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href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default?alt=atom&amp;start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Man in a Shed</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2P5o6ldcTo050rdxlAkGBs7MuG8gKOyZSKPdHlt-rzgTWNpvsOhPgUJaV5EGZuzj4GjT7zT5Scnkx7HftQcthkmXOWpTdsi6GJG6nEpxNIPu2JTiFkm3vEP96kyEGYw/s1600/Picture%252889%2529.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2641</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-4056167118644942987</id><published>2023-12-13T22:29:00.004+00:00</published><updated>2023-12-13T22:29:26.965+00:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Energy transition"/><title type='text'>A word from my AI friend</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that often the discussion on the energy transition lack quantities and boundaries.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So I asked an AI program to tell me how much work I would get out of 100 units of electrical energy, if I used to to generate &#39;green&#39; hydrogen and then ran an internal combustion engine to supply that work.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&#39;s the estimate:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p data-sourcepos=&quot;9:1-9:124&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 16px; margin: 24px 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve; word-break: break-word;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Here is a table summarising the energy conversion efficiencies from electricity to work in a hydrogen-powered piston engine:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;horizontal-scroll-wrapper&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 16px; overflow-x: scroll;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;table-block-component&quot; style=&quot;overflow: scroll hidden;&quot;&gt;&lt;table-block _nghost-ng-c103310216=&quot;&quot; ng-version=&quot;0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER&quot;&gt;&lt;div _ngcontent-ng-c103310216=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;table-block&quot; style=&quot;border-radius: 16px; border: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); overflow: hidden; width: fit-content;&quot;&gt;&lt;div _ngcontent-ng-c103310216=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;table-content&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;table data-sourcepos=&quot;11:1-17:56&quot; style=&quot;border-radius: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; border: none; width: 563.891px;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr data-sourcepos=&quot;11:1-11:43&quot;&gt;&lt;th data-sourcepos=&quot;11:1-11:28&quot; style=&quot;background-color: var(--bard-color-inverse-on-surface); font-size: 0.875rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.25rem; padding-block: 18.5px; padding-inline: 16px; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Stage of energy conversion&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th data-sourcepos=&quot;11:30-11:41&quot; style=&quot;background-color: var(--bard-color-inverse-on-surface); font-size: 0.875rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.25rem; padding-block: 18.5px; padding-inline: 16px; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Efficiency&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr data-sourcepos=&quot;13:1-13:53&quot;&gt;&lt;td data-sourcepos=&quot;13:1-13:42&quot; style=&quot;border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;&quot;&gt;Electrical energy to hydrogen production&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td data-sourcepos=&quot;13:44-13:51&quot; style=&quot;border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;&quot;&gt;50-60%&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr data-sourcepos=&quot;14:1-14:78&quot;&gt;&lt;td data-sourcepos=&quot;14:1-14:67&quot; style=&quot;border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;&quot;&gt;Hydrogen production to hydrogen storage (compressed or liquefied)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td data-sourcepos=&quot;14:69-14:76&quot; style=&quot;border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;&quot;&gt;70-80%&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr data-sourcepos=&quot;15:1-15:47&quot;&gt;&lt;td data-sourcepos=&quot;15:1-15:39&quot; style=&quot;border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;&quot;&gt;Hydrogen storage to hydrogen delivery&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td data-sourcepos=&quot;15:41-15:45&quot; style=&quot;border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;&quot;&gt;90%&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr data-sourcepos=&quot;16:1-16:69&quot;&gt;&lt;td data-sourcepos=&quot;16:1-16:61&quot; style=&quot;border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;&quot;&gt;Hydrogen delivery to hydrogen combustion in a piston engine&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td data-sourcepos=&quot;16:63-16:67&quot; style=&quot;border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;&quot;&gt;37%&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr data-sourcepos=&quot;17:1-17:56&quot;&gt;&lt;td data-sourcepos=&quot;17:1-17:48&quot; style=&quot;border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;&quot;&gt;Hydrogen combustion in a piston engine to work&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td data-sourcepos=&quot;17:50-17:54&quot; style=&quot;border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;&quot;&gt;28%&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/table-block&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 16px; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Overall, the energy efficiency of a hydrogen-powered piston engine is approximately 14%.&lt;/b&gt; This means that for every 100 units of electricity used to generate hydrogen, only 14 units of work can be recovered in the engine. The remaining energy is lost as heat or due to other inefficiencies.&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/feeds/4056167118644942987/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/9565399/4056167118644942987' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/4056167118644942987'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/4056167118644942987'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/2023/12/a-word-from-my-ai-friend.html' title='A word from my AI friend'/><author><name>Man in a Shed</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2P5o6ldcTo050rdxlAkGBs7MuG8gKOyZSKPdHlt-rzgTWNpvsOhPgUJaV5EGZuzj4GjT7zT5Scnkx7HftQcthkmXOWpTdsi6GJG6nEpxNIPu2JTiFkm3vEP96kyEGYw/s1600/Picture%252889%2529.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-737577243032979027</id><published>2023-10-05T21:49:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2023-10-05T21:49:38.948+01:00</updated><title type='text'>A ping in time</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Saves nine.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/feeds/737577243032979027/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/9565399/737577243032979027' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/737577243032979027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/737577243032979027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/2023/10/a-ping-in-time.html' title='A ping in time'/><author><name>Man in a Shed</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2P5o6ldcTo050rdxlAkGBs7MuG8gKOyZSKPdHlt-rzgTWNpvsOhPgUJaV5EGZuzj4GjT7zT5Scnkx7HftQcthkmXOWpTdsi6GJG6nEpxNIPu2JTiFkm3vEP96kyEGYw/s1600/Picture%252889%2529.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-7292766409596103589</id><published>2022-01-23T22:03:00.004+00:00</published><updated>2022-01-23T22:03:54.974+00:00</updated><title type='text'>The Ukraine</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Well this is all going badly wrong, mostly through miscalculation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Russia certainly has a case for the Crimea and also for Russian leaning provinces in the East.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But then Russia played outside of the rules before losing control of the Ukraine, in what was admittedly an EU/US coup - dressed up as a popular uprising.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The West did not keep to its promise of expanding NATO to the East, after the Soviet Empire dissolved itself.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;However&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;Russia has conducted itself in ways that are hard to tolerate or forgive. Polonium and nerve agents used within United Kingdom territory ( and those are the assassinations we publicly know about ).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also the West has put its credibility on backing the Ukraine, and whilst its possible these were not the best commitments to make they were made. ( Remember the Ukraine disarmed itself of nuclear weapons, in exchange for a great power agreement to recognise its territory ).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The behaviour of Germany, and to some extent France, is a utter disgrace born of cowardice and naked self interest, The EU - having set up the conflict is nowhere to be seen.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Instead the UK is one of the few countries willing to back its promises, even if you might question if they should have been given.