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.

 

Why Anti-Semitism activists are working together with the British Far Right?

 

Paul Besser and outspoken anti-Semitism activists 

Anti-Semitism campaigners in the United Kingdom appear to be working together with elements of the British Far Right and they appear to have a common interest in terms of going against Muslims and Pro-Palestine campaigners.

Paul Besser has been seen with Paul (former British National Party activist and organiser and present leader of Britain First) and with Jayda Fransen (formerly Britain First Deputy Leader and now involved in the leadership of the British Freedom Party due to stand in elections in Scotland to challenge Nicola Sturgeon for a seat in the Scottish Parliament).  

It can be said that Anti-Semitism campaigners are very close to Tommy Robinson (Stuart Lennox) and have been involved in campaigning for Tommy Robinson and have participated in rallies supporting Tommy Robinson. Anti-Semitism campaigners have also been involved with Anne Marie Waters (leader of For Britain) that also has an anti-Muslim narrative and has supporters that usually attend rallies, supporting Israel and are not favourable to the cause of Palestine. Former members of National Front and British National Party have publicly joined Anne Marie Waters. It must be said that Anne Marie Waters is a former member of UKIP that became disassocited from UKIP because of her views on Islam.

We know from the media (i.e. The Independent newspaper online) that there have been reports of threats made by Tommy Robinson against journalist like Lizzie Dearden that constantly classify Tommy Robinson as Far Right activist.

All three - Tommy Robinson (former BNP), Paul Golding (former BNP) and Jayda Fransen (former BNP and now associated with Nick Griffin (former BNP Leader) and Jim Dowson (former financial supporter of the BNP and founder of Britain First), have been convicted for incidents against Muslims in the United Kingdom. The question to ask is: are pro-Israel and anti-Semitism activists in the United Kingdom actively cooperating with the British Far Right to go against Muslims and those who support the cause of Palestine?

Tommy Robinson - Pro-Israel and anti-Islam

The links are apparently everywhere. It looks like some media are playing both sides at the same time. On the one hand they condemn Far Right activists for engaging in anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, but they don't seem to want to talk about the obvious marriage of convenience between some anti-Semitism activists and the Far Right engaged in campaigns against Muslims in the United Kingdom.

Many politicians and many in the mass media are being less than honest by talking about issues when it suits their agenda and looking the other way when it doesn't suit their agenda.

Paul Besser and Jayda Fransen

Yet again Electoral Fraud in Labour Constituencies

Not long ago, it happened in Tower Hamlets where instances of electoral fraud and voter intimidation were investigated, leading to the removal from his post of the then Mayor Lutfur Rahman who was found guilty of corrupt and illegal practices by an Election Court in 2015. 

Lutfur Rahman

 

It was found that votes for rival parties had been intentionally lost at the count and Mr Rahman was removed from office and banned from standing for election for five years. 

But in spite of very serious issues that proved that the election was rigged, in the following election no proof of identification was introduced. Irregularities also included ballot tampering and postal vote fraud.

Now, yet another scandal has shaken the Labour Party that led to the suspension of East Ham and West Ham constituency parties represented by Stephen Timms and Lyn Brown. 

Stephen Timms

Lyn Brown

Troubled years for the Labour Party that indicated that until further notice no party meetings or business can take place, but Labour Party authorities refused to divulge the nature of the investigation. The allegations of electoral malpractice are said to be wide ranging and supported by a considerable amount of evidence. 

In places like Newham, support for the Labour Party has been massive with practically all seats being occupied by Labour Party Councillors. The borough also has a Labour Party Mayor. How confident can we be that in the coming London Assembly elections voting will be legal? Three separate scandals in constituencies controlled by the Labour Party.

In a few days time, the House of Commons will consider a bill demanding electoral proof of identification for voters. I reckon that such piece of legislation is long overdue to tackle manipulatioon and fraud in elections. 

After the anti-Semitism scandal, the Islamophobia scandal, and several other scandals involving misconduct including sexual misconduct, racism, misuse of public monies, false statements of parliamentary expenses and political intimidation and bribes leading to the arrest of the Labour Mayor in Liverpool, the Labour Party should grasp the opportunity of supporting a piece of legislation aimed at ensuring that voting is legal and that those voting are legally entitled to vote.

