Andy Burnham: What if He Wins?

First off, I hope that Labour get a bloody nose in the Makerfield bye election and Andy Burnham doesn't get in and Labour don't have the rebranding that the gullible may fall for.

But let's do the thought process: what if Burnham got in. What might he do to improve Labour's chances of winning against Reform or Restore at the next election?

 What would Burnham's policies be as PM?

One of the likely pushes of a Burnham government would be to Nationalise public transport. The success of Bee line in Manchester has already gained public support in that city. However, no on notes the cost of conversion from Private to Public ownership. Yes, the busses and trams might work a bit better and having a single transport entity makes moving from buses to trams seamless, but does the cost outweigh the benefit? Only time will tell. Of course users on see the benefits, especially if the service is subsidised with borrowed money. Like most socialist projects, it may all collapse in 5 years as borrowing costs rise beyond the ability to fund repayment from fares.

If the Bee line experiment is pushed to become a Nationwide experiment, let's hope there's enough good will in the markets to allow the borrowing to fund the enterprise. Also the large investment funds may get a bit upset at losing the profits from road and rail transport companies.

The second most likely nationalisation in Burnham's public-ownership-focussed brain would be the utility companies, especially the water companies. And it would be supported by the public. But...

The problem he has there is convincing the public to fund repair of the infrastructure caused by decades of lackluster investment by private owners. Why should the public pay? And if the public pays, how are they compensated by the companies that profited from the hideous profiteering by the owners of the utility companies whilst in their ownership?

Those are just two of the problems that Burnham could face if he tries the "Manchester Mayor" his term as PM. 

Notwithstanding the issues he faces from the declining revenue from tax, increased borrowing (and the pressure to borrow even more to fund re-nationalisation), increasing inequality, increasing social and cultural division, etc.

Whether Burham can see past the leftist ideology and identify the true causes of those issues, is another thing. Starmer is captured by ideology. I get the impression Burnham is (currently) a bit more free-flowing, but if he becomes PM would the party, the blob and donors constrain him? 

Hopefully it never comes to that and Burham loses the bye-election. 

Then we'll see Starmer revert to type and his true authoritarian nature will come out. I'm sure there will be a reshuffle like you've not seen before, with ever more obscure and ineffectual personalities put in positions of power, so as not to threaten Starner's premiership. Whether he gets to eradicate all his opponents from the cabinet remains to be seen.

But Starmer is like the step-dad from hell. He is determined to make you a better person (according to him) by force if necessary, up to the point of abuse. Let's just hope we can survive the next 3 years unscathed and whoever gets in can reverse the last 30 years of abusive government.

The Most Subtle "Fuck You" in Recent History.

Pork Sausages were served on a deportation flight leaving Ireland heading to Pakistan. 

The Irish really know how to say fuck you and don't come back in the nicest way possible. 

I'm Back.

You probably haven't noticed, but I am now back in the UK, after a bit of a break. 

Well, what a few weeks the UK has had. Starmer has been given a bloody nose in the local elections and refuses to accept the reality that the people reject his policies.

A bloody nose that was so predictable, Starmer tried to stop it by withholding local elections for swathes of the UK. It was only down to Reform taking the government to court that we were allowed to have the elections, a year later than originally planned.

Since that arsekicking last week, the Government have carried on with their unpopular policies. 

We had the Kings speech. Digital ID is still going ahead at huge expense, but it's not mandatory, except that you won't be able to do anything without it, so it will become defacto mandatory to have in order to drive a car, get benefits, etc. Also in the Kings speech is the scrapping of Jury trials. Hugely unpopular. 

Basically the message of the King's speech is less freedom, more government intervention and more money required in taxes to fund it all.

Then we had Starmer's speeches. The one regarding the loss of council seats in the local elections, and the one at the end of last week regarding the protests in London. 

I can't believe I'm agreeing with Labour MP Barry Gardiner, but Starmer is deaf. Deaf to the clamouring from the people for him to reverse course on pretty much all of his policies. 

Deaf to the fact the the Unite the Kingdom movement is not Far-Right, or anti-immigration, or racist. There were plenty of immigrants at the march, who love the UK and want it to stay the way it is. 

As opposed to the Pro-Palestinian march, that was again calling for the eradication of the Jewish state and by definition, the eradication of Jews. 

