You Could be Forgiven For Thinking It Already Has...

....legalised cannabis, that is.

Basel is orderly, prosperous and bourgeois. It is hosting the next dressage World Cup, the faces of bankers grace advertisements at tram stops and commuters are encouraged to make donations to help protect artisanal alpine beekeeping. The city is perhaps an unlikely place to legalise recreational cannabis. But it has been sold legally here in a dozen high street pharmacies and a dispensary — and across Switzerland’s biggest cities — for the past three years as part of a legalisation pilot project. The nationwide effort to study different models of regulation is not premised on cannabis being entirely harmless. Rather, it asks whether those harms are better managed by the state than left to an illegal market.

Switzerland can play with fire if it wishes, but London is not obliged to follow suit. 

In London, however, the authorities still spend vast sums policing a lucrative cannabis market that remains in criminal hands. Across the capital, almost one in 10 adults are cannabis consumers, the highest proportion of any British region, and polling has shown two-thirds of Londoners favour either legalising or decriminalising cannabis.

Two-thirds of Londoners, or two-thirds of those that are living in London? There’s a difference. 

Last year, an independent London Drugs Commission report commissioned by the mayor, Lord Sadiq Khan, concluded that the “continuation of the law as it currently stands cannot be justified”. The commission recommended the partial decriminalisation of cannabis and noted that prohibition “does little to prevent access to the drug”.

 But, no doubt influenced by his Muslim background, the little poison dwarf didn’t agree.

Cannabis policing also falls disproportionately on black communities, it warned, creating a “pervasive sense of persecution” with “damaging, long-lasting consequences”.

These are the ‘Londoners’ who want to see it decriminalised then! 

Experts, scientists and politicians are now calling for London to follow the Swiss and establish its own pilot scheme to assess the benefits and risks of a regulated cannabis market.

The UK isn't Switzerland, so expecting similar outcomes is a fools game. 

Young western men and women start marrying and procreating ... now!

(Saturday post early)

The two latest posts at Unherdables are firstly by Breanna Morello, on Minnesota trying to put James O’Keefe and Cam Higby away for ten years apiece, on about a certain type seemingly preferring to live in a corrupt, lawless land, always opting to celebrate bad things, breakdowns, rapes, stabbings, murders, inc. babies … surrounded by ordure …

… such as these two girls Roob looked at, of whom this was one:

Orwell weighs in on this with:

And yet Roob is a woman, Julia is a woman, Alice Smith is a woman:

Yep, this is far more the situation => look at Mark Elias, Norm Eisen, Fauci, Brennan, Holder, Obama, Jeffries … and over here Nick Lowles and the whole antifa thug gang, Hancock … ad infinitum. It is the Woke Left, plus their masters, the Old Families, Rothschild paedo globos, illumined so they think, superior beings.

On and on and on and on. A large proportion “sort of men”, with todgers, the others “sort of women” … and then the completely confused mutants in the middle. On top of that, the millions of new doctors and scientists flown and boated in.

On the other side of the chasm are the readers and pundits here … men and women both … combined. The whole point is “combined”. I for one flatly refuse to sheet it home to either men OR women … that’s not what’s happening here. We’re actually talking monsters right at the top, with all their henchmonsters, myrmidons and acolytes below … the mindless sloganeers.

I’m saying this firmly right now … unless the sane men, sane women, preferably young, start getting together, marrying, procreating … there ain’t gonna be a west any more within a generation.

Random notes on the budget

… in no particular order. It’s all been done by every major outlet last night but this below is a summary of what disgruntled pundits observed. Some attributed, most unattributed (just the text, ma’am, just the text).

First, Admit We Have A Problem...

...and then admit WHY we have that problem!

Schools and colleges in England will be expected to take a tougher stance against antisemitism after a report found that three out of five Jewish students said they had been affected.

I thought all schools had to drink from the ‘racism is bad’ cup, why should this one be tolerated in them? 

Sir David Bell, the former chief inspector of Ofsted who was commissioned by the government to lead the independent review, said he found many cases of antisemitism going unreported or unchallenged by students and teachers.

Is it coming entirely from pupils, or could it be the staff members are also a problem? After all, the NHS is infested with them, could it be schools haven’t escaped the infiltration? 

The government is expected to accept the review’s 27 recommendations, including provision of resources to tackle antisemitism in schools, dedicated teacher training in antisemitism awareness and a national hotline where school leaders can quickly get advice on tackling antisemitism.

 Well, quite, what good is the training in the first place if you have to specify that this also falls under the category?

Bell added there needs to be stronger guidance on political impartiality for schools so that students can “debate topical and difficult issues without feeling that teachers are imposing their own views on students”.

Perish the thought! But wait, don’t we encourage that? 

