Operation Overlook...

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Brexiteers beware, keep the lookout, keep the pressure on. An oportune moment to not take one's eye off the ball. Harry Western (a pseudonym: "Harry Western is the pen-name of a senior economist working in the private sector") wrote an article that appeared yesterday on the Briefings for Britain blog (Economy & trade) "Brexiteers be alert again – Whitehall still trying to scupper a real Brexit".

"To a casual observer, the UK looks to be on course to leave the EU fully at the end of this year with either no trade deal or a deal of the ‘bare bones’ sort, either of which would deliver on the government’s avowed aim of delivering a genuinely independent trade policy..."

The most worrying of the developments is the announcement of a new agricultural commission to advise on food standards and trade policy. This was set up in the wake of an aggressive and well-funded campaign, led by the NFU, which featured a mass of misleading claims and scare stories about food imports... ...The names of individuals who will sit on this commission have now been announced and it could hardly be worse. There is an almost total absence of genuine expertise in the field of agricultural trade and economies...

[edited for typos!] There is more: the Department of International Trade (DIT) and Northern Ireland and, just as Harry mentions in the intro to his piece, taken in isolation these things may slip under the radar but taken together show the final battle is yet to be won.

Operation Overlook...

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Brexiteers beware, keep the lookout, keep the pressure on. An oportune moment to not take one's eye off the ball. Harry Western (a pseudonym: "Harry Western is the pen-name of a senior economist working in the private sector") wrote an article that appeared yesterday on the Briefings for Britain blog (Economy & trade) "Brexiteers be alert again – Whitehall still trying to scupper a real Brexit". "To a casual observer, the UK looks to be on course to leave the EU fully at the end of this year with either no trade deal or a deal of the ‘bare bones’ sort, either of which would deliver on the government’s avowed aim of delivering a genuinely independent trade policy..."

The most worrying of the developments is the announcement of a new agricultural commission to advise on food standards and trade policy. This was set up in the wake of an aggressive and well-funded campaign, led by the NFU, which featured a mass of misleading claims and scare stories about food imports... ...The names of individuals who will sit on this commission have now been announced and it could hardly be worse. There is an almost total absence of genuine expertise in the field of agricultural trade and economies...

[edited for typos!] There is more: the Department of International Trade (DIT) and Northern Ireland and, just as Harry mentions in the intro to his piece, taken in isolation these things may slip under the radar but taken together show the final battle is yet to be won.

Obvious octrois II...

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Four years ago since 'Independence Day' and still not Out...

Obvious octrois II...

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Four years ago since 'Independence Day' and still not Out...

Oncoming ocracy okta: overcast or obnubilating?...

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Liked THIS a lot. Yes I know there's a new virus going round that people are panicking about (good numbers HERE if you're that interested) although [edit] I am still seeing people using airport bathrooms and leaving without washing their hands...FFS, no hope for some dirty cunts I suppose. The Brexit barometer from Brexit Watch: "In summary, the Brexit Barometer scores the government well on rhetoric, with 67% but on action the score is poor at just 24%. Do not forget that Brexiteers expect rhetoric to be turned into reality."

Oncoming ocracy okta: overcast or obnubilating?...

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Liked THIS a lot. Yes I know there's a new virus going round that people are panicking about (good numbers HERE if you're that interested) although [edit] I am still seeing people using airport bathrooms and leaving without washing their hands...FFS, no hope for some dirty cunts I suppose. The Brexit barometer from Brexit Watch: "In summary, the Brexit Barometer scores the government well on rhetoric, with 67% but on action the score is poor at just 24%. Do not forget that Brexiteers expect rhetoric to be turned into reality."

Outwardly on our own; openly optimistic...

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Alone again although not quite: we are open for business with the world. I still am not 100 percent convinced by BoJo but by God it makes a hell of a differnece to have an overtly optimistic and patriotic Prime Minister again.



Today his written statement is promising: "The Government remains committed in all circumstances to securing all those benefits for the whole of the UK and to strengthening our Union."..."In its negotiations with the EU, the Government will be acting on behalf of the UK Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories: the whole UK family. The UK proposes to agree similar arrangements with the EFTA states."

But...today's speech is outstanding.

"And - you know where this is going - today if we get it right, if we have the courage to follow the instincts and the instructions of the British people, this can be another such moment on the launching pad."

"We are re-emerging after decades of hibernation as a campaigner for global free trade.

