Oggi, oggi, oggi II...

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Happy Saint George's Day! And here in the beautiful Southwest I say, who will earn the 'keys to the kingdom'?* Who will end this Brexit delay, who will stop this drag-on... I'll get my coat, whilst I admire Google's doodle:







The courageous fighter who was a Roman soldier, a Roman soldier who became a Christian, a Christian who defied and emperor... :-)



"Happy St. George's Day...and isn't it a fine one! A day when, for centuries, the English celebrated as 'a major feast and national holiday...on a par with Christmas'. With the forming of the Union this began to fade; celebrations were non existent or subdued but recently - with state recognition and self-determination being the flavour of the moment - are more numerous and growing."



* “Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in you hindered” (Luke 11:52).  

Oggi, oggi, oggi II...

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Happy Saint George's Day! And here in the beautiful Southwest I say, who will earn the 'keys to the kingdom'?* Who will end this Brexit delay, who will stop this drag-on... I'll get my coat, whilst I admire Google's doodle:



The courageous fighter who was a Roman soldier, a Roman soldier who became a Christian, a Christian who defied and emperor... :-)

"Happy St. George's Day...and isn't it a fine one! A day when, for centuries, the English celebrated as 'a major feast and national holiday...on a par with Christmas'. With the forming of the Union this began to fade; celebrations were non existent or subdued but recently - with state recognition and self-determination being the flavour of the moment - are more numerous and growing."

* “Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in you hindered” (Luke 11:52).  

Ongoing operations; oncoming ochlesis...

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There is no housing crisis: there is an immigration crisis. *

There is no hospital/A&E crisis: there is an immigration crisis.  *

There is no school-place/teacher crisis: there is an immigration crisis. *

There is no doctor/nurse numbers crisis: there is an immigration crisis. *

There is no police/fire service crisis: there is an immigration crisis. *

There is no infrastructure/road crisis: there is an immigration crisis. *

There is no employment crisis: there is an immigration crisis. *  **



Ochlesis is the sickness resulting from overcrowded living conditions, there is a lot of space in our green and pleasant land BUT the UK cannot cope with the continued net migration of a quarter of a million people EVERY year; every year in fact since vampire Tony Blair and his New Labour traitors came to power: a huge increase in 1997 and a further equally huge increase in 2003 from which the average has never really come down. [Migration Watch: it "didn’t just happen; the deliberate policy of Ministers from late 2000...was to open up the UK to mass immigration"] Labour wanted more voters, simple as...and Labour Lite (previously called the Conservative Party) continued unabashed. Is this going to be a major cause of civil unrest, if we don't have Holy war first? There is another factor: I am willing to bet everything I own (OK, that's not much) that the emigration does NOT match the net immigration in terms of 'type of person'; by that I mean that although many emigrating will be students finishing their courses, workers finishing their contract etc., many will also be a brain drain, a white flight, call it what you will. Money will be leaving, contributors will be leaving and takers will be arriving.

Net migration is at a similar level to early 2014 with 244,000 more people coming to the UK than leaving, so migration is adding to the UK population https://t.co/cLspmrVTrb pic.twitter.com/g80KjFDPbi

— ONS (@ONS) 22 February 2018

Yes, a gross generalisation that I cannot prove...but I'd still bet everything that it's true.

Go to ANY part of England and you will see thousands of houses being built, THOUSANDS. We are hardly building at all on 'brownfield'/urban sites; we are carving up and destroying FOR EVER, new 'greenfield' land, mature countryside. Anyone who has traveled by train will see thousands on the approach to every urban station acres of mess, crumbled old factories, deserted rubble-strewn wastelands that are NOT being built on...why? Water, gas, electric will already mostly be there, approach roads are already there; nearby schools and shops are already there.



* All this is straight forward and luckily it also has a very simple solution; with the will it could be implemented in a week.

** A total of 497,000 National Insurance Numbers were issued to adult EU nationals in the year ending December 2017 (no non-EU counted in that total...)