Rightthink and Rightspeak are now upon us

… think of the consequences for soc-med.

What I had in reserve was a general look at education and recruitment … it will be the second item below. While a general look, its consequences are massive and I’m thinking it’s already specifically started for us, privately.

The first item is the latest, up at Roobee’s place, concerning yesterday’s legislation:

If I ask “respect for whom” and “in what form”, then go straight to this item below, you’ll start to see the drift:

There’s a third part to this post and without going into too much detail, plus commenters at Unherdables have given their views, yesterday a major supermart cancelled my food order.

Just think of the consequences of that, were it not just me it affects. I’ll see today or tomorrow how serious my personal situation is. What of yours?

Just going to throw in a fourth screenshot from across the pond, to further reflect on the matter and its consequences:

Pamela is in the US, so is free of Burnham’s draconian laws but we are subject to them here, as of yesterday. If you knowingly read this, think of the possibilities of the crime you just unwittingly committed.

In my time in Russia, a situation existed where you were permanently in a state of two or more laws clashing. Therefore, if you said A and law B banned that, then obviously you’d only openly say B. Most did not publicly express any opinion whatever.

Ah, but what if A in turn banned B? Then either way, you have erred. In day to day living, it is of little consequence but should any official wish to make an issue of it, you are at his/her mercy. Now look back above again at Renata’s tweet, at the type of person now in charge of you in some way, shape or form.

One lady observing it all is a former Soviet citizen and she is in deep shock:

Someone like Inese, also someone such as me, understand only full well the consequences for each and every westerner in Britain from hereon in, plus maybe for Americans if the Demons take the House. The antipodes have already gone under … they’re starting to realise it only now.

Have a good Tuesday, good reader.

Burnham's First Big Test...

Back in 2009, months before the coalition government unleashed sweeping austerity, the then Conservative backbencher Iain Duncan Smith produced a study that would go on to lay the foundations for the rollout of universal credit. Now, nearly two decades later, Duncan Smith and his thinktank, the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), has published State of Dependency: a landmark report promising to expose “the full scale of Britain’s worklessness crisis”. The study paints a picture of mass benefits reliance: it identifies 3,400 local areas where more than half the working-age population are on out-of-work benefits, or “economic opiates”, as the authors call them. They’ve even provided an interactive map (in the yellow and black colours of a road hazard sign, no less) so members of the public can type in their postcode to see if their neighbourhood is “a welfare hotspot”.

Who needs this? You can generally tell you’re in one by simply looking around! 

Next month, the government is expected to release two major reports into the social safety net: the Timms review on personal independence payments (Pip), which pays for some of the extra costs of disability in England and Wales, and the Milburn review into young people who are out of work. It wouldn’t be overstating the importance of Westminster reviews to say their recommendations could shape the future of our welfare state for decades to come. With almost 1 million young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) and the disability benefits bill rising in cash terms, Andy Burnham will face immense pressure to use the proposals to launch a once-in-a-generation overhaul of the social security system.

He's currently too busy with the big issues. 

That the right is not currently in power won’t stop it from wielding significant influence on what’s to come, in large part thanks to its dominance of Britain’s media ecosystem.

Oh, give it a rest! The mythical ‘right’ is always the bogeyman to the likes of the progressive press.

No recommendations by Timms or Milburn have been confirmed yet, but Whitehall sources say there are potential plans to scrap a key part of universal credit for under-25s and replace it with a multi-billion pound package to get people back into work.

There is a Labour government in office and two big wads of research coming that can at last lay the groundwork for remaking our safety net. The millions who rely on it must hold their breath to see whether that chance will be grabbed or thrown away.

If we really do have ‘millions who rely on it’ that’s a clear sign something’s gone very wrong in itself, isn’t it? 

This sums up our situation better than anything I've seen

... except there is no pushback from people, except on soc-med.

I’ve lived where this lady below did, though not in Soviet times for me. I spoke to many. Once they understood what govt was doing over here, they were nonplussed … “Why on earth would you want to have a Soviet Union we just escaped from?”

How could I tell them we do not want it in any way, shape or form? But we are powerless because enough wokeleft idiots go along with the bad people, the demons, thinking it’s actually a good thing. Half the west have zero idea, have never seen the horror for real.

It’s impossible to explain to western normies, esp. young girls, plus antifa/weathermen types. Govt is about to shut off lek and gas, plus look at the food additives. Next week, a govt gas man is coming to every flat to bgr something up, pretending it is inspecting. Let alone the dig-ID bollox age verification. This is real. It’s now!

In ten days, the US goes under. And the wokeleft are luvvin’ it.