Anyone looking at Starmer doesn't see a leader. They see a puppet. A puppet controlled from somewhere else. He is not listening to the people. He is not dealing with their grievances ion the way a true leader would, instead he continues with policies the public didn't ask for. So who asked for them? 

That's the biggest question now of Starmer: who is pulling his strings, or the strings of the Labour party? 

Coming up, we have the bye election created specially to get Andy Burnham into Parliament. 

Let that sink in: a Labour MP, elected by his constituency to represent his constituents, has basically stuck two fingers up to them and said, "You MUST to elect Andy Burnham". Not because it benefits the voters in Makerfield, but because it benefits the Labour party. That's not democracy. 

That's the Lords and Nobles of the land telling the peasants to fall into line and elect the person they are being told to elect. 

That's almost the modern equivalent of the Rotten boroughs, expecting the voters to vote for you. Good luck with that. Anti-Labour sentiment is high, and I guess in a constituency that voted 65% for leaving the EU, it's a bit presumptuous to just expect Labour voters to cast their vote for a Remainer. 

Prevent ain't Preventing

So, the perpetrator of the latest violent act against the Jewish community (finally recognised as a terror attack), was yet another person referred to prevent. 

How many times do we have to hear the phrase "known to the authorities" or "Referred to Prevent".

Prevent, as an organisation is supposed to de-radicalise the people referred to it. Now, I'm not sure how many have been successfully de-radicalised, but it seems there are a great many failures of the prevent strategy.

I just have to ask, what happens to prevent's failures? Are they just left to enter society and be ticking time bombs? 

I would like someone to be asking teh question, because it seems quite clear there is a whole raft of radicalised people out in the community that pose a risk to that community. 

There must be a further step for anyone that is referred to prevent and who fails to be de-radicalised. What that step is for the authorities to decide, because it's only them who have the power to remove the liberty of people. Because is that the next step incarceration? It seems it should be, given the risk these people pose. 

Oh Mandy,

The Mandleson affair continues to fester, giving more drama than a week of Eastenders episodes. 

It's quite clear that he's lost the confidence of not only opposition MPs, but MPs on his own benches. 

It's become so bad that four MPs were ejected from the commons by the speaker for openly calling Starmer a liar.

The L-word is verboten in Parliament, you can call an MP "economical with the truth", "misleading", but never, ever call them a liar.

The Parliamentary Circus convenes for a debate on the Mandelson affair today.

Olly Robbins already dropped bombshells in a meeting with the Foreign Office Select committee this morning. Letting slip that Starmer was pushing for another one of his chums to get a cushy job in the Foreign Office. But just don't tell David Lammy the Froreign Secretary about it...

Hmm. Quite the duplicitous schemer, our Kier.

Anyway, I'm sure the MPs in teh commons today will have popcorn at the ready, to enjoy the show.

It's Nice to be Proven Right (2).

Yesterday it was reported by the BBC that asylum seekers were falsely claiming to be gay in order to strengthen their claim, because they said they would be persecuted back home.

Yep, been saying that for years. Claimants are playing the system, just like they play the benefits system and get help from so-called interpreters (who are basically advocates). 

Now, today it's reported asylum seekers are falsely claiming domestic violence in order to strengthen their asylum claim as well. 

Not only the two cases above, but the BBC have reported there's a whole raft of abuses of the system, including falsely claiming you're an atheist or have converted to Christianity.

Yep, been saying that immigrants have been lying on applications for years. 

Look, I've seen it first hand. 

Waaaaay back in 1980 I was made redundant and had to claim dole money. One of the things I immediately noticed was the Asian lady next to me had an interpreter with her. From the jist of the conversation I was overhearing, the interpreter was doing all the heavy lifting regarding the lady's claim. My first ever glimpse into the industry that supports immigrants and runs rings round the systems we have in place. That was 46 years ago. 

Just imagine how sophisticated and entrenched the system of cheating and gaming the system is now, after 50 years of not being investigated and stopped.

In my booth, I was getting short shrift. No help, no top-ups, not entitled to anything extra. Such was the icy reception, I rather facetiously asked, "can I have an interpreter", because I pointed up that the interpreter next door knew the system better than I and I would like an advocate to tell me what I could and couldn't claim for, rather than the icy reception and the "It's not my job to tell you what you're entitled to" response to my questions from the lady opposite.

I got the job centre death stare for pointing this out.