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What of NATO after this ? Does anyone believe Germany will back Poland or the Baltic states now ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the UK has to ask itself why we should hold the line and risk everything for nations that won&#39;t defend themselves and countries like France that just vomit open hostility for narrow electoral advantage.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Will Putin invade ? It seems hard to believe he&#39;ll pass up the opportunity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If he does this is just the start of the unwinding of the world order - they won&#39;t stop there. Iran, China, North Korea will all want to try their luck.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And the man who is US President for a few more years is focused on cultural Marxism and rigging elections.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;These are going to be dangerous times.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/feeds/7292766409596103589/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/9565399/7292766409596103589' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/7292766409596103589'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/7292766409596103589'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-ukraine.html' title='The Ukraine'/><author><name>Man in a Shed</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2P5o6ldcTo050rdxlAkGBs7MuG8gKOyZSKPdHlt-rzgTWNpvsOhPgUJaV5EGZuzj4GjT7zT5Scnkx7HftQcthkmXOWpTdsi6GJG6nEpxNIPu2JTiFkm3vEP96kyEGYw/s1600/Picture%252889%2529.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-5877223081064122600</id><published>2021-08-16T23:46:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2021-08-16T23:46:47.822+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="#Afghanistan"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Saigon"/><title type='text'>The US needs to decide on Biden really fast</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;https://mol.im/a/9899117&quot;&gt;Well its not going well.&lt;/a&gt; Here in the United Kingdom their is despair that a defensable position has been surrendered and friends betrayed in Afghanistan.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The United States needs to decide quite quickly if it wants the &#39;leadership&#39; of Joe Biden and is willing to be judged for it.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Because the impact of that judgement is going to be profound and long lasting.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Certainly in the UK we need to have a long hard look at wether the US is a reliabale partner, and if we should do thing like risk our own people to support US actions in the future.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;There is a sense of deep shock here and the cynacism and duplictous betrayal of a people many have been sacrificing their lives trying to save. After the intial defeat of the Taliban it was never jjust about removing a base of operations for terrorists, it was about saving a people, especially the young girls and women.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This will take years to work through our national consiousness, and the United States should not expect that process to be positive in its outcome.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Americans, make up your mind if Joe Biden speaks for you - because you are going to be judged on his words.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/feeds/5877223081064122600/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/9565399/5877223081064122600' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/5877223081064122600'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/5877223081064122600'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-us-needs-to-decide-on-biden-really.html' title='The US needs to decide on Biden really fast'/><author><name>Man in a Shed</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2P5o6ldcTo050rdxlAkGBs7MuG8gKOyZSKPdHlt-rzgTWNpvsOhPgUJaV5EGZuzj4GjT7zT5Scnkx7HftQcthkmXOWpTdsi6GJG6nEpxNIPu2JTiFkm3vEP96kyEGYw/s1600/Picture%252889%2529.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-7186011529774882247</id><published>2021-08-15T16:08:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2021-08-15T16:08:49.986+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="#Afghanistan"/><title type='text'>Saigon 2021</title><content type='html'>Well that was 20 years of pain, sacrifice,and lose.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Many British and allied service men lost their lives in this cause.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The collapse of Afghanistan, once the US Coalition support was removed, has shown these sacrifices were mostly in vain. Worse, looking back its clear the wished for end could never be achieved in the way our governments intended.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We now have the specticple of the West being defeated by medevil zeolots, and running away as they drag that country to the hell on earth their spirtiual master so craves.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Our mistake was to fail to correctly identify the enemy, and its one we are reapeating in a number of other areas.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We should hold our political and military masters to account on this, but of course we won&#39;t.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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It has ended being only a little bit nasty.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The UK, though better planning and execution, got its vaccine supply chain and manufacturing rolling 3 months before the EU.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The EU is in real trouble because it stopped other countries from organising their own supplies ( though somehow Germany did anyway - why is there so little fuss about that ? ) and it hit on trying to grab some of the UK vaccine to look better.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The problem is this means people in the UK dying so the EU can save people under its jurisdiction.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We are - &lt;i&gt;after a bit on NI border insanity&lt;/i&gt; - now in the realpolitik section of this crisis.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Clearly the UK has given a little ground ( ie sacrificed UK citizens lives in the face of threats from an aggressive foreign power - but the govt refutes the roll out program will change, but then they would wouldn&#39;t they ). In all probability the UK has given ground ( 9 million vaccines ) in exchange for being allowed to pretend to win. ( It will be possible to work out the number of UK citizens who die as a result, no doubt someone will do this ).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So we are barely being civilised.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We are certainly all ( EU, US, UK etc ) putting nation first.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was a mild crisis. It could have been :&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;A world wide failure of harvests ( Yellowstone explodes / asteroid strike etc )&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A really nasty virus - small pox etc&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A mid sized nuclear war&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A solar flare&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In all cases if you had preparation its quite clear those without will come to take yours.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Say for example the UK has food rations for a year and the EU for 2 months - the EU would demand ours, and if it didn&#39;t get it then war would almost certainly follow. We now know civilisation is 3 square meals from anarchy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I know none of this is very pleasant - but its time to rethink where the threats lie, our preparation for them, and if we get it right how we can avoid being mugged by the European Union, and then left to bleed to death in the gutter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The mask has slipped - we would do well to learn our lessons.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;PS You notice how Germany is getting away with its own vaccine order - tells you a lot about where the power really is in the EU.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/feeds/422462921052582360/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/9565399/422462921052582360' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/422462921052582360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/422462921052582360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/2021/01/anyone-learnt-anything-from-vaccine.html' title='Anyone learnt anything from the vaccine debacle with the EU ?'/><author><name>Man in a Shed</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2P5o6ldcTo050rdxlAkGBs7MuG8gKOyZSKPdHlt-rzgTWNpvsOhPgUJaV5EGZuzj4GjT7zT5Scnkx7HftQcthkmXOWpTdsi6GJG6nEpxNIPu2JTiFkm3vEP96kyEGYw/s1600/Picture%252889%2529.