Ongoing operations; oncoming ochlesis...

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There is no housing crisis: there is an immigration crisis. *
There is no hospital/A&E crisis: there is an immigration crisis.  *
There is no school-place/teacher crisis: there is an immigration crisis. *
There is no doctor/nurse numbers crisis: there is an immigration crisis. *
There is no police/fire service crisis: there is an immigration crisis. *
There is no infrastructure/road crisis: there is an immigration crisis. *
There is no employment crisis: there is an immigration crisis. *  **

Ochlesis is the sickness resulting from overcrowded living conditions, there is a lot of space in our green and pleasant land BUT the UK cannot cope with the continued net migration of a quarter of a million people EVERY year; every year in fact since vampire Tony Blair and his New Labour traitors came to power: a huge increase in 1997 and a further equally huge increase in 2003 from which the average has never really come down. [Migration Watch: it "didn’t just happen; the deliberate policy of Ministers from late 2000...was to open up the UK to mass immigration"] Labour wanted more voters, simple as...and Labour Lite (previously called the Conservative Party) continued unabashed. Is this going to be a major cause of civil unrest, if we don't have Holy war first? There is another factor: I am willing to bet everything I own (OK, that's not much) that the emigration does NOT match the net immigration in terms of 'type of person'; by that I mean that although many emigrating will be students finishing their courses, workers finishing their contract etc., many will also be a brain drain, a white flight, call it what you will. Money will be leaving, contributors will be leaving and takers will be arriving.

Net migration is at a similar level to early 2014 with 244,000 more people coming to the UK than leaving, so migration is adding to the UK population https://t.co/cLspmrVTrb pic.twitter.com/g80KjFDPbi

— ONS (@ONS) 22 February 2018

Yes, a gross generalisation that I cannot prove...but I'd still bet everything that it's true. Go to ANY part of England and you will see thousands of houses being built, THOUSANDS. We are hardly building at all on 'brownfield'/urban sites; we are carving up and destroying FOR EVER, new 'greenfield' land, mature countryside. Anyone who has traveled by train will see thousands on the approach to every urban station acres of mess, crumbled old factories, deserted rubble-strewn wastelands that are NOT being built on...why? Water, gas, electric will already mostly be there, approach roads are already there; nearby schools and shops are already there.

* All this is straight forward and luckily it also has a very simple solution; with the will it could be implemented in a week.
** A total of 497,000 National Insurance Numbers were issued to adult EU nationals in the year ending December 2017 (no non-EU counted in that total...)

Oncoming oneirodynia osmesis...

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"An extra 68,000 teachers from black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds need to be recruited to reflect England's school population, figures show. Just 13% of state-funded schools' teachers are currently from a BME background..." the BBC tells us. Now you may think 13% sounds about right, you may recall the consensus/ONS [Link] saying that England & Wales ethnicity has fallen to 86% (it was 94%+ in 1991) ...sooo, 14% non white pretty much equates to the numbers within the teacher ranks: 13%. However, the BBC goes on to say (finishing the sentence) "...compared to 27% of pupils." Let that sink in, that last bit: 27% of pupils in England's state school population are from black or minority ethic backgrounds. 27%! WTF? Of course that is the average; looking at the image you'll see it can reach 90% in some areas.

Oncoming oneirodynia osmesis...

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"An extra 68,000 teachers from black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds need to be recruited to reflect England's school population, figures show. Just 13% of state-funded schools' teachers are currently from a BME background..." the BBC tells us. Now you may think 13% sounds about right, you may recall the consensus/ONS [Link] saying that England & Wales ethnicity has fallen to 86% (it was 94%+ in 1991) ...sooo, 14% non white pretty much equates to the numbers within the teacher ranks: 13%. However, the BBC goes on to say (finishing the sentence) "...compared to 27% of pupils." Let that sink in, that last bit: 27% of pupils in England's state school population are from black or minority ethic backgrounds. 27%! WTF? Of course that is the average; looking at the image you'll see it can reach 90% in some areas.

