US indebtedness can lead to World War and to the total collapse of financial systems based on the US Dollar

The USA is a key factor in world economics as the US Dollar is a reference for many international transactions and this is a lethal danger for international financial stability. In spite of unpayable debt, the Federal Reserve keeps printing billions of US Dollars and there is never ending borrowing on credit cards and loans. What is being done could be a lot worse than the 1929 Wall Street collapse. Inflating is eating out savings of those who can afford the least.

There is no God or Gods: all religions are lies

There is no God or Gods: all religions are lies used for power and control. Throughout history religions have been used for spurious purposes to make Man kill Man and exploit Man. Religions have been used to justify murder by putting Man against Man.

Churches, Mosques, Synagogues and other religious temples are symbols of the stupidity of Man that afraid of the final destination has fantasized about Eternity. We see it everywhere. What were the Pyramids about then? The Pharoes had the Pyramids built as the passage to an imaginary After Life where they were going to continue enjoying the pleasures of the present life. They couldn't accept the fact that the bodies of Christians, Jews, Muslims or individuals following any other religion are going to rot, being putrified and decompose. Dust to the Dust. Das Ende. This is it. There is no Heaven. There is no Hell. 

All the temples, palaces, all the monuments are going to collapse when the time comes. Planet Earth has been evolving for millions of years and will continue evolving until a cataclysmic effect will put an end to it and erase it from the Universe. You know full well that at the beginning there was one single continent that was fragmented to form the continents that we know today. All countries that exist today will not be around when the time comes as the Earth surgace continues to change and evolve. All the nonsense about Eternity is just that: Nonsense.

One of the most murderous organisations has been the Catholic Church that not only justified invasions, colonisation and murder, but also carried out murder operations of its own throughout centuries. Why? Because the Catholic Church has nothing to do with Jesus. It is a tool used for power and control. It has deliberately supported oppresion because it served its own purposes.

Powers controlling the USA are actively promoting a Nuclear War against Russia and China

 In 2019 NATO carried out military exercises for a Nuclear Attack against Russia. What is going on concerning Belarus is a deliberate attempt to provoke Russia into a military confrontation and the same applies regarding China.

Who invaded Iraq in 2003, USA, UK and other accomplices. The American criminals destroyed Iraq, partitioned the country and led to the rise of Islamic State.

David Amess: Victim of the lack of true integration

 

David Amess

The life of yet another Member of Parliament comes to an abrupt end. Britain as a country is under attack because Britain has dared to be open and welcoming to people who do not share Britain’s values because they were brought up in a very different environment and very different culture. We can talk about integration until we become red in the face, but the reality is that some might live in Britain for many years, some might be born in Britain and grow up in Britain enjoying what Britain has to offer and still reject Britain and see Britain as a foreign land. Many might not even speak the language of the country even where they were born in the United Kingdom.

David Amess, a family man who was Member of Parliament for several decades and earnt the respect and admiration of his peers and of those he represented, lost his life because of the gap that exists between the aspirations regarding integration and the realities of the lack of integration. It is about understanding that integration is not possible while there are ghetto realities. The attacker did not act alone. This was a premeditated attack. Ali Harbi Ali grew up in Croydon, Southeast London. Ghetto realities are exactly the opposite of integration.

Diversity when diversity does not include a common British identity is not acceptable. We must respect peoples’ diverse cultures, but we must all share values that unite us regardless of backgrounds and this should be a fundamental point starting with education so that children – regardless of backgrounds – grow up together and learn together as one. 

Talking about respecting differences, allowing ghetto realities with people living in Britain that often not even use English as their main language, without fostering a true national British identity, is one of the main reasons why David Amess was murdered while he was doing his job, the job he was elected to do. 

What do you value more? Do you value peace?

March 2020 - The start of the Covid-19 crisis when countries across the world became aware that something very wrong was happening. That was followed by the realisation that much had to be done to keep things under control and before things could be brought back under relative control hundreds of thousands perished and many more were left with life-time consequences. Many millions more have suffered the consequences of the measures put in place to deal with the pandemic and collosal financial losses were registered forcing authorities to implement measures to provide support  

Green Party: Protecting the environment or just another left wing movement?

 

The British newspaper The Guardian gave away the reality of the Green Party. This is not about the environment or saving the planet. This is about yet another grouping that has the intent to erode the foundations of our way of life. 

If the idea is to protect the environemnt - I am sure that people right, centre and left of politics are concerned about the planet - there is no need to mix ideological stances with measures to protect the planet. 

If we look closely at China - for example - the whole issue of the Sea of China is about mineral resources including oil. It is the presumed existence of vast deposits of fossil fuels that led to a more assertive Chinese position in the Sea of China. Therefore, whatever is said in public speeches, it is reality that counts and reality tells us that oil is the bone of contention between China and India and coal mines continue to be created to reach an energy resources that is readily available. Whoever has access to readily available sources of energy has the competitive advantage. What was the idea behind Japan's expansion in Asia in the early Twentieth Century? The aim was to get energy to support Japan's industrial development.

Whatever is said about the environment, the essence is that countries need energy. When it comes to nuclear energy - there is the choice between fusion and fission, between a risky option and a safer option, but in the end we need to have access to radioactive raw materials to be able to use them as fuel in nuclear reactions and later we need to have safe ways to dispose of spent radioactive materials. 

We could cover the entire planet with windturbines and solar panels and still we would not have enough realiable energy to meet growing needs.

The environmental discourse is about what would be ideal and about what is feasible, and even what we see as better options - windturbines and solar panels - need to be produced and such production is also detrimental for the environment. 

They tell us that electric cars are better for the environment How could the production of tens of millions of electric cars with batteries made using lithium be so beneficial for the environment is a mystery. Lithium would have to mined and processed using - most probably - fossil fuels.

We are being presented with false choices and slogans. More than 7.5 billion souls that inhabit the planet at any given time will need massive amounts of energy, energy that cannot be produced with gimmicks and slogans.

 

  

Johnson/Biden: Trade Deal dead in the water

 

This reminds me of couples that go around denying that their marriages are in trouble. We have never been so happy, they say. This is before the next morning announcement indicating that they have agreed to bring their marriage to an amicable conclusion.

This was said to be a meeting about climate, but right at the beginning the British Prime Minister indicated that there is not going to be a bilateral trade agreement in the foreseable future.

Reading between lines, I reckon that the beginning was not the best of beginnings, starting with an unilateral American withdrawal that left its NATO partners buffled. After that, came the announcement of a deal regarding nuclear submarines that only benefits the USA despite the fact that UK was the middleman. On top of that, it damaged the relationship with France. A UK politician tried to rest to dimish the importance of the damage caused by saying that in the last ten years Britain and France have coordinated their military with French officers in charge of British units and Britsh officers in charge of French units and so forth. Ten years are ten years, but in politics 24 hours is a lot and much of what has happend regarding AUKUS should not be underestimated. 

