As regular readers of the blog will know, yesterday afternoon I was at the Magistrates’ Court at Southampton for a while, at a case management hearing in relation to the prosecution of me instigated by the evil and malicious pack known as the “Campaign Against Antisemitism” (any trial will not be until November or December 2023, or possibly even on a date in 2024).
Later, in mid-afternoon, I was driving out through the nearby suburbs of Southampton. I happened to pass a pharmacy or, as people used to say, a chemist’s shop, on a mini-roundabout: the Bassett Pharmacy.
The Bassett Pharmacy, which I recognized from having seen a picture in the newspapers a couple of years ago, was called the Sunak Pharmacy at one time, and was owned until 2014 by the mother of Rishi Sunak, the Indian money-juggler presently posing as Prime Minister.
The Bassett Pharmacy sits on the corner of the road, next to a dentist’s surgery; there are a couple of other shops, one called, amusingly, “Talons— hair and nails”. Round the corner, a scruffy small area with cars parked, then, around another, similar, corner, an Indian-Bangladeshi restaurant, a cafe, and several more shops.
What struck me was not that a prime minister might have come from such humble circumstances —that is not so unusual, thinking of Mrs. Thatcher, John Major and others— but that Sunak should have originated there (I think that his family lived in a house not far away) and yet now is almost suffused with great wealth by reason of his own finance-business activities and also marriage into one of India’s richest families. What a contrast. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishi_Sunak.
I wonder whether the money-juggler will still be Prime Minister this time next year. The opinion polls say no, but these things rarely work out as expected. I have no completely fixed view, despite the evident incompetence of the present government.
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This shows what kind of person LG is and how different he is to Jack Monroe.
Thank you for all you did, I hope you get your money and some peace now x https://t.co/8dUvF0ALCg
ANALYSIS UKRAINIAN COUNTEROFFENSIVE JUNE 22 How is the Ukrainian counteroffensive faring, after 19 days? It's stuck, like the Ukrainian T-64 in the video below. The least surprised are probably Russian military leadership and planners. Most disappointed are probably Ukraine's… pic.twitter.com/1TDBKDDpcA
— Mikael Valtersson (@MikaelValterss1) June 22, 2023
Warning: The Ukrainian counter-offensive failed miserably. The US needs a massive false flag to keep the war going. Something that affects NATO countries directly, like a cloud of nuclear radiation. They will blow up the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and blame it on Russia ☢️
Acc the commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Syrsky, the Challenger 2 tanks provided by the UK were used in the exercises, but are in reserve. pic.twitter.com/7P02tQkWOL
Forbes reports on several brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that were worn out during the offensive, in particular, the 117th Separate Mechanized Brigade and the 37th Marine Brigade of the new formationhttps://t.co/79uEzafYtj
In the event of an armed conflict with the Russian Federation, Poland will become a lifeless desert
The Polish army is frantically transferring weapons to the borders with Belarus in order to ensure a quick rotation with the participation of NATO troops in Poland and the Baltic… pic.twitter.com/eXbXYUiFTg
Traffic on the Chongarsky bridge between the Kherson region and Crimea will not be opened for 15-20 days, the damage was serious, said Acting Governor of the Kherson region Volodymyr Saldo pic.twitter.com/Si6WiBfZid
The Alternative for Germany party continued its rating growth and overtook all parties of the ruling coalition, taking second place, behind the opposition CDU/CSU, in the regular monthly "Deutschland Trend" survey. According to this survey, if elections were held in Germany now,…
A WIN for #WHALES! 🐳The Icelandic Minister suspended fin whaling due to animal welfare violations. IFAW hopes this will be the final curtain call for commercial whaling in Iceland and applauds the bold action of the Icelandic government. 👏👏https://t.co/qRZ1UttWEw
"Wagner PMC commanders remain loyal to the most promising politician and will follow any order he gives them. Neither the Federal Security Service nor Surovikin will be able to stop what has begun." pic.twitter.com/JoRHC6wVOM
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) June 23, 2023
Will there be some kind of second Civil War in Russia somewhere down the line? Maybe.
