No more U-Turns!

 

First and foremost: a piece of brilliant news! ‘Land of Hope and Glory’, in the remastered version sung by Vera Lynn in 1994, has reached the top of the UK iTunes chart – a few hours after the actor Laurence Fox tweeted an appeal to his followers. Now let’s do the same for ‘Rule Britannia’!

‘Tis odd though that the sketch writers in ‘Our MSM’ didn’t propose to replace the first line of that song with “Land of Fear and U-Turns”. That would describe the state of the nation, as seen through the collective eyes of the editors, reporters and opinion piece writers. However, they are so embroiled in their eternal campaign to ‘educate’ us peasants that they simply don’t notice that they are being tossed on waves of hysteria, waves of their own making, waves produced by the laydees who have reached the top spots in the various entities that make up the Westminster Coalition.

I’m sorry if this sounds anti-feminist, but it’s true: the men ‘on top’ are either feminists in suits and cravats, slavishly regurgitating the arguments of their ‘leading women’, or they are driven to follow unthinkingly what the wimmin’in politics’ are demanding or doing. For example, I give you the latest U-Turn by the PM: all pupils from year 7 onwards will have to wear masks in school, sort-of: 

“New guidance will apply in secondary schools only and will require all pupils in Year 7 and above in England to wear face coverings in corridors and communal areas but not in classrooms. It will be mandatory in schools that are in local lockdown areas and left to the discretion of head teachers in the rest of the country.” (paywalled link)

Don’t even think that this guidance came because Ms Sturgeon has made mask-wearing ‘mandatory in communal areas’ in schools for that age group – certainly not! After all, it’s based on ‘science’, innit like, to ‘prevent infections’ – or is it? See this:

“Government scientific advisers have not been asked to review the new guidance but ministers believe it will boost confidence among parents. A senior government source said: “This is a scientific approach – we know schools are safe but in areas of high transmission we do have to be even more careful.” The change comes despite ministers insisting for days that there would be no change to guidelines, which stated that face coverings were “not recommended” in schools.” (paywalled link)

If that’s not a U-Turn, I’d like to know what is! And look at this highly ‘scientific’ reason: masks to be worn in order to ‘increase confidence’! Do these people never look at polls? Have they forgotten the one a week or so ago, showing that footfall in High Street shops have fallen since mask-wearing was made mandatory in England?

Perhaps ‘science’ is now just ‘behavioural sciene’, attempting to nudge us plebs into the direction they want, ending with total submission. I wonder if these government ministers were made aware of a paper published in the BMJ, reported in The Times, with this ‘advice’:

“Rules should vary depending on whether events are happening indoors or outside and what activity is taking place, they argue, as well as the level of ventilation and whether face coverings are being worn.” (link, paywalled)

That sounds fatally like allowing people to decide for themselves. Can’t have that, can we! Thus the ‘guidance’, and certainly not because Ms Sturgeon did it first! Staying with medical ‘issues’, here’s another item which looks as if government health ‘chiefs’ are preparing us to accept a CV-19 vaccine, regardless of its working or its safety – for our ‘protection’, of course:

“Ministers will ask the NHS to administer flu jabs not normally licensed for use in Britain as part of an expanded vaccination programme this winter. Health chiefs want to vaccinate half the population, twice as many as usual, to reduce pressure on the NHS and prevent hospitals being hit by a combined surge of flu and Covid-19 patients.”  (link, paywalled)

This noble aim can apparently not be fulfilled because of ‘supply’ issues. That’s why GP ‘leaders’ now ask government to ensure there are enough jabs to go around so they can ‘manage patient expectation’. It’s not ‘patient expectation’ which needs to be managed, it’s government’s and ‘Our MSM’ hysteria. Next, see this:

“However, the decision to enlarge the programme was made only last month, long after vaccine orders are normally placed and manufacturers have planned accordingly. A source told The Times that this had meant governments across Europe being “really flexible” and agreeing to use vaccines “not fully licensed”, despite being used in other markets.” (link, paywalled)

Let’s follow those European governments – we’re too helpless, right? Now look at the weasel words used:

“The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency confirmed it would have to approve a medicine for sale and supply in Britain. A spokesman said: “There are provisions in legislation for the temporary authorisation of supply, if this were judged necessary for the protection of public health.” (link, paywalled)

Note well: ‘temporary authorisation’ to use vaccines previously not deemed acceptable in the UK can be given if government deems it ‘necessary’ to protect ‘Our NHS’ – because that’s what they mean when they warble about ‘public health’. It’s a nice preparation for using a CV-19 vaccine, any vaccine, on us guinea pigs, safe or not. Even if ‘our’ vaccine won’t be ready, many other countries are rushing to have their CV-19 ready by December. “We” can surely buy some of those, from Russia to Greece to China. Patient safety, side effects: no worries!