So, it doesn't surprise me in the least, that immigrants are gaming the system and people are helping them to do it. It's been going on for decades. They are gaming the system because it can be gamed. The people running the system are gullible enough to allow advocates into the system, rather than keep it the same for everyone. 

If solicitors are advising client to lie on their asylum claims, they should be struck off. End of. 

If those advising the claimants are interpreters, the answer is simple: no more interpreters. 

It's not racism, it's not hate against the asylum seekers, it's closing loopholes they are using to game the system and making it a level and truthful playing field for all. Where there is genuine need, then we should help. But our hospitality has been abused for over half a century.

But it's nice that finally the BBC of all people is now asking to close off these false claim loopholes.

It's nice to be Proven right

Back in 2019 I posted the following post on why I would never vote Labour. Even back then.

The reasons why not have become predictions. I was spot in the money.

Raises in tax for the low-paid, raises in National Insurance, pressure on employers such that  unemployment has increased under the current government, virtue signalling, open borders, it's all there. 

Back then, it was entirely predictable.

Thursday, 7 November 2019

Why as a Low-Paid Working Class Male I will not vote for the Labour Party.

First off, let me state I'm low Paid. Under 20 grand, which puts me way under the average wage. I'm not on minimum wage (although if the Conservative pledge to bump it up to £10.50 an hour happens, I may well be).

So, I'm working class, low paid. Yet I will not vote for the Labour Party, the traditional home of the low paid working class.

If there is anyone out there reading this that wants to attempt to convince me that voting Labour would benefit me, please do put it in a comment. I'd love the debate.

The reasons are many, but the overall reason is that the Labour Party and it's policies do not represent me. It does not champion the working class. It does not fight for us.

Instead it concentrates on platitudes and virtue signalling.

"More money to the NHS"... which means more taxation of my already meagre wages.

"Better Welfare"... which means even more taxation of my already meagre wages to pay benefits.

"Employers and the Rich should pay more tax"... which means there's a high likelihood that thanks to the already huge pressures on retail companies thanks to increased rates, higher employer N.I. or higher business rates or corporation tax will tip retail companies over the edge into closure. I high chance then that I'll end up jobless and on benefits then.

"Open Borders and Free Movement".... which means more competition for jobs, especially low-paid jobs. Which means there's a higher risk of me and other people like me staying on benefits.

"Free NHS treatment for non-UK nationals"... means that the NHS will not be able to cope as it tries to treat the world's sick and ill. The clamour to pay even more tax money to the NHS will increase and taxation of even low wages like mine will increase. The alternative is to borrow more now and then get the kids and grandkids to pay off the debt.

We had that with Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, that cynically borrowed massively to fund their supposed boom. The tax credits system or Tony Blair job creation scheme as I call it. The scheme that rather than reduce taxes at source, set up a huge administration to take a portion of tax to give back to working families and also pay the wages of the new administrators set up to administer it. So wasteful and so cynical as it allows companies to pay even lower wages to families while relying on taxpayers to make up the shortfall. Genius!

As it stands, I cannot see how the Labour party's policies would benefit me. Conversely, all I see is more negativity in my future if Labour get into power.

Nope, I will not vote for Labour.

The Real Reason Trump has Blockaded Iranian Ports.

Ok, bear with me. This will take some explaining. 

The media is pecking away at the shallow assessment of the Trump actions with Iran. Basically they are saying he is blockading ports in retaliation at Iran charging a toll for ships to pass though the straight of Hormuz. 

And looked in isolation, that's exactly what it would look like. 

However, if you look globally, things start to piece together. One of Iran's biggest customers for oil is China. China takes over 80% of Iranian oil exports and has been building up war reserves of fuel for a couple of years now. 

Intelligence assessments put a date for China maxing it's reserves and therefore it's capability to invade Taiwan at either late 2026 or some time in 2027. It's reserves of war fuels like diesel were working up to such a high level just prior to that. 

Trump could be blockading Iran with the cover that he is dealing with Iran, but simultaneously he is dealing with the problem of China and Taiwan. With no oil from Iran, China will be forced to use it's reserves to supply it's everyday requirements. It will have to draw down on those war reserves, making an invasion of Taiwan less likely.

Yes, the lack of supply from Iran could force China to jump now and use what reserves it has now to instigate the invasion of Taiwan. But China will be hamstrung, because it won't be able to import more oil to refine and use during the invasion. All it would have are it's reserves and what's in the ships already loaded and bound for China. 

