Tuesday, 31 December 2024
London: Subsidising poverty or distributing population according to means?
Thursday, 26 December 2024
Economic realism vs Geopolitcs: Alternative für Deutschland
Economic realism vs Geopolitcs
The options are pretty clear. Germany is a manufacturing country that has been losing jobs in manufacturing because German companies have been pushed out of Germany due to high energy costs.
It is also a country is which the vast majority of migrants live on benefits and produce very little or nothing for the German economy.
Understandably then lowering energy costs and throwing out unproductive foreigners that live at the expense of the German peoples are two major priorities. This is why Elon Musk stated that Alternative für Deutschland is the only German political party that can save Germany.
Buying things cheap somewhere else when jobs are vanishing in your own country is not a valid alternative.
High taxation is a requirement to finance people who are out of work. Therefore, the only alternative is to get rid of beggars and lower taxes to restore the strengths of the German economy. And a permanent flow of additional jobs is also a requirement for political and social stability.
The status quo is a non non. It is precisely the status quo has created the present mess.
At the end of the day, each country has different realities and overlooking differences leads to the wrong conclusions. There are also historical realities and each country is bound to react differently and have different priorities.
Sunday, 22 December 2024
EU heats up: Olaf Scholz urgent travel to the Russian Federation
EU heats up: Olaf Scholz urgent travel to the Russian Federation
Thursday, 19 December 2024
Not again: for a month US Administration faces shutdown due to budget deficits
The USA might spend trillions of dollars in Defence, but those who really serve see little of it.
Much of the monies end up in the pockets of shareholders of the military apparatus, but real servicemen and their families end up begging to make ends meet.
Not, it is not Jamaica. It is the United States of America when middle classes are vanishing and the gap between the super rich and the super poor rises steadily while public debt grows exponentially.
Elon Musk is more than right to state that unless the budget is brought under control the USA is literally bankrupt. An Empire running on empty and promoting and justifying ever more brutal foreign policies that justify Genocide in a world in which the ends justify the means. A far cry from the nation led by the Founding Fathers. There is no compassion, There is no right nor wrong. Everything goes.
On January 20th, 2025, a new President will be inaugurated. Will things ever change or will things keep going in the wrong direction?
Respect must not be confused with fear and fear is no respect whatsoever.
Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Friedrich Merz: New German Chancellor?
Friedrich Merz: New German Chancellor?
Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Keir Starmer planning to cut down British Armed Forces by 20,000
Plans announced as part of a Defence Review indicate that the British government led by Keir Starmer is planning to cut down the size of the British Armed Forces by 20,000 (down from present level of 73,000 including all branches).
It must be said that barely 40,000 are actual trained combattant personnel. Such is the state of the British Armed Forces.
Manpower or lack of it is a very serious issue, but also material resources are critically absent. All of which renders Britain totally incapable in case of a real conflict involving Air Force, Navy and Army and other branches of the services.
Statements made by David Lammy beggar belief. The Foreign Secretary does not have a clue about what is he is actually saying and has no knowledge whatsoever when it comes to military matters. President Trump, during his first mandate as American President, made abondantly clear that each NATO member country should do its part. This is not just about Article 5. It is about Article 3 that commits every NATO member country to be self-reliant when it comes to self-preservation. Changes proposed by the Labour government goes in exactly the opposite direction, weakening Britain even more.
We must look beyond statements made by politicians regarding state of readiness. Britain is only ready to lose and budget constraints are not reassuring. It takes years to recruit and train military personnel. No matter how much money you have got, time is of the essence and time for Britain is running out.
Sunday, 8 December 2024
Are monies going where voters want monies to go?
What we call Democracy are merely a collection of blank cheques to be used in many ways other than the ways voters want their monies to be used.
In every election, voters are asked to support a given candidate and/or political party and many attend polling stations or use other ways of voting to make a choice. But what choice are they really making? Apart from marking their ballots, what choices are they really making?