When it comes to weaselling out, the ‘BC’ (it doesn’t deserve to be called ‘BBC’ since it’s certainly no longer British!)  leads the charge. As we uneducated patriotic oiks have shown signs of resistance they and their friends in the rest of the MSM present us with a creepy back-pedalling, trying to show us that the Westminster Coalition didn’t really mean it. Their twisting and turning in the face of a veritable gale of our disapproval is delicious:

“Lord Hall, who is to be replaced in the role by Tim Davie in one week’s time, said it was the “right decision” for this year, as the corporation appeared to backtrack with a statement promising the song would be back in full for 2021.” (paywalled link)

Yes, of course: their decision was only made because: ‘Covid!’ Nought to do with BLM and ‘woke’. Above all, never mind that many in the BC have campaigned for some time to drop those ‘orrible songs:

“The BBC Proms has already come under pressure to ban songs appearing to glorify Britain’s imperial past, with classical music industry sources suggesting the Covid-19 measures were a convenient reason to make changes. The very public fall-out lays bare the chaos at the centre of BBC decision-making, as it faced complaints from those who believe Rule Britannia should be banned outright for its reference to slavery, and those furious at it caving to what they see as “woke” culture wars.” (paywalled link)

No, dears – this isn’t about ‘woke culture wars’, that’s another convenient excuse behind which those who despise us patriots are now trying to hide. This ‘culture war’ goes back a long time, driven by ‘musicians’ who are offended – by how they themselves interpret the texts:

“[…] the executive producer of Songs of Praise said Britain should apologise for slavery rather than glorifying it. It is understood that the corporation has been considering how to deal with the song for some time, having faced petitions from musicians to remove it from the Last Night altogether.” (paywalled link)

All those musicians and their leaders obviously lack in historical knowledge, especially in regard to the context of the times when ‘Rule Britannia’ was written and composed. Both Charles Moore in the DT yesterday (paywalled link) and Oliver Kamm in The Times this morning (link, paywalled) provide textual and historical analyses, saying that ‘Rule Britannia’ is about freedom, not slavery.

That is of course far too highbrow for our ‘music industry’ proponents and for the BC. After all, they have successfully swept under the carpet the role played by Great Britain in abolishing slavery frst and then spending time and resources in suppressing that trade, thanks to the Royal Navy.

I wonder if there are two more U-Turns on the cards. For example, resistance seems to develop in the Armed Forces against that scrapping of our tanks because of ‘budgetary restraints’. The most prominent of them is the former Chief of Staff, General Lord Dannatt who is warning about this in The Times, joined by some MPs(link, paywalled).

The other prospective U-Turn is the outcry by Johnson who “has rubbished suggestions he could step down in the next six months, labelling them as “absolute nonsense” (paywalled link). Yeah right, we’ll believe him, especially since ‘senior sources’ have been so very helpful explaining to the DT that:

“He is buzzing with energy the whole time. This whole thing is absurd.” Another added: “It is just absolutely bizarre. I have never heard anything further from the truth. It’s utter nonsense.” The second source said there were “no signs of long Covid-19”, the condition that has plagued some sufferers of the disease many months after infection.” (paywalled link)

Johnson and these sources ought to take a leaf out of the BC’s playbook: using CV-19 as excuse is perfectly acceptable and would surely be better for him and the Tory Party than acknowledging he’s not up to the job. 

I leave you with the news that the Ofqual chief, Ms Collier, has resigned in the wake of the exam scandal. But never fear, everything will stay the same at the top:

“Roger Taylor, its chairman, will keep his post. […] Amanda Spielman, head of Ofsted, will help to run the beleaguered organisation and Ms Collier, a career civil servant, will be temporarily replaced by Dame Glenys Stacey, her predecessor.” (link, paywalled)

Mandarins paying the price for incompetence? Perish the thought! Just as those at the top of the BC will keep on blathering about how ‘orrible our country is, with no consequences for their jobs, so those at the top of the Westminster Coalition will never pay the price for their lies and incompetence. 

But watch out for U-Turns – they will come, accompanied by more weasel words.

 

KBO!

 

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