Jim Murphy and The Scottish Labour Party.

In the last few days, Scottish Labour Party leader Jim Murphy has been virtually abandoned by the London based UK Labour Party. Why? Number one, Murphy became leader during the aftermath of last years Independence referendum. He took over the party which was in actual fact in total disarray due to the resignation of previous leader Joanne Lamont. The reason she felt the need to resign was cited as "the Scottish Labour Party being treated as a branch office of the main party." Despite masterminding a "NO" vote that kept Scotland within the UK, the Scottish "branch" were vilified by a substantial number of Scottish voters for standing side by side with the Conservatives and Lib Dems during the referendum debate.
Number two. The result of the referendum did not in fact end the debate or, even the campaign. Promises made immediately before the vote by Gordon Brown, Cameron et al. were watered down or even abandoned after the vote which up till now has resulted in unprecedented levels of membership of the Scottish National Party. At the last count the membership has increased from 25,000 in September 2014 to over 154,000 today which makes the SNP the third biggest party in the UK.
Number three. All public opinion polls relevant to the Scottish electorate puts the SNP on course to virtually wipe out all other parties in Scotland. It could mean that SNP has 53 seats, Labour has 4 seats and Lib Dems have 2 seats. There is talk that it could be even more. That would give Scotland a huge voice in Westminster. The fact that since Murphy became leader, the Labour party has made no inroads into the SNP lead and, is a really devastating sign of disaster on May 7th.
Number four. I'm going to be blunt here. Murphy is completely useless at public speaking. Not totally his fault. He doesn't have the strongest speaking voice in the political cauldron which makes him sound half hearted and not totally convincing. The main thing however is, that he seems to have trouble with the truth. His economic arguments were found wanting even before he stopped speaking in the televised debate a couple of weeks ago. Only yesterday it was a case of Murphy says one thing and Miliband and Ed Balls said the complete opposite. They have cut him loose.
A potential remedy. Jim Murphy could save the day in one bold gamble. He should, yes SHOULD, come out officially and lead the Scottish Labour Party to a split from UK Labour. He should then announce a manifesto that returns Labour to it's original socialist roots. These actions would at least make the Scottish electorate take a step back and think about who to vote for. The fact is that despite deserting Labour in droves, the Scottish people are inherently socialist in nature and, I think, just might be inclined to return to the fold. Murphy would be seen in a new light as a decisive and patriotic Scottish politician.
Will it happen? One hundred percent NO. If it did, would it make me change my vote? Again no but, it would make me think in the Scottish parliamentary elections in 2016.
The fact is, is that Murphy and his Blairite cronies are no different to the Tories. Power at all cost and then line their own pockets with our money.
To sum up, it was probably pointless writing all this but I felt I had to get it off my chest. Any reader can make up their own mind.
Till next time.

Hand Gestures. A simple Observation.

For some reason I watched this. I am not a fan of these so called evangelists and I am certainly not a fan of Billy Graham. I wasn't really paying attention to what he was saying, it was his hand movements that reminded me of something I had seen in a documentary recently. His gestures reminded me of Hitler when he held his Nuremberg rallies. I am in no way equating Billy Graham to Hitler but I found it interesting that he used his gestures in a similar fashion.
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World Financial Armagedden. (Possibly)

