The Danger That Is The EU

All attention is focussed on the Euro, as it is primarily being blamed for the troubles in Europe. Whilst much of that is true, the Euro was always a destructive construct, but as a true Frankenstein's monster it is running out of control.

Rather than forcing a united Europe run by an unelected, undemocratic technocratic elite, on the nations of Europe, it is devouring itself. Sowing discord and destroying economies. Stupid people do stupid things. But the Euro was not the only part of this project founded on a lie.

The whole idea of a United States of Europe (as they love to call it, even though it is based on a soviet model), was that all the people's of Europe would come together as a single country and there would be no more war in Europe. This was the grand plan of the French and Germans, which is big of them, as the two countries who caused most of the wars were France and Germany.

But more than this was the fundamental lie that the people of Europe had some common identity. This has taken such root that British people buying property in Spain are genuinely surprised to find, that the law there is different. They had been told that we are of a 'shared experience'.

These individual nations, we were told were the cause of war and could be again, but this too was a lie. Britain is a nation that has every right to hold its head up with pride. It has never succumbed to revolution, even when it was very much the vogue (1848) and it has stepped in only to save Europe from Tyranny; against Spain (Elizabeth I), Napoleon's France and twice against Germany.

These were not national wars and the difference between Britain and the others shows why. Britain fought to end oppression and then went home. Spain, France and Germany all launched wars to acquire an Empire, to seize the property of others. They say little under the sun is new and so today we see France and Germany trying to build an Empire again, this time through political trickery.

Due to the hegemony of (so called) socialism over the last few decades, not much in the shape of intelligent political thought has been in evidence. Consequently, the totalitarian machinations of the EU have been allowed to succeed. But the crisis with the Euro has forced the Empire builders into the light and it has become apparent to the Irish, the Greeks, the Italians and others that they have become subject peoples.

No longer can the fiction be maintained and the nature of the EU as a Soviet Union is being laid bare, as they order proud nations to bend to their will, replace elected governments with their own placemen and demand compliance.

Britain has saved Europe many times before and we are being called again. By showing leadership and leaving the EU, immediately we will set a course for others to follow, to regain their liberty and a right to trade and grow to the benefit of their people. The day of the self important elite is over; we should never have allowed it in the first place.

Police Advice

I get emails from the police telling me stuff that happens locally and offering advice. Today it is about keeping car keys away from letterboxes where thieves can 'fish' for them and locking doors etc. Timely reminders sometimes, so no problem with that.

I did notice though, a logo at the bottom for '101' which apparently 'connects you to your local police'. So it is nice to know that if you have some fairly trivial matter to discuss with a police officer, you can talk to someone who knows the area. But if you call 999 for an emergency matter, you are automatically routed to someone who will have no idea of your location.

My experience has been that people make a bit of an assumption that policing is an intrinsically local thing and if you desperately need help saying your house number and street for instance would do. Now, the response will be (from the ugly sounding 'call taker') 'and where is that? And the post code there?'

Slightly disconcerting I would imagine, even if it doesn't materially affect the arrival of officers. Naturally, the police code the urgency of your call and may, arbitrarily decide that you are unimportant and the man with the knife will probably go away of his own accord.

If however a social worker has made something up about you and can produce no evidence, or if you haven't paid your council tax due to some dispute, large numbers of police will arrive to arrest you. Please note, if you are a thoroughly unpleasant person who is actually abusive towards your kids, the social services (and police ) will stay away. Similarly if you just don't pay your council rates because you are a scumbag, it will be fine.

What self respecting public servant wants the stress of dealing with nasty people when a pool of compliant, peaceful middle class people are available, for the exercise of your power?

Tax Cheats

I was amazed to not see Mr. Dave Hartnett amongst the photos of people who have cheated on their taxes. I mean surely, his work with Vodaphone probably cost more than the published crew put together. My understanding is that even Vodaphone didn't expect the level of generosity they received.