Russian General Sergey Surovikin appealed to the commanders of Wagner PMC and urged them to obey the orders of the President of the Russian Federation.
"I urge you to stop, the enemy is just waiting for the internal political situation to worsen in our country – you can’t give… pic.twitter.com/dUuIPNanP7
Russian channel DONTSTOPWAR reports that a 50km long Wagner-column has crossed the Novoshakhtinskaya border checkpoint into Russia reportedly heading for Novocherkassk (towards Rostov-on-Don).
BREAKING: Prigozhi and the private military company, Wagner group are apparently declaring war on the Russian Ministry of Defence. They say that there was a Russian rocket strike on Wagner's mercenaries.
🚨OMON Riot police have surrounded Wagner PMC headquarters in Molkino. Wagner troops have taken defensive positions. Helicopter armed with gatling guns dispatched to the area. This base is shared with GRU 10th Separate Special Purpose Brigade. Guess which side they're on. pic.twitter.com/sG4BBURJox
A step in the right direction, but only when the Zionist and pro-Israel lobby is confronted and defeated can there be free speech again in the UK. The Jew-Zionist lobby is the primary anti-free-speech concentration in this country.
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We all know who, but if we say it then we'll be put in jail for 2.5 years like Sven Longshanks.
— ⊕AJ Grumblestilch⊕ 🏴🇬🇧🏴☠️ (@AJGrumblestilch) May 28, 2023
In other words, (((the usual suspects))).
Talking about Sven Longshanks (James Allchurch), it is good to see his resettlement fund growing:
I just donated 20 British pounds to support Sven Longshanks. Chip in if you can!
3 buildings that were reportedly hit in Moscow are located in these areas (Atlasova, Profsoyuznaya streets & Leninsky Avenue). pic.twitter.com/9omEdozVl2
Russia's capital Moscow was under attack by several drones overnight. 8 drones were launched at Moscow. 5 of them were shot down by Pantsyr SAM. 3 were diverted by electronic warfare means. pic.twitter.com/u6dCu2hRVu
Putin and the ruling circles in Moscow may now have to consider whether they will actually need the city of Kiev intact at the end of this war.
War is horrible, and had this war been planned and executed properly from the start, it would have ended after a few weeks with complete Russian victory, and with relatively slight harm done. Now, it may have to end with the ancient city of Kiev again being levelled (as also happened —in central areas— in 1943).
Come what may, Russia now has to fight on until it achieves victory, even if that victorious end is bitter.
To the bitter end…
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So hold up! You mean to say that at the height of one of the deadliest of "pandemics," excess deaths were close to normal. But 2 years later, it's significantly up??? Hmmmm, I wonder why? And why is MSM not talking about this? https://t.co/JVnrTwNuCk
BREAKING: Russia is claiming that at least 8 drones have targeted an area in Russia centered around Moscow. Other, unconfirmed reports claim there were up to 32 individual UAVs used in the attempted attack.
On another aspect of the present conflict, I see that the pound sterling now buys about 100 Russian roubles. When I was last in Moscow, in 2007, the (tourist) rate was a fifth of that, 1:20.
Having said that, the mass of the Russian population is as good as unaffected by the long-term slide of the rouble. As I have blogged previously, Russia could even survive quite well as an autarky, and that is not presently necessary, because trade between Russia and much of the world has not only continued but expanded. China, of course, is key.
Historian and Johnson's biographer Sir Anthony Seldon: "I don't think Boris Johnson's reputation can go much lower. Most members of the public know that he was a liar and not fit for purpose. He didn't have the integrity, skills, or judgment to run this Great country." ~AA pic.twitter.com/57hcxzdaoI
According to the head of state, the drone attack on Moscow was an attempt to retaliate, but the air defense system of the capital worked… pic.twitter.com/3pRxzCGK38
🇷🇺 Ukrainian army have lost more than 16,000 military personnel, 16 aircraft, 466 drones and more than 400 tanks over the past month – Russian Defense Minister Shoigu.