And those ships crossing the Indian Ocean from the Gulf are very vulnerable, just like the Iranian warship that was sunk by an American sub. 25 miles off the coast of Sri Lanka. Did you miss that was a message of intent to China as well? 

The danger with Trump's strategy is that China could just lash out now, but how long could it last? Would it escalate to nukes, or an attack on Diego Garcia? Is this a repeat of Pearl Harbour? Could they, would they supply nukes to Iran to allow them to defend themselves? Not without America knowing. 

Who knows. If the Trump administration plays it smart, it can involve China in talks with the Iranians, to persuade them to negotiate in good faith with the Americans. But being Islamists, in my experience good faith is not something they ever negotiate with

Time will tell if this is a huge bit of 4D chess by the Trump administration, or if it's the precursor to World War 3. Lets hope they know how to play chess eh?

Europe is an Organised Crime Continent.

I work for a company that imports and exports items all over the world. Since Brexit, it has become very clear that the EU customs process is a very protectionist one, or one that requires a huge investment on the part of the company importing into Europe to comply with all the petty rules. 

For instance when Brexit first started, we had terrible trouble getting items through customs because the address the person used on their order, their "informal" address, didn't exactly match the "formal" address EU customs had on file for that location. 

Many order were rejected and returned until customers inside the EU learned to look up their formal address and use it as the destination. 

But even then, it became so petty: for instance if a comma was missing, or in the wrong place, it was rejected and returned. 

Even up until a couple of months ago, Ireland was especially petty. An order would be arbitrarily returned for no reason, then if resent, would be accepted. It seemed to be just up to the mood of the individual customs officer that looked at the package. That issue seems to have largely been sorted by an addition to the invoice.

Spain was another egregious rejector of packages. Packages were rejected for being illegal to import into Europe, or restricted, or some similar reason. On items that were originally made in Europe and exported to us in the UK. 

I do remember one item being a solid metal gear knob. I'm not sure what they thought it was, considering it was manufactured in Poland, delivered to a company in Germany who then sold it to us in the UK and we then exported it to a customer in Spain. Maybe they thought it was a weapon?

What I'm getting at is the whole process of selling into the EU from outside is a lottery. Brexit has opened my eyes up to the arbitrary nature of EU officialdom and processes. 

There is no "official" process that can be followed which will guarantee the process flows correctly. There is always the upstart officer in customs or an official department policy that wants to penalise UK companies for exiting the EU. 

That's the way it looks, because the process is so arbitrary. If there was an official process that could be followed that guaranteed entry, then it would look less vindictive and less like criminal activity and more like a professional organisation.

But no. We have to join a club, pay dues sign up to agreements, in order to guarantee trade. The alternative is to fall foul of a complex, unregulated, unprofessional system. 

To me it just looks like more organised crime. Do we slip Euros in the document wallet to grease the palms of the customs officer to guarantee importation? 

It does make you wonder.

Spying.

Fuck. Are we doing this? Again? Reeeeaaally?

I assume for comments.

Just ask. It's that simple.

I am approachable. 

Sloppy, so I assume UK-based?

Kanye West: More Two-Tier Justice from Kiers Cabinet.

Yesterday, Shabbbbana MacMooud, the Home Secretary banned Kanye West from entering teh UK to perform at a festival. 

The reason he was banned are comments he made a couple of years ago supporting Hitler. 

Far enough, you'd think, supporting Hitler is a pretty bad position to be in, ideologically. You know, hating Jews and stuff.

But then why aren't other Jew-hating bands banned from performing in the UK? For instance Kneecap.

Why aren't the crowds on the weekly anti-Israel marches also prosecuted for calling for death to Jes?

By then why aren't extremist Imams that spout anti Israel and anti-Jew rhetoric in Mosques banned? 

If one form of antisemitism is bad, then why not another? All are equally as abhorrent as the others. 

More two-tier justice from the Government I guess. 

The End of the Economy?

We've had skirmishes in the Middle East before and the Strait of Hormuz has been threatened by Iran before. 

So why are things so dire right now and looking into the future?

It's because European governments have abrogated their responsibilities to their citizens with respect to security.

They have reduced their armed forces to a point where they are pointless, they have followed a net zero ideology and made energy supply insecure. 