"And frankly it is not a moment too soon because the argument for this fundamental liberty is now not being made...

...And since these notions were born here in this country, it has been free trade that has done more than any other single economic idea to raise billions out of poverty and incredibly fast."

We do extraordinary things as I never tire of telling you.

Tea to China, cake to France, TV aerials to South Korea and so on.

Boomerangs to Australia - Nigel Farage to America. Then he came back of course. [Ows: Thank God!]

We are embarked now on a great voyage, a project that no one thought in the international community that this country would have the guts to undertake, but if we are brave and if we truly commit to the logic of our mission - open, outward-looking - generous, welcoming, engaged with the world championing global free trade now when global free trade needs a global champion,

I believe we can make a huge success of this venture, for Britain, for our European friends, and for the world.

Very well worth a read of the whole thing, or a watch and listen (speech begins @3:25, don't miss Q&A at the end, LOL).



Plus another good read: Leaving the EU is a joyous expression of national self-confidence. For that, we have Thatcher to thank. (Conservative Home):

"However, Thatcher changed everything. Her radical reforms, unapologetic patriotism, uncompromising will and remarkable character lifted the nation out of its post-war torpor and restored its self-confidence... 



"A British ‘economic miracle’ was being enviously mooted on the continent – a truly remarkable turnaround from the stagnation and misery afflicting the nation just 10 years earlier...

"Most important, though, was the national pride restored by Thatcher’s indomitable spirit and sense of moral purpose. 



"If Britain joined what was to become the EU in a moment of disorientation and self-doubt, it voted out as a confident, self-assured, optimistic, outward-looking and independent nation state.

"For this, we have Thatcher to thank. And as a delicious accompaniment, she posthumously drove a stake through the heart of her vampiric nemesis, Michael Heseltine. Victory has never been sweeter."

Outwardly on our own; openly optimistic...

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Alone again although not quite: we are open for business with the world. I still am not 100 percent convinced by BoJo but by God it makes a hell of a differnece to have an overtly optimistic and patriotic Prime Minister again.

Today his written statement is promising: "The Government remains committed in all circumstances to securing all those benefits for the whole of the UK and to strengthening our Union."..."In its negotiations with the EU, the Government will be acting on behalf of the UK Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories: the whole UK family. The UK proposes to agree similar arrangements with the EFTA states." But...today's speech is outstanding.

"And - you know where this is going - today if we get it right, if we have the courage to follow the instincts and the instructions of the British people, this can be another such moment on the launching pad."

"We are re-emerging after decades of hibernation as a campaigner for global free trade.

"And frankly it is not a moment too soon because the argument for this fundamental liberty is now not being made...

...And since these notions were born here in this country, it has been free trade that has done more than any other single economic idea to raise billions out of poverty and incredibly fast." We do extraordinary things as I never tire of telling you. Tea to China, cake to France, TV aerials to South Korea and so on. Boomerangs to Australia - Nigel Farage to America. Then he came back of course. [Ows: Thank God!]

We are embarked now on a great voyage, a project that no one thought in the international community that this country would have the guts to undertake, but if we are brave and if we truly commit to the logic of our mission - open, outward-looking - generous, welcoming, engaged with the world championing global free trade now when global free trade needs a global champion, I believe we can make a huge success of this venture, for Britain, for our European friends, and for the world.

Very well worth a read of the whole thing, or a watch and listen (speech begins @3:25, don't miss Q&A at the end, LOL).

Plus another good read: Leaving the EU is a joyous expression of national self-confidence. For that, we have Thatcher to thank. (Conservative Home): "However, Thatcher changed everything. Her radical reforms, unapologetic patriotism, uncompromising will and remarkable character lifted the nation out of its post-war torpor and restored its self-confidence... 

"A British ‘economic miracle’ was being enviously mooted on the continent – a truly remarkable turnaround from the stagnation and misery afflicting the nation just 10 years earlier...

"Most important, though, was the national pride restored by Thatcher’s indomitable spirit and sense of moral purpose. 

"If Britain joined what was to become the EU in a moment of disorientation and self-doubt, it voted out as a confident, self-assured, optimistic, outward-looking and independent nation state.

"For this, we have Thatcher to thank. And as a delicious accompaniment, she posthumously drove a stake through the heart of her vampiric nemesis, Michael Heseltine. Victory has never been sweeter."