In actual fact, they are just giving away their decision making powers to individuals that they hardly know or that they hardly ever meet for the said individuals to do as they please. They are given away the entitlement to make decisions. They are giving away their rights.
Democracy is based on illusions. Democracy is a mirage. Democracy is fiction. And the consequences of maintaining fiction can be and usually have been catastrophic, because all voters can do is to vote down a political party to replace it with yet another ilusion months or years later. We lie to ourselves pretending that things will be better if so or so gets elected.
Elections are about how monies are used and when it comes to how monies are going to be used we have no choice whatsoever. We have got no choice in terms of where the monies are going to be coming from or how monies are going to be spent. Decisions about where the monies are going to be coming from are arbitrary and decisions about where the monies are going to go are equally arbitrary.
What we call Peace is in actual fact an ongoing War in which those who have little bargaining power are bound to lose.
This is why voters should be able to keep in their pockets as much of their monies as possible and be able to make their own personal decisions. The numbers of those in employment are debatable as they don't tell us the truth about subemploment, the kind of employment leading to even greater poverty. If in spite of working long hours you don't get enough to have decent life then you are not employed and you are actually a slave. This is Modern Slavery. If we were to discriminate between those who earn enough and those who do not earn enough then the numbers of those in real employment would be much lower.
Friday, 6 December 2024
EURO ERM New Chapter with both France and Germany's budget deficits exceeding the limits set up for the EURO
Tuesday, 3 December 2024
Michel Barnier on the way out? What next for France?
Michel Barnier was chosen as Prime Minister with a Parliament in which there is no Constitutional Majority to choose a Prime Minister.
Emannuel Macron appointed Michel Barnier as a pair of safe hands to guide France at a difficult time after Parliamentary Elections that generated more chaos than order.
Now, Michel Barnier could be outsted in a vote of confidence. After the Parliamentary Elections, the French government became hostage of adverse circumstances.
The next Presidential Election is due to take place in 2027 or wherever the French President resigns. If Emmanuel Macron were to resign, he could not stand again as Presidential Candidate. Such are the rules. Could the rules be broken to allow Emmanuel Macron to take part in yet another Presidential Election? While this is happening in France, in Germany Olaf Scholz faces a vote of confidence in January 2025 and possible Federal Elections in February 2025.
The two major players of the European Union are on the brink of a major upheaval in European politics and geopolitics.
Thursday, 28 November 2024
When everybody is celebrating war.....
When more and more people who will not be fighting any wars are jumping in promoting war, you know that something will be going awfully wrong.
Mark Rutter, as many other war promoters who will be watching war, comfortably sitted in their offices or living rooms, could not care less about those who are going to die, including his own compatriots that rejected him in free elections.
The images coming from Gaza give you an idea of how many European cities will look should there be war in Europe. This is something that all those listening to Mark Rutter should internalize. Will David Lammy ever put on an uniform and head for war? Never. They can say 'we will stand. as many times as they wish, but the fact is that they will never stand where it matters. People fighting the war themselves understand the full meaning of what is going on. Mark Rutter will continue getting his monies paid into his bank accounts without ever having to face the possibility of being shot in the battlefield.
However, should a European War happen, then the battlefield will come to us. London, Brussels, Berlin, Paris and many other European cities will be part of the battlefield and your home, the one you have been working for and paying for for so many years will be turn to rubble with you and your family inside. Or perhaps you will be at work in an office or factory when the nuclear blast comes.
Sunday, 24 November 2024
January 20th 2025: Let's Hope that Joe Biden does not start World War Three
Let's Hope that Joe Biden does not start World War Three
Sunday, 17 November 2024
Does the ceremonial have anything to do with Christianity?
Does the ceremonial, ritual and clothing have anything to do with Christianity?
For centuries, so called Christian churches and so called Christian organizations have been characterized by all kinds of peculiar attires that have nothing to do with Christianity.
