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EU
Mail
British travellers face maddening queues when they visit continental Europe next year thanks to a new ‘Big Brother’ entry system being imposed by Brussels, MPs have warned.
Under the strict post-Brexit requirements, UK citizens will be fingerprinted and have their faces scanned before being allowed to enter EU countries.
They will also have to provide detailed personal information in advance – including health conditions and planned itineraries – before being granted a travel permit.
Last night, bosses at Britain’s busiest ferry and rail ports warned that the expected delays of cars and lorries could cause hundreds of millions of pounds of damage to the economy, while British holidaymakers will face long queues at European airports as they line up to submit their information.
Privacy groups have also objected to European authorities holding personal data.
The plans – which could be seen as Brussels taking ‘revenge’ for Brexit – are due to be introduced by next summer, although the EU is facing calls for them to be delayed until after the Paris Olympics in July and August to limit the chaos.
The EU Entry-Exit System (EES) which will apply to travellers from the UK and other non-EU countries, will allow Brussels to check whether British travellers are exceeding their post-Brexit restriction of 90 days’ stay in any 180-day period – a rule currently enforced by border guards checking passport stamps.
British travellers will also have to apply in advance for a visa-style permit under the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS). Visitors will be charged €7 (about £6) and have to supply detailed personal information online including their name, address, state of health, criminal records, purpose of travel and the address of the first night’s stay.
Asylum seekers
Express
Army chiefs are being blamed for delays in housing migrants on a key military base. Hundreds were due to stay on Catterick Garrison, which is in Rishi Sunak’s constituency.
The Home Office is attempting to make major savings on the £6million-a-day bill for putting up arrivals in hotels.
One Army source claimed that garrison commander Lt Col Jim Turner had rejected Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s plan, saying it would threaten a regeneration scheme in the North Yorkshire military town.
But a senior government source dismissed this view yesterday and told the Daily Express: “The Army is scared of asylum seekers. They claim they are a threat.”
Immigration minister Robert Jenrick had revealed plans to use the base to host asylum seekers in March.
He told Parliament the proposals had been “brought forward”, adding “we cannot risk becoming a magnet for the millions of people who are displaced” by offering them hotel rooms.
Police
ITV News
Police forces are to promise to investigate every crime with a reasonable lead to pursue and abandon policies that have seen some low level offences effectively ignored for years.
Senior police and crime officials have confirmed to ITV News that the change in policy is planned. It is expected to guarantee a police response to more crimes like shoplifting, bicycle theft and low level assault.
Earlier this week the Co-op complained of a big rise in retail crime at its stores and said more than two-thirds were not responded to by police.
National Police Chiefs’ Council said it recognises how invasive and traumatic it is to be a victim of burglary and theft.
A spokesperson said: “We are already investing significant resources in preventing and investigating serious acquisitive crime. Burglary levels have fallen by 51% over the past decade due to this increased investment. All police forces in England and Wales are now attending every home burglary after a pledge made last year to roll out the policy nationally.
Net Zero
Telegraph
Successive Conservative prime ministers have been “systematically dishonest” with the public about the trillion pound cost of achieving net zero, the former chancellor Lord Hammond has said.
Lord Hammond said there was a “cross-party disease” of politicians not being straight with voters about the “significant” true cost of the project and the inevitable consequence of slower rising living standards.
“In a democracy, you fail to take people with you at your peril,” he warned.
As chancellor, Lord Hammond was in Number 11 in 2019 when Theresa May enshrined the 2050 target for net zero carbon emissions into law.
He caused controversy at the time by telling Mrs May that the cost of the UK achieving the goal could exceed £1 trillion.
A senior Conservative figure who asked not to be named said that the Treasury should now repeat the exercise to see if the figure had changed.
Speaking to The Telegraph, Lord Hammond said that both his former boss and her successor Boris Johnson had not been straight with the public on the issue and that there was currently no one in British politics “who is understanding those sort of numbers”.
Observer
Rishi Sunak has been accused of showing disregard for the climate crisis after Whitehall officials warned that some of his key green pledges were already unachievable.
With the prime minister facing a backlash within his own party after appearing to row back from his commitment to green policies, an internal government audit found that a series of measures designed to help meet Britain’s net zero goals had been allowed to run off course.