The rise of energy prices due to a rise of energy consumption will not make choices any easier. If gas prices and oil prices go up, coal is a natural component of the energy mix that cannot be left behind. Joe Biden can talk about financial support to be offered to poorer countries to support towards more environmentally friendly economies, but reality tells you fossil fuels will continue to be the first choice for many for many years to come.

The choice between diesel and nuclear was a logical choice to make. Firstly, it is about not using fossiel fuels and, secondly, it is about operational capabilities. While diesel vessels depend on regular refuelling, nuclear vessels can operate continuously for at least 25 years. The decision was rational, but the way it was implemented created divisions that could have been avoided. The jobs that would have been maintained or created in France will now go to the USA. USA's submarines are all nuclear so it will not be too difficult to produce a few more. In any case, it is expected that the new submarines will become operational by the year 2030, as long as there are no delays. As a British politician explained, this is not about real military capabilities in the short term. The idea is to send a message to China about the determination to prevent a Chinese military escalation in Asia Pacific.

A journalist asked who was more of a priority in terms of talking about US/UK relations: Joe Biden or Kamala Harris? In the USA, people are already talking about the American mid-term elections due to take place in November 2022 when all 435 seats of the House of Representatives and 34 or a 100 seats in the Senate will be up for election. What happens from now until the Mid-Term Elections will determine if Biden ends or does not end as a lame duck President during his first term in office.

 

China USA: on a collision course leading to war

We just came out pretty baddly in Afghanistan after 20 years of a bloody and very expensive conflict only to surrender to the same forces that we were supposed to have defeated. 

There are quite a few ongoing conflicts, but we always seem to be looking for yet another disastrous war.

As every war is an economic business and China happens to be the biggest creditor of the USA, waging war against China might seem like a good opportunity to get rid of trillons of dollars of American debt. China is using quite a few US dollars to expand its influence across several continents. This is not just about Made in China. This is also about Made for China by China in Africa, Latin America and elsewhere.

During Trump Presidency, the emphasis was on NATO countries investing more in Defence by beefing up their contributions to NATO. Now, Biden seems to be saying 'forget about NATO, let's do something new'. AUKUS (Australia, UK, US) seems to be a more appropriate of spending US dollars and in the process boot US manufacturing (at least manufacturing of nuclear submarines in the USA. Apparently, all US military submarines are already nuclear so making a few more for Australia would not be so difficult.

The call made by Ursula von der Leyen as President of the European Commission for the EU to take a more robust approach when it comes to its own defenses seems to be part of the new realities. NATO is on the way out - ready to join the Warsaw Pakt), AUKUS is in, and the focus goes from Europe to Asia, where Japan is beginning for a stronger Western response to militarization of the Sea of China.

Ukraine will have to look for a very comfortable armchair to wait for the delivery of Western aid. Forget Middle East, forget Asia Minor, forget Europe. Some strategists in some dark hidden room might be already looking for an excuse to attack China - just in case China does not try to recover Taiwan because Taiwan is China. 

The question is: why would China want to fight a war at sea when it has all the advantages of a conflict on the continent and a massive army?

As the big boys focus their attention elsewhere - oh surprise - Argentina has gone for more fighter jets having invested more than 400 million dollars to renew its airforce. Why would Argentina needs a stronger airforce?

As the British are scaling down their military and as the attention goes elsewhere, are they planning to go for a vacation on the South Atlatic islands? During days that the Argentinian President and his vice-President that used to be the Argentinian President (Cristina Fernández de Kirchner) don't seem to be seeing eye to eye, I am sure that refloating the old plans about the Falkland Islands would be a good idea for politics sake.

  

John Kennedy: Being Human, being responsible and accountable are key elements of any democracy

 

Several decades have passed since Johnn F Kennedy invited people to think what they could do for their country instead of thinking what the country could for them.

In essence, what he was telling was 'stand up and do what needs to be done instead of constantly waiting for somebody to do it for you.

You don't have to be born in wealth to do what needs to be done. In fact, what I see is widespread apathy, a constant state of resentment, and the belief that whatever needs to be done is not within our means.

When you think about what is happening in Afghanistan after more than 36 billion Pounds were spent far away in a country that far too many need to consult a map to find out where it is, inhabited by people we could hardly come by even if we tried to, that speak a language that the vast majority of us does not understant, with social, economic, and political realities that most of us are completely unaware of, with customs and values that for what we have been told are radically different form our customs and values, you struggle to accept that most people show no interest in asking for accountability of those who made decisions and of those who are making decissions.

You come to the conclusion that most people don't care.You come to the conclusion that most people are happy to live in ignorance. You come to the conclusion that most people don't give a damn about how their monies are being used. They don't seem to join the dots to understand that while they are struggling with bad living conditions and unemployment, that while we have people most of whom are suffering from mental illness living on the streets, somebody is benefitting from the expenditure of more than 36 billion Pound in a foreign adventure.

We hear the world democracy and people congratulating themselves 'because we live in a democratic country'. Do we live in a democratic country? Do we take care of public business that affects all of us? 

The invitation that was very much a request to get involved in public business is us relevant today as it was when John Fitzgerald Kennedy ask people to take responsibility. Taking responsibility has a lot to do with accountability and this is what has been lacking all along. 

Mr. President, it is happening under your administration so you cannot blame somebody else

 

Mr President, it is happening under your Administration. You are the Commander in Chief and the buck stops with you because you made, once again, the wrong call.

You had the power to make things differently and you deliberately said that it was your decission, a decission that you took believing that it was the right decision and as consequence of the United States of America will be, once again, a direct target.

Don't go around blaming others for a decision that you made, because blaming others for what you did makes you look even more foolish and more incompetent. You have thrown away the lives of American citizens and of Afghani citizens. American will be killed and Afghanis will be killed because of what you decided.

You have should have known better. Chasing the culprits of atrocities in Afghanistan? You have them Afghanistan. You created the environment for the culprits to do what they have done and for what they will do in the future not just in the USA, but elsewhere in the world including Europe. 

They will use your decision as a propaganda tool to carry on committing atrocities. You have given them the weapons on a silver plate. You have dishonoured your own office. You have failed to protect the security of the USA and turned the USA into a laughing stock. So you want to chase the culprits? What was your duty from the very beginning?

Democrats stabbed USA in the back: Taliban wins, NATO is on the run and America kneels down in front of Taliban

 

America has surrendered. America has kneeled down and this is becoming a habit.

No more the proud nation of the Star spangled banner.

Taliban is now in command and BLM is destroying American culture from within the USA. 

Iraq was a shambles. Afghanistan is a shambles that surpasses defeat in Vietnam. 

The world of George S Patton depicted in the movie Patton sound hollow, meaningless, void of any historical realism.

American has been been stabbed in the back by a Democratic Party that has turned its back on America to promote every single anti-American cause that they can find.

Welcome to the new USA, a weaker nation that is now leaving the way wide open for China to take over to become the one and only world power.

Olympic Gold or Olympic Shame?