🗣 Kiev's regime overlords demand that Ukraine go on a counteroffensive despite its significant losses- Shoigu pic.twitter.com/G6i6Z9zn45
Everyone knows Boris Johnson is a liar. Now Rishi Sunak is showing that he is an even better dissembler and bullshitter. He and Simon Case are currently obstructing the Covid inquiry that they themselves set up. You couldn't make it up! #WATO#r4todayhttps://t.co/NZuEOfh3R4
— Kevin Anthony The Big Brexit Lie 🇺🇦🇫🇮 (@KevinAn48751902) May 30, 2023
For me, the whole “Partygate” thing is a classic Westminster Bubble pseudo-scandal, and in any case the “pandemic” was a “panicdemic”, if not a “scamdemic”; but, having said that, it is remarkable the extent to which decent administration and governance has vanished from the UK in the years since both Government and Opposition became packed with Jews, Indians, Middle Easterners of various kinds, and blacks. Co-incidence?
It must be a grave temptation for Putin and his group to say, simply, “**** it!” and fire all nuclear missiles at the USA, London, Kiev, Warsaw, Tel Aviv etc. Fortunately for Europe, Putin is far more measured than that.
Sometimes, “liberation” and “a desert” are not far apart, as Tacitus noted (more or less) over 2,000 years ago.
Let us hope that Europe as a whole does not look like that in 2030…
Vladimir Putin will be able to come to South Africa for the BRICS summit without fear of extradition to the International Court of Justice in The Hague – Bloomberg . pic.twitter.com/XM4XgvYRyZ
If I were Putin, that is one task I would delegate.
Russia has launched a radar satellite that will conduct reconnaissance of all Ukrainian military installations regardless of weather and time. On average, it will pass over Ukraine twice a day and is able to wirelessly photograph military sites within a radar range with an…
The armed forces of Russia are reacting with maximum ferocity to terrorist attacks on Russian citizens carried out by Ukrainian militants using NATO weapons, said Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. He recalled that on May 22, during a counter-terrorist operation in the… pic.twitter.com/Pv5NVFXbqk
It seems obvious to me that today’s attack on Moscow was designed to irritate and cause fear to the ruling and wealthy Muscovites who live in neighbourhoods such as Barvikha, where many leading members of the General Staff and other institutions live.
The aim of the attack seems to be to show Putin and his immediate circle as weak, and unable to protect, crucially, those who themselves support his power.
Belogorovka taken in pincers. There are active assault operations along the Seversky Donets River. The infantry of the RF Armed Forces is advancing from the northeast and southeast of the settlement. There is a "probing" of the defense line of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the… pic.twitter.com/75OZHSWAVu
Since the beginning of the year, the Russian Navy has received 6 ships and vessels of various classes – the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
As planned, about 30 more warships, boats and support vessels are expected by the end of 2023, the agency said on the…
Compilation of the destruction of warehouses, ḫhangars with weapons, military equipment and weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the right bank of the Kherson region, which is under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/400lS8dP6O
Very typical of our times: the System repressing freedom of expression not only by opposing individuals politically but also by attacking their personal, family, and business life. It happened to Laura Towler, Sam Melia, and Mark Collett of Patriotic Alternative. Their personal bank accounts were shut down, not by the State directly, not by the courts, but by the unilateral decision of each individual’s bank. Meaning by malicious individuals in those banks, sitting in positions where they had the executive power to do what they did.
Reverting to the pub golliwogs story, obviously Heineken and Carlsberg should both be boycotted, but that is mere gesture-politics, really.
This is no trivial story, but goes to the root of what was once, but is no more, a “free society”.
One has to ask, at what point does the repression contra freedom of expression in this society invite direct action against those repressing free speech?
“The most draconian assault on free speech in living memory is now law.
