It’s not what you write on the placard

To be unaware of what’s going on around the west, even the world, does not help us understand just how similar the playbook is, how coordinated.  Yes, note the things going on in our own land for sure, in detail … but keep one eye open for similar happening thousands of miles away:

More Red Flags There Than A Communist Rally

It seems the 'Guardisn' for once, have found reason to be sympathetic to a small business owner. And being the'Guardian', they have of course picked the wrong one:

“He had a bank account, he was already working when he came to work for us, he’d had a university education and we were paying back the loan for him,” said Sullivan. “Where were the red flags for us?”

Well, Mark, apart from why someone with a university education wanted to work in a chip shop, a foreigner to boot, there is this: 

When the man was hired in early 2023, he provided the chippy with a national insurance number, proof of student loan payments and housing benefit receipts from the local council. He also provided a photocopy of his British passport and was paid via pay as you earn (PAYE) through HMRC.

Accepting a  photocopy, not seeing the original, which Mark describes as a mere 'clerical error'. 

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) said there was widespread worry among small business owners about falling foul of complex Home Office rules, which could lead to potentially “fatal” fines for companies. It called on ministers to “accept that the size of employer now gets reflected in Home Office fines and systems”.

It's mostly small businesses, that don't have large HR departments, that fall for the chancers and scammers, so this isn't surptising. And it's only going to get worse:

Enforcement against illegal working, which has already ramped up, looks likely to increase further. Earlier this month, speaking after announcing an agreement with France over small boat crossings, the prime minister, Keir Starmer, said the government was undertaking a nationwide crackdown on people working illegally, which he claimed was happening “on a completely unprecedented scale”.

It's about time. Maybe the Federation of Small Businesses should be campaigning to have illegals sent back straight away instead? 

A government spokesperson said: “Employers are responsible for carrying out right to work checks and there is comprehensive guidance and support on how to do this. The checks are free and take minutes to complete, with businesses able to utilise digital ID verification technology to support the process.”

So, no excuse Mark, you were caught bang to rights. 

The Online Safety Act

Sometimes, tech difficulties mean that text and links are fraught and only copy and paste works:

Found that elsewhere ... poor chap's gone simple ... started rabbiting on about flowers and things.  A once noble mind now o'erthrown.

Maximum exposure required … locally

Just thinking it’s the most effective way … local protest in every town with a taken-over hotel … make its name infamous … also applies to schools … and in both cases, the head honchos given max exposure.

With something super-localised, e.g. just up your street there, the chances of a couple of hundred residents turning out is far better than having to arrange travel, plus overall numbers actoss the nation are higher. I for one might be prised out of my sbode, go up and protest … hotel, school, hospital, whatever.

No! No More Pointless Laws And Legislative Bureacracy!

We’ve had too many of these! Are there no genuinely accidental deaths anymore?

Sspeaking after the conclusion of the inquest, Benedict's mother Helen Blythe said: 'Three and a half years ago, we lost our son. Benedict died in a place where he should have been safe - his school. 'Benedict's death was preventable and was caused by a cascade of failures -individual, institutional, and systemic.'

Actually, no. For once, there’s no one to blame except fate, cruel nature and happenstance. 

Factors which the jury found 'probably caused' Benedict's death include the delayed administration of his adrenaline, opportunities for cross-contamination or mix up of milk, and that his allergy plan was not shared with teaching staff.

On Wednesday, the foreperson of the jury at Peterborough Town Hall said: 'We deem the probable source of the allergen that caused the fatal anaphylaxis is the ingestion of cow's milk protein, most probably from his own receptacle during break time.'

So, did staff stanfd around with their thiumbs up their arses, doing nothing? Reader, of course not. 

The inquest heard Benedict's adrenaline auto-injector (AAI) was administered twice by a teaching assistant, before CPR and a defibrillator were attempted but he died later that day at Peterborough City Hospital.

They had the equipment, they had the training, and it still didn't help. And of course, the grieving parents want something to change.

'We demand change. We call on this government to protect our children with Benedict's Law, making it mandatory to have an allergy policy in every school, staff allergy training including understanding allergies, how to manage them and identify signs of a reaction, and respond quickly in an emergency, and spare adrenaline allergy pens in every school.

They had all that, and it still didn't work. So how about you campaign for a law that all children with such life-threatening allergies be raised well away from normal life instead? It'd make more sense. 

Please check blog policies numbers 4 and 5

After reading those, dear readers, please consider these:

Compare the two known commenters at the top to the three sniping from behind Anon/Unknown protection. Need I add anything further?

There’s a strong case, of course, that a moniker such as Mark’s or Andy’s can be just as Unknown or Anonymous … we ask for no proof, we just accept in good faith, do we not?  Honour system … remember honour?

Again I ask … compare the tone of the two gentlemen at the top and that of the three below.

“Monikers” circumvent censorship

The thorny old ggl or blgr problem of “Anonymous” in comments has raised its head … thought it might one day do so.

It had been all right at Orphans until recently but now reader Redacted has said that someone is signing comments “R” … which could well be trolling it’s quite possible on ggl blgr, less so on WP.

In short, it is criminal, esp. with increased censorship of blogs coming from globopsycho and the EU, which means Starmer … if someone falsely uses another’s name or gives the strong impression someone else said what he said, not him …  that is fraudulent, it’s misdirection and defamation, which gives Labour’s new stasi an opening to come in and censor us, press charges etc.

There’s a simple enough way around it though, which I’ll call “monikers”, which circumvents such censoring.

As you know, OoL comments are on moderation, through Julia and she uses a light touch, that is … comments generally get through … almost always actually, as befits a site concerned with liberty.

