Off topic but this was a surprise to be alerted to fake news planning (on the BBC too!!)

From 1968 on the BBC!!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys1D7hRDKBQ

"More caution is required toward the stupid than toward the evil. Never again will we try to convince the stupid by reason; it is useless and dangerous.

To know how to deal with stupidity, we must seek to understand its nature. This much is certain: that it is not essentially an intellectual but a human defect.

The fool is capable of all kinds of evil, and at the same time incapable of recognising his deeds as evil."

—Reiner Füllmich summarises three years of his inquiries, in tones redolent of Solomon's proverbs.

There are strong echoes of his countryman Bonhoeffer too:

“Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. One may protest against evil; it can be exposed and, if need be, prevented by use of force. Evil always carries within itself the germ of its own subversion in that it leaves behind in human beings at least a sense of unease. Against stupidity we are defenceless. Neither protests nor the use of force accomplish anything here; reasons fall on deaf ears; facts that contradict one’s prejudgment simply need not be believed – in such moments the stupid person even becomes critical – and when facts are irrefutable they are just pushed aside as inconsequential, as incidental. In all this the stupid person, in contrast to the malicious one, is utterly self satisfied and, being easily irritated, becomes dangerous by going on the attack. For that reason, greater caution is called for when dealing with a stupid person than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous.”

Yesterday, on The Freeman Report, on TNT, James Freeman interviewed Andrew Wakefield and it was a very interesting listen. Wakefield would seem to embody the maxim of deciding where to stand and then standing there.

All these years later, he has no doubts or regrets about the research he conducted and the decisions he made. Now that so many have had their heads turned by events of the last couple of years, his stance is more relevant than ever.

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https://www.podbean.com/ep/pb-9yjpx-144e88b

These seem to have fallen well together!

Harper still nuts for Net Zero.

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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/07/08/mark-harper-transport-secretary-review-ltns-net-zero/

The obfuscation and conjecture surrounding the 'BBC presenter' story acts as a smokescreen covering the extremely suspect relationship between the BBC and the Met Police, as well as the perfectly astonishing efforts taken by the BBC to suppress the story in the first place.

Quite why the 'victim's' family did not go to the police at the outset does not appear clear. It would be hard to blame them for thinking that they would not be believed. However, in airing a complaint of this nature to the BBC, they should have expected a prompt and robust set of actions. Instead, it looks as though Tim Davie has been bounced into doing something only by the Sun's reporting on the matter.

Even if the BBC were not aware of the specific nature of the complaint from May of this year, taking four days to get in touch with police might well amount to the indictable offence of perverting the course of justice (max sentence is life): https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/public-justice-offences-incorporating-charging-standard.

At the very least, it is hard to see how those that had any awareness of the situation from May would not be subject to investigation for 'concealing offences', under section 5 of the Criminal Law Act 1967 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/58/section/5.

The Protection of Children Act 1978 stipulates a maximum sentence of 10 years for possessing indecent images of children (which does include 17 year-olds): https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/37

That the Met Police has put out a statement saying that they are 'assessing the information' and making 'further enquiries...to establish whether there is evidence of a criminal offence being committed' is, without doubt, to give the BBC and its personnel special treatment. More or less the only reason that an allegation can be dismissed at the point of inception is if a police constable happened to be on the scene and can rebut the information immediately. In other words, they appear to be suggesting that they are not actually investigating this.

The immediate action on receipt of an allegation is to raise a crime report, which does constitute an investigation, even if it never goes as far as interviewing a suspect. This looks very much as though the Met are giving the BBC the benefit of the doubt, which is not within their gift to give.

However, they are investigating an allegation of a 'malicious communication', which will be someone having taken a guess on social media. Rest assured, we will hear plenty about this.

On Friday, James Freeman was kind enough to have me on The Freeman Report on TNT radio. There never seems to be time to talk about everything!

We did manage to get into some of the big topics, even if we may not have quite managed to come out the other side.

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https://tntradiolive.podbean.com/e/jemma-cooper-charles-malet-on-the-freeman-report-with-james-freeman-7-july-2023/

Ofcom launches investigation into "Don’t Kill Cash" campaign on GB News

Rule 5.4 of the Ofcom Broadcasting Code requires all broadcasters to ensure that their programmes - whatever their genre - exclude all expressions of the views and opinions of the person providing the service on matters of political and industrial controversy or current public policy.

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/news-centre/2023/ofcom-launches-investigation-into-dont-kill-cash-campaign-on-gb-news

Press release:
UK calls for the end of cluster munitions use around the world
Published: 30 August 2022

Cluster bombs continue to kill and maim civilians in conflicts around the world, including Syria, Libya and Ukraine, often leaving their victims with life-changing injuries. Unexploded munitions continue to threaten the lives of civilians for years afterwards, hampering post-conflict reconstruction and development.

