Manufacturing in the UK!

Headline news! UK economy grows by 0.7%!

As much as that? So, I guess we're beginning to reap the benefits of all those closed libraries, all those cuts to social services, schools, closure of all those accessible sporting facilities, cuts for disabled people, cuts to benefits and food more generally for children, military-styled deportations of British citizens to wholly unfamiliar locations, full on austerity- >300,000 excess deaths attributable to Ed Ball's mate George Osborne- as imposed by both Tory and current Alt-Labour Governments alike! A vote for change! How to celebrate? Do we gather pots and pans and spend five minutes making a noise, 19:00 every Wednesday? Maybe we should chant our eternal thanks to former Head of the Crown Prosecution Service, Sir Keir Rodney Starmer and his current cabal? Although, really, it's far more like a scene from 'The Wicker Man! (1973)' after Edward Woodwood realises, too late, that he's fatally misjudged these people.

Whatever! It's most unlikely that the vast majority of citizens will notice, nor will they already have registered any significant boost to life in the UK. But, manufacturing is definitely up! The nation voted for change; this is what we got!

Early morning on the 2nd May a Freedom Flotilla vessel, the 'Conscience,' carrying vital-and-months-overdue-aid to the Gaza Strip, was drone attacked whilst sailing upon Maltese waters and under Maltese air space. The ship was holed below the water line, halting the aid delivery in its tracks. There were 16 people on board with 40 further humanitarians planning to board from Malta. A heroic move of epic proportions! Sailing into waters being heavily terrorised by the trigger-happy Israeli Offence Force. Tragically, the 'Conscience' never got that far!

Maltese air space! Being used by a third party, to attack a humanitarian vessel planning to deliver aid to starving children and to protest against Israel's ongoing Genocide upon the Palestinian population in the Strip. Horror upon horror! Imagine the outrage that such an attack would have provoked had the attack upon the vessel been proven to be of Russian provenance! Or Iranian? Or Chinese? Upon a vessel bound for somewhere other than Gaza?

This was serious, what would the West's response be? Well, acting in advance of the missile strike, Palau had already revoked its national flag from the vessel, then Malta (closest to hand!), Greece and Turkey threatened to confiscate the ship should it struggle to port in either country! Lammy and Starmer sat compliently upon their bloodied mits!

Solidarity! Or, rather, not! Shame, writ large, more like. Begs the question, 'quite what did these countries already know about this drone attack, an incident that, still, 2 weeks later, is being described as 'via an unknown actor.' Curious! Through omission alone, it tells us a great deal more than that; we know, for example, that the attack was definitely not undertaken by a Russian, Iranian or Chinese drone. The West wasn't interested in unearthing the culprit, although everybody already knew, far better to shut down the story and deflect. Last thing the majority of the UK's MSM wanted was for the actual culprit to be unearthed. UK's MSM into overdrive, ensuring the (not)journalism in which it is so well-practiced!

The Nord Stream II Pipeline, that was almost certainly severed via a US or US ally, was (pointedly) named as a Russian operation by a great many UK media outlets, almost whilst the attack was still being undertaken, to be followed up swiftly by the vast majority of the remainder of UK MSM falling neatly into line. There is significant satellite imagery of supporting evidence, giving weight to the contention that it was a US operation- at least two Scandinavian driven investigations into the 'attack' have been prematurely curtailed. Why? At whose behest? Why not more questions from the BBC?

Likely, getting too close to unveiling the perpetrator. Anyone who has followed the incident, beyond its cursory headline-only coverage, will have drawn the most obvious conclusion- including several pseudo-journalists who have ashamedly elected to remain silent about the whole sordid affair, as so often befits the invertebrate lobby journalists.

As with the 'Nord Stream II' attack, most who have given the 'Maltese-air-space' drone attack (an Act of War) much thought know, with 99% certainty' who was responsible. Wikipedia, better that most, cites the cause as 'some sources suggest Israeli involvement; not officially confirmed.' Of course, 'other actors' would still have us believe that Israel is not starving children inside Gaza as part of its ongoing Genocide. Through the Looking Glass- too much of the Western World now finds itself with its citizens knowing full well that Israel is a dangerous, Genocidal, Rogue Nation, whilst routinely being fed the line that Israel 'just might' be defending itself, which very few in possession of fully-functional minds can possibly believe. Only to be expected, given the licence that the West has given the Rogue State, that Israel would feel itself at liberty to invade international air space in order to attack any third party. Over many decades, they have the form! Cloaked in the cape of 'anti-Semitism-blood-libel-numerous-tropes-the-wrong-sort-of-imoji' Israel acts like a Genocidal Emperor in new clothes, whilst the West pretends not to see the body parts! Which nation, hand on heart, can say with conviction that its citizens are completely safe from Israeli missile strike?

Think Israel isn't founded upon terrorism, as and when, spend some time reading up upon its founding. Start with the bombing of the King David Hotel in 1946; investigate quite how peacefully Israel set about putting up those first flags. Not so good for many of the British soldiers killed around that time, some of whose bodies were then used as booby traps. Worked a treat for Menachem Begin, Israel's first PM, though. That would be Menachem Begin, head of the militant Irgun Zionists. Have a bit of a read on the subject...

Manufacturing inside the UK's MSM is up considerably, more so than is the UK economy.

The mighty BBC is currently in the process of asking "audiences to have their say about the future of the organisation, by launching the biggest public engagement exercise the Corporation has ever undertaken." Bit late, maybe! For those who have followed its political slant on 'the anti-Semitism in the Labour Party smear,' 'the European refugee and asylum-seeker crisis'- no they are not 'illegal' asylum-seekers!- or, more recently 'the ongoing Genocide inside the Occupied Palestinian Territories,' the current lack of accountability may well have seriously undermined the public's will to bother. As more and more higher profile individuals, very much too late, have been 'saying,' or implying, why not, Mr or Ms BBC, merely, a 'far greater honesty from its political journalism?' Gary Lineker makes the point very well in his recent discussion with Amol Rajan. And, off he is cast! Coffin duly provide via the BBC's stitch-up, 'When it Hits the Fan' (Wednesday 23rd) Anyone noticing what's really been happening? Or shall we just carry on pretending the UK's not funding Ethnic Cleansing? Doctor Who may be travelling throughout the Universe, saving races that the Earth has yet to encounter- not going to be helping Palestine any time in the near future, is 'he'? Maybe 'he's' afraid of announcing 'his' intent via the wrong sort of imoji?

It was in 1948 that the State of Israel was 'created,' when one Occupying Force (United Kingdom) handed over the already fully inhabited State of Palestine to the next Occupying Force. 'A Land without People for a People without Land!' So the utilitarian lie would have us believe, and, shamefully, for many that lie perpetuated. Still those such as UK PM Sir Keir Rodney Starmer, former Head of the Crown Prosecution Service, would have this lie substitute for the shameful truth! Not so for the Ethnically Cleansed Palestinians, nor their descendants, nor the Occupied Palestinians, nor, beyond the enclave, anyone remotely-adequately informed. None of those who have lived under the violent oppression of Occupying Israel, or whose ancestors were violently Ethnically Cleansed from their homelands in 1948, or have been murdered, tortured or stomped upon since and right up to the present date. Turns out Israel as some sort of democratic romantic idyll, a star above the Middle East, is anything but!

A few years after this 'handing over,' starting in the 1950s, the UK- colonial overlords looking to rewrite history to their advantage- set about Operation Legacy. Who wouldn't like the idea of leaving behind the warm glow of a fond memory for future generations? Except to note, if the Empire's past was such a rosy historical period, why the need to incinerate quite so many tens of thousands of documents with such up-to-the-minute evidence of that same regime? I have heard it claimed- more than one source- that, back in the 19th Century, slavery was an 'acceptable' practice. The sort of people, some of them family, I would fully imagine, who would very much prefer to adhere to a more rosy and romantic notion of British Empire. 'Land of Hope and Glory!' anyone? Belt it out, drown the screams!

Manufacturing was very much up then, as now.

Nor is it so curious that many of those who seem most deaf and blind to the ongoing Genocide in wider Palestine are former and current colonial powers. The US of A has conducted its Genocide upon native populations (Trail of Tears), as has Australia upon Aboriginal populations. Neither country shows much interest in paying proper reparations or even fully acknowledging the extent of those acts. Whilst Germany currently seems absolutely determined to work itself round to the wrong side of two major Genocides, both of which happened, just about, in living memory. As if turning a blind eye to the persecution and annihilation of Palestinians at the hands of Israelis somehow rectifies Germany's Genocide upon many of the ancestors of those now conducting the current Genocide. Not all, mind! Definitely not all! And, many of those 'not all' Jewish individuals now find themselves being persecuted for vociferously objecting to the current Genocide. What a tangled web we weave! When it's all written up, at some indeterminate time in the future, which side will each of us have been on? Or will everybody always have known that this is a Genocide? What thinks Sir Keir or his sidekick Lammy, as they're definitely both fully culpable?