Who invented 'Nuns'? Who said that certain attires had anything to do with the teachings of Jesus? Did Jesus talk about building temples full of statues and decorations or talk about the proclamation of so called saints? No, he did not. Jesus was not immortal. He was made immortal by Emperor Constantine. So all that has been spread for centuries by organised churches has been an an absolute lie. Jesus was prophet, a mortal man that had wife and children. Where did the abstentinence vows come from? Another invention that has served to hide homosexuality and depravity. It is no surprise to learn about sexual abuses within churches.
How does he look like? Like a clown. And there are many of them. Recent scandals are not even the tip of the iceberg.
I recently spoke with two ladies working for the Church of England and ask them why they don't go around spreading the Word of Jesus. They told me that they don't do that because 'we are not Evangelists'. Well, truet Christianity is evangelical. By saying that they are not Evangelical they go against Jesus.
As more and more temples get sold to developers or are taking over by other religious organisations, the fate of the Church of England and other churches is all too obvious.
Muslims are everywhere preaching Islam, in the same way that true Christians went around and go around preaching the word of Jesus. I recently met a group of Muslims in the centre of town. They asked me what languages did I speak and they offered me a copy of the Quran in different languages, including several European languages.
What is the Church of England doing to promote Christianity? Absolutely nothing. Or even worse, with every single scandal, they are proving that the Church of England is a source of corruption of all kinds.
Saturday, 16 November 2024
President Donald Trump: even with majority in both houses, it is not going to be an easy ride
It the run towards the elections was not an easy ride, the first half of President Donald Trump is not going to be an easy ride either.
Having a majority in both the Senate and the House of Representatives is no guarantee of support when new projects reach both houses and full support will be needed to implement any piece of legislation.
Commentators of all political colours make all sorts of forecasts about the direction of travel of the new administration. Every statement made leads to speculation.
The reality is that from day one it is going to be a one day at a time business. Few could predict that COVID would be so fundamental in both national and international politics.
No one has the crystal ball to foresee what new crise will be in the horizon. At this point in time the one war that will lead to the big war could start anywhere. Political crisis in both Germany and France are just beginning and these are two major European players. It remains to be determined what will be the impact of massive political changes in both Germany and France. Bans could be the trigger of major events. Attempts to incarcerate Marine Le Pen in France could badly backfire. Attempts to ban AfD in Germany could literally destroy democracy in Germany. So who will be the players? Soonafter President Donald Trump is officially inaugurated as American President, there will be Federal Elections in Germany.
Car manufacturing is vital for the German economy and right now there are not just news about closures in Germany, but also closures in Europe when AUDI moves its operations to Brazil. Scania, Volkswagen and in the near future also AUDI will be based in Brazil. This will be of course good news for Brasilian workers, but not very good news for EU workers - at a time when Germany represents more than 24 per cent of the European Union economy.
Wednesday, 13 November 2024
German Coalition: Vote of Confidence due to take place in January will actually take place on December 16th 2024
The days of Olaf Scholz as German Chancellor could be numbered.
The vote originally planned for January 2025 is due to take place on December 16th, 2024 and the Federal Election will actually take place in February.
This can change quite a lot in German politics at a time when urgent measures are needed to sort out German economics.
Germany was remarklably absent from a top meeting about the Environment. The German government has more pressing concerns when the Green Party barely has a calculated 10 per cent support across Germany and in three state elections only managed to get 7 representatives elected out of 120 in Saxony and none in Thuringen and none in Brandenburg.
As part of a deal to get a coalition together, hawkish Annalena Baerbock got chosen as Minister for Foreign Affairs. The fact that she could be on her way out within weeks would be a step forward towards peace in Europe.But the outcome of the Federal Election will tell the story and possibly write a new script.
The outsted Finance Minister Christian Lindner wanted to stop sending money to Ukraine by sending Taurus missiles instead. To have a member of FDP, a Junior member of the coalition, dictating foreign policy would have been a serious error of judgment. Olaf Scholz was asking to change rules to allow more borrowing. Christian Lindner refused to change the rules abour borrowing and decided to blackmail the German Chancellor to force him to adopt an idea he is very much against because of the dangerous implications of having Germany as the initiator of a European-wide conflict. FDP has no foot to stand on.