There are still many people in the UK that think the Prime Minister David Cameron is failing in his job. That view could not be further from the truth, on the contrary, Cameron and his cronies plan is working perfectly. His policies are nothing to do with the betterment of the country and all to do with controlling the population within the country. One method used is to stop people being self reliant and to be provided for by the state. The fact that yesterday it was announced that 1,000,000 people in the UK which is the 6th largest economy in the world, now rely on food banks to be able to feed themselves and their family illustrates this policy of control perfectly. Another method of control was initiated by past PM Margaret Thatcher. She gave everyone renting council houses the opportunity to buy their house for a knock down price. On the surface this would seem to have been beneficial for the populace but, thousands of these people sold their house and made a large profit which they then used to purchase a larger house. By that time a house price bubble had been inflated and people found that they had to take out large mortgages to progress to a larger property. That was when Thatcher knew she had the people by the neck. Inflation was deliberately encouraged to rise and therefore interest rates on these mortgages rose dramatically. People started defaulting on the loans and losing their homes. Thousands became totally dependent on the state to provide a roof over their head. The only winners were of course the ruling elite who bought up these vacant properties at pennies in the pound. Cameron says now that our economy has turned the corner and a return to prosperity is in sight. There is only one thing wrong with that statement and, that is that it is a lie. The London stock market is booming and yet again the housing market is fuelling that boom. Another bubble is inflating but, when this bubble bursts it will be like being hit by a nuclear bomb. The whole world will suffer when this crash occurs. It won't be just London that collapses, every financial market throughout the world will be affected. Ponder that thought.
Thankfully people are waking up to what is and what could happen but, the awakening needs to speed up. People have to realise that it will be them that suffers and the 1% will carry on as normal. Wake up to that fact and it can be stopped.
Till next time.

UK Gov. Lies, Scot. Independence, Ukraine and Hillsbourgh Anniversary Service.

I have a few things to mention this morning. First of all the UK government announced that for the first time in 7 years, wage rises outstripped price rises. Right away this is a complete load of rubbish because the figures were manipulated to exclude certain things like house prices. Yes, the house price bubble is inflating yet again. In London, house prices rose by £63,000 in the last year therefore, if you earn less that £63,000, houses in London are earning more that you are. Discretely hidden by BBC news was the fact that the number of people in this country (6th largest economy) being forced to use food banks has reached the 1,000,000 mark. Yes one million people now use food banks. Anyway, back to house prices. Numerous independent economists are predicting that if this housing bubble gets much bigger, the bang when it bursts will be far worse that the crash of 2006,07. This one will bring the whole house of cards that is the world economy to it's knees. Ponder that when you eat your lunch today.
The crisis in the Ukraine took a bit of a twist this morning when an armoured unit of the Ukrainian army changed sides and started flying the Russian flag leaving the temporary (unelected) Ukrainian government speechless. It took the BBC quite a while to come to terms with the story and then just carried on with the old Russian aggression propaganda story. Obviously more to unfold in Ukraine.
     The independence debate in Scotland carries on unabated with the "NO" campaign getting even more desperate. UK defence minister Phillip Hammond was up here yesterday scaremongering that defence jobs would go if Scotland became independent. When asked why? he mumbled something about "foreign country" and walked off the stage. Amazing, a defence minister not in the mood for a fight.
This morning, the LibDem secretary of state for Scotland was in Orkney, which just happens to be part of his own constituency, and he actually said that, and I quote, "A bad central government in Edinburgh would be just the same as a bad central government in Westminster." Whoops, which side of the debate is he actually on?
There are more stories coming out about child sex abuse in the UK. The public are becoming more and more impatient with the authorities attempts to cover it all up. Names are starting to come out of people in high places in society one of which is the now deceased LibDem MP Cyril Smith. people are now clamouring for his activities to be thoroughly investigated. Don't hold your breath. More on that at a later date.
To finish I must mention the memorial service held at the ground of Liverpool Football Club, Anfield Road, to mark the 25th anniversary of the Hillsbourgh tragedy in which 96 Liverpool fans died in a horrific crush on the terrace. I have to say that the service was very dignified and moving and a credit to the families of those who lost their lives. You will definitely never walk alone.
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A Downtrodden Society.