The UK currently holds the Presidency of the Convention on Cluster Munitions, an international agreement ratified by 110 countries to end the use of these devastating weapons.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-calls-for-the-end-of-cluster-munitions-use-around-the-world

Press release:
Statement from the UK Presidency of the Convention on Cluster Munitions on their use in Ukraine
Published: 2 March 2022

"we condemn any use of cluster munitions by any actor, remaining steadfast in our determination to achieve a world entirely free of any use of these weapons."

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/statement-from-the-uk-presidency-of-the-convention-on-cluster-munitions-on-their-use-in-ukraine

WW3... Starting in Eastern Europe, just like the last one. Not If. When.

Excess deaths; a reminder.

This slide shows the number of times the phrase 'excess deaths' has been recorded in the Houses of Parliament, since 1 Jan 21.

The spike to the right of the chart shows 11 references, during 'Excess Deaths: Policy Implications' from 24 Jan 23 in the House of Commons. I would encourage you to read the transcript, which is not very long, and confirms that the Government could not care less and has absolutely no interest in finding reasons, especially since this is happening in other countries.

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https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2023-01-24/debates/489D0FB5-7CF7-40D5-AB75-68ABDA6676F2/ExcessDeathsPolicyImplications

Statistics from ONS released this morning show 950 excess deaths in the UK in week 26 (8.8% over the 5-yr ave).

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https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/weeklyprovisionalfiguresondeathsregisteredinenglandandwales

Today’s comedy item:

realcleardefense.com/articles/2023/07/08/why_jens_stoltenberg_should_be_a_candidate_for_the_nobel_peace_prize_964808.html

Glyphosate is the main ingredient in the weed killer Roundup, and it will lay waste to any organism in its path. The European Food Standards Agency has, this week, affirmed its position as sitting comfortably in the palm of the industry by declaring glyphosate 'safe'.

The full report from EFSA will be out later this month, but the interim one is worth reading, especially this bit: "With respect to ecotoxicology, the data package allowed a conservative risk assessment approach, which identified a high long-term risk to mammals in 12 out of 23 proposed uses of glyphosate."

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https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/news/glyphosate-no-critical-areas-concern-data-gaps-identified

This comes just a few weeks after a well-publicised $290m settlement in which Monsanto (Bayer subsidiary) coughed up due to the likelihood that Roundup caused cancer to a man being supported in his case by Robert F Kennedy Jr.

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https://www.irishcentral.com/news/robert-f-kennedy-case-monsanto-roundup-weed-killer

We may be 'out' of the EU in name, but the dangers to plant, animal and human health this side of the channel are just as present.

Ryszard Legutko (a Polish MEP), tells it like it is to the European Parliament. Whilst most of those in attendance appear to be sucking on lemons, or trying to make light of what he is saying, it is to their credit that they are actually in the chamber. As a general rule, any such truth spoken in Westminster—these days—is to empty benches.

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https://odysee.com/@Sasquatch:6/aabbmadammmmmmm:4

A short piece on how things turn out if you're prepared to take a bop on the nose from Sadiq Khan. Please share it if you find it useful, interesting or even vaguely amusing.

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https://open.substack.com/pub/charlesmalet/p/fisticuffs-for-1250

In taking the view that Russia has stood up to the corrupt and depraved regimes of the West by seeking to stop the rot in neighbouring Ukraine, I believe one runs the risk of failing to scrutinise what IS going on in Russia. Putin appears to speak a lot of sense, especially on the issues that plague those of sound mind and cause the deepest divisions in our country.

Even if he may be regarded as the best of a bad bunch, how likely is it that Putin intends for Russia a future that is completely different from ours? Riley Waggaman, as Edward Slavsquat, has just reported the drafting of the legislation which will enable the launch of Russia's digital ruble:

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https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/the-digital-ruble-its-finally-here

In February, I forwarded a couple of articles showing how the 'war' is being used as a pretext for accelerating towards to the use of digital ID and CBDC in Russia.

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https://cointelegraph.com/news/russia-s-gazprombank-recommends-slow-cbdc-rollout-fearing-loss-of-income

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https://off-guardian.org/2023/02/17/russia-to-introduce-digital-identity-cards/

This is no different from the way in which Ukraine has used the 'war' to accelerate such things, nor the way in which 'COVID' has been used here (try to find a government policy document written from Apr 2020 onwards that does not refer to the changes brought by the 'pandemic') to push us in directions we were simply not considering going in.

Anything with the word 'digital' in the title is exposed to all sorts of technical hitches and, more importantly, all kinds of cyber-attack and fraud. The 'security' for these products is not even remotely good enough and nor will it ever be.

However, in the name of control and convenience, it is highly likely that both the ID and the currency will be introduced. We have a responsibility to frustrate the efforts of those managing the implementation, in order that it fails, either in its entirety, or in not capturing everyone (think vax passport). After all, when was the last time someone else lost your wallet for you?