This squirrel has a name: “Dominic Raab”

 

I was shocked to the core when I saw the worst possible news on the front page of the Guardian this morning.  I came across it while I was checking out the guff our MSM promote as ‘news’ in the usual place (link). Imagine my horror: the Welsh Rugby union has banned the singing of ‘Delilah’  in the Millennium Stadium, right at the start of the Six Nations! Here’s the report in the local rag. Why don’t they ban playing rugby altogether, for being too much of a celebration of ‘toxic masculinity’?

Staying with said toxic masculinity and with ‘diversity’, there are reports on the RAF’s misdeeds. This issue has been simmering since August last year but it’s now ‘news’ again because the Air Chief Marshal was being questioned by the HoC Special Committee. The DM’s report is straightforward:

“The Royal Air Force broke employment law when it attempted to favour female and ethnic minority candidates over white men, an official report is expected to conclude. The order to prioritise their job applications led to the resignation of the officer expected to implement the policy, Group Captain Lizzie Nicholl. She refused to comply with the directive as she believed it was unlawful, a view shared by the RAF’s legal department.” (link)

Next, there’s a transparent attempt at deflection in the DT’s article, quoting Tobias Ellwood MP and ‘sources’, injecting the issue of ‘toxic masculinity’ into the debate (this and the following emphases are all mine):

“Tobias Ellwood, chairman of the defence select committee, told MPs that the RAF’s former head of recruitment had identified the cases before she resigned in protest. After the revelation, Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston, head of the force, was asked if he had presided over a “lack of integrity at the top of the RAF”. It comes as the Armed Forces struggle to retain female personnel amid a sex harassment crisis engulfing the military. On Wednesday, defence sources suggested to The Telegraph that Sir Mike, who authored the 2019 Wigston review into inappropriate behaviour of troops, should be considering his position.” (paywalled link)

Yeah, sure: ‘off with his head’ – the favourite solution by ‘sources’ within Whitehall and Westminster. This article goes on to mention ‘investigations’ into “rape culture’ both in the Royal Navy and Sandhurst, then coming up with this gem:

“​​Despite the demands on the military to improve diversity, the Forces have also faced claims that female recruits are not equipped with properly fitting kit. A report last year found that female soldiers were often subjected to “ill-fitting” kit across all three services, such as rucksacks that were too big, which can also increase the risk of injury.” (paywalled link)

Omigawd! I’m shocked! The poor things! I was even more shocked when I read the report The Times published on the RAF. Instead of looking at the ‘diversity scandal’, they came up with this deflection:

“Women in the RAF cannot fly F-35 Lightning jets because the helmets provided are too heavy, Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston has admitted. Wigston told MPs that the RAF had not approved a lighter helmet because of safety fears. He said a more pressing concern was that women were not being trained as pilots, pointing to a “woeful gender diversity” problem in the RAF. Tobias Ellwood, who chairs the Commons defence committee , said: “There needs to be a second lighter helmet for females to use.” (link, paywalled)

This is their report on the HoC Select Committee hearing! Not one word about the true scandal of the ‘diversity’ drive excluding capable male pilots. I mention in passing that the authors of the articles in the DT and The Times are both female. Meow. Far be in from me to suggest that this is why we’re informed about ‘female kit’ and ‘lighter helmets’ instead of the RAF discriminating against male pilots.

And then there’s Dominic Raab. This was the main subject of yesterday’s PMQs. Clearly, the Uniparties in the HoC are now also in the business of pointing at squirrels. Still, some astonishing pieces of information are surfacing, see e.g. The Times:

“As officials made further claims of poor behaviour from the deputy prime minister, his allies launched a fightback, suggesting that civil servants were trying to force him out. The investigation into Raab is now understood to be focusing on whether he knew the effect his behaviour was having on staff, a judgment [sic!] that could be crucial to the justice secretary’s political future.” (link, paywalled)

It’s coming to something when even The Times, in ever so veiled language, admits that civil serpents are behind this anti-Raab campaign. The DM’s report is actually to the point:

“[…] a Whitehall source said that at least two senior officials have given evidence to an inquiry into the alleged conduct supporting Mr Raab, with one claiming he is the victim of a ‘disgraceful’ campaign of character assassination. […] A former colleague said: ‘There is a clear attempt by a group of politically motivated mandarins to get him – it looks like a co-ordinated attempt by a number of senior civil servants.’ (link)

Yes, I know: we’re in ‘sources will source’ country, but when did our esteemed MSM ever leave it! Far more important is the fact that the HoC and the MSM are wasting precious gossiping time and space on this issue when there are far more pressing ones. It deflects from questions about the economy but who cares about that when Westminster and Whitehall are hell-bent on getting Starmer into No 10 by all and any means.

Moreover, it seems to me that this campaign is about getting the Rejoiners into business. The Westminster swamp dwellers and the mandarins are feverishly at it. There was Verhofstadt on LBC, and now, like the rise of the undead, there’s M Barnier. He spoke to the DT’s inveterate Remainer Mr Crisp. The headline for this piece is sufficient, we don’t need to read the whole thing because it’s what Barnier and Remain have been saying during all the years wasted in ‘negotiations’ since our vote nearly seven years ago:

“UK can rejoin EU ‘any time’, says Michel Barnier – Former Brexit negotiator warns that diverging too far from EU rules will make it more difficult for Britain to go back into bloc” (paywalled link)

Might one ask if the anti-Raab campaign might possibly have something to do with his still fruitless attempts to get us out of the clutches of the ECHR, attempts which might have been sabotaged by his mandarins?

Still, it’s a nice squirrel for us to gawp at, just as the RAF ‘diversity’ issue deflects from the dire straits our Armed forces are in. After all, bellyaching about ‘toxic masculinity’ and ‘unsuitable kit for females’ is so much more important than asking how we will pay to replenish the bare armament cupboard, given the state of our economy. Oh, one more squirrel before I leave:

 “Job coaches are set to be stationed at GP surgeries under plans being drawn up by the Government to get unemployed over-50s back to work. Ministers are understood to be considering the proposal as they strive to plug record gaps in Britain’s labour force and boost the economy.” (paywalled link)

What planet are those people living on? Why don’t they ‘consider’ ways of getting all those ‘refugees’ into work – you know, the dinghy drivers now living cushy lives in hotels, everything free? 

That’s all I have got for today. I hope the Welsh rugby fans will now sing ‘Delilah’ even more fervently. Also, I loathe squirrels, especially those ‘revealed’ by the Westminster press. Have a good day.



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