The Public Order Act was given royal assent and became law yesterday. Today, the Government will activate powers which prevent demonstrators from engaging in all kinds of activities.
[the Act] introduces Serious Disruption Prevention Orders (SDPOs), a kind of protester Asbo, which, if they’re imposed, can demand the individual report to authorities, or be banned from meeting certain associates, or be blocked from campaigning online.
The House of Lords did what it could to kick back. The original text of the bill allowed the courts to impose an SDPO even if the person had never been convicted of a crime, a truly unthinkable Orwellian proposition. The Lords killed it. They also killed a power to impose a 24/7 GPS monitoring tag on those who received a SDPO.”
[from the i newspaper]
Still, it is easy enough in these times for the political police, or malicious special-interest groups, such as the so-called “Campaign Against Antisemitism”, to conspire to get someone convicted on some trumped-up minor charge (the Jew-Zionist fanatics have been doing that for years, as with the Alison Chabloz prosecutions), after which that individual will now perhaps be made subject to one of these “Serious Disruption Prevention Orders”, which in their effect are not really any different to the way in which the Second Chief Directorate of the KGB, prior to about 1989, controlled and regulated minor dissidents in the Soviet Union.
Of course, the i newspaper people will have been all in favour of the repression exercised against the golliwog pub owners, while paying lip service to freedom of expression re. the new Public Order Act.
It is that hypocrisy that prevents so many “free speech” campaigns being effective, as with Toby Young and his “Free Speech Union”, which seems to take the view that free speech is all-important except when Jews complain about the free speech of those opposing Israeli or Jewish interests. The “FSU” never said a word in defence of Alison Chabloz or others; neither has it ever said one word in defence of my rights.
Come to think of it, I do not recall the writer of that opinion piece, Ian Dunt, supporting my free speech rights. In fact, rather the reverse, if I recall aright. One can guess why, of course…
NATO intelligence chief says Russia is mapping critical undersea systems – Bloomberg He stated that "Moscow can target infrastructure in Europe and North America." “There is concern that Russia could target submarine cables and other critical infrastructure to undermine…
‼️🇷🇺 The Drone Assassination on President Putin last night by Ukraine leaves the Russian Military with no other choice than to “Eliminate” Ukrainian President Zelensky and his Cabinet — Former president of Russia
Gaza is one of the most densely populated areas on earth. It is a large open air prison, home to 2+ million Palestinians under siege by the occupier. No matter where the Israeli bombs are galling, civilians suffer the impact, if not physically then psychologically. pic.twitter.com/57JiXMzal0
— Nour Odeh 🇵🇸🍉 #FreePalestine (@nour_odeh) May 2, 2023
“The most unbearable thing is that a man was killed and dozens maimed by my hands,” Daria Trepova said in her first interview since her arrest.https://t.co/IZdquMaLez
Armed forces of Ukraine shelled a school in Aleshki
The footage shows that several private houses were damaged, windows were broken in the school, and there were no casualties. pic.twitter.com/mrMFxalr2y
Antonov: Russia will respond to the Ukrainian attack on the Kremlin when necessary "How would Americans react if a drone hit the White House, the Capitol or the Pentagon. The answer is obvious to every politician, as well as to the average citizen: the punishment will be harsh…
Sky News correspondent : “Ukrainians are really attacking Russian territory” Journalist John Sparks questioned the statement of the Ukrainian side that they allegedly do not have the resources, capabilities, weapons to carry out attacks on the territory of the Russian Federation.… pic.twitter.com/r6T5IbxHZF
"I would like to warn the Kiev regime and its Western sponsors of the inevitable sad consequences of what they intend. Sending modern Western weapons to Kiev and encouraging its ideas about a counter-offensive will lead to further escalation of the conflict and bloodshed,"…
The 25 Division Special Task Forces of the Syrian Arab Army ( Tiger forces) conducted parachute airdrop exercises over Hmeimim Air Base. pic.twitter.com/5j6zmjtCzY
Millions of parents are struggling to buy toothpaste or soap
A charity warned being clean is becoming an unattainable luxury as the cost-of-living crisis forces parents to choose between feeding their children and buying hygiene products https://t.co/KaezgUyV0U
Presumably, because it is much easier to live off the thousands of pounds per month sent to her via Patreon by hundreds of utter mugs (429 as of today, each sending between £3.50 and £44). Not to mention paid bits and pieces in the Guardian etc, or fees for appearing at small “festivals” of various kinds. Maybe still some royalties from the “back list” of books as well.
