Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Glasgow South West Labour ‘Race Row’ explodes, Labour Party bitter selection contest for Westminster turns even more nasty and squalid as Labour Scottish Executive Committee remove Anas Sarwar ally Asim Khan from the candidate list, how exactly can any reasonable person think this contest is fair and just after these antics?
Dear All
The bitter Labour Party selection contest in Glasgow South
West has had a dramatic moment but not unexpected turn of events. Recently I was
talking to a Labour office bearer who said to me that in their opinion, Glasgow
Labour hopeful Asim Khan would be passed by the Labour Party Committee called
the SEC tasked with investigating him.
I didn’t believe he would be passed by them, and as is
custom, time for a quick, ‘George Laird right again’.
You know politics and how it works isn’t as hard as many
people try to make out, if you sit back and watch, you will be amazed what you
can see and hear.
The only way to stop Asim Khan from becoming the candidate in
Glasgow South West in preference to Labour Cllr Matt Kerr was to remove him
from the candidate list.
Now, it seems job done!
Now, it seems job done!
That was my impression from what I observed as an outsider,
it seemed to me that Pollok CLP was geared up to accept Matt Kerr as the
candidate. Due to the rise in the Pollok CLP membership, and sudden interest in
politics by certain people, it seemed a racing certainty to me that Khan would
be passed by a popular vote.
Now that Labour hopeful Asim Khan has been blocked by the
Scottish Executive Committee, he intends to take legal action against the party
after what he describes as a “disappointing decision”. So, it seems that the this selection
contest, apparently this brings the numbers down to 3, and maybe it will be put back again.
The rejection of Asim Khan will also be a personal blow to
Labour MSP Anas Sarwar who supported the candidacy of Khan. The fight was seen
by some as a proxy fight between the Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard and
Anas Sarwar in the ongoing power struggle for control of Scottish Labour.
Asim Khan’s plight stems from his past at a charity for
abuse survivors, he was was accused of a “complete failure” to protect a female
worker from harassment and victimisation by two other men. The charity was
called the Roshni charity and he was the chairman which rather puts a lot of
pressure on him to explain himself fully.
An employment tribunal judge recommended Khan should issue an apology to the woman over what happened to her. She was awarded over £70,000 for her treatment at the now-defunct group. The Tribunal said Khan failed to act when the woman complained to him, with the tribunal describing parts of his evidence as “evasive” and “untruthful”.
An employment tribunal judge recommended Khan should issue an apology to the woman over what happened to her. She was awarded over £70,000 for her treatment at the now-defunct group. The Tribunal said Khan failed to act when the woman complained to him, with the tribunal describing parts of his evidence as “evasive” and “untruthful”.
So, that rather puts him in an awkward place.
After an investigation by the Sunday Herald, ten women from Pollok CLP, his local branch wrote to party bosses complaining about his suitability as a
candidate, and a female committee member allegedly filed a complaint. When I
read that ten women complained, I was surprised, having done Johann Lamont’s
campaign, I never saw once during the campaign for the entire short campaign saw 10 women turning up for activism. Of course Labour MSP Johann Lamont lost the seat
rather badly due to an incredibly badly organised campaign which bordered on
pathetic. As an experienced campaigner, I have seen good campaigns and bad
campaigns, and this one was pure crap.
Glasgow South West is one of the most marginal seats in Scotland,
along side Glasgow East, the SNP held it with a majority of just 60 votes in
2017, previously the majority was substantially higher for the SNP in 2015,
around the 23k mark. Given that there isn’t going to be an election until 2022
for Westminster
They are looking for several thousand above the 2017 result.
If you don’t know much about politics and activism, this
should help, campaigns aren’t won in the short campaign; the real work is done
in what is termed the long campaign. The sad fact of life is that Pollok CLP isn’t
very good at campaigning, so here are two examples. This month, there was no CLP
meeting, at the previous meeting before I attended, there was no mention that the next month
meeting not taking place. This is an example of bad communication. The second
one to look at is a work day/ activism, this was collecting for the local
foodbank, I got the text to attend this event which arrived on my phone on 23/7/2018,
09.26.03 am; for an event taking place on the 21st.
Two days after it finished.
Back to the unhappy, regarding Asim Khan; the Scottish Labour
Women’s Movement said of his removal:
“This is the right decision and shows that the Scottish
Labour Party and the SEC value women’s place in the party. We should never be
in a position where someone with such a terrible record on equality can put
themselves forward to represent the party of Equality.”
So, lets remove him from a selection contest were members
can decide his fate, so where was their concern about my and other Pollok CLP
members’ equality and rights to cast our vote for whoever I chose?
Does Asim Khan have a ‘terrible record on equality’?
Ian Davidson, the former Labour MP for Glasgow South West
said:
“Matt Kerr took Labour to within 60 votes of winning and
there is absolutely no reason for anyone to deselect him as the candidate for
any future election. Asim Khan has now been shown to be clearly unsuitable.
Those who backed him should now get behind Matt Kerr and help to secure a
Labour win in the seat.”
Firstly, Pollok CLP did nothing of note prior to the short campaign,
post election that “work rate” dropped even lower.
Secondly, the Matt Kerr campaign only generated an extra 888 votes more than Ian Davidson’s result in 2015 so there wasn’t exactly a Labour revival more previous SNP voters of 2015 not turning out.
Thirdly since Labour doesn’t hold the seat, no one should have a monopoly on the candidacy, that isn’t democratic.
As to Ian Davidson’s last point,
“Those who backed him (Khan) should now get behind Matt Kerr and help to secure a Labour win in the seat.” This is what is termed wishful thinking, well; it is more like bullshit because that isn’t going to happen. ‘Those’ who Ian Davidson refers too are the presumably the Muslim members who saw their choice of candidate removed in what some describe as a ‘race row’ contest, they also saw their vote removed previously.
Secondly, the Matt Kerr campaign only generated an extra 888 votes more than Ian Davidson’s result in 2015 so there wasn’t exactly a Labour revival more previous SNP voters of 2015 not turning out.
Thirdly since Labour doesn’t hold the seat, no one should have a monopoly on the candidacy, that isn’t democratic.
As to Ian Davidson’s last point,
“Those who backed him (Khan) should now get behind Matt Kerr and help to secure a Labour win in the seat.” This is what is termed wishful thinking, well; it is more like bullshit because that isn’t going to happen. ‘Those’ who Ian Davidson refers too are the presumably the Muslim members who saw their choice of candidate removed in what some describe as a ‘race row’ contest, they also saw their vote removed previously.