A scheme to reduce packaging, a deposit return plan for plastic bottles, a boost for recycling and a tree planting and woodland creation programme have all been given a “red” rating by Whitehall’s major projects body. It concluded that their successful delivery “appears unachievable”.
Covid
Mail
China‘s public health authorities cracked the genetic code of the Covid virus five days before the rest of the world even learned about the existence of the disease, according to a prominent British scientist.
The revelation, confirmed by independent investigators, exposes the scale of Beijing‘s cover-up of the outbreak in Wuhan – which experts fear inflamed the pandemic’s spread with disastrous consequences.
The genome sequence, vital for developing diagnostic tests and vaccines, was finally shared with the rest of the world more than two weeks later by a Chinese scientist defying the Beijing government – by which time the sequence had been assembled by several of the country’s private and public laboratories.
‘As more information about the early stages of the pandemic emerges, we see a disturbing pattern of efforts to hide critical information,’ said Bryce Nickels, co-founder of campaign group Biosafety Now. The professor of genetics at Rutgers University in New Jersey added that attempts to manipulate public opinion began in China but were later echoed in the US and other Western countries.
HS2
Telegraph
The future of the High Speed 2 (HS2) railway is in question after the official infrastructure watchdog warned the “successful delivery” of the multi-billion-pound project “appears to be unachievable”.
In a report issued last week, the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) applied a “red” rating to plans for the construction of the first two phases of the troubled rail line, from London to Birmingham and then on to Crewe in Cheshire.
It comes as a leaked document separately showed that a plan to strip back its proposed Euston terminal would still result in a £1 billion overspend.
The IPA said its red rating means that “successful delivery of the project appears to be unachievable. There are major issues with project definition, schedule, budget, quality and/or benefits delivery, which at this stage do not appear to be manageable or resolvable. The project may need re-scoping and/or its overall viability reassessed.”
BBC News
The HS2 rail line has been given an “unachievable” rating by an official watchdog.
It has been granted a “red” warning for its first two phases – from London to Birmingham then onto Crewe – by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority.
Issues were raised related to budget, schedule and project definition.
The multi-billion pound project aims to connect London with central and northern England but has faced major delays and criticism.
The red rating, in the IPA’s annual report on major projects, states: “Successful delivery of the project appears to be unachievable.”
It adds there are “major issues with project definition, schedule, budget, quality and/or benefits delivery, which at this stage do not appear to be manageable or resolvable”.
“The project may need re-scoping and/or its overall viability reassessed.”
ITV News
The HS2 programme has been given an “unachievable” rating by the official infrastructure watchdog.
A “red” rating was assigned to the plans for the construction of the first two phases of the troubled rail line, from London to Birmingham and then on to Crewe in Cheshire, by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA).
The red rating, contained in the IPA’s annual report on major projects – which was released last week, states: “Successful delivery of the project appears to be unachievable.
“There are major issues with project definition, schedule, budget, quality and/or benefits delivery, which at this stage do not appear to be manageable or resolvable.
“The project may need re-scoping and/or its overall viability reassessed.”
Earlier this month, HS2 Ltd’s chief executive Mark Thurston, 56, announced his resignation amid major delays and cost pressures for the high-speed railway project.
De-banking
Telegraph
Nigel Farage is unveiling a new website to help people who have lost their accounts in the “major national scandal” of debanking as former prime minister Liz Truss warns that the current system could put people off going into politics.
In an exclusive interview with The Telegraph, Mr Farage announced the launch of his campaign and the AccountClosed.org site.
The former Ukip leader said he had been “overwhelmed” by members of the public messaging him with their own experiences of being de-banked after his Coutts accounts were closed because of his political views
He said the website was aimed at quantifying the scale of the problem, finding the banks who are the “worst offenders” and identifying the main reasons why individuals and businesses have had services withdrawn.
“I’m beginning to have the impression this is much, much bigger than any of us could have contemplated,” he said.
“This is about the right to free speech, about having a country where people are treated fairly in an age when you frankly can’t function on a personal level, let alone a business level, without a bank account.”
Observer
Nigel Farage has vowed to help thousands of people flood big banks with demands for details about why they were denied an account, as allies said his treatment by Coutts and NatWest had turned him into Britain’s newest “consumer champion”.
The former Ukip leader is to spearhead a website assisting anyone who wants to find out why they have been denied a bank account. Farage used a subject access request to discover that, despite initial denials by Coutts, his political views had played a part in the closure of his account.
