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Well, this week brings another victory over political journalist John Rentoul, who scored 5/10, whereas I managed 8/10. I did not know the answer to question 2, and I could not think of the answer to question 3 even though I “really” knew it.
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Look at the comments. The British people are getting angry that Britain has become the world’s dustbin.
If Nadine Dorries at least is not getting a peerage, that’s one slight mercy.
Still, other rubbish did get through. See https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jun/09/dame-priti-and-sir-party-marty-the-aides-and-allies-in-boris-johnsons-honours-list.
The Jew Dan Rosenfield [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Rosenfield] is to be elevated to the Lords, as is West Indian charity embezzler and failed London Mayoralty (etc) candidate, Shaun Bailey [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Bailey_(London_politician)#Career_before_politics].
Some woman called Charlotte Owen, apparently once “assistant” to Boris Johnson, is to be likewise elevated, at the early age of 29. Does that reward merit, or supine mediocrity (or worse)? I wonder.
I notice that Ben Houchen, once seen as a potential political star, has likewise been elevated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Houchen. A consolation prize, I suppose, for losing out on a Parliamentary seat now that the fortunes of the Conservative Party are diving in the opinion polls. The same would have been true of Alok Sharma and, possibly, Nadine Dorries, had their peerages not been blocked. Sharma and Houchen would certainly not have been re-elected or elected, respectively.
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One cannot expect loyalty or even basic decency from most people. When I was disbarred (wrongfully and actually unlawfully) in 2016, some 8 years after I had ceased Bar practice, and by reason of a malicious and contrived complaint by a pack of Jews, not one member of the Bar spoke up either to support me or to defend the principles of free speech and freedom of expression. The days of the free and fearless independent Bar of England have long gone. All that remains is a mass of craven careerists, fearful that “the authorities” (suborned by the Jew/Israel lobby) will look unfavourably upon them, and/or that Jewish solicitors will blackball them in terms of giving them work.
Good to see that the appeal fund for Sven Longshanks (James Allchurch) continues to grow, albeit slowly.
This war is testing the artefacts of 21stC warfare, and reshaping what warfare is. The use of drones is only one example.
The 1953 Coronation still had something somehow sacred about it, even if perhaps not 100% genuine. Compare that to the Coronation of the new Charles III. He looked uncertain, like someone —to use the current phrase— “cosplaying” the role; an actor in a poor production, an actor slightly miscast.
“No clear alternative strategy“? That has been the leitmotif of “Conservative” governments for at least 8 years now, arguably longer, so why not of “Boris”-idiot and his cohorts not in government?
Ian Robert Millard 