As an outsider watching the lead flying in both directions,
I wonder if anyone will stand up at Pollok CLP and embarrass themselves by ‘calling
for unity’ after what has gone on.
Finally, a bit of facts and opinion:
Westminster 2010 pre indy campaigning
Labour Co-op Ian Davidson 19,863 SNP Chris Stephens 5,1921 Labour win
Holyrood 2011
Labour Co-op Johann Lamont 10,875 SNP Chris Stephens 10.252 Labour win
Westminster 2015
Labour Co-op Ian Davidson 13,438 SNP Chris Stephens 23,388 SNP win
Holyrood 2016
Labour Co-op Johann Lamont 8,834 SNP Humza Yousaf 15,316 SNP win
Westminster 2017
Labour Co-op Matt Kerr 14,326 SNP Chris Stephens 14,386
SNP win
Now then, if you look at Johann Lamont (2016) and Matt Kerr
(2017), both these results look rather bad, actually they are exceptionally
bad, given Holyrood precedes Westminster, this makes taking the Westminster
seat so much harder for Pollok CLP.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
Monday, July 30, 2018
Policy Exchange, right wing think-tank uses the Windrush scandal to call on post-Brexit ID system for EU and UK citizens, in the past this has been rejected on civil liberties grounds, with so much illegal immigration into the UK, is it time to review this issue, can there be cross party consensus on protecting the UK borders?
Dear All
Think tanks are bodies that come up with ideas, in the past,
some ideas have been useful and other ideas border on plain stupidity. If you
take the ‘Windrush’ scandal, the reason for the problem is that the Labour
Government of the time; ordered their documents destroyed. Down the line, this
meant the incumbent government of Theresa May couldn’t do their job properly,
leading to confusion and problems. Brexit is still moving forward, the Policy
Exchange thinks that there is a case for a ID registration system for EU
citizens in the UK and also for British citizens.
In many walks of life, the ID card system is already here,
in education, in construction, police and in health, even private companies
have id systems to allow their staff access to their premises. Previously in
the UK, we had an ID card system during WW2, the scheme continued well after
the end of the war and then was phased out. There is a case for an ID card
system, and a case not for a card system, in several posts, I wrote about the
need for an EU wide identity card to cope with the migrant crisis.
Illegal migrants need to be documented, and we need to know
where they are and who they are since the political elite opened the flood
gates and let these people roam free in our country and others in the EU. I
have no problem with EU citizens being issued with an ID card; similar schemes
operate in other countries of the EU. But if there is to be an extended ID card
programme to document British citizens, it cannot similar be about the issuing
of a card. It is said that there are one million illegal immigrants in this
country, these people are criminals, and should be removed, no matter how long
they have been here.
The idea of a national ID system for British citizens has
been controversial, with many people opposing it on civil liberties grounds.
The state of politics in this country means that one group plays off against
the other group which we all know as party politics, civil liberties are just
the ‘peg’ that they use to hang their grievance on.
A £5 billion national identity card scheme was introduced by
the last Labour government in 2006 under Tony Blair, probably to bring us
more into line with European practice. The idea wasn’t acceptable and a Bill to
scrap it was the first legislation introduced by Theresa May when she
became home secretary in 2010. After Brexit, EU citizens already in the UK will
have to pay £65 and join a registration scheme if they wish to stay in Britain
after the end of the transition period on December 31 2020.
£65 isn’t a high fee, and I think the government has got the
balance right.
David Goodhart, Policy Exchange's head of demography,
immigration and integration, suggests that the scheme should be widened to
Britons, initially on a voluntary basis. In other words, voluntary first then
turned into compulsory.
He said:
"We strongly recommend reopening the debate about ID
management to reassure people that we know who is in the country, for how long,
and what their entitlements are. A proper national ID system would have
prevented the harassment of the Windrush victims."
I never favour knee jerk politics as a basis for making
policy, usually, a single incident is used to justify an idea which the authors
aren’t able to articulate on its own merits, hence they find a victim.
The report by the Policy Exchange has other ideas:
A more decisive removals process, the current system has
been abused using the Human Rights Act as an opened ended book to concoct the
most ridiculous decisions.
An amnesty for illegal immigrants who have been in the UK
for 10 years or more, this is unacceptable, we don’t reward people for crime
because they have been doing it a long time.
More cash to pay illegal immigrants to leave and a joint
scheme involving the Department for International Development to help them set
up businesses in their countries of origin, I see no problem with this idea.
A British version of the US Electronic System for Travel
Authorisation (ESTA) that allows non-UK citizens to use e-gates at borders and
made it quicker for "low-risk groups" to enter, this is idea has
merit provide the scheme is secure.
Make rail and ferry operators provide more information about
passengers and introduce more collaboration with Irish authorities to close
down the Common Travel Area "backdoor", private companies shouldn’t
have to act as border agents, this would create a security problem.
Higher overall investment, including better detection
systems for lorries at Calais and Dover, more staff and more border patrol
boats, this isn’t setting the heather on fire but if anyone is found, we should
send them back to France without judicial review, instant deportation.
The farce of letting them in has gone on too long.
Mr Goodhart added:
"Illegal immigration is not only unfair on legal
immigrants who wait their turn in the queue and the employers and businesses
who play (and pay) by the rules, it also fosters a twilight world of
criminality, dependence and exploitation in which modern slavery flourishes. Combating illegal immigration should be overtly linked
to minimum wage enforcement, private landlord licensing and action against
modern slavery. While a general amnesty for the estimated 500,000 illegal
residents here would send the wrong signal, some form of regularisation should
also be considered for those who have been here for more than 10 years, who are
now parts of their communities with ties to the UK and often become the focus
of grassroots campaigns."
Everyone should play by the rules and no one should be
getting special treatment, this has been the cause of division in this and
other EU States.
A Home Office spokesman said:
"We are pursuing an ambitious programme of reform at
the border as well as investing in new capability to improve passenger
experience. Examples of this include e-Passport gates and motion
detection technology which benefit passengers and improve security. Border
Force invested £63.5 million in new technology and capability in 2017-18 and
£90.4 million in the two previous years combined. Decisions on the future immigration system will be based on
evidence. This is why we have asked the independent Migration Advisory
Committee (MAC) to advise on the economic and social impacts of the UK's exit
from the EU and also on how the UK's immigration system should be aligned with
a modern industrial strategy."