It was pretty extraordinary to see a Labour Party MP walking inside the Houses of Parliament wearing a Police electronic tag attached to one of her legs because she lied and falsely accused an innocent person who was overseas of an offense that she herself committed. 

With all that has happened in recent years, the Labour Party can hardly claim that it occupies the high moral ground. 

Changing a leader is easy, but getting of a bad reputation based on corruption, undemocratic practices and examples of incompetence publicly displayed by members of the Labour Party Shadow Cabinet is not going to be easy.

 

Now Labour wants to follow Britain First

After being routed in its homelands during the 2019 General Election, an election in wich the Conservative Party got a sizeable majority by becoming the party of the white working class (statistically more white working class people voted for the Conservative Party than they voted for the Labour Party), Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer wants his party to use national flags and put on a suit to try and regain the confidence of British voters.

According to him, a posher Labour Party might become a more attractive option, but if this an issue merely of flags and suits and not of real policies the chances are that his approach will not find favour amongst those whose support he needs to turn the tide that has gone against the Labour Party after a series of scandals involving anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and outright fraud. One example is the once popular Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson who fell from grace after being accussed of being involved in a conspiracyu to commit bribery and witnerss intimidation. 

Before Joe Anderson, members of the Labour Party Shadow Cabinet have shown worrying signs of incompetence when Diane Abbott discussed on live radio his options to improve Police services. Something about the amount of money needed to recruit new Police Officers. Emily Thornberry didn't do that well when she publicly acknowledge that she wasn't aware of the names of key political figures in the international arena, people she would have had to deal with if she had been Foreign Secretary.

If anything, the removal of Jeremty Corbyn also helped remove many members of his Shadow Cabinet, but it hasn't helped to improve the Labour Party's standing in terms of competence. 

Having the Labour Party taken  to the courts by its former Leader is not a show of unity. If the party whip is not returned to Jeremy Corbyn, Jeremy Corbynb would be facto not allowed to stand in a General Election for the seat he now represents. And what about Labour Party supporters? During his term in office as party Leader, Jeremy Corbyn managed to increase Labour Party membership. The irony was that Labour Party members liked Jeremy Corbyn as much as the Parliamentary Labour Party disliked Jeremy Corbyn. What happened in the northern seats that used to be represented by Labour MPs might very well have been retaliation by the Labour Party grassroots against the Parliamentary Labour Party that got rid of Jeremy Corbyn.

Using the tactics of the so called Far Right could be for Keir Starmer a fatal mistake. What would the likes of the UAF, Hope Not Hate, Searchlight and others say when they see the Labour Party dressed in Britain First's clothes? For decades the Labour Party tried to convince British voters that Natinonalism was poisonous and that whoever went around with national flags was racist, Fascist and xenophobe. Labour Party authorities literally replaced national flags with European Union flags. After Brexit, they cannot use European Union flags to hide symbols that they actually hate.

Will the Labour Party that actively campaigned against British Nationalism now turn around and say that they are British Nationalists and that they no longer believe what they used to preach by demonising anybody who dared to stand for British Nationalism?

 

Trevor Phillips in the eye of the political storm regarding Islam

Trevor Phillips in the eye of the political storm regarding Islam

Trevor Phillips

Nick Griffin

These two main went to war some years ago when the challenge was the Constitution of the British National Party. The struggle costed the political organisation a critical amount of resources and initiated the process leading to electoral losses in the British National Party. Not long afterwards in what was effectively a coup within the BNP, Adam Walker and Clive Jefferson orchastred the expulsion of Nick Griffin and the organisation became a phantom organisation without any real political purpose because the Leader and the Deputy Leader became invisible. 

Nick Griffin was crucified for denouncing that Muslim gangs were preying on vulnerable boys and girls. The BBC called Nick Griffin 'racist'. More than a decade later, Nick Griffin was proven right, but still the political establishment and the mass media who spread so much poison against Nick Griffin couldn't bring themselves to apologize for having wrongly accused Nick Griffin and for having looked the other way while thousands of British children were being sexually abused, raped, plied with drugs and alcohol and even tortured and killed. In far too many cases, the culprits were never found. Now we face the absurdity of a government that doesn't want to publicise reports of those who were found and convicted in British courts.

