pay the largest possible amount of tax’.
How neatly and beautifully put, ha? Try as he may Baron is never able to say what he wants in a language of such charming simplicity. Arghhh
Re: Adolphe Miliband the Marxist, I saw somewhere in print a few months ago that at the time when Miliband claimed asylum here, the Foreign Office were apparently extremely sceptical about his reasons and doubted his word concerning whether he was on the side of the free Polish, or a dyed in the wool Red Soviet, and some didn’t think he should have been allowed in. (Shows how much the Foreign Office has changed.)
And anyway, why shouldn’t we call the Soviet Empire and its lickspittle treason-mongers evil? What other word would fit? And has young Ed forgotten what words members of own party were calling Mrs T before, after and during her funeral? Never mind the words they use daily to describe Tories, Israelis, Ulster Protestants, Americans, the rich, bankers, UKIP, EDL, and anyone who through wisdom, intelligence, experience, memory, morality and free invidual choice doesn’t subscribe to their malevolent divisive creed which they don’t even have the guts to put openly to the people.
Malfleur at 16.17
…abolish greed and become spiritual? Are you sure you are awake, Malfleur? Or is it what this chap Russell advocates?
Greed perhaps overstates the vice, or is it a virtue for without if we would still most likely live in caves, dig for roots for supper, a betterment of self would fit better the one quality of the human character that propels us forward. Too much of it doesn’t help, none of it would be the end of us, Baron reckons.
One can see a massive revaluation of the markets, but provided the American, or for that matter our or anyone else’s society doesn’t fall apart, you know, a breakdown in law and order, chaos, anarchy, it’s hard to rationalise a doomsday scenario for the markets for ever anywhere.
If there was a breakdown (say) in the food distribution arrangement and hunger were to strike it’s more than likely the west would morph from civilisation to barbarity within a week or so, but any other run on the market cannot but be only transient.
One must remember the market has a yield, the dividends some of the stocks pay, can often be higher than what one gets in cash accounts. Like today. If the companies that pay such dividend were to go bust then of course the DJ or any other index would collapse. But what sort of disintegration of the society would one have to imagine in which people stopped using (say) electricity, water, petrol, bread…
Radford NG @ 17.49
But have you also read the responses to the piece? Most seem to be deadly against the DM.
A six per cent hike for Labour after he pink socialist spoke, now a definite dislike of the DM’s attack on his Marxist father.
How come? Is Britain readying for a socialist future?
Is there a message in in
His mouth would froth and foam
Malfleur, could Sultan’s ‘Government shuts down….’ answer your concern about an imminent disintegration of civilised America?
http://sultanknish.blogspot.co.uk/
Whose mouth, Fergus? Do tell, please. Baron’s intrigued, lift him out of his misery.
Baron – Many thanks for reminding me of Sultan Knish! I hadn’t visited his blog for quite some time, but I just went over there, and his latest post is a cracker!
As a reminderr for others, I am copying the site address from your post:
http://sultanknish.blogspot.co.uk/ Well worth a visit (and a laugh).
The clash of civilisations summarised:-
http://libertygb.org.uk/v1/index.php/news-libertygb/6081-clash-of-civilisations
There is no clash of civilisations. There is a clash between the barbarian bums-in- the-air-for-allah believers in a venal child-abuser (mo’ married little Aisha when she was six, after he had seen her being pushed on a swing by her mother) and the Christian and/or rational West.
All they can manage is shopping mall massacres (with weaponry invented in the West) and similar barbaric assaults. They’ve never invented a thing. Well babaganoush I’ll give them, but that about sums it up.
Verity, be fair, give them their due, their latest contribution to the mankind was the curved, single-edged sabre. Around the 14th century?
And you right, Sultan sits on Baron’s must read blog.
Its always nice when fellow Wallsters actualy read a post, follow the link, inform themselves of the point being made, and then follow up by delivering an informed, original and challenging opinion.
Or perhaps not
Someone (famous, whose name I have forgotten) has said that the trouble with the Left is that either everything becomes prohibited or compulsory, so luckily these two unexpected events have only affected Tories: a change in ‘marital status’ and a political train crash:
Gay marriage and HS2 hit local Tories
Conservative associations are running out of money and shedding members, with the blame being put on unpopular policies such as same-sex marriage and the HS2 rail line.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/10348476/Gay-marriage-and-HS2-hit-local-Tories.html
Stewart Rhodes on “civilization preservation teams” in Alex Jones show at http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_3658266081&feature=iv&src_vid=lb8IsyC_mco&v=vcY5ZET6UQE
Rhodes’ website is
http://oathkeepers.org/oath/
and focuses on organizing as communities against attacks on the people so that the people are prepared against the deliberate creation of chaos and remove dependency on government at such times. Food, fuel storage and organization for mutual aid and defence in our local communities.
Baron
October 1st, 2013 – 19:48
Yes, it could get that bad…
Yes, Malfleur, indeed it could get that bad … as the people wise up to what has been done to them … their heritage, their safety and their money.
And now he wished he were dead
From the vaults:
Noa ay 22.25
Another enigmatic posting, Noa, come on then, spell out what is it you dislike when two of us do as one says then have a chat about it.
RobertC 1st, – 12:12
“For some reason you missed off ‘Head in the sand’.”
‘course I did; that’s where mine goes when this world gets too much for me…as you can divine from my ‘nom de keyboard’.
Ostrich (occasionally) – 10:13 ‘Head in the sand’
Very wise!
Everyone needs a bolt hole.
Has anyone seen that absolutely ridiculous photograph of Cameron over on The Speccie. Even attention-seeking “regular guy” Tony Blair wouldn’t have posed for that.
O(o) 10:13.
You worry me sometimes sailor. Head-in-sand means arse-in-air and given the changing demographics of this country, the physical and metaphorical possibilities that affords the enemy are eye-watering. Riveting, in fact – a golden opportunity, so to speak. 🙂
I notice that a letter in the DM avers that Alistair Campbell suffered from dysentery last week.
Two questions:
Does this mean he’s no longer full of it?
How much of him is left?
Rod Liddle re-opened the Adolphe Miliband spat on Trolltopia: well over 500 comments to date. Turgid stuff but worth a skip-read.
For those of you who have rational minds and strong stomachs, who want to know what Milimonor’s papa, mama and ex-pat bro think about Britain as a nation, they should read this; but pour a cup of strong coffee first:
http://www.marxists.org/archive/miliband/1990/xx/counterheg.htm
Any doubt about ‘Ralph’s’ role as a Gramsci-influenced propagator of Antonio’s counter hegemony wheeze will be dispelled ( if you can manage to finish the piece). Note the footnote tribute to Mrs M and Milibrat major:
http://www.marxists.org/archive/miliband/1990/xx/counterheg.htm
The whole family are quite obviously Utopian international communists and their loyalty to Britain is therefore nil. Let the facially mutilated, lisping little runt into No.10 and we are several fathom’s further down the abyss.
Another interesting link emerged from the comments on Liddle’s blog post:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00jjm4z
I quite liked David’s assertion that dad, “was a very good teacher”. Really? Soporific, I would have thought, not to mention physically weird and off-putting. Quite aside from the bilge that emanated from his twisted gob and pen.
The dilemma, unfortunately, is how to keep the two Red Eds out of No.10. Vote for the Tories again and get FKW. Vote for Farage’s lot and inject an even deeper state of uncertainty, even though it may shake up the Westminster Gasworks a bit.
Looks like Milimajor has the right idea: go even further west than either of them and make even more bucks than they did and exist as a Champagne Socialist, following the example all of their mentors and family friends did and do. Fucking hypocrites!
And Alexander Boot also puts in his two-penn’orth on the Miliband moan:
http://alexanderboot.com/content/ralph-miliband-was-wife-beater-who-loves-his-wife
Much more effective than either Levy’s or Liddle’s contributions. His last line resonates with what I punted at the outset of this eruption.
Frank P@October 2nd, 2013 – 15:29
Just clicked on the link to RM’s paper.
Does anyone read such turgid crap?
In what way is a man considered a genius to write such stuff, that is unreadable?
jeez!
Also it’s worth following up the continuing saga of the Diana West furore on the Gates of Vienna, on PJ Media and on West’s own web page: it all amounts to a coruscating examination of the part played by covert communist revolutionary infiltrators within the corridors of power, including the MSM and Academia.
Luckily, on the plus side, human nature does seem to prevail against these would be revolutionaries, even though they can cause havoc in the short to medium periods of history; the abstruse absurdity of their self-regarding ‘rectitude’, that insists what we should want – and do, rather than granting us the freedom to do what we actually desire within our own lights and tenets, is in the end self-defeating. But we must be vigilant – as the ultimate atrocities that emanate from the socialist mores espoused by the discordant music of the Milibands and their cohorts, can be augured after a quick scan through the history of the past century and a half. Toxic, murderous tossers!
Frank P – You’re always a compelling writer, but with your post of 16:56, you have exelled even yourself.
Verity (17:41)
Well, thank you Verity, but it’s an affliction rather than a compulsion. At infant school (1939 et sec) I was taught to look out for incendiary devices and shout ‘fire’ if I noted any! Been on the lookout ever since in both amateur and professional status; but you know the perils of shouting ‘wolf’ too often (sorry to mix metaphors). Particularly when most people seem deaf to the growls (both those of the wolves and mine) anyway. Trouble is, its a habit that can’t be broken. So you’re stuck with it until … 🙂
Iain Martin took a stick
So, a young Spaniard, with two bachelor’s degrees and a master’s, has come to England to find work and ends up cleaning lavatories in London. His internet rant is noticed by “The Daily Telegraph’s Madrid Correspondent”, and the responses posted under the article show that reality is starting dawn, at least on some DT posters!
Spaniard becomes voice of country’s ‘lost generation’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/10347776/Spaniard-becomes-voice-of-countrys-lost-generation.html
This Spaniard has a degree in Journalism and Advertising and another in Public Relations, and a Master’s degree in Community Management.