If you are the type of person who gets angry when
someone breaks into your house to steal, then you should be equally angry when
someone breaks into your country to steal, the fact they aren’t lifting your
possessions is irrelevant. The madness of Germany’s migrant crisis, the crisis
in Sweden, Italy and France, show what happens when rules are abandoned for
political virtual signalling, chaos, rape, murder, theft and acts of terror.
I favour a fair, strong immigration system based on evidence,
need and cohesion, sadly the open borders people are the facilitators of much
of the current problems, if you don’t have strong borders, you don’t have
security, just ask the Germans. Immigration is a good thing, what has happened
in Europe and in the UK has been exceptionally bad, it is time that someone
cleaned up the mess.
Finally, Angela Merkel ruined Germany by her open borders policy, in the UK, much of the damage was done by Tony Blair when Labour Prime Minister, his social engineering experiment done under the 'lie of economic reasons' caused many of the problems of a similar nature to Germany's troubles.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
Thursday, July 26, 2018
Upsetting the liberals: the fury of politicians such as Labour MP Diane Abbott's concern over Isis Terrorists Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh is utterly sickening, and out of touch with the British people, they will get a fair trial in the US, and we should remember the victim’s families, they have a right and expectation of justice
Dear All
Tuesday saw me do a post on Isis Terrorists, Alexanda Kotey
and El Shafee Elsheikh, it is my opinion, that the correct place for them to
stand trial is America
On one side, we have fools like Labour MP Diane Abbott the
Shadow Home Secretary, hyperventilated that the Government's position was
'abhorrent and shameful' and on the other, people saying they are fine with
their extradition. If Kotey and Elsheikh had committed their crimes on British
soil, I would argue that they should stand trial here.
But they did, they committed their crimes in Syria
As I blogged, we ended the death penalty in the UK
Recently Japan
Whether you agree with the death penalty or not, we are not
the World’s policemen or their moral guardians, we can advise, comment and make
known our feelings, but at the end of the day, their rule of law takes priority
over our concerns. I don’t agree with the death penalty, never did, never will,
I don’t see it as part of British values. From time to time, we get a situation
which on the surfaces seems plausible that the death penalty argument could be
used. Generally this is cases were the public have no problem in someone being
hanged, such as the Moors Murderers or the Soham killer, or the IRA bombers of
the past. If you take the case of the Birmingham Six, innocent people were
arrested, tried and put in jail,
If hanging was still vogue at that time, these people would
have been hanged; this is why I am against the death penalty. Injustice isn’t a
part of justice, and ‘sorry’ really doesn’t cut it for me. Stephen Glover of
the Daily Mail; asks a question, but must we rule out executing terrorists?
That is a complicated question but the answer is simple.
Yes, we must rule out executing terrorists.
In case anyone thinks I am a pacifist, the answer is no, I
had no problem when ‘Jihadi John’ was killed in a drone strike, this guy
deserved to die a painful death for what he had done.
Stephen Glover aks;
“Where should two former alleged terrorists who were once
British citizens be put on trial for the most brutal and barbarous acts against
innocent civilians, some of them British?”
I would strongly disagree with him saying:
“The right answer is surely the United Kingdom
This brings me back to where they committed their crimes and
to whom; these two points; don’t make the case for a British trial, I would say
that the choice is either Syria US
Our system of justice and sentencing in the UK could do with
an upgrade, we have a system which due to the Human Rights Act abuse wouldn’t it
is said give a strong enough sentence on conviction. The alleged crimes of Elsheikh,
30, who was born in Sudan but raised in London, is accused of supervising the
torture and killing of Western hostages by ISIS. Kotey, 34, London
born-and-bred, is charged with being part of the same ISIS
cell which beheaded 27 hostages and, according to reliable testimonies,
displayed horrendous cruelty and unbelievable sadism.
These two don’t deserve to escape the full measure of the
American legal system.
Shipping them off to America
The Labour Party is up in arms, principally because it is so
opposed to the death penalty as I said, I oppose the death penalty as well,
were we part waves is that I recognise that other countries have the right to
run their own judicial system as they see fit.
Labour MP Hilary Benn opined that 'we have to show we are
better than Islamic State in our morals, and should therefore have nothing to
do with capital punishment'. Islamic State don’t care about our morals, they
see this as our weakest, which is why this and the lack of morals by
politicians have placed us in the state we find ourselves.
When Stephen Glover says:
“In my humble opinion, the prospect that these two alleged
killers might be sentenced to death if found guilty of horrendous crimes by an
American court is by far the least troubling aspect of this affair”.
I think he speaks for many people in the UK, right across
racial and religious divides, but speaking up for justice can provoke hatred
towards you which is why many people remain silent.
Finally, Stephen Glover said:
“If Kotey and Elsheikh were to be tried in this country, we
might understand how it was that two young men who enjoyed the benefits of
living in a free society should seemingly have done their utmost to destroy it.
And such a trial, if it had led to a conviction, would have given the British
people the satisfaction of seeing justice meted out to two British traitors who
appear to hate, and wanted to damage, their country”.
I don’t think any excuse will bring forward the advancement
of human knowledge in this case; these two were ‘recreational killers’, who
enjoyed torture and murder of innocent people. American families have the right
to see these two before a US Court
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Losing control, losing the agenda, identity politics destroyed our society: now press and politicians fear the rise of media-savvy populist right parties and their appeal to working class people, across Europe, people are turning their backs on the ‘left’ and the ‘liberals’ because they have actively discriminated against people using public office and the resources of the State, Scotland is a prime example of ‘identity politics’ gone wrong
Dear All
The most discriminated groups in the UK are black
people and white working class people. Political parties of the ‘left’ years
ago abandoned the working class as organisations set up to protect their rights
were infiltrated by middle class careerists straight out of university or via
trade unions. As the working class lost their representation, they also lost
out on other benefits from elected people. The political elite became to
symbolise ‘identity politics’ to the max. If you were white working class you
were pushed to the back of the queue, discriminated at every turn.
Right across Europe ,
ordinary working class people have turned to people who understand their
concerns and shown an interest in them. One example of how detached the
political parties are is using ‘foodbank collections in order to increase their
support in the community. When the election is over, the winning party very
quickly abandons this trick because their agenda has moved on. What hasn’t
moved on is the need of vulnerable for food aid.