All that and minor “celebrity” too…
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Arrival of 500-kg UMPC at the warehouses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Berislav , Kherson region pic.twitter.com/68yotgoc70
Haynes: If the West stops arming it, Ukraine will not be able to deal with Russia
Scott RITTER: Russia is able to defeat Ukraine without using nuclear weapons. Even if Kiev were able to carry out a full mobilization pic.twitter.com/UBcEbrLnfX
I have to say, if immodestly, that that 2022 blog post has held up quite well overall, though with one important exception— the ability of the Kiev regime to fight on, backed by Western powers.
That happened in India but, as not infrequently blogged about, the “panicdemic” also liberated a whole load of mentally-unstable mugs and loonies in the UK. In fact, I noticed only yesterday, in the local Waitrose, two or three idiotic elderly women wearing facemasks, two of whom (maybe all three, but two that I saw) also wearing them in the not-busy car park. I wonder how old and filthy those masks were; possibly from 1-2 years ago, and replete with germs.
It is surprising what some people believe. A friend of mine was visiting people she knew in Switzerland about 30 years ago; they went over the border to Germany to see mutual acquaintances. It turned out that one old fellow, a former Waffen SS sergeant, had become obsessed by the idea that Hitler had withdrawn in 1945 to a redoubt under the ice in Antarctica, and from where (he thought) it was possible to access the interior of the Earth.
“Ukraine has launched a series of surprise attacks on Russian troops and supply lines in Mariupol – the first strikes on the city since it fell to the Kremlin last May after a brutal three-month siege that left the key port in ruins.
There were at least 18 strikes last week over three successive days – the most recent on Friday night – in a significant ratcheting up of Ukrainian efforts to retake its captured southern corridor, the strip of coastal land that links to Crimea.
There is speculation the explosions – which took place amid Kyiv’s warnings of a Russian offensive to coincide with the war’s first anniversary – may have involved newly donated long-range US rockets with a range of almost 100 miles.“
[Daily Mail].
So the Kiev regime now has American missiles capable of hitting targets 100 miles away? Moscow itself is only 300 miles from the nearest point of the border with Ukraine. Where will this end? I see no sign of anything other than escalation. At the end of the day, the Russian side may take, perhaps literally, the nuclear option, and go on to flatten Kiev, Kharkov, and other major cities, then move into the empty space with a rebuilding programme and Russian settlers.
“Desperate defence chiefs are allowing ex-soldiers to rejoin the Army after they were sacked for fighting, theft or going AWOL.
Troops who were medically discharged will also be allowed to rejoin, and will be able to keep any compensation they received when they were forced to retire.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has also said that soldiers who left the Forces after taking redundancy more than two years ago will likely be able to rejoin without having to pay back any cash.
It is understood that those who were sacked for smoking cannabis or who tested positive for drugs such as cocaine or amphetamines might also be reconsidered.“
[Daily Mail]
Thick and irresponsible Ben Wallace, former Guards captain now wanting to play the field-marshal, finds himself embarrassingly short of bodies, “for a general without troops is naked indeed“…
When will ex-captain Ben lead his depleted force of drug-abusing, drink-sodden brawlers and arthritics to Crimea against the several million-strong (inc. reserves) Russian Army? Vorwarts! Wir fahren nach Osten! Ha ha!
Incidentally, the “readers’ comments” under that Daily Mail report are both amusing and telling.
