There is disquiet in Parliament that a sensitive report on Russian covert actions against the UK, including allegations of electoral interference, is being sat on by No 10.
The report includes evidence from UK intelligence services concerning Russian attempts to influence the outcome of the 2016 EU referendum and 2017 general election.
Read full article: Claims No 10 'sitting on' Russian interference report - BBC News
Showing posts with label corruption. Show all posts
Showing posts with label corruption. Show all posts
Saturday, 2 November 2019
Saturday, 26 January 2019
That Irish backstop...
Seb Dance, MEP (Labour), sums up the situation nicely:
Basically, May is trying to sell a lie to MPs. She knows, because the EU27 have told her - and indeed everyone - often enough that it's non-negotiable.
They, at least, draw their red lines at hurting people and (re)starting wars.
No backstop = breaching Good Friday Agreement = hard border = physically dividing communities and families = a return to the Troubles, which is what the GFA put an end to.
We must not forget that the March 29 deadline is now barely 2 months away. Those who talk of extending it in order to re-negotiate are dishonest, as it is impossible unless May's viciously and self-destructively xenophobic 'red lines' are removed. Those who want to extend it to hold a referendum on "May's deal, no deal, or no Brexit" have a better chance, but they're kidding themselves if they think they'll be allowed a stay past 30th June, when the new European Parliament will sit for the first time.
Moreover, the suspiciously-funded No-deal Leave lobby started ramping up its Facebook and Twitter campaigns some time ago and the far-right UK tabloids continue to spread xenophobic lies unchecked, while denouncing anyone who disagrees with their perverted views as 'traitors' (I believe there's a word for that kind of attitude. Someone came up with it about 100 years ago).
Equally suspiciously, Theresa May has admitted to knowing the 2016 referendum was corrupt, while insisting on continuing with her destructive course, encouraging xenophobia and an ever-deepening split in the country. She has also blocked police investigations into known criminal activity that affected the result of the 2016 referendum. Why? Is she afraid one of the trails the police might undercover would lead to her?
Theresa May, and a number of her cronies, shouldn't be leading the country. They should almost certainly be 'helping the police with their inquiries', as the euphemism goes. Time for Toadface Farage is already running out: the FBI are after him.There is something deeply shaming about a foreign country being more willing to track down and punish criminals destroying your democracy and your country than you are.
So, there is currently no guarantee that the result of another referendum would be any less tainted with corruption.
There is only one option left, and it's the only option that can save the UK. It will annoy a small, but admittedly vocal and violent far-right thugs. It will upset the corrupt rich, who will lose money over it, as they've been betting on the £ continuing to plummet so they can asset-strip the country. It will really piss off Putin, who wants a weakened Europe for his own expansionist wet dreams. Fuck them all, and fuck them mightily.
It will require all Governments to stop using the EU as a useful scapegoat for their own misdeeds.
It will require actually educating the British (well, the English mostly, as other countries in the Union already have it) as to what Parliament does, what the EU does, what an MP does, what local authorities do, and so on. It's called civic education, and it should be obligatory everywhere.
It will require a vote of Parliament. It's feasible. The hard bit is of course getting certain MPs to understand that their job is to put their country before everything else.
Parliament must withdraw Article 50 and commit (because it's the only way to regain even a fraction of the trust lost over Brexit) to closer ties with the EU.
Anything else is just dicking around and trying everybody's patience.
Removing the backstop means the EU27 will reject it.— Seb Dance MEP (@SebDance) 26 January 2019
• May can get an agreement with the EU27 that won’t pass HoC.
• May might be able to squeeze an agreement with HoC that won’t pass EU27.
Obviously May needs both to approve. She can’t get both. https://t.co/RSBl8r70AR
Basically, May is trying to sell a lie to MPs. She knows, because the EU27 have told her - and indeed everyone - often enough that it's non-negotiable.
They, at least, draw their red lines at hurting people and (re)starting wars.
No backstop = breaching Good Friday Agreement = hard border = physically dividing communities and families = a return to the Troubles, which is what the GFA put an end to.
We must not forget that the March 29 deadline is now barely 2 months away. Those who talk of extending it in order to re-negotiate are dishonest, as it is impossible unless May's viciously and self-destructively xenophobic 'red lines' are removed. Those who want to extend it to hold a referendum on "May's deal, no deal, or no Brexit" have a better chance, but they're kidding themselves if they think they'll be allowed a stay past 30th June, when the new European Parliament will sit for the first time.
Moreover, the suspiciously-funded No-deal Leave lobby started ramping up its Facebook and Twitter campaigns some time ago and the far-right UK tabloids continue to spread xenophobic lies unchecked, while denouncing anyone who disagrees with their perverted views as 'traitors' (I believe there's a word for that kind of attitude. Someone came up with it about 100 years ago).
Equally suspiciously, Theresa May has admitted to knowing the 2016 referendum was corrupt, while insisting on continuing with her destructive course, encouraging xenophobia and an ever-deepening split in the country. She has also blocked police investigations into known criminal activity that affected the result of the 2016 referendum. Why? Is she afraid one of the trails the police might undercover would lead to her?
