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Diary Blog, 12 October 2024

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Saturday quiz

Well, 8/10 this week, easily beating political journalist John Rentoul (who scored 4/10). I did not know the answers to questions 5 and 7.

“Lord Walney” (John Woodcock)

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/oct/11/keir-starmer-urged-to-sack-extremism-adviser-over-alleged-conflicts-of-interest

The sex pest, and depressive former MP, John Woodcock, has now been found to have “conflicts of interest“. In other words, he has acted improperly, and possibly corruptly.

I assessed Woodcock/”Walney” a few times in past years: see

Woodcock/Walney is both compromised and useless, and also an enemy of free speech and freedom of expression. A nasty little man.

“Tommy Robinson”

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/10/amazon-criticised-as-tommy-robinson-book-tops-chart

Amazon has been accused of funnelling “thousands of pounds into the pockets of Britain’s best known far-right extremist” after Tommy Robinson’s latest book topped its bestseller charts.

Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is one of Britain’s most prominent far-right activists and was a co-founder of the now defunct English Defence League.

The book, listed on Amazon as “Manifesto – Tommy Robinson’s NEW Book”, reached No 1 on the site’s bestseller charts on Tuesday before selling out. It outperformed Boris Johnson’s memoir and new releases by Richard Osman and Sally Rooney.

Subtitled “Free Speech, Real Democracy, Peaceful Disobedience,” the paperback, priced at £24.99, centres on the “great replacement theory”.

A blurb on Amazon says: “For decades the political class have openly planned to replace the indigenous people of Europe and in Manifesto we focus on how they are doing this in the UK. To ensure no one disturbs their plans the elite manufacture a mythical far right, when in truth it is the elite 1% who run a Fascist system of state-control, censorship and discrimination.

The original “great replacement theory”, popularised by the French white nationalist author Renaud Camus, suggested that white Europeans were being replaced via mass immigration, particularly from Muslim-majority countries, with the cooperation of left-leaning elites.”

[The Guardian]

Very interesting.

I was once voted one of the “top 100 reviewers” on Amazon UK, but —yet again— a pack of Jews organized mass reporting of my reviews (mostly in fact non-political), and I was eventually banned from reviewing books on Amazon UK and, later, even Amazon USA. So much for “free speech” in both UK and USA. (that was over a decade ago).

As a matter of fact, I know the name of the main Jew nuisance responsible. He now lives in a town called Ra’anana, near Tel Aviv, Israel [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%27anana].

Louise Mensch

Seems that crazed pro-Jew/pro-Israel loonie Louise Mensch has either been removed from Twitter/X or has deleted her own account. No loss.

Mentally-damaged Mensch first came to my attention when she was parachuted into Parliament at the instigation of David Cameron-Levita. She lasted about 18 months, despite having been caught snorting drugs in a nightclub, but stepped down in order to spend more time with her then husband, a Jewish record producer from New York.

Over the years, Louise Mensch, a non-Jew, nonetheless made common cause with the Jewish lobby, attacking me online and (showing very little class) crowing mightily when I was wrongfully and unlawfully disbarred from the Bar of England and Wales in 2016. She even sent me a Twitter message saying that she was going to make a complaint to the Bar of the State of New York about me (to the effect that I was “antisemitic”). Either she never did, or was ignored (probably the latter; certainly I never heard anything of it).

Louise Mensch, a promiscuous rock/pop “groupie” during her undistinguished time at Oxford, has admitted that she has mental problems also by reason of her heavy drug abuse in those days and thereafter. She was also a drunk until fairly recently.

Louise Mensch seems to have teamed up (at least unofficially), in or about 2016, with that oleaginous little twerp who once ran the SIS station in Moscow and, later, the Russia Desk at SIS HQ in London: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Steele.

Louise Mensch conceals her stupidity behind the superficially-articulate manner and confidence of an expensive education.

At one time, Louise Mensch’s public profile was high, based on her “chick-lit” authorship and her brainless political activity, but faded (certainly in the UK) over the years.

I myself had seen her Twitter/X activity very little in recent years; and now she is gone. Her invented stories about Trump and Russia etc contributed to her becoming a laughing-stock and then a has-been nonentity. Everything she tried over the past decade has failed, including various Internet-related start-ups. Her Jewish American husband managed to get rid of her sometime around 2017 (I expect that it cost him a packet, though). She seems to be permanently resident in New York now.

Anyway, good riddance.

[Louise Mensch in former years, perhaps when a Member of Parliament, smoking hard drugs]

See also:

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Typical. It was no different during the days of the Weimar Republic:

National Socialism had to emerge in order to exterminate decadence of that sort, and also to stand against both “conservative” reaction and evil Leninist/Stalinist revolutionism:

The negative forces of anti-national “conservatism”, Leninist/Stalinist “socialism”, and cultural decadence in 1918-1933 Germany all had “the usual suspects” at their core. “Them”.