That must be seven years studying! Does it happen without anyone noticing? I would have thought that he would have managed to get some sort of job at some time and realised that extra degrees, without any experience, is the equivalent to being up the creek without a paddle! Journalism is being squeezed as more people write articles and post them on the internet, so maybe new skills in a new industry are required!
“Spaniards are a fast-growing group of foreign workers in Britain with the Spanish Embassy in London recording that some 70,000 were registered there in 2012, although the real figure could be as much as five times that.”
And Spain isn’t the worst! In Greece unemployment is at 27.9%, with 60% of people under 24 jobless, followed by Spain with 26.2%.
http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/economics/2013/10/01/Crisis-Greece-60-people-24-jobless-Eurostat_9389414.html
And I am sure Spain isn’t the only country disgorging the unemployed, especially the unskilled, into this country and Nick Clegg is on to a winner with a new policy to force shops to charge 5p for each plastic bag they ‘give away’. Surely the right vote winner for the LibDems to drive forwards. I hope they do! 🙂
I remember when plastic bags were the miracle that would save the world: they were to replace paper bags, and that would stop trees being chopped down. We now have Drax, one of our biggest coal fired power stations, converting to wood-chip so that we can leave our coal in the ground, with millions of trees being felled in the USA, and transported to Britain for fuel.
I bet we won’t get free paper bags, will we?
There is something very déjà vu about this story from the USA:
Confirmed: Obamacare Breeds Massive Corruption and Fraud
“By reporting thousands of fake job placements, Seedco collected ‘performance payments’ totaling perhaps as much as $1.6 million over five years,” reported Michael Powell with the New York Times.”
http://www.infowars.com/now-confirmed-obamacare-breeds-massive-corruption-and-fraud/
Ah yes, here it is:
Welfare to work ‘fraud scandal’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9286323/Welfare-to-work-fraud-scandal.html
and here:
Ministers missed key evidence of fraud in welfare-to-work scheme
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ministers-missed-key-evidence-of-fraud-in-welfaretowork-scheme-8182460.html
You don’t have to be a Socialist to hate Britain.Tony Blair illegally abolished the Constitutional House of Lords;and created the unconstitutional Chamber of Deputies,Supreme Court,Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly:also abolished The Public Records Office and the Royal Yacht,and allowed the Prince of Wales to engage in an illegal marriage.All without any great outcry.As far as I am concerned there no longer is a legal government in this country.
Radford Ng – A legal government would not allow women to wear burqas and hijabs in public as they are degrading. A legal government would not allow a school in which little female pupils had to wear burqas and hijabs. It beggars belief.
One person who would have brought benefit to Britain by wearing a hijab and burqa is the chav-named Cherie Blair.
He dug and dug and dug
Verity
October 3rd, 2013 – 03:00
Agree! And those two mishapen skunks, with their deformed jaws and close-together fish eyes should also be shielded from the light of day. The brothers are indeed a terrible sight.
“Climate Change Cult: Meteorologist Vows Vasectomy After Reading Global Warming Report”
Oh boy, The PJTV Trifecta crew had FUN with this one!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvB03dfbRMM
Bwahahahahahahahahaha!
EC – 07:06 ‘Global Warming Mass Deceit”
“All scientific tests and examination show there is NO ACTUAL OBSERVED
EVIDENCE for man-made CO2 Climate Change in the real atmosphere and sea in the
real world and ONLY EVIDENCE AGAINST. The warmist CO2 ‘theory’ is disproved.”
http://www.weatheraction.com/docs/WANews13No39.pdf
Radford NG October 3rd, 2013 – 00:45
I give way to no one in my loathing of Tony Blair and all of his ilk but where are you coming from, with the following.
“You don’t have to be a Socialist to hate Britain.Tony Blair illegally abolished the Constitutional House of Lords;and created the unconstitutional Chamber of Deputies,Supreme Court,Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly:also abolished The Public Records Office and the Royal Yacht,and allowed the Prince of Wales to engage in an illegal marriage.All without any great outcry.As far as I am concerned there no longer is a legal government in this country.”
We do not have a Chamber of Deputies, the House of Lords (though battered and bruised) still exists and what on earth is illegal in a divorced man taking a wife?
Verity
October 3rd, 2013 – 03:00
Hello, David,
I don’t know much about the legalities here, but correct me if I am wrong. I always believed that the heir to the Throne could not marry a divorced person. Therefore, is Charles becomes King, his marriage would be untenable. Personally, I think that our commendable Queen deserves a worthy person to take her place when the sad time comes. Charles? Heaven forbid! Princess Anne is the finest cpntender.
What a fool I am! Just remembered that Princess Anne is a divorced person. Shame, she is a hard working and modest person.
If you remember Anne, the reason for the Protestant CoE was that the monarch wanted to be able to divorce and marry again, and again.
Muslim pupils, 14, banned from the classroom at Catholic school for refusing to shave off their beards after claiming their religion forbids it
* Students have been in ‘isolation’ at Lancashire school for almost a month
* The school has said the pupils, both 14, are breaching the dress code
* Families say the boys are suffering discrimination at the school
* They say beards are symbol of faith and the religion forbids them to shave
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2442317/Muslim-pupils-14-banned-classroom-refusing-shave-beards-claiming-religion-forbids-it.html
I am sure there have been 14 year year old Muslims requiring a regular shave for many years, but for some reason we never heard of this condition causing a problem in Britain.
Maybe it’s due to the number of muslims in this country. They have had over 1000 years of practice.
Much hype is going on about the Marxist Ralph (Adolph) Miliband and the reaction of his son the correctly labelled Red Ed Miliband’s reaction to a perfectly proper report by the Daily Mail.
The Mail has been lambasted from all sides and the Socialist BBC is pulling out all and sundry to decry the Mail article, they claim that all of the other party leaders have come out in support of Red Ed, but this is not so.
When asked David Cameron said “I haven’t read the article but look, I completely understand. If I was in Ed’s position if someone attacked my father I would want to also make pretty clear what I feel.”
He then went on to say “When you have lost your Dad, there isn’t a day that goes by when you don’t think of what they meant to you and how much you miss them and if someone attacked my Dad I would do the same thing.”
Neither of those two comments indicated that he did not agree with what had been written in the Mail.
The Socialist BBC wheeled out that poisonous foul mouth Alistair Campbell to spout his toxic venom against the Mail, in doing so they have done a silly thing Alistair Campbell is not respected by the British public and because of this many will think the exact opposite of anything he has said.
One more thing on the death of the blessed Margaret the BBC and the Left Wing press would have you believe that there were thousands out on the streets holding parties to celebrate the death of this fine lady, when in point of fact there were small gatherings of the usual suspects showing their venom and spite.
I did not see Miliband or the BBC condemning these soulless malcontents, and she definitely loved Britain.
the line that RM loved the UK cos of his Royal navy service does not stand up. Loads of foreigners served in the forces and I would suspect their motive was not love of the UK but their hate of Naziism, and I suspect RM was one of these.
(As an aside, non UK Jews fighting the Nazis were at a special risk because if captured I suspect the Nazis would have sent them to concentration camps, not POW camps. The Germans didn’t recognise people right to change nationality.) So RM should be commended for taking that risk.
David Ossitt – 11:47 ‘Millibands’
What is so despicable is that the Left wing, including the BBC, did not even allow few days for mourning. They turned their backs on a coffin! It could have been anyone’s coffin, it doesn’t matter. It is what is expected from a people, Christian or not, a religious community or not.
It is a part of Christian culture because it works. It is integral to many other cultures, so these appallingly behaved louts, encouraged by the BBC, show that they have no understanding as to what it is to be human. But then, on this wall, I would guess no one is surprised.
Ralph Miliband died in 21 May 1994, nearly twenty years ago, so if that is not long enough to criticise an ungrateful immigrant, then politicians will have nothing to fear!
I heard that there were up to three reasons for attending a funeral, NOT that all are applicable on each occasion:
1) to say goodbye to the departed
2) to see who had come to say goodbye to the departed
3) to make sure the b*stard was dead
Everything else should be left until after a suitable time to allow the bereaved to return to their interrupted lives.
I don’t really give a fig what Millibrain minor said or didn’t say about the Left’s behaviour, but if he has no credible explanation to how his views differ from his father’s, then we must assume that they are the same views!
David Ossitt (11:47)
Stand by for another development on the Miliband dynasty. Miliminor has complained that a “Daily Mail reporter” infiltrated his uncle’s memorial service recently and asked questions of the guests about their attitude to the DM coverage of Daddy’s dislike of Britain . If this is true then perhaps the reporter learned the business of infiltration when she was at college from one of Milidaddy’s commie successors in Academia.
This is now reaching pantomime proportions:
“Oh no it isn’t!”
“Oh yes it is!”
One wonders what Lady Claudia (who is reported to wear the trousers in the Rothermere household) will have to say when the kerfuffle reaches her ears. Perhaps two birds will be killed with one stone: the exposure of Miliband’s commie pedigree and Dacre’s arse handed to him in a paper bag. Good result all round, if so.
typo alert: parentheis should close after household, not Rothermere. Apologies.
AWK 5:13 (Up early!) Agreed about the Millmonsters. And why “Ed”? Why not Edward? Why do all the creeps promote a phoney air of camaradie when they are the most scheming and repulsive? Dave, if you recall, used to be known as David Cameron. Then he had his “Call me Dave” enlightenment.
Thank God, Nigel Farrage continues to be operate under his entire name and doesn’t try to promote a fake sense of being a mate. Although the press dubbed her with a nickname, Margaret Thatcher continued to present herself formally as Margaret Thatcher. Like Margaret Thatcher, Winston Churchill was sometimes dubbed “Winnie” by a few … very few … others … and it was done fondly and familiarly.
Would you trust a politician who presented himself as Ed or Nige? Nigel Farrage clearly has a finer air for the proprieties of public office than Ed, Tony or Dave.
