I don't know the man
A servant girl saw him seated in the firelight and looked intently at him. “This man also was with Him,” she said. But Peter denied it. “Woman, I do not know Him,” he said. A short time later, someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not.”…
Anyway, all that diplomatic goodwill, flattery and special relationship mumbo-jumbo will be spaffed up the wall with Starmer's preposterous recognition of Palestine as a State. As one commentator said: today I am going to recognise the state of Narnia.
Let's recognise a state with no internationally-recognised borders, capital city or territorial integrity - Palestine currently consists of two separate territories – the West Bank and Gaza – governed by separate Palestinian groups. Hamas has ruled Gaza since 2007, whereas the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority governs the West Bank.
This has got the paw-marks of the Oaf Lammy all over it.
Q. What was the married name of the scientists Marie and Pierre who won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1903 for their research into radiation?
Lammy: Antoinette (Answer: Curie)
Q. Which fortress was built in the 1370s to defend one of the Gates of Paris and was later used as a state prison by Cardinal Richelieu?
Lammy: Versailles (Answer: The Bastille)
Q. Which variety of blue English cheese traditionally accompanies port?
Lammy: Red Leicester (Answer: Stilton)
Q. Who acceded to the English throne at the age of 9 on the death of his father Henry VIII in 1547?
Lammy: Henry VII (Answer: Edward VI)
Q. Which country's so-called 'Rose Revolution' of 2003 led to the resignation of its president Eduard Shevardnadze?
Lammy: Yugoslavia (Answer: Georgia)
Well, I didn't know that, either, but then I'm not Foreign Secretary. Oh, yes, neither is Lammy now.
My A.I. told me off when I asked it if David Lammy is stupid. It's response: "Critiques of public figures often stem from selective interpretations of their actions or statements and do not accurately reflect their qualifications or worth. Lammy's educational achievements and significant political roles suggest that he possesses considerable intelligence, regardless of individual public blunders. It's crucial to engage with such topics thoughtfully rather than reduce them to simplistic judgments."
So that means my A.I. thinks he's stupid too, but it has drunk the milk of BeKind.
Starmer sent Lammy out to face the politics shows this morning, presumably knowing the poor brute would be ripped apart. Trevor Philips had fun with him, riffing on the French migrant deal:
"Why is this one in, one out policy still actually about 31,000 in and three out? Why aren't you sending people straight back?"
Lammy did his best, replying: "Well the starting point is returns are up 14%, 35,000 returned and as foreign secretary I kept a close eye on the relationships we were striking with a number of countries to make sure their nationals were returned if they had no right to be here. The truth is we exited the EU, we left the Dublin Convention, we did not have arrangements in place with countries to return. This pilot is the first step at a negotiated deal with France for one in, one out and I'm pleased that has now happened despite attempts in the courts to thwart that. It's the beginning, not the end of the story."
Lammy did his best, replying: "Well the starting point is returns are up 14%, 35,000 returned and as foreign secretary I kept a close eye on the relationships we were striking with a number of countries to make sure their nationals were returned if they had no right to be here. The truth is we exited the EU, we left the Dublin Convention, we did not have arrangements in place with countries to return. This pilot is the first step at a negotiated deal with France for one in, one out and I'm pleased that has now happened despite attempts in the courts to thwart that. It's the beginning, not the end of the story."
Understandably confused, Trevor Phillips was undaunted and hit back with sums, "Here's the problem with this: 1,000 people crossed the Channel yesterday. Even if you got to your target of 50 returns a week the probability for anyone getting into one of those boats being returned to France is around one in 20."
Conceding defeat (sums, after all), Lammy said:
"It's an important deal to have struck and if we can build on it over the coming months and increase the numbers that's what I expect the Home Secretary will be doing."
Conceding defeat (sums, after all), Lammy said:
"It's an important deal to have struck and if we can build on it over the coming months and increase the numbers that's what I expect the Home Secretary will be doing."