It is no different, essentially, today in the “West” generally.

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A horrible tribe.

A horrible tribe.

The Israeli state is now fighting not a 2-front or even a 3-front war but a multi-front and multi-level war. Gaza, Northern Israel/Palestine and Lebanon, against Iran directly, and in the areas of the West Bank.

International condemnation too —even by former friends— in Western countries, and the possibility (in the future) of an urban uprising by non-Jews within Israel and even a long-range attack by Russia.

Equally importantly for the Israeli state is the state of public opinion in the West, constantly monitored and spied on (and manipulated) by Jews who are nominal nationals of countries such as the UK and France, but who are often dual passport-holders, with Israeli passports. Their allegiance to the host countries is more than suspect.

…and who or (((what))) is behind it all? Answers on a postcard…

Not sure why Charlotte Gill seems to oppose the taking of (much of) water supply into public ownership. After all, that served quite well for a long time. Privatization has meant poor behaviour and the consumer being hit. Is it unworthy to suggest that she may receive lobby money? I do not know.

There are some parts of society and economy unsuitable for private enterprise: water, energy production and supply, railways in the modern era among them. It does not mean that all energy, all water supply, all railways need be nationalized. If someone has his own small wind turbine— fine. If someone has his own spring water— fine. If a heritage railway runs trains— fine. Only the “commanding heights” need be in public ownership.

https://twitter.com/swilkinsonbc/status/1845180828004819216

If anything is a “holocaust”, it is this.

…and please refer to previous comment.

I hope not. Imagine an America where the biggest 100 cities have been entirely destroyed.

Think before you support the Kiev regime.

Boycott Israel, boycott its worldwide web of agents and sympathizers, boycott the “holocaust” narrative and all other manifestations of their propaganda.

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John Woodcock, Barrow and Furness and the General Election 2017

It has been announced that John Woodcock will be allowed to stand for the seat of Barrow and Furness. He has therefore survived a serious threat of deselection, having said publicly that no-one should vote Labour in the General Election (presumably excluding from his exhortation those voting for him).

John Woodcock

Woodcock, now 38, is one of those MPs who has never had a non-political job, unless is counted a brief spell as a trainee journalist on The Scotsman. Personal details are “a little vague”, but he was born in Sheffield and attended the University of Edinburgh. After his time at The Scotsman, Woodcock was an aide to John Hutton, the MP for Barrow and Furness from 1992-2010 and now in the House of Lords. He was also (2009-2010) a Special Adviser (SpAd) for the then Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. He was elected as Labour (strictly speaking, Labour and Co-operative) MP for Barrow and Furness in 2010.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Woodcock_(politician)

As MP, Woodcock has been associated mostly with the Israel lobby and was even Chair of (Parliamentary) Labour Friends of Israel from 2011-2013. He prefers to talk more about his self-serving support for Trident (the submarines for which are built in Barrow-in-Furness, the main population centre in the constituency).

Woodcock’s entries in the House of Commons Register of Members’ Interests show donations from the governments or agencies of Israel, China and Kurdistan:

https://www.theyworkforyou.com/regmem/?p=24837

Woodcock is one of the most anti-Corbyn Labour MPs and was until 2015 the Chair of Progress, the Blairite group. He has repeatedly called for the removal (as Labour leader) of Jeremy Corbyn and has been associated with the most anti-Corbyn of the Labour plotters, including Liz Kendall (who stood against Corbyn in the second Labour leadership election, receiving 4.5% of the vote and coming last out of the four contenders). Woodcock has denied that he had some kind of affair with Liz Kendall, though rumours persist. At present he is involved with fellow-depressive Isabel Hardman of the ultra-Conservative Spectator magazine.

Woodcock’s depressive illness is said to have been triggered by what his own political website describes as “a nasty fall from his attic ladder”, a Fawlty-esque vision, arguably: falling off an attic ladder hardly compares with, say, the WW2 Arctic Convoys, the Normandy Landings, the Siege of Leningrad or the Battle for Berlin. He is, it seems, separated from his wife, mother of his children.

Woodcock is intolerant not only of dissent generally but of views in conflict with his own, especially where Jews and Israeli interests are concerned. I declare an interest here: the fake “revolutionary” scribbler Owen Jones tweeted to Woodcock in 2015 that he should block me. Woodcock complied immediately!

https://twitter.com/OwenJones84/status/633675878342492160

[Update, 13 June 2024: looks as though Owen Jones has belatedly expunged the said tweet].

So there we have Labour’s 2017 General Election candidate for Barrow and Furness: a not very popular, pro-Israel, pro-China Blairite, whose marriage collapsed because of his behaviour and who is currently involved with another depressive case, which lady is an ultra-Conservative scribbler. Not very appealing.