AWK 11:09 -Agreed again! He was born into this position and the constitution is not, or should not be, elastic, to suit the heir to the throne. Edward was made to make a choice: Mrs Simpson or the throne. He chose Mrs Simpson. Charles should be required to make a similiar choice. One would hope that he would follow the example of his uncle and we could have Ann for monarch.
Ooops! Just saw your following post! I don’t remember Ann getting divorced – although now that you mention it, it does ring a faint bell.
P from M 11:12 -Are you sure? You must be, and surely at the time the constitutionalists went over the relevant terms with a fine tooth comb? (Referring to Charles.) Or was the law changed?
One of the most disturbing comments, from several sources on Monte Milliband’s Commie Circus, castigates the Mail for launching the furore in the first place. The rational behind this being that the political Establishment is about to issue a Bull establishing what the press can and can not say without incurring sanctions. The political class is hell bent on being revenged for the exposure of their expense fiddles. But, what is truly frightening here is the celebrity driven desire to curb the press, which was responsible for promoting these sad, intellectual vacuua. Most prominent amongst this gaggle is the actor Hugh Grants whose towering sense of his own importance is in inverse proportion to his thespian talents. The man’s most memorable role was getting a blow job on the back seat of a Los Angeles taxi, divine work if you can get it! Is our priceless heritage of free speech to be sacrificed on the an altar dedicated to the vanity of a second rate trooper who can not keep his dick in his pants?
Noa, October 1st, 2013 – 22:25
“Its always nice when fellow Wallsters actualy read a post, follow the link etc.”
Yup.
How very unstatesmanlike of a possible future PM to keep this spat with a newspaper running for days on end.
Stephen Mayberry – Well written and indisputable!
Frank Sutton 14:03 – “Stupid” might be another applicable adjective.
Update on the Milibrat and forebears:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/511169/20131003/ed-miliband-daily-sunday-mail-lord-rothermere.htm
Liddle is being bombarded by the Beeb:
http://www.spectator.co.uk/columnists/rod-liddle/9040771/here-we-go-again-say-one-word-against-an-icon-of-the-left-and-the-phone-wont-stop-ringing/
Austin Barry has a novel suggestion: that the DM send a letter back to Miliband similar to to this one circa 1971 in reply to the moaning Miliband:
Arkell v. Pressdram (1971) [unreported]
Solicitor (Goodman Derrick & Co.):
We act for Mr Arkell who is Retail Credit Manager of Granada TV Rental Ltd. His attention has been drawn to an article appearing in the issue of Private Eye dated 9th April 1971 on page 4. The statements made about Mr Arkell are entirely untrue and clearly highly defamatory. We are therefore instructed to require from you immediately your proposals for dealing with the matter. Mr Arkell’s first concern is that there should be a full retraction at the earliest possible date in Private Eye and he will also want his costs paid. His attitude to damages will be governed by the nature of your reply.
Private Eye:
We acknowledge your letter of 29th April referring to Mr J. Arkell. We note that Mr Arkell’s attitude to damages will be governed by the nature of our reply and would therefore be grateful if you would inform us what his attitude to damages would be, were he to learn that the nature of our reply is as follows: fuck off.
[No further reply]
Bwaahahahahah.
Ahhh. The heady days of the egregious Lord “Two Dinners” Goodman. Now there was a man who knew something about the inner dealings of the traitorous Labour Party.
I wondered whether the ill-fated racehorse was named after the Granada TV Rental man?
Nah … wrong spelling:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkle
Booting up: the lesser of two weevils?
http://alexanderboot.com/content/dave-may-be-lesser-evil-evil-nonetheless
Drip …drip …drip:
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3999/uk-education-sharia
Thanks for the pointer to Alexander Boot’s piece on Cameron, Frank!
Dave is not just arrogant, but is out of touch with the electorate. And doesn’t he know that gays already have a right to form legal civil partnerships that gives them all the legal rights of marriage, like inheritance, permission to visit a critically ill partner in hospital and make decisions for that hospitalised man, and inherit a pension?
Verity (15:11)
Chasing the votes of ‘victimhood’ is a stupid ploy, particularly when the demographics of this section of the ‘downtrodden’ are and always have been deliberately inflated. Except, of course, within the ephemera of Westminster Bubble, where they abound, but are hardly downtrodden. Au contraire as they themselves are apt to say.
Verity – Both, stupid and unstatesmanlike – my point is that a possible future PM and the current leader of the “opposition” (and we could do with some real opposition) seems prepared to spend so much energy on a row with a newspaper.
It’s not as if there aren’t real issues to address.
Frank P : You’ve probably already seen Sultan Knish earlier this week on the Church of Victimology – recomended to all!
Greenpeace seafarers charged with Piracy by the Russians.
You’d have to be heartless not to laugh.
Frank P’s post October 3rd, 2013 – 14:22 gives two excellent links the second of which is to an article by Rod Liddle, a writer who I read each week and often agree with.
This article can be summed up as “here-we-go-again-say-one-word-against-an-icon-of-the-left-and-the-phone-wont-stop-ringing” it makes for a great read, as a taster I append the paragraph below.
Rod Liddle.
The odd thing is, it never, ever happens when I have a go at the right, no matter how recklessly, personally or unpleasantly. Sometimes when I’ve been spiteful about the crop of smug and inept public-school boys who currently run this country, I sort of hope that the phone will start its incessant ringing, because it would make a nice change. But it never does. I could write an article insisting that David Cameron was created from the frozen semen of Adolf Hitler by Soviet scientists and that he enjoyed nightly intercourse with feral goats — and the Beeb and Channel 4 wouldn’t give a monkey’s. ‘He’s probably right,’ they’d all be saying to themselves, ‘for once.’ There would be no calls for sackings, or prosecutions. The Guardian Comment is Free website would be utterly uninterested.
Frank Sutton … Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Verity
October 3rd, 2013 – 13:40
Hi, Yes Anne has been divrced and is now married to her second husband. Charles I can see crawling to the ragheads. I imagine he would be happy if the less-than-fragrant Camilla wore a full burkah. Aesthetically, I believe the more sensitive of us would agree.
Verity 3rd, – 13:40
“constitution is not…….elastic, to suit the heir to the throne.”
Mais non. L’état, c’est moi!
🙂
Ostrich (occasionally): Vous avez raison!
Much as I dislike Charles Windsor and his choice of wife, the Queen’s only undivorced offspring is Edward, who I fancy even less than Charles as future monarch. Anne would definitely make the best sovereign, but her divorce makes her on a par with Charles. I just hope the Queen, bless her, has many more years to reign…..
The next in line to the Throne,after Prince Charles, is Prince William;followed by Prince George and by Prince Henry.
Someone should write a sequel to Jacob Bronowski’s “Ascent of Man”, entitle it The Descent of Man” and exemplify (and encapsulate) the level to which our species has descended by citing this link:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/belgium/10346616/Belgian-killed-by-euthanasia-after-a-botched-sex-change-operation.html#
In fact it could be coupled (so to speak) with this piece from the Daily Mail:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2440453/Daniel-Sterns-Swingland-book-exposes-swinger-lifestyle.html
Belay that – just reproduce the contents of both Barclay Bros Bugle and Rothermere’s Rag and the job’s more or less done.
One wonders what either Bronowsky or Baron Clark (Civilisation) would have to say about the current state of humanity were they allowed to return for a day.
Frank Sutton (15:54)
Is ‘walking the plank’ a penalty still on the statute books for piracy in Russia? Perfick!
Frank P – 15:00 ‘Drip …drip …drip’
I take it you are describing the naive inhabitants of the Dept of Education for expecting anything other than what has happened!
RobertC
Yeah, that too. 🙂
Desmond from the Express has now conjoined in the anti-DMG fiesta (now there’s a surprise). Grub Street at war. Must pop over and see what The Eye is making of all of this.
Hasn’t been anything like it since Capt. Bob went OTS. Wonderful!
Radford NG@October 3rd, 2013 – 17:41
If you read the 1936 abdication act, you will see that heirs and issues of the then king were then removed from the line of succession.
So if Charles were to abdicate after his mothers death, then a similar removal of his issues and heirs would probably occur.
remember they have to enact the same legislation in each parliament of countries that have our queen as head of state.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1936/03/pdfs/ukpga_19360003_en.pdf
any what is wrong with Charlie anyway? I rather agree with his views on some of the carbuncles erected by daft architects.
Frank P
October 3rd, 2013 – 18:00
Thank you Frank. Just about to have my evening meal and checked your links. I feel sick! I think you know I am no prude, but this is quite revolting. The so-called Cancer Specialist should be castrated and that Stern guy should receive similar ‘treatment’
Alexander Boot says the boy is sorry he pushed the same sex marriage bill through the House. Baron cannot find any mention of it anywhere, but Mr. Boot reading of it is worth reading.
Frank P @ 18.00 on Sterns
It wouldn’t surprise Baron at all if it turned out the guy’s made it all up, well, the most of it anyway.
Baron (21:15)
W’Ancona’s book was Boot’s source.
As for the Stern saga; agree, but I was deploring the fact that DMG reported the claims in what was once a family’ newspaper, rather than it being a feature in a top shelf porn mag.
… And of course both ‘reported’ verbals could be fantasies – given W’Ancona’s flight of fancy during his stint as Editor of the Speccie. 🙂
Regarding this poor man who killed himself (or asked the state to put him down; I think it was in Denmark or Holland) because his “sex change” operation had gone wrong.
For the hundredth time … there is no such thing … NO SUCH THING, PETER TATCHELL as a “sex change operation”. You cannot change your DNA. The man was still a maie no matter what he had chopped off and siliconed in and no matter how many hormones he popped a day. His DNA was still male.
These people should not even be allowed to fill in applications under their fantasy sex, never mind expect real members of that sex to take him/her for anything other than a fantasist. It makes no difference what you have chopped off or siliconed in, you are your DNA, as you were born.
