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Saturday quiz
Well, this week 6/10, trumping political journalist John Rentoul’s 4/10. I did not know the answers to questions 8 and 9, and could not think quickly enough to get the right answers to questions 1 and 4 (which I “really knew” somewhere or other). So 6/10…
Well, looks like the first sign of a thaw…
It is a long time since I studied Public International Law, I think 1985-86, but if I remember aright, seizure of a ship on the high seas (i.e. not in territorial waters) has always been regarded as an act of war. Of course, in many non-oceanic sea-waterways, the waters will be territorial waters, complicating the issue (that’s assuming I remember my studies, of forty years ago, correctly).
The Kiev regime is losing anything up to 2,000 soldiers a day. Perhaps more commonly, 1,000 per day. Still huge. The press-gangs hunt down suitable “recruits” on the streets of towns and cities, but to be “recruited” means brutal though brief training, then a one-way ride to the crumbling front lines of the regime.
[“This is important. The Restore Britain team has been doing vast research on the number of arrests by the following nationalities across every police force. The Government refuses to release the data, so we’ve found it ourselves. Afghanistan. Albania. Eritrea. Iran. Iraq. Syria. In Kent for example, Afghan arrests have soared from 35 in 2017 to 174 in 2024. Albanians? In Kent alone, 35 in 2017 to 413 in 2024. Albanians in Norfolk? Up from 9 in 2017 to a staggering 112 in 2024. We have the data from right across Britain, and we are going to release it in full. These numbers, when fully published, will destroy the remaining argument for mass immigration.“]
I wonder whether Rupert Lowe might have been better to have stayed with Reform, whatever its flaws, until after the next General Election, for tactical reasons.
[“The Times appears to have fully entered Cuckoo Land It can no longer read the mood of the British people Instead of acknowledging how the tectonic plates have moved behind Reform and a repudiation of the Westminster-BBC consensus it clings to the fantasy of a Tory/Uniparty recovery What The Times means when it calls for a return to “solid ground on the pragmatic centre-right” is a place where the British people are not allowed to criticise mass immigration, the collapse of our borders, woke ideology, the ECHR, or a long list of other disasters it’s brand of Boomer Liberal Toryism has inflicted on Britain People are sick of being told to “avoid the culture wars”, “intolerance”, and “populists” by the very people who jammed their failing project down everybody’s throats for years and now have the audacity to criticise those who are actually trying to fix the mess they have created Would like to hear less from the architects of this dismal project and much more from bold new columnists who actually represent the mood of modern Britain …”]
Farage should not welcome Con Party retreads into Reform.
As I have long predicted on the blog, Reform is rapidly becoming part of the System.
The UK is now a banana republic without bananas (and also stuck with an unwanted and/or pointless monarchy).
Oh, great…let’s reduce the IQ level of the country still further…
Our animal friends.
The Jews (meaning the extreme Jewish/Zionist lobby, who are effectively —and sometimes literally— agents of Israel) have been cheated of their full pound of flesh. Now, despite the West Midlands Police Chief Constable having been forced to resign, “they” still whine and complain via, inter alia, propaganda sheets such as the Telegraph, in which “their” influence is pervasive.
Matt Goodwin is part of the whole puppet-show of non-Jews (as far as I know) who nonetheless play the part of being puppets for the (((puppetmasters))) pulling the strings. To me, that is the disgrace.
The politicians, civil servants, “activists” etc who mandated this should be rooted out, identified, and punished.
Rare that I agree with Dan Hodges, but he surely expresses here what very many are thinking.
As for Jenrick himself, his former actions in government proved that he has no real principles, is corrupt, and (also) tied-in with the Jewish-Zionist Israel-lobby element. He is just not a decent person overall.
Julius Caesar once said, “better to be first man in Gaul than second in Rome“, not a sentiment that I like, and Jenrick obviously also disagrees with Caesar.
Had Jenrick stayed in the Con Party, he might have replaced Carpetbagger Kemi as leader, had he retained his Commons seat, whereas in Reform UK, he may retain his Commons seat as a Reform MP, but will never be leader of Reform.
I suppose he calculates that, if he can stay on as MP after 2029, Farage (as notional PM) will appoint him to Cabinet.
Quite…
I agree, as far as the headline statement is concerned; the devil, though, is in the detail. I have no confidence that Reform, suffused with pro-Israel and Jewish-lobby connections and views (not to mention non-European candidates and officers) and unwilling to do the “full monty” of what might be necessary to save this country and its people, has the ability to rule properly, or to accomplish very much.
Brava!
[“Walking this ground knowing your family helped build it is your birthright. Being ruled by your own people’s laws, not a distant committee, is your birthright. Seeing your own culture and traditions reflected in your streets is your birthright. Having the final say on who enters your country, just as you do your home, is your birthright. Taking honest pride in the great things your ancestors achieved is your birthright. Leaving a Britain to your children that they can actually recognise is your birthright. We do not hold this land for ourselves alone, we hold it in trust for those who came before us and those who will follow. Never apologise for loving your home. This is our land, our people, and our future“]
Brava!
“Our unconquerable children!“
Don’t expect intelligent policy, or any erudition at all (legal or general), from monkey-on-a-stick Lammy.
Talking about “justice delayed”, I have not heard whether the case of the so-called “Ukrainian rent boys” accused of criminal damage to the property of Starmer-stein (aka “Tel Aviv Keith”) will come to trial this year or not. Seems to have been well and truly kicked down the road. Very odd. I wonder what the truth might be.
Ian Robert Millard 