Across Europe , we have seen
the right of parties of the right, this has led to the incumbent political
parties and the ‘liberal’ press tagging them as ‘far right’. Despite a
co-ordinated campaign of sorts, the public has decided to ignore the fake news
agenda and continue to give new parties their support. If you see a Donald
Trump or Vladmir Putin, you usually see a smear campaign of them not far
behind.
Clare Foges, David Cameron’s former speechwriter wrote that authoritarian
“strong men”, like Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin get things done, this
is in stark contrast to people like Nicola Sturgeon who is mired in identity
politics and abandonment of the white working class. The SNP lie ‘Stronger for
Scotland’ doesn’t apply to white working class in education, jobs, health, and
law and order unless you tick an ‘identity politics’ box.
People should be aware of the intolerance of ‘liberals’,
these are the people who don’t want you to speak or have an opinion aired
unless it agrees with them. The rise of the fascist thugs dubbed ‘Antifa’ is a
group which uses violence to silence people who dare to protest about what is
going on around them.
You could describe these people are as mixture of middle
class thugs and ‘commies’ masquerading as socialists. People who are so anti
establishment that they want to become the establishment.
Iain Macwhirter isn’t a fan of Brexit, he says at the moment
that there is a distinct air of Weimar about
British politics; of course, you should remember that Germany had
just come out of WW1 as the loser. Germans were angry with the political class
who hadn’t just led them to defeat but also starvation and unemployment. Not a
happy time indeed, but the misery wasn’t just a German thing; the ‘Great
Depression’ of the 1920’s caused problems everywhere from Germany to the US,
Russia after the revolution wasn’t a paradise either.
In politics, you have to face up to a plain simple fact, in
elections, the ‘best man’ doesn’t always win, that isn’t the purpose of
elections; it is to elect someone. I don’t have to reel of a list of scumbags
who got elected, you can google that yourself and see depending on how much
research you want to do. One thing which you will have heard of is ‘tactical
voting’, tactical voting isn’t about electing someone you want, it is about
attempt to ‘get anyone but’ the party you hate getting in.
In Europe, the rise of the ‘right’ in politics is not a
surprise, the ‘left’ and ‘liberals’ caused it by neglect, which is why we get
leftwing thugs on our streets hunting for ‘nazis’, not World War 2 Nazis, not
Zombie Nazis but ordinary people who dare to speak out about what the political
elite has done while in office.
Yesterday, I wrote about how American families were right to
get justice for their love ones who were brutally murdered by ‘British’ Jihadists
dubbed ‘the Beatles’, if their crimes had taken place on British soil, then I
would say that legally, they would have to be tried in our jurisdiction but the
murders happened abroad. I have no problem in sending these Isis ‘recreational
killers’ to the US
to face justice. Iain Macwhirter seems
to think this is a problem, he wrote:
“It’s perhaps no accident the UK Government appears
to be prepared to accept the death penalty for British Islamic State terrorists
in America, something that would have been unimaginable until recently. This is
pure populist politics”.
To be clear, the UK Government in the shape of the Home
Secretary said that he wouldn’t ask for assurances that these people wouldn’t get
the death penalty if convicted. The Prime Minister said she hoped they spend
the rest of their lives in jail. Given these people have been stripped of their
British citizenship, perhaps the use of the term ‘British Islamic State
terrorists’ is wrong.
We don’t have the death penalty in the UK , but they do in America , Alexanda Kotey and El
Shafee Elsheikh doesn’t deserve to escape justice, no one does, and certainly not
for engaging in torture and murder, these two aren’t soldiers.
And they do have charges to answer.
Iain Macwhirter is wrong to say that the refusal to seek
assurances:
“This is pure populist politics”.
No, it is not, it is the ‘politics’ of justice.
The contempt that people must feel for those who have
protested that the Home Sec didn’t ask for assurances against the death penalty
just beggars belief. No trial has taken place; no sentence has been handed down
but the ‘left’ and the ‘liberals’ are practically in tears about poor ‘recreational
killers’. This case encapsulates why the British people are so sick to death of
the political class in this country.
A recent YouGov poll suggests that 24 per cent of British
people would now vote for an anti-immigrant party like the Alternative fur
Deutschland or Marine LePen’s National Front. The thing is any political party
cannot just be a party of protest, it has to be willing and able to be a party
of government, this is why so many minor parties fail to gain support beyond a ‘single
issue’. Right-wing populism is the dynamic force in European politics at
present, in Viktor Orban’s Hungary
and Slovenia
has just elected a right wing, anti-immigrant government.
Even the carefree Italians in Italy
ares now under coalition led by Lega’s Matteo Savini, who has talked of “a mass
cleansing” Italy
of immigrants. Norway and Denmark have
right-wing parties participating in government. The one to watch is if the Swedish
Democrats who are leading in the polls go all the way to government.
How did it become so?
The political elite allowed in rapists from third world countries,
the migrants done the raping, but the political elite did all the backroom
facilitation, everything from ‘soup to nuts’, transport, food, clothing,
housing and money.
Of course, their ‘excuse’ is that ‘we didn’t know this would
happen’.
When people like Iain Macwhirter talk about a new form of
nationalist populism and how that transpires into a sophisticated, media-wise
Alt-Right, he could be talking about people like Austria ’s Martin Sellner.
It would be wrong to say that people like Sellner just
target white working class, his organisation cross the social barriers in his
own country. That said regards of country, the appeal of the right in white
former working class communities, hit hard by globalisation, and feeling
abandoned by the left is a ready market. The fact is the white working class
has been abandoned by the left, it isn’t a ‘feeling’, it is a reality. The
political parties are not interested in the working class; they focus on ‘identity
politics’ focusing on minorities such as racial and gender minorities, LGBTQI++
and religions. At the moment the media is as Iain Macwhirter wrote, is preoccupied
with transgender issues and feminists of #metoo movement. As Milo Yiannopoulos
says, feminism is now a man hating activity.
Even trade unions seem to have abandoned young working class
people. As the Institute for Fiscal Studies noted recently, “union members are
now overwhelmingly public sector, white collar and middle-aged”.