 

CJ Ujah, the British sprinter who won a silver medal as part of the men’s 4x100m relay team at the Tokyo Olympics, has been suspended for an alleged breach of anti-doping rules.

Ujah, 27, was part of the British team who were pipped to gold by Italy, alongside Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake. Their silver medals are now at risk and, if the ban is upheld, Canada could be upgraded to silver with China receiving bronze.

Ujah tested positive during the Games for two banned substances known as Sarms (Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators): S23, which aids muscle building, and Ostarine, an anabolic agent.

What happened to cleanliness in sports? 

If one of them falls, the entire team falls and medals go somewhere else. Not a nice end in Olympic Games where politics played a huge role.

Going into Afghanistan in 2001 was an act of madness. Leaving in 2021 after 20 years of occupation was another act of madness.

 

Osama bin Laden was the reason George Bush and Tony Blair gave as justification to go, bomb and invade a country of more than 38 million people.

They went in like Bomber Harris, bombing, bombing and bombing indiscriminately because they wanted to kill Osama bin Laden.

Imagine if we were to bomb Mexico, Colombia, Bolivia or any other country because we wanted to flush out a group of narco-traffickers.

And the world watched the so called War on Terror that became a war against the people of Afghanistan, most of who had nothing to do with Osama bin Laden and AlQaeda. From the war on terror, we went into the Nation Building Approach with talk about a promising future of the people of Afghanistan with social developments including education. 

Now, Joe Biden has put an end to social developments and education and replaced them with another war in which Taliban is going against its own people to turn the clock back and the number of casualties to whom promises were made about a brilliant future. Those who dared to believe in a promising future are being stabbed in the back by President Joe Biden. 

As soon as Western troops started to pull out the slaughter began.

What are the criteria for registered political parties in the United Kingdom?

While Britain First has been repeatedly denied electoral registration despite being an active political organisation, having to go to the courts to challenge the Electoral Commission, the Electoral Commission has no qualms in having the British National Party as a registered political party despite repeated irregularities regarding the way those in charge of the British National Party are actually managing the organisation.

The situation has been so serious that auditors have often refused to give their assent when they have audited the accounts of the British National Party. 

Reported irregularites have had to do with the way monies donated presumably to the organisation have ended up being spent. This includes party membership feeds, legacies made to the organisation, management of expenses making monies pocketed by private individuals being registered as expenses for the purpose of tax avoidance.

Individuals linked to the organisation have even accused of signing applications for public grants under false pretenses and of using monies collected by organisation for the organisation to pay for private mortgages. 

Despite repeated attempts to launch an investigation into the ways whatever is left of the British National Party is actually run, years have passed and the organisation is suspected of being used by two private individuals as a cash-cow without any serious political commitment. A website continues to hosted, but of recent those in charge of maintaining the website walked away after they stopped being paid. Despite efforts made by a Labour Party MP to raise the issue with the Electoral Commission and the talk of a Police investigation, nothing was actually done. This raise the issue of the role the Electoral Commission is playing in the whole affair, on the one hand putting obstacles to registration of new political parties and on the other ignoring serious accusations of wrongdoing involving the British National Party. 

The actions of Israel in Middle East fuel anti-Semitism outside Israel

For whoever wanted to deny or ignore that the actions of Israel in Middle East are fuelling anti-Semitism, facts are well established. 

Time to stop blaming today's generations for what past generations did

 

The tactics used by a terrorist organisation called BLM driven by the will to destroy Western Civilization are very much based on blaming present generations for whatever happened hundreds of years ago. The same has been done to previous generations by campaings seeking to paralize them by destroying their identity and their will to resist.

For decades, after World War Two, people who took not part in World War Two and people who were not even born during World War Two, have been blamed and made to feel guilty, for things they never did and couldn't possibly do.

This campaign of blame and guilt was used to enslave, to control, to abuse, people who played no part in World War Two. Now, BLM and other idiots are doing exactly the same blaming people who were born centuries after slavery was abolished by their ancestors. White Priviledge, they call it. There is no such a thing as White Privilege. People have struggled and worked hard to get to where they are and many have not even made it and continue to struggle.

Funnily enough, in the USA, white brainwashed individuals are attacking their own country, their traditions and their coulture because of a terrorist organisation that is dividing the country and eroding its foundations and they try to do the same all over the world. 

Google: Taking steps to protect employees

Google has stated that all its staff have to be fully vaccinated before returning to work and the British government has indicated that they are looking carefully at whether new employment laws are needed.  

To begin with, no one rational would like to work side by side with somebody that knowingly carries an infectious disease that can be passed to him or her and everybody else.

The policy is to be applied immediately to those working for Google in the United States of America, but there plan to implement the policy internationally in the coming months.

Another two companies - Facebook and Netflix - have also announced vaccination rules in the USA and there is the prospect that the policy will be applied soon in the United Kingdom.

In the United Kingdom, various companies like Bank of America, Bloomsbury and Pimlico Plumbers have made public similar policies. 

Regardless of employment laws, every company has company rules and it has been said that vaccination demands from employers could be considered reasonable as a legal duty to ensure workplaces are safe.

 

UK: Vaccines save lives

Vaccines save lives. Full stop. 

It took some time to persuade racial and ethnic minorities in the United Kingdom for them to accept to be vaccinated against Covid-19 and its variants. Because of their reluctance to take vaccines, Blacks, Asians and other groups had the highest rate of mortality in the United Kingdom. Prejudice, stupid beliefs and mythology led them to reject a basic safety measure to keep themselves alive.

Nowadays, despite the fact that many people of all races and ethnic backgrounds continue to reject vaccination,. more and more people are taking vaccines and the numbers clearly show that it is working.

British? Yes. Far Right? I doubt it

 

Paul Golding in Moscow during a visit to the Russian Parliament British? Yes. Far Right? Not really. 

Whatever the BBC, Sky News, the British Political Establishment  and other political operators want you to believe, reality is quite different from what they try to make you believe.

Because he has been working with Russian Nationalists, something that bothered very much the Political Establishment, a little known piece of legislation called Schedule 7 of the 2000 Anti-Terror Legislation was used to entrap and convict Paul Golding accusing him of terrorism.

Of course the usual media made a fuss about misused terrorism charges, charges that were used for purely political reasons.

Most of those journalists that campaign against the Far Right or what they call Far Right don't seem to have a clue about what is going on. They keep writing articles to suit the official narrative and getting things wrong.

  

Dominic Cummings: Media feeding psychosis?

 

You could be forgiven for believing that there is something extremely wrong in this man's head. What is even worse is that this man is being made a number one item on the news by none other than the BBC. The language is changing and is changing for the worse. Dominic Cummings is talking about killing and killing in whichever context that you put such word is not reassuring.

He was fired and one can understand that he was very disgruntled having lost his post as adviser to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, but this has reached levels of obsession or even psychosis. It has come the time when he will say whatever comes to his mind, no matter how outrageous or how dangerous or both it might be.