But money is in short supply and recent announcements about major German industrial players talking about factory closures and lays offs does not help. Energy and migration are bound to become even more important subjects. Increasing the Defense Budget? Where are the monies going to come from? NATO quotas could simply be unreachable. Listening to individuals like Ursula von der Layen or Emmanuel Macron might make somebody think that there are resources aplenty. Well, no. France is running huge deficits and Germany faces borrowing limitations. Any monies sent Eastwards come from borrowing. Will Germany and France - like Britain - go for tax rises? What effect would tax rises produce when unemployment is rising? What political effects will rising unemployment produce?
Friday, 8 November 2024
A New Political Era for Europe: Germany falters
The announcement that the German coalition headed by SPD has collapsed leaves in power a government headed by a political party that in three recent state elections failed dramatically to capture the public imagination. In three consecutive elections, Grüne barely managed to get 7 representatives out of 88, 119 and 88. This is how bad things are and they are bound to get worse. Support for the war in Ukraine has banrupted Germany and attempts to increase borrowing led to a political showdown leading to the end of coalition that was unsustainable from the very begining.
FDP and Grüne are exact opposites in various ways and such agreement was bound to end in tears. Can a Federal Election clear the air? Such election would take place in March 2025 and not in September 2025. Germany has been leading and financing the European Union. Changes in German politics are bound to have a significant effect in terms of German leadership and of the survival of the European Union. Talks about increasing defence expenditure are bound to go anywhere as Germany tries to sanitanize its own finances. Job losses already announced are not going to make the present coalition popular amongst voters.
Who could be the real winners in March 2024? There could be three potential winners: CDU, a new political party that had success in recent state elections and Alternative für Deutschland. The one party that has a real project for Germany is Alternative für Deutschland, a project that takes care of Germany´s energy needs and of migration - a subject that is a major concern in many European countries, including Germany.
Sunday, 3 November 2024
Shoemaker makes Shoes: Something that does not apply to the present government
When you have people who have never ever been in business and don't have a clue about running a business, when you have people making decisions about farming when the closest they have been to managing a farm is standing near the shelves of a supermarket, you know that the country is in trouble.
Ideology does not replace knowledge and expertise, but we have got politicians driven by blind ideology deciding what is best for the country. So, if anything can go wrong, it will go wrong.
First thing you learn about economics is that the closest the factory is to raw materials the lower production costs will be, but then comes Ed Miliband and decides to prevent new oil and gas exploration in the North Sea.
How old was he when Britain was going over the edge because of lack of oil and gas? In the 1970s, Britain was saved by the discovery of oil and gas in the North Sea, but now the all knowledgeable Marxist politician wants to prevent any more exploration for oil and gas.
Britain buys already too much foodstuff abroad so reducing the number of farms on British soil will force Britain to buy even more foodstuff abroad as population keeps growing. What does Labour do? Implements tax measures that will put more and more farms out of business thus reducing production in the United Kingdom.
Every step of the way, Labour policies are based on ignorance, ideological hatred and misconceptions and the alternative is, as it always have been, to borrow more and to produce less. When Labour talks about growth, Labour is not talking about economic growth. Labour is talking about indebtedness growth. And then when they can borrow no more, they will propose massive cuts that will leave people ever poorer.
The consequences of economic mismanagement will be worse than the Covid Pandemic and the energy crisis combined and this could become a very long Winter of Discontent that will end up with tears, and even spilt blood.
Thursday, 31 October 2024
Here came the budget: Main target NHS and Second target the economy and particularly interest rates and growth.
The general thinking is that the Labour government will inflict pain earlier with the hope that near the next General Election the numbers will be much better to produce good feelings amongst voters. But this is a gamble by a government that publicly stated that if they had not inherited interest rates that were already going down the present announcements about borrowing could not have been made.