Maybe it was because of the advisor that HMRC provided for Vodaphone, or that Dave decided to not have an expert on his side, just went on an after dinner hunch. Maybe I'm wrong and Dave was completely right about what Vodaphone should pay, after all he did have several meetings with them, at expensive restaurants to get to know them.

Ed Miliband - Not Quite Real

I nearly forgot again, it keeps happening to me. It is Ed Miliband who leads Labour isn't it? I have to check, you know. Anyway I heard the other day that he says you shouldn't blame teachers for a lack of sporting achievement in schools. Putting ideology before facts or common sense, let alone principle, Ed supports teaching Unions quite blindly.

If they are not to blame, despite the extensive reach of the 'non-competitive sports' beloved of the Left and promulgated throughout the teaching profession by the assiduous work of the teacher training colleges and Universities, the refusal to 'work' outside school hours -meaning sports clubs, then they also cannot be praised when the success is there.

That can't be right. If through dedication, hard work and belief in the kids they teach, our PE teachers turn out stars they deserve the highest praise. If they think the children should be held back to meet some socialist target, then they need to consider their choice of career. They are like some 'anti-Samaritans', encouraging people to suicide, such is their care-less negativity.

Mo Farah is living proof that hard work and effort is rewarded in this country and he said as much. No wonder Ed (it is Ed isn't it?) and his ilk have kept pretty quiet during the exceedingly popular, competitive Olympic Games. We have seen the wonderful British attitude shine through of applauding the people who came last or befell some misfortune; we are a fair people without being told to be so.

We scream and shout about the winners though, for their effort is the greatest and attracts the greatest reward. Those who cannot run faster than Usain Bolt recognise his talent and feel no shame. Instead they praise him and try a bit harder. They do not leave the Games suicidal as the Left and their 'psychologists' would have it.

I don't know if Anthony Joshua was saved from a life of crime by boxing, as is so often claimed in these cases, but what I saw was a talented youngster who was not just proud of his country, but thought of others and was well spoken. He had I'm sure bettered himself through his own efforts and that included respect for others. He didn't talk in some ghetto patois to gain respect, he did it the way you actually earn respect.

Too much youth in Britain is of the Simon Cowell mode; talentless and convinced that 'celebrity' and wealth can be achieved without effort. They see footballers as role models, with their extensive wealth based on a natural ability and little else. These footballers play poorly in competitions, particularly for their country, showing that they cannot effectively pass a ball, read the game or run for 90 minutes. These would seem prerequisites of the game, of their 'profession', but training is just so much effort.

No wonder they were so surprised, coming into contact with Olympic athletes. And also, thick footballers almost always stay thick. Improving themselves just means gold taps to them. A pox on all their houses.

Britain Mess Up? Wrong!

Well, time for an apology of sorts. The lack of belief that Britain could lay on a spectacular Olympics, let alone achieve in them was clearly wrong. The only embarrassments were the unfilled seats, due of course to corporate greed and politicians love of it, but was resolved to a reasonable degree. And the loss of Wembley's keys by the police and the arrest of a man for not smiling. I think their profiling might need some attention, plus methods.

But other than that, mere bobbies seemed to prove that they can still act like humans (and work as if they were citizens in uniform, as opposed to state enforcers), despite the best efforts I'm sure of the trembling senior officers, waiting for the 'inevitable' terrorist incident.

What we got was world class facilities, brilliant stadia and proof positive that the British are a nation of sports who love sports. The athletes must have been surprised by just how interested the British are in all the events and how we applaud endeavour, not just our own athletes.

So I was wrong to figure that we would cock something up big style and why was that? Because I confused Left influences for genuine Britishness. The British are very good at getting things right, it is just the Left has so infected so much of our society that it is difficult to remember what British people, cleansed of the malign influence of the Left can achieve; they just get on with it.

Our athletes did well despite the incessant and shrill injunctions of the Left that 'all must have prizes'. The nobility of those defeated is indeed humbling and the British public applauded the plucky loser all the more loudly. Little by little, whether it is the corruption of politics, the police, striking Unions, the destruction of education or the justice system, the British people are coming to realise that it is the Left who are responsible for destroying our country.