Overflowing ordure...

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The picture (left) is from the DT, another HERE shows before and after shots. Reading the sign you can see what is, in effect, all you need to know about the flood disaster and damage that is currently happening in the north of England. The problem is NOT climate change! The floods are NOT unprecedented and have happened for centuries! In England and the UK it rains a lot; sometimes lots and lots! Sometimes it is snow and the thaw causes the floods; sometimes just heavy rain.  For hundreds of years up until 1997 rivers known for flooding were regularly dredged (as were the Somerset Levels); for places like York, currently flooded from the river Ouse overflowing, there is data from centuries ago: "Systematic flood level readings from 1877 and a wealth of documentary records dating back as far as 1263 AD give the City of York a long and rich history of flood records."... "The inclusion of the extended historical flood record (1263–2000) provides an additional eleven events pre-1800, of which five are greater than the largest event in the period 1800–2000."**



The Environment Agency is not fit for purpose and it's adherence to the crazy "....EU directive which discourages proper dredging has been identified as an issue." [WUWT]. I am sure it is inefficiency and inadequacy from the EA making the problems worse: I am certain they wouldn't be doing this on purpose...would they?



**Source: Reassessment of flood frequency using historical information for the River Ouse at York, UK (1200–2000) Hydrological Sciences Journal, Volume 55, Issue 7, 2010. Neil Macdonald & Andrew R. Black

Overflowing ordure...

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The picture (left) is from the DT, another HERE shows before and after shots. Reading the sign you can see what is, in effect, all you need to know about the flood disaster and damage that is currently happening in the north of England. The problem is NOT climate change! The floods are NOT unprecedented and have happened for centuries! In England and the UK it rains a lot; sometimes lots and lots! Sometimes it is snow and the thaw causes the floods; sometimes just heavy rain.  For hundreds of years up until 1997 rivers known for flooding were regularly dredged (as were the Somerset Levels); for places like York, currently flooded from the river Ouse overflowing, there is data from centuries ago: "Systematic flood level readings from 1877 and a wealth of documentary records dating back as far as 1263 AD give the City of York a long and rich history of flood records."... "The inclusion of the extended historical flood record (1263–2000) provides an additional eleven events pre-1800, of which five are greater than the largest event in the period 1800–2000."**

The Environment Agency is not fit for purpose and it's adherence to the crazy "....EU directive which discourages proper dredging has been identified as an issue." [WUWT]. I am sure it is inefficiency and inadequacy from the EA making the problems worse: I am certain they wouldn't be doing this on purpose...would they?

**Source: Reassessment of flood frequency using historical information for the River Ouse at York, UK (1200–2000) Hydrological Sciences Journal, Volume 55, Issue 7, 2010. Neil Macdonald & Andrew R. Black

Objurgatory oblectation...

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From probably the most copied piece of film ever: Hitler reacts to England Rugby World Cup selection, really very funny:

Objurgatory oblectation...

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From probably the most copied piece of film ever: Hitler reacts to England Rugby World Cup selection, really very funny:

Maggie's back!...

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The O's in the blog-post titles will resume tomorrow! The UK political map now looks a lot like Maggie Simpson! Mashable on Twitter ...although it looks like they have used the 2010 election map [update**], the current one doesn't have all that Lib Dem orangey-yellow down in the South-West and Wales fooled everyone. One thing right: the red's a dummy...

** Update: "The image was first posted before the election results were known; the election map shown is actually a prediction of the voting results that was published by The Telegraph."




Update 2, 9th May: Interesting: below the Louth to Severn line (not including London) shows barely 12 Labour wins (all in urban centres: Plymouth, Bristol, Oxford, Luton, Norwich etc.), almost replicating 2010, BUT more interesting: the Severn to Thames line has Labour not even 2nd in most constituencies:  Michael Heaver [on Twitter] "This second place 2015 map shows why UKIP has a very exciting future indeed".