I have very little interest, either way, in this situation. The ex-ISIS recruit should not be in the UK, nor have been born in the UK in the first place. The same goes for most if not all of the non-whites here. The endless talk about her, merely one out of millions, is just a bad joke.
The idea that the “free” (Jew-Zionist permeated) Press/msm in the USA comprise anything other than NWO/ZOG propaganda is delusionary. I recall being in the USA in 1990-1991 when the USA was preparing to fight Iraq for the first time. Wall-to-wall propaganda, much of it a pack of not very clever but still effective lies (e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nayirah_testimony, straight from the WW1 and WW2 atrocity-propaganda and/or “holocaust” hoax playbook).
Effective propaganda when relayed to a public unable or unwilling to think for itself, or critically, or sceptically, a public without much if any knowledge of history, or even basic world geography (I met Americans in New York and New Jersey who were unaware where even American states, such as Wisconsin, were located!).
The United States position in Ukraine in my opinion should be….not one more American taxpayer dollar to Ukraine until Ukraine is at the negotiating table with Russia.
That main tweet (despite being by pro-Zelensky msm drone John Sweeney) does show the localized nature of the conflict. Most of Ukraine is only affected indirectly by the fighting in the southeast, though of course the electricity blackouts must have made life very difficult for many.
Wars usually are localized. Most areas, most of the time, are not like the Tet Offensive, or Stalingrad. Even in the days of the bombing of the UK during WW2 (mostly mid-1940 to mid-1941), large areas of the UK were unaffected (directly). That was even true of London.
If you visit London today, even Central London, you see that, despite postwar redevelopment, most of it dates from before WW2. Destruction from bombing affected more the dockland areas and those districts around the docks (City of London, inner East London etc).
So what was the crime? Did they go to a church service that was banned by Zelenskyy? Why torture your own citizens? pic.twitter.com/9C7xnM7vNs
Exactly. Follow the money. Ukraine leadership was installed in 2014 by hussein obama admin. Specifically: victoria nuland. Do your research. pic.twitter.com/ycnuROz4qB
I’m disturb and disgusted the British political establishment are supplying these Challenger 2 tanks with support and logistics to Ukraine which is supporting the continuation of this proxy war between the globalist West and Russia
— Richard #It’s time for change #RightWing (@Richard93783516) February 26, 2023
The psychotic leadership of the EU, UK and US drives me bonkers.
They keep repeating the lie that Putin wants to invade Europe.
If that were true, Putin would not have engaged in peace negotiations last year.
In any case, even were the absurd idea that Putin wants to invade Central and Western Europe true, how could he, looking at how hard he is finding it even to hold on to about a tenth of Ukraine territory?
Interesting, in view of the activities of the British Army’s 77 Brigade. One of the most extreme pro-war and anti-Russia MPs, Tobias Ellwood, is said to hold the rank of (Reserves) Colonel in that unit.
"Rather than Orwell’s prophecy, the future of enslavement will more closely mirror Huxley’s vision in Brave New World, in which the state uses various technological implements to pacify the population, so that physical force becomes unnecessary to maintain control." – Ben Bartee
“Pseudo-science“? At one time the theories of Galileo, Pasteur, Tesla, and many others, were called “pseudo-science”… Where is the line drawn? 1960s CIA “remote viewing” experiments? Rupert Sheldrake? Uri Geller?
How time flies! Rupert Sheldrake is now 80. I remember him being described as a maverick young scientist; that must have been sometime around 1980.
In fact, I see that Uri Geller is now 76. In or about 1971, when he bought one of the largest houses in Sonning, Berkshire (where George Clooney now has a house, and where I was at school 1970-1973), he was still in his mid-twenties; he was on UK TV sometimes, bending spoons etc.