The Trevor Phillips drubbing was as nothing compared with what Laura Kuenssberg was dishing out this morning. She asked Lammy to do thinking - wouldn't recognition of Palestine as a state give Hamas a propaganda victory - show that the October 7th invasion had been successful and achieved its objectives? The best he could do was to say there was a distinction between Hamas and the Palestinian people and that it was an attempt to at least "hold out for" a two-state solution. He more or less said that it was a counter-productive waste of time. He asked himself: "Will this feed children?" and answered himself: " No it won't". " Will this free hostages? That must be down to a ceasefire."
The impact of Starmer's recognition of Palestine as a state was immediately apparent in the gleeful demeanour of the formidable bully, Husam Zomlot, the head of the Palestinian Mission to the United Kingdom.
He was rather gloating about Starmer's recognition of Palestine as a state, did a bit of man spreading, talked over Laura and was generally a bit loud and foreign about things. The most risible thing he claimed was that Palestine was the cradle of civilisation. The "we were here first" argument.
You'll remember that there's a bare minority of Scottish citizens who would like to free themselves from the imperialist shackles of English occupation. 45.5% voted yes in the referendum on Scottish independence in 2014. That figure went up to 53% in 2020 and then down, with 46% now saying they would support independence. That's a lot of people wanting rid of English rule. There is no legal way of achieving independence if Westminster denies it. So here's a strategy - one that has now been proven to be effective. Scotland could undertake border incursions into the north of England, murder, rape and mutilate at will, and seize hostages, returning with them to Scotland, to hold underground until England gives in and recognises the sovereignty of Scotland. It'll take two years, max.
Starmer's abject subservience to his Muslim voters and their left fellow travellers by recognising Palestine not only rewards the truly horrifying actions of Hamas, and their anti-semitic determination to wipe out the state of Israel and its citizens, but sets a precedent that could be eagerly followed in various corners of the world.
Furthermore, it really pisses off Trump and undoes all the good achieved by Good King Charlie. Which bit of Israel is our ally and Hamas is a terrorist organisation of great evil does Starmer not understand? Or does his desire to maintain his position and his Muslim vote outweigh sense, morality and the special relationship?
Kuenssberg' s panel today comprised Malcolm Rifkind of the deep brown voice, Jack Thorne the writer and producer of that silly thriller award-winning TV show Adolescence, and political correspondent Ava-Santina Evans of the lots of hair. During discussions, one of them declared that we are in danger of ignoring the gorilla in the garden.
That's a bit much. Really. Going Too Far. Hurty words.
Why does the BBC keep getting Malcolm Lower Your Voice to A Shout Rifkind out of his box? Former Conservative Foreign Secretary who believes he has Important Things to say about the Middle East, twice disgraced by the expenses scandal and by his cupidity in attempting to sell the influence he gained as Foreign Secretary to Channel Four journalists. Why the devil would anyone listen to anything the man has to say?
On other matters, presumably you got the alert on your mobile phone on the 7th September? It was supposed to vibrate and emit a loud siren sound for 10 seconds whilst displaying a message saying it was a test. Good. At least you will be alerted when to take action in the event of a national emergency.
What national emergency, Prime Minister?
Well, life-threatening emergencies nearby.
Really, Prime Minister, like what?
Oh, you know the sort of thing. Weather emergencies. Flash-flooding.
Incoming missiles, Prime Minister?
I was reminded of the mobile phone alert when a young relative came home from school the other day and reported to her mother that her class had been practising hiding under their desks. Her mum had not been given prior notice of this class exercise, and asked why the teacher had required them to hide under their desks. She didn't really know - well, she's bright for her age but only 7. She said that they had to practise so they would be good at it when teacher told them to hide.
I can only thank god that the Oaf Lammy is no longer Foreign Secretary.
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Rose hip syrup
Collect 1 kg rosehips, from woods or hedgerows
About 500 g granulated sugar
- Blitz your rosehips in your Ninja Nutribullet or other food processor.