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-3811104042182293846</id><published>2021-01-10T22:06:00.002+00:00</published><updated>2021-01-10T22:27:31.219+00:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="#BigTech"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="#Parler"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="#Trump"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="#Twitter"/><title type='text'>A farewell to Tweets ?</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Over the last few months what is becoming grouped as Silicon Valley Big Tech has been spending a lot of political capital, whether they know it or not.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;They have moved from being a platform for information, though being one that also policed for its legal obligations, though to one that picks sides.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And they all picked the same side in the recent US elections.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Before the elections we the suppression of news disadvantageous to the Biden campaign, including news that had been published by one of the oldest running news paper in the United States that was actively suppressed by various technical platforms.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The wider media saved the announcement of a successful vaccine until after polls closed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And then, perhaps sensing the quarry was fatally injured, they put their hands on the scales more openly. Trump tweets had banners under them, and the rest of the media followed through. ( The 4th estate just refused to investigate the accusations, and various election officials moved quickly to destroy evidence ).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Recently with the Capitol trespass they have doubled down ( if you look at the video of the police just letting these guys through you have to question what really went on - but don&#39;t do it on Facebook or Twitter ). Accounts have been suspended ( or close in the case of the US President ).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course many Trump supporters therefore left Twitter and went to &lt;a href=&quot;https://gab.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Gab&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://parler.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Parler&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://gab.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Gab&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;, to give them credit, saw this coming and built their own infrastructure, but&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://parler.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Parler&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;relied on Amazon. Amazon have said they will switch&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://parler.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Parler&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;off at midnight tonight ( US time ). Apple ( and Google ? ) seem to be threatening to ban their app ( again&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://gab.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Gab&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;bypassed these guys with a web only system some time ago ).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So just at the time that a very sizeable number of people are switching ( remember Friends reunited, Blackberry messenger etc ? No - their users moved ) Twitter main competitor is taken out for weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There will be consequences.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My guess:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1) The bifurcation of platforms. Twitter on the left/new world order. others like&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://parler.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Parler&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://gab.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Gab&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;on the right. The establishment will try to ignore all but its pet platforms.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;2) Legislation, taxation, regulation. Silicon Valley has broken cover for the radical left. The right is going to stop the assumption of benevolence that normal goes to private sector organisations.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;3) Political organisations will only trust platforms that support their objectives. Twitter, Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple belong to the left. There 50% of the world to play for now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And finally do I need to cancel my twitter account ?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One of the things I do value about it is the people I&#39;m in contact with who take different views. My guess is they won&#39;t be coming across the Red Sea with me. I&#39;ll miss them, but this is starting to look like war.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #ffa400;&quot;&gt;Update:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See Darren Grimes interview&amp;nbsp;Censoring Trump: &lt;a href=&quot;https://youtu.be/jvNKpMDnbRk&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Big Tech Has Gone Too Far - Sarah Elliott&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://youtu.be/ldy4HJvUYws&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;How Government Helps Big Tech SUPPRESS Dissent - Victoria Hewson&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/feeds/3811104042182293846/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/9565399/3811104042182293846' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/3811104042182293846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/3811104042182293846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/2021/01/a-farewell-to-tweets.html' title='A farewell to Tweets ?'/><author><name>Man in a Shed</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2P5o6ldcTo050rdxlAkGBs7MuG8gKOyZSKPdHlt-rzgTWNpvsOhPgUJaV5EGZuzj4GjT7zT5Scnkx7HftQcthkmXOWpTdsi6GJG6nEpxNIPu2JTiFkm3vEP96kyEGYw/s1600/Picture%252889%2529.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-4607316708396240824</id><published>2020-11-25T23:45:00.004+00:00</published><updated>2020-11-25T23:45:45.212+00:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="#BloggingAboutBlogging"/><title type='text'>Back to the blog</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Well its been a while, but it now seems time to return to the blog.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Twitter isn&#39;t cutting the ice, and the censorship of big Tech is getting to be a drag.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yes there are alternatives, Telegram, Gab, Parler - and I have accounts, but also far no traction, and anyway what I&#39;m interested in now we approach the Brexit horizon is ideas.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Blogs are the place for those ( for us mortals ).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Eventually the opinion parts of publications, along with twitter ended the happy hunting season for political blogging, but I think that time may yet return.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Its time to think out loud again and to listen to some others who are doing the same thing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maybe even your blog ....&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/feeds/4607316708396240824/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/9565399/4607316708396240824' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/4607316708396240824'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/4607316708396240824'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/2020/11/back-to-blog.html' title='Back to the blog'/><author><name>Man in a Shed</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2P5o6ldcTo050rdxlAkGBs7MuG8gKOyZSKPdHlt-rzgTWNpvsOhPgUJaV5EGZuzj4GjT7zT5Scnkx7HftQcthkmXOWpTdsi6GJG6nEpxNIPu2JTiFkm3vEP96kyEGYw/s1600/Picture%252889%2529.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-2921572488360220999</id><published>2020-11-23T23:09:00.001+00:00</published><updated>2020-11-23T23:21:59.635+00:00</updated><title type='text'>Gas lighting</title><content type='html'>Well what can you be sure off?&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The US election?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Covid-19 death rates?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Covid-19 origin?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You job?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;When you will be allowed back from house arrest?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;BLM - everything you know and rely on for you history and identity is racist?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here&#39;s the thing, you might have an answer to some of these, but it could change over time. There is little certainty.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Confidence is slipping and people are starting to doubt themselves.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Cui Bono?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2921572488360220999/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/9565399/2921572488360220999' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/2921572488360220999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/2921572488360220999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/2020/11/gas-lighting.html' title='Gas lighting'/><author><name>Man in a Shed</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2P5o6ldcTo050rdxlAkGBs7MuG8gKOyZSKPdHlt-rzgTWNpvsOhPgUJaV5EGZuzj4GjT7zT5Scnkx7HftQcthkmXOWpTdsi6GJG6nEpxNIPu2JTiFkm3vEP96kyEGYw/s1600/Picture%252889%2529.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-8645269399395309301</id><published>2020-06-23T21:46:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2020-06-23T21:46:21.497+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="#Brexit #IndependenceDay"/><title type='text'>4 years and nearly there</title><content type='html'>It&#39;s our independence day again, our 4th. But still our mandate given and confirmed again and again hasn&#39;t been delivered fully.&lt;br /&gt;