I'm sure that there is some sort of scientific analogy to be painted here. But I am going with a 'sepsis' that urgently requires the most serious of interventions!' Because, just like that deadly infection would, Israeli violence has intensified to such a point that the 'nation, if one can park a second nation upon the one already there- surely, not with any legitimacy- has escalated its violent-infection to the point where even its historically-racist allies are becoming increasingly nervous! With undeniable good cause, although still, still, there are those who are prepared to speak as if worked or owned by the devil! Daily being platformed within the UK, presenters and the guests!

Manufacturing up significantly! More notably, in very specific quarters!

Tuesday, 13th May, the Right Honourable Angela Eagle, Minister for Border Security (no less!), future Dame Eagle (no doubt), with no apparent grasp of international events what-so-ever, hauled herself over to the British Museum in order to address 'celebrations' of Rogue Israeli State's 77th Anniversary. Most definitely Eagle did not deign to mention 77 years of violent oppression of the Palestinian people! That would be (Dame) Eagle, she of the 'Smashed Window Threat to Life!' 'fame,' that one. Jimmy Carr was there- there's footage of him scuttling off, afterwards, head down and at quite the pace- steadfastly refusing to speak to anyone with a better conscience. That would be almost everyone else in the neighbourhood. Wonder what the jokes were like? Wonder whether it'll affect the vast array of TV contracts he gets? No tropes, anti-Semitic hiccups, blood libels, nor offensive references at all! Clap now, everyone, on behalf of the Genocidal nation!

Meanwhile, Jewish protesters- some of them holocaust survivors- may be unceremonially bundled into the back of a police van, for daring to step on the wrong section of pavement, or in the wrong direction in the wrong neighbourhood, on the wrong day! Wonder if the Force required any extra muscle whilst dealing with the threat from any of these octogenarians? Police Force or Mercenaries for Hire, what thinks the concerned citizenship?

Eagle spoke passionately, tip-toeing righteously around the subject of Genocide, or Ethnic Cleansing, or starving children, vowing eternal support for Israel's right to commit whatever War Crime it wishes, without ever referencing the horrific reality, or honesty, or the Geneva Convention. Wow! Threading the needle, Angela! "Israel knows how to party," wrote journalist Jonny Gould in the caption of a photo he posted of himself at the event. I think the BBC may have unofficially saluted as and when, unofficially of course.

Manufacturing again! Seems a shame that the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, cannot milk this one! It was Rach and her Government that's been, in major part, responsible, after all! Praise where it's due, Ms Rachel.

I doubt we can fully appreciate quite the vast scale of the manufacturing involved! Imagine the dinner conversations that might be undertaken in this proud nation, where its institutions are to be heralded as example to other, less democratic and lesser nations! More so, after perhaps viewing the broadcast of BBC's Panorama, 'Special Forces: I Saw War Crimes.' One might be given to wonder where some of those very Special Forces are operating now. Will the the ICC, or the ICJ need to make notes?

Then, we can watch as the same channel shows a short recruitment clip of the jolly honourable work that the UK's Forces undertake whilst overseas- at the behest of who precisely? Not General Gwyn Jenkins, KCB, OBE, ADC, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, we can only hope! "Anyone watch 'Britain's Got Talent,' on Saturday?" And, we're there, safely through to the other side of that looking glass. Turn up the volume, drown the screams!

Not really such a huge surprise to discover that the UK's uninvited Army is currently being afforded licence to pick-and-mix through all those cumbersome international rules and obligations drawn up after WWII, in order to ensure that individuals fleeing persecution should never again be left without nations within which to plead refugee status and protection. Bold! And just! If only it were true.

One wonders whether, even at the very outset, there were nation representatives, or military upper-echelons thinking, 'but only for those with the right colour credentials, right?' 'Refugee status for our sorts, right?' On the other hand 'Jolly Strict Rules that we might administer to them?' A sort of invisible continuation of the white colonial hierarchy mentality.

When the Mighty Corporation itself dares to break the shackles (strictly selective subject matter, even so, don't you think Amol?) and demonstrate to the world what real solid journalism looks like, then reverts instantly back to type, we really must be looking to settle permanently on the wrong side of that looking glass! Seven years spent investigating Britain's Special Forces inside Iraq and Afghanistan! Bang, top quality journalism, right there! Proof, if it were needed- and it has been for some considerable time now- that the BBC is still capable. Now! Where's 'Part Two: Secret Flights over Gaza, from Akrotiri during the Genocide'?

We learn that there is yet another BBC report being suppressed, this one about Israeli treatment of medical staff inside Gaza. Wonder which trope, or anti-Semitic, or blood libel, or wrong imoji is being cited? Must be jolly serious if grounds have been found- more likely manufactured- to 'justify' suppression of this report.

Go on Rach, 'manufacturing's up! Sing out the good news!

Had we ever pondered why it was that so few Afghanistani nationals who'd worked for and with the SAS, during its time in Afghanistan, were being granted refugee status in the UK? Why so many of those people had been cut adrift to face torture and or death? Turns out General Gwyn Jenkins, KCB, OBE, ADC, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff- must be one of the good ones, right?- might be our man? He knows! Care of BBC Panorama, exposed one minute as an 'alleged War Criminal,' via seven years of investigative journalism, appointed Head of the Royal Navy the very next. Perhaps, we might go on to conclude, the exposed misconduct helped butter his route. Sir Keir Starmer, former Head of the Crown Prosecution Service, would know the answers. But then, he's so well practiced at lying, or omitting truth, to the nation, likelihood is that he's incapable anymore of uttering the truth!

The premise ('BBC Panorama, 'Special Forces: I Saw War Crimes') is an easy one, so long as the Afghanistani personnel can be left to torture and murder, outside of the UK, they cannot be compelled to give evidence when the SAS and several of its top generals are investigated via a public inquiry. "Emails and evidence from within the MoD, obtained by Panorama, suggest that Gen. Jenkins appointed a senior officer to oversee civil servants working on the Afghan resettlement scheme, giving them instructions to reject Triples applications," Stop the War Coalition informs.

Promoted one day after 'Panorama' was aired! Why, it's almost as if Sir Keir Starmer, former Head of the Crown Prosecution Service, son of a toolmaker, is demonstrating to everyone prepared to challenge, 'Think you can hold me accountable, then watch this!' Maybe a middle digit will feature! Keep that seat in the Lords warm! Perhaps carefully consider the fabric- something that can be readily wiped clean of blood!

Manufacturing's up! For those still wearing the obligatory blinkers! "In the heat of the battle..." and all that guff. "General Gwyn Jenkins, KCB, OBE, ADC, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff served 'his' nation," certain tomes will duly record. 'History,' as written by the victors, most definitely not by the scholars!

Turns out not all manufacturing's to be boasted about!

As of yesterday, we are led to believe that the UK Government has relented and decided, enough is enough! 'No more Genocide!,' although being most careful not to use that specific term. Our proud Foreign Secretary spoke in the House, to sombre murmurings of approval. Briefly the man raised his buttocks, one further time, to spinelessly admonish Zara Sultans for having noticed that Lammy was lying, yet again, and again, even at this late juncture. Talks on economic ties (horribly anti-Semitically!) suspended- Israeli outrage afforded platform via our wonderful BBC- but, unspoken, children's-limb-severing and body-atomising munitions to continue to flow!

One can only assume that, highly reminiscent of Project Legacy, British Government is looking to cover its bloody backside! Whilst that bloody backside sloshes ever onward like the very worst Pit Bull Beast at play, edge of the lake! Said anolagical lake is not one of water! Manufacturing is going to have to do one hell of a lot of heavy lifting!

* Updated in light of David Lammy's (Foreign Secretary) statement on Israeli atrocities to the Commons.

The Dishonourable Toolmaker's Son.

In the unlikely event that you missed the memo, the Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer's father was a toolmaker. Likely far too momentous to have also featured upon this first, weighty memo, the Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer was once the Head of the Crown Prosecution Service. Two memos!

It has been demonstrated that the UK's Main Stream Media is, at best, inconsistent. The BBC's recent debacle with Gary Lineker would be a case in point. Further, if one steps back and surveys the range of other 'main stream' outlets, then one may also be given to surmise that the scope of political allegiances at the top of the various establishments is not very wide-ranging. One is still at liberty to access information regarding either ownership and/or editorial make-up of the 'different' organisations. Having done so, in the light of resultant, irrefutable evidence and by association, it would appear that the Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer has demonstrated himself to be generally compliant to the 'slant' being aired. Yet, even so, the Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer has, thus far, shown little to impress. 'Underwhelming' is a term that springs to mind. And, 'underwhelming' with favourable winds, soft lighting and a considerable deal of editorial leeway. To those who 'support' him, stand in line behind him, relay his whipped messaging, and supportively don the rose-tints the evidence must, by now, have begun to gall. The YouGov site has done some work here.

Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer's stance of hanging limply in the breeze has yet to reap those jealously sought gains. In stark behavioural contrast, adopting his Stalinist role as head of the Labour Party, we find that thin ice and threat also has yet to yield the desired 'popularity,' even the sort of superficial popularity that may be routinely and religiously caked on prior to each and every public outing. 'Collar up or collar down?' has, thus far, reaped minimal returns. Within the shelled Party base he currently commands a 37% positivity rating. Amongst the wider public the positives are further thinned out, leaving him with a 20% positivity rating. As many as one in five, that high??

Right Honourable Member, Nadhim Zahawi's YouGov predictably ushers incurious minds clear of mounting evidence to the contrary, instead the linked page tentatively hints at the Labour Party's former (weaponised) issue with antisemites. The rosettes may clap obediently and loudly bang their wooden spoons against pots yet, even so, approaching half (41%) of the Party faithful remains unconvinced.

One could be forgiven for never having heard tell of Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer's commissioned Forde Report. Of note here, the report was actually commissioned by the Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer. Even if one had stumbled upon mention of the Forde Report one would have had to venture beyond the boundaries of MSM to have unearthed any of the report's findings. QC Martin Forde's words and conclusions have, thus far, fallen upon stony ground. In light of the veritable circus that was made of 'The Labour Party's pseudo-saturation of antisemitism' this fact should be of considerable concern to anyone with honourable expectations from the nation's news coverage. Again, 'inconsistent.' Or, consistent in an altogether more worrisome manner?

The fact that Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer was named, by Labour Party supporting parents, after Keir Hardie, may or may not have crept into the public collective consciousness. A former member of Labour Young Socialists in East Surrey, one could ponder whether current leader, the Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer, might yet have excluded younger self, plain Keir Rodney Starmer. The inconvenient historical snippet likely flutters back and forth, depending upon who might be the current targeted audience. The Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer has formerly written for magazines, 'Socialist Alternatives' and 'Socialist Lawyer.' As recently as during the Labour leadership contest he stood 'alongside' picketing University College Union staff, pledging 'heartfelt support' (at least whilst the TV cameras were there, collar down on that occasion). In 2021 Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer was condemned by and dismissed from the Haldane Society of Lawyers for a raft of justifiable reasons:
* Starmer’s ‘appalling policy positions’
* his manoeuvres to force Labour MPs to support a bill to allow ‘intelligence sources’ – including civilians – to commit crimes
* his disregard for migrants’ rights
* his assault on free speech
* his behaviour over schools during the pandemic
* his lack of support for unions
* his inaction on anti-Black and anti-Muslim racism
* his inaction over abuse of transgender people
For reasons upon which we could speculate the BBC appears to have steered clear.

Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer, currently presides as Leader of the Opposition, which, in statistical terms, shows him as
a) elected but not at the fore of governmental power
b) currently at the head of the second largest group of elected MPs
Both of which are factually accurate, at present, and may be stated as simple matter of fact. Also factually accurate is the title, 'Leader of the Labour Party,' although the latter 'appellation' frequently presents as more problematic, because 'Leader of the Labour Party' carries with it an element above simple numerical weight, an air of authority, the suggestion that the Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer might be the current embodiment, the essence, of the 'Labour Movement,' at least that part that currently resides within the House of Commons.' Yet, if we conjure up any image- imagined or otherwise- of the wider Labour Movement it is surely impossible not to conjure up also supporters, perhaps crowds, the embodiment of hope amongst the 'ordinary' working class. And, herein lies a hurdle.

The former, much-distanced, leader of the Labour Party enthused the requisite crowds and sparked hope from the wider labour movement, whereas Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer struggles in this domain. 'Collar up collar down?' Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer, instead, still requires significant 'wardrobe' assistance in the field. At conference, where expulsions, exclusions, camera angles, security and, of course, the BBC's well documented art of judicial editing are ready PR tools, the Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer's tentative outings into the wider public remain strained. Cardboard cut-out, perhaps. Archived footage and images of larger gatherings- other crowds, other speakers- may require Photoshopping, cropping, close-ups to exclude the yawning empty spaces just out of shot. There is always the chance that the sharp-eyed observer will spot the omission, the crop, the misrepresentation, * the (big) lie!

Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair KG was once, allegedly, a Trotskyist, brought about after reading the first volume of Isaac Deutscher's biography of Leon Trotsky. Whilst cramponing his trajectory to Leader of the Labour Party he, allegedly, made it clear to then Labour leader Michael Foot that he had "come to Socialism through Marxism" and considered himself on the left. Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair KG, allegedly, believed that the "Labour right" was bankrupt. "Socialism ultimately must appeal to the better minds of the people," Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair KG, allegedly, proclaimed. Friend and colleague, David Blunkett, Baron Blunkett, was once described by various individuals as a highly vociferous member of the "Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire," allegedly showing support for the 1984-85 (NUM) striking miners and declaring Sheffield City Council a "nuclear-free zone." David Blunkett, Baron Blunkett, allegedly and in the 1980s, was a prominent member of the labelled "loony left," steadfastly refusing to cooperate with the then government program of rate-capping (solely) certain Labour-run councils.

The above alleged facts are all readily available, easily accessible. Imagine the rich seam pertaining to the wider membership that might yet await the more determined miner. Weaponising the information, the Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer might then seek to have members expelled or temporarily excluded, timed to coincide with any due and ongoing selection processes, omitted from (say) council, mayoral, NEC or other internal Labour Party selection processes, de-selected from prospective parliamentary elections, or he might not. The processes would either draw the full attention of the MSM, painting the Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer as the 'worst sort of Stalinist,' or it would not, in which case the theatre might proceed, the audience either blissfully or wilfully 'unaware' regarding the immense (and thoroughly dishonourable) backstage efforts afoot. Imagine!

Deploying the shadowy figure of one David Evans, current General Secretary of the Labour Party, the Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer has opted for the former. For reasons best known to those who own the newspapers, who rig the TV and radio stations, the UK's MSM has opted to ride the slipstream, to remain shtum. Moral bankruptcy aside, the British Empire was not founded upon ignorance- not their's anyway- nor was it founded upon democracy. Students of British history will, no doubt, recognise the pattern as very much a continuum. Even so, Operation Legacy is going to require some serious modification if it is to progress in quite such an efficient and ruthless manner.

Dutiful members of the Labour Party may, indeed should, have felt obligated to familiarise themselves with the Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer's recentish adoption of the IHRA definition of antisemitism. The document is short and to the point, as should be any, essentially, anti-racist definition. Due and resultant obligation of members should have been twofold:
1) to ensure that no transgressions ensue,
and, not immediately evident,
2) to ensure that the authority choosing to adopt said definition cannot seek to exploit any specific wording or phraseology to the detriment of the diligent member.
Within the main body of the Labour Party, part one should have been simple, straight forward, a given. Amongst the vast majority of Labour members- ideally the whole- it should not be unreasonable to expect, and to embrace, full and whole-hearted agreement. But then, merely to have had to also consider the second part might suggest potential transgressions, perhaps unforeseen concerns.

With hindsight, observing the events which seamlessly followed, hot on the heels of the adoption, would surely lead any seriously impartial journalist to conclude that transgressions, which did not so much 'trickle down' as 'cascade;' were not so much 'unforeseen' as 'calculated for. ' Did not Angela Raynor, in her fit of peak, hint at the major artillery that had always lain in wait? 'Unforeseen concerns' tended to revolve around the words:
"the following examples may serve as illustrations."
more specifically, the vast accumulation of 'evidence' that swiftly built up in relation and/or pertaining to example number 7:
"Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavour."
Also, the subtle nuances being brushed upon around mention of 'the actions' or 'the state' of "Israel." Nuances are only really 'nuances' so long as they remain nuanced when viewed from both sides... it turns out the Westminster lobby pass journalist is not 'passed' to cover certain nuances, maybe also 'no longer adequately equipped' to do so?

By the end of 2021 the BBC 'calculated' the loss of former members to have been in the region of 90,000. As of August 2022, the Independent reckoned the figure to have risen to just shy of 100,000. Middle East Eye broke from the pack in seeking to delve more into who, multiples thereof, it was that was actually being expelled. The nation wanted to know, 'how could the Labour Party have harboured so very many antisemites?' The MSM (lobby pass) attack-dogs orchestrated a pile on!

Meanwhile, many of the smaller and independent sites, with their more honourable, democratic goals and absence of lobby passes, busily set about unearthing and reporting upon precisely which types of offence were being committed, instances proving very much more difficult to trace than was otherwise being 'reported.' Instances were proving elusive, vague, mostly absent. More noise was being called for. Cavalry at the BBC and the Guardian sounded the reveille!