Perhaps they don't realise just yet that it is quite deliberate, but as with the EU, the penny will drop. There is inequality in the world, but it is juvenile not to accept it. There will never be a society when everyone loves everybody else and no one has more than another. Trying to impose such a society is like telling everyone they must be the same height. The thing to remember about the Left's chant of 'wealth redistribution' is that for them the important part in it is, that they do the redistribution, they tell you what to do.

So yes, the United Kingdom did well in these games and in future we should remind the IOC that the badges should be 'UK', not the inaccurate GBR.

Sport In Schools

Obviously the Olympics is causing people to think about sport in general in Britain, not least at school. The news comes out that Cameron is to remove the compulsory element from PE in schools, which cues outrage. But if the schools are also removed from other forms of state interference, e.g not under local authority control, then parents will ensure that schools provide proper sports education.

This is the important point; Cameron didn't tell schools not to do sports, he was not telling them anything. Failure would be entirely their fault, success would reflect their talent. Parents would judge. It is so long since the people of Britain have been required to think and act like adults, that the initial reaction was that Cameron was cancelling sport. We have denuded ourselves of talent at every level.

And it is all due to the left undermining every aspect of the successful, resourceful Britain that existed after WW2. The educational establishment in the Sixties was only related to 'education' by this being its target. The actual education of anyone was of no interest to them at all. The left wanted the state, under their control, to run everything and nobody should have the ability to challenge.

Typically in left dominated nations, people of intelligence and the teaching establishment is regarded with suspicion or got rid off, one way or another. So in Britain, the left worked assiduously to ensure that the education of children was oriented towards the left and of as poor quality as possible. An intelligent populace thinks for itself, spots what the 'leaders' are up to  and all to often stops them. So they tread carefully (or use force).

Think about it (no pun intended), how often do you think, or hear others say the government should 'do something'? It is a reflection of how completely we have handed even our thoughts to the left. I wonder if David Cameron even realises he isn't a Conservative, having been brought up so far into the left's project of domination.

We have freedom of speech you might say, so how can the left dominate? Well think about it. How do the left trolls react when their religion of Global Warming is challenged? Do they produce impeccable research and proof? No, they attack the person commenting. They threaten and vilify. So people, scientists don't speak out. Fear is always the weapon of the left.

You can find any number of books from the left bending the shelves in bookshops, but who do you think struggle to even find a publisher? Peter Hitchens (even though his 'A Brief History Of Crime' is an important and well observed view of Britain), James Delingpole, Melanie Phillips (whose 'All Must Have Prizes' is particularly apposite today), Christopher Booker and Richard North. And what do these people all have in common? They oppose the left and believe in freedom and liberty.

Simple Things

Mark Thompson, Director General of the BBC continues to display a dazzling ability to have no clue whatsoever about what the BBC is. He seems dimly aware that it broadcasts stuff, but as soon as he realised it also made programmes and that the cost of these was diverting money away from his expense account, diversity training and management team building days out, he scaled them back.

He has led the Corporation towards rerunning programmes as often as possible, to fill the airtime without costing too much. His care for his staff is shown though, in making sure they pay as little tax as possible (and save him money by so doing too).

Today we learn of his concern about the Olympics. Apparently the British presenters, reporting on the success of British athletes to the British public are too excited. Er, Mark, you head the British Broadcasting Corporation, there is a clue in the title.

Other countries are confused by this show of patriotism it is claimed, which just goes to show that being thick and broadcasting isn't just confined to the UK. He says that the coverage should be unbiased. Well, the Corp is showing all the events, so I'm a bit lost as to what more could be done. But as for Britain talking to Britain, thank goodness the presenters have some sense.

It would be nice if, when being unbiased is absolutely required of the BBC it could manage it, but in politics Thompson ensures that a left liberal bias is enforced through all the BBC's output.

I don't know if Mark Thompson empties bins at the BBC, because it would be unpleasant to think he had no utility at all.