Farage is said to want to make the independent website a non-partisan tool designed to help those who believe they have been denied banking services because of their political views. It will provide them with a step-by-step guide to demanding the personal information a bank holds about them.
While NatWest, which owns Coutts, is said to have faced hundreds rather than thousands, of similar requests so far, Farage and his supporters believe the new website will help those daunted by the process of questioning their bank.
“This is cross-party, it is non-partisan,” said an ally. “Dare I say, how the liberal elite – for want of a better term – have managed to turn Nigel Farage into one of the country’s leading consumer champions, I have no idea.”
ULEZ
Express
Rishi Sunak has ordered a review of the rollout of low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) – and insisted that he is on the side of motorists.
It comes after the Conservatives’ victory in the Uxbridge and Ruislip by-election earlier this month, which saw the Tory candidate tap into local concerns about the expansion of London’s ultra-low emissions zone (ULEZ). That success has seen some Tory MPs on the right of the party urge Mr Sunak to engage in a rethink on net zero, amid hopes of attacking Labour’s green ambitions
The move is likely to infuriate climate change activists like Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion. And it is unlikely to be welcomed by London Mayor Sadiq Kahn, who refused to rule out more clean air schemes being rolled out across London after his court victory to expand ULEZ.
The measures are also designed to encourage uptake of other modes of transport. But the adoption of the policies has attracted the ire of some Tory MPs, who have criticised the measures as attacks on motorists.
Mr Sunak told the Telegraph: “The vast majority of people in the country use their cars to get around and are dependent on their cars. When I’m lucky enough to get home to North Yorkshire it’s more representative of how most of the country is living, where cars are important.
“I just want to make sure people know that I’m on their side in supporting them to use their cars to do all the things that matter to them.”
Mail
A Labour-run council is charging motorists extra to park polluting cars in a double blow for those about to be hit by the expansion of London‘s hated Ulez fee.
There are fears that other Labour-run councils will follow suit after Greenwich in South-East London decided to base its pay-and-display and resident-permit charges on a vehicle’s carbon emissions. Drivers of older petrol and diesel cars must pay nearly three times as much as owners of expensive electric vehicles.
Diesel vehicles will incur an extra £50 surcharge for residential permits, and if there is more than one vehicle registered to a property, each one will be subject to a £100 penalty.
Mirror
Five Tory-led councils have LOST their High Court bid to stop Sadiq Khan’s controversial plan to extend London’s ultra-low emissions zone.
In a “landmark” ruling on Friday, Mr Justice Swift dismissed the councils’ case and said he was “satisified” the proposals were in the London Mayor’s “powers”.
The judge said that City Hall’s consultation on the scrappage scheme was “not in depth” – but, crucially, was “lawful”.
The legal action was launched by five Tory-led councils seeking to stop the Mayor of London’s plan to extend Ulez to all the capital’s boroughs from August.
Drivers of vehicles passing through the Ulez area that do not comply with emissions standards are charged a daily rate of £12.50. To avoid the charge diesel cars must generally have been first registered after September 2015, while most petrol cars registered after 2005 are also exempt.
Sun
SADIQ Khan could be kicked out as Mayor of London by voters angry at the Ulez car charge — dubbed the Toll Tax, Labour insiders say.
The capital is a Labour stronghold and Mr Khan was expected to glide to victory easily in next May’s election.
But his popularity has been battered by the controversial expansion of the charge — which he has vowed to plough ahead with after winning a High Court case.
The Tories are using the explosive row to drive up their support in the capital.
Independent
Rishi Sunak has ordered a review of the rollout of low-traffic zones amid Tory backlash over the scheme that some have dubbed an “attack on motorists”.
The prime minister used an interview in the Sunday Telegraph to announce that he has ordered the Department for Transport to review low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) policies.
Under such plans, local councils attempt to limit traffic in town and city centres – with drivers often prevented from using quiet residential roads as through-routes.
The measures are also designed to encourage the uptake of other modes of transport. But the adoption of the policies has attracted the ire of some Tory MPs, who have criticised the measures.
BBC News
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has ordered a review of low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs), saying that he is on the side of drivers.
He told the Sunday Telegraph he was supporting people to “use their cars to do all the things that matter to them”.