Obsigned: ostensibly out...

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Image credit BOB in The Daily Telegraph, 31/01/20

1,317 days. Or 3 years, 7 months, 1 week and 1 day (interesting number repetition there) since we found out the result of the Brexit referendum. After voting to Leave the EU on 23rd June 2016 we are now finally - 'sort of' - out; as Kathy Gyngell writes at The Conservative Woman "We are however under no illusions. This is just the end of the beginning."



And from Raedwald, copied here (he says it so well)...

"Dear Ursula

Many thanks for the kind words from the floor of your assembly. The United Kingdom will also always love the nations of Europe - and those nations will remain our favourite holiday and retirement destinations. Many of them even use the same notes and coins, which makes it easier!

However, I should point out that we're not actually leaving Europe. Of which we're of course an integral part. And we'll be marketing our many fine comestibles products across the world as 'Food from Europe' as well as 'Made in the UK'. And we remain proud of our continent of 730m people, of whom some 460m are also 'citizens' of your Federation thing.

We'll have a year more to enjoy the madcap, mouth-frothing, carpet-chewing antics of your rantiest stars - Hof's histrionics, petulant posturing and insane rhetoric keep us all in good spirits and we enjoy immensely his little You Tube clips. After that, I'm not sure who we will have to laugh at - unless Labour have elected a new Leader by then, of course.

Anyhow, must close. Good luck with those criminal investigations against you - after all, anyone can accidentally wipe two mobile phones containing incriminating criminal evidence on the same day. If you're not in jail, we'll correspond again in eleven months.

Best -

Britain."

Obsigned: ostensibly out...

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Image credit BOB in The Daily Telegraph, 31/01/20

1,317 days. Or 3 years, 7 months, 1 week and 1 day (interesting number repetition there) since we found out the result of the Brexit referendum. After voting to Leave the EU on 23rd June 2016 we are now finally - 'sort of' - out; as Kathy Gyngell writes at The Conservative Woman "We are however under no illusions. This is just the end of the beginning."

And from Raedwald, copied here (he says it so well)...

"Dear Ursula Many thanks for the kind words from the floor of your assembly. The United Kingdom will also always love the nations of Europe - and those nations will remain our favourite holiday and retirement destinations. Many of them even use the same notes and coins, which makes it easier! However, I should point out that we're not actually leaving Europe. Of which we're of course an integral part. And we'll be marketing our many fine comestibles products across the world as 'Food from Europe' as well as 'Made in the UK'. And we remain proud of our continent of 730m people, of whom some 460m are also 'citizens' of your Federation thing. We'll have a year more to enjoy the madcap, mouth-frothing, carpet-chewing antics of your rantiest stars - Hof's histrionics, petulant posturing and insane rhetoric keep us all in good spirits and we enjoy immensely his little You Tube clips. After that, I'm not sure who we will have to laugh at - unless Labour have elected a new Leader by then, of course. Anyhow, must close. Good luck with those criminal investigations against you - after all, anyone can accidentally wipe two mobile phones containing incriminating criminal evidence on the same day. If you're not in jail, we'll correspond again in eleven months. Best - Britain."

October's over II...

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The original October's over was long ago in the 'innocent' days of a young Owsblog (currently in its 15th year). Now it is nearly all mostly primarily about not being out of the fucking EU yet. Boris isn't dead, in a ditch or otherwise, as he said he would be. Conservative Party hubris is threatening Brexit and it is plain for all to see they do not want to leave the EU. There is at least one legal mechanism with which we could have easily left, now we'll wait to see who the government is.  The Brexit Party won't form the next government [maybe part of it?] but they could certainly be well represented in the next Parliament; I hope so. Their campaign launch had a number of interesting aspects; sounds like real change...

It is "Time to Clear the BREXIT Blockage" as Get Britain Out so succinctly puts it.

October's over II...

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The original October's over was long ago in the 'innocent' days of a young Owsblog (currently in its 15th year). Now it is nearly all mostly primarily about not being out of the fucking EU yet. Boris isn't dead, in a ditch or otherwise, as he said he would be. Conservative Party hubris is threatening Brexit and it is plain for all to see they do not want to leave the EU. There is at least one legal mechanism with which we could have easily left, now we'll wait to see who the government is.  The Brexit Party won't form the next government [maybe part of it?] but they could certainly be well represented in the next Parliament; I hope so. Their campaign launch had a number of interesting aspects; sounds like real change...