If he is looking to gain some political favours for attacking the British Prime Minister those who could potentially employ this man must be aware of the fact that if enraged he could turn against them. It could be the equivalent of the King seeking to employ Macbeth as adviser.

Keir Starmer: To be or not to be?

 

Keir Starmer: To be or not to be?

There was a Liberal Democrat politician who say that the country needs another centrist political party that could offer an alternative to the Conservative Party and it would not be the Liberal Democrats, but perhaps a blend of politicians of several political parties that could come together.

The Labour Party owes its birth to the Trade Union Movement, but much has happened in Britain and around the world since then. 

Maybe the partition of the Labour Party into two distinct political parties would be the way forward for the Labour Party to disassociate itself from political elements that are now on the fringes of Britain's political life and that very visibly do not share the views of the majority about what should be the political outlook of Britain as a country in Europe and in the World as a whole. The Trade Union Movement is not what it used to be either. The closure of the mines and the loss of jobs in manufacturing weakend the Trade Union Movement as more and more people at work are not affilliated to the Trade Union Movement. When it comes to transport, now that much of transport is delivered via franchises, the Trade Union Movement has less of a say in terms of what happens in the labour market.

When it comes to wealthy supporters, if you are Jewish and run a business, will you support a Labour Party that is visibly anti-Semitic. It could be the case that Keir Starmer never beomes Prime Minister, but it has an important role to play in terms of creating a political party that is a lot less dependent on the Trade Union Movement. There is a new brand of Labour Party supporters coming from Universities. They are not the classical grassroot Labour Party supporters. They are ambitious and much wealthier. They could be sending the message that you don't have to be a rabid Marxist Revolutionary to promote social politicies.

When you look at the history of Socialism, there were plenty of other brands of Socialism before Karl Marx was even born. Getting away from Marxism, the Labour Party could become a more attractive electoral choice for many Britons that profoundly disagree with Marxist and with their methods, that do not want any association with unsavoury regimes.

Scarborough and many other coastal towns succeed with tourism or struggle without tourism

 

Fair weather that encourages people to go out and enjoy what Britain has to offer is not the rule, but the exception. Scarborough like many other coastal towns depend very much on the flow of tourism.

While the mass media and politicians seem to be focused on international travel, lets remind them that there is a country called United Kingdom and that millions of peoples depend on seasonal economies.

Would I want to travel across Britain and get to know Britain? You bet that I would like to see every corner of Britain, but when you look at the cost of public transport (public transport that is subsidized by taxpayers) you understand that for a huge number of Britons travelling across their own country is an impossibility. Whether it is Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat they have had decades in power to ensure the dream of being able to see Britain becomes a reality and they had done very little or nothing to make such dream a reality. They are too busy talking shit about each other and getting involved in campaigns against Britain and against British interests. They are supposed to represent Britain and to stand  up for Britain and they go around undermining Britain and thaks to mass media manipulation and indoctrination many of the culprits keep getting elected. Elected to do what? Promises about a Socialist Paradise that has never existed and will never exist and talk about Value for Money that is translated as Value for Rubbish have destroyed hopes and aspirations for decades if not centuries.

The worst enemy of Britain is  not the Russian Federation nor China nor AlQaeda or Taliban or any other external foe. The worst enemy of Britain are politicians that completely ignore the needs of Britain and walk around promoting their own agendas that have nothing to do with British interests.

Politics in Britain is an absolute shambles. As an example, one of the leaders of the Green Party just resigned 'because she did not agree with her own party policies on transgender issues'. You will struggle to find the link between saving the planet and the sexual agenda. It seems that for the said leader of the Green Party sexuality is more relevant that efforts made to protect the environment.

News: We are bombarded with massive amounts of data that we can hardly assess or interpret

Whether there is news about floods in continental Europe or the state of international travel or the return to normal level of activity in spite of the fact that the pandemic is ongoing, we are bombarded with massive amounts of data that we have little time to assess or interpret. We try to cover as many bases as possible but unavoidably some stuff get through the net.

Everything is offered with some kind of interpretation that favours a specific agenda and the end result is total confusion. Whether you trust or don't trust the messenger, whether you know or don't know enough about the subject matter, the influx of data can be overpowering.

If we don't have enough information about what is really causing the floods in Germany and in neighbouring countries, we might end up over-generalizing and believing that this is about major chaos when in fact it is a very localized problem. 

With regards to international travel, as the situation in each country remains fluid, it is easy to conclude that when you travel you need to take into account that conditions in terms of where you can go  and what rules you need to follow might suddenly change. Which countries are on the green list? Which countries are on the amber list? Countries can suddenly go from green to amber and suddenly you are faced with different immigration controls and forced to go into quarantine.

With regards to a return to normal levels of activity, there is the same degree of uncertainty. Britain has been under various degrees of Lockdown since March 2020. How each individual will react after July 19th 2021 is a mystery. Some will continue to be overly cautious and others will disregard any limitations.

Conditions in each of the four home countries could be remarkably different. We also know that because public health is a devolved issue, each of the four home countries might adopt different rules when it comes to freedom of movement. What do we know at the moment? In certain areas wearing a protective mask will continue to be mandatory requirement.  We also know that in some venues it could be practically impossible to enforce certain rules.

We await to hear news about issues regarding enforcement and about a potential change of direction should the ongoing health emergency lead to new quarantine measures.

Will the new opening last? July and the period until the return of students to full time education would be a time to relax movement limitations. We are not so sure about what will happen in September at the start of the new school year. What is certain is that a rising number of people can no longer cope with quarantine conditions. Just across the Channel there are mass demonstrations carried out by people who have had more than enough and cannot or don't want to accept any more movement limitations.

How will people in general react in the United Kingdom if there are stricter quarantine rules? There are definitely two sides of the argument. Those who support movement limitations say that we are not out of the water and that we need to be patient. Those who oppose any restrictions go as far as saying that restrictions will never necessary.

   

 

July 19th 2021: time to go back to business as usual?

 

Since images like this were taken, London has moved on and movement in the capital city is almost normal in terms of people going about their business, public transport is getting busier as the number of vehicles on the streets has also been rising.

On July 19th 2021 the country is due to go back to normality without any major restrictions but the issue of Lockdown has been politicized so much that it will continue to be controversial with those who want a full opening and those who talk about caution.

The new Health Secretary Sajid Javid seems to be on the same wavelength with Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak that is totally opposed to any more furlogh schemes as the level of expenditure is hurting the British Treasury after more than 12 months of over-spending to deal with the pandemic and the cost of measures implemented to keep the economy afloat.

Many marching on the streets of Britain have said that 'enough is enough'.

Having seen holes on British highstreets with renowned businesses that are no longer trading it is difficult to believe that normality will be back any time soon. We will also have to be creative when it comes to public transport and fares. Because of Lockdown several franchises had to be temporarily taken over and reduced passenger numbers have also affected branches of services run by the State. Whether this is a temporary setback or a more permanent state of affairs remains to be seen.