Throughout the years, Trevor Phillips views on some issues have changed and now he himself has a different stance. The former head of the EHRC (Equality and Human Rights Commission) stated that UK Muslim population is 'different'. For having the courage of being frank and open, Trevor Phillips has been suspended by a Labour Party that stands accused of hatred against Jews. Suspending Trevor Phillips was a logical thing to do by a Labour Party that has direct links with Islamic terrorist organisations and has been openly attacking the State of Israel.

This is about the Labour Party's revenge against Trevor Phillips because Trevor Phillips and 23 other public figures wrote last year to The Guardian newspaper stating that they would not vote for the Labour Party because of the association of the Labour Party with Anti-Semitism.And what is the EHRC doing right now? The EHRC is investigating the Labour Party for Anti-Semitism and the Conservative Party for Islamophobia. So this goes beyond Anti-Semitism and Islmamophobia. This is a political struggle with geopolitical angles and goes to the root of what Britain stands. This is also - critically - about National Security.

The Labour Party sold out to Irish terrorism by becoming extremely close to the IRA. The Labour Party looked the other way when in places like Rotherham they ignored the plight of vulnerable boys and girls attacked by Muslim rape gangs. It must be said that - althrough not all involved in such criminal activities can be classed as Muslim - a disproportionate number are of Muslim Pakistani descent and some have stated that this could be do to cultural and religious issues and the ghetto realities of Britain. In quite a few cases, Diversity has been exactly the opposite of genuine Integration.

 

Nick Lowles: From Searchlight to Hope Not Hate to.... with a penchant for Islamophobia

Nick Lowles: From Searchlight to Hope Not Hate to.... with a penchant for Islamophobia

In 2016, the National Union of Students attempted to ban Nick Lowles to deny him a platform because he stood accused of Islamophobia. It has been reported that Nick Lowles is no longer the head of Hope Not Hate, in spite of the fact that articles signed by Nick Lowles are published by The Guardian. 

If such penchant for Islamophobia happens to be true, then Nick Lowles would have joined the likes of Nick Griffin, Paul Golding, Jayda Fransen and Tommy Robinson that - surprise, surprise - stand accused of Islamophobia. 

Nick Lowles: Anti-Muslim campaigner?

To have spent quite a few years as an 'Anti-Racist' campaigner, ending up being accused of Islamophobia like many of those active in the so called Far Right seems a bit of a fall from grace.

On this day and age, perhaps the Security Services using new legislation should ask him his pins and numbers of all his electronic devices to find out what he actually up to.

I wonder if Nick Lowles has any links with Moscow. Having links with Moscow was the reason why the Security Services detained Paul Golding at Heathrow Airport and took him away with handcuffs when Paul Golding refused to deliver his pins and passwords. Trump charges for terrorism were made against Paul Golding that will be in Westminster Magistrates Court on February 27th 2020 at 2:00 o'clock to answer against the said charges in what is nothing more than another piece political persecution.

The British mass media and some British politicians want you believe that we live in a free country, but unfortunately when somebody who has absolutely nothing to do with terrorism and stands against terrorism is arrested, manhandled and falsely accused, all illusions of being in a free country fall overboard.

Every single piece of repressive legislation - like a knife - can be used for the right reasons and for the wrong reasons. When Jacqui Smith, then Home Secretary under a Labour goverment, introduce anti-terror legislation, voices were raised to caution against the certain possibility that anti-terror legislation could be misused. Nick Lowles was more interested in demonising and harassing those he didn't like and not even paid lip service to public freedoms. What Nick Lowles should take into account is that he himself could be targetted with the tools he used against others. The Porno Home Secretary - she and her husband used to claim Parliamentary expenses for pornography videos - took an active party in putting aside Habeas Corpus and the Presumption of Innocence, making possible to detain individuals without access to legal counsel. 

We live in a very strange world. Nowadays, regardless of ideology, race, gender, et cetera, you could end up in court accused of terrorism simply because you refuse to surrender access to your private information contained in electronic devices. We started fighting against terrorism and we ended up creating a terrorist state. And, once again, Nick Lowles was instrumental in the creation of a terrorist state.