Barrow and Furness: political analysis

It is possible to think of Barrow and Furness as being now a marginal Lab-Con constituency despite the fact that, since Labour’s win in 1945, the Conservatives have only won twice (1983, 1987). The Labour majority that Woodcock inherited was 5,208. Woodcock’s tenure as MP reduced that in 2015 to 795 on a similar turnout. The 2010 Labour vote share was 48.1% (Con 36.3%); the 2015 Labour vote share was 42.3% (Con 40.5%).

The Liberal Democrat vote share of 10% in 2010 was slashed to 2.7% in 2015. It is hard to see that increasing much, bearing in mind that the Barrow and Furness area voted Leave in the EU Referendum:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36598819

Woodcock is strongly Remain and that again pits him against most Barrow voters.

The UKIP vote in 2010 was a fairly miserable 1.9%, but was elevated in 2015 to 11.7%, enough to achieve a third place. However, it is unlikely that that relative success can be repeated. The majority of 2015 UKIP voters will probably defect to the Conservatives, especially now that they scent blood vis a vis removing Woodcock.

Other parties are not very significant. The BNP and Greens both stood in 2010, both losing their deposits. The Greens also stood in 2015, more than doubling their vote (but only to 2.5%).

Conclusion and Prediction

Labour will struggle to hold the seat. Woodcock is not considered to be a very good constituency MP and will be, so to speak, handicapped by his mental issues and by the fact that many Labour voters may prefer to stay at home rather than vote for him.

Woodcock (and so, Labour) has the advantage of being pro-Trident in a pro-Trident constituency, but (barring the Greens) that is a given for candidates in Barrow and Furness.

The 2015 Conservative vote increased by about 4 points over that of 2010. Earlier votes were far below this level: 1997 27%, 2001 30%, 2005 31%. The direction of travel has been upward for 20 years. If the Conservatives can add the votes of UKIP defectors to those of their own loyalists, they can win if enough formerly Labour voters either vote Conservative or stay at home. The Conservative candidate is the same as in 2015, which may help their cause.

Overall, the Conservatives have a good chance of scoring their first win at Barrow and Furness since 1987.

Update (15 July 2018)

I am updating the above for two or three reasons, not least because, of all my blog posts, this one has –to my surprise– been the most read (by nearly 1,000 people, to date).

In the 14 months since I wrote the original post above, Woodcock retained his seat at Barrow and Furness at the 2017 General Election, though only scraping home by 209 votes. John Hutton, Woodcock’s predecessor (and one-time employer) had enjoyed majorities of as high as 14,497 (in 1997) and had left Woodcock a majority of 6,037 (in 2005). Woodcock’s first (2010) majority was 5,208, which reduced to 795 in 2015 and to 209 in 2017.

In 2017, the Labour vote was 22,592 and the Conservative vote was 22,383. I think that I can claim that my original analysis was accurate despite Labour having pipped Conservative to the post. The Labour vote increased from 42.3% in 2015 to 47.5% in 2017 (but the Conservative vote also increased, from 40.5% to 47%). UKIP’s vote decreased from 5,070 votes (11.7%) to a mere 962 votes (2%) in 2017. The LibDem vote stayed exactly the same in percentage terms (2.7%). The only minor candidate in 2017 was a Green (whose vote share fell from 2.5% in 2015 to 0.8% in 2017).

Meanwhile, Woodcock has been investigated by Labour and the police over multiple claims of sexual harassment. It was reported in April 2018 that he was “planning to resign the Labour whip”, not (of course…) because of the sex allegations, but because of continuing concerns about Jeremy Corbyn! However, he obviously calculated that that would be the end of his already-stalled “high-flying” and “high profile” System political career. Were Woodcock to stand at Barrow as Independent or Independent Labour or Pro-Israel Labour, I imagine that he would be lucky to get 100 votes. He needs Labour hugely more than Labour needs him. In fact, Woodcock is a millstone round Labour’s neck. The voting figures make that clear. After the latest scandal, Woodcock is surely unelectable.

On 30 April 2018, Woodcock was suspended from the Labour Party pending conclusion of the inquiry into his behaviour. In late June 2018, Woodcock refused to appear before a Labour Party tribunal to explain or defend himself. His political future now appears to be non-existent. He will probably face deselection (at last); if not, it is unlikely that the voters of Barrow and Furness will elect him again. No doubt some Jewish and/or Zionist organization will arrange a well-paid sinecure for him whatever happens. The same has been done for other (and at least equally useless) disgraced MPs. Woodcock has done work for Israeli organizations previously.

Woodcock continues to tweet prolifically, as if he were still looking forward to a big political future, but tweets from Labour supporters and members are mostly very critical.