His remarks form part of a sharpening debate on green policies following last week’s by-elections.
LTNs aim to reduce traffic, in part by preventing drivers using quieter residential roads as through-routes.
Some research suggests they reduce localised pollution – but critics, including some Conservatives MPs, argue they harm the freedom of motorists.
Telegraph
Rishi Sunak promised drivers that he is “on their side” as he ordered a review of controversial anti-car schemes being rolled out across Britain.
In an interview with The Telegraph, the Prime Minister said the vast majority of people “are dependent on their cars” and that “anti-motorist” policies fail to take account of how “families live their lives”.
Mr Sunak has ordered the Department for Transport (DfT) to carry out a review of low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs), which often use cameras, giant planters and bollards to turn away cars.
A source said he was “concerned by the levels of congestion outside the roads in which they are implemented”, amid fears that the measures simply displace traffic to neighbouring areas.
The source added: “Of course we want better air quality. But people have to consent and be happy to live in areas where, to varying degrees, cars and vans are blocked.”
Face recognition
Observer
Home Office officials have drawn up secret plans to lobby the independent privacy regulator in an attempt to push the rollout of controversial facial recognition technology into high street shops and supermarkets, internal government minutes seen by the Observer reveal.
The covert strategy was agreed during a closed-door meeting on 8 March between policing minister Chris Philp, senior Home Office officials and the private firm Facewatch, whose facial recognition cameras have provoked fierce opposition after being installed in shops.
In a development that ignores critics who claim the technology breaches human rights and is biased, particularly against darker-skinned people, minutes of the meeting appear to show Home Office officials agreeing to write to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) advocating the merits of facial recognition technology in tackling “retail crime”.
Mark Johnson, advocacy manager of the campaign group Big Brother Watch, said: “The Home Office must urgently answer questions about this meeting, which appears to have led officials to lean on the ICO in order to favour a firm that sells highly invasive facial recognition technology.
According to the BBC online news site today, Sunak has ordered a review of all low traffic neighbourhood initiatives. What does this statement tell us? It tells me that up to now both he and his government have been fully up to the idea of ULEZ Zones and the concept of 15 minute cities, but because there is a general election looming on the horizon and the fact these initiatives are likely to hit the least well off most if implemented he will lose that election. It is too little too late, and like everything else that is wrong with this country, Sunak is far far too slow in reacting to very unpopular policies that up to now he has been pursuing. We don’t want pointless reviews by idiots like Michael Gove which will take time to carry out, but want this government to embark upon some traditional Conservative policies that will appeal to their core voters. Schemes like ULEZ and 15 minute cities are just fancy words for Road Charging which in effect is another tax burden on the electorate, which is something we did not vote for in 2019. We want him to start seriously cracking down on illegal immigration rather than what he is doing right now which is fiddling about around the edges, like taking over masses of tourist hotels to house people who will never be deported, giving them free medical and dental care, free transport, free mobile phones and tablets and free pocket money, and now buying in barges to house these people and over burdening local communities. Start deporting illegal migrants en masse, and start getting tough with the European Union over that issue and our trading relationship with them, so that Northern Ireland has the same customs rules as the rest of the country and that this country has full sovereignty over our territorial waters and fishing rights. Up to now we have been fed Socialist policies by this supposed Conservative administration, rather than traditional common sense Conservative policies, and after May, Johnson and Sunak, I will not believe one single word that comes out of a senior Conservative politicians mouth until they start to genuinely return to traditional conservative values. So Mr. Sunak, go and
take a proverbial run and jump, we have had it up here with you and your stupid ideas of pursuing Net Zero and the like and dithering about over who comes into this country. Get down to pursuing genuine Conservative policies or kiss goodbye to any idea of returning to power any time soon after the next general election.
Exactly. There is nothing to review; we all know the answer. A Review means one of two things: usually kick it into the long grass (the can down the road if you prefer) until everyone has forgotten or lost interest, or, as in this case, get someone else to say the obvious so you avoid the blame (and by blame I mean the pile on from the entire vested interest establishment.)
Oh for a politician that has principles running through them like the names in a stick of rock; saying and doing what they know to be right. No virtue signalling, no cowing to the inevitable howls and pile on, just doing it and watch their standing rise where it matters. But they don’t get it. Cowards all, trying to curry favour with people who would never vote for them, and alienating those that just might.