Comprising ostensibly loyal Jewish members of the Labour Party, Jewish Voice for Labour set about delving a little deeper. Minimal effort soon reaped rewards. JVL discovered that the Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer, former Head of the Crown Prosecution Service, was, in fact, questionably using the shield of 'antisemitism' with which to attack, calculatedly suspend, and/or expel, disproportionately, Jewish members. An extensive Labour Report on the issue of antisemitism within the Party unearthed the unreported detail of '0.24% of the membership having been investigated.' Whilst a fraction of these may indeed have transgressed, the figure recorded merely 'investigations.' So, somewhere fewer than 0.24% of members. A wider survey by the Institute for Jewish Policy Research reported 5% amongst the general public being guilty of harbouring some antisemitic thoughts, so over twenty times greater. Figures that did not support the purge were, quite naturally suppressed. Lobby pass MSM completely circumnavigated the issue, hence the leak.

Historically, the major party of antisemitsim has consistently been the Conservative one but, as Coulson's image might contest, "we don't do history!" Well, "only selectively.". The Campaign Against Antisemitism has fairly consistently found the Conservative Party to harbour the greater number of antisemitic attitudes.

Those denied Westminster lobby passes discovered that Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer's Party was in fact 'purging' five times as many Jewish (former) members as non-Jewish ones. When Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer elected to further widen the 'antisemitism net and to proscribe four groups 'currently then' residing within the Labour Party- 'Socialist Appeal,' Labour in Exile,' Labour Against the Witchhunt' and 'Resist'- the mirror finally cracked, any lingering doubt was surely and finally dispelled. The lobby group did not concur; the mirror was duly replaced, with a different yet indistinguishable mirror.

When Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer, former Head of the Crown Prosecution Service, via sidekick David Evans, elected to retrospectively proscribe those same four Labour Party groups- thus expelling yet further members for, essentially, an absence of clairvoyancy- expectations of the lobby group reaction were suitably low. The Westminster lobby group did not disappoint. Or rather, they continued to do so!

The Labour Party, even Angela Raynor, are somewhat cagey upon the subject but it has been estimated that as many as 200,000 former members have now left the Party, one in three, the vast, vast majority of them without having been expelled. Concerned about potential bankruptcy, Ann Black of Labour's National Executive was anxious to discover more. The top five reasons, she discovered, were:
👉 Bullying of members and attacks on party democracy
👉 The party’s treatment of Corbyn and the Left
👉 Starmer’s support for apartheid Israel and the right-wing Jewish group, the Board of Deputies
👉 ‘Labour no longer represents us’
👉 Starmer is a liar / can’t be trusted
Entirely predictably, incidents of antisemitism in the UK are on the rise, recorded to be up 34% between 2020 and 2021. Israel's ongoing pogrom against Palestinians and the state's war crimes and persecution of Palestinian people in the illegally occupied colonies has, no doubt, contributed to the 34% rise. When Labour MP Kim Johnson spoke truth to the Commons Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer immediately disciplined the member and, within hours, she was carefully retracting the facts. But, as Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer understands in his capacity as former Director of Public Prosecution, facts cannot be made to work like that. In the latest annual 'trust in the media' survey of 24 countries the UK ranked second to bottom, its lowest standing since the survey's origins.

As Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer, personally or via suitable acolyte vessel, loves to remind his fast shrinking audience, he is, "not Jeremy Corbyn," and that he "intends to root out antisemitism!" The smaller venues, the nodding BBC presenter of choice, may serve to drive home the message... or, perhaps, not... The Right Honourable Sir Keir Starmer is very precise, with his 'former Head of the Crown Prosecution Service' words, never will he fumble the term and let slip, "anti-racist." Historically, of course, he has even been caught taking the knee- collar most definitely down!- during "a moment." Or, was it a misplaced 'moment of royal deference' stock photo? We all have them, Sir Keir, those, what, 'embarrassing moments?' But, just to be clear, 'antisemitism!' Not, 'anti-racism?'

Neither has the Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer, former Head of the Crown Prosecution Service, been quite so very comfortable, collar up or down, wearing his 'anti-sex-pest' suit. Recent investigations have suggested that there may be as many as 56 'serving' MPs facing allegations of sexual misconduct, 56 known about MPs. More targeted investigations have uncovered that at least two currently reside within the Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer's, former Head of the Crown Prosecution Service, front bench. MP Neil Coyle, likely, more keenly appreciates Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer's dilemma. Thank heavens that the union jack is inanimate. Lighting, collar down, Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer, former Head of the Crown Prosecution Service, "is not Jeremy Corbyn!"

Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer was appointed Queen's Council, at the age of 39, in 2002. In 2008 the Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer was made Director of Public Prosecutions. During PMQs, in 2022, alleged, already notorious fabricator, Right Honourable Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson PM, in an effort to distract from any number of personal, national or international misadventures, accused Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer of 'stopping Jimmy Savile from being charged.' The confected smokescreen duly arose and, as is the nature of smoke, billowed and rolled, intertwined, morphed and remorphed, such that it was very soon made impossible to fully distinguish genuine and resultant outrage from the original smoke! All the same, the questionable fact refuses to go back into its box. Citizens of certain age will recall the voice of Jimmy Savile upon the BBC (Yakety Yak!), increasingly, his features upon the BBC (Top of the Pops), increasingly his lecherous behaviour, his self-aggrandisement (Jim'll Fix It), increasingly his inadequate shorts, his skimpy string vest. It would be fair to comment that Jimmy Savile started creeping-out certain viewers and listeners several decades prior to his long-overdue and posthumous unmasking!

Thank heavens that the law courts do not operate upon the say-so of creeped-out school children. None-the-less, when Alison Levitt QC drew her conclusions from the consequent investigation into whether the CPS had been right not to charge Jimmy Savile she expressed reservations. She went on to say that, “On the face of it, the allegations made were both serious and credible; the prosecutor should have recognised this and sought to “build a prosecution.” Three of the victims told her that if they had received more information from the police at the time of the investigation- and particularly if each had been told she was not the only woman who had complained- they would “probably have been prepared to give evidence.” QC Alison Levitt said that, in the case of two of the allegations, there would have been a “realistic prospect of conviction” if the women had given evidence. When 'Full Fact' reached out to both the Labour Party and the CPS, in order to delve that little bit deeper, a spokesperson stated that, “in line with the established data retention policy”, none of the records for the decision not to charge Savile in 2009 were kept. Starmer duly apologised and spoke of a "watershed moment," and, with much public support from many highly reputable sources and individuals, he was not judged, nor was he sanctioned retrospectively.

Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer was Director of Public Prosecutions when the Crown Prosecution Service (again) decided not to pursue the police killing of Jean Charles da Sila de Menezes on 22nd July 2005. On 4th May 2006 the Crown Prosecution Service announced that no charges would be filed. The misnomer 'Independent' Police Complaints Commission had allegedly initiated two, no two, investigations. Good enough for the Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer. In 2010 Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer, Director of Public Prosecutions, announced the decision not to prosecute the police officer Simon Harwood in relation to the unlawful killing of Ian Tomlinson, a decision which led to accusations by Tomlinson's family of a police cover-up. In a publicly driven effort to reverse the decision, Harwood was subsequently prosecuted for manslaughter. Harwood was acquitted but dismissed from the force.

When it came to light that the police had, for nearly four decades, been infiltrating small leftwing groups, some officers fathering and then abandoning their own children, instead of helping to uncover the national deceit, the Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer, then Director of Public Prosecutions, again opted to defer. In 2021, Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer, whipped Labour MPs to support the updated SpyCops Bill. Thirty-four Labour MPs defied the Chief Whip.

Julian Assange has been, effectively, left to die in Belmarsh Prison, maybe worse still to come! Assange brought about degrees of actual journalism that Westminster lobby-pass 'journalists,' likely, do not even bother to dream of. Amongst the many scoops he achieved through Wikileaks- for which the world owes him a great debt- Assange highlighted to the public the US Apache helicopter, Crazy Horse 1-8, gunning down 11 unarmed civilians, on 12th July 2007. The Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer, then Director of Public Prosecutions, reacted to Assange's avante guarde journalism by ensuring that inhumanely imprisoned Assange be fast-tracked through to extradition and likely further torture in the US. When the Swedish team showed hesitancy he replied, "Don't you dare get cold feet." Hats off to Sir Keir Rodney Starmer, former Director of Public Prosecutions! Ken Loach, also expelled from the Labour Party, has sought to shed light upon Sir Keir Rodney Starmer's role in the political imprisonment of Julian Assange. There are many conspiracy theories floating about, most of them patently absurd, but even the worst of them does seem to serve its purpose. At the time the Guardian Newspaper prided itself as being at the fore in breaking this human rights story...
... the Westminster lobby-pass 'journalists, really, might as well not be there.

Since days of knighthood and honorary righteous battles of yore Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer has broadened his horizons, the casualties of war littering the fields, Prime Ministerial office glittering alluringly in the distance. He has left behind the £160,000 bill of chauffeur-driven rides for walking distance (4 mile) journeys to the Crown Prosecution Service. Left behind those days of First Class inter-continental flights. Left with us the £20,000 worth of four first class flights to good ol' DC! Taken merely £1,000,000 as 'Head of the Crown Prosecution Service,' £336,000 in pension benefits. Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer, former Director of Public Prosecutions, seriously depleted army, has moved on. Far less over-remunerated- over-remunerated, none-the-less- successor Alison Saunders managed the same feat at around a 70% reduction in costs to the general public.