Maggie's back!...

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The O's in the blog-post titles will resume tomorrow! The UK political map now looks a lot like Maggie Simpson! Mashable on Twitter ...although it looks like they have used the 2010 election map [update**], the current one doesn't have all that Lib Dem orangey-yellow down in the South-West and Wales fooled everyone. One thing right: the red's a dummy...

** Update: "The image was first posted before the election results were known; the election map shown is actually a prediction of the voting results that was published by The Telegraph."

Update 2, 9th May: Interesting: below the Louth to Severn line (not including London) shows barely 12 Labour wins (all in urban centres: Plymouth, Bristol, Oxford, Luton, Norwich etc.), almost replicating 2010, BUT more interesting: the Severn to Thames line has Labour not even 2nd in most constituencies:  Michael Heaver [on Twitter] "This second place 2015 map shows why UKIP has a very exciting future indeed".

Overtly optimistic ovine O...

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Well said Matt Ridley: a highly optimistic outlook as one would expect from 'the Rational Optimist'; also published in The Times with excellent comments (£ Link £): "Britain's best years", a New Year's offering: "800 years after Magna Carta and 200 after Waterloo, the UK's in good shape". Worth a read in full but something Matt says chimes true:

"All my life I have been told that Britain is in decline. But stand back and take a long, hard look. Even by relative standards, it just is not true."... ..."Compared with many other countries, we have enviable opportunities ahead of us."

Not forgetting of course how much of that history was England. Just in case you're wondering about the title of this blog-post, in one month the Chinese Year of the Sheep/Ram starts and 'O' is the 15th letter of the alphabet. :-)

Overtly optimistic ovine O...

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Well said Matt Ridley: a highly optimistic outlook as one would expect from 'the Rational Optimist'; also published in The Times with excellent comments (£ Link £): "Britain's best years", a New Year's offering: "800 years after Magna Carta and 200 after Waterloo, the UK's in good shape". Worth a read in full but something Matt says chimes true:

"All my life I have been told that Britain is in decline. But stand back and take a long, hard look. Even by relative standards, it just is not true."... ..."Compared with many other countries, we have enviable opportunities ahead of us."

Not forgetting of course how much of that history was England. Just in case you're wondering about the title of this blog-post, in one month the Chinese Year of the Sheep/Ram starts and 'O' is the 15th letter of the alphabet. :-)

Overpopulation obscurantism...

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The 'tale that this image tells' should not be a reason to overpopulate London (click to enlarge/see in focus!).

Overpopulation obscurantism...

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The 'tale that this image tells' should not be a reason to overpopulate London (click to enlarge/see in focus!).

OK, OK, OK...

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UKOK. Interesting rebranding from over a decade ago, (click through the short-listed entries from 2001 HERE) and regurgitated in 2007 as 'The Failure of Cool Britannia' from Summa. Today's referendum may not be the last day of the U.K. but it could be the beginning of the end...

UKOK campaign 2002

UKOK credit Keith Williams

UKOK!

Douglas Murray puts it well in The Spectator: "Vote for Britain to be a force for good in the world. Vote to keep the Union". The UK is easily the most successful union of countries in the history of the world and I dispute any silly comparisons trying to belie this by using totally irrelevant comparisons (with the USA in this case) about size, or GDP or Olympic gold medals for fuck's sake. Maybe I'm referring more to the British Empire but IMHO the two cannot and should not be separated. Going back to Murray's article, I agree entirely with a comment by sfin part of which is quoted below:

"Devolution is an EU design. The Blair creature was carrying out article 198 of the Maastricht Treaty (signed by the 'conservative' John Major) which resurrected the committee of regions and urged a blueprint of regions in Europe based on the German Lander system - each region having an elected assembly). Scotland, Wales and Ulster (not Northern Ireland) are EU regions. England does not exist..." [sic]

And finally from the 'New' Archbishop Cranmer: "Doe wee not remember, that this Kingdome [England] was divided into seven little Kingdomes, besides Wales? And is it not now the stronger by their Union? And hath not the Union of Wales to England added a greater Strength therto?…I desire a perfect Union of Lawes and Persons, and such a Naturalizing as may make one Body of both Kingdomes under mee your King. That I and my Posteritie (if it so please God) may rule over you to the Worlds End; Such an Union as was of the Scots and Pictes in Scotland, and of the Heptarchie heere in England."  ' So spake King James I of England and VI of Scotland to the Houses of Parliament in 1603'. True as ever.