Verity (00:16)
And hermaphrodites? 😉
Frank P
October 3rd, 2013 – 22:39
W’Ankona :=)
For the Brits … start your day with a giggle … Angry young woman tackles John Bercow for dinging her car.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2442490/John-Bercow-accused-behaving-like-arrogant-toff-clipping-motorists-car.html
He showed that Fred was not just thick
As well as having a personal vanity photographer, Dave has an “official” vanity biographer too!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/election-2010/7664461/David-Cameron-born-to-be-prime-minister.html
W’Ancoma , at the very least, deserves his OBN for this.
Don’t you hate those short little posts from Nosus Pickerings?
Well, now for something a little longer in the interests of educating Frank P.
First from the comment section, a taste:
smithSeptember 29, 2011 at 4:23 pm
TOMMY MAKE CONTACT WITH MELANIE PHILLIPS EVERY EDL MAMBER WATCH & LISTEN TO THIS! PLEASE STRAIGHT FROM THE HIP, JUST LIKE TOMMY DOES.NO FOOLING AROUND WITH THIS MESSAGE. BOTH YOU TOMMY & MELANIE SHOULD HOST A SHOW TOGETHER FOR BRITAINS HUMANITIES SAKE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH6QO9MfaH4
And then el main course -:
”
‘My Persecution’ as told by Tommy Robinson
‘My Persecution’ as told by Tommy Robinson
Until I joined the EDL, I thought state persecution was something that happened in places like Russia, China or Iran, but it seems that I was wrong. It’s happening right here in Britain. Here is the truth about one man’s persecution. It was written whilst on remand for another trumped up, overblown charge. In Tommy’s own words, his persecution at the hands of the Police and of the British State.
Where did it start? When did it start?……….
After our first demonstration back in May 2009, in response to the appalling scenes during the royal Anglian homecoming parade, we decided to leaflet our disgust at what the council and police had facilitated.
I organised a protest in Luton town centre, under the banner of the United People of Luton (UPL), calling for people in power to explain why the police and council had facilitated hostile individuals with known links to terrorist organisations to spit and hurl abuse at our soldiers.
The initial demo was very successful with about 500 in attendance. But still the police and council were silent on the matter and instead prosecuted normal citizens who reacted to the abuse from the group of Jihadists. We decided to call another demonstration. But a week before our 2nd demonstration (at the end of May) the police visited 4 addresses in Luton, one being my mother and father’s. I was not at home at the time of the police visits so avoided arrest but 13 others were arrested and questioned on public order offences relating to the initial demo at the start of May. All 13 were given a bail date 3 months away with bail conditions banning them from Luton town centre for 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
Does this sound familiar?
The police seem to be using this tactic quite commonly these days. I was not arrested so when we attended our second demonstration in Luton at the end of May a few of us decided to wear balaclavas.
This was for two reasons:
1. I had a warrant out for my arrest post the first demo.
2. Because some of the 13 who were arrested and banned wanted to attend the demo.
The day after our 2nd UPL demo I called the police to hand myself in. I was then called back by the officer dealing with the incidents and he informed me I no longer had to hand myself in. It was at this point the Home Secretary instigated a ban on marches in Luton for 30 days. The reason for coming to my mum and dad’s house was simply to ban me from the town centre!
There was a 3rd date put out for a UPL demonstration, but that was cancelled. On the date of the planned demo 200 Muslims had gathered in the Bury Park area of Luton and had decided to attack police and hurl bricks and fireworks at them for no apparent reason.
I was on my own driving through town and noticed a huge riot police presence near the entrance to Bury Park area, when I was pulled over by a police car. I was driving my wife’s family car which was purchased direct from Vauxhall two years before. When I got out of the car I could hear explosions going off and could see missiles being thrown. I asked the officer what was going on and he said “nothing”. I actually started to laugh and said your answer could not have been more ridiculous as it looked like a war zone in front of me. He just turned and said the last thing we need is “your lot” coming down here. By “your lot” I presume he meant the people who were opposed to the violent Islamic extremists who spat at our soldiers, call for death to the west, and were currently creating a war zone in the middle of the town?
At this point I was arrested – apparently for driving a ringed car? My car was impounded and I was held in the cells for 12 hours. Police then raided my mum’s house again, this time to look for number plates supposedly and guess what… my car was fine and I was released without charge. But I had to collect my car which was in a compound 20 miles away from Luton and I was supposed to be going to centre parks with my kids that morning!
I realise now that this was only the beginning of police persecution against me in an attempt to silence me.
What we were starting was only going to increase.
The UPL quickly turned into the EDL, and I soon found there were thousands of people just like me who were sick and tired of our spineless politicians and senior police officers who were too scared to stand up for our culture or our human rights when faced with the threat of militant Islam.
It was February 2010 and I was at Luton airport travelling to Scotland for the first Scottish Defence League demo. When I went to check in I was pulled in and held by special branch. When I got into the room I was told I was being arrested for racially aggravated public order and criminal damage!
As soon as I heard this I immediately though what an absolute stitch up, I was then taken to Luton police station where I asked to make a phone call. It was at this point the arresting officer said I was not allowed a call. I asked why and his response was “we are raiding houses linked to you”. I then said, “criminal damage? What can you possibly be looking for and what house are you raiding?”
The criminal damage charge was for £30 damage to a door in a budget hotel In Sheffield I had stayed at 3 months earlier. The damage was not even for my door, but another entirely different door in the hotel. I thought this just didn’t stack up but soon it would get even more unbelievable.
A huge number of police raided my parents’ house (for the 3rd time since I had started organising demonstrations and I had not even lived with my parents for over 4 years). My parents are in their 50’s and 60’s and they entered the house basically ripping up everything searching through cupboards and wardrobes – for what exactly? Remember that this was supposedly all about a criminal damage charge after all. They then packaged up my dad’s computer and laptop into evidence bags and took them back to the station.
Armed police then went and raided my house leaving my wife and children crying and petrified with the surrounding neighbours thinking they were living next door to Fred West! They then removed all electronic devices, mobile phones and computers and even an EDL t-shirt from my house and placed it into evidence bags and then released me on bail.
Whilst in custody I asked them why it had taken 3 months to arrest me and told them that they had planned these raids to prevent me attending the SDL demo. They said that was not the case and had been trying to locate my whereabouts for a while. Three days prior to this raid I was pulled over in my car by 3 police vans (this actually happens weekly since I started the EDL!). They asked me to get out of my car while they stripped and searched it. They would not provide me with a reason for the stop and search on my car.
I informed the police that the officers who had pulled me over had run my name through their system and if there was a warrant out for my arrest, then why didn’t they arrest me then? What they did was deliberately hold off my arrest for these fabricated charges until I was at the airport in order to stop me traveling to meet with some patriots of the SDL.
My bail date was set for the bank holiday weekend and was timed for the exact same date as the Bradford demo with my bail set in Sheffield. My bail conditions were that I could not meet with 3 or more members of the EDL!
At first I thought was what had the EDL got to do with this arrest? But in fact the EDL had everything to with this arrest. The entire reason for these somewhat ridiculous heavy handed tactics was purely due to my involvement in the EDL.
When I spoke to my solicitor he could not quite believe what had happened and had the bail conditions listed in court within 48 hours. Guess what… they were dropped as the judge said they were totally irrelevant to the case.
Three weeks later guess what… the police dropped all the charges and returned all our possessions. I filed a complaint with the Independents Police Complaints Commission which is still to this day ‘pending’. I demanded to know how they gained a warrant to raid both my parents’ and my house on completely fabricated charges. My solicitor said in his entire career he had never heard of a police raid for supposed criminal damage, let alone one that involved nearly 40 police officers and an armed response team!
The police were clearly fishing for intelligence and wanted to intimidate my family and me.
A couple of months later I was awoken by the sound of the police smashing my door in yet again! This time I was arrested on suspicion of money laundering. The police also arrested my wife in front of our children. We were both taken to separate stations and held for ten hours in custody. Police seized any valuables (even my engagement ring) as they said I had financial irregularities between 2007 and 2009.
They then froze all of my bank accounts including business and left us as a family to live on a £250 a week restriction. In short if I spend more than £250 a week they will send me to prison. I researched this and these tactics are referred to as ‘disruption’ tactics. It has now been over a year and my family are still on the same restrictions, I am still on bail with no charge having been placed and they are financially crippling me. I cannot even have direct debits and this causes serious problems on normal things such as mortgage payments or car insurance.
All of the police actions around this have been to intimidate and target the EDL. The level of police harassment since the very first UPL demonstration has been quite unbelievable.
Last year a school friend of mine was arrested by the police, he was arrested in possession of 3 firearms and £140,000. I had been on a lad’s holiday with him a year before this arrest, and he had a holiday picture on display in his lounge with me in it.
His partner contacted me and what she then went onto tell me was truly unbelievable in spite of all the police harassment I had already received. Whilst this old school friend was on remand in prison the Serious Organised Crime agency (SOCA) had visited him in prison and offered him a deal: he could walk free if he provided a witness statement that the guns found in his possession were actually mine!
This is 100% the gospel truth – evidence of all these arrests with zero resulting in charges can be provided.
More recently I was arrested for an offence relating to a demo outside Luton council when a contingent of Euro MPs came on an anti-EDL crusade, with the aim of calling all citizens who are concerned about their own culture being eroded violent racist islamophobes. This dross is pretty boring now. I was subsequently arrested and charged under section 4 of the Public Order Act. Again I had committed NO crime and surprise surprise… the bail conditions for this fabricated charge was that I do not attend any demonstrations within 10 miles of Luton!
On that very same day Lancashire police charged me with assault and the two forces had clearly cooperated as the bail conditions I was given for this second offence was that I cannot be involved in any EDL demonstration (removing my right to freedom of assembly – can you ever see them doing this to a Muslim extremist? – they would have lawyers queuing up to defend their human rights), I cannot use the internet, email or text message to participate in anything EDL related.
I went to Luton magistrates and pleaded not guilty to section 4. Then 6 weeks later I received a letter saying it was not in the public interest to pursue this case and guess what? The case was dropped. Are you noticing a bit of a pattern?