Yesterday in the UK, the chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne delivered his bi-annual budget speech. This was no ordinary speech. This was a speech designed to finally show us, and by us, I mean the vast majority of the population, what our standing in this country actually is. In a word, subservience. He mocked us by reducing the price of a pint of beer by one penny. That means that I would have to drink around 300 pints of beer before I got the benefit of the reduction. He also pandered to the "older" generation and in actual fact it was older women in particular by reducing the tax on playing bingo. If this wasn't so serious it would be quite funny. Our Conservative/Lib Dem government are now so convinced they have us where they want us that they are now out in the open about what they think of us. Cameron says that we deserve a referendum on whether we stay in the EU. The only thing about that promise is that if he can persuade the EU to abandon plans to further regulate the money markets in London he will abandon all plans for a referendum. We have a general election coming up in May of 2015 and there is one task that all Conservatives would love to see happen, and that is the complete sell off of the NHS. That would be absolutely disastrous for the people of England. The poorest in society would only have access to the very basic medical care. Fortunately, I live in Scotland and our devolved parliament runs the NHS in Scotland and it's functioning pretty good right now. In England however, the NHS is falling apart and it's falling apart by design. The government are deliberately destroying health care throughout England. The upshot and what this post was all about was to show the utter contempt that David Cameron and his Lib Dem lackeys have for the ordinary people of this country. They hate the very ground we walk on.
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The UK has a Police State mentality.

We are constantly reading in newspapers and hearing in news reports that the British police forces are constantly receiving more powers, especially when it concerns protests. The latest police brutality crimes are being carried out at the various protests around the country against the proposed fracking sites. Also, even run of the mill protests, and I specifically mean in my home city of Glasgow. All protests are being treated as a major threat to public order and policemen and women are appearing in riot gear and in some cases armed. The amount of surveillance cameras in Glasgow city centre is Orwellian in the extreme. The normal policeman on the beat looks at you as if you are about to pull a gun out and shoot him. My point is that our police forces now seem to have the feeling that everyone is a potential criminal and they would rather, to use a western movie analogy, "shoot first, and ask questions later." At some point in this downward spiral towards total police control something will have to give. I don't see the authorities relaxing their policies any time soon, so that leaves the ordinary citizen. Knowing the Glasgow mentality, and it is normally quite a relaxed and easy going mentality, they will eventually be pushed too far and then watch the shit hit the fan. It won't be pretty and it won't be peaceful. The one thing that could avert this catastrophe could be a yes vote in next years referendum. First of all I am not using the threat of a no vote to stir up trouble, I am using the yes vote to make the point that with a yes vote, Scotland should be free of ever having a Conservative government that rules us from Westminster and therefore a more relaxed relationship with authority and everyone working together to better all members of society.
I can hope. Till next time.

Syria, and Beyond.

The first thing I have to say about the conflict in Syria is, that it is not, and I repeat, not, a civil war. It is not even Syrian against Syrian. There are definitely Syrian nationals fighting on both sides but, it is not a civil war. On the rebel side, there are Libyans, Pakistani Taliban, Iraqi and Afghan fighters to name a few. One of the main factors is that on the whole, this a western sponsored proxy war, that is to say that the US CIA and UK MI6, Israel's Mossad and the Saudis are the main backers of the uprising. Syria and it's people mean nothing to the western powers, they are being used as pawns in a massive game of chess, the objective being, Iran and then comes the big confrontation. That big confrontation will be between the USA, Russia and China. It can be summed up in a "wild west" analogy. Instead of "this town isn't big enough for all of us" It's a case of "this planet isn't big enough for the three of us." Two of the three have to go and when it comes to the crunch, there is only one way this can go, WW3. Now. Two of the three could join forces and I don't see it being Russia and the US. China and the US could happen, they are already quite close economically but, it would be an alliance that would be shaky at best. China and Russia could probably be the most likely option because although the Russians have adopted democracy? Politically, they are still slightly similar. Anyway, that is jumping the gun so to speak. My point is that although the Syrian crisis is the focus of the worlds attention at the moment, it is but a stepping stone to a more serious crisis in the not to distant future. I watch with interest.
Till next time.
Looking back to what I wrote last year. I have to say that the "crisis" I saw was not the Crimea, Ukraine. I didn't think that the EU and USA would make such a large jump forward to direct confrontation with Russia. There must be some poker players in the EU/US military, although in this case, they seem to have overplayed their hand. With Russia already having military bases in Crimea, stand by for them to be enlarged and substantially reinforced in the near future. Putin has promised total equality to all the ethnic groups within the Crimea. Time will tell whether his promises will be kept. Interesting times to come.
Till next time.