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Still things are moving in the right direction, despite all.&lt;br /&gt;
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Its worth taking a moment to remember the peoples greatest victory over the establishment.&lt;br /&gt;
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That wonderful morning of the 24th - I hope I never forget it.&lt;br /&gt;
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It shows what we can do if we refuse to be bullied and down hearted.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;270&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/Uems1e1PscA&quot; width=&quot;480&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/feeds/8645269399395309301/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/9565399/8645269399395309301' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/8645269399395309301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/8645269399395309301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/2020/06/4-years-and-nearly-there.html' title='4 years and nearly there'/><author><name>Man in a Shed</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2P5o6ldcTo050rdxlAkGBs7MuG8gKOyZSKPdHlt-rzgTWNpvsOhPgUJaV5EGZuzj4GjT7zT5Scnkx7HftQcthkmXOWpTdsi6GJG6nEpxNIPu2JTiFkm3vEP96kyEGYw/s1600/Picture%252889%2529.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/Uems1e1PscA/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-570346465896285661</id><published>2020-05-15T23:12:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2020-05-15T23:12:58.588+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="#LibDems"/><title type='text'>The Lib Dem suicide mission</title><content type='html'>So the report is out, and the Lib Dems are congratulating themselves on being the sort of party that washes its dirty linen in public.&lt;br /&gt;
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But here the thing - the road crash they had in 2019&#39;s general election was entirely predictable. Indeed their, at the time arch opponents knew it.&lt;br /&gt;
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The revoke message was fundamentally anti-democratic. It could only have lead to enteral civil war in UK politics ( indeed it might have lead to more direct action - as politics would have been shown to be a busted flush on the method to achieve change front ).&lt;br /&gt;
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It ignored basic political reality. 1/3 Lib Dem voters voted Leave in 2016. Did they think they were going to get them back by continually insulting their judgement, intelligence, and indeed their country ?&lt;br /&gt;
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How did they think a general election would go when they were 1/3 of their core vote down ?&lt;br /&gt;
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And their literature, the tonnes of literature,&amp;nbsp; all had the same extremist message.&lt;br /&gt;
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Dio you know why the other parties didn&#39;t panic when almost a leaftet a day from the Lib Dems was dropping through letter boxes ( by the way - much of it by paid delivery - how can the figures really add up there ? ) ? It because everyone else could see the mistake the yellow party were making.&lt;br /&gt;
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As well as the extremist anti-democratic anti-British message came the nagging Scottish super superior wifie from the Highlands. Yes it was going to be Jo Swinson&#39;s govt, with Jo Swinson&#39;s super ideas.&lt;br /&gt;
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Now I know this isn&#39;t popular, but women don&#39;t always take kindly to the bossie class swot type character telling them what to do, especially if she&#39;s younger ( reminding everyone of their relative failure ), pretty but preaching bossie feminism.&lt;br /&gt;
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Frankly the Lib Dems did well to keep 11 MPs, and at least lost the one who lead them into the valley of electoral death.&lt;br /&gt;
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What is the point of the Lib Dems ? Anyone know ?</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/feeds/570346465896285661/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/9565399/570346465896285661' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/570346465896285661'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/570346465896285661'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-lib-dem-suicide-mission.html' title='The Lib Dem suicide mission'/><author><name>Man in a Shed</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2P5o6ldcTo050rdxlAkGBs7MuG8gKOyZSKPdHlt-rzgTWNpvsOhPgUJaV5EGZuzj4GjT7zT5Scnkx7HftQcthkmXOWpTdsi6GJG6nEpxNIPu2JTiFkm3vEP96kyEGYw/s1600/Picture%252889%2529.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-1010360223825798527</id><published>2020-04-15T03:08:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2020-04-15T03:08:25.371+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="#Covid-19"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="#Masks"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="#PPE"/><title type='text'>Waiting for the cough</title><content type='html'>I haven&#39;t blogged on Covid-19 as I think there&#39;s enough material out there.&lt;div&gt;
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I was one of those people who saw this coming from some distance, mostly thanks to the company I work for getting very concerned about this in late Jan, early Feb. They know what they are talking about and whilst people were still watching spokespeople on TV explaining not to worry and the seasonal flu killed lots of people anyway I was taking advantage of Tesco&#39;s 2 for 1 offers on canned food ( yes they were running them then. )&lt;/div&gt;
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There&#39;s a lot in the media now about China being less than straight, and this all being a surprise, but you know if you looked you could see this coming a mile off. And I did. My initial anxiety was in Jan / Feb. I emailed relatives to warn them, knowing that this was going to get the chicken liken type jokes back - but hey they are family ( and yes they ignored me ).&lt;/div&gt;
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Lock down has been weird and normal. Work carries on as before.&lt;/div&gt;
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But now the next phase is coming, that part where you get to take your turn on the mix between the national bad luck lottery and Russian Roulette. Its not clear how many chambers on the Covid-19 gun are loaded, but when you hear the chamber rotating you know the hammer&#39;s next and the rest will be beyond your help.&lt;/div&gt;
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Its the same for everyone, and the country is behaving very well indeed.&lt;/div&gt;
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My wife has stepped back to a local hospital, as everyone has to do their part. Its not Covid-19, but the staff don&#39;t wear masks and they do get close.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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That far sighted company I work for has started wondering about the return to work, and whisper it, they are thinking masks all round.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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They are also talking staff reductions.&lt;/div&gt;
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The economic news is dire - and being at home doesn&#39;t really expose the full enormity of what is going on. But the food that gets delivered ( told you I was prepared ) comes from somewhere, and has to be paid with by work that others want from me. That looks in question ....&lt;/div&gt;
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But this is not what has me up tonight - its my wife just coughed and had a slight sore throat before going to bed ....&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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Others have faced their time in the trenches or on long convoys and you just have to face up to the possibilities - accept the risk and take your turn. Today&#39;s personal concerns are nothing on sitting in a light bomb shelter in the early 1940&#39;s.&lt;/div&gt;