The UK has shut down all it's refineries, so we have to import petrol and diesel from abroad. We import LNG when we could get it from the north sea. We import electricity because we don't have the capacity to make enough ourselves. 

This is Trump's way of proving a point. You want petrol, go get it, secure it's shipment with your navy. Can't do that because you don't have the ships? Tough. Trump warned Europe, and now after the verbal warning, he's supplying a practical demonstration. 

He's treating European governments like the shallow-thinking children they are.

UK Government Policy Causing Energy Insecurity.

The government have the ideology or rhetoric that renewables are the answer to fuel insecurity. The idea being that if we can generate all our energy from wind and solar, we won't be beholden to the world energy market.

But that's not true is it?

For every single watt of renewable energy capacity that is created, so an identical watt of fossil fueled generation has to be installed as well. That's because every watt of renewable energy has to have a reliable back-up for when the wind doesn't blow and the sun doesn't shine. 

Energy demand doesn't suddenly stop when the renewables can't deliver. There has to be something else available top fill the void, otherwise the lights go out and people freeze to death in winter.

That back-up generation is now predominantly gas-powered. That's why renewable energy is linked to the spot price for gas. 

Because essentially the system is gas-powered and we pay the gas-powered price for the energy, from which the energy providers make a profit. However, if the conditions are right, we switch to renewables.

Now, if we are gas-powered, you'd think the government, in order to stabilise the price of energy would look to bring the production of gas into the country's borders, reducing the reliance on foreign supplied gas. 

But no, the UK government is shutting down gas production from the UK-owned  gas and oil fields, and instead we are taking gas from the Norwegian-owned North Sea gas and oil fields. Let me state that again. We are paying the Norwegians money for oil and gas we could be extracting ourselves. 

It's most likely actually the same oil and gas we could be extracting, because we do have shared gas fields with the Norwegians. So they are extracting our gas for us and charging us for the privilege. 

So no matter what the Government say about renewables, not matter how much of our energy is generated by renewables, in contrast to what the government say, we will still be hostage to world gas spot prices. 

To get away from world spot price, we need reliable non-gas powered baseload. Nuclear would be a good basis for baseload. But the UK decimated the home-grown nuclear industry so much that we have to buy in nuclear power plants from abroad. 

Part of our mix of energy is biomass, which is chipped trees transported by ship to the UK and then shipped to inland power stations. Yeah, that's surely more economical than coal sourced in the UK. 

It just makes you think whoever is making UK energy policy is insane. These are insane policies, they do not make sense. They do not make sense even in terms of net zero. They only make sense in terms of destruction of UK energy security and the destruction of heavy industry. Heavy industry that creates the weapons to keep us safe. 

Madness, utter insanity.

UK in the Firing Line?

Over the Weekend, Iran targeted the US air base at Diego Garcia with ballistic missiles. 

They fired two successfully, one broke up on re-entry into teh atmosphere, but one did make it to the island and was intercepted by anti-missile batteries on DG.

Now, it's unclear how Iran did what it did. Whether this is some new technology they have developed and are using experimentally, or if they are using something already available but in a new way, like an orbital rocket used as a ballistic missile.

However, what is clear, is that Iran has the capability, should it develop it, to strike within a 3-4000 mile radius. 

That brings Europe into it's range, as well as the South of the UK. 

It was bed enough when Russia was a threat, but now the death-cult in charge of Iran has the ability to target large swathes of Europe, this should signal to European leaders to get off teh fence and deal with the Iranian leadership once and for all. 

This is not a question of colonialism, this is a question of eliminating a regime that would quite easily rain nuclear bombs down on the infidels in Europe. It would also quite happily rain down dirty bombs - nuclear material that would make areas of the country uninhabitable, creating our very own Chernobyl.

It's quite clear the nutters in charge of Iran need to be eliminated, and in quick order. And any new nutters that spring up need to also be eliminated, and the next batch and the next batch, until there are no nutters in charge and we get the regime in charge we desire. 

How Do I Know The Shit I Know?

I wish I could tell you. I suppose I have good memory recall. 

For instance I just watched a video mentioning 77th Brigade. (Hi chaps1). 

From the mists of my memory I remembered one of the senior guys was a chap called Chris.

So I did a Grok search as to who are the members of 77th Brigade:

The public information is:

Brigadier Alastair Aitken (initial commander around formation in 2015).