  

  

Brexit: I have been asked multiple times 'what will happen?' I only know that I know nothing' has been my reply.

Brexit: I have been asked multiple times 'what will happen?' I only know that I know nothing' has been my reply.

The date was going to be March 29th, 2019. Then, suddenly it became April 12th, 2019 or May 22nd 2019 depending on certain conditions. Now, we stand 5 days away  and hours away from April 12th, 2019 since no deal has been agreed. On Monday, the House of Commons - if weather allow it, since just days ago the sitting had to be suspended because water was pouring through the ceiling of the main Debating Chamber - will once again talk about the possible stages.

In the meantime, the internal struggle within the so called main political parties - Conservative and Labour - continues and there is always the possibility of more defectors leaving both Conservative and Labour due to disagreements. In essence, by Friday, April 12th, 2019, without any agreement there will be two options left: to leave without a deal or to cancel Brexit if no postponement is agreed with the European Union.

Having said, the political environment has become ever more fluid with issues involving accusations regarding Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia that are affecting the way politics in Britain works. Even when we are talking about national issues there is a geopolitical agenda that is constantly distorting what should be merely national issues.

What has become self-evident is that so mainstream political parties will be affected by the comings and goings linked to Brexit, Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia that high levels of lack of trust in Democracy in the United Kingdom.

On May 2nd 2019 there will be Local Elections. Somebody suggested that given the probabilities regarding a General Election and an European Election the country should prepare to hold three set of elections of May 23rd 2019. This means that legislation should be passed to provide funding for three different sets of elections.

Jailing people for Reckless Statements could be violation of Human Rights

Jailing People for Reckless Statements could be violation of Human Rights

In Totalitarian Britain, Police Forces are being used for Political Persecution and I must emphasise the word 'used' because at the end of the day if they are used to terrorise and persecute for political purposes they are just following orders given by their masters.

People get angry. People get frustrated. People express their anger openly and this is only human. People say things that in normal conditions they wouldn't say and we need to have a degree of understanding of why sometimes human beings react, explode with anger.

In Politically Correct Britain, the expression 'causing offence' is being used to terrorise individuals to deter them from using their Freedom of Speech to the point when Freedom of Speech is no more. The truth can be offensive to those who don't want the truth to be told.

Hating other people is normal. It is absolutely human. Expressing harsh criticism against other people is absolutely normal. If you hate somebody, it is your human right to say 'I hate so and so'. If you hate a Jew or a Muslim, if you hate a Conservative MP, a Labour MP or an MP of whatever political party, it should be totally normal and acceptable to say it as loud as you can and as publicly as you can. But we live in a Totalitarian State in which only those who are more equal than others are free to express their hatred.

If want to say that you hate an individual classed as Far Right, you can say it without fear of 'causing offence' and without fear of being accused of 'hate speech'. Jews and Muslims are free to insult and threaten anybody else. But beware if you are the one saying that you hate Jews or Muslims. You will be arrested and most probably jailed accused of anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, racism and of indulging in hate speech.

The direct consequence of double standards is that, at the end of the day, double standards will fuel anti-Semitism and Islamophobia and Jews and Muslims will be targeted and in some cases killed because repression and double standards make people feel that they are discriminated against and persecuted for expressing their anger while Jews and Muslims are allowed to get away with murder.

Lets look at the conduct of mass media and politicians when it comes to those they hate. They are free to attack, to libel and defame and even threaten those they hate but the same freedom is not accorded to ordinary people or to those they hate.

If an ordinary individual and those classed as Far Right were to say what some politicians and mass media or those classed as 'antifa' say, they would be arrested and jailed.

We are all human beings. We love and we hate and rightly so. No one should be persecuted or harassed for expressing their love or their hatred towards others. We must get rid of Political Correctness and legislation that prevent us from being human and in the process we will free the courts for courts to be used to deal with real crimes.

You hate Jews? So what? You hate Muslims? So what? As long as you don't go out armed and with intent to attack somebody, you should be free to express your hatred. Unfortunately, with every passing day, we go deeper and deeper into the realm of sheer stupidity in which legislation is being used to destroy human beings and to create robots. Are you offended? Be offended if you wish. I am offended by high levels of mental retardation that I have witnessed in British courts.