Finally in the ‘good old days’, political parties could
count on the white working class vote, given what we have seen, the white
working class have abandoned them, in Scotland, this can be seen by the spectacular
fall of the Labour Party, once the dominant force. Given that so many people
have been disenfranchised from voting, there is a pressing need for the
emergence of new political parties who are not willing to engage in the murky mess
that is identity politics’ which are platforms for active discrimination of
people. If we are all supposed to be the same and equal, and it is enshrined in
law, why are political parties allowed to operate discriminatory policies?
The old days of just giving your vote because of your social
class are gone, and so is fairness, justice and equality of outcome, it all
died a long time ago which is why the working class despites so many middle
class politicians.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Facing Justice: Islamic State ‘recreational killers’ who were dubbed ‘the Beatles’ could face the death penalty after UK drops its opposition and will not seek assurances if the men are sent to the US, families of Americans murdered should be allowed to get justice for their loved ones, it seems the ‘holiday’ is over for Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh
Dear All
The death penalty was abolished in Great Britain in 1965;
the last hanging took place in for murder took place in 1964. The Act to
abolish the death penalty was introduced to Parliament as a private member's
bill by Sydney Silverman MP. This was an important bill; it signalled that
Britain had moved on.
I oppose the death penalty, but by the same token, I respect
the fact that other countries must be allowed to have their own rule of law.
One of the issues which I have talked about in the past was young Muslims who
effectively went on murder holidays to join groups such as Isis. These people
because they spoke English became online internet murderers who enjoyed
murdering people by beheading victims.
One group of killers were called "The Beatles",
dubbed as such by their hostages because of their English accents, Its
members were nicknamed "John", "Paul",
"George", and "Ringo" by their hostages. Jihadi John was
probably the best well known of the murderers until he was killed. Justice
caught up with Jihadi John when he was killed in a drone strike. His military
service with his terror group lasted two years, in that time he murdered
several people.
Here is his wiki,
Jihadi John wasn’t a soldier, just a recreational killer.
Two of the other members of the “Beatles” Alexanda Kotey and
El Shafee Elsheikh have been captured, the US wants these two for extradition
to the US, and they have been rightfully stripped of their British citizenship.
They were captured in January this year, and then a row what to do with them has
broken out.
The UK doesn’t want them returned to British soil, and if
they go to the US, they will probably face the death penalty. Interestingly,
the new Home Secretary Sajid Javid has been accused of abandoning Britain’s
long-held opposition to the death penalty in negotiations with the US about the
two terror suspects. The Home Sec has told US Attorney General Jeff Sessions
that the UK will not demand a “death penalty assurance” as part of the
extradition of Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh.
The UK “does not currently intend to request, nor actively
encourage”, the transfer of Kotey and Elsheikh to Britain said the Home Sec.
He added:
“All assistance and material will be provided on the
condition that it may only be used for the purpose sought in that request,
namely a federal criminal investigation or prosecution. “Furthermore, I am of
the view that there are strong reasons for not requiring a death penalty
assurance in this specific case, so no such assurances will be sought.”
Amnesty International accused the UK government of
abandoning its blanket opposition to the death penalty, describing Mr Javid’s
letter as “a huge backward step”.
In a move that shows she is completely unfit to be Home
Secretary, Labour MP Diane Abbott has called the decision not to seek
assurances as ‘abhorrent and shameful’.
Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Sir Ed Davey said:
“The use of the death penalty – no matter the crimes involved – is wrong. By
refusing to stand up to Donald Trump’s administration on this issue, Sajid
Javid has abdicated his responsibility to uphold fundamental human rights.”
To that I would say James Foley, Steven Sotloff, David
Haines Peter Kassig and Alan Henning, all tortured, all beheaded and killed
without mercy, their human rights violated.
In the past, the UK has always sought assurances from the
Americans regarding no death penalty, however the request is simply that, a
request, there is no legal duty for any Home Secretary to the request.
So, the question is should the Americans be denied justice
for their citizens who were murdered?
The answer is no, in the UK we don’t have the death penalty,
the same however cannot be said for the US.
A spokeswoman for the Prime Minister said Theresa May
supported the Home Secretary’s handling of the case. She also said that the PM hoped
it would end with the two men remaining in prison for the rest of their lives.
She said:
“The Prime Minister was aware of these plans and supports
the way that these are being handled.”
If you take the time to look at American prison videos, you
will see that the supermax system isn’t a bed of roses, it is a very violent
place full of predators. Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh might escape the
death penalty but chances are they will become high profile targets of
opportunity in prison. Instead of a quick clean death via lethal injection,
they may get a dose of their own medicine repeatedly in prison.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
Monday, July 23, 2018
Nicola Sturgeon’s Massive Cuts Agenda; SNP's independence blueprint is a plan which 'would have seen public spending slashed by £60bn', the damage to Scotland would be incalculable but the SNP acknowledge, independence means cuts on a scale never seen in Scotland, damaging every hospital, every school and every public service in this country, Scotland deserves so much better
Dear All
The ‘white paper’ which the SNP delivered on the 26th
November 2013, I remember that date well as I was a guest on a BBC radio programme,
other guests were Professor Sir John Curtice and ex SNP MP Natalie McGarry.
The BBC broadcast was held in a coffee shop next door to the
Holyrood Parliament. In the summing up at the end, I said that the reason why
Scottish independence would fail was because there was an issue of trust in
Alex Salmond. The viewers were then treated to Natalie McGarry trying to defend
against that statement and failing miserably.
You see when you speak the truth; you are armed with the
most powerful weapon in debating.
The ‘white paper’ was a sham, 650 pages described by Joan
McAlpine as a document more substantial than the American Declaration of
Independence. The US
The ‘white paper’ was a 650 page con trick, there was no
critical thinking, and wild assumptions were made which had no basis on facts.
In order to attempt to deceive people, the SNP made claims about how rich the
people would be post independence, when the opposite was true.
The SNP were not even guaranteeing people’s pensions.
Now, in 2018, we have the next piece of junk, outsource to
what is laughingly called the party’s Growth Commission. In an analysis of the
report, These Islands, a pro-UK think tank says that spending on public
services would have been slashed by around £60 billion if it had applied over
the last decade. In case you don’t know what that means, our education system
would suffer even more than it already has, and our health service would have
been so badly damaged by severe underfunding that innocent people would die.
You have to ask yourself, what kind of person would inflict
such a catastrophic disaster on its own people; let me introduce you to the ‘real’
Nicola Sturgeon, not the fake PR version of the child hugging and LGBT friendly
leader.