Brigadier Chris Bell (commander from around 2017).

Gordon MacMillan (reported in 2019 as a reservist lieutenant in the brigade; at the time, a Twitter executive—now former).

Mark Lancaster (former MP; reported as deputy commander in some sources).

Alex Aiken (promoted in Army Reserve to Honorary Colonel role related to the brigade's media/comms group in 2019).

Historical predecessor unit figures (pre-2015 formation from merged groups like Media Operations Group, 15 Psychological Operations Group) include names like Captain Lisa Irwin, Captain Lorna Ward, Major Paul Smyth, Lieutenant Colonel Vickie Sherieff, Commander Steve Tatham, Stephen Jolly, and Colonel Colin Mason—but these are not current 77th Brigade specifics.

So how did I know, from memory, that a guy called Chris was running the show? Where did I hear that? I must've heard it somewhere? I doubt very much that he is currently in charge now. The name that I recall is now Timothy. Who? No idea. 

There are many such instances of me just "remembering" information, 

It's almost as if I lead a completely separate past life and every now and again it bubbles to the surface. 

Is this the point I do a sly <wink> to camera? 

Was The Satanic Panic Nonsense?

The more that gets released about the perverted and evil things being done by the elites, the more it seems that the Satanic Abuse conspiracies of the 80s and 90s were actually true.

I mean, what better way to hide actual pedophillia than to dress it up as some satanic ritual, so the kids, if they were able to notify the authorities would not be believed.

The same for the stories around the time of Saville, of kids being driven in expensive cars to large country homes, to be abused by senior government figures.

One gets the impression that they are not so far fetched. Especially as Lord Mandleson has been caught in the Epstein morass. I just wonder how many other Lords have been involved in these various pedophile rings 

It's pretty clear now that there's an overwhelming amount of credible evidence that the great and the good are none of the sort. They are a risible bunch of sexual predators that need taking down a peg or two.

They need reminding they are not above the law. 

And don't get me started on the links between the elite child sex rings and the Pakistani rape gangs. Again, there is credible evidence the two are linked, which is why the great and the good won't investigate. Because Turkeys don't vote for Christmas and pedos don't vote for an inquiry into pedos. 

Prove me wrong.

Lets have a full investigation with statutory powers that has no terms of reference and is able to poke into every rabbit hole it finds. 

The top of the greasy pole is a cesspit of sexual depravity. The cliche of an MP visiting a Madam, or a Dominatrix for a bit of sexual action is quite tame and innocent in comparison to the reality of what went on.

These people are the worst of humanity.

Finally, Dragon Has Sailed.

HMS Dragon has finally left Portsmouth, a week after receiving orders to prepare to go to sea.

Two full days on the ammunition pontoon suggests she is taking a full load-out with her. She is apparently expecting action. 

I'm glad the Captain and the Admirals in charge are taking no chances, but it does give an indication of what paper tigers we have for Warships under normal circumstances. Warships with no weapons are not warships. They are just training barges. 

The government's whole attitude to defence needs a complete bloody shakeup. These are weapons of war, not gin palaces. They are not floating exhibition centres either.

The MOD needs to give it's head a wobble and start being the Ministry of DEFENCE. At the very least, it should be able to defend this country from any and all threats external. 

As a side task, it should also be ready to defend the public from larger internal threats that the Police cannot control.

3-5 years. I give them 3-5 years before they will be called on.

I Called it: MODs Lack of Air Defences in Clear View.

Well, the Iranian attack on Akrotiri Airbase has shown, in clear view, the lack of Air Defences at UK airbases.

I predicted this last year: Delphius' Debate: British Military Wargamers Panic About Lack of Anti-Air Assets in the UK.

I also predicted that the only option we would have would to be deploy Type 45 Destroyers in the path of any incoming air threat, because that's the only assets we have capable of air defence. We have no land-based air defence assets capable of taking out drones.

Today HMS Dragon, a type 45 Destroyer, leaves Portsmouth headed for Cyprus. A multi-billion pound asset, designed to defend a carrier fleet, sent to defend an island against drones that cost hundreds of thousands of pounds. 

A single Sea Ceptor missile costs around two million pounds. 

This is a sledgehammer to crack a nut. 

The MOD really needs to get on the case procuring a cheap, reliable air defence system capable of defending against drones. 