I see that ulez is being brought in to sounds of trumpets and Sousa marches in London. Seems the cost will be twelve pounds and fifty new pence per day. The steel posts with ulez signs are already in place where I live.
Not to be outdone, Glasgow, and as I understand the rest of Scotland, intend to introduce this with a sixty (60) pound charge. So who would have thought Nicola’s seven pound notes would still be valid after her personal financial enrichment. Good ole snp.
Well that looks like the end of the town and city high streets. Already we cannot drive down the bus only high street and the newly introduced, and passed by parliament, twenty miles per hour nationwide speed limit means crawling to get there. Add exorbitant car park charges, unlez, business rates and the rest . . . buy amazon shares quick.
Connected to this, last time I was in Londonistan I was reading a local newspaper article (in English). They were reporting the highest incidence of motor crime in Londonistan was car number plate theft. Wonder why?
Lord Biscotte……….No doubt you have planning permission to convert those garages and Mews houses at the rear of your town house in Eaton Square back to stables, and looked into purchasing a couple of good horses and carriage, along with employing a couple of grooms and coachmen. I think life is turning full circle. At least you won’t be paying for the ULEZ/Congestion Charge, but this will be offset by increased costs for Hay for your steeds…..
Colin H:
Spoof Alert.
Nice try, but I understand TPTB are working on also registering asses, mules horses and coolies drawing carriages into ULEZ zones. These too make considerable emissions into the atmosphere it must be remembered, and cause global warming. They will however have the added advantage for owners, in that the registration number will be branded onto their bum so can’t be stolen.
I mentioned recently that I would like to know if anyone a had actually calculated tons of carbon per Diesel vs Electric.. I did not have the time then but it is probable no-one considered some other issues.
I suppose you think electric motors go on for ever…..
Let me disabuse you..
In the ’80s I ran a rewinding company . very expensive it is too. Rewinding an electric motor. Dirty, difficult, specialised , almost no trained engineers., Splendidly lucrative too. AS for how many Carbons I leave that to the Thornbergs of the world , and TV experts,. good at spreading fairy tales. I suspect they aren’t worth doing. Just put the whole car in a tip. and buy another.
I might comment later when I’ve got my blood pressure under control.
In Solihull we made it difficult for the council and they gave us a couple of copper shifts. One day a copper red faced and sweating came past our front wall and stopped for a sit down and gossip.
He explained that they had tried stationing a copper by the pool which which used to be in the cerntre. But the political arguements got so heated they were having to discontinue. The town clerk said nobody could agree so it was discontinued. I then had a beautiful Merc dream car stolen from the drive. Solihull is now massive How one police force manages including a huge council estate I cannot imagine IMHO every road needs at least 3 cars a night.. With retail areas needing more, in order to restore order and monitor the visitors at week ends and events.
The problem seems to be politics. Politicians all want to be important while knowing they’re useless. Therefore you cannot regain control one borough at a time.( Although I suspect this is what Police and crime commissioners were supposed to do).. Over to you Colin.
I suspect it all comes down to greed, backhanders, peacocking and budgets..
I found this poem recently, my wife had cut it out and saved it, she had cut it from the Daily Mail 2nd August 2004
It originates in 1870 and written by Winnifred Friday was published in D.W.Nash’s The Fox’s Prophecy Albion’s
The Mail commented “As we face the death of our warrior nation”
Ode to the warriors
For upon these hills alone
the doom of sport shall fall,
O’er the broad face of
England creeps the shadow on the wall
Time honoured creeds and
the Crown, Lordships,
heredity right, before that tide go down.
Base churns shall mock
the mighty names writ on the roll
of time, Religion shall be held
a jest and loyalty a crime.
No word of prayer, no hymn of
praise sound in the village school
The people’s education utilitarians rule.
The homes where love and
peace should dwell, fierce
politics shallvex. And
unsexed women strive to
prove herself the coarser sex.
That statesman that should rule
the realm coarse demagogues
displace. The glory of a
thousand years shall end in foul disgrace.
Trade shall be held the only
good and gain the sole device.
The statesman’s maxim shall
be peace – and peace at any price.
Her army and her navy Britain
shall cast aside; Soldiers and
ships are costly things, defence an empty pride.
The footsteps of the invader
then,England’s shore shall
know. While homebred
traitors give the hand to England’s every foe.