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There&#39;s far worse out there ( we daren&#39;t even think about some of the nations of the world ).&lt;/div&gt;
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Its the small hours ....&lt;/div&gt;
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</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/feeds/1010360223825798527/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/9565399/1010360223825798527' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/1010360223825798527'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/1010360223825798527'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/2020/04/waiting-for-cough.html' title='Waiting for the cough'/><author><name>Man in a Shed</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2P5o6ldcTo050rdxlAkGBs7MuG8gKOyZSKPdHlt-rzgTWNpvsOhPgUJaV5EGZuzj4GjT7zT5Scnkx7HftQcthkmXOWpTdsi6GJG6nEpxNIPu2JTiFkm3vEP96kyEGYw/s1600/Picture%252889%2529.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-7964615697101107694</id><published>2019-10-12T23:05:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2019-10-12T23:19:40.079+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="#PeoplesVote"/><title type='text'>The lie of the People&#39;s Vote</title><content type='html'>Next week the campaign to keep the people of the United Kingdom enslaved in the European Union will hold its next rally.&lt;br /&gt;
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Many middle class people will attend, some my friends ( and they still will be afterwards ).&lt;br /&gt;
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But I don&#39;t think many will be aware of what is going on or its potential consequences were the movement they have been liked to and co-opted into supporting succeeds.&lt;br /&gt;
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Lets be clear - there can&#39;t be a second referendum that&#39;s fair.&lt;br /&gt;
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This is why its the EU&#39;s favourite trick. They know that the people tire, and turnout drops, when their voting is futile. They know all those people who went to the polling station for the first time in 40 years, will lack the self confidence to go back.&lt;br /&gt;
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Its worked in Ireland, the Netherlands, Denmark - they think it will work here.&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2016 those who wanted our country back had to deal with every main political party, except UKIP either tacitly supporting Remain or campaigning directly for it.&lt;br /&gt;
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The BBC may have tried to give equal air time - something they have of course picked up a lot of stick for - but that didn&#39;t counter the decades of pro-Brussels propaganda - or for that matter the point that most BBC employees wanted remain.&lt;br /&gt;
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Companies and foreign merchant banks funded the campaign and afterwards never used tax rules were used to punish those who funded Leave ( never remain ) and a whole series of vexatious and false investigations were launched to harass Leave supporters.&lt;br /&gt;
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Since the referendum the key newspapers that supported Leave have mostly been taken over by Remain supporters ( Daily Mail - editor replaced with remain fanatic, Daily Express - purchased by the Mirror, the Standard - a vengeful George Osborn&#39;s new job ). Its like they were preparing to make sure if the EU punishment referendum came no one would be there to stand against them.&lt;br /&gt;
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And then came the lawyers. The laws you thought applied - guess what they didn&#39;t. Always they were interpreted to favour remain. Article 50 - it turned out could be revoked ( even though everyone knew it couldn&#39;t before the referendum result )..&lt;br /&gt;
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In politics a general election occurred where remain MPs lied about supporting their manifestos, then they betrayed their country by forcing through the surrender act. Indeed Lib Dem MEPs campaigned against any deal with a letter.&lt;br /&gt;
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The speaker of the House of Commons overrode the advice he received and allowed rebels to take control of the parliamentary business, hardly bothering to conceal his own radical anti UK independence views.&lt;br /&gt;
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Do you think anyone is going to accept another vote after this ?&lt;br /&gt;
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How do you think those who think their country has been stolen from them by liars and oath breakers are going to respond ?&lt;br /&gt;
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Do you think there will never be a govt elected that will just declare UDI and leave the EU without any negotiation ?&lt;br /&gt;
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You are in denial, but more dangerously you are sowing the wind ...&lt;br /&gt;
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Its quite clear this is just about power - if remainers actually believed their own arguments then the inevitable upset from leaving the EU would soon force our reapplication.&lt;br /&gt;
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But its not that you fear is it ? Its shame, for everyone&#39;s sake, you lack the personal integrity to understand what you should fear.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/feeds/7964615697101107694/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/9565399/7964615697101107694' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/7964615697101107694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/7964615697101107694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-lie-of-peoples-vote.html' title='The lie of the People&#39;s Vote'/><author><name>Man in a Shed</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2P5o6ldcTo050rdxlAkGBs7MuG8gKOyZSKPdHlt-rzgTWNpvsOhPgUJaV5EGZuzj4GjT7zT5Scnkx7HftQcthkmXOWpTdsi6GJG6nEpxNIPu2JTiFkm3vEP96kyEGYw/s1600/Picture%252889%2529.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-1469457928942031234</id><published>2019-06-06T08:52:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2019-06-06T08:52:21.930+01:00</updated><title type='text'>As things unwrap</title><content type='html'>&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;It may be that terminal damage has already been done to the Conservative party and the stall they are in is unrecoverable.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;There is an assumption that Boris will be elected and then the leavers will return. But that may not happen as :&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;1) Boris will assume he has a mate &lt;u&gt;u&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br&gt;
In all cases Brexiters will not forgive the Conservative party &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Theresa May may soon no longer be at the controls, but perhaps the damage is done.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;It looks like they are willing to stand on manifestos that day one thing then do the exact opposite when elected. ( 80% of those elected to partially did so on manifestos permitting Brexit - including leaving both the customs Union and single market. )&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;All in the name of almost preferring making our country a slave region of the anti-national and anti-democratic European Union.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;I doubt their will be rioting in the streets. But there will be consequences - and they will be long lasting and some of them will be unexpected.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Imagine a blank swan event like to London Riots ( how quickly we have forgotten them ). Or the fuel protests. Next time the majority of the population will have a deep seated hatred of elite and establishment and could side en mass with whatever passes as the rebellion.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;How have the elite managed to keep control ? By having control over the selection process of MPs - of all parties.&amp;nbsp; The elite links with the legal establishment have been key here, as have the links with finance. Both those protected professions should expect trouble in a occupied Britain.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;By the way I think if the EU has any legal hold over the UK after March 29 th then we should start talking about an occupation and those who impotent that as collaborators.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;The elite think they have an option to put us plebs back in our box and cancel Brexit. It is a dangerous error of judgement.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;We stand on the edge of a whole load of trouble.&lt;/p&gt;