Nicola Sturgeon may think she is on a journey but the reality is that
the rest of Scotland
These Islands, the pro-UK think tank has a number of leading
economists including Glasgow
Their analysis says that the SNP’s Growth Commission has actually
strengthened the economic case for Scotland
And details count, when you are risking the future of your
home, your job, your pension and your kids future!
Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon tried to win the referendum
by trying to generate an 'emotional vote' based on hatred and fear of the UK
Conservative Government, but people in Scotland
Now, we have ‘white paper two’, the agenda of the left has
been replaced by an agenda of the right. This is quite a difference, which begs
the question, either we are being lied to now, or we were lied to in 2014.
Which is it?
The SNP’s Growth Commission report claims living standards
in Scotland
For example, one of the SNP’s pet projects is to rejoin the
EU, to join, a country needs to have its own currency, own central banks and
balance the book. You can’t get membership of the EU using someone else’s
currency; the EU rules don’t permit it.
So if the SNP keep the pound for 10
years, then they dump the pound to set up their own currency, and you add in
3 years post dumping there (that’s being charitable),
you are talking 13/ 14 years minimum wait to join the EU. Interestingly the Growth
Commission report avoids discussing how or when an independent Scotland
But my view is that given the SNP leadership have been
unable to tell the truth to the people before and actively deceived them in the
past, the SNP leadership isn’t worth listening too.
Which is why Scotland
Nicola Sturgeon wants Scottish independence at any cost, and
is willing to accept the current austerity policies of the UK Government and
then max that out even to achieve its goal. If the SNP believe that the current austerity policies
of the UK Government are so bad; and the SNP claims to reject them, how
can they argue for even worse under their regime?
Scottish Conservative shadow finance secretary
Murdo Fraser said the analysis showed the SNP “is now making even wilder claims
about secession than Alex Salmond did prior to the referendum”.
He added:
“Quite simply, they are making it up as they go along. As
everyone apart from the SNP acknowledges, independence would mean cuts on a
scale never seen in Scotland
When Scotland
rejected the SNP claim that we could be like Norway ,
the SNP is now back with a new country, we could be like New Zealand , or would a better definition be
that we could be like Nigeria
Anyone know how to tie two plastic bottles to your feet to
use as shoes…… asking for a friend!
Shadow Scottish Secretary Lesley Laird said it was now
“abundantly clear that the SNP’s plans for an independent Scotland
And George wasn’t exactly seen as people friendly by many.
She added:
“If these proposals were put into practice Scotland’s
already under pressure public services would be devastated, with spending
slashed on the NHS, schools, and on other vital areas.”
Finally, it seems the SNP will say anything to trick the
people of Scotland , they
certainly don’t care what harm they would inflict on organisations like Scotland
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
Thursday, July 19, 2018
Diversity In Action; UK Government Office Knew About Mass Rape Gangs over a decade before Investigating, political parties ignored the serial rape of little girls because they were courting the Muslim vote, when people spoke out they were gagged, condemned, de-selected and belittled, the motto should be ‘know your political class’ and who they represent
Dear All
The scandal of grooming Pakistani grooming gangs is
appalling, serial rape of little girls, children, politicians whose few who
spoke out in parliament were soon gagged by parties. Yes, gagged is the right
word to describe what political parties were willing to do to cover up serial
rape in the name of diversity.
Read this;
One of the lies sold to the public after every scandal of
this nature is that people get replaced, removed or retire and then the
political class says that ’lessons have been learned’. Those who did nothing to
help; disappear into the background and some even pop up in another job
somewhere else.
With their pension intact!
Here is another article worth reading:
Just as Labour MP Sarah Champion speaks out, disgraced
shadow equalities minister Naz Shah tries to deflect from the issue. Shah is a
disgrace, she is the kind of person which makes you wonder about whether or to
whom you should cast your vote for.
This is her glorious family history.
Her father allegedly abandoned her by her father when six years old
after he ran off with their neighbour's sixteen-year-old daughter. At age 12,
she was sent to Pakistan by her mother, Zoora Shah. Zoora Shah
fatally poisoned a man she was having an affair with. She served 14 years in
prison for four charges including murder, attempted murder, solicitation to
murder and forgery.
Jeremy Corbyn has a hard time finding quality people to be
in his Cabinet which is why no MP should have a seat for life at Westminster,
re-selection prior to ever election and that should be mandatory.
The cover up of the Pakistani grooming gangs went beyond the
political class but infiltrated its way downwards into the establishment,
police, social services and councils weren’t interested in child rape of white
girls if the predators were Pakistani.
Here is a clip from a radio show that a Muslim caller tries
to ignore the factual claim that Pakistani grooming gangs make up 87% of gang
rape.
No one comes out of the Pakistani grooming gangs scandal
with a clean sheet, even Britain’s Home Office had received information about
Pakistani grooming gangs raping vulnerable white girls more than a decade
before it finally commissioned an investigation.
A decade plus of silence; a decade plus to allow these gangs
to operate and thrive, claiming and hunting for victims at will.
Documents relating to an unpublished report were sent to the
Home Office in 2002, but the department failed to act on it. The Government of
the day was led by the Labour Party, a Labour Party which courted the Muslim
vote actively and was promoting a failed multicultural experiment.
When an assessment of a University of Luton (now
Bedfordshire) research project titled “Risky Business” funded by the Home
Office was sent in 2002, some Home Office officials claimed to have no
recollection of having received it. No copy of the 2002 draft report had been
found in the Home Office archives.
This is the bit you should home in on, it is being said the
fault lay with a filing system, this is the point that everyone who ignored
this gets off ‘scot free’ and the epic line that is synonymous with scandals
can be trotted out, ‘lessons will be learned’.
The July 2018 investigation was prompted by documents
uncovered in the Home Office archives relating to the 2002 study during the Jay
review into the sexual exploitation of some 1,500 white girls by
Pakistani-heritage Muslim men in Rotherham between 1997 and 2003.
The Jay Report, published 2014, was only prompted after an
investigation into the sexual abuse by The Times newspaper; it seems that
publicly makes a difference in politics. One of the cases sent to the Home
Office was a case study of the mother of a 14-year-old girl being groomed for
sex by “[South] Asian” men but whose pleas for help were ignored by police.
