Tube Strikes: not too much, not too little

I guess most people are unaware of the fact that transport workers have worked round the clock for many many years. When transport services stop, teams of workers start maintenance work checking tracks and signals and doing everything necessary to ensure that a few hours later when services start again the network will be safe to operate and transport millions of passengers across London.

The conflict now is about increasing the number of hours when trains are driven across the network. Forcefully, working conditions will change and this will mean that eventually there is going to be less time available to maintain the network and that those in charge of doing repairs will be under increasing pressure when doing jobs that are absolutely necessary to ensure that the network is safe to run.

Of course Mayor Boris Johnson wants to change working patterns. He has in his mind the idea of getting rid of all tube drivers replacing them with robots and computers. This has serious implications. On the one hand, theoretically, services will be extended and more people will travel. In practice, the chances of breakdowns occurring will increase and the time available to deal with breakdowns will be reduced.

One fundamental issue affects Underground Services: lack of space. This is why we have now railway services, bus services, underground services and so called overground services complementing each other to increase capacity and transport alternatives within the little space available.

The situation we face is not about workers being unreasonable. It is about having a safe and sustainable network. Most people should know by now that certain branches of the service would be under water had not been for constant pumping. The tunnels are old and without proper maintenance that can only be done when services are not running the network would eventually come to a halt not because of strikes but because of critical physical damages.

After welcoming parties, come metallic fences, barbed wire, tear gas and water cannons

After welcoming parties, political expressions of support, street rallies calling for immigrants to be welcomed, come metallic fences, barbed wire, tear gas, water cannons and stringent border controls.

Suddenly, the demagogy of leaders like Angela Merkel, gives way to the reality of what flood immigration actually means.

The quota system was rejected and was bound to be rejected. The diktats of EU bureaucrats and politically correct politicians are faced with the realities of member countries that on this issue and on many other issues don't seem to see eye to eye.

As I was listening to Jeremy Corbyn on his maiden appearance in the House of Commons coming face to face with Prime Minister David Cameron, comments about cuts of Housing Benefits that led to an exodus from central areas of British cities, the question came to me: if they are complaining about a housing crisis, about people being thrown out of homes because of cuts of Housing Benefits, where do people think that the tens of thousands that will be arriving in coming months are going to live?

David Cameron, the Prime Minister that says No on Monday, Yes on Tuesday and Maybe on Wednesday, promised to accept tens of thousands of immigrants. How is this compatible with the realities of the Housing Crisis, the lack of GP surgeries, the lack of school places, the burden being imposed on public services? Well, it isn't.

You listen then to the rise of unemployment and the fact that employers are going to be taking in less employees as the new Living Wage comes into place. Less jobs and more people looking for jobs, many of whom not even speak the language of the country? They will need a place to live in. They will need a job or otherwise they will be locked up in the cycle of welfare dependency. Have any of the aforementioned concerns been taken into account?

Demagogy can please many people that sooner than later will end up terribly disappointed, desperate and angry, and anger is what we must be very afraid of because discontent will flock into the streets of Britain and then the scenes of fences, water cannons, tear gas and police deployment with riot gear will also be seen in the United Kingdom.

Time for Principled Politics regardless of Ideology

You might agree or disagree with what Jeremy Corby stands for. Personally, what matters to me is Principled Politics regardless of ideological labels.

I am fed up to the back of my teeth of all the talk about Middle Ground. I am fed up of Middle Ground. I want politicians that stand for what they believe and tell things as they are.

For decades there has been the discussion about occupying the Middle Ground. What is the Middle Ground? A figure of speech, an invention to try and please everybody even if people don't have a clue about what is being promised. Get rid of Middle Grounds and give us the real McCoy. What do you stand for Sir/Madam? I look at the record of votes in the House of Commons of the last 25 years and I see a very disappointing reality with politicians pleasing their public and then doing exactly the opposite of what was promised.

They say that the new generations don't care about politics. Wrong. The new generations care about politics but they don't want demagogues. They want the real thing. The don't want scaremongers that tell them that the world is going to come to an end if the vote for this or for that. They want and they entitled to make their own mistakes, follow their own paths wherever those paths can take them to.

The British political system has been suffering from paralysis. The system has been clogged with professional politicians that stand for what is convenient for their own personal interests and their kind of politics has become a bit of the same wherever you look. Whether it is Conservative, Labour of Liberal Democrat, you know that they represent exactly the same interest groups and they are very comfortable switching chairs every four or five years to try and maintain the status quo, a status quo that has been a recipe for disaster.