Everything is based on the presumption that the economy will improve, that interest rates will go down and that repaying the borrowing will become easier. Another factor is promised improvements of the NHS. If the economy does not improve and if improvements promised regarding the NHS are not delivered then this would be a double political wammy that could bring down the present government at the next General Election.
The hope is that no crise like the Covid Pandemic or the energy crise generated by sanctions implemented against the Russian Federation or anything of the sort happens from now until the next General Election. Anything that would require much more borrowing and generate emergency conditions, negatively affecting. the economy, is not welcome.
Et ceteris paribus? All other things being equal? Expecting that nothing will happen along the way that could change or derail present plans is a very negligent attitude. Things are bound to change. There are crucial ongoing conflicts and the seeds for more conflicts are being planted.
Now, lets have a look at potential trading partners. What is the situation in Europe? What is the situation in the Americas? What is the situation in Africa and Oceania? What is the situation regarding new players that are rising and increasing mutual cooperation?
The belief that new global associations will remain focused on the East and will not spread towards the West is extremely naive. We now live not in a bipolar world. We live in a multipolar world. In which direction the Americas, Africa, and Oceania will go is not a given. But present trends indicate that BRICS is making inroads. Those joining BRICS happen to be the most populous countries in the world. They also happen to be those which tend to have more resources in terms of raw materials.
Founding countries? Russian Federation, China, India and Brazil. While the main Western countries have been involved in a rising number of conflicts, China has been spreading financially and economically across key regions of the world. The impopularity of the Western approach when dealing with conflicts is spreading and such impopularity does not benefit Western countries. China has not been involved in any major conflict. In fact, it is gathering more and more influence in countries that are far away from China.
Monday, 28 October 2024
Israel vs Iran: is this the real show?
Is Israel versus Iran the real show?
Saturday, 26 October 2024
Wednesday, October 30th, 2024 - Budget Day
Friday, 25 October 2024
Taxing private pensions, assets and shares? More madness on the way.
Due to low productivity, Britain has increasingly relied on financial services. There are two sides of banking. One is the conventional side of banking based on mortgages and loans and the other is financial banking, lending money to investors that take a huge deal of risk and therefore expect higher rewards.
Private pension funds very much depend on shares and investments and values fluctuate on a daily basis, so there is an inherent level of risk. How can you tax shares? Will you tax what a share was worth on Monday or what a share was worth on Tuesday?
Imagine yourself as a Northern Rock shareholder. One day you count your wins. You have an investment and you have a return. The next day, your investment evaporates because the value of your shares is literally zero and you have no return. Are we going to see debt taxed?
The only growth that the present Labour government will produce is the growth of debt, unemployment, illegal employment, and fraud. Launching a virulent attack against the one sector that keeps Britain alive is cutting down the tree on which you are standing. The 2008 financial crise will feel like a pleasant vacation.
The infamous event affecting people who had used their assets to support insurance payments comes to mind. One day they were riding the waves of opulence and the next day they were selling everything they had to pay for insurance claims.
Sunday, 20 October 2024
Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick: Conservative Party has demolished stereotypes
Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick |
The British Conservative Party has demolished all stereotypes
Friday, 18 October 2024
More than 600,OOO UK companies in financial distress. Labour's answer? More financial burden.
In recent years, the level of taxation imposed by Labour authorities increased exponentially.
Congestion charge? ULEZ? Parking permits? Announced increased of capital gains and national insurance payments?
Not enough with having to contend with rising costs of utilities - to name one range of expenses for any business to deal with - more regulation on the horizon.
After COVID, the energy crisis, and after the energy crisis a Labour government that is bent on creating new obstacles along the way.
When we talk about more than 600,000 businesses in trouble, we are surely talking not mainly about big operators, but about medium size and small businesses, many of which might certainly be family businesses.