And what about shopping habits and working habits for all other businesses that depend of the numbers of people working in offices. Will they ever be able to return to business as usual or will they struggle to get customers back?

At this point in time, July 19th 2021 is still a promising re-start of activities for many and the government has committed itself to a full re-opening. We waited and waited for June 21st 2021 and just days before Lockdown measures were extended. There are almost two weeks to go before July 19th 2021. Could some similar happen once again?  

Slow, a Labour authority, went bankrupt

 

When the Labour Party talks about doing this and doing that, people should ask themselves about how they are going to do it. This is not news. A loophole of £100 million Pound in the finances of the Council in Slow? We are not anti-Labour. We are anti-mismanagement. With a 300 votes the Labour Party managed to keep the seat in Batley and Spen. Has anybody asked about the local authority in Batley and Spen that the Labour Party lost control of? 

When you listen to Labour politicians they are all very quick to blame the government because things are not done, but where are the resources to do what they want to do going to come from? Imagine Britain being managed by the Labour Party in the same way that they managed the Council in Slow. It wouldn't be just a case of a Labour authority going backrupt. It would the country as a whole going bankrupt. Have we been here before? 

We know that Britain has to go back to work full blast to recover from the consequences of the pandemic and of the measures that had to be implemented to deal with the pandemic.Hopefully, from July 19th 2021 onwards, Britain will be going back to work full blast. Hopefully, as the economy gets back on its feet local authorities will once again start getting the resources that they need not to go bankrupt, but we need sound management of public finances.

So some foreign countries would not allow free transit of British citizens. So what? Have you looked at the state of internal British tourism? If you cannot go abroad, move around Britain. Get to know your own country and support local British tourism keeping and promoting employment in the United Kingdom. I look at pricing when it comes to public transport in Britain. We need to lower down railway travelling fares. We need to lower down airlines travelling fares inside the Unite Kingdom to allow people in Britain to travel more inside Britain and re-activate the economy in Britain to produce the tax monies that we need to help local authorities to deliver services in Britain that people desperately need. 

2021: Is war in Europe possible? History chemistry indicates that it is

Adolf Hitler was an ideologue. He described in Mein Kampf about the policies that he would implement during World War Two. Expansion towards the East was a pretty clear intention. Jo Biden is a demagogue, but equally capable of sending Europe into an abyss via pure miscalculation.Just a few days ago, Britain continued playing with fire - the intentions were confirmed in a leaked Ministry of Defense Report. Britain wanted to provoke a Russian military reaction by sending HMS Defender to Crimea.

Wars are possible in any century. All it takes is the right conditions. I believe in what I call history chemistry. If you get the right elements in the right amounts you get war. Winston Churchill was laughed at when he predicted war in Europe.

Two major competing centres of industrial development: Britain and Germany. He concluded that war was inevitable. They were not working together, but trying to outdo each other. At one point in time war was inevitable.

During World War Two, the German Ambassador met the British Ambassador in Switzerland. He told the British Ambassador that if Britain gave Germany a freehand in Europe then Germany would respect Britain's Empire and Germany and Britain could peacefully coextist. Britain foresaw that as soon as German power was consolidated in Europe, expansion would continue. This despite the fact that Adolf Hitler wrote in Mein Kampf that he was not interested in conquest that would involve the sea. He believed that Germany's future was expansion towards the East.

In 1941, when the Luftwaffe had failed to open the way for an invasion of Britain (Goering had promised that the Luftwaffe could control the RAF) he turned and look towards Russia. Soviet Russia had failed to defeat Finland in the first attempt and could only manage to do so in the second attempt. This led to the belief that the Soviet Armies were not fit for purpose after Stalin's purge of the high ranks of Aristrocratic descent. Moreover, Soviet Russia feared a Japanese attack from the East and could not mobilize its armies from Siberia.

Unternehmen Barbarossa started on June 22, 1941, but having to divert forces towards Greece to help Mussolini meant that the push could not happen as planned. As if this was not enough, Japan attacks Pearl Harbour bringing in the USA into the war and freeing Soviet troops from Siberia to come to the West. The German attack against the Soviet Union opened a war in two fronts - something that Adolf Hitler had written against in Mein Hampf - and made the alliance Britain/USA/Soviet Union possible.

Any conflict between the USA and Russia will lead Russia to close ranks with China and China will feel free to launch a military campaign in Asia. Burma is already inside the Chinese area of influence. Japan would be cut off. The smaller countries will fall like a house of cards. There are already regular skirmishes along the border between China and India because of competing interests for oil in the Sea of China. There is a delicate balance and any action that could alter than balance can start a war.

USA and Britain's provocation attempts can only reinforce the will to go to war. China is increasingly bothered by foreign interference in Chinese internal affairs. Russia will not react to provocation, but the ground rules have already been set up by saying that 'any repeats of the incident involved HMS Defender will lead to miitary measures'. Britain wants war in Europe, but any miscalculation could have dramatic consequences. China's economic influence in Africa could turn into something else. 

Winning an election is a feat, but winning an election with a 300 votes margin when you had a 3,000 vote margin before is not 'excellent'.

 After 11 years in Opposition, the Labour Party should be making inroads and it isn't. What happened in the so called Red Wall, what happened in Hartlepool, what happened in Chesham and Amersham and to an extent what happened in Batley and Spen, tell yous that all is not well.

Despite the celebratory mood of Keir Starmer that saw the writing on the wall had the Labour Party been defeated in Batley and Spen - a seat that it holds since 1997, the knives were getting ready to strike. I am focused on my work and I am not thinking about any Leadership challenges, stated Angela Rayner now Deputy Leader. It was the kind of denial that much more of denial is a reminder: I am here. I am ready.

The Labour Party can blame George Galloway for their tiny majority in Batley and Spen, but what happened in Hartlepool happened because Labour voters chose not to vote. It was said again and again that in Batley and Spen there is an Asian majority that is increasingly discontent with Keir Starmer stance on Palestine. And there is more. We must remember that the Labour Party no longer has control of the local authority due to several local issues.

What next? There are still about three years before the next General Election. This should be the time that Keir Starmer should use to put the Labour Party back on track. He is lucky to have the support of Andy Burnham and even the support of Ken Livingstone that speaking today on GB News said that Keir Starmer is a genuine Labour man, that as soon as Keir Starmer went to ask him for advice as soon as he became Labour Party Leader.

Ken Livingstone didn't have kind words for George Galloway, but the fact that George Galloway was a complete outsider in Batley and Spen and still managed to get more than 8,000 votes, coming in third place, is a message that cannot be ignored. How many people in the Labour Party were secretely wishing that George Galloway's participation could allow them to challenge Keir Starmer and retoute the Labour Party?

Andy Burnham, the man that many want as Labour Party Leader, came out in support of Keir Starmer and said that he had the intention of keeping his word to remain as Mayor of Manchester for a full term.