It is "Time to Clear the BREXIT Blockage" as Get Britain Out so succinctly puts it.

Ordure! Ordure...

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With thanks to BOB for the perfectly appropriate cartoon.

Ordure! Ordure...

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With thanks to BOB for the perfectly appropriate cartoon.

Order out of oppressive oligarchic ordure II...

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Follow up to "Order must be maintained: Becow must be restrained" [LINK].



David Starkey: "the elite is guilty of treason...". We Know! [YouTube link] "Historian and broadcaster David Starkey speaks to Brendan O’Neill about the ‘lying, deceiving shits’ in the establishment." Please listen to it all.

Order out of oppressive oligarchic ordure II...

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Follow up to "Order must be maintained: Becow must be restrained" [LINK].

David Starkey: "the elite is guilty of treason...". We Know! [YouTube link] "Historian and broadcaster David Starkey speaks to Brendan O’Neill about the ‘lying, deceiving shits’ in the establishment." Please listen to it all.

Order out of oppressive oligarchic ordure...

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Order must be maintained: Becow must be restrained. He believes himself to be democratic and correct; he is wrong and he is a tyrant. "The only form of Brexit which we will have, whenever that might be,
will be a Brexit that the House of Commons has explicitly endorsed" he says, forgetting that both the referendum result and the overwhelming vote by MPs for the European Union Bill to implement Article 50 (by a massive 81% in favour) is that explicit endorsement, i.e. LEAVE.



Martin Sewell, writing on the blog of His Grace, on the button again: "The Legislature has become the Executive, and there is no mechanism to call them to account"



"The UK Constitution defines and defends the ‘separation of powers‘. When Labour introduced the Human Rights Act in 1998, strict adherence to that doctrine made us alter the ancient role of the Lord Chancellor..."



Now, the Bercow-led Evil Alliance (really in league with the Sith Order) of corrupt, partisan, pompous egotisical shysters have "stepped over an important line".

'The intent of separation of powers is to prevent the concentration of unchecked power by providing for “checks” and “balances” to avoid autocracy, over-reaching by one branch over another, and the attending efficiency of governing by one actor without need for negotiation and compromise with any other (Wikipedia).'

"That matters.

"What they did not do was pause to reflect on the full implications of such a constitutional shift. It has indeed brought in an autocracy, for those intent on having their own way cannot be required to submit to the people’s judgement even though a majority of parliamentarians voted for it. There are currently no checks and no balances. The Legislature has become the Executive and there is no mechanism to call them to account; they have blocked a general election. We have become an autocracy..."

 A General Election refused. A vote of no confidence refused.



"MPs ought to be reliable servants of the people. Currently they are not. A man cannot serve two masters. Members of Parliament cannot simultaneously be taking instructions on how they should act from the electorate and from their EU allies in Brussels."

"The risk to the country by shortsightedly trashing our constitutional settlement is infinitely more serious, and the prorogation period – however long it lasts – might usefully be spent considering whether this is wise and in the public interest".

This most definitely is Parliament vs. The People: the 2015 European Union Referendum Act gave the Leave/Remain
decision to the people; Parliament is stopping the government doing what it promised...we know where you live.



[my emphasis throughout]

Order out of oppressive oligarchic ordure...

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Order must be maintained: Becow must be restrained. He believes himself to be democratic and correct; he is wrong and he is a tyrant. "The only form of Brexit which we will have, whenever that might be, will be a Brexit that the House of Commons has explicitly endorsed" he says, forgetting that both the referendum result and the overwhelming vote by MPs for the European Union Bill to implement Article 50 (by a massive 81% in favour) is that explicit endorsement, i.e. LEAVE.

Martin Sewell, writing on the blog of His Grace, on the button again: "The Legislature has become the Executive, and there is no mechanism to call them to account"

"The UK Constitution defines and defends the ‘separation of powers‘. When Labour introduced the Human Rights Act in 1998, strict adherence to that doctrine made us alter the ancient role of the Lord Chancellor..."

Now, the Bercow-led Evil Alliance (really in league with the Sith Order) of corrupt, partisan, pompous egotisical shysters have "stepped over an important line".

'The intent of separation of powers is to prevent the concentration of unchecked power by providing for “checks” and “balances” to avoid autocracy, over-reaching by one branch over another, and the attending efficiency of governing by one actor without need for negotiation and compromise with any other (Wikipedia).'

