Apologies for running late: my PC was a bit temperamental this morning and there were connectivity problems as well. I blame the Blue Moon which appeared last night. The moon isn’t blue but it’s called thus when there are two full moons occurring in one month. I wasn’t able to see it because it rained and is still raining. Ah well – just another day and night of British summer.

And so – the News, i.e. the issues our propaganda press wants us to talk about today: “Newspaper headlines: New laws for ‘cowardly killers’ over sentencing hearings” (link). It would have been interesting to read about the reasons why ‘cowardly killers’ were permitted to escape attending their sentencing in the first place. Perhaps some learned former judges will write about it for the weekend editions, or perhaps the MSM editors will commission some former criminals to give their opinion.

After all, nowadays only those with ‘lived experience’ are permitted to have an opinion about events. I find it remarkable that the crime spree at the Notting Hill Carnival, in an astonishing coincidence, elicited three opinion pieces in today’s papers today because they all were penned by ‘people of colour’. Headlined “It’s not racist to criticise the violence of Notting Hill Carnival” Ben Obese-Jecty observes in the DT (all emphases are mine):

“Ahead of the Carnival, a group of ten Labour MPs alleged that Conservative Mayoral Candidate Susan Hall “seems convinced of the innate criminality of Black people”, and called on the party to publicly condemn her previous comments. […] But in the wake of the Carnival, those same MPs have been noticeably quiet. In fact, very few of those who were passionately defending the Carnival last week have condemned the violence on Monday night.” (paywalled link)

Looking at The Times, there’s a piece by Jawad Iqbal, headlined “Ugly scenes at Notting Hill Carnival should signal its end” (link, paywalled), also making the  point that the crimes and violence are unacceptable. And then there’s Nana Akua writing for the DM, not mincing her words:

“Thugs rampaging with zombie knives. Eight stabbings, 75 police officers hurt. Open drug use. And revellers urinating in gardens. To call this a celebration of black culture is an insult” (link)

It is indeed an insult and has been for decades, thanks to the race mongers populating public discourse. It really is unacceptable that criticism of crime perpetrated by PoCs cannot be mentioned, never mind criticised, by non-coloured writers and commentators. There’s another aspect to this race mongering: painting all PoCs as victims. A blatant example can be found in a stark report in The Times on the NHS:

“More than half of people who died in England last year were on an NHS waiting list, according to statistics. The estimated toll of 340,000 was up from 240,000 five years before, a 42 per cent rise. The figure represented more than 60 per cent of all deaths in England, according to data provided to The Times by NHS trusts under freedom of information laws.” (link, paywalled)

This really cries out for an investigation by the DHSC, but as we all know, the minister responsible had to deal with strikes by NHS personnel, from nurses to consultants. However, there’s the CEO of ‘the statutory patient watchdog Healthwatch England’, Ms Ansari, who made this comment, faithfully quoted by The Times:

“Those who already face barriers to healthcare are suffering the most from delays and cancellations, such as neurodivergent people, those on lower incomes and those from ethnic minorities.” (link, paywalled)

See: the NHS clearly is racist! A ‘departmental spokesman’ told the Times that it was wrong to use such numbers because the waiting lists were so long thanks to covid. However, the LibDems did some research, observing that “Commons library data analysis suggested there were areas with fewer beds per capita than Mexico, which has the lowest figure in the OECD.” (link, paywalled). 

One might expect that this alone would make a good argument with which to bash the Tories, but in a strange way such bashing only happens when a general defence of the Sacred Cow is needed. It never happens when issues such as overbearing NHS management or avoidable deaths need to be investigated and criticised.

Unsurprisingly, the Labour Shadow Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, only managed to come up with this statement, anodyne while dripping with faux emotion:

“Record numbers of people are spending their final months in agony, waiting for treatment that never arrives. The basic promise of the NHS — that it will be there for us when we need it — has been broken.” (link, paywalled)

No, he didn’t say what Labour would do. No, he didn’t mention that the NHS ‘is there’ for our newly arrived ‘guests’ rather than native Brits, nor did he acknowledge that the covid policies created this situation. After all Labour stood firm with the then government, to ‘save the you-know-waht’.

I leave you with news about ULEZ, the ongoing protests involving the destruction of yon cameras and ‘politicians’ who are finding their voices, now that it’s all done and dusted:

“Politicians have suggested the expansion of London’s ultra-low emission zone means police resources are used investigating attacks on Ulez cameras rather than on more serious crimes.” (paywalled link)

Investigating some stabbings, never mind burglaries and robberies, pales in comparison with ‘saving the planet by ULEZ! Meanwhile, our MP peacocks are drifting back from their holidays, giving a Labour MP the golden opportunity to peacock about:

“Gareth Thomas, the Labour MP for Harrow West, said: “Protest must always be peaceful, lawful and safe. Criminal damage is never acceptable. Those vandalising Ulez cameras are putting their own safety at risk.” (paywalled link)

Oh dear: keep safe by not vandalising ULEZ cameras … now I’ve heard it all. How we missed all those ‘statements’ by the HoC peacocks – not!

That’s all I have for today. Regarding ULEZ, you might like to read the piece by Brendan O’Neill in ‘SpikedOnline’. Have a good day.

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