Here comes a new face of politics. A man that challenged his own political party more than 500 times voting in the House of Commons and on the streets, talking about what he cares about and about what he believes. Once again, you might agree or disagree with Jeremy Corby but he is on record as being somebody who truly stands for what he believes.-

Karl Hohenstauffen

Kezia Dugdale 'I have a plan, a plan that cannot fail (Peter Sellers' Inspector Clouseau)

Kezia Dugdale is the new face of the Labour Party in Scotland. In just a few months time - May 5th 2016 - under a new national Labour Leader, she will be put to the test of the Electorate in Scottish Parliamentary Elections. Same day when London Assembly Elections will take place.

Suddenly, the words of Peter Sellers' Inspector Cousteau come to mind: ' I have a plan, a plan that cannot fail'.

If the Labour Party flops in the Scottish Parliament Elections and does badly in the London Assembly Elections, would that trigger yet another national Labour Party leadership election?

Some Labour MPs have indicated that there could be a revolt in the Westminster Parliamentary Labour Party. If there is a revolt in the Westminster Parliamentary Labour Party, how will it play in Scotland and in the United Kingdom as a whole?

There is a dangerous cocktail of elections in the offing. In September 2015, new Labour Party Leader. In May 2016, Parliamentary Elections in Scotland and London Assembly Elections. If on May 5, 2016, the SNP routs all other political parties in the Scottish Parliament, will this trigger another Scottish Referendum on Independence?

Jeremy Corbyn is a breath of fresh air in British Politics

Jeremy Corbyn makes politics interesting. I like somebody who says what he believes and acts accordingly.

I cannot agree with every idea but I like consistency and consistency is something Jeremy Corbyn has in great amounts.

People are usually called Extreme when they know exactly what they want and work to achieve what they want being honest in terms of what they are trying to achieve.

His emphasis on open borders is not everybody's cup of tea but his actions regarding Foreign Policy and in particular regarding the Illegal Invasion of Iraq and the situation in Occupied Palestinian Territories has been entirely consistent and in most cases in agreement with Nationalist policies regarding Foreign Intervention.

Jeremy Corby is a worthy opponent and in the mire of British Politics, Jeremy Corbyn is certainly a breath of fresh air.

I had no hesitation is walking together with Jeremy Corbyn all the way to Hyde Park in Central London to protest against the planned Illegal Invasion of Iraq, invasion that led to the present nightmare in Africa, Middle East and Asia Minor that has now become a very real threat in Europe and elsewhere.

Karl Hohenstauffen

A hard working UK Parliament

You would have thought that certain debates were more important than others but it seems that debates about expenses and salary rises for Members of Parliament are more important than anything else.

The number of Members of Parliament present during debates is a clear indication of what the priorities are.

BNP Leadership Election - Adam Walker's Candidate Stament

BNP LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS 2015

ADAM WALKER

My name is Adam Walker,

I’m a British Army Veteran, 3rd Dan karate instructor, qualified teacher, accomplished nationalist, and the current Chairman of the British National Party.

As BNP Chairman, and with the help of you and my professional and experienced team, I’ve ALREADY led the BNP through a difficult and successful transitional period. 

Now we’re in a position of strength built on internal stability and making careful, prudent and calculated financial decisions. 

In that short time, I’ve cleared our Party’s historic debts and, for the first time in ten years, I can officially announce an end to the expensive and unnecessary court cases that have hindered our progress for so long. I’m very proud of that achievement.

Few people realise just how many vital decisions need to be made by the Chairman on a day to day basis. I’ve got a great team working with me, and together we’ve consistently made the right choices.

It’s usual for candidates to make uncosted financial promises during elections, and in this election a suggestion of slashing membership fees has been made. I’m a responsible Chairman and it’s important to put on record the FACT that such a dramatic reduction in membership fees is unsustainable.

That’s why stability tempered with experience is so important – because one such hasty decision would destroy years of careful financial management, plunging our Party into financial crisis once again. Crises from ill-conceived, reckless decision making are a thing of the past.

Now I’ve delivered that hard-won stability for our Party, I’m really excited about moving to the next stage.

I’m re-focusing our party on winning elections, because elections are our lifeblood. Leading from the front, I personally ran Cllr Brian Parker’s historic third-term election victory, proving that we can beat all the rest even in their target wards.

It’s a truly exciting time for the BNP. 

Now we can get to work resisting the Islamisation of Britain, preserving a future for British children in their homeland. We demand respect and dignity for our pensioners. We will continue to campaign for the fair treatment of animals and fight for British independence from the EU. These are just some of the core issues at the heart of the BNP. Together we can make our policies a reality.

To seize the opportunity and be the best, the BNP needs a serious leader, with a wealth of experience and a winning team behind him. I have the backing of the party leadership team, but your endorsement matters to me.

We can continue our great work together, growing and uniting nationalists under the BNP banner where they belong.

We can maintain our hard-won stability and build a strong, relevant, respected and electable political party.

All you have to do, is VOTE FOR ME.