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.