Yes, the Labour Party has serious internal issues to deal with, but for some the present circumstances are not the best environment to launch a leadership challenge. Andy Burnham cannot be Labour Party Leader without being an MP. The next General Election should take place in 2024. So unless there was a by-election that he could possibly win, throwing away his seat as Mayor of Manchester where he has a much greater political profile both locally and nationally would be a very poor choice.

Going back to Ken Livingstone, could Ken Livingstone have any aspirations to be allowed to rejoin the Labour Party? His comments about World War Two events and the episode with a Jewish journalist that he compaired to 'a German Concentration Camp Guard' would stand on the way of this return when many in the Labour Party are terrified about how the Jewish Community could react. 

The brain is for thinking, but we don't think with other parts of our bodies

The human brain is for thinking, but we don't think with other parts of our bodies.

This is something that we all should keep in mind at the time of making decisions that can have unexpected consequences.I don't pass judgment. We are all human and at one point or another have made decisions not with our brains, but with what is between our legs. A moment of weakness and everything somebody has fought for can be jeopardized, ruined, lost.

You have a spouse, three children, more wealth than you can spend, a position of power, et cetera, and one day make a decision that along the line is going to be equivalente of throwing everything away. Like I said in the previous paragraph I don't pass judgment. Most of us have been there at one point or another of our lives and it is much too easy to criticize when we are not free from some kind of blame.

There will be many casualties along the way. If things go badly and the flame is quickly extinguished by following events, there will be plenty of regrets. Most or all of what I talk about I talk from personal experience because every family is a world.

Whether you are the person who did the deed or the one who is on the receiving end, there is going to be loads of pain. Certain joys acquired at the expense of people we should care for including the most vulnerable who are not of an age to be able to comprehend the enormity of the changes that are on the horizon won't come cheap.

Whether you are the kind of person whose face is in all major newspapers or whether you are somebody that is pretty anonymous, if not many people know about our weaknesses and failings, you know about our own weaknesses and failings and you have to endure living with our weaknesses and failings.

This is why when I learn about somebody's weaknesses and failings, I don't rise as a judge. I could say 'what a waste!'. 

Keir Starmer: Keeping your eye on the ball

 

While you can be critical or supportive of what happens in terms of governance of the United Kingdom, you cannot fail to pay attention to what happening in the Opposition that very much affects developments in the United Kingdom.

Keir Starmer is literally struggling to keep the Labour Party together and by many account he is not succeding. The expressions anti-Semitim and Islmophobia should ring a bell. 

In spite of the fact that Keir Starmer was the man the Labour Party chose to deal with the crisis generated concerning accusations of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party and the fact that as a direct consequence of the crisis the previous leader was deposed and is no longer a Labour Party member, a series of reshuffles following electoral defeats tell you that all is not well in the Labour Party. 

What is more, there is a new acquired fear in the Labour Party that is affecting Labour Party policies and relationships between its members as Muslims are increasingly discontent with the stances of the Labour Party regarding Palestine, Labour Party officials are running around in fear that any criticism of the Labour Party regarding what is happening in Palestine might be seen as anti-Semitism.

Any reshuffle in the present circumstances increases discontent and lowers the popularity ratings of the leader both internally and externally. Some polls indicate that Keir Starmer's popularity ratings are pretty low so he himself would not be an asset should there be an General Election.

We are hours away from a by-election in Batley and Spen and people inside and outside the Labour Party await the outcome of the election that could strengthen existing doubts about the leadership of the Labour Party. But there is more. There have been incidents during the campaign for the by-election that are extremely worrying. A well-known Muslim female Labour Party politician was seen laughing when the standing candidate Kim Leadbeater was accosted by a group of angry Muslims who were questioning Kim Leadbeater about her stances on LGBT issues. To what extent can the Labour Party trust its Muslim members and supporters? If what happened regarding Jewish voters happens again but this time involving Muslim voters there are areas and not just Batley and Spen but somewhere else in the country where the Labour vote could collapse. 

We then see that added to already existing ideological differences between Labour politicians and Labour Party voters we have two new divides regarding issues that happen outside the country that can seriously undermine the Labour Party. Palestine and the debate about anti-Semitism and Islmamophobia are key issues for the present Labour Party. 

A regional official in the UK's Labour Party has prevented local party members from debating a motion on Thursday calling for sanctions on Israel over human rights violations against Palestinians saying it would trigger 'anti-Semitic behaviour'. 

Kim Bolton - chair of Hove and Portslade Constituency Labour Party in southern England - ordered that members are prohibited from discussing the motion calling for Israel to 'end its violations of the human rights of Palestinians'.

The motion had urged the UK to 'impose legal sanctions on Israel', such as a ban of arms sales and trade with illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

Bolton reportedly acted on advice from Scott Horner, the south east regional officer for Labour. Horner is said to have cautioned her that the discussions 'would undermine the party's ability to provide a safe and welcoming place for all members, in particular Jewish members'.

Bolton said she supported that view and believed that a debate on sanctions against Israel, key demand of the non-violent BDS movement backed by large swathes of Labour Party members, could 'stir up internal conflict'.

What are the alternatives for the Labour Party after July 1st, 2021, day of the by-election in Batley and Spen? If the Labour vote is divided and Labour loses the by-election, will this be the last straw for Keir Starmer's leadership. What will he do? Will he carry out yet another reshuffle as it happend after events in Hartlepool and event in Chesham and Amersham? If the Labour Party is in favour of another leadership challenge, who is there to replace Keir Starmer?

Because of the pandemic, the Labour Party has been desperately trying to capitalize on any criticism made concerning the governing party, whether it is about Dominic Cummings or the actions of Matt Hancock or the fabricated loss of documents pertaining to the Ministry of Defense. But this cannot make up for the general lack of direction and ineffectiveness of the Labour Party.

Keir Starmer very well knows that there are two fundamental divisions in the Labour Party - apart from other divisions - the Parliamentary Labour Party and the grass roots of the Labour Party - never mind the University warriors on social media that do not represent the real Labour Party.

Hartlepool was lost because many Labour supporters chose to abstain. In Chesham and Amersham, Labour barely managed to gather a few hundred votes coming after the Green Party. Somebody talked about tactical votes that gave the Liberal Democrats a win in Chesham and Amersham. What if this wasn't a tactical vote, but something more permanent? The Liberal Democrats seem to believe that the outcome was due to a lot more than just a tactical vote. 

We await the outcome in Batley and Spen. Let's see if the Muslim vote for Labour holds or if George Galloway manages to attract both Muslim voters discontent with the stances of the present Labour Party on Palestine and/or Jeremy Corbyn's supporters in general and/or any disaffected Labour voter that does not agree with Keir Starmer's leadership.

 

British Ministry of Defense and the Black Sea chapter: I smell a rat

 

When the British Ministry of Defense itself is involving in leaking documents you know this is about circus and propaganda.

Cuando el Ministerio de Defensa Británico está involucrado en la filtración de documentos, usted sabe que se trata de circo y propaganda.

The report says: Classified defense documents containing details about HMS Defender and the military have been found at a bus stop, prompting an investigation from the Ministry of Defense (MoD).