Notes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrow_and_Furness_(UK_Parliament_constituency)#Elections_in_the_2010s

https://order-order.com/people/john-woodcock/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5675423/Arch-Corbyn-critic-John-Woodcock-suspended-Labour-party.html

Further Update (18 July 2018):

John Woodcock has resigned from the Labour Party as of today’s date (18 July 2018), though he makes no mention of resigning the seat which the Labour label alone gave to him. Typical…As an Independent, his vote at Barrow would be a couple of hundred at best and he would have no chance, yet this useless pro-Israel parasite and freeloader is going to hang on until the next general election in order to maximize his pay, expenses and pension benefits. Labour and Barrow are well rid of him.

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Further update (25 January 2019)

Parasitic freeloader Woodcock is still tweeting, trying to present himself as the sort-of “Labour” MP for Barrow and Furness, despite having left Labour. I had assumed that he would be given a well-paid sinecure by the Zionists, as has happened to others (eg Michael Dugher), but it may be that he intends to try to fight the seat as a wild card Independent, on the basis that the vote is split between Labour and Conservative and that he might just squeeze in through the middle. Doomed, in my view, though…

In the meantime, he is getting pay, “expenses” and, no doubt, more money from elsewhere (he’s had quite a bit from Israel in the past). Also, the longer he spends as MP, the more money he will get when finally removed (gratuity, pension etc).

Note:

https://www.ft.com/content/1082473a-3979-11e7-ac89-b01cc67cfeec

Update, 1 May 2019

Woodcock continues to tweet, nominally, as MP, though he must know that his time is very nearly up (this year, if there is a general election, which seems more likely than not). In the meantime, he tweets against Labour (which he joined —or should that be “infiltrated”?…Let’s say “joined”, a more pleasant and less loaded word…— as a student twenty-odd years ago; he tweets for Israel and the Jewish Zionist interest etc. After all, he might find that useful when he needs a job…which might be rather soon.

Update, 8 May 2019

I missed this, Woodcock’s latest misadventure…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-47775073

Update, 8 October 2019

Woodcock continues to attack Corbyn and the Labour Party, despite (or because of) the likely proximity of a general election in which Woodcock himself, if he stands, will be bumped out of Parliament. I wonder whether he was in Tel Aviv recently…My only question is what sort of lucrative sinecure the Jews will find for Woodcock after the electors of Barrow and Furness kick him out. Public relations/”comms”, as in the case of other ex-Labourites such as John McTernan? Head of some commercial or trade org, as with Michael Dugher? “They” sometimes pay their servants well. Personally, I should be unable to endure the dishonour, but that’s me…

Update, 28 October 2019

Woodcock is still going through the motions of being an MP, even questioning party leaders on their intentions. I wonder why he bothers. Do the Israelis tell him what to ask? Whatever the truth, his time is nearly up…

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Update, 5 November 2019

Well, there it is. As I have blogged, “they” have arranged a suitable position for the sex-pest depressive, a position in which he will be able to doormat for Israel and the Jew-Zionist lobby— and be well-paid for it…

Update, 27 April 2020

Woodcock did not stand as Independent or whatever (Supporter of Israel?) in 2019, having been appointed by Boris Johnson as (presumably well-paid) “Special Envoy” on “Far Right” “Extremism” only a week before the 2019 General Election. The Jew/Israel lobby in action once again.

At that election, the Conservative Party candidate, one Simon Fell, won with a vote-share of 51.9%.

https://www.simonfell.org/about-simon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Fell_(politician)

There seems to be relatively little hard information about Fell, who also contested Barrow and Furness in 2015 and in 2017. Provisional assessment: a dogged stayer.

The Labour Party vote dropped sharply, whether poisoned by Woodcock or by the Jewish lobby msm campaign against Corbyn. Both, I suppose; connected. The Labour vote-share was 39.3%. That gave Fell and the Conservative Party a majority of 5,789.

The Greens, LibDems and Brexit Party also stood candidates in 2019, all of whom lost their deposits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrow_and_Furness_(UK_Parliament_constituency)#Elections_in_the_2010s

As for Woodcock himself, he has not been in the news recently. Presumably, he is snooping away in his new position. He does tweet, though, still plugging away for the Jewish lobby…

 

Update, 6 August 2020

It was announced recently that Woodcock would join 37 others (most equally unmeritorious) as a fake “lord” in the House of Lords, elevated by Boris-idiot. “For services to the Jewish lobby”? Peculiar expenses fraudster and doormat for Israel, Ian Austin, is another one of the 38. So Woodcock now has not only his paid sinecure, snooping on British nationalists, but also over £300 a day taxfree any time that the House is sitting and he manages to crawl through the door. Woodcock has reached peak parasite.

Update, 20 June 2023

Woodcock is now “Lord Walney”, and his tweets (including all the tweets above-exhibited from years ago) are now tweeted not by “John Woodcock” but by “Lord Walney”.