"Why is Alex Salmond intent on leading the Scots out of a union which they are manifestly better off in, for one which it is increasingly obvious we would all be Better Off Out?" [my emphasis]

OK, OK, OK...

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UKOK. Interesting rebranding from over a decade ago, (click through the short-listed entries from 2001 HERE) and regurgitated in 2007 as 'The Failure of Cool Britannia' from Summa. Today's referendum may not be the last day of the U.K. but it could be the beginning of the end...

UKOK campaign 2002

UKOK credit Keith Williams

UKOK!

Douglas Murray puts it well in The Spectator: "Vote for Britain to be a force for good in the world. Vote to keep the Union". The UK is easily the most successful union of countries in the history of the world and I dispute any silly comparisons trying to belie this by using totally irrelevant comparisons (with the USA in this case) about size, or GDP or Olympic gold medals for fuck's sake. Maybe I'm referring more to the British Empire but IMHO the two cannot and should not be separated. Going back to Murray's article, I agree entirely with a comment by sfin part of which is quoted below:

"Devolution is an EU design. The Blair creature was carrying out article 198 of the Maastricht Treaty (signed by the 'conservative' John Major) which resurrected the committee of regions and urged a blueprint of regions in Europe based on the German Lander system - each region having an elected assembly). Scotland, Wales and Ulster (not Northern Ireland) are EU regions. England does not exist..." [sic]

And finally from the 'New' Archbishop Cranmer: "Doe wee not remember, that this Kingdome [England] was divided into seven little Kingdomes, besides Wales? And is it not now the stronger by their Union? And hath not the Union of Wales to England added a greater Strength therto?…I desire a perfect Union of Lawes and Persons, and such a Naturalizing as may make one Body of both Kingdomes under mee your King. That I and my Posteritie (if it so please God) may rule over you to the Worlds End; Such an Union as was of the Scots and Pictes in Scotland, and of the Heptarchie heere in England."  ' So spake King James I of England and VI of Scotland to the Houses of Parliament in 1603'. True as ever.

"Why is Alex Salmond intent on leading the Scots out of a union which they are manifestly better off in, for one which it is increasingly obvious we would all be Better Off Out?" [my emphasis]

Overcoming obduracy...

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Jane Austen on £10 notes. Photo: Bank of England.

Sense and Sensibility overcomes Pride and Prejudice, said Emma, presumably from Mansfield Park. One Page In A Library of Millions comments that it is good to see 'Google celebrating the birthday of Rosalind Elsie Franklin' and mentions the 'women on banknote' saga; today we learn that the campaign won in the end: "Jane Austen is to appear on the new £10 note. Most people would agree that she is in the top division of English authors, so it’s a shame that, rather than being celebrated as a novelist, she has now been chosen as a woman, rather less of an accomplishment." [The Spectator], my emphasis.

Overcoming obduracy...

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Jane Austen on £10 notes. Photo: Bank of England.

Sense and Sensibility overcomes Pride and Prejudice, said Emma, presumably from Mansfield Park. One Page In A Library of Millions comments that it is good to see 'Google celebrating the birthday of Rosalind Elsie Franklin' and mentions the 'women on banknote' saga; today we learn that the campaign won in the end: "Jane Austen is to appear on the new £10 note. Most people would agree that she is in the top division of English authors, so it’s a shame that, rather than being celebrated as a novelist, she has now been chosen as a woman, rather less of an accomplishment." [The Spectator], my emphasis.