… given that the $AUS is 0.53 of the £GB at this moment…
14. IYE ar 1412:1
13. Lord T
Cats are insane. They freak out at the tiniest crinkle of plastic, but will remain totally calm and purring while I tell them about AI being put in charge of the nuclear arsenal.
12. Taxpayers Alliance
“The benefits bill is completely out of control. Spending is due to hit £407 billion by 2030-31. As we revealed in our submission to the Timms review, there are now nearly 200,000 households with an income of £100,000 receiving Personal Independence Payments (PIP), up from just 98,000 in 2021-22.
Catching the attention of the media, our findings could be found in the Daily Mail and Express, while Shimeon Lee told the Telegraph:
“The surge in the number of these households since 2021-22 has coincided with the soaring cost of disability benefits. The Government must introduce means-testing to ensure the system remains sustainable for those who need it most.”
With our benefits dashboard showing successful PIP claims for things like acne, food intolerance, and writer’s cramp, it’s easy to see how the bill has gotten so out of hand.
As if to prove Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden’s claim that every conversation he has is “who can we tax in order to pay benefits to others”, ministers are apparently exploring tax rises instead of clamping down on welfare to cover the shortfall for defence.”
(1030) Uniform cloud out there. Slowly coming out of yesterday’s wipeout, buoyed by the way it recovers itself, the ole mechanism when given half a chance.
The chaps and chapesses have dropped various drops
… and I’m trying to keep up today … this below is the advantage I have, seeing them in order. The order below, top to bottom, is DAD, Steve, Andy, IYE, IYE, Toodles:
IYE is right that one just needs to know where to look.
Meanwhile, DAD at 1411:1 runs a Phillips and UKJon thing:
Have a close look. Jon is anti Restore and Phillips is a nutter … end yet they get this sentiment right … asking does Two Tier have the slightest idea what it’s like for a woman now to walk down the street?
That’s our message too … so why are we apart? Look no further than Yusuf who represents the trouble himself, with his protege Farage. Yet Alex, Nige’s ex lover, is against his stance. Restore though is for her stance on this. Make it make sense.
Then look at the likes and reposts line above … greyed out, not available. Yet people have obviously done so. Or is it that such as us are banned from commenting? Or what?
“This night, I have been in Spain.” (Henry VIII’s bro)
Where do the rains in Spain fall?
Youtube have just decided to put up the old song by Mink de Ville:
Willie de Ville had a unique sound (AI overview):
“Mink DeVille’s sound is a rich, cinematic blend of early rock and roll, Latin-infused rhythms, 1960s R&B, and Cajun roots music. Led by frontman Willy DeVille’s signature gravelly vocals, the band successfully transitioned from the gritty CBGB punk scene into a timeless, genre-spanning musical style.”
There’s a fair bit of 50’s big city Hispanic street gang (West Side Story) in the song, the toughness of the street. Melodic for all that. Willie de Ville himself was quite asocial (a bit like me at times). Not antisocial but certainly not the social animal. Probably liked small cohorts of friends … around the west. Human foibles plus. He wrote the book on that.
The performance above was in 1989 in Bonn, near the end of his life. MdeV always appealed more to European sensibilities … not so much to Americans, except with cult fans. The Brits? Hmmmm, not sure if they liked or not.
(0705) Nondescript out there just now, sun wants to come through. (0747)
10. Moo corner
9. Vile pollies
8. The value of memes
7. This comes from close to the top on X
6. An interesting discussion on Britain and each home country
Naturally I’m biased now but Rupert seems to be shaping up … hope he does not neglect his own constituency with all the other calls on his time and presence.
(0557) Phew! Dear reader, I was right out of it yesterday … over-exertion, physically, after recent issue with heart, circulation … simply could not focus eyes, easy to run entertaining clips though. Now for some reason, I’m okish but still watching it, treading carefully. Let’s see what Sunday brings. Hoping you’re ok. (0649)
5. A meeting of two traditions in British politics
… I’d argue that the MRLP is an honoured, timeworn trad which must go on.
4. Steve at 1411
Pope Leo XIV Slams ‘Monsters’ Propagating Mass Migration from Africa (JH: Changing colours, eh? Do you trust him?)
Shock Poll Finds Democrats Increasingly Support Mass Deportations — Overall Voter Support Now at 80 Percent
Switzerland Votes Tomorrow on Proposal to Limit Population to 10 Million People (JH: Assisted suicide?)