El informe dice: Documentos de defensa secretos conteniendo detalles sobre HMS Defender y los militares fue hallado cerca de una parada de autobus, motivando una investigación del Ministerio de Defensa.

So the Ministry of Defense places classified defense documents containing details about HMS Defender at a bus stop in Kent to ensure that they papers were found by a member of the public and when the documents are unavoidably found the Ministry of Defense starts an investigation about how this could be possible. It could not be more theatrical than that.

El Ministerio de Defensa colocó documentos de defensa secretos conteniendo detalles sobre HMS Defender en una parada de autobus en Kent para asegurarse de que los papeles fueron hallados por un miembro del público y cuando inevitablemente los documents son hallados el Ministerio de Defensa inicia una investigación sobre cómo esto pudo ser posible. No podría ser más teatral. 

Immediately, the Labour Party reacts as it was scripted that they Labour Party would immediately react and 'describes the loss of the sensitive information as embarrassing as it is worrying for ministers who are seeking reassurances that national security has not been undermined.'

Inmediatamente, el Partido Laborista reacciona según fue planeado en el libreto de que el Partido Laborista reaccionaría inmediatamente y 'describe la pérdida de información reservada como un hecho vergonzoso que preocupa a los ministros que tratan de que se les asegure que la seguridad nacional no ha sido puesta en peligro.'

So what was it about? The papers included one set of documents that discussed the potential Russian reaction to HMS Defender's travel through waters off the Crimea coast on Wednesday, while another paper laid out plans for a possible military presence in Afghanistan. Adding the Afghanistan bit to make it more credible.

¿De qué se trató? Los papeles incluyen un conjunto de documentos que tratan sobre la posible reacción rusa respecto del viaje de HMS Defender en aguas frente a la costa de Crimea el día viernes, mientras que otro conjunto de documentos tratan de planes sobre una posible presencia militar en Afganistán. Se agrega Afganistán para hacer la historia más creíble. 

A member of the public who wanted to remain anonymus (i.e. a member of the Ministry of Defense) contacted the Ministry of Defense when the 50 pages of classified information which included emails and PowerPoint presentation was found. Surely, a credit to Microsoft designer of PowerPoint because it shows how useful PowerPoint software is that even the British Ministry of Defense is using it for its classified documents.

Un miembro del público que deseaba permanecer anónimo (ejemplo, un miembro del Ministerio de Defensa) se puso en contacto con el Ministerio de Defensa cuando las 50 páginas de información secreta que incluye correos electrónicos y un presentación PowerPoint fueron halladas. Con segurida algo que enorgullece a Microsoft dado que muestra la utilidad del programa de computadora PowerPoint que es tan útil que incluso el Ministerio de Defensa Británico lo usa para producir documentos secretos.

The mission was described by MoD as 'an innocent passage through territorial waters' with guns covered and the ship's helicopter stowed in its hangar. It says that it was done with the expection that the Kremlin would react aggressively.

La misión fue descrita por el Ministerio de Defensa como 'un paso inocente por aguas territoriales', con armas cubiertas y con el helicóptero del buque dentro de su hangar. Dice asimismo que fue hecho con la expectativa de que el Kremlin (el gobierno ruso) reaccionaría de manera agresiva.

The report says that a series of slides showed two alternative routes, one described as 'a safe and professional direct transit from Odessa to Batumi', including a short stretch through a maritime traffic management system, known as TSS, close to the south-west tip of Crimea.

El informe dice que una serie de imágenes muestran dos rutas alternativas. Una de las rutas es descrita como 'tránsito profesional directo y seguro entre Odessa y Batumi', incluyendo un trecho corto a través del sistema de gestión de tráfico marítimo conocido como TSS, cerca del extremo suroccidental de Crimea.

The Labour Party as part of this comedy has to say via John Healey (Labour's shadow Defense Secretary) that an internal inquiry carried out immediately should establish how highly classified documents were taken out of the department in the first place and then left.

El Partido Laborista como parte de esta comedia tenía que decir mediante John Heley (que ocupa la posición de Ministro de Defensa en la Oposición) que una investigación interna urgente debería determina cómo documentos muy secretos fueron sacados de una oficina y dejados en la vía pública.

It must be said that national security was never compromised. This is a circus organised by the Ministry of Defense with full knowledge of the Labour Party and of 10 Downing Street. No classified documents of such nature would ever place near a bus top so that anybody passing by would find them.

Hay que decir que la seguridad nacional nunca fue puesta en peligor. Este es un circo organizado por el Ministerio de Defensa con pleno conocimiento del Partido Laborista y del gobierno. Ningún documento de tal naturaleza hubiera sido puesto cerca de una parada de autobus para que cualquiera que pasara por el lugar lo pudiera encontrar.

They were placed on purpose near a bus stop in full view of members of the public or possibly it was never placed anywhere near a bus stop. They had to improvise a version of events to make the report about the loss documents more colourful to attract as much mass media attention as possible.

Fueron colocados de manera deliberada cerca de la parada de autobus de manera visible para cualquier miembro del público o posiblemente nunca fueron colocados cerca de una parada de autobus. Tuvieron que improvisar una versión de lo ocurrido para hacer que el informe sobre los documentos perdidos fuera más atractivo para atrar tanta atención de los medios como fuera posible.

From the start the intention was to provoke a Russian response knowing full well that the British warship would be entering territorial waters violating the 12 miles limit.

Desde el comienzo, la intención fue provocar a Rusia sabiendo que el buque de guerra británico entraría en aguas territoriales violando el límite de 12 millas.

For many years, Britain supported the idea of the 12 miles limit when other countries stated that the limit should be 200 miles as part of the denominated 'exclusive economic zone'.

Durante muchos años, Gran Bretaña ha apoyado la idea de las 12 millas cuando otros países sostuvieron que el límite debería ser 200 millas como parte la denominada zona de exclusión económica. 

Uruguay and Argentina defended the thesis to dictate that the River Plate is a river and not an ocean and that therefore Argentina and Uruguay have absolute control of it.

Uruguay y Argentina defendieron la tesis para dictaminar que el Río de la Plata es un río y no un océano y por ende Argentina y Uruguay tiene control absoluto del río.

The so called 'innocent passage' was never meant to be an 'innocent passage'. It was a premediated provocation seeking a military response with political aims. 

El llamado 'paso inocente' no era la intención. Fue provocación deliberada tratando de provocar una respuesta miliar con fines políticos.

Labour Party: Lessons to be learned to prevent tragedies

 

On June 16th, 2016, Jo Cox MP (right) was killed in plain daylight being shot and stabbed several times when walking to conduct a surgery at her constituency.

Undoubtedly, the Labour Party has sought to capitalize on emotional elements when Kid Leadbeater - sister of Jo Cox - was chosen as Labour Party candidate in the by-election in Batley and Spen due to take place on July 1st 2021.