Isn't it often said that money attracts money? To put a bit of modern day spin upon the term, one might opine that 'money of a specific sort attracts further money of similar sorts.' So, operating within such a value system, it must come as little surprise to learn that Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer, former Head of the Crown Prosecution Service, is able to (almost) bankrupt the Party he professes to lead, whilst raking in quite so very much on a more personal level. Already he writes for Murdoch's Sun newspaper, effectively lowering any remaining bar yet further. Almost, it comes as no surprise to learn that Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer, former Head of the Crown Prosecution Service, has shown himself easily capable of crawling under that same, aforementioned, remnant bar, by accepting donations from Mulalley and Co Limited, the cladding company recently ordered to pay £10.8 millions for their role in the Grenfell Tower travesty.

Former Director of Public Prosecutions, the Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer's Labour Party's recentish attack (ad) on PM Sunak has rounded upon an individual (and his wife) who really deserve very little leeway- whatever it is, the pair likely already owns many more than they require. The UK's sagging democracy, however, deserves a great deal better! Not content with dragging the Labour Party (unreported) through the thickest and oiliest mud, a falsely emboldened Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer has now set about trashing that tiny remnant of decency that remains hanging. Whatever else 'the Sunaks' may legitimately be targeted for, 'favouring the mass liberty of child molesters' should not be numbered amongst them. More to the point, the Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer does often like to remind, he was, not so very long ago, Director of Public Prosecutions. Check the dates!

When Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer stood in the Labour Leadership Election, in 2020, the Former Director of Public Prosecutions enthused- although, even then, not really 'enthused'- the considerable membership with promises of unity, solidarity and ten (heartfelt) continuity pledges, some dared (fingers crossed) to hope a somewhat deflated hope. Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer, Former Director of Public Prosecutions, spoke of a devolved membership where local members would be free to put forward their own candidates for election. Gaze shifting around the room, Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer was (TV debate) filmed raising his hand at the requisite moments. In 2022 Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer confirmed that he was no longer making the ten socialism-based pledges with which he had swayed the Party.

Boldly circumventing due reflection, Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer, armed with former Director of Public Prosecutions mask, ushered John Ware's controversial Panorama 'documentary,' 'Is Labour Antisemitic,' over some meaty bumps in the road. Instead of seeking to explore the veracity of claims to the contrary, Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer elected to pay (Labour funds) substantial damages to seven (former) members who (interviewed) claimed that Labour had defamed them, in stating that they were "disaffected former staff" and that they had "axes to grind." Labour's legal team at the time argued that (Corbyn's) Labour "had a strong defence" and that the case was probably winnable. By the time that the (still suppressed) Forde Report flopped on to the coroner's slab the money was long gone! Martin Forde QC has since spoken of a broadcast John Ware Interview with solemn-faced ('defamed') Benjamin Westerman, referencing the cited moment when Westerman described the 'antisemitism' he faced at the hands of Rica Bird and/or Helen Marks. 'And/or' here denotes the fact that the "Are you from Israel?" moment cannot be specifically attributed; in fact transpires that it cannot be attributed at all, transpires that the words- as used by John Ware to illustrate rampant antisemitism- were not spoken at all. Reporting long after the fact, the Guardian (28th Feb. 2023) wrote that the whole affair was, with the permission of Westerman, recorded, that the tape and transcript "are both publicly available and clearly show that it is not true." Helen Marks and Rica Bird are both Jewish, both are former members of the Labour Party, numbering amongst the 200,000. The Guardian Newspaper, doing what the Guardian does best? Think back though, where was the Guardian during that 'MSM (lobby pass) attack-dogs orchestrated pile on!'?

Alongside Martin Forde's buried report upon antisemitism within, formerly Jeremy Corbyn's, now Sir Keir Rodney Starmer's Labour Party, another uniformly ignored report has been the 'Labour Files.' Al Jazeera conducted its own investigation into the roundly denied angle of 'antisemitism having been weaponised by right-wing factions operating within the Labour Party.' Martin Forde referenced the four-part series in his own research. In terms of actually digging down into the various shenanigans that were then afoot within the Party machinery Al Jazeera's journalism rather shames that which was 'half-conducted' by the BBC's Panorama (Is Labour Antisemitic?), which instead stumbled at the first hurdle. 'Labour Files,' third episode of four, 'The Hierarchy,' has recently won the Gold Award for documentaries at the New York Festivals Film and Television Awards. It is fortunate that other, and non-UK, Main Stream Media outlets are not so restricted as are ours. Yet, how we scorn censorship when it is conducted by (certain) other lesser-nations. A brief search for a BBC link to the award returned nothing.

Charting a careful pathway through casualties and wreckage, promises and pledges shattered, one could be forgiven hesitancy but, taking Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer, former Director of Public Prosecutions, at his (current) word, the Labour Leader is (at time of posting) adamant that the slowly unfolding carcrash that is Brexit is to be 'respected.' Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer wishes to 'move on' and presumably reactively deal with consequences, injuries, mishaps as and when they occur- mop up the blood as it flows, rather than staunch flow and treat the wound. "Honourable!" a suitable spokesperson might contest. They might well!

In 2019 Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer, 'boldly' advocated for a referendum on the Brexit withdrawal agreement, stating that, "campaigning for a public vote must be an option". During quieter moments of reflection, can we be certain whether he charts, ruefully or otherwise, the Party's short journey from mass gatherings of young enthused supporters on to operating under the twin shadows of Mr and Mrs mini-me Wes Streeting and Rachel Reeves? During the 2016 leadership election Right Honourable Wesley Paul William Streeting nominated the Right Honourable Owen Smith- revolving door aficionado- formerly Pfizer, now tucked up all cosy with pharmaceutical company Bristol Myers Squibb. Right Honourable Wesley Paul William Streeting, meanwhile- one eye to the same revolving doorway, perhaps- has accepted a £15,000 donation from John Armitage, massive Tory donor and gateway to UnitedHealth, itself lobbying for ever greater access to the NHS. Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer's, former Director of Communications, Ben Nunn, was himself Associate Director of Incisive Health, another driver for NHS privatisation- ergo Pharma Starmer!- now Senior Council at Lexington Communications- "defining influence on the policy and business landscape for over 20 years"- and writing in the Guardian newspaper. Full circle? We may have lost democracy but we've won... remind me, what exactly is it that we've (supposedly) won? And why is it that Rupert Murdoch looks so very satisfied with himself? Can formaldehyde do that?

"Welcome to Stronger Together – Labour’s roadmap to develop key policies ahead of the next General Election."
"We proved that we’re stronger together. Labour wants to harness that spirit to start building a fairer, greener future for everyone in Britain."
"Together, we can do it again."
Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer,
former Director of Public Prosecutions
Leader of the Labour Party


* The members 'outside' looked from the Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer (collar down) to the Right Honourable Rishi Sunak PM, and from the Right Honourable Rishi Sunak PM to the Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer, and from the Right Honourable Sir Keir Rodney Starmer to the Right Honourable Rishi Sunak PM again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.

* With thanks and with apologies to George Orwell R.I.P.
* Now screening- 'The Big Lie', narration by Alexei Sayle.

Thoughts Upon Independent Media.

To the uninitiated eye, or perhaps more the uninitiated ear, into a vast and gaping vacuum stepped one Gary Lineker. Again, and to the sleepy mind, it was as if that space was, anyway, pretty much vacant. But then, isn't that the thing with vacuums, they're supposed to be vacant? 'A region containing no matter.'

Instead, then, merely a figurative vacuum, yet, in its own pernicious fashion, no less forgiving or severe towards all transgressors.

Marcus Rashford seemed, no longer, to be there, in occupation- school meals and poverty re-relegated to the 'sidelines'- so in stepped Mr Lineker. Whereupon, light not comprising of 'matter,' he instantly found himself lit-large, in the full stark beam of angry indignation! Of course, the 'angry indignation' was never quite without flaw but, hasten on, nothing to see here. So instead, briefly, oh so very briefly, in the righteous eyes of the UK's fearless MSM, 'twas as if Babel's Mighty Tower of Shiny Truth was threatened to the very verge of toppling! Because, really, it was all about controlling the narrative.

To the initiated ear, Lineker's initial and causal tweet did more than to insert merely the tiniest wedge of humanity- sadly absent from so many topics of current UK conversation- more, it also elected to accurately reference contemporary history. He wrote,
"An immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people, in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 1930s."
A further tweet then went on to reference an additional and minor statistical fact.
"There is no huge influx. We take far fewer refugees than other major European countries. This is just an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people, in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 1930s, and I'm out of order?"