Mississippi Richer Than the UK: Europe’s No. 2 Economy Trails America’s Poorest State
US Military Just Vaporized The World’s Most Wanted Cartel Boss
Military Situation In [The] Ukraine
Oncologist testifies before Senate: COVID mRNA vaccines may trigger cancer relapses
a) The images of riots in the United Kingdom are not a passing nuisance. They are a warning in flames. For decades, detached political elites have imposed a radical demographic and cultural transformation across Europe under the banner of progressivism. This has targeted the very core of our civilisation….
b) For years, European Union federalists have hoped that one particular project would take flight: A Franco-German jet fighter. The ambitious project, planned between two major companies – Airbus, on Germany’s (and Spain’s) side, and Dassault Aviation on France’s….
c) Rassemblement National (RN) councillor Kevin Nader caused a stir in France by publicly reciting the Hail Mary prayer while holding a crucifix, after the communist mayor rejected …. (JH: Takes a bit of getting the head around, that one.)
Mr Rossi’s call for a pause on wind farms comes as Mr Miliband, the Energy Secretary, drives a substantial expansion of renewable energy. Earlier this year, he signed off on plans to build the biggest onshore wind farm in the UK in a decade.
1. Climate
This was in this morning’s Lord Toby bulletin:
“Many people with inadequate scientific knowledge are convinced that Planet Earth is in mortal danger from global warming due to humans. If Planet Earth were really in great danger from humans, any means to protect it would be justified. Some extremists propose reducing Earth’s eight billion population of people to no more than one billion. How this is to be done has always been a bit vague. Genghis Khan made a good start by slaughtering some 40 million people in the 13th century. In our day, Prince Philip, father of King Charles III of the United Kingdom, opined that: “If I were reincarnated, I would wish to be returned to earth as a killer virus to lower human population levels.”
The climate alarmism of our time is a malignant alliance of ignorant fanaticism, like that mentioned above, and opportunism: the lust for power, fame and wealth. Like all fanatical movements, climate alarmism is doing great collateral damage, most notably to the reputation of my own profession of science. Generous research grants from governments and private foundations have created a new discipline of ‘climate science’. Traditional, rigorous disciplines like atmospheric physics, atmospheric chemistry, meteorology or palaeontology were quick to cash in by renaming themselves with some variant of ‘Centre for Saving the Planet’. They were generously rewarded with research grants, new laboratories, professorships, elections to learned societies, prizes and other tokens of gratitude.
This largess came with strings. If your research did not show that the planet needed to be saved, you would be expelled from the elect.”
(1209) Afternoon all. Blogging is near impossible right now … three deliveries with their computer broken (AMZ/Morr). Whoever is doing the IT needs sacking. Fortunately, I do have a way around it. Till later. (1212)
The thing stunning both Reform and Restore is that Reform are furious, apoplectic, whilst Restore are on a high and they’re not even looking at Labour … who cares? There’s no way to express our mindset, it just breaks the rules of party politics. I love it.
SEE! I wrote a few weeks ago that I'd been at a BBQ with people who were traditional lefty types, and they were enthusiastic and excited about Restore. Nobody believed me.
Restore isn't "far right", there's something about it that just taps in to our lived reality. We're… https://t.co/v94JNpLePc
Gen Z: Unhealthy, Unemployable, Non-Deployable, and at Risk of Stroke
FBI Raids Ohio Democrat Ballot Harvesting Group’s Headquarters — This Follows Thousands of Suspect Registrations in 2024 Election
Russian Forces in Control of Eastern Part of Konstantinovka, Advance Into North-eastern Outskirts – Key Bastion Opens Up Slavyansk-Kramatorsk Belt for Final Donetsk Battle
Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent Puts Iran in Financial Stranglehold — Every Attack on US Allies Will Be Paid Back With Seized Iranian Funds
Elon Musk Officially World’s First Trillionaire as SpaceX Makes Debut on Nasdaq
Iranian Strikes Destroyed British Long-Range Radar In Bahrain
MAiD: Canada’s drive-thru death by doctor service
Much more.
3. Tale of a mad woman
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2. DAD at 1410
a) Attack the old folk……. Two examples.
Seine-et-Marne, Aube, Yonne…: ‘Travellers “all known to the judicial system”, arrested after 21 home invasions targeting elderly people living alone
Grau du Roi seaside resort (30). An 86-year-old woman dies after being attacked. She was found with her throat slit.
b) Adopted in May 2024, at the height of the European election campaign, the Pact on Migration and Asylum was presented by Emmanuel Macron as an “ambitious comprehensive response” to migration challenges. Jordan Bardella, on the other hand, denounced it as a “submersion pact” forcing France to “welcome thousands of migrants.”
c) In Comps, in the Gard department, the removal of a cross illegally erected on land belonging to the Department has not ended the controversy. A few hours after the intervention of the departmental services, a new cross appeared on the night of Wednesday, June 10, near the Vallabrègues bridge.