Just the Brit news this morning

... coming into winter:

We’re faced, this Saturday morn, with a plethora of US news, mainly due to the midterms being 11 days away, some Brit news, around privations and arrests, plus some Canadian/Albertan news. Thinking the way to proceed is run the Brit headlines at Orphans, some American at Jstack, the bulk of the American at HQ for this a.m.

Brit issues which in various ways relate to the global

How to view all these? We could argue ad infinitum about blackpilling (we’re all doomed, I tell ye) and Data Republican (small r) in the States is saying just that (start praying) … while WW2 type Brits are saying stay calm and carry on … I’m thinking that the monsters above (govt, civil service, corporatists) are at best devoutly hoping for collapse, therefore the planned for civil war being hijacked, meanwhile inverting all decency in the public space … but at worst and more likely … planning for collapse and the aforementioned once we’re nearly into winter.

There is, of course, the naive explanation that it’s just sheer incompetence with no malice aforethought, just a whole load of richard crania above us and riddled throughout society in every key position, quite by accident … plus the great unwashed are simply as dumb as F and should not be let out unattended, let alone have the vote.

I’m assuming that you yourself have your winter and early spring sorted, enough of the folding stuff to pay and your B and C plans in place. I’m assuming that you are not going to freeze up, collapse, go out of your tiny … that you will at least keep your wits about you in this coming winter of discontent.

Have a lovely weekend of bliss, reader … you and yours.

Like Lyndon B Johnson Said, This Will Flush Out Some Interesting Responses From MPs... 

Killers and serious sex offenders detained in hospital are among the criminals who will no longer receive benefits under proposals called for by victims' families.Regulations due to be laid out in Parliament on Tuesday seek to end the "double provision" and prevent serious criminals receiving up to £800 a month in universal credit over several years.The new regulations are expected to come into force early next year, subject to parliamentary approval.

And when we see who votes against this measure, and so  show themselves in favour of mentally ill murderers getting benefits while incarcerated, well, we'll know just what sort of people they are, won't we? 

Webber said she believed the funds should be directed to the victims of serious crime so families "are given the support and the advocacy they need".Webber said: "I beg and I plead, and - actually, I demand - ministers now consider the appropriate reuse of those funds."

They won't, of course - the money will go back into Treasury funds and be used to pay off their union and public sector paymasters... 

The change in regulation is expected to affect about 2,500 offenders already in hospital and approximately 200 a year in future, the government said, with the full financial impact of the move due to be published as part of the 2026 Budget on 28 October.

Can't wait for some to show their true priorities over this.  

How legit is Politics on X

Meaning the name of the account, not politics in general. Contrary to possible expectations, I do not plan to call out Politics on X, whilst legitimising our own blog … but all the same, let’s see why. This was how it was presented:

Screenshot only

… and this was the text and a good graphic of DR(sr):

DataRepublican @DataRepublican just confirmed the quiet part out loud: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker@GovPritzker is explicitly named in the videos as one of only two governors willing to green-light the “illegitimacy memo”—a playbook for declaring a duly elected President illegitimate after the midterms so Democrat governors can claim they are the only legitimate U.S. authority.

This isn’t abstract “resistance.” NSL4A (the retired military and national security officials operationalizing the plan) and Pritzker’s own Governors Safeguarding Democracy group have been working the same sequence of redlines, including treating lawful federal pushback against coordinated protests as proof of illegitimacy.

Add the funding layer—his sister’s role in the Democracy Funders Network—and the coordination stops looking coincidental. Imported regime-change tactics, billionaire governors, and ex-military networks drafting the conditions under which states nullify federal authority: that is the actual document trail. DataRepublican has the receipts.

First off, I’ve seen footage a fair while ago of DR(sr) and it’s a pretty good likeness. Then Mike Engleman and others … consistent, legit MAGA or America First types.

The profile pic of PonX is irrelevant, except it suggests male, not female, it’s clearly supportive of “our side” in citizen journalism (antiWoke, pro-freedom of thought, word and deed, pro our own people).

It is followed by many, follows few (double-edged sword) and could be accused of “empire building”, as I call it, on the back of the current warrior out there. Big deal … “he” quotes her accurately, says he’s a “commentary account”.

Again big deal … so am I, so are our commenters. Nothing to see here. We call it getting the message out, also promoting her book, which I did via X retweet and like.

Any notes of caution?  🤔

Maybe … if you click on this X item, you’re not giving clicks to DR(sr), you’re giving them to PonX. Is that bad? Not necessarily … depends on the overall history of the account … started 2021.

Go to the profile, scroll down his content … cheeky chappy, similar topics overall … seems legit. Only thing I’d say is do explore who is saying it, not from what is put up front but through the sort of content over time, also the types of commenters. How does he handle conflict, will he incorporate later evidence?