Labour are Now Officially a Danger.

The handing over of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius shows a distinct lack of self-awareness or an awareness of what they signify in the wider scheme of things.

Right now Kier Starmer has signalled that the Labour party is happy to give up territory that the UK owns across the world.

The Chagos handover is not only a signal that Starmer hates Britain and British history, that he fails to understand it. It also is a poke in the eye for relations with America. You know our tenants on Diego Garcia, that we gave a lease to. A lease that is now under threat.

Not only that, relinquishing the islands also send signals to those countries that have historic claims to territories we acquired during times of war or have fought wars over.

The Falklands are a prime example. Why, for instance, would the UK hold onto the Falkland Islands and South Georgia, islands at the other end of the world?

Because they are a strategic resource, that's why. The sea around the Falklands provides much more in revenue than it does (currently) cost to hold onto. However that may now change, given the Labour government's signalling it's willingness to give away strategic territory.

Yes, the Chagos Islands are (were) a strategic resource. Diego Garcia is a  landing strip in an Ocean that would cost billions to Police without it. It has become a jumping-off point for Middle-Eastern operations. It is as important as the airfields on Cyprus. 

So yet again, territories held by the UK around the World come under scrutiny by those that understand their importance. Forget historic claims, we won them (usually) pretty fairly as spoils of war or some other way. Tough on the people that got beaten, but they've been ours for centuries now. Well before the creation of the United Nations. 

Only someone that is hideously crippled by the stigma of imperialism would fail to see the significance of these chunks of rock we own around the world.

Labour, Less Like a Car Crash, More Like a Motorway Pile-Up

I refuse to comment on "SausageGate", mainly because I think it and other gaffes in the speech were at best an example of an amateur at work, at worst a deliberate ploy to distract from the rest of the speech.

The Labour tenure has been marked by one balls-up after another.  "Car-Crash-Kier"? I don't think so. It's like standing by a motorway on a foggy day and hearing the screech and thud as yet another car joins the pile-up.

Screech, Thud - The initial crash happens when Labour announce the scrapping of the winter heating allowance.

Screech, Thud - Another car joins the heap when Labour announce inflation-busting pay rises for their Union mates. So we knew why the pensioners have to suffer.

Screech, Thud - Millions are announced for foreign Aid to stop climate change. Er, it's warm in Africa for a reason, Kier. And not global warming. Where it is on the Globe might be a clue.

Screech, Thud - Kier announces that people will be locked up and maximum sentences delivered for mean tweets. Hardly a public menace, nor a public priority.

Screech, Thud - Kier announces that prisoners will be released from Jail early in order to make way for those despicable hurty-word people.

Screech, Thud - We get the ClothesGate scandal, which escalates into an admission the PM is the biggest freebie-grabber in history. He's closely followed by Angela Rayner. Just what is the price all those clothes, glasses and holidays? What favours will be called in? 

Screech, Thud - It's reported that prisoners are instantly re-offending because they don't have anywhere to go to after the botched release programme.

Screech, Thud - Did I say botched? Now we find out that the wrong prisoners have been released by mistake. Some serious offenders. The Police are trying to collect them back up - If they can find them, that is.

The pile-up continues to grow. I've missed some points, I'm sure. And there will be more to follow very soon.

It's almost like the people in the Cabinet don't know what they are doing. I just wondered if they were selected and hired for their ability or something else. I'm including the Prime Minister himself in that list. 

It doesn't look like ability came up in the job interview, does it?

So what's the something else? The ability to take orders from other organisations and people? Party Donors? Freebie-Buyers? Supra National organisations like the WEF? Just how did Kier get the job when he's do fucking useless at it? Or anyone else in the cabinet?

My prediction is that the budget will fleece ordinary people and will not harm rich people. Another car hurtling down that foggy motorway...

Labour Budget: Are we Being Gaslighted?

All I heard from Rachael Reeves was exactly the opposite of what she's planning to do. 

I can understand the braying crowd of supporters taking in the aspirational sunny uplands speech, but those more cynical amongst us know what's coming.

Some of us also know what's being said in the meeting rooms of the Labour party. It's not good.

I've always said the Labour party is the party of jealousy. It made a switch from that in the first months of the Blair presidency, but then it slipped back to type.

Now there's no mask. They are going after those people they see as legitimate targets. Undeserving, unproductive pensioners were the first in the crosshairs.

Reeve's speech mentioned the closing of non-dom loopholes. Really? You're going to bugger things up for your biggest donors? Yeah, I don't think so.

Like I said, I feel like I'm being gaslighted. Labour talk a good talk, but you know damn sure that what they say will not be what they do.