The amount of money people spend shopping has dropped and this means less revenues for companies, whatever their size. If you add regulation and taxation, there is going to be less monies to invest in the normal economic cycle. If by cutting down the flow of money in the normal economic cycle, unemployment and subemployment rise then the Welfare State will be affected. The annnounced intention to cut down welfare payments by 3 billion Pound is pie in the sky. It is for the birds. Lack of economic activity due to people having less money in their pockets will lead to unemployment. The natural consequence is that several things will grow: domestic violence, street crime, deprivation, and illness.
Taxing people and companies to the hilt will not produce economic growth.
Saturday, 5 October 2024
Oil and Gas: they never learn
When in the 1970s, Britain was going under, North Sea Oil and Gas saved the day. When the war in Ukraine started the conflict led to a shortage of oil and gas that led many European countries and Britain to harsh economic realities.
Now, Britain has a Labour government that is bent on taxing oil and gas companies to the hilt. Companies pay almost 80% as taxes. There comes a point when exploration and production costs are no longer sustainable and the natural consequence is that the oil and gas business can become no longer viable. We already have the experience of what happened to British shipyards that could not remain competitive. They went under. They could not survive.
Now, we have a vociferous government that is bent in getting Britain into several wars, wars that could make oil and gas unattainable, unreachable. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates and others happen to be in a region that could be engulfed by war and if that happens access to oil and gas produced in such region will no longer be a possibility. What will happen then? What happened before when we had no access to oil and gas?
The British Prime Minister that does not know what a woman is believes that carbon capture is energy production. The level of stupidity has risen exponentially. He talks about alternatives. Well, private business might not be interested in such alternatives when they don't make sense for business. In fact, in recent times that been public tenders and the private sector showed no interest in bidding.
It could be the case that everything will have to be financed mostly with public monies coming from taxation and not with private investment. But in the meantime, while the British governent struggles to transform dreams into reality we might find ourselves facing blackouts and mass unemployment should there be a military conflict that prevents from having access to present energy sources.
Monday, 30 September 2024
Austria: Now it is Freedom Party's turn with about 30% of the vote
So called mainstream politicians and political parties keep their heads buried in the sand and plough ahead with policies that ordinary voters reject, to the point of lying to voters to win elections.
One typical example is the talk about migration. People are increasingly fed up with what they call an invasion and when so called maintream politicians don't listen then they vote for political parties like the Freedom Party of Austria.
This is the natural consequence because more and more people no longer trust mainstream political parties that want to continue flooding Europe with migrants and want to fight a European War. Who are the warmongers? A typical example is the Green Party in Germany. The Green Party is bent on engaging Europe in Nuclear War, not that nuclear war will benefit the environment. Anyone who opposes warmongering ends up being called a Fascist or a Traitor.
The Freedom Party stands againt migrantion and the Freedom Party is against War. Therefore, it does not surprise that policians and mass media that have prostituted themselves to promote criminal wars immediately went on the offensive attacking those who are against war.
Wednesday, 25 September 2024
As economic figures show decline, EU Panic over immigration
One by one, EU countries are now panicking over immigration. The announcement of massive job losses in Germany, accompanied by news about border controls that go against the spirit of the Schengen Agreement don't go easy down the throats of German voters that are now turning to support AfD and/or walking away from the ruling coalition SDP/Grüne/FDP and this poses many questions about the coming Federal Election, after three state elections - Germany has 16 Federal States - in which vote for Alternative für Deutschland was 29% in the worst of cases and peaked at more than 33%. The use of the word ´peak´ is relative as the economic and financial situation hangs in the balance and as months go by the state of the German economy could be even worse thus favouring the vote for Alternative für Deutschland and for another 'leftwing Party' that has pushed Die Linke to the side and is making inroads in German Politics. Two options - one Right and one Left - and both anti-immigration have pushed the ruling coalition to curb migration into Germany.