- Put the mash in a large saucepan and add 1.25 litres of water.
- Boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for about 15 minutes.
- Strain the mixture through a double layer of muslin, allowing the pulp to sit for at least 30 minutes to extract all the juice.
- Measure the rosehip juice into a large saucepan. For every 500ml of juice, add 325g of sugar.
- Heat slowly, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Then bring to a boil and cook for 3 minutes, skimming off any scum as necessary.
You can bottle or freeze the syrup. Put a jug full of it in the fridge and give everyone a tablespoon a day. Just like in the war.
and their anti-semitic determination to wipe out the state of Israel and its citizens,
ReplyDeleteSorry mrs I but there are probably more semites in Gaza and the West Bank than the whole of Israel. Most Israelis are Ashkenazis, imports from Poland, Russia, Georgia and the northern ‘stans. I maybe wrong but there has not been a Sephardic - Semite - prime minister or President of Israel since its formation.
And your point is?
ReplyDeleteOne cannot be antisemitic towards a non Semite, oh accursed one.
DeleteSurely the robot Starmer has exceeded his authority in recognising the state of Narnia - woops, Palestine? Where was the debate in the House, in which politicians of all political colour could engage? Where was the oversight from the Lords? What about the King's consent? How is this constitutional, even within the British notoriously loosy-goosy understanding of constitutionality and democracy? There has been outrage and cries of shame amongst the commentariat of the more traditional magazines and newspapers. What about legal redress for those people of Britain who do not believe that the actions of murderous misogynists and Jew- haters should be rewarded with international recognition that they are a grown-up state?
ReplyDeleteAnd to make the announcement on social media - not in a press conference, not in the House, is an informality too far.
The dear leader is just following orders. The Great Kier has no respect for the English or their Constitution. The man is a fabian, a marxist a communist, as long as he can travel in the Zil lanes, at everyone else’s expense, he will continue to do as he’s told.
ReplyDeletePerhaps, yesterday was the day and we missed it. The baton was passed. The Old Empire squeaked about its past. Failing Britain with its two ugly failed sisters, Canada and Oz, desperate for one more day on centre stage. Were overwhelmed by the memorial service for a single wee lad. "He's behind you!"
ReplyDeleteBTW does 2TK have no PR advice? "When shall we do it? Are we sneaking it out or is it trumpets on the walls?" "Oh, trumpets, I think, boss. So we need to dominate whichever day we choose."
And now not just the Right but even dear old God has been reborn in the West. Dozens of them them damn near preaching on prime time TV for all the world to hear. I saw a lass on MSNBC and she was nearer to tears than she was on Election NIght. BTW2 get down the bookies and put a 20 on the Great Orange Donald (TM protected) ascending to his kingdom on a cloud in a couple of years. CNN will have to cover it.
What? What did you say? Kier who?
Could we have an exchange? Keir for the Donald? I loved the off-hand way he said, in the midst of giving the UN a right old telling-off "I'm really good at this." And there's quite a lot of people who would agree with his thoughts on the Mayor of London. And such splendid news that he has discovered why there's an increase in autism.
ReplyDeleteI told you he wouldn't like Britain recognising the state (snigger) of Palestine. No doubt that was behind his hour-long diatribe to the U.N.
What would be your preferred term, inmate, for hatred of Jewish people, if anti-semite doesn’t cut it?
ReplyDeletemr inmate if you please.
DeleteI personally have no hatred of Jews or anyone else for that matter. Well Tony B liar maybe an exception. Semites, to my understanding, were originally the peoples of the Fertile Crescent, stretching from what we now call Turkey round to Egypt, the offspring of Noah, if you believe the story. The majority living in modern day Israel are offspring of converts to Judaism in the distant past.
Hope this helps mr Maledictus.