A short while after this the police raided my house again – I wish they would just knock it would be a whole lot easier and cheaper as it happens so bloody often. I was arrested for another ‘alleged’ assault. I pleaded not guilty and went to Luton magistrate’s court. Guess what? Yes you guessed it thrown out of court for lack of evidence. There are so many instances of this you might think I am exaggerating but these are all factual.
I have now just spent 8 days in prison for breaching the bail conditions from the Lancashire police (a charge which again is fabricated and will not hold up in court) by attending the peaceful protest at Tower Hamlets. This is the 3rd time the police have restricted my democratic rights – have any Muslims had their rights restricted?
Anjem Choudary and his merry men turn up on Armistice Day burning poppies and shouting through the two minutes silence and yet they are still free to turn up at the 9-11 memorial and repeat the same disgusting behaviour, burning American flags and shouting obscenities through the service. Does this sound like a two tier legal system to you?
The government and the police can do what they like to white British citizens even hit them with police batons for attending peaceful demonstrations, but Muslims extremists can march with faces covered at a time when there is a supposed marching ban in London. They can carry sticks, shout disgusting abuse and praise terrorists, wave the black terrorist flag of Jihad in London’s streets and the police are scared stiff to even touch them.
Now let me talk about my two circus-like convictions earlier in the year which the press love to mention at every given opportunity (Football Hooligan). Bearing in mind what I have just explained about the police action towards me, have a think about this case and make your own mind up.
I was arrested outside Luton Town football stadium because apparently there was a warrant out for my arrest for an apparent assault which was laughed out of court as mentioned above. I was taken to the station, questioned about this so called assault, and bailed for 8 weeks. I was at no time questioned about any football violence. I answered bail 8 weeks later and when I did this they then arrested me for supposedly being involved in football violence 8 weeks prior on the night they actually arrested me for something entirely different! If this was the case would you not think I would have been arrested for the supposed football violence on the night it happened as they had me in custody?
What was my crime that night? To have my hands in the air and shout the C word (which I am not particularly proud about) at a group of opposing fans who were goading Luton fans. In my charge sheet the crime which magically changed from a supposed assault in Luton (which I was arrested for) to leading a 100 man fight outside a football ground in the 8 weeks I was on bail.
So I was accused of leading a 100 man punch up – a 100 man punch up would be serious disorder so how many arrests did the police make, both on the night and since this serious violent 100 man brawl? That’s right, 1 arrest – me! Was there any video footage of this huge brawl – No! In a world where everyone has a camera phone you would think a 100 people fighting right outside a football stadium would have found its way onto YouTube – No! Was I going to be able to get the chance to have a jury – No! They charged me with an offence which could only be settled in magistrates.
So there you go – I went to magistrates and was convicted of having my hands in the air and swearing. The police statement also said I was shouting ‘EDL, EDL’ – get real why would I be shouting this at a Luton game? I received a ban from football for 3 years just another little inconvenience the police have managed to place on me, and I am banned from Luton town centre and bury park on a Saturday.
The arresting officer also wrote in his statement that he witnessed me fighting. He somehow did a u turn in court when interrogated by my defence solicitor and said that he did not see me fighting. A police officer lying in his statement in order to get me convicted – whatever next? You can see evidence of this U-turn in an article by a Guardian journalist who sat in on the trial.
Now to the earlier conviction when the EDL counter protested the Muslim Extremists that burned the poppies through the armistice two minutes silence. The police happily facilitated these animals to burn poppies and hurl abuse through the two minutes silence shouting for our fallen heroes to burn in hell and worse. Again we have instances where an ex-soldier burns a Qur’an. Now I am not agreeing with the burning of a Qur’an, but at the end of the day it is just a book. This guy was arrested and is now serving time at her majesty’s pleasure. What happens to the animals that burn poppies on the streets of London? That’s right a £50 fine which he refused to pay even though the scum bag gets £800 a month in benefits from tax payers. Two tier system in full view!
The terrorists were waving the black war flag of Jihad which is the same flag that the Islamic terrorist organisations have above victims like Ken Bigley before they severed their heads. I just cannot understand why the police are so scared that they let these people walk through the streets of London waving terrorist flags. I decided to jump the barrier and pull down one of these flags. When I did this I was man handled by a number of police officers and one office actually smashed my head against the metal railings.
I was arrested for the incident and then at the station to my surprise they were arresting me for assaulting a police officer! When my solicitor asked for the CCTV footage he was told there was none but instead they had the statements from two officers which said I assaulted one of them. The protest happened on exhibition road, right outside an embassy in London with 40 of Britain’s most extreme Muslims, yet there was no CCTV? I personally saw police surveillance officers filming through hand held cameras but the police insisted there was no video footage.
I was actually concerned as I knew that my word against two police officers would not stand up in court and I would get a few years in jail for something I had not done. We contacted some of the film crews who were covering the event and to my relief ITV had filmed the whole incident which clearly shows the only thing I assaulted was a black terrorist flag.
I turned up at court with the video footage which the police conveniently did not have and guess what? Yes you know the case got thrown out of court and the assault charge was dropped. 2 months later Scotland Yard came back and re-arrested me for the same incident but this time for public order (causing alarm and distress to the scum that were burning poppies). It looks like they were determined to get me on something and this time it was a charge which could easily be proven as the police man just had to say when I grabbed the flag I caused him alarm and distress. I was found guilty and give a fine 7 times larger than that of the extremist who burned the poppies. So pulling down a terrorist flag is 7 times worse than burning poppies – go work that one out…
Those two instances where the police have actually lied in statements in order to prosecute me for crimes I did not commit. It makes me wonder if they will get fast tracked in the police force if they nail ‘Tommy Robinson’ and try to put an end to the EDL. Well the EDL is far bigger than any one person.
Well the police persecution will go on and I know it’s nothing to do with the front line officers, many of which have told me off the record they agree with what we are saying and they are following orders from the top, which in the instance of the poppy burning etc frustrates the life out of them.
It’s political policing from the top and, to be honest, it stinks. You could be forgiven for thinking we are in China not Britain and we have a police state. The only thing that has shocked me so far is that no one has planted anything on me such are the lies, persecution and attempts to disrupt and ruin everything in my family life.
At first they tried to intimidate me, then they tried to intimidate my mum and dad, then they arrest my wife, anything in order to break me.
Well you won’t break us, I wrote most of this statement with my head held high in Bedford prison C wing.
Edward Abbey once said, “A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government” and Sir Winston Churchill said, “I see the damage done by the enemy but I also see the spirit of an unconquerable people.”
The one thing I was thinking when in Bedford on hunger strike for the 8 days was that I miss my wife, I miss my kids and I miss Nandos…
Has it all been worth it? Of course it f*cking has!
NS, GSTQ”
http://www.englishdefenceleague.org/my-persecution-as-told-by-tommy-robinson/
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGheV059UBA
Malfleur : we can make the case that the Red Poppy is the only sacred emblem left in British society,so to publicly abuse it can be considered an offence under the Public Order Act 1986. This makes it illegal to cause harassment,alarm or distress.It is surprising that it comes from 1986 when it sounds a Blairite Act;and is now being used to persecute anybody who steps out of line…..The abuse of the Royal Anglicans by Mohammidans should have been considered as Harassment under the terms of the Act;and their burning of a large Red Poppy [as reported]clearly caused Tommy Robinson distress.So why were they not arrested?[A rhetorical question.] I suggest all such public abuse of the Red Poppy should be considered an offence.
Radford NG
You are right, but things have not reached the point in the USA where police goons are threatening to arrest 80 year old and 90 year old ex-soldiers for wanting to stroll around a privately funded war memorial.
Perhaps we can re-legislate for compulsory celebration of Bonfire Night and develop its constitutional significance.
The British School in Manila is planning to celebrate it and today in the capital the people are demonstrating in the streets against political corruption, the so-called 1,000,000 man pork barrel march.
Meanwhile, England sleeps…
The Swiss Army is going to carry out war games – the theme will be the collapse of Europe. Start forming those local committees people and stashing stores which can be shared among your immediate community during crisis.
That piece on Tommy Robinson should petrify everyone who reads it. Freedom is not under threat in this country, it is for all intents and purposes dead, we are back to the days of the propaganda fide, that vile office of the Catholic Church better known as the inquisition, only in this day and age, only in this day and age one is persecuted for a love of one’s country and it’s traditions.
I was intrigued by this article. Has Frank P been spotted at least in his Norfolk haunts?
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/434110/Free-and-easy-Nudists-win-fight-to-strip-off-at-one-of-the-Queen-s-beaches
The Naughty Niece (who frequently associates with aviators) cheered me up with this today, knowing that I gave up air travel some time ago. Those of you who still take to the skies might want to approach with caution:
Actual exchanges between pilots and control towers
Tower: “Delta 351, you have traffic at 10 o’clock, 6 miles!”
Delta 351: “Give us another hint! We have digital watches!”
Tower: “TWA 2341, for noise abatement turn right 45 Degrees.”
TWA 2341: “Centre, we are at 35,000 feet. How much noise can we make up
here?”
Tower: “Sir, have you ever heard the noise a 747 makes when it hits a 727?”
From an unknown aircraft waiting in a very long takeoff queue: “I’m f…ing
bored!”
Ground Traffic Control: “Last aircraft transmitting, identify yourself
immediately!”
Unknown aircraft: “I said I was f….ing bored, not f…ing stupid!”
O’Hare Approach Control to a 747: “United 329 heavy, your traffic is a
Fokker, one o’clock, three miles, Eastbound.”
United 329: “Approach, I’ve always wanted to say this…I’ve got the little
Fokker in sight.”
A student became lost during a solo cross-country flight. While attempting
to locate the aircraft on radar, ATC asked, “What was your last known
position?”
Student: “When I was number one for takeoff.”
A DC-10 had come in a little hot and thus had an exceedingly long roll out
after touching down.
San Jose Tower Noted: “American 751, make a hard right turn at the end of
the runway, if you are able…
If you are not able, take the Guadalupe exit off Highway 101, make a right
at the lights and return to the airport.”