Disarmed before the foreigner
The knee shall humbly bend,
And yield the treasures that
She lacked the wisdom to defend.
Was Winnifred the Viv of 1870?
Because she certainly put her finger on every betrayal including defence and ‘the enemy within’ ——- “ while homebred traitors give the hand to England’s every foe”
Having read the above, I am sure there are many of our readers who would like to offer comments and expand these ‘warnings’ to the modern equivalents
No nation and particularly this one can afford to equivocate and complete Sovereignty over our own affairs,the law, defence and our coast line are paramount and non-negotiable.
The EU are still our ENEMY
There is always someone who knows the answer. But nobody ever listens.
Will illegal immigrants be allowed back into the EU where they last came from, without a passport for a holiday.
Debbie, puts the work in don’t she.
Face recognition. Independent Privacy Regulator . Just offer an extra million in a Coutts account.
London. Form a committee called. “London Right Wing Communist Reality Party Against ULEZ “. and tell Mohammand he’s treasurer etc..LRWCRPAULEZ. etc. crapulez for short
Banks. The trouble with banks is they are no longer human. Nigel is seeing the beginnings of AI.
HS2 . Was always a bad EU glorification. The delay is only to allow the demise of the motor car to catch up, A new shiny type of ” First Class “cattle truck carriage.
COVID. Now we know. Do not lose sleep. but never trust Pharma again until it finds CURES.
NET ZERO. Governments are hopeless. Who do we trust. Not WHO or any of those bandwagons. . So who? I would suggest if you are looking for a hard headed honest unbiased answer . IMPOSSIBLE. So we have to go with Twitter.
Asylum seekers. If I were still at Linwood We would by now be producing Marine electronic self positioning Caltrops.
NET ZERO. This entire paragraph is Hunt weaseling. There is no one capable of understanding these numbers. That is just insulting unless he’s talking about MPs
Policing. More police. Less computers, Less lawyers. less politics( See Grannies sayings )
Summary.
Bring back Cummings.
Debbie . How do you do it. Need more Mugs
.
Got a new waste bin that I keep next to the wall so when my mugs smash on the wall the pieces fall neatly into the bin! 🙂
TG Spokes….. we, the electorate are the ‘Mugs’ for putting up with the ineptitude of Sunak and his government and of the ineptitude of his predecessor and his ruddy useless government. So us ‘Mugs’ need to permanently put them to bed.
Population growth requires more infrastructure – from housing, hospital beds, and school places to more policemen and prison places. The response to net zero may be a “cross-party disease” but so is the utter failure to allow unrestrained population growth without adequate investment in infrastructure. What is the optimum number of police per 100,000 of population? Theresa May as Home Secretary thought it was actually 20,000 less as population significantly increased. The belief, apparently, was that technology could replace actual policemen on patrol. Even now, as happened with the 2011 riots, policing is tracking down suspects after a crime using CCTV and not prevention by patrol of neighbourhoods. Police stations were closing long before bank branches, post offices, and manned stations. It began with getting rid of bus conductors. There has been a ‘de-manning’ of society generally. The social cost goes beyond the increased lawlessness which is but one consequence of de-manning. Facial recognition, CDBC, digital identity, and the Online Safety Bill are the natural destination of this trend in de-manning which cannot be reversed. The job of bus conductor would now be dangerous such is the level of crime on buses and defiance of authority. The £1 trillion cost of net zero would be better spent on re-opening police stations and greatly increasing the number of police and putting them back on patrol. London is one of the most CCTV’d cities outside of China. It has helped the Met trace criminals but has done nothing to curtail a crime rate that, when I was younger, seemed inconceivable. Attending every home burglary is a fig leaf over criminality becoming a way of life for an increasing number of people particularly among immigrants as foreign grievances are imported – from Turkish and Armenian gangs battling in North East London to Muslims and Hindus in Leicester. Resisting arrest is now common and tolerated by the courts. Teenagers carry knives routinely. Successive governments have simply played whack-a-mole with the consequences of de-manning society, consequences that show no signs of abating. Meanwhile, the £100+ billion on HS2, the £2+ billion a year on illegal migrants, the £7+ billion on Ukraine, the ….. the money to at least arrest de-manning is there but the political will is not.
There is always someone who knows the answer. But no one is listening