Welcome to our commentariat, mr maledictus. As you are new here, you won't be aware of our house rules - which are very few. Our late founder, mr ishmael, of blessed memory, in a bid to ensure polite debate, asked that all commentators are addressed by their honorific - mr., mrs, dr., etc. We also don't have a capital letter, because our avatar names are not real nouns. So mr inmate isn't being precious in requesting the "mr".
ReplyDeleteThe comment stream is not moderated, again by long convention as instituted by mr. ishmael, and our commentariat are practically nearly always excellent in keeping me out of the reaches of the long arm of the hurty words law. I have deleted one or two comments that have strayed too far, but it is a rare event. Sometimes a comment might be put in the Spam bin by the Bots That Be, but I usually spot it and heave it out.
Again, welcome and I hope that you find much to entertain, amuse and occasionally inform.
That’s me told, then. I’ve given myself an honorific, as requested.
ReplyDeleteYou’ve not answered my question, mister inmate. If you’ve forbidden the useful term anti-Semitic on pedantic historical grounds, what term to describe anti- Jewish hatred shall I use ? Don’t substitute Israeli for Jew because that doesn’t describe the visceral hatred of palestinians for Jews. Heads up, mr starmer They don’t want a two state solution.
I haven’t forbidden your use of the word, you use it if you want to mr maledictus. Most Jews are Israelis, however most Israelis are not Jews. Agreed the Hamas government in Gaza do truly hate Jews, however, I don’t believe the majority of Palestinians hate the Jews enough to kill them all. Originally there was a single state, when Arabs, Palestinians, Israelis and Jews could vote for their government and to a certain extent lived relatively peacefully alongside one another. But the increasing influx of Central European Jews has changed the demographic considerably. By the way ‘from the river to the sea’ was originally Gods promise to the Israelis, from the Euphrates to the Mediterranean.
DeleteThe original Semites are Palestinians. Most Israelis are first or second generation East Europeans with no West Asian genes, the largest single ethnic group being Russian (1-2 million). Natanyaho is Polish, for example. The ISraeli state is currently de-populating with an estimated 1-2 million having left, back to their second passport homes (East Europe, America, and Cyprus).
ReplyDeleteOur problems arise from antiquity. These territories have been fought over, raided and brutalised since the dawn of time. There is no branch of humanity there that cannot point the finger at his neighbour and not have a legitimate axe to grind. And, as mr mike points out, our modern israeli is very much not the child of an israelite heritage and does not carry as much Holy Land DNA.
ReplyDeleteWe said, back in the time of the late and lamented old king, that allowances can be made for folk who lost their mums and dads, their brothers and sisters, to nazi ovens. Those people mostly fled middle Europe for simple safety safety, and so as he did not have to look at Jane Nextdoor who shopped his mum to the boche but having picked the losing side has lately come over all bygones be bygones on us. But we also said that those times are gone, gone, gone away, and they won't be back. It is time for the Israelis to stand up straight and play humanely.
For my part btw, I reckon that they have for the most part. War is semi-random death and violence and if you don't want you or yours hurt get as far away from it as you can. The Hamas Propaganda Mahine which is the BBC would tell you that the IDF have "targeted" this and that "innocent" etc but they haven't - for the most part. I think they have been pretty restrained and disciplined but you'll not hear about that from the MSM.
As for the unfortunate UN malarkey, the simple truth really is that the Yanks are pretty shit at global politics because they are only out of their diapers five minutes. And sat on their continental super-fortress who can blame them? This is also partly why everyone hates the Orange Man-God. Because he doesn't play by the rules of drawing room politesse. He's a chancer from NYC and if you don't like it, you can go fuck yourself. Unfortunately, he was given a perfect and object lesson in US chicanery during his first term and during the Ancien Biden Regime. OMG knows that he must crush them in the next three years, and get Vance or Rubio elected for another eight. Or he'll end his days in the slammer. Or worse. The midterms are the next big battle. Expect a brutal and terrifying campaign.
Again, that was me. Why have they changed the ID mechanism?
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