Anti-war protesters gathered in London to protest against arms deliveries to Ukraine and call for peace talks.pic.twitter.com/80ZS1ZWARS
Ukraine has released a drone video showing the attack on Petrovsky district, Donetsk which killed 4 ambulance workers a few days ago. This is a clear war crime and violation of the Geneva convention and Ukrainians are bragging about it. Of course the western MSM is ignoring it pic.twitter.com/rRKsB1JT7D
🇷🇺🇺🇦 BTR-4E working on the positions of armed forces of Ukraine in Bakhmut direction. Bakhmut is encircled. Zelensky refused to withdraw weeks ago when they could have safely,as his ego condemns 300-400 Ukrainians soldiers to death a day #ukraine#Russia#UkraineRussianWarpic.twitter.com/JGCTfSVOd6
Stop pandering to the easily offended lefty snowflakes. There hurt feelings don't supercede our inalienable right to free speech which includes mocking,insulting and offending.
— lieutenant colonel Kojak slaphead the 3rd. (@Scarfer13) February 26, 2023
The usual “democratic” methods will not stop that sort of thing. This is a war, not a debate.
Late tweets
🇷🇺 #Donbass is not just a piece of land. Donbass is people.
🫂 All those who stay here and bring #Victory closer with their work are heroes. Doctors, rescuers, military, miners — they are all #Defenders of Donbass.
I was going to publish a separate piece about the upcoming by-election, but have decided that that would not be merited.
Chester, as a settlement, has a history going back to 79 AD, when it was established as a Roman fortress: see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester.
The City of Chester constituency also has a very old history, going back to the times of Henry VIII. In modern times, meaning 19th/20th centuries, it has mostly been a Conservative/Unionist seat, though electing Labour Party candidates in 1997, 2001, 2005, 2015, 2017, and 2019. Two Labour MPs in that time, with a Conservative in the years 2010-2015: see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Chester_(UK_Parliament_constituency).
The by-election will be held on 1 December 2022, 8 days from today, and is the first by-election in the constituency since 1956.
The MP from 2015 to 2022 had to resign by reason of sexual scandal.
The candidates declared are: Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat; also, Reform UK, Green, Freedom Alliance, UKIP, Rejoin EU, and the inevitable Monster Raving Loony.
This is likely to be a straight fight between Lab and Con, looking at previous elections. The LibDems have in the past scored as high as 21.9% (in 2005); since 2010 they have always received less than 10% of the vote (6.8% in 2019), and have never managed better than 3rd place (even in 2005).
Labour, nationwide, is clearly on a roll at present, if only by default. The latest YouGov poll (on 17 November 2022) of (UK-wide) voting intention put Labour on 48%, Conservative 25%, LibDem 10%, and both Green and Reform UK on 5%.
Despite the scandal attaching to the former MP, I cannot see that affecting the result. As a matter of fact, both Con and Lab are putting up female candidates, though that may be co-incidental.
There seems little to prevent Labour winning this by-election, and winning it easily. Not only is the present Con government extremely unpopular, but Labour has, after all, won in this constituency the past three times, and held it for 20 out of the past 25 years.
I cannot see the LibDems getting far here, even as some kind of unfocussed protest vote. As for Reform UK, the only other contender of interest, they may or may not save their deposit. I could see them, just about, getting 5%; I cannot see them getting 10% or more, especially now that Brexit is not so popular, having been badly mishandled over the past 6 years.
The main interest in the contest will be in the percentage(s) of the vote received by the two main contenders.
Our elites (or rather, parasites) are trying to hoover up our assets and freedoms under the smokescreen of bogus virtue. Don’t be fooled by them. It’s a gigantic con-trick.pic.twitter.com/cmajYqnfqf
66 doctors, scientists and clinical practitioners have written to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists to call for a stop to Covid vaccination of pregnant women over serious safety concerns. https://t.co/5fs9s82hYv
Jack Monroe got dafter in her preposterous stories over years because it earns her a good living, Working class people in generational poverty are usually determined battlers they would never let their kids performatively starve and they don't feed them 'pig swill' concoctions.
