Look: new baubles, made in China!

 

We’re back to  ‘normal’: our glorious MSM are in full flow with new, shiny baubles.  Here’s the collection of the print editions’ frontpages: “’Pay relief but cuts pain’ and Sunak’s ‘final offer’.“ (link). Isn’t it remarkable how all papers suddenly have found that one single hymn sheet from which to sing! At the drop of a hat the Edwards story has been relegated to ‘also ran’, but there’s a twist. More on that below.

I know I shouldn’t be surprised that the MSM, now fully engaged as Starmer’s Fifth Column, are so unanimously fighting for more pay for all the exploited ‘workers’, be it public servants, be it downtrodden NHS doctors. I find it puzzling however that none of them ever ask where all that money is going to come from. It’s as if the Westminster denizens have never paid their own taxes, as if they all truly believe that the Treasury has an inexhaustible supply of money – and this while also, on suitable occasions, moaning about ‘tax burden’ and ‘cost of living’, as if all of these costs simply happen, like an Act of God. 

While this morning’s Red Tops are preoccupied with pay rises there’s one other issue which the broadsheets are suddenly very keen on: China and Chinese spies. They refer to a report published by the Parliamentary Commission on intelligence and security. The DT writes:

“Parliament’s intelligence and security committee said in a report that the communist country’s ambition to become an economic superpower presented the “greatest risk” to the UK. It said China’s state intelligence apparatus was “targeting” Britain and its interests “prolifically and aggressively” and was seeking to control key industrial and civil nuclear energy assets, having used its money to effectively “buy” universities.” (paywalled link)

Don’t snigger about the committee being ignorant! How could they know that China is actually an economic superpower! As for China having ‘bought’ our universities: is that why there’s only wokery and cancel culture being taught in those august institutions? Perhaps this is why:

“British academics are being offered bribes to ensure they do not criticise the Chinese regime, MPs heard, as part of an inquiry which exposed Beijing’s growing influence in UK universities.” (paywalled link)

Yes, that must be it: the Chinese have ‘bribed’ our academics to teach only wokery ‘n stuff. Good to know … Meanwhile, The Times has also picked up the report of yon Parliamentary Committee, homing in on Chinese attempts to ‘insert spies’ into our secret services. How scary! There’s worse:

“[The report] said Chinese investment in the nuclear sector meant Britain’s electricity could one day be held to ransom if relations between the countries deteriorated. It warned of a “nightmare scenario” where China had technological supremacy and could exert political and economic influence at all levels.” (link, paywalled)

Wait a moment: aren’t the Chinese already involved in building a new nuclear power station? Why not ask if we have actually educated and trained engineers and scientists in these matters? Haven’t academia and the green zealots in the MSM deemed this irrelevant because ‘nuclear = bad’? 

I’ll not mention other industries such as pharmacology or IT technology which our industries have successively ‘off-shored’. Is it China’s fault that we were incapable of producing our own, ever so vital face nappies and protective clothing for the covid years? Is it China’s fault that we have been and are buying what the chattering classes describe as ‘cheap Chinese tat, simply because we peasants cannot afford to buy what the ‘elites’ deem to be acceptable? We” don’t even produce cheap clothing for the plebs any longer, do we!

According to the Parliamentary Committee report, the culprit is clear: ‘successive governments’ have “failed to Beijing’s threat because economic interests took precedence” (link, paywalled). Furthermore, they warn that “the UK must stop security concerns being trumped by economic opportunism.” (paywalled link). 

I look forward to how this and a Labour government are going to square the cycle of reducing the ‘cost of living’ while increasing taxes to pay for the public sector while also reducing Chinese imports for us downtrodden plebs. After all, ‘economic interests’ must not take precedence, that would be ‘economic opportunism’ and we can’t have that.

Let’s also not ask which of our industries are so advanced that China needs to spy on them, nor why China needs to spy on our universities which teach ‘woke’ rather than hard sciences. I  forgot: they must be spying on our “climate’ science”! We’re world leaders in that, aren’t we!

And so to a brief look at the Edwards Sex Saga, now fizzling out. One week of dominating ‘news’ is quite sufficient – we peasants need to be shown a new bauble. It is fascinating to see how the ‘great and good’ in Al Beeb and the rest of the MSM are circling the wagons, ‘protecting’ their friend who has done nothing wrong and is now ill thanks to the bad hacks of the terrible Red Tops.

There’s not one word about the complaints ‘culture’ in the BCB where managers sat on the letter from the family of the first ‘young person’. There is however this: “The BBC was investigating allegations about Huw Edwards’s conduct before The Sun published its story, it has emerged.” (paywalled link) while The Times gives details:

 “Victoria Derbyshire had been working on a Huw Edwards story before The Sun published its revelations, raising questions about how much the BBC knew about his alleged behaviour.” (link, paywalled)

That’s all we need to know about the inner workings of the BBC and never mind the wails of dismay by current and former colleagues (e.g. link). I for one regard this ‘after-shock’ as an indicator for a much deeper malaise. The BBC, like Whitehall, operate just like the Nomenklatura of the former Soviet Union, where ‘information’ was doled out to the masses, provided they were useful propaganda material. The rulers, the elite, meanwhile received ‘special’, i.e. relevant news which the plebs didn’t need to know. Those Chinese spies must be laughing their heads off !

That’s all I have for today. It’s good to see that our glorious MSM have found another bauble to distract us with. I wonder if they know that baubles nowadays are made in China. Have a good day.



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