Ideally a layered system, with small, cheap guided missiles providing longer range defence, then for close in work, we can have laser weapons mounted on mobile units (so they are not set in fixed, attackable positions) that can be moved around an airfield. 

There are already systems available that can intercept ballistic missiles. Luckily the UK is too far away from Iran to be concerned with those (although it's not beyond the Iranians to develop the facility to launch missiles (say) from a beached ship).

But again, it would be prudent to look at procuring an air defence system capable of intercepting ballistic missiles, because we will require a defence against them eventually. 

And the 6 type 45 destroyers we have won't protect the UK indefinitely. They can't defend two carriers at sea and the UK as well, all at the same time. 

The UK and it's military bases at home and abroad are inadequately defended. It's time that changed in response to the increased threat from cheap drone-type threats.

Where Next for the Muslim Bloc Vote?

Labour lost the Muslim Bloc Vote (MBV) and therefore lost the Denton & Gorton by-election. 

The MBV landed with the Greens and they won. The interesting thing is that Labour didn't really see it coming. They were still pandering to Muslims during the campaign.

You have to ask why they didn't see it. Were they lied to by the Muslim community?

The reasons for the desertion is clear. Starmer the Sociopath doesn't care who he pisses off. He'll quite easily lock up a concerned mother posting on X. He's pissed off the pensioners, the freedom lovers, the wealthy and the poor, but he's also pissed off his main voting bloc. 

When it comes to Muslims, he's had the Police raiding the money laundering fronts like barbers. It's not been made very public, but quietly there have been big raids in some areas where it's got too fucking obvious to ignore. When every other shop is a barbers, there's no way they're doing 100Ks worth of business. 

So the Police go in, with dogs and not only do they find cooked books, they find drugs. There's always a sub plot, be it drugs, under the counter baccy or whatever. 

But the raids have got so big, the criminal gangs that run the Islamic community have disassociated themselves from Labour. 

The real threat of a grooming gang enquiry has also ruffled some feathers. Mainly because huge numbers of Muslim men were involved, include clan leaders. It's unacceptable that they would be investigated. They are above the law, in their eyes.

So, the MBV has switched to the Greens. Time was, the main focus of Green Party policy was whether we were recycling enough. Now, it's all about Gaza, a war that has nothing to do with the Denton and Gorton constituency. There are no major arms factories supplying Israel located there. There are no airfields launching strikes into Gaza there. 

But that's the Green party's main focus in Denton & Gorton. 

Green party policy has morphed into pro-Islamic rhetoric, because it bestows them votes. 

And yet Green Party supporters say that there has been no shift towards being an Islamic party. So where were the Green policies during the by-election? Support for a Tram link from Manchester City Centre through Reddish to Gorton and Denton? Support for Andy Burham's re-invention of bus operation with Bee Network buses?

Nope. Gaza, Gaza, Gaza. 

Restore Britain has a hard task ahead. 

Denton and Gorton Result in one Word.

Predictable.

I blogged previously about Labour and the Greens scrabbling for Muslim votes. 

We know the Green party did an advert entirely in Urdu. They won. That's what it takes now. It's a game-changer. And a warning.

The Muslim vote know Labour are done and they have switched to the Greens. The Greens are the party with the best pandering to the Muslim bloc vote. The Greens have realised that capturing the Muslim bloc vote ensures success.

There should be no doubt now that UK politics is a sectarian battlefield. Sectarianism has reached the House of Commons. The Greens were voted in for no other reason than they pandered to the Muslim vote.

In seats like Denton and Gorton, the Christian indigenous vote has to come out massively and decisively in order to defeat the Muslim bloc vote, otherwise they lose. The numbers are so finely balanced.

I heard people in interviews saying they wouldn't vote. Well, good luck with that. Because you'll get a what you deserve, something that doesn't serve your interests. You'll get a council that installs Muslim officials, (eventually) Muslim MPs, and eventually you'll get nothing, because it will all be diverted to the Muslims. I've seen it happen. 

This is the battleground Restore Britain has to fight on. It has to unite the non-Muslim vote. 

Importing ex-Tories, as Reform have done is not the answer. Straight away you have lost the ex-Labour vote. 

Restore Britain has to be clean of Toryism, cronyism, and has to resist the urge to allow the taint of past political mistakes stick. 

Restore Britain needs to be a new broom, a clean broom, sweeping away the previous malaise.