</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/feeds/3952783221735514317/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/9565399/3952783221735514317' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/3952783221735514317'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/3952783221735514317'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/2019/01/on-edge.html' title='On the edge'/><author><name>Man in a Shed</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2P5o6ldcTo050rdxlAkGBs7MuG8gKOyZSKPdHlt-rzgTWNpvsOhPgUJaV5EGZuzj4GjT7zT5Scnkx7HftQcthkmXOWpTdsi6GJG6nEpxNIPu2JTiFkm3vEP96kyEGYw/s1600/Picture%252889%2529.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-1003443061753688431</id><published>2018-10-21T20:40:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2018-10-21T20:40:23.098+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Boycott should be considered</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
In today&#39;s Sunday Mail there is a story that civil servants are &#39;wargaming&#39; a second referendum. Though judging by the story they seem to be wargaming how to achieve a particular result.&lt;/div&gt;
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A lot of thought has gone into creating the current mess and impasse that is being used to try to sabotage Brexit.&lt;/div&gt;
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And a lot of thought ( by many in paid employment using their opinion groups, focus groups and marketing talents paid for by shadowy foreign powers ) has gone into a second referendum, by those for which this is a mechanism to stop the UK regaining its independence.&lt;/div&gt;
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Its time that those who still love our country and what it to have a future, and thought we had secured that future on June 23rd 2016, started thinking through what we will do if we are presented with the standard EU solution to keep voting until the &#39;right&#39; result can be obtained.&lt;/div&gt;
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We should consider boycotting the whole process.&lt;/div&gt;
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The EU side has been rolling the pitch for this punishment vote for quite some time. Editors of national newspapers have been replaced. Those who donated to the Leave referendum have been punished by HM Treasury, those who lead the Remain campaign honoured.&lt;/div&gt;
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In truth no one will accept any more referendi on this issue unless significant time has passed and what was voted for the first time has had a chance to be enacted.&lt;/div&gt;
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The punishment referendum ( please lets stop using the focus group cooked up terms the rich elite has paid to deceive people with ) would be the end of democracy as a way to achieve anything in our country. The next step for patriots has to be, in those circumstances, to make the case that what we are being subjected to is a sham - where we lose every time, and the days of being passive trusting subjects who trust in a cross on a bit of paper can achieve anything that goes against the will of the powerful ruling elite will be over.&lt;/div&gt;
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Its time to at least start thinking about how to act in those circumstances, perhaps doing a bit of &#39;wargaming&#39; of our own.&lt;/div&gt;
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</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/feeds/1003443061753688431/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/9565399/1003443061753688431' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/1003443061753688431'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/1003443061753688431'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/2018/10/boycott-should-be-considered.html' title='Boycott should be considered'/><author><name>Man in a Shed</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2P5o6ldcTo050rdxlAkGBs7MuG8gKOyZSKPdHlt-rzgTWNpvsOhPgUJaV5EGZuzj4GjT7zT5Scnkx7HftQcthkmXOWpTdsi6GJG6nEpxNIPu2JTiFkm3vEP96kyEGYw/s1600/Picture%252889%2529.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-713922288659272107</id><published>2018-05-29T22:15:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2018-10-23T00:06:03.310+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="#TommyRobinson"/><title type='text'>Rule by consent is getting dangerously thin</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
I don&#39;t know if you have been following the new on the arrest and subsequent imprisoning of Tommy Robinson, but it looks bad.&lt;/div&gt;
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There are cases made for why Tommy Robinson &lt;a href=&quot;https://order-order.com/2018/05/29/tommy-robinson-jailed-reporting-restrictions-lifted/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;deserves what has happened &lt;/a&gt;- and these have been made only today as reporting restriction have been lifted - see &lt;a href=&quot;https://thesecretbarrister.com/2018/05/25/what-has-happened-to-poor-tommy-robinson/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The Secret Barrister,&lt;/a&gt; who sadly ruins their case with their thinly veiled bigotry.&lt;/div&gt;
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But equally there are very disturbing elements to this case. The police look bad, the courts look bad. The idea that the police are targeting individuals to silence them is now an accepted opinion in a far larger part of the population than many comfortable middle class liberals appreciate. ( &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.change.org/p/theresa-may-mp-free-tommy-robinson&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The online petition to free Tommy Robinson&lt;/a&gt; is now just short of half a million signatures).&lt;/div&gt;
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Every time people here that diversity is more important than the massacre with knives on our streets - support for the establishment drops. What you say - no one is saying that ? We&#39;ll you need to consider that is what people are hearing. Think of today&#39;s announcement about &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cycling-london-uk-sadiq-khan-bikes-race-class-gender-a8367916.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;cyclists in London being too middle class and white&lt;/a&gt; ( pretty much the same type of announcement gets in the headlines on what seems like every day, all year - with just the category being targeted changed ).&lt;/div&gt;
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Maybe by diversity the people who make pronouncements mean inclusion and evidence of fair life chances playing out, but what many are hearing is racist anti-white anti-male relentless bigotry that targets them personally.&lt;/div&gt;
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And all this is before we get to the wilful refusal to implement Brexit by the ruling elite.&lt;/div&gt;
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The police are losing their support, the state is losing legitimacy, and rule of law may not much longer enjoying common support from the people.&lt;/div&gt;
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I don&#39;t know how much of this is appreciated by middle class Guardian readers, but they would do well to try to understand - because this sort of disengagement could lead to very sudden and painful realignment.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/iain-dale/robert-peston-admits-brexit-voters-were-on-the-rig/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Liberals t&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/iain-dale/robert-peston-admits-brexit-voters-were-on-the-rig/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;ake Robert Peston as your example-&lt;/a&gt; don&#39;t wait to be ashamed of being out of touch with millions of people because you live in your own cosy bubble.&lt;br /&gt;
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The generous of England has been to adjust and adapt, not to let the fabric of society snap. Lets keep that going...&lt;/div&gt;
</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/feeds/713922288659272107/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/9565399/713922288659272107' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/713922288659272107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/713922288659272107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/2018/05/rule-by-consent-is-getting-dangerously.html' title='Rule by consent is getting dangerously thin'/><author><name>Man in a Shed</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2P5o6ldcTo050rdxlAkGBs7MuG8gKOyZSKPdHlt-rzgTWNpvsOhPgUJaV5EGZuzj4GjT7zT5Scnkx7HftQcthkmXOWpTdsi6GJG6nEpxNIPu2JTiFkm3vEP96kyEGYw/s1600/Picture%252889%2529.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-130352022333957557</id><published>2018-01-01T16:33:00.000+00:00</published><updated>2018-01-01T16:33:09.906+00:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="#2018 #Freedom #Brexit"/><title type='text'>It was always about Freedom</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
The #Remoaner attempts to reverse and redefine the UK&#39;s secession from the European Union have been constant, aggressive and very well financed.&lt;/div&gt;
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The initial tactics were the usual delegitimatising ones - specifically the knee jerk attempt to use racism and to misrepresent one line used on a bus as an excuse for saying the referendum was under false pretences. ( There is a mountain of material that shows various figures here - debates on Net vs Gross and the usual spectrum of views all aired during the referendum which shows this to be a weak and pointless argument. But of course its purpose isn&#39;t to win by logic but to give emotionally challenged Remainers and excuse to turn anti-democratic 5th columnist for the EU ).&lt;/div&gt;