A Pan Am 727 flight, waiting for start clearance in Munich, overheard the
following:
Lufthansa (in German): “Ground, what is our start clearance time?”
Ground (in English): “If you want an answer you must speak in English.”
Lufthansa (in English):”I am a German, flying a German airplane, in Germany.
Why must I speak English?”
Unknown voice from another plane (in a beautiful British accent): “Because
you lost the bloody war!”
Tower: “Eastern 702, cleared for takeoff, contact Departure on frequency
124.7”
Eastern 702: “Tower, Eastern 702 switching to Departure. By the way, after
we lifted off we saw some kind of dead animal on the far end of the runway.”
Tower: “Continental 635, cleared for takeoff behind Eastern 702, contact
Departure on frequency 124.7. Did you copy that report from Eastern 702?”
Continental 635: “Continental 635, cleared for takeoff, roger; and yes, we
copied Eastern. We’ve already notified our caterers.”
One day the pilot of a Cherokee 180 was told by the tower to hold short of
the active runway while a DC-8 landed. The DC-8 landed, rolled out, turned
around, and taxied back past the Cherokee. Some quick-witted comedian in the
DC-8 crew got on the radio and said, “What a cute little plane. Did you make
it all by yourself?”
The Cherokee pilot, not about to let the insult go by, came back with a real
zinger: “I made it out of DC-8 parts. Another landing like yours and I’ll
have enough parts for another one.”
The German air controllers at Frankfurt Airport are renowned as a
short-tempered lot. They not only expect one to know one’s gate parking
location, but how to get there without any assistance from them. So it was
with some amusement that we (a Pan Am 747) listened to the following
exchange between Frankfurt ground control and a British Airways 747, call
sign Speedbird 206.
Speedbird 206: “Frankfurt, Speedbird 206! Clear of active runway.”
Ground: “Speedbird 206. Taxi to gate Alpha One-Seven.”
The BA 747 pulled onto the main taxiway and slowed to a stop.
Ground: “Speedbird, do you not know where you are going?”
Speedbird 206: “Stand by, Ground, I’m looking up our gate location now.”
Ground (with quite arrogant impatience):”Speedbird 206, have you not been to
Frankfurt before?”
Speedbird 206 (coolly): “Yes, twice in 1944, but it was dark — and I didn’t
land.”
While taxiing at London ‘s Airport, the crew of a US Air flight departing
for Ft. Lauderdale made a wrong turn and came nose to nose with a United
727..
An irate female ground controller lashed out at the US Air crew, screaming:
“US Air 2771, where the hell are you going? I told you to turn right onto
Charlie taxiway! You turned right on Delta! Stop right there. I know it’s
difficult for you to tell the difference between C and D, but get it right!”
Continuing her rage at the embarrassed crew, she was now shouting
hysterically: “God! Now you’ve screwed everything up! It’ll take forever to
sort this out! You stay right there and don’t move till I tell you to! You
can expect progressive taxi instructions in about half an hour, and I want
you to go exactly where I tell you, when I tell you, and how I tell you! You
got that, US Air 2771?”
“Yes, ma’am,” the humbled crew responded.
Naturally, the ground control communications frequency fell terribly silent
after the verbal bashing of US Air 2771. Nobody wanted to chance engaging
the irate ground controller in her current state of mind. Tension in every
cockpit out around Gatwick was definitely running high. Just then an
unknown pilot broke the silence and keyed his microphone, asking:
“Wasn’t I married to you once?”
Happy landings!
Verity – 0016
You are so right, keep plugging away. But you have a good idea along the lines of ‘Fantasy Sex’. Perhaps these people could have their paperwork amended so that for ‘SEX’, the could put ‘FS’.
If the rest of us choose to interpret that as ‘F**king Stupid’, well ……….
Peter f. M.:3rd Oct at 11-12. Henry VIII ,as a good Christian, was never divorced. He sought from the Pope annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon on the grounds that she was previously married to his brother.Failing this he made himself head of the Church in England.Later he had his marriage to Anne of Cleves annulled (legitimately) on the grounds of it being not consummated.
Noa (13:04)
My ‘trouble’ and I are quite fond of Narfuck, which is why we moved here. We are also fond of Holkham Beach, which is large enough to accommodate all sorts, including the weird exhibitionists and ‘doggers’ who infest the sand dunes (on one small section). Why is it that the ugliest of the species insist on flashing their wobbly bits or copulating in public view? I’m not too bothered, as there are ways of dealing with them if they intrude too closely. As long as they don’t invade the front garden of our little hovel in a cul-de-sac in geriatric gulch (some 30 miles or so from the Coke campus) and flash their flesh through my front window, I couldn’t give a shit!
The more distressing thing about Holkham Beach, imho, is its proximity to Walsingham, one of the biggest religious rip-offs in the world (5 different denominations knock out religious trash – sri – trinkets. Every year in mid- July it attracts the world’s deluded devotees, including a pilgrimage of Siri Lankans, and it’s not unknown for war to break out between Tamil Tigers and others on the beaches and environs. Soon after I moved here they had to call armed unit from the local Constabulary and back up from Lincolnshire to break it up. So a bit of bollock-flashing is the least of the worries of the local sun-seekers, I would have thought.
And anyway, mostly it’s a bit parky in these ‘ere parts for al fresco flashin’ ‘n’ fuckin’? I would have thought that the prevailing chilly east winds are apt to cool the ardour of all but the most ardent of the hyper-sexed scrotes.
And for the curious, it’s not nearly as bad as Brighton Beach, where the rutting on the nudist section is very peculiar indeed, as aficionados of Sussex among you, are no doubt aware.
As for Hampstead Heath … well what do expect with all those ‘Marxist Intellectuals’ residing in their mansions nearby. Btw – ‘Marxist Intellectual” – isn’t that the ultimate exemple of an oxymoron?
And after watching QT last night there seems to be a surfeit of obn-oxymorons at Birmingham Uni.
However, Quentin Letts nailed the ultimate obnoxious BBC facilitator of the Left, the Dimblebore Dickhead. Didn’t like it up him, did he – purple flush ‘n’ all?
One does wonder how Muzzie-Marxist (weird that) Mehdi ‘Motormouth’ Hassan gets repeated gigs on QT? Or does one wonder? Well – maybe not. After all his close association with Jonathan Dimblebore (he was researcher and then producer of LWT’s Jonathan Dimbleby show), the younger of the dynasty must have been a useful inroad.
Well done Quentin, but I did think you were a little half-hearted in your denunciation of the Miliband mafia. To be fair, though I suppose one has to be somewhat circumspect until the Levison thingy is settled?
I think one of the most interesting things about Amanda Hutton was the fact the only job she ever had was as a care assistant.
God help all old people.
I visited my GP this afternoon for a consultation, whilst I was there he gave me my flu jab, we had this booked for next Thursday.
This prompted me to query a poster in the waiting room that was offering vaccinations against shingles but with an odd twist, the poster stated that these were available for any seventy year old or seventy-nine year old with a birthdate of the 1st of September.
I asked what did it mean and he said “precisely what it says, we have so little supply” but he then went on to tell me that it is not his fault and that it might take a year to receive sufficient supplies to offer to all of his elderly patients.
Frank P October 4th, 2013 – 14:25
“Well done Quentin, but I did think you were a little half-hearted in your denunciation of the Miliband mafia. To be fair, though I suppose one has to be somewhat circumspect until the Levison thingy is settled?”
Frank I thought that in the circumstances he did very well, with noises off from that Muzzie-Marxist and the ever constant whine emitting from the gob of Ed Balls’s missus.
It is high time Dimbleby was removed.
Jeremy Clarkson would do a wonderful job in the chair.
The Perils of Plonker Miliband (continued):
… But Mr Kawczynski today hit back saying it was no wonder he was looking red faced and flabbergasted because Mr Miliband ‘plays havoc’ with his health.
“The Speaker did tell me calm down, but I am not surprised because I was shouting loudly at Mr Miliband. He (the Speaker) was worried about me because I was looking red faced and flabbergasted.
“But I am afraid Mr Miliband does play havoc with my health – he is a plonker.”
– Shropshire Star, 18.10.12
http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/politics/2012/10/18/you-plonker-ed-why-shrewsbury-mp-sees-red/
EC
October 4th, 2013 – 07:41
Have you seen Peter Oborne’s review of d’Anconanist’s pisspoor book about the Coalition? It concludes:
‘If he had concentrated on policies he could have produced a book of real importance.’
That has to win the Queen’s Award for dumbass counterfactuals. For d’Anconanist, the stature of a politician has never been measured by their ability to solve problems but by the number of petty tactical victories against their enemies. He is an emeritus professor of glorified tittle-tattle, who deserves to spend eternity being rogered up the khyber by John Jefferson Burns.
Frank P – 14:25 ‘QT’
David Ossitt – 16:23 ‘QT’
YC certainly knows how to milk the audience, but knows nothing about finance: her financial brief was utter Balls
All the Lefties know how to interrupt. They are already on a mission and will have GS for breakfast at the appropriate time, if Dimblebore is in the chair!
Dimblebore knows how to interrupt, with an off-topic question
QL did a valiant job, but was swamped, by those on the panel (5 v 1) and in the audience.
There were a few brave souls in the audience, and that woman who had accumulated several questions, but was only allowed to ask one, was agenda driven to the point of being comical.
David Dimbleby will be 75 years old on the 28th of this month.
Don’t forget to wish him Happy Birthday! And a happy retirement?
Sharia O’bore is propagandising to soften up public opinion for Cameron to appoint his second Muslim minister:
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/peteroborne/100239760/the-tories-are-failing-to-connect-with-muslim-voters-this-is-not-good-enough/
Comments are being wiped as if Stalin himself were the ‘moderator’.
An utterly frighening article and a chilling level of censorship below it.
Months and months of BS about how well the economy is recovering, yet this is the only story that reflects what I hear from England:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/10355086/Carpetright-warns-on-profits-as-chief-executive-quits.html
But an unreconstructed thug
Tried to post this as an encouragement to The Greyhound over on Trolltopia, but the black ball dropped again (Thread: “Alastair Campbell, moral arbiter – pull the other one”. [petty barstewards o’rt theer, ain’t they?]