Theresa May, and a number of her cronies, shouldn't be leading the country. They should almost certainly be 'helping the police with their inquiries', as the euphemism goes. Time for Toadface Farage is already running out: the FBI are after him.There is something deeply shaming about a foreign country being more willing to track down and punish criminals destroying your democracy and your country than you are.
So, there is currently no guarantee that the result of another referendum would be any less tainted with corruption.
There is only one option left, and it's the only option that can save the UK. It will annoy a small, but admittedly vocal and violent far-right thugs. It will upset the corrupt rich, who will lose money over it, as they've been betting on the £ continuing to plummet so they can asset-strip the country. It will really piss off Putin, who wants a weakened Europe for his own expansionist wet dreams. Fuck them all, and fuck them mightily.
It will require all Governments to stop using the EU as a useful scapegoat for their own misdeeds.
It will require actually educating the British (well, the English mostly, as other countries in the Union already have it) as to what Parliament does, what the EU does, what an MP does, what local authorities do, and so on. It's called civic education, and it should be obligatory everywhere.
It will require a vote of Parliament. It's feasible. The hard bit is of course getting certain MPs to understand that their job is to put their country before everything else.
Parliament must withdraw Article 50 and commit (because it's the only way to regain even a fraction of the trust lost over Brexit) to closer ties with the EU.
Anything else is just dicking around and trying everybody's patience.
Tuesday, 25 September 2018
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Saturday, 28 April 2018
Trump on Comey
This spam arrived on 17th April.
Clearly the message was too long for a Twitter rant, because they had to fit the plea for money in. The Trump mob always add a plea for money. It just strikes me that US democracy must be in dire straits when a supposedly-wealthy President is crowd-funding his defence against incoming charges of corruption (and hopefully worse)... and people are donating.
If James Comey really had something big to say, why would he put it in a book and try to make millions off of it?
The truth is James Comey is a grandstanding liar who put his own interests above America’s.
Comey represents the worst of the swamp. He doesn’t want hardworking Americans like you to win.
Today we fight back. Let’s show him how many Americans refuse to let him silence them.
Please renew your 2018 Sustaining Membership by 9:00 PM TONIGHT.
Clearly the message was too long for a Twitter rant, because they had to fit the plea for money in. The Trump mob always add a plea for money. It just strikes me that US democracy must be in dire straits when a supposedly-wealthy President is crowd-funding his defence against incoming charges of corruption (and hopefully worse)... and people are donating.
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If James Comey really had something big to say, why would he put it in a book and try to make millions off of it?
The truth is James Comey is a grandstanding liar who put his own interests above America’s.
Comey represents the worst of the swamp. He doesn’t want hardworking Americans like you to win.
Today we fight back. Let’s show him how many Americans refuse to let him silence them.
Please renew your 2018 Sustaining Membership by 9:00 PM TONIGHT.
Comments, by sentence:
- At least he wrote the book himself, Mr Art-of-the-Deal. And since you went out of your way to stop him doing his job, because you were scared for your orange arse, putting his story into a book seems like a damn good way of getting his side of things out to a wider audience;
- You misspelt "Donald Trump and his family" as "James Comey" there;
- See (2);
- You started it, you fat fraud, therefore you cannot "fight back";
- No. I have never been a supporter of Trump, contributed to his campaign, or been a member of anything connected to his fuckwittery. I can spot a crook a mile off.
Tuesday, 25 October 2016
Il Douche wants to Drain the Swamp
Time for the 5th and final Email To The Deplorables of 22nd October. Oh, don’t fret: there are plenty more. It’s just the last one received on that date. I think, though, it’s time we started addressing the accuracy of the claims the Trump camp makes, and what really happens to the money they get, especially as this is the central theme of the “Drain the Swamp” rallying-cry. Let’s start with cash from small donors, because that’s what the 5 emails so far have been whining for:
The post Il Douche wants to Drain the Swamp by Jay H first appeared on Plague of Mice.
Trump used $300K of small donors' money to buy copies of his own book, to sell back to donors at an inflated price. — Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) October 25, 2016Let’s not forget that the people getting these emails only signed up to be bully-boy Poll Watchers. This hasn’t been mentioned once so far. That’s strange, when you remember how much the … Continue reading
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Saturday, 22 October 2016
A Begging Letter from Donald Trump
Crooked Hillary promised 200k jobs in NY and FAILED. We'll create 25M jobs when I'm president, and I will DELIVER!There are only 7.8 million unemployed in the US. There is also no evidence of illegal behaviour by Clinton. There is evidence of financial and other forms of illegal misconduct by Trump, as anyone who has been following the news cannot fail to be aware.
There is … Continue reading
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Sunday, 8 November 2015
East Herts Council's decision to stick with prayers leaves it wide open to accusations of prejudice | Herts & Essex Observer
Dear God, my black bin split in August. I ordered a replacement online but as yet it hasn't arrived. Rats are sniffing around so could you please remind East Herts District Council about it at their next meeting, as they listen to you more than local residents? Amen.
Welcome to the new way of doing things in Britain's Bible Belt....
Read on: East Herts Council's decision to stick with prayers leaves it wide open to accusations of prejudice | Herts & Essex Observer
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