As this happens, in France, Michel Barnier - a Prime Minister of necessity - after President Macron lost both the European Parliament Elections and the French Assembly Elections - is also inclined to talk against migration and the word 'Deportation' is going around. Italy has also spoken for closing borders and now there is the mention that EU makers and breakers want to have a dialogue to coordinate with Britain the transit of migrants. Keir Starmer stated today 'that being worried about migration is not Far Right', a clear change after Keir Starmer's trip to Italy when he met Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni.
They also seem to remember Angela Merkel and blame for her open invitation to migrants to come to Germany. That was German Chancellor Angela Merkel then also Leader of the CDU. It must also be remember that soonafter she stated 'Multikulti ist tot', publicly declared that multiculturalism had completely failed in Germany.
Sunday, 22 September 2024
Hermann Göring: No German cities will ever be bombed = NATO: we can attack the Russian Federation, but the Russian Federation will never attack us.
The concept of invincibility is still very much amongst us and we see it in the speeches and statements made by politicians and mass media personalities. We see in news reports and commentary about the conflict in Ukraine.
All the talk about using long range missiles is based on the concept of invincibility and of 'it cannot happen to us'.
Reality is exactly the opposite. A war by proxy can really and truly become a direct military involvement that could see Berlin, London, Paris, Warsaw and many other cities turned into ash and debris with no living soul in them.
We are not in the 1930s and 1940s. We are in 2024. The distances have become a lot shorter. What could be done in months and weeks can now be done in minutes.
It takes 15 minutes for a 100 megaton nuclear device to reach London and there will be scarcely the time to evacuate a city of more than 8 million people during the night and of more than 9 million people during the day. Not that policians, military men, mass media and civilians could take any notice of what could land on top of them all. They have got the same of awareness the inhabitants of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had in 1945. They believe - once again - in the concept of invincibility.
One only has to read what those posting messages on social media say to know how convinced they are, believing that they can attack somebody else without a care in the world.
Understanbly, people have no personal memories of World War One or World War Two. The scenes of devastation is something that they can see in pictures, but they never had any personal experience of it. I guess those have an idea of what could happen to Europe are now being massacred by Israel and seeing their cities and towns turned into rubble with no living soul in them. It takes time for those who have not been exposed to total destruction to understand they themselves could suffer a similar fate.
Tuesday, 17 September 2024
Labour: Cutting consumption with higher taxes, higher utility prices and higher prices in the shops will lead to mass unemployment
Even before the first budget is presented in Parliament, the Labour government has cut disposable income with higher taxes, higher utility prices and higher prices in the shops.
In a reminder of what happened during the Covid Pandemic when lockdowns reduced economic activity dramatically to the point that the then Conservative government had to implement furloughs schemes to try to save ailing companies and prevent massive job losses, the Labour government now seems to intend to cause yet another financial crise.
Cutting disposable income in the United Kingdom while increasing the amount of monies thrown into a foreign bottomless barrel is a strategy for disaster. Money, money, money but not for Britain. Is this a government for the United Kingdom?
In the meantime, Prime Minister Keir Starmer travels around the world, organising new wars and leaving a trail of Pounds as he smiles for television cameras, but.... never mind... private donations for his wife's wardrobe are always welcomed.
When eve supermarket chains like Tesco are closing down branches, you can foresee what the future will be as numbers of cases of shoplifting in supermarkets increase exponentially.
Monday, 9 September 2024
Sunday, 8 September 2024
Keir Starmer: is he a Labour Labour Party Leader?
Keir Starmer: is he a Labour Labour Party Leader?
Tuesday, 3 September 2024
What would happen if an Islamic political party was created?
What would happen to British politics if an Islamic political party was created?
Six Conservative Candidates to become Leader of His Majesty's Opposition
Six candidates to become Leader of His Majesty's Opposition. This week, it is expected that two of them will be voted out in ballots in which only Conservative MPs will vote.
Mel Stride, Priti Patel, Robert Jenrick, James Cleverly, Tom Tugendhat, and Kemi Badenock are the six hopeful candidates.
With the Labour Party moving towards the right for internal reasons, Reform will be the bone of contention for the Conservative Party.