Mr Lineker is not overly radical in his thinking or behaviour, but neither has he been lazy with the information he has elected to relay to his 8.7 million followers, onwards and upwards.

Suella Braverman, the foremost 'target' of Mr Lineker's comments, routinely plays far more loosely with the truth, whether this be statistical or historic. Curiously, the House (of Commons) 'protects,' her democratic 'rights' to deflect, evade, subvert, misrepresent, tailor, edit or repackage information (and misinformation) to her peers and thus the wider nation, yet, as Dawn Butler MP recently demonstrated, it does not protect the democratic rights of (at least) her peers, in that House, to more accurately label those same selective utterances as untruths or lies.

There may well currently be 26 million global refugees- again Suella, not billions!- but the vast majority of those have not chosen to travel to the UK by one of the few remaining unsafe routes still in operation. Most individuals driven to the soul-searching decision to flee their home, often poorer than empty-handed, and to join those refugees, actually sought or found sanctuary within their own borders, that is to write that they did not even flee their home nation. Of those (minority) who are driven to travel over the border the vast majority attempted to settle within a neighbouring country. Germany remains the sole 'high income' nation to feature within the top twelve destinations for international refugees who are driven from their home nation. As of 2021, Germany hosted fewer than 9% of this total- 1.2 million 'vulnerable people.' Germany is also the only one of these nations situated fully outside of Asia or Africa. From least to most refugees hosted the other nations (as of 2021) are: Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Jordan, Iran, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Lebanon, Sudan, Uganda, Pakistan and Turkey. Germany would slot in at fourth. 74% of all refugees are hosted within low and middle income nations, amongst which Germany would not feature.

Through miscommunicators such as former PM Johnson, former Home Secretary Patel, Dickensian would-be-Poor-House-sponsor MP Rees Mogg, and current Home Secretary Braverman the waters (poor choice of pun) remain muddied- perhaps 'bloodied' is more apt- yet figures often have the means of squeaking through the net. In 2020 the UK featured sixth amongst European nations hosting refugees. 'Reluctantly hosting,' would be a better phrasing. Germany, France, Sweden, Austria and Italy took more. Adjusting figures for head of population the UK fared worse still at 20th, behind all other Western European Nations, excepting Portugal. If we choose to credit others in the miscommunication narrative, we could also number the BBC. Really, we shouldn't be surprised.

With human rights dubious Rwanda looming, it is easy to see that the numbers likely to reach the UK through government approved routes could struggle to breach zero, if Braverman has her way. Little Britain does not currently welcome refugees on a tourist visa and there are no visas being made available for asylum seeking refugees, so small boats or oxygen-starved lorries are the only remaining options. Here are the words of the misnomer UK site- I cannot with clear conscience type 'laughingly named'- 'Full Fact:'
"People granted refugee status in an EU country can get the right to move to most other EU countries if they've been living here "legally and continuously" for five years. But the UK is an exception: we've chosen not to be covered by this law."
Puffed out chests and flag waving are definitely not here justified.

Full Fact is in fact another 'registered charity' in the UK, much like all those unaffordable public schools. The non-profit company- any undeclared profits, quite naturally, being protected elsewhere- is headed by Tory donor and AnneFreud Centre Chairman Michael Samuel. But then, aren't all the 'best' units headed by a raft of Tories and Tory donors? Of course, they are!

"An immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people, in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 1930s."

As the compliant, the gate-keepers and the sheeple lined up to condemn Mr Lineker's words, those more wary about being seen to weave just the pitch-perfect pathway across the thin ice tended to target either one or both of two aspects of his tweet. These manifesting as: 1. mock horror at the BBC breaking away from its 'impartiality' guidelines, and/or 2. Lineker's reference to 1930s Germany. In reporting the latter, the Daily Mail, as per, endeavoured to pretend not to notice a painful historical satire evident within its own shouted objections.

The BBC being a 'secretly harboured nest of lefties' has alternated, through the decades, between a cached finger-tip slogan- never mind that 'twas never the case- and that of heavy duty artillery, never yet permitted to rust away in forgotten storage. As it currently stands, the BBC is in perhaps its sorriest state since its founding in 1922; even then influence from the likes of the Daily Mail (1st Viscount Northcliffe) was highly significant. Who better than a viscount to 'guide' and 'direct' the UK's first public service broadcasting? Or not!

If we, today, peel back the shiny veneer and peek beneath it all looks very unedifying. If there is any justice Richard Sharp- facilitator of hefty loans, loafers already skipping along the red carpet to likely honourdom and possible red throne for life- may not survive as Chairman of the Service. But then, there's Tim Davie CBE, current Director-General, dutifully singing from the same hymn sheet. And, as of May 2021, squatting at the BBC Board- helping to ensure political impartiality, one must understand- we find Sir Robbie Paul Gibb, brother to Conservative MP, Nick. See, very unedifying! Records show that Mr Sharp has donated in excess of £400,000 to the Conservative Party and that he headed Thatcher's think tank, the Centre for Policy Studies. Mr Davie twice stood as a councillor for the Conservatives (Hammersmith 1993 and 1994) and was Deputy Chairman for Hammersmith and Fulham Conservative Party in the 1990s.

Engendered within the British psyche, learned from the US model, there exists the all-pervading, nation-wide and justifiable concern for one's continued employment- an anti trade union rhetoric and push towards the rental gig economy- so, upon the face of it, current diatribe towards further underfunding, ultimately disbandment, of the Corporation would (again) seem to have Misters Sharp and Davie occupying that Schrodinger existence that too often substitutes for reality. But Sir Robbie Paul Gibb's current position upon the BBC Board, as Non-Executive Director, may serve to enlighten. It reveals the revolving door that operates for British Exceptionalists. Initially a pseudo journalist with the BBC... through the revolving door to serve as Chief of Staff for Conservative MP Francis Maude... back through the door to blight, for years and as Deputy Political Editor, programmes such as 'Newsnight,' 'Daily Politics,' 'Andrew Marr,' 'This Week' and others. Several of those serving under Gibb's somewhat Stalinist regime, who wished to pursue a more journalistic approach in their roles, have, since parting ways with the Corporation, openly expressed the 'ever-present threat' that they observed during their years of hedged political reporting at the Corporation. In 2017 the spinning doorway saw Gibb back in the Conservative Party, as PM May's Downing Street Director of Communications. For Gibb the door appears always open, or spinning. The BBC, a veritable 'nest of lefties!' don'tcha know.

Allegra Stratton, Matthew Parris, the insufferable Gyles Brandreth; who amongst the observant can forget fast-tracked Laura Kuenssberg's pioneering journalism, reporting 'Labour activist assaulting Tory staffer.' Hardly a stand-alone piece was it, Laura? Doubt Ms Kuenssberg will have much to fear from Mr Gibb. Or Fiona Bruce, bumbling her way through BBC expectations? All those raised eyebrows, at Refuge Ambassador Ms Bruce's appearance at trivialising domestic abuse, on behalf of ex PM Johnson's soon to be knighted father, Stanley Patric Johnson, will count for little against such a mighty current. But, don't worry, just for further clarification, Rachel Sabiha Johnson (journalist, ha-ha) thinks Stanley deserves it. He certainly deserves something!

Oh, and whilst we're listing Conservative donors, Nigel Sharrocks, husband of Fiona Bruce (also former journalist, ha-ha), has shown 'the BBC license fee the red card for reporting him to be another Conservative donor.' Mr Sharrocks retains a very low profile and is not shy of threatening litigation. Instead he prefers the vague label 'businessman.' An ad-man, then, who has worked with political messaging on behalf of the Conservatives.

When Thatcher took up the cudgel of UK premier, in 1979, the UK Government was spending £6 millions upon consultants- helping to guide the nation in much the same fashion as certain figures in the BBC do today- but when her claws were, far-too-late in 1990, prised from the bloody sceptre, those costs had risen to £246 millions, more than forty times as much. All good causes?

In so far as Mr Lineker's observation upon Braverman's use of language being,
"not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 1930s,"
it seems unlikely that many of his fiercer critics have bothered to properly research any true comparisons. Of those (critics) who may have done so none appears to have had the courage to have 'held him to his chosen words.'
"An immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people, in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 1930s."
Of sad note, even the Independent 'reported' Lineker as comparing the UK to Germany in the 1930s. To the twitching, red-flag sensitive, citizen this is enough to endorse preconceptions, flawed as they may be. Client journalism has fallen thus far in pursuit of the narrative, but upon who's behalf? Alan Michael Sugar, Baron Sugar, 'understands' better than to 'respect' any BBC impartiality guidelines; upon the dawn of the 2019 General Election, Lord 'Apprentice' Sugar, wrote:
"As a former Jewish man, this is a difficult thing for me to write."
He went on to blurt:
"Corbyn getting into power would affect everyone, from the person earning the minimum living wage up to the CEOs of Britain's biggest companies."
Ah, caring or what? What! Only a full-blown cynic would surmise that Mr Sugar is aligned entirely to the latter.