Greyhound: “[…] Which only leaves the question – why is Miliband quite so frightened of having his background turned over? “Ralph” Miliband’s idiot opinions were already familiar territory for many of us; the Miliband connection with the odious Hobsbawm (genocide apologist, Stalinist and apparently a Soviet spy) is documented; the bizarre spectacle of Gaddafi Jnr. delivering the Miliband memorial lecture is a well loved Youtube comedy favourite. So what else is it that’s got Ed. quite so rattled?
But Rod Liddle is right – this is really about the left and the enemies of the free press ganging up to prevent the expression of heterodox opinion.
(22 upticks)
(My attempted ‘reply’:
When are you next running at Peterborough dog track, I’ll pop over and have ten quid on your nose – obviously an impeccable pedigree.
And on the subject of pedigree, has anyone actually checked-out Adolphe’s naval service? If, as is implied in some of the pro-Miliband guff, it is correct that he was ‘nobbing enemy transmissions’ in the Navy then he was an MI8 radio spy -previously SOE (“Milibond’s the name – Ralph Milibond”). As such, he would have been subjected to the bilge emanating from Radio Tass, the agitprop arm of Marxism and other radio propaganda that emanated from the Soviets, even when the USSR was a notional ‘ally’. If he could swallow that – and still espouse Marxism thereafter, the claim that he was a loyal Brit is somewhat dubious, to say the least.
And if Ed is the son of an old spook-sparker, he clearly di-dit ‘cos da-da-di-dit. 🙂
Frank P
Thanks for one of the most grimly funny posts I’ve read for a while. Somehow I now have visions of Norfolk’s nuttier nudists being pursued through the dunes by bands of Tamil tigers.
I’m sure that like me, you were amused to read that the Office of National Statistics, no less, now says its 5% safer to bend over for that dropped half sovereign than Stonewall and Co have been claiming for the last 20 years. There Fergus, you can put that up your pipe and smoke it.
No wonder Cameron was whining last week that he never meant to offend anyone by ramming homomarriage down our throats. Obviously he knew that little treat was coming down the line and tried in his normal smarming, grating way to defuse it.
And thank you Lord Tebbit for summing the Janus faced Cameron’s U bend up so well:
Commenting o the reports Cameron regrets pushing through the gay marriage legislation, he is quoted as saying
‘I doubt if, by saying what he did, he will have won back lost supporters. But he may well have lost the two or three homosexuals who might have switched their allegiance to him over it.’
More castic than a soda factory our Norm.
Still, though it may be safe to wonder the beach at Holkham when under your stern gaze, Frank, (why am I reminded of that Specsavers TV advertisement, the one where the little nude fellow wonders by mistake from the sauna into Ramsey’s kitchen, where he meaninglfully chops up a cucumber…) It may not be so safe in the north east, which appears to have more gays there than anywhere elese, except of course, for London.
What is the attraction in Northumbria I ask? Is it those fat, shirtless football fans freezing to death at St James Park on a saturday afternoon in January? Spending their dole and cannabis money to watch Congolese multi-millionaires with unpronouncable naames roll around on the pitch?
And I missed QT last night, as I do most Thursday’s, the few victories of the right over the relentlessly bien pensant metrosexual pinch faced hounds of the left are too few to attract or cheer me in the face of the oncoming Lancashire winter.
Stiill, just as Stonewall massed prancing cohorts will survive the truth of the, er, scarcity of gays, so will Blackpool, it’s never golden sands will produce a golden rain as the pink pound replaces the old industrial wakes weeks with Funny Girls and a hundred gay b&bs, or bordellos, as they used to be known.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1314720/Only-1-100-Britons-gay-despite-myth-71-say-Christian.html
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Noa
I enjoyed that until the last line; then it became necessary to fit it into the earlier action as it has clearly slipped during the chase, so to speak. I think you intended it for the first para, then had a change of heart …?? Run it past me again, would ya? And cheers, I’ll join you in that last one. 🙂
Which reminds me – on some blogs there is an post-post edit facility; can’t that be incorporated here?
Proof reading one’s own copy is a p.i.t.a., particularly during postprandial relaxation, when my parentheses tend to open and never close (as the Actress said to the Bishop).
Just been watching the debacle surrounding the US govt. shut down.
The tyrant O man has invented a new acronym which I’m sure he thinks is ‘cool’.
Rather than inveighing to his government colleagues, “Do as I say and STFU!”
He now says, “Do as I say, or STFD!”
Noa at 20-59:Legitimate surveys around the world over the last 15(?)years have shown 1% are homosexual, and one in 300 are lesbian . The first `gay`activist claim was `1 in 10`; [and there is a great deal on the i-net of how they were connected pedophiles]. The claim`1 in 10` comes from Prof. Alfred Kinsey.It now can not be disputed he got this from a convicted child molester in a US penitentiary who claimed that 10% of the baby boys who were raped enjoyed it.(This item was confirmed by Kinsey’s chief assistant in an interview on Radio 3.)Kinsey chose to interpret this as meaning that,as the babies where too young to be influenced by society,they must have been born sexually orientated that way.—–This is how the gay-lib movement started,with the claim of one in ten.
Kelsey: Comments now closed on Oborne’s screed, but the number of “comment removed”s is impressive – I felt bound to recommend a few of them.
Had comments still been open I would have added: Why should the Conservative party be the natural home of natural conservatives? Naturally conservative Muslims might point to the unnatural unconservativeness of homomarriage.
Talking of which, I’m working on a scheme to lure naturally conservative muslim queers to the Conservative party. What with Islam’s liking for polygamy, there must be some scope for compromise on homomarriage. Maybe the third spouse could be same sex, perhaps. Of course this would leave the sisters out in the cold, so that could be a women’s rights issue – but that might endear the scheme to more fundemantal (male) Mohameddens.
RobertC – 12:18 ‘feeling smug’
I really do! I shall repeat what I wrote yesterday, at 12:18, about Millibrain:
“I don’t really give a fig what Millibrain minor said or didn’t say about the Left’s behaviour, but if he has no credible explanation to how his views differ from his father’s, then we must assume that they are the same views!
Here Charles Moore shows where the trail leads, going into more detail:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ed-miliband/10356363/The-real-target-should-not-have-been-Miliband-senior-but-his-son.html
“This is where the family tree matters. When I interviewed Ed Miliband just over a year ago, he centred the discussion on his father. He called him “the explanation for me”. When his father died, he told me, he lost his “lodestar”. He saw that many specific things that his father believed had been mistaken, but he vehemently rejected my suggestion that socialism was a god that failed. Socialism, he said, was not a rigid economic doctrine, but “a set of values” and therefore “a tale that never ends”.
Two weeks ago in Brighton, the next chapter in that tale began. Mr Miliband promised to freeze energy prices for 20 months if he wins the next election. This was in line with the socialist set of values which, by his own account, he has never abandoned. In a free country, a price signals an agreement between seller and buyer about what each will accept. In a socialist society, a price is what the government says it is. Mr Miliband’s proposal was socialist. His dad’s hopes are at last being fulfilled.” /cont
I think that is what I was expecting to be drawn out in last night’s QT. In fact, the reason why I thought Grant Shapps was someone’s future meal is summed up, again by Charles Moore:
“The Conservative view is that they should just plug on with their policies and leave the fight about Mr Miliband’s energy price pledge to others – the CBI, the media, the energy companies themselves. They hope that his promised freeze will, to use a Marxist phrase, collapse under the weight of its own contradictions.
This is complacent.”
Exactly!
Frank Sutton – 22:44 ‘Oborne’s screed’
The term Conservative is a political construct, so it is alien to islam. Islam has it’s own idea, and it’s not democracy.
Remember Erdogan, the Prime Minister of Turkey, the Islamist, who said to his cheering supporters:
“Democracy is only the train we board and then get off when we have reached our destination. The mosques are our barracks, the minarets our bayonets, the domes our helmets, and the faithful our soldiers.”
Where does the Tory party fit in that lot?
Mohammedans fined for abusing Poppy etc.Two men given 6 months for painting Poppy on mosque. SEE https://twitter.com/RevolutionUK_/status/386166931356516352/photo/1
Mohammedans hate being called Mohammadans, so one should use the name as often as possible when unfortunate enough to be in the company of mohammadans.
They say they do not worship Mo’ but Allah. They get really annoyed about this, thus adding to the gaiety of nations. So remember, allah is their top guy, and mohammad was a child molester. He “married” Aisha when she was six. Actually, quite a lot of the qu’ran was written by Aisha. (True. She grew up to be clever and a good writer.)
To recap
I knew a little gnome
His name was Fred
His mouth would froth and foam
And now he wished he were dead
Iain Martin took a stick
He dug and dug and dug
He showed that Fred was not just thick
But an unreconstructed thug
Then Darling came along
From today’s DT:
“Men would be happy to reveal wages to female colleagues, says Nick Clegg”
Oh? Does he really think so?
Is Wikipedia EVER authoritative on matters political?
‘cos, by exploring it, I’ve just discovered Harold Laski’s mother’s maiden name. 🙂
Ostrich (occasionally)
October 5th, 2013 – 10:40
The Mother of all Marxist Monsters? 🙂
What the hell is this aid of, by a panicked Matthew Parris?
http://www.spectator.co.uk/columnists/matthew-parris/9041441/the-tories-would-be-mad-to-cuddle-up-to-ukip/
Surely he realises that this argument has been presented for almost a year now and it is not having the desired effect? Tories are still defecting to UKIP and will continue to do so. This, Matthew Parris, is because they are beginning to hate the Conservative Party, lead by socialist Dave (he and his wife are a kind of Poundland Tony and Cherie Blair), and seek a party with clarity of thought more in line with their own philosophies. Dave is all over the place with no discernible firm conviction on anything except his desire to remain in office. He has even said he regrets, now, pushing through gay marriage when they already had the prefectly serviceable civil union legislation. (Maybe he doesn’t know that. Dave is not a man exactly in touch.)