Ignored by the Police because in the UK, minorities play the
race card, but so do political parties which is why the Police probably felt
that they didn’t want to put their careers in danger by getting singled out and
called racist. Where would we be if the political case agreed to abandon the
use of race politics?
Probably a safer society!
Conservative Home Secretary Sajid Javid said:
“The review did find that pieces of information questioning
the response of statutory services were available to the Home Office, meaning
that opportunities to follow up on, or seek further information about, matters
in Rotherham including whether the police and other statutory agencies were
responding appropriately existed.”
Rotherham Labour MP Sarah Champion said:
“It is clear that the Home Office knew about child sexual exploitation
in Rotherham from 2002. The report also highlights the knowledge of the local
authority and South Yorkshire Police of the abuse. Why, when so many in
authority knew the scale and severity of this crime did it take until 2014,
with the publication of the Jay report, for a large scale investigation to
occur? How many lives could have been protected if swift action had been taken
a decade before?”
Labour MP Sarah Champion is what I consider a Labour MP
to be, someone worth campaigning for, I have said in the past that minorities
have joined political parties to push their own agenda. In return the party uses
them to show how welcoming and diverse they are, while expecting votes and
probably donations.
Yesterday, I was blogging on how we live in a corrupt
system:
‘most people are ignorant of politics, how it works, who is
in, and how they got there, in the past, I said the system is corrupt, from
attempted vote rigging of candidates, to people being discriminated on the
basis of their skin, background, sex, and other numerous combinations to keep
it like a private club’.
Today, we have this story of neglect, are you wiser to how
politics works?
Rochdale grooming gang whistleblower and former Greater
Manchester Police detective Maggie Oliver alleges the Home Office
were more interested in covering up their mistakes than protecting vulnerable
girls.
I would say that is fair comment, she also added that the conspiracy
“goes right to the top of government. She then made the explosive revelation that
the Home Office were getting daily updates about Operation Span [an investigation
into Child Sex Explotation]. They are more interested in covering up for
mistakes instead of holding their hands up she said.
These people in the Home Office were afraid because they
knew that there wasn’t the political will to protect little girls from being
raped by those who stand in parliament and are addressed as the ‘Right
Honourable’.
When I heard that Diane Abbott was appointed Shadow Home
Secretary and Naz Shah as Shadow Equalities Minister, I thought about how
little quality material that Jeremy Corbyn has to work.
And I doubt I am not the only one thinking this.
I found someone who is also worth consideration to
be an MP.
Telling the truth is the most important ‘weapon’ in today’s society,
this guy doesn’t seem to have a problem standing up and being counted, why can't our political class?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsMWABPp7eU&t=266s
Finally, to add a Scottish context, how diversity is going in Glasgow.
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/16361986.iranian-man-dragged-boy-12-into-glasgow-close-and-raped-him/?ref=mr&lp=7
Finally, to add a Scottish context, how diversity is going in Glasgow.
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/16361986.iranian-man-dragged-boy-12-into-glasgow-close-and-raped-him/?ref=mr&lp=7
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Denying Direct Democracy: the ‘Remain Camp’ think they have hit the jackpot as Met Police are to probe Vote Leave after Electoral investigation, now there are calls for the referendum result to be made void, dream on, Brexit is still moving forward, if Brexit doesn’t happen then the UK will face a political crisis not seen since Suez
Dear All
Ever since the result of the Brexit referendum in June 2016;
the ‘Remain side’ have been exceptionally bad losers, they have tried
repeatedly to deny the British people their democratic right to have their vote
respected. I fought on the Leave side, the EU is a wholly corrupt organisation
which is anti worker and anti country, it is controlled by a ‘political elite’
who are un-elected.
Lack of accountability makes the EU a dangerous
organisation.
The Remain side is made up of various vested interests
groups, including the ‘Progress’ wing of the Labour Party. They want to see a re-run
the EU referendum; this cannot be allowed to happen. Ireland
The Ireland
Several attempts have been made to garner support from the
people of the UK for a
second referendum but the public isn’t interested, the political elite in the UK
Everyone else has moved on.
In elections and referendums, we expect each side to act in
a fair and democratic manner, following the letter of the law and the spirit,
but as I have mentioned numerous times, our politics have been infiltrated by
minority groups who operate to their own agenda within various political
parties. These people use their minority status to undermine parties for their
own ends, and that of others they are in league with.
Police are investigating senior figures in the Vote Leave
campaign after the group was fined for breaking strict electoral rules. This information
has prompted Winston Churchill’s grandson, Sir Nicholas Soames, to declare the
British electoral system should be “blown up and started all over again”.
Although everyone supports in theory a fair system, the fact is the system is
geared towards larger parties, which is why proportional representation is
always being called for in the past.
It is said that the official campaign for leaving the EU
exceeded spending limits by almost £500,000, flouting electoral law, would this
have swayed the result by much, I don’t think so, the UK Government prior to
the referendum sent a booklet to every home at the cost of circa £9 million.
The machinery of government and the ruling party led by David Cameron were staunchly
pro EU, however they activities it seemed didn’t come under the electoral law
because they were publishing ‘information’.
During the Second World War; Winston Churchill defeated this
country from Nazi Germany, one wonders what he would think of his grandson, Sir
Nicholas Soames now. It seems that investigators found "significant
evidence" of joint working between Vote Leave and another campaign group,
BeLeave. The latter was founded by Darren Grimes, then a 23-year-old fashion
student who made a name for himself, today he found out the price of ‘fame’ Darren
Grimes: the pro-Brexit student activist fined apparently £20k.
Kyle Taylor, director of Fair Vote UK
“This is much bigger than Brexit: breaking election law
is undermining the very fabric of how we believe our society should make rules.
We are sleepwalking into a future I don’t want to be a part of.”
In the interest of fairness, here a link to their site;
You might want to pop in and have a look.
One of the people who is quite happy to sabotage the direct
democracy of the people is the middle class sycophant Labour MP Chuka Umunna, he
has condemned the revelations as an “affront to our democracy”. Umunna is
someone who shouldn’t be a Labour MP in my opinion, who he ‘represents’ is
anyone’s guess, but I doubt it is the ‘little people’.
That’s you and me!
Apparently in his element, Umunna is raising concerns of “foul
play”, and siding with the SNP, they are saying via Brexit Secretary Mike
Russell by insisting the vote to leave the EU was “obtained, at least in part,
by breaching electoral law”. Before this storm in a tea cup erupted, both Umunna’
crew and Nicola Sturgeon were attempting any trick to get a second vote.
