So what will happen here in the UK when we leave the European Union? Time will tell but I foresee that very little, if any, good will come of it. We are shunning our closest neighbours and allies with whom we do a huge amount of trade. Contrary to what the government and the billionaire press and what Johnson would have you believe, it was never going to be all done and dusted on 31 January. Nothing changes for the time being as we are still subject to EU laws and regulations until the end of the year, during which time negotiations will take place to try and agree a trade deal, unless of course liar Johnson pulls us out before then with a no deal as he is now threatening to do.
The break-up of Europe is Putin’s dream and has been years in the planning. In order to stay in power he completely controls the press, and journalists that investigate or expose the lies and corruption are harassed, locked up or just disappear. He spreads fear amongst Russian citizens by pretending that Europe is a huge threat to Russia. He dreams of the old days of the Soviet Union aka the Soviet Empire. Just recently he accused Poland of being complicit in starting WW2! This crude attempt to re-write the course of history was of course to distract from a European Parliament resolution that attributed the start of the second world war to Soviet as well as German actions. Putin is a bare-faced liar – remember his farcical smirking denial that that the GRU operatives that carried out the poisoning of the Skripals with a banned chemical nerve agent on British streets “These are civilians,” Putin said. “There is nothing criminal here.” Bellingcat later exposed the Russian agents’ identities. Putin has already annexed Crimea and part of Ukraine and continues to make bellicose threats to the Baltic States. The western world has imposed sanctions on Russia for doing so and Putin is doing everything he can to get them lifted. Recently Russia suspended oil exports to Belarus perhaps because Belarus is interested in building good neighbour ties with the European Union and in particular with Sweden and Finland. This has echoes of Russia's relationship with Ukraine before it annexed the Crimean Peninsula. Putin wants to annexe Belarus - it is next on his annexation list, but it doesn't stop there.
On the 17th of October 2019, the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) of the UK Parliament delivered to the Government its "Russia report" into allegations of Russian interference in British politics. Johnson ran scared of releasing the report fearing it would affect his chances of winning the election, and lied about why he had blocked its release. It still hasn't been released and even though he's now back from sunning himself on the billionaire's tax haven hideaway of Mustique in the Caribbean, he now claims that the heavily redacted version will be published in weeks. He also claims that it is not down to him to release the Report. Under the Justice and Security Act 2013, Members of the ISC hold office for the duration of a Parliament and therefore vacate their posts upon the dissolution of Parliament (on 6 November 2019). Members are appointed by the Houses of Parliament (having been nominated by the Prime Minister in consultation with the Leader of the Opposition). The Chair of the Committee is elected by its Members. Following the election on 12 December 2019 the ICS has not yet been re-formed - you can guess why.
Meanwhile Russia continues its war crimes in Syria by bombing the cities as it has done for several years. It does this under the pretext of helping the Syrian government tackle rebel fighters while actually targeting hospitals and indiscriminately killing innocent women and children. This creates panic amongst the population (over 1 million people are now refugees and living in camps in squalid conditions near the border with Turkey, and I heard on the news today that 900,000 people (more than half of them children) are now on the move into Turkey and are likely to be allowed through into Europe. You don't have to be a genius to deduce that this is all part of Putin's plan. It is quite clear that the more refugees that arrive in Europe the more the far-right fascists in these countries will gain ascendancy by stirring up hatred against foreigners and the more our countries will become divided from within and from each other.
Boris Johnson has reportedly called gay men 'tank-topped bumboys', and black people 'piccaninnies' with 'watermelon smiles'. You can read more about his long history of making sexist, homophobic and racist remarks here. If anyone else made comments like these I suspect they would be prosecuted for stirring up racial hatred but perhaps I'm wrong. Racist comments like these appear to me designed to stir up racial tensions and set communities at odds with each other, but only Johnson knows why he said them, and I'll let you decide. I'm not saying that it's in any way related but the UK Labour MP Jo Cox died on 16 June 2016 after being shot and stabbed multiple times by Thomas Mair, a 53-year-old unemployed gardener with far right views and mental health problems. But surely these things become more likely when people in power with an agenda and in the spotlight of the gutter press, make such comments? The constant drip drip of racist bias from much of the propaganda media machine in this country does the rest. The way that Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex has been treated by the press is quite disgraceful and just winds up the trolls on social media. And the Royal Family doesn't help itself - get rid of Harry, keep Andrew - where's the sense in that.
Instead of standing up to bully-boy Putin, liar Johnson just cosies up to the Russians - I wonder why? I wonder what he has to hide? I wonder what dirt they have got on him. What is clear is that as many as nine Russians have made large donations to the Conservative party. The Sunday Times reported earlier this month that Johnson had blocked the Russia report's publication due to fears that it would reveal links between major Conservative donors and the Russian secret service. In November 2019 the Electoral Commission revealed that the single largest donation during this campaign was from the wife of a former Russian minister and ally of Putin. His links to other Russians closely linked to the Russian KGB are also of concern. If Europe doesn't stand united against Putin it will just embolden him when he makes his next move against us against another country.
We want leaders with integrity not liars.
We want journalists with integrity not liars.
Democracy Dies Amid Lies, and So Does Sound Policy.
Just today Greta Thunberg spoke in Bristol about the complete lack of leadership amongst the leaders of the world to address the threat of climate breakdown. She said quite rightly they were acting like children. And the BBC reported on the TV news this afternoon (I watched it) that she spoke to hundreds. In fact there was between 20,000 to 30,000 on the march through Bristol. Thank you BBC but you don't fool us. You might be pandering to the will of climate-denying liar Johnson in trying to belittle Greta and the great work that she is doing but you are doing yourself no favours. I suggest you look out the f**king window.
We want journalists with integrity not liars.
Democracy Dies Amid Lies, and So Does Sound Policy.
Just today Greta Thunberg spoke in Bristol about the complete lack of leadership amongst the leaders of the world to address the threat of climate breakdown. She said quite rightly they were acting like children. And the BBC reported on the TV news this afternoon (I watched it) that she spoke to hundreds. In fact there was between 20,000 to 30,000 on the march through Bristol. Thank you BBC but you don't fool us. You might be pandering to the will of climate-denying liar Johnson in trying to belittle Greta and the great work that she is doing but you are doing yourself no favours. I suggest you look out the f**king window.
And now I will go back to blogging about the wildlife of Cuba.
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