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We had the attempts to lie about what was said about the Single Market and Customs Union. This smear campaign carried on even after video evidence of both Remain and leave campaigners stating that we would do so.&lt;/div&gt;
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Any of course there has been all the elite bigoted hate used against those who vote to get their country back.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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Who knows in 2018 will deliver - the elite has no shame and no conscience. They will try to get away with everything they can. But the one thing they are determined not to do is learn.&lt;/div&gt;
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For the first time in years I purchased the Christmas edition of The Economist. I had been a subscriber for about 25 years, but cancelled when the utter bias and brain-dead bigotry of that magazine against the United Kingdom and it&#39;s right to have a functioning democracy became unbearable.&lt;/div&gt;
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In this edition there is an interesting article on Deep Springs University in the US - where students have to work as well as study. What they find is giving responsibility to students changes their atrtitudes. They run the University also - and are inherently more mature ( and conservative ) as a result.&lt;/div&gt;
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It doesn&#39;t occur to The Economist that the same principles apply to nations. A nation denied the responsibility of self government becomes infantalised and loses its self confidence.&lt;/div&gt;
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As Charles Moore put it in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/30/lord-heseltine-right-corbyn-government-would-short-term-disaster/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Telegraph on 30th Dec&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;i&gt;One purpose of the European Union is to ensure that it makes little 
difference who runs the government of a member state: the real power is 
elsewhere. Remainers like that. Leavers don’t&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/ul&gt;
Taking back control was always the most powerful message and mission of the Leave campaign, and whilst the revitalising of Parliament is giving #Remoaners the ironic opportunity to use that power to destroy our freedom and country it doesn&#39;t remove the fundamental point of the Leave patriots.&lt;br /&gt;
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It has always been about freedom - and the beneficial effect it has on our society.&lt;/div&gt;
</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/feeds/130352022333957557/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/9565399/130352022333957557' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/130352022333957557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/130352022333957557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/2018/01/it-was-always-about-freedom.html' title='It was always about Freedom'/><author><name>Man in a Shed</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2P5o6ldcTo050rdxlAkGBs7MuG8gKOyZSKPdHlt-rzgTWNpvsOhPgUJaV5EGZuzj4GjT7zT5Scnkx7HftQcthkmXOWpTdsi6GJG6nEpxNIPu2JTiFkm3vEP96kyEGYw/s1600/Picture%252889%2529.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-2007634091235379809</id><published>2017-05-23T22:41:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2017-05-23T22:42:10.811+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Manchester Arena"/><title type='text'>So are we there yet ?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;http://atoryblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/after-paris.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;So lets see what has changed since Paris &lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;
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I&#39;m thinking not a lot, and certainly not enough.&lt;br /&gt;
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No wonder so much Conservative effort has been put into trying to kill UKIP off, they are trying to close the escape hatch for their principles free market, pro-freedom leaning membership.&lt;br /&gt;
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Also as Theresa heads left its worth remembering she&#39;s just blazing the trail for the even more left wing Labour govt that will one day replace the Conservatives.One day they will thank her for all the concessions and push further towards the socialist disaster they so fervently wish to deliver us all to.&lt;br /&gt;
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PS Blogging very light to to real politics at ground level - it takes up a lot of time. I&#39;m still tweeting away though.&lt;br /&gt;
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I suspect there will be much to blog about as the real Theresa May makes herself known ...&lt;br /&gt;
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The moronic Lib Dems who can&#39;t see the utter disaster they are demanding - that the EU be incentivised to punish the UK and do as much harm to the British people as possible as a way to bully them into recanting on Brexit - which is the inevitable result of having a late deal vs No-Brexit&amp;nbsp; vote on Brexit in two years time.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Why would the EU negotiate in good faith when they can guarantee a win with bad faith ?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;Why&amp;nbsp; do the Lib Dems hate their own country and the people so much ?&lt;/u&gt; Why do they insist on setting up negotiations by undermining their own country ?&lt;/div&gt;
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I guess we will see what the Lords come up with - but be under no illusion there will be a reckoning for all this if we are betrayed.&lt;/div&gt;
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PS For those who still want to be an insignificant part of the EU superstate the best policy would have been to have given things 10 - 15 years, then to have made their case ( A case they refused to make in the referendum itself - probably out of fear that they would lose if they tried anything other than fear and intimidation as an argument ).&lt;/div&gt;
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This way just lies division and turmoil, without end. Are any of them deluded enough to think their could ever be peace if the betrayal they are trying to pull of succeeds ?&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #b45f06;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Update&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/20/revolutions-things-get-broken-pray-house-lords-will-mindful/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tim Stanley on a similar line in today&#39;s Telegraph. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Everyday the news is full of those who campaigned for staying subject to the European Union arguing mostly for the EU oven ready castrated form of fake Brexit that staying in the Single Market would amount to.&lt;/div&gt;
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If you haven&#39;t twigged it already just understand that staying in the Single Market means staying in the EU - but as a slave region with no influence - just a bill to pay every week and laws and ECJ court rulings to implement. ( Which of course is why the Remoaners are so keen on it. )&lt;/div&gt;
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Those who say they accept the EU Referendum result and then argue for staying in the Single Market are engaged in what Peter Oborne has phrased&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rise-Political-Lying-Peter-Oborne/dp/0743275608&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; &quot;political lying&quot;&lt;/a&gt;. We know they are doing it, and those who don&#39;t yet know would learn the awful truth soon enough if they got their way.&lt;/div&gt;
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What those who won&#39;t accept the decision made by the people seem to forget if the worse possible outcome now is not some economic shock ( there&#39;s one coming whatever is decided as debt and the Euro disaster will explode shortly ) its the breach of faith they are campaigning, plotting and conspiring to bring about.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;A country that has been democratically raped by the Remoaners will never again be at peace with itself.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;Never again would the argument for change at the ballot box be credible.&lt;/u&gt; No one in Labour or the Conservatives will be able to pretend that they can work for sovereignty and democracy from within those parties - as the evidence to the country will be too blatant to ignore.&lt;/div&gt;