Professing to understand the working classes far better than lowly Labour members, in 2017 Gary Lineker then tweeted:
"Yeah, bin Corbyn..."
The BBC's Jeremy Clarkson stepped a tad further when asked about Britain's striking workers in 2011:
"Frankly, I'd have them all shot. I would take them outside and execute them in front of their families. I mean, how dare they go on strike when they have these gilt-edged pensions that are going to be guaranteed while the rest of us have to work for a living?"
How might we compare this sort of language to that being spoken by Germany in the 1930s? In 1937 Adolf Hitler himself often managed a whole speech without once aking for people to be 'taken outside and shot in front of their families.' This was, after all, only 1937 but, as closer observations have repeatedly shown, most of the more violent historical events began with words. Hitler may not have had a Rwanda Asylum Plan but he did have a Madagaskarplan. Ken Livingstone once dared to make this observation but someone with the ability to substitute volume for thought intervened, in front of another chance tier of the UK's fearless client journalists. History duly recorded yet another elevation to the Lords.

“I would love to have a front page of The Telegraph with a plane taking off to Rwanda, that’s my dream, it’s my obsession,”
I think that these words would have fitted quite seamlessly into some of Hitler's rhetoric in the 1930s (plane reference aside); obviously we'd need to substitute 'Madagaskarplan' with 'Rwanda Asylum Plan.' The news scoop could even have been offered to one of his greatest fan bases in the decade, the Daily Mail. Tah-dah! Same daily newspaper slant, same rhetoric.

"Life doesn't forgive weakness."
"Winning without problem is just victory, but winning with lots of trouble creates history."
"Generally, readers of the press can be classified into three groups: first, those who believe everything they read; second, those who no longer believe anything; third, those who critically examine what they read and form their judgements accordingly."
"We have to put a stop to the idea that it is a part of everybody's civil rights to say whatever he pleases."
citizenship is “a privilege, not a right.”
“so citizenship can be deprived where it is not practicable to give notice, for example if there is no way of communicating with the person,”
“we need to change” a “professional legal services industry [that] has based itself on rights of appeal, going to the courts day in, day out at the expense of the taxpayers through legal aid.”
“seriously prejudicial” conduct; and the Secretary of State should have “reasonable grounds” for thinking the person can acquire citizenship elsewhere.
"The Big Lie is a major untruth uttered frequently by leaders as a means of duping and controlling the constituency."
Trawling through the historic words of Mr A. Hitler is also unedifying, if very much an eye opener. Then I compared some of what I found with the UK today. Originally, all the above quotes were attributable but then, out of devilment, I shuffled and un-attributed them. I think I could still pick which belong to which decade but I'm no longer certain. If I removed the time-specific 'tags' I'd be on shakier ground. When Hitler spoke about sending Germany's Jewish citizens to Madagascar wasn't he essentially 'citizenship stripping?'

“Let’s be clear about what is really going on here: the British people deserve to know which party is serious about stopping the invasion on our southern coast and which party is not."
“So let’s stop pretending that they are all refugees in distress. The whole country knows that is not true."
"illegal migration is out of control... I am serious about ending the scourge of illegal migration..."
The three above quotations are all attributable to the current Government but are they really any less concerning?

Two World Wars may have skewed the UK's trajectory, stirred the ruling British Exceptionalists, but signs are that Little Britain is setting to sail out again into 'empirical' waters. Those waters may be that bit more clogged, the Empire may have slipped shamefully beneath an international tsunami of shame, but Brexit seems to demand that we, through our trusty MSM, continue to set our sights, just... over... the horizon. Just... that little bit further. One... more... shove! Have faith!

Listen to the narrative.

Ultimately, although they will not admit to this- well, Lee Anderson might- they're employing smoke and mirrors, steering the narrative, always so very much simpler if one pretty much owns the media. If not, instead, we could have been addressing the internationally legal definition of refugees as 'not illegal,' or the 'rights' of refugees to seek out any country that might, for example speak the language of their original coloniser (English), or already house members of their own family. Incidentally,anyone curious as to how an MP can slip so seamlessly, across the floor of the Commons, and fit so 'neatly' at the more extreme end of the Conservative Party? The right honourable Lee Anderson. No?

We could have been talking about France's citizens being outraged at the raising of their pension age by two years, to 64. Vive la France! Maybe we should instead have been pondering one major unspoken factor in the displacement of global citizens, the UK's burgeoning international arms sales! I wonder how many of our 'outraged' MPs has ever lobbied for an international arms company? Or, for that matter, any company with an eye on undermining the systems and/or services upon which we depend? We could ask Wes Streeting, see what he thinks?

But really, barely hidden at all, the thing we weren't talking about whilst we were considering the words:
"An immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people, in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 1930s."
... was the cited
"immeasurably cruel policy"
itself, more its internationally questionable legality.

A Third World War currently, fingers crossed, still seems less rather than more likely- no thanks to the efforts of Johnson or Truss- far better to stand well back and to poke with a pointed stick (goading words and shipped arms). Wars often have the additional and ugly hidden (later) consequences of skewing things- and dragging on for many years- which is why so many of them are nowadays remotely fought and funded, frequently upon the behalf of the US (NATO). The last two 'global' conflicts almost totally derailed the show, throwing up a functioning NHS, copious social housing and generally rewriting the social contract. But ask yourself, now, 'Where does the current narrative appear to be headed?' Reassured?

Cameron spoke of,
"a swarm of people coming across the Mediterranean."
Hammond stirred up the image of
"marauding" refugees negatively impacting the UK's "standard of living."
One could more accurately surmise that the Conservative Party in Government are coping well enough on their own. Home secretary Braverman- capable of fronting down a solitary WW II refugee, unarmed and with only moderate security assistance- bravely reaffirmed the
"invasion" the British people (that's you and me) are undergoing.
Different Generals, all with their own take? When MP May now stands in the Commons, we are invited to observe the voice of 'reason,' to forget the shameful legacy regarding Windrush. When MP Hunt regained some of that power, for which he was so thirsty, we were invited to forget his shameful record at undermining, selling off and closing down hewn-off chunks of the NHS, to the point where it almost certainly cost thousands of lives when subsequent waves of the Covid-19 Pandemic washed up against the sacred shores. The "grown-ups" are back in charge, the narrative read. Brave Ken Clarke portrayed as standing alone in the House, against the dangers of Johnson; Ken Clarke, the man who so admired, almost worshipped, the woman (Thatcher) under whom he so faithfully served. "Grown-ups!"

In a 2017 interview with the 'Competition and Markets Authority,' Kenneth Clarke spoke of his time as Justice Secretary, under Cameron. He talked of hearing from Rebekah Brooks (then Chief executive of Murdoch's News International) that she was "running the government now in partnership with David Cameron." He enlightened that Ms Brooks went on to instruct Justice Secretary Clarke to purchase prison ships:
"She wanted me to buy prison ships because she did accept that the capacity of prisons was getting rather strained, putting it mildly. She really was solemnly telling me that we had got to have prison ships because she had got some more campaigning coming, which is one of her specialities."
The narrative will not be drawing the neatly ruled line from this recorded meet, onward to 2023 and the Sun's tabloid front page: "Oh Ship!" Mention of "Illegal Refugees."
So there is talk of "invasion," "swarms" of "Illegal Refugees." It does all seem to hark back to the old Dunkirk Spirit, times of War and Glorious Churchillian memories- quite naturally esponged of all that British death toll, probably too close to the Pandemic debacle! (Not) Illegal refugees housed in boats that do tend to look very prison-based, in abandoned army barracks, barbed wire and, maybe, watch towers. All highly 'evocative.' Bubbling along on the back burner, we have the 'Madagaskarplan'- Sorry, the 'Rwanda Asylum Plan.' The switching of attributors here might need some heavy lifting on the narration front but, I think that's a wrap!

Now- 'scuse me_ off to indulge myself with the "Guardian-reading, tofu-eating wokerati," worrying unnecessarily about yet another major oil spill on the south coast, instead of celebrating the UK's international oil ties with global polluters. Who could possibly have predicted that one coming? Will the narrative be steering us onto the pathway to carbon capture, magic faerie dust and all that prestidigitation guff? Refashioning the current leaking and broken pipelines, perhaps, now you see me, now you don't!

We All Know Who Did This!

When Faith Birol, Head of the International Energy Agency, said that, it was "very obvious," who was behind the 'suspected' sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline, one can merely speculate as to the degrees of scrambling that may have taken place within the various western media outlets. Whether his words were part of or outside of the plot remains to be determined.

What is, however, less open to interpretation, or even now misinterpretation, is the manner in which Faith Birol's words will be dealt with by the UK's and (most of) US's MSM.

Hot of the heels of a BBC conveyed "Putin's illegal war in Ukraine" statement by either of the current House of Commons cabal's front benches it may be deemed sufficient that enough of the electorate will already have cast a 'vote.'