.@paulmaccio . Moscow is one of the great cities of the world, full of history and pleasant surprises, and the true frontier between Asia and Europe. Most in the west will never see it, but would be amazed if they could. https://t.co/6mROULZ5Zi
Perhaps ask Jack Monroe why she refuses to return money to @frugally_minded even given the desperate situation this lady now finds herself in. You need to urgently review the decision to promote her. Her Company struck off for financial irregularities, and you are supporting her?
The above tweet was about the “@GuardianLive” tweet featuring “Jack Monroe” as booked to appear on a podcast event in early 2023, which tweet has now been deleted. Now we hear that that podcast itself has been axed.
Seems that “Jack Monroe” is, as predicted, becoming “mad, bad, and dangerous to know“…
Even so, the 667 “mugs” on Patreon are, as of today, still giving her their monthly donations for doing absolutely nothing except maintaining her lifestyle, e.g. buying herself luxury goods. Somewhere between c.£2,300 a month and (at maximum) £40,000 a month. In reality, probably about £6,000, at an educated guess. In cash (minus Patreon fees), and every single month. All that and she still poses as a “champion of the poor“! Hard to believe that so many people are so very gullible; yet they have been told now for three or four months that they are just wasting their money.
As said previously on the blog, I myself have no objection to Scotland declaring faux-“independence”, but those voting for it must accept lower living standards, and an end to UK subsidy.
As the tweeter says, just look at them! Can they really bring Scotland a new dawn? I think not.
As for Nicola Sturgeon, she is a ghastly little would-be dictator with no interesting ideas (that I have seen).
The flotsam and jetsam of the world is assisted to come here, destroying our society, and is kept in comfort (most of them), while British people suffer. Not only mad, but also evil. [Coudenhove-Kalergi Plan].
Whatever the relevance of that, can anyone look at those uninspiring people and imagine that they will be able to usher in a new age of prosperity and enlightenment in Scotland?
In any case, it seems that Scotland is still split about 50-50 on “Independence”, with possibly more wanting to retain the Union.
However, even if there were a small majority for “Independence”, would that be valid, really? To drag the other, say 45%, into an unwanted break with England and the other regions or countries? After over 300 years?
I don't know why Jack Monroe doesn't just process the promised refund and make this problem go away. It's looking like she's now deliberately keeping it, you know, THEFT. https://t.co/0pPmUW4fiM
Of course, the absurd playground taunts of the two sides in the present conflict (“you are the ‘Nazi'”; “no, you are the ‘Nazi’“) are just silly.
Actually, the German Army in WW2, despite the pitiless nature of that war in the East, behaved well, mostly, in Ukraine, certainly better than the Red Army. Most atrocities were committed either by the Red Army (or by the forces travelling alongside them— the NKVD and, latterly, Smersh), or by Ukrainian auxiliaries under overall German command, or by Ukrainian civilians who just wanted to eliminate Jews, and who acted without either order or permission.
I have blogged in the past a few times about how I met, in or about 1995, the then Ukrainian Ambassador to London, H.E. Ambassador Komissarenko [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serhiy_Komisarenko], a biochemist by training, who went with me and his Scientific Attache in the ambassadorial limousine to Porton Down, Wiltshire [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porton_Down], to meet a scientific team based there. He later headed a major such laboratory in Ukraine, I think not far from Kiev.
@UniKent@ItsFreyaVass Hi University of Kent, are you ok with your staff conducting themselves this way on social media? Pretty off-putting to potential students I would have thought. pic.twitter.com/PkQimqHMvJ
🇳🇱 KLM is starting its first try-out with Digital passports & ‘biometric boarding’ (facial recognition) in February under the pretext that it will help shorten the queues at Schiphol.
Just like we thought, the chaos was created on purpose to introduce the ‘solution’: digital ID.
The “Covid” hysteria, “lockdowns”, “working from home” in the barely functioning NHS, maladministration, and then the huge and unwanted influx of non-white migrant-invaders and other immigrants over the past many years.
Ian Robert Millard 