The whole point of the honour netiquette of using a self-constructed “moniker” is that you are not registering personal details, not joining a club, not going on a list, the details of your name do not go to any govt oversight.

That moniker is whatever you wish, it can change, it can be your own name if you wish but need not be … we’re not interested in that side of it. We are interested though that someone known by a certain moniker, e.g. Mark the Skint Sailor, Lord T, whatever you call yourself, stays consistent with that name, out of respect for readers.

You can change it at your whim if it’s giving you grief … on X, people add to or change their profile names all the time … for example, I’m Pureblood James there for now.

We can’t force you to, it’s an honour system, but it’s wise as it holds the official censors at bay, allowing us to regulate ourselves.  That’s it.  If you comment at Orphans, please use a name somewhere in your comment you’d like to be known by and stay with it for sometime, so readers get to know who’s who in their minds.

Two issues of liberty

Two issues today from me, both loosely connected with the theme of liberty.  Firstly, check out these two items:

Just as with Brexit or going way back, the 1975 EU precursor … the public debate was either near non-existent or highly slanted, with the only “facts” getting out being for what one side was pushing … this is the side which bangs on about “democracy” whilst at the same time having zero commitment to it, except as a weapon.

This is far more clearly outlined in the Obama matter, in a quote about why Obama and his political kind act as they do … that quote’s about to go up at UHC across the way.  Coming back to this matter … the secretive and calculated way such outright treasonous behaviour by govt, with utter impunity, dismissive of any opposed view, a view which values the long time people of that nation … the way they have been able to force this upon a nation which largely rejects DEI … can only lead to violence.

They know it full well, they’ve planned it this way, they’re ready to launch all out attack on any brave enough to put the head above the parapet.

As for Essex police … nuff was said last evening.  Now it’s Canary Wharf.

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The second issue I’d like to address … and I’m discussing it with Julia … is the thorny old ggl or blgr problem of “Anonymous” in comments.

It had been all right until recently but now reader Redacted has said that someone is signing comments “R” … which could well be trolling, quite possible with ggl blgr, less so with WP.

In short, it is criminal, esp. with increased censorship of blogs coming from globopsycho and the EU, which means Starmer … if someone falsely uses another’s name, that is fraudulent and it gives our new stasi an opening to come in and censor us, press charges etc.

There’s a simple enough way around it though, which I’ll call “monikers”, which circumvents censoring.  I’ll do a second post now on it, to explain.

Competing Ideologies

Labour has become embroiled in a fresh row over trans rights after activists put forward a biological man to be the women's officer for an LGBT+ group.

Given enough time, factions in left wing parties always end up fighting like rats in a sack!  

The Trans Rights Alliance, a newly formed organisation seeking to change Labour's approach to gender issues, has put forward a number of candidates for election on July 19. One of them includes Steph Richards - a transgender woman in possession of a gender recognition certificate - who is standing for women's officer.

However, a gender critical group within the party, Labour LGB, said the move breaks party rules by 'putting a man forward to be a women's officer'.

Not just any man desperate to encroach on female spaces, but one with form in this regard: 

However, Ms Richards has pushed back at claims she does not have a right to stand for the position.

Why can’t the press leave off with this now-towing to these lunatic’s demands? It’s ‘he’!

She told Labour List: 'I am legally female, other than in regards to the Equality Act and the Equality Act does not apply to the position within LGBT+ Labour so I am thoroughly within my legal right and my moral right to be able to stand.'

The irony of a Labour politician claiming a moral right to do anything isn’t lost on us….

Ms Richards has previously claimed trans people can change their biological sex 'a little bit' and boasted about running a 'safe space' where men could dress up as women in secret, including as 'schoolgirls'.

Because it’s a fetish!  

Last year, she faced fierce criticism after being appointed chief executive of Hampshire-based charity, Endometriosis South Coast, in a move women's rights campaigners branded 'worrying and insulting'.

And everyone else branded utterly nonsensical! But still the male encroachment rumbles on and on… 

UK state of play, politically

The polls published online or in the MSM … can they be trusted? My feeling is … to a point. Reform certainly has a sizeable lead according to them but …

There are two Reforms … the first is the left centrist, all will be well, Lord Toby Young “scepticism”, saying all the right sceptical things but of course … just talk on the tele to rope in the disgruntled normies, with clownmaster Farage having kissed the Blarney Stone sometime in his life.

There’s a second Reform, not “be hush hush on TR” and Respectable Upper Middle … this other Reform being more the non-respectable face of “that lot” as Tice said, plebs all, including Rupert, the raped girls trying to make headway … except it’s a strange mix of those not really pleb by education or occupation (farming), together with the lowest echelons, e.g. the raped girls, the ordinary Epping protester.

And they are already leaving Reform, generally being onliners … but there are still, sadly a huge number of the formerly unpolitical, with teles and the MSM brainwashing, ignoring the warning about the gang of three at the top … it’s the best we have, they say.  Bewildered a bit, hoping Nige will come good.

Ain’t gonna happen … there are agendas. Meanwhile, new young people … still not many, but increasing … people such as Charlie Downes, Gen Zee, the new upcomers, inc. the raped girls.

There’s another Charley too … Bentley-Astor, a girl … only just though … was preparing to mutilate but saw the light … now a vehement pundit for the downtrodden, for the Brit.  As a former teacher, my interest is in the upcomers, the next gen of sane people, in amongst the Eloi.  All power to these kids, say I.

Meanwhile, the rest of us.  Advance, with Ben Habib? Hmmmm, maybe. Rupert rough and ready?  Doing great things but not a political “leader”, more a radical, telling it as it is.  Great stuff but where will the people’s “champions” arise from?  Somecsort of alluance of the largely willing?

Hmmmmm.