When the weightier words of Pulitzer Prize Winner, Seymour Hersh, placed blame more firmly in the US camp the scramble will have gathered momentum, changed trajectory or intensity. Peopled, as is MSM, by so many self-important egos any resultant impetus will have been impossible to fully contain or direct. Although, it is unlikely that many of the 'news reports' that surface over the coming days will be quite as clumsy as is that penned by Yazoo's Mia Jankowicz- 'The claim by discredited journalist that the US secretly blew up the Nord Stream pipeline is proving a gift to Putin.' Merely to have labelled Seymour Hersh as, 'discredited journalist,' so early in the hack informs the discerning reader that any research has likely been minimal at 'best.'

When news of the act of likely sabotage entered my living space my first thoughts rounded upon the consideration of 'motive.' 'Quite who' I considered, 'is likely to have gleaned much in the way of benefit from such an act?' Then, 'means?' 'Who will have had sufficient means with which to carry out such an act of sabotage?' if sabotage is what it turns out (most likely) to have been?

Of course, at the time, the BBC- it may also have involved Channel 4- dutifully herded all listeners into the pre-selected and only available pen. "Why would the USA have performed such an act?" or some such question will likely have been pseudo-asked. Carefully, the listener/viewer will have been shepherded towards the appointed conclusion. Perhaps a US Secretary of State, likely a BBC 'correspondent,' a Commons front bench appointee, will have faced a quickly prepared counter-statement to camera, a smear, something to cast suitable doubt. Fait accompli!

Now that the BBC is quite stuffed to the rafters with handpicked appointees who might 'deliver correctly' and 'on demand,' the drip drip feedback of hedged inefficiencies really should take very few by surprise. The Corporation's 10-Point Impartiality Plan- no, don't laugh!- has dared to offer up scant insight into the organisation's given societal role, with its publication of a 'thematic review into taxation, public spending, government borrowing and debt output.' Should the Corporation ever dare to skate out towards the thinner ice, would that it may be permitted to even mention the Corporation's evasion of the 'Forde Report' into anti-Semitism within the Labour Party, Amnesty International's adjudication upon Israel's fascist apartheid system in the Occupied Territories, or, heaven forbid, the real state of the economy now that Brexit has (or hasn't) been done!

Surprise! Martin Forde, commissioned by Sir Kier Starmer- once Head of Public Prosecutions, just in case you've missed Kier's daily announcement- did find that anti-Semitism had been 'overstated' (weaponised) for political purposes. The Labour Party, as it currently stands, retains its historic connection to the NHS now merely for PR purposes. If the likes of Margaret Hodge and Rachael Reeves had wielded such power within Clement Attlee's Party Aneurin Bevan would likely have been expelled as a socialist and the NHS never been born. And yes, Amnesty really has researched Israel to be an apartheid state. But then, so has Human Rights Watch and Israel's largest human rights organisation, B'Tselem and any number of other less shackled observers around the globe. With Israel's lurch yet further to the political right- who'd have thought such space any longer existed?- even former PM, Ehud Barak has recently been heard to warn of fascist elements operating within current Israeli Government. Hiding the dire consequences of the Brexit miscarriage is so irretrievably beyond reach, such that the viewer/listener is now invariably subjected merely to the occasional effort at mitigation, painful to behold! Why, even Champion Boris can be witnessed bumptioning the call for Ukraine to be embraced into the EU fold. Really, you'd struggle to make it up. But, 'make it up' our fearless MSM has done! Anyway, I digress...

So, when Seymour Hersh chose to protect his source(s) and to self publish the report that he considered it highly probable that the Nord Stream sabotage was the work of the CIA, any genuine shock felt must, more-likely, have been that 'the UK's MSM even deigned to report his observations in the first instance.' When any such news outbreak happens across the Atlantic suppression, by necessity, is more likely to morph into mitigation.

As Hersh explains, there is a great deal of radar evidence (record of significant US helicopter activity, hundreds of miles from all official business) to support his observation that the US was best placed to undertake the act. And, Hersh's credentials- star reporter for the New York Times and the New Yorker, Watergate and My Lai Massacre- hardly live down to Mia Jankowicz's accusations, or her own comparative anonymity. There is, or once was, a BBC policy requirement for worthy news reports to have been gleaned from two independent sources, which Hersh's report has thus far failed to do, hence his has been self-published but accredited accordingly. There may, of course, be various legitimate reasons for his refusal to cite vulnerable sources, not least the implied involvement of the globe's most notorious illegal operations organisation, the CIA. Julian Assange would no doubt appreciate and applaud the stance. The BBC's 'prize' political journo, Laura Kuenssberg, has entirely different, thus far undisclosed, reasons for shunning the two source policy, hence her key recent promotion, As recently suggested, 'you really couldn't...' but they did anyway!

Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, also recently dared to raise his head above the parapet, with identical researched observations, that the CIA was the most likely cause of the sabotage. Although hardly proof, there is considerable record of Biden talking revealingly tough on Nord Stream. Elsewhere, both Denmark and Sweden have announced separate investigations into the 'act of sabotage,' neither having yet been prepared to commit to a conclusion, although both have already independently ruled out Russia.

Unquestionably, Putin is one scary character; the globe might well be better off without the shadow of his seemingly omnipotent presence. Yet he is but one part of a greater and unwelcomed umbra, fast spreading across our horizons. All manner of benign-presented characters have willingly played their part in patching in the darkness, some even elected, although not openly to this specific task.

The Doomsday Clock is currently set at 90 seconds to midnight. And whilst 'achieving' midnight is unlikely to be capable of bringing about the ultimate ends, 'the utter destruction of humanity' the acknowledgement that it is again creeping towards the hour should serve as due warning. And yet...

Schrodinger's BBC may duly report (sullen voice) the resetting of the Clock then, with seamless lack of insight, perhaps the latest venture into (not) space-flight, of a character resembling nothing so much as some-sort-of grinning spray-tanned cartoon orang-utan. Then our own clocks may be reset, as we listen to Matthew Parris "writer and journalist" pontificate upon the unfortunate downward drag of "Putin's illegal war in Ukraine," and "the Pandemic" upon the UK's (otherwise) 'buoyant' infrastructure. "Journalist," note, never "former Conservative MP and journalist." And here to discuss further, the latest developments, we have "just about anybody from the Spectator" and (is it?) "Dan Cole from the Sun," just to maintain the balance. In half an hour we will have, "Giles Brandreth and any four others in that popular panel show, 'Just a Minute.'"

Military-display shooting down of balloons aside- US slight of hand- all evidence must surely point resolutely across the Atlantic. The upper echelons of the CIA are anyway well practised at batting away concerns, evidence, ultimately proof, as to their covert operations, their overseas regime-change ops. "So what!" they almost dare to boast. Watch the hawks and it would take more than a pinch to conclude that current alarms at secrecy barely any-longer register within those sacred shores- protectors of the free world, don'tcha know! Anyone notice the Peruvian Coup? Thought not!

We should be concerned, we should definitely be more concerned than seems evident. 90 second to midnight! In 1947 the Clock's setting likely caused a greater number of hearts to race, then calibrated at a relatively 'insignificant' 7 minutes to midnight. Cited by some, as the moment of greatest concern in many a living memory, the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) saw the Clock resolutely again at 'a yawning' seven minutes to midnight. If, as seems probable, Hersh and Sachs are correct the CIA has not only perpetrated an Act of War against the signposted foe, Russia, it has also perpetrated an Act of War against Germany and wider Europe, including standalone Little Britain!

With all those COP targets to meet, there might even be a few who view the sabotage as a serendipitous step in the right direction. If only it wasn't for the consequent and eye-watering mark-up upon 'replacement natural gas coming from- surprise!- the US of A! Tah-da! It's not quite yet regime change but neither is it the actions of any worthy ally.

Here lies Dominic Cummings.

It seems that our woeful government has hastily brainstormed Cummings's mini-break.  They- Johnson et al- are currently given to fire-fighting those awkward 'facts' that have thus far leaked out, but they cannot yet have considered what else may still come to light. With all the currently widely-known facts steadfastly in opposition to the government, are they just desperately hoping to whittle down opposition through nothing so much as the public's lack of stamina for processing lies, boring the engaged electorate about a government inability to properly interpret its own lock-down rules? 

As I understand it, we only have Cummings's word for it, that he and the birthday girl, Mary, were showing the very mildest signs of having contracted Covid-19. Eye-testing at the wheel, with child thrust into the back seat, alongside the birthday cake, for added focus? Seriously? So, what were those discounted counter-lies, those that were rejected as even less credible, and left untidily scrawled across the Number 10 whiteboard? And, are we to believe now that Boris dared once to go rogue, and to suggest 'herd immunity' all on his tod? Cummings should consider sacking the fool! Here lies Dominic Cummings!

Either they're rattled or they're showing us all an angry middle digit. 'Time to move on?' I don't think so!

Journalists, now do your job!