"That matters.

"What they did not do was pause to reflect on the full implications of such a constitutional shift. It has indeed brought in an autocracy, for those intent on having their own way cannot be required to submit to the people’s judgement even though a majority of parliamentarians voted for it. There are currently no checks and no balances. The Legislature has become the Executive and there is no mechanism to call them to account; they have blocked a general election. We have become an autocracy..."

 A General Election refused. A vote of no confidence refused.

"MPs ought to be reliable servants of the people. Currently they are not. A man cannot serve two masters. Members of Parliament cannot simultaneously be taking instructions on how they should act from the electorate and from their EU allies in Brussels."

"The risk to the country by shortsightedly trashing our constitutional settlement is infinitely more serious, and the prorogation period – however long it lasts – might usefully be spent considering whether this is wise and in the public interest".

This most definitely is Parliament vs. The People: the 2015 European Union Referendum Act gave the Leave/Remain decision to the people; Parliament is stopping the government doing what it promised...we know where you live.

[my emphasis throughout]

Obvious oblectation; ominous obloquy

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Prorogation of parliament is entirely NORMAL!

"Prorogation... marks the end of a
parliamentary session. It is the formal name given to the period between the end of a session of Parliament and the State Opening of Parliament that begins the next session. The parliamentary session may also be prorogued before Parliament is dissolved."

[Added] Also, back in May 2019, well over a 100 days ago, "the current parliamentary session reached a striking landmark. It
became the longest session by sitting days since the English Civil War
(1642-51)" [House of Commons Library] !!



Obvious oblectation: 'She’s not "just a figurehead''. "Her Majesty The Queen is Britain’s final constitutional backstop... 



...Such authority is historically sound.

  

"A.V. Dicey wrote in 'The Law of the Constitution' (1885): "The House can in accordance with the constitution be deprived of power [when] there is fair reason to suppose that the opinion of the House is not the opinion of the electors."" 



"Edmund Burke noted: "The virtue, spirit, and essence of an House of Commons consists in its being the express image of the feelings of the nation. It was not instituted to be a controul upon the people, as of late it has been taught, by a doctrine of the most pernicious tendency. It was designed as a controul for the people."" [Raheem Kassam]



It stuns me how ignorant and thick many of the UK's MPs are. You can understand the waily, shrieky, undemocratic, pathetic, sinister Remain shouty tossers not understanding, but our duly elected officials you would think understood. Nope. Dumb fucks of ALL parties shouldn't be anywhere near power.



Ominous obloquy: Intersetingly, on Raheem's own website, I found out for the first time that the recent G7 summit agreed a "hate speech charter" as if the current draconian thought crimes aren't enough. Was this reported in the UK?

Obvious oblectation; ominous obloquy

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Prorogation of parliament is entirely NORMAL!

"Prorogation... marks the end of a parliamentary session. It is the formal name given to the period between the end of a session of Parliament and the State Opening of Parliament that begins the next session. The parliamentary session may also be prorogued before Parliament is dissolved."

[Added] Also, back in May 2019, well over a 100 days ago, "the current parliamentary session reached a striking landmark. It became the longest session by sitting days since the English Civil War (1642-51)" [House of Commons Library] !!

Obvious oblectation: 'She’s not "just a figurehead''. "Her Majesty The Queen is Britain’s final constitutional backstop... 

...Such authority is historically sound.
  
"A.V. Dicey wrote in 'The Law of the Constitution' (1885): "The House can in accordance with the constitution be deprived of power [when] there is fair reason to suppose that the opinion of the House is not the opinion of the electors."" 

"Edmund Burke noted: "The virtue, spirit, and essence of an House of Commons consists in its being the express image of the feelings of the nation. It was not instituted to be a controul upon the people, as of late it has been taught, by a doctrine of the most pernicious tendency. It was designed as a controul for the people."" [Raheem Kassam]

It stuns me how ignorant and thick many of the UK's MPs are. You can understand the waily, shrieky, undemocratic, pathetic, sinister Remain shouty tossers not understanding, but our duly elected officials you would think understood. Nope. Dumb fucks of ALL parties shouldn't be anywhere near power.

Ominous obloquy: Intersetingly, on Raheem's own website, I found out for the first time that the recent G7 summit agreed a "hate speech charter" as if the current draconian thought crimes aren't enough. Was this reported in the UK?