The assumption is that Labour voters will seek to elect Kim Leadbeater who, like Jo Cox, is the only local candidate of a slate of candidates. The selection of Kim Leadbeater hasn't come without criticism. Kim Leadbeater was not a Labour Party member. She joined the Labour Party and was selected by-passing Labour Party rules in terms of membership and selection of candidates due to stand for election.

The Labour MP who held the seat had to resign the seat because she was recently chosen to be the Mayor of West Yorkshire. Tracy Brabin was elected in May 2021 and resigned because she could not hold the two posts - Member of Parliament and Mayor of West Yorkshire - at the same time.

The by-election in Batley and Spen comes after a remarkable defeat for Labour in Hartlepool and the losss in Chesham and Amersham were the Labour Party barely got a few hundreds of votes being place behind the Green Party. This comes during very difficult times for the Labour Party. Events in the United Kingdom and outside the United Kingdom. 

Events in the United Kingdom led to the removal of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Party Leader following a series of scandals involving accusations of anti-Semitism. Jeremy Corbyn did not only lose his position as Labour Party Leader, but he is also out of the Labour Party standing now as an Independent MP. Since then, Keir Starmer has been Labour Party Leader and from day one the briefing was to uproot any kind of behaviour in the Labour Party that could be identified as anti-Semitism. This has come at a cost. In recent days, Muslim supporters complained that Keir Starmer is literally ignoring them and there were public statements by Labour Party supporters in Batley and Spen who refuse to support the Labour Party in the Batley and Spen by-election because of Keir Starmer's stance regarding events in Palestine.

There was a turn for the worse when the issue was a debate about proposed sanctions against the Jewish State of Israel and this is reflect by attitudes inside the Labour Party at regional level.

This was reported by the mass media:

A regional official in the UK's Labour Party has prevented local party members from debating a motion on Thursday calling for sanctions on Israel over human rights violations against Palestinians saying it would trigger 'anti-Semitic behaviour'. 

Kim Bolton - chair of Hove and Portslade Constituency Labour Party in southern England - ordered that members are prohibited from discussing the motion calling for Israel to 'end its violations of the human rights of Palestinians'.

The motion had urged the UK to 'impose legal sanctions on Israel', such as a ban of arms sales and trade with illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

Bolton reportedly acted on advice from Scott Horner, the south east regional officer for Labour. Horner is said to have cautioned her that the discussions 'would undermine the party's ability to provide a safe and welcoming place for all members, in particular Jewish members'.

Bolton said she supported that view and believed that a debate on sanctions against Israel, key demand of the non-violent BDS movement backed by large swathes of Labour Party members, could 'stir up internal conflict'.

I contacted Helen Hayes MP and wrote the following:

'I saw Kim Leadbeater alone on the streets being chased by angry individuals and the thought crossed my mind. What if.... The events on June 16th, 2016 came to me with a bang. Whatever is going on in the Labour Party, you need to take care of your own people. I copy this message to the Labour Party and to the Home Secretary. If certain individuals take an issue with Kim Leadbeater and go out to target her because of very public actions of the Labour Party regarding Palestine, Kim Leadbeater will be a sitting duck.

Kim Bolton, Scott Horner and other Labour Party officials should be made aware of the sensitivities in Batley and Spen. Muslim members/supporters of the Labour Party have already made their views regarding the attitudes within the Labour Party and in particular of the Leadership of the Labour Party. There is an important presence of people of Asian descent who are mostly Muslims in Batley and Spen.

I am afraid that whatever is going on in the Labour Party has made too many people in positions of authority absolutely blind to what is happening on the ground. You are dealing with very dangerous individuals. If on top of being targetted for LGBT issues she is also targetted because of what is happening in the Labour Party with regards to Palestine, she would be the ideal target to focus peoples' minds. Individuals who might be interested in targetting her know perfectly well that the entire country will be watching developments in Batley and Spen because of the implications of the outcome of the election for the Labour Party Leadership. They know that should anything happen, it will be reported nationally and internationally and therefore it will have enormous propaganda value.

George Galloway has made very clear that his participation in Batley and Spen has one fundamental aim and we know what the position of those bound to support George Galloway is on issues regarding Palestine.

I would't be surprised if a major incident takes place before or after the vote. We hope that nothing of the kind ever happens, but you need to be prepared to prevent it from happening. 

I beg you to take this situation extremely seriously. Do not leave her unprotected.

The message was sent to other political operators including Labour Party authorities in Brighton and in Batley and Spen.

This came after video images in which Kim Leadbeater was seen having to deal on her won with a hostile crowd being targetted about her views on LGBT.  She was seen completely vulnerable trying to get into a car parked on the side of the road. We do remember what happend to Jo Cox in June 2016. It would not have been impossible for something very similar to happen to Kim Leadbeater when she is campaigning for the Batley and Spen by-Election.

It is not difficult to understand what is happening within the Labour Party. The article that publishes the decision made by the Labour Party regarding a motion about sanctions on Israel indicates that such if the fear of the Leadership of the Labour Party about the issue of Anti-Semitism that the Labour Party is very much willing to ignore violations of human rights and the killing of men, women and children as long as there are no more accusations about Anti-Semitism. The article also indicates that a vast number of Labour Party supporters (the non-violent BDS (Boycot Divest and Sanctions) movement backed by large swathes of Labour members) do not agree with the stances of Keir Starmer on the issue of Palestine and violation of human rights.

https://bdsmovement.net/  The BDS movement works to end international support for Israel's oppression of Palestinians and pressure Israel to comply with International Law.

Keir Starmer as Labour Party Leader has sought to salvage the Labour Party and after each electoral defeat he has produced yet another reshuffle. With each reshuffle his power base is shrinking. He is not only not listening to voters. He is not listening to members of his own party. Not only that. He is preventing members of his own political party from expressing valid points of view. It might come the time when his popularity ratings with voters in general will be at the same level of his popularity within the Labour Party.

Two questions arise about his own political survival: how long will he be Labour Party Leader? Will he be Labour Party Leader at the time of the next General Election? I do believe that the next General Election will take place in 2024. Speculation about an advanced General Election seem to have come to an end with events linked to the departure of Matt Hancock as Health Secretary.

What is certain is that the image of the Labour Party as defender of Human Rights has been wiped out by Keir Starmer. He, the man who used to be a star Director of Public Prosecutions, is now under scrutiny. 

Andrew Rawnsley writing on The Guardian says: Starmer's enthusiasm while DPP for using mundane news events to feed the press with rightwing talking points is a possible concern for Labour members. If such a leader was faced with news of an injustice in the future - the consequence of a change to immigration rules,say, or of a strike in public services - Starmer's approach to the press as DPP might raise worries that he would not give a principled defence of the victims but would tell the press whatever it wanted to hear.

The description made by Andrew Rawnsley clearly explains the fact that Keir Starmer instead of choosing the hard way of standing against violations of Human Rights has chosen the easy way of opting for what is convenient instead of opting for what is proper and difficult. Little consideration has been given to the predicament Kim Leadbeater could face in Batley and Spen.