Russell is trying the old trick that this shouldn’t be a UK Westminster
has already dismissed this nonsense previously, Scotland
is part of the UK and the UK
And they aren’t getting that from Westminster
In what can be seen as politicking, the Labour Party has called
for ministers and formers ministers who were key figures in Vote Leave such as
Michael Gove and Boris Johnson to be investigated, the end game is the
collapse of the Conservative Government, and attempting to garner election
support.
Labour MP David Lammy declared that Vote Leave had “cheated”
on spending rules and the payday should be a new vote on whether the referendum
result was now void. There will be no parliamentary vote on whether the result
of the June 2016 referendum should now be classed as void, it will never
happen.
The Electoral Commission found Vote Leave failed to declare
money it spent with controversial data firm Aggregate IQ. BeLeave "spent
more than £675,000 with Aggregate IQ under a common plan with Vote Leave",
investigators found. This was not declared and took the latter over the legal
spending limit. This came to light via whistleblowers, the cash was used to pay
for targeted messaging services on Facebook and other social media. One of the
whistleblowers was Shahmir Sanni.
So, who is Shahmir Sanni?
If you think back to the start of this post, you will have
read me stating that ‘our politics have been infiltrated by minority groups who
operate to their own agenda within various political parties’.
Found this as well for you to look at:
One thing that Shahmir Sanni isn’t is a hero!
A Vote Leave spokesman said the Electoral Commission's
report contained "a number of false accusations and incorrect assertions
that are wholly inaccurate and do not stand up to scrutiny".
Finally, most people are ignorant of politics, how it works,
who is in, and how they got there, in the past, I said the system is corrupt,
from attempted vote rigging of candidates, to people being discriminated on the
basis of their skin, background, sex, and other numerous combinations to keep
it like a private club, merit doesn’t count, hard work doesn’t count and vision
doesn’t count either. The Met Police can do what they want to do if
investigating is their wish, however, there isn’t going to be a re-run of the
2016 referendum.
The Prime Minister Theresa May is getting on with delivery
of Brexit, the process is in motion, there are legal frameworks, and come 29th
March 2019, we are out of the EU. Cabinet Office minister Chloe Smith insisted
the Government was “getting on with delivering the result of the
referendum”.
There is no going back!
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
The Way Ahead; Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš says EU must turn back boats, and that resettling Migrants is ‘Road to Hell’, the EU Border Force need to operate a no go zone in the Med and impound NGO boats which fuel the crisis, it is time that nation states stepped up and opposed the EU or see wide spread trouble in Europe
Dear All
A few years ago, I proposed a series of measures during the ‘migrant
crisis’ as it has become to be known in a few blog posts.
The ideas were:
1/ EU Border Force
2/ EU internal immigration policy for EU citizens
3/ intervention and mobilisation of the military in member states
4/ New EU wide ID card scheme
5/ No non EU economic migrant processed from this crisis and allowed to remain within an EU country which has accept them can travel to any other EU member state. Everyone should be completely documented, if a breach occurred; the person or group will be returned to the EU country they were settled and registered in.
2/ EU internal immigration policy for EU citizens
3/ intervention and mobilisation of the military in member states
4/ New EU wide ID card scheme
5/ No non EU economic migrant processed from this crisis and allowed to remain within an EU country which has accept them can travel to any other EU member state. Everyone should be completely documented, if a breach occurred; the person or group will be returned to the EU country they were settled and registered in.
The idea of the EU Border Force was that it would work
jointly with the military in the Med and at other human trafficking smuggling
routes to stop migrants entering Europe .
Evidence is plain to see, the migrant crisis has altered Europe
in a bad way, it led to the rise of the far right, a rejection of the political
elite, the formation of new populist parties and an angry population.
One of the States which has acted in the best interests of
Europe, is the Czech Republic ,
they have stood firm along with a few others from EU intimidation, which was
done by direct threats via the EU body and Germany Europe must turn back the
boats. Migrants should not be resettled in Europe but in Africa .
The Czech believe the current situation is the road to hell, and making illegal
immigration worse.
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has restated his
nation’s position of not taking any third world migrants from other EU nations;
I agree with him, the problem was created by Germany
The situation is grim, Italy has asked fellow bloc members
to take a share of a batch of hundreds picked up by Brussels border force
Frontex in the Mediterranean, the Italians are following suit of other countries
such as the Czech Republic and Hungary, ordinary people are now politically
motivated to speak and vote out politicians who are a threat to their countries
national security.
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said:
“[Like other European leaders], I received a copy of the
letter from Prime Minister [Giuseppe] Conte, … in which he asks the EU to take
care of the 450 people currently at sea. Such an approach is a road to hell”
and “only motivates smugglers and increases their income. It is no solution to
accept these people. On the contrary, this is just worsening the problem we
have in Europe .”
A huge mistake was made early on in the migrant crisis by
allowing illegal migrants freedom of movement in a member state, this led to
rape, murder and multiple other crimes.
I call this Merkel’s Murders!
Would you put your hand into a fire, probably not, you are
intelligent enough to know that it will burn you, Angela Merkel is intelligent
enough to know that the illegal migrants would end up raping, killing and
attacking the indigenous population.
The NGO boats ferrying migrants across the Mediterranean
known as “Soros ships” must be stopped by the military and impounded. These
boats are doing the work for human traffickers; effectively they are engaged in
criminality under the guise of humanitarian work. No country can have open
borders; history teaches that weak countries go under when led by bad people.
And that is what we have in Europe ,
bad people elected as politicians who care more about virtual signalling while
at the same time expose their utter contempt for their own people.
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš stressed that the EU bloc
should follow Australia
“We must send a clear signal that illegal migration has
ended and that the European Union is ready to return illegal immigrants immediately.”
This is why the EU Border Force is so important, they should
be a permanent force patrolling the Mediterranean
with assistance given to African countries which border the Med.
When Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini initially
closed the country’s ports to the Frontex vessels, the government declared a
“political victory” after France ,
Malta , Germany , Spain ,
and Portugal Eritrea
Finally, we have seen the start of a trend:
Everyone knows what is going on, even US
Why can’t our home grown politicians see it, well they do,
they just don’t care because they live in a bubble.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University