No one, especially not readers of The Speccie, will heed Mr Parris’s Chicken Little (“The sky is falling! The sky is falling!) weak and irrelevant arguments.
Robert C 23.03: Your questions would be better addressed to the Tory Party. The Muslims at the Tory Conference fringe meeting evidently see themselves as C(c)onservatives.
Ostrich (occasionally) October 5th, 2013 – 10:40
“I’ve just discovered Harold Laski’s mother’s maiden name. :-)”
Why did you not tell us the name?
His mother’s maiden name was Frankenstein, and she breed a monster.
If you were unfortunate enough to end up in a nasty situation with a bunch of murderous peace loving Muslims confronting you, who would you want standing beside you.
Nick clegg, milltwat, Cameron or tommy Robinson . ???
David Ossitt 5th, – 15:54
“Why did you not tell us the name?”
What, and spoil your delight when you discover it? I’m not that much of a miserable git. Besides, I believe it’s safe to assume that wallsters are sentient and sufficiently computer-literate to discover it for themselves, although I concede I have, in the past, been found somewhat wanting in that respect.
Radford NG 4th, – 22:32
“Legitimate surveys around the world over the last 15(?)years have shown 1% are homosexual, and one in 300 are lesbian.”
Oh dear. Once the brahn-‘atters and muff-chompers realise they’re an even smaller minority they’ll become even more strident!
John Birch – John Wayne or Gary Cooper, because they always had a gun and looked good on a horse. Although, to take your point, Tommy Robinson, of course.
John birch
October 5th, 2013 – 15:56
If you were unfortunate enough to end up in a nasty situation with a bunch of murderous peace loving Muslims confronting you, who would you want standing beside you.
Nick clegg, milltwat, Cameron or tommy Robinson . ???
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Either Clegg, Milliwat or Cameron. They would all be waving ass in the air, distracting the muslims, and I could make my getaway.
AWK 1 5th, – 16:37
🙂
Ann, I have this pantomime vision of the three arses in the air, waggling frantically while to the exaggerated sound of suitable music you are creeping off the stage.
The arses in the air are not a pretty sight !!!
The reality is that we are back to Kiplings poem tommy.
The situation is the same.
We don’t want tommy until the bullets start to fly.
Then it’s tommy this and tommy that and the situation changes.
A minister decided that a visual demonstration would add emphasis to his Sunday sermon.
Four worms were placed into four separate jars.
The first worm was put into a container of alcohol.
The second worm was put into a container of cigarette smoke.
The third worm was put into a container of chocolate syrup.
And the fourth worm was put into a container of good clean soil.
At the conclusion of the sermon, the Minister reported the following results:
The first worm in alcohol . . . . . . Dead .
The second worm in cigarette smoke . . .Dead .
The third worm in chocolate syrup . . . . Dead.
The fourth worm in good clean soil . . .Alive …
So the Minister asked the congregation:-
“What did you learn from this demonstration?”
Maxine was sitting in the back, quickly raised her hand and said . . .
“As long as you drink, smoke and eat chocolate, you won’t have worms!”
Listen to this, then tell Baron, who gave this chap the right to facilitate easier immigration? Anyone elected him?
http://www.channel4.com/news/lampedusa-migrants-european-commission
John birch
October 5th, 2013 – 17:00
John, I love it!
John Birch: I think you may enjoy this, if you haven’t already.
http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/kipling/last_of_brigade.html
He began to see the mess
The weeks just get odder and odder.
How can the Conservative Party (I don’t just mean Dave – who will soon be toast) promise and promise. And promise. All the the things they have not done?
It’s like a child that hasn’t done its homework.
‘Next week, sir, it will all be different.’
Peter Hitchens on the quote that sums up the entire history of the Conservative Party post its ejection of Enoch Powell: Well, they would say that, wouldn’t they?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2446266/PETER-HITCHENS-Are-Tories-lying-Just-ask-Mandy.html
h/t @TheGWPF
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/clive-james/10349312/Clive-James-Im-not-sure-I-trust-this-science-rock-star.html
From the ST:
“Argentina’s president suffers brain trauma”
Pardon? Wasn’t that known months, nay years, ago?
O(o)
Another glitch in The Matrx.
Thanks for the Clive James piece. Seems even the MSM are beginning to ‘get it’. Once the old icons of the 60s/70s desert the ship, it’s only a a matter of time, maybe. Loved the Bellamy/Calder jibe.
This morning’s macabre message from the Naughty Niece:
The graveside service just barely finished, when there was a massive clap of thunder, followed by a tremendous bolt of lightning, accompanied by even more thunder rumbling in the distance…
The little old man looked at the pastor and calmly said, ‘Well,
she’s there!”
… and I already warned you that she mixes with avaiators:
A blonde calls Delta Airlines and asks, ‘Can you tell me how long it’ll take to fly from San Francisco to New York City?’
The agent, reaching for his schedules, parries. “Just a minute.”
“Thank you”, the blonde replies, and hangs up.
aviators – sri.
The Daily Mash on the Daily Mail:
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/daily-mail-hates-everyone-in-britain-2013100279973
Angie 6th, – 09:14
“(I don’t just mean Dave – who will soon be toast)”
Must confess, I’m not looking forward to that moment, ‘cos it’ll mean that Militwat is ‘our’ Prime Minister, with or without a Clegg stickin’ out of his *rse.
But Gordon what about the gong
Gordon Brown refused to knight Steve Jobs in 2009 because he turned down an invitation to speak at the Labour Party conference, a former senior Labour MP said.
He was put forward for the honour for services to technology.
“No other CEO has consistently shown such commitment.”
Apple was aware of the proposal, he said, and it reached the final stages of approval, but was rejected by Downing Street.
Jobs was snubbed despite the 2005 award of an honorary knighthood to Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft and a long-term rival. His friend Bono, the U2 front man, who collaborated with Apple on a special charity edition iPod, is also an honorary KBE.
So you see this is why Apple pay so little heed to UK taxes and UK employment
A seminal and heartfelt essay from Daniel Greenfield on Sultan Knish blog:
http://sultanknish.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/from-problemtown-to-solutionville.html
Wonderful writing and opens a window into to the weird world of Obamaland. And if anybody thinks that what what happens over there isn’t our business, then they can’t read.
interesting take on the amount we will have to pay for greenery on our energy bills
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03brkvp
Quoted by Michael Savage (banned by Jacqui Smith from entering England) in his Friday radio talk show and while commenting on the execution by police of the unarmed black woman Miriam Carey, and the destruction of her baby’s life in Washington DC and, as Savage said, America died on Thursday:
Micah
2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
4 The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
Savage goes on to make some comments on the life-enhancing benefits of stress triggered by reflection on the death of General Giap at 102 and contrary to the politically correct view.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnGkK6zFvRs
Frank P
“…the weird world of Obamaland. And if anybody thinks that what what happens over there isn’t our business, then they can’t read.”
So right!!
[Micah 7:2 btw]
Malfleur, Frank P
This man Obama is a monster
He is forcing my brother a god fearing Southern Baptist to pay to an Obamacare fund that will allow contraception sterilisation and abortion
Now contraception he can stomach but he will not pay to prevent life or kill new life
If Obama gets his way he will be locked up in the state pen with drunks and pimps and drug addicts.
Folks in your largely left wing newsprint and communist BBC are saying that we republicans should back off and crawl back up the fiscal cliff.
What?
And sell our souls to the devil?
Meanwhile we read in the darling Huffington Post that he is pushing your Premier around
Ken Clarke has blamed pressure from President Obama for last week’s humiliating Commons defeat preventing David Cameron from launching military strikes on Syria.
Last Thursday the prime minister recalled parliament at short notice in order to gain MPs approval for the British military to take part in US-led attacks on the regime of Bashar al-Assad.
The fact MPs were brought back to Westminster just four days before they were originally scheduled to return raised suspicions it had been done as strikes were due over the following 72-hours.
Clarke told Channel 4 News yesterday: “The Americans wanted us to make this vote very quickly.”
“But people were so scarred by the experience of Iraq we did not manage to get across to enough of our people that we were not repeating the gross error of Iraq, and then Ed Miliband pulled most of the Labour Party out.”
The cabinet minister, who himself missed the vote due to family reasons, added: “We did not get a majority because of the trauma of the Iraq War.”
In the event Cameron lost the vote and president Obama subsequently decided to ask the US congress to approve his plan to strike regime targets rather than launching an immediate attack.
Tensions over Syria are expected to dominate a summit of the world’s major economies being held in Russia in the run-up to an expected US military assault which host Vladimir Putin has warned would be an act of aggression.
Cameron risks being sidelined at the G20 gathering in St Petersburg, after ruling out British involvement in any military action in the wake of his shock Commons defeat”
So you see this man (Obama) is dangerous
So to really get on with the rest of the world, he sends his goons to a foreign capital (Tripoli) to lift an Arab off the street for a dubious connection with an explosion at one of our embassies.
Is there no end to the madness of this man?
So after all that bile, how are you Limeys doing?
How is my best Britisher Mate Andy Car Park?
Good to hear you are still alive
Obama had to cancel his visit to the Philippines because of the mess he and his administration have created in the former United States of America.
Headline in the Philippine Inquirer: “No Obama? No problem”.
___________
With his poll rating nationwide down to 41%, Obama now has 6% fewer of his hard core supporters of whom, during the recent presidential election campaign, Romney was clandestinely recorded as saying “we can forget about”.
John Jefferson Burns 7th, – 04:57
“But people were so scarred by the experience of Iraq we did not manage to get across to enough of our people that we were not repeating the gross error of Iraq”
Bollox! Cameron lost the vote because he didn’t make a serious attempt to win it…look at the voting figures, count the number of MPs, look at how little work the whips did.
He only called the vote to stop Samantha squalling in his ear every time he got in the front door.
http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2013/10/peter-schiff-warns-of-economic-collapse-and-martial-law-2784454.html