Question 1 - What do they stand for?
Question 2 - What do party members want?
Ultimately, whoever the last two contenders will be, party members will have to chose. What is the mood in the Conservative Party? Will the party want to go left in order to place itself in the mythical centre? Will the party have to go right to counter Reform?
With the horrendous experience of a similar leadership contest, who will be the chosen one and how long will the chosen one last?
The first year of the Labour governement will be a test for the Labour government and for His Majesty's Opposition. If the Labour government falters, then there has to be somebody who is killed enough to capitalize on Labour's mistakes. But it has to be also somebody skilled enough to prevent any additional casualties. There were casualties before the General Election and there were casualties after the election with several Conservative candidates being pushed aside because of the rising support for Reform.
If Conservative MPs decide to go awol and join other parties, including Reform, this could sink the Conservative Party in favour of Reform or other political parties. There is hope that 2026 could produce better news for the Conservative Party. Is that hope justified?
The first test will be the coming budget to be presented by the Labour government. If because of tax changes the Labour government's plan goes South, then the chances of doing better in local and regional elections will rise. Having said that, party unity will be a critical factor.
Alternative for Germany - Is there an Alternative for Germany?
Is there an Alternative for Germany?
Will a 40% tax on oil and gas companies reduce investment from about 13 billion down to 2.5 billion?
Dear Rachel Reeves MP,
Thursday, 29 August 2024
In 2008, Britain faced a gigantic crise and billions were 'invested' to save the financial sector
Native Americans have an expression: keeping an ear on the ground. This literally means keeping an year on the ground to hear galloping horses. Looking at the pages of The Guardian and at postings on Internet from well known Labour Party operators it is easy to see that all is not well on Planet Starmer.
Saturday, 24 August 2024
Britain: long before the first official budget is published, announcements are not encouraging
Britain: long before the first official budget is published, announcements are not encouraging
Monday, 12 August 2024
Tommy Robinson`: a picture that speaks a thousand words
This is Tommy Robinson, proudly and happily standing on top of an Israeli Defense Force tank near the Syrian border.
His anti-Muslim rhetoric is clearly linked to Irsael so when questions are asked about who is funding Tommy Robinson, the answers should be very straightforward.
Whatever happens in United Kingdom is directly linked to conflicts in Middle East and Asia Minor.
Some operators play the two sides. On the one hand they criticize Tommy Robinson in public while pledging support for Muslim communities, while in private they fully support what he is doing in the United Kingdom and also support what is being done in the Arab World, including the genocide taking place in the occupied territories and now spreading to neighbouring countries.
Sunday, 14 July 2024
Wednesday, July 17th 2024 - State Opening of British Parliament
On Wednesday, July 17th, 2024, a new era in British politics begins with the official Opening of Parliament in the United Kingdom.
A new Prime Minister with a massive number of MPs to back him up - 412 - faces a completely different environment. Conservatives down and Liberal Democrats with a massive increase of seats.
The State Opening of Parliament takes place in the House of Lords with the reading of a full package of policies and iniatiatives that the new administration intends to implement from now until the next General Election, supposedly due in 2029. And there is another ingredient in the new Parliament which is the presence of a new player - Reform - with Nigel Farage and Richard Tice at the helm. This should increase the pressure on the new government - pressure that has been perhaps temporarily reduced by a massively reduce presence of Conservative MPs.
But nothing should be taken for granted. As a political commentator stated, big majorities in Parliament can also be a huge nightmare for the man on the chair as Prime Minister. The fact that the Conservative Party has still to name a Leader after the resignation of Rishi Sunak MP, might provide some relief to the new Labour Administration.
And what about the process to choose a new Conservative Party Leader. Despite calls for MPs not to engage in blood letting exercises, the strength of feelings and strong personalities in the Conservative Party, and given the fact that non elected and non-reelected politicians will have a strong influence in the decision making process, could lead precisely to a fight without quarters.