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I doubt there would be a revolution, &lt;i&gt;at least not straight away&lt;/i&gt;, but when the next big shock comes which requires the strength of national cohesion to hold our society together the rich liberal elite should not expect the people to back them. The trust and faith in our national government would be mortally wounded.&lt;/div&gt;
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If something like the London riots, bird flu, another banking crisis or such black swan moments were to occur you might find people unwilling to back our elite rulers.&lt;/div&gt;
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The court that Blair created will rule tomorrow on &amp;nbsp;how our nation can regain its sovereignty. They don&#39;t enjoy the confidence of a large amount of the population, who assume they are part of an establishment stitch up. Lets hope they have used wisdom, but the signs from their back grounds and known prejudices suggest this will be unlikely.&lt;/div&gt;
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If Remoaners succeed in their plotted breach of faith then everyone will have a long time to regret it.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: orange;&quot;&gt;Note&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;: I should point out that many Remain campaigners and voters have accepted the EU Referendum result. There is a distinction of integrity between those who campaigned for Remain, and those who seek to steal the result - the Remoaners.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: orange;&quot;&gt;Update&lt;/span&gt;: See also &lt;a href=&quot;http://commentcentral.co.uk/our-democracy-must-pass-the-brexit-test/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&quot;Our Democracy must pass the Brexit Test&quot; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/feeds/6480506186180431805/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/9565399/6480506186180431805' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/6480506186180431805'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9565399/posts/default/6480506186180431805'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://atoryblog.blogspot.com/2017/01/if-there-is-breach-of-faith.html' title='If there is a breach of faith ...'/><author><name>Man in a Shed</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2P5o6ldcTo050rdxlAkGBs7MuG8gKOyZSKPdHlt-rzgTWNpvsOhPgUJaV5EGZuzj4GjT7zT5Scnkx7HftQcthkmXOWpTdsi6GJG6nEpxNIPu2JTiFkm3vEP96kyEGYw/s1600/Picture%252889%2529.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-4011693871984909792</id><published>2017-01-01T15:09:00.001+00:00</published><updated>2017-01-01T15:20:24.364+00:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="#Brexit"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="2017"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Brexit"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Remoaner"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Theresa May New Year&#39;s message"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Unity"/><title type='text'>When they say Unity they mean surrender</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
Our current prime minister has issued two messages to the nation on Christmas day and New Years day - ( &lt;i&gt;she does know she&#39;s not head of state right ?&lt;/i&gt; ).&lt;/div&gt;
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Both call for unity after the EU referendum.&lt;/div&gt;
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Justin Welby ( Archbishop of Canterbury ) -&lt;i&gt; the man who said the CofE would be neutral in the referendum and then plumped to support Remain anyway &lt;/i&gt;- is also call for Unity.&lt;/div&gt;
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What they mean is the people should accept the sell out that&#39;s probably coming. ( Of course I don&#39;t know, but I can see the ground work being done for it ).&lt;/div&gt;
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First we had the people didn&#39;t mean it - &lt;i&gt;vote again&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/ul&gt;
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&lt;ul&gt;Then came the people were confused by a bus message - and its only advisory anyway.&lt;/ul&gt;
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&lt;ul&gt;Then came the delay - long enough to let Remain agents launch a legal challenge to the govt - of a type that has always failed in the past when it would have inconvenienced the move to an EU super state - but suddenly works when it might stop the UK regaining its sovereignty and democratic government.&lt;/ul&gt;
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Then they said well they didn&#39;t mean the single market - we are staying in that right ? With the #ECJ still in charge and #EU law still supreme and large antiquates of tribute money paid to fund the EU.&lt;/ul&gt;
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Many videos of the Remain side warning that this is exactly what a Leave vote would mean and of Leave campaigners saying this was what was wanted meant this line was too embarrising to hold. Also the 70 % of Labour MPs who&#39;s constituencies voted Leave who would face a snap general election if they tried to implement this betrayal meant another approach was needed.&lt;/ul&gt;
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Step forward arch Remain campaigner Philip Hammond MP - who started asking for transition deals. Deals without, so #Remoaners schemed, end dates. ( Though the EU has been less than helpful here suggesting an specific end date would be required ).&lt;/ul&gt;
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So now we are in &lt;b&gt;2017&lt;/b&gt;. The article 50 on the very next day promise by David Cameron ( who failed to let the civil service plan for Brexit ) has been broken. By her indecisiveness Theresa May opened the door to the supper rich elite #remoaners, who have done so well out of cheap Labour, low wages, mass immigration, vast complex regulation and the mass economic destruction of the Euro, to try to buy expensive legal council to get the result in the courts.&lt;/div&gt;
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We have the call for Unity -&lt;u&gt; which looks a lot like a call to compromise on what was a clear decision that both sides agreed on the consequences of it being made&lt;/u&gt; - before the rich elite lost and decided they could try to buy, bully, lie and cheat the country out of its demand to return the powers stolen from us by the gradual deceit of past politicians.&lt;/div&gt;
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It seems likely the supreme court - packed full of arch remainers and linked to the legal establishment that has grown so rich with the complex laws and regulations of the EU - will uphold the high court decision. Possibly they will try to make Brexit much more difficult. I have to tell you those calling for Unity under these circumstances must know its a joke.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;There is only one form a Unity that will wash in the UK and that is unity behind a sovereign United Kingdom and the Crown.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;i&gt;But of course I doubt this is what Welby and May are calling for.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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The elite in Parliament are still wary of openly stopping Brexit - though they have the parliamentary mussel to do it.&lt;/div&gt;
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What stop a very few is common decency - no one before the referendum date could have imagined the contorted circles and pontificating that is going on right now. Indeed David Cameron promised to use article 50 the day after the referendum. ( But then he also said he&#39;d stay as PM. )&lt;/div&gt;
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For by far the larger number of MPs who supported Remain its fear of the electorate that holds them in place. Labour know Theresa May could recall the fixed term parliaments act then call a general election - where many of them would be wiped out for backing the EU against the wishes of their constituents.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;So how to get round this ?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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There plan is to go long ( all delay is good - as it may stretch things out until some circumstances have changed and they can argue the electorate has changed its mind ).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But they also want to change the subject from Brexit to &#39;has every negotiating aim been achieved?&#39; - if not surely you need another referendum or perhaps they can pretend the whole thing is invalid.&lt;/div&gt;
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The EU side will play along and make sure something important is unachievable, knowing that the fifth column in Parliament will work to destroy their nations independence and sovereignty in co-operation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everything Labour ask for is only being requested as they think it will be useful to stop the UK regaining its sovereignty and to over turn the will of the British people.&lt;/div&gt;
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Every time they deny this their disingenuous duplicity is far more obvious than they realise.&lt;/div&gt;
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