How Cam’s ratings have collapsed since election
In the 63 YouGov polls since David Cameron became PM there has been one clear pattern. He’s bombed.
He has gone form highs of +47% in approval ratings to today’s record low of -16% as PM.
That’s a net turnaround of 63%.
Since June of 2010, more than 10 million voters have ceased to approve of the PM. And a whopping 16 million extra now disapprove of him.
That’s a net change in the opinions of 26million voters.
The inequality rarely mentioned in Westminster: Scotland’s land
contribution by Joseph Ritchie
In the context of the UK’s growing inequality, it’s important to focus not only on the emerging hierarchies of wealth and privilege but also on the longstanding patterns. In Scotland, a good place to start is in the distribution of land.
Far from a historical relic, control of the land is still an important source of wealth and power today.
At present, of the rural land (94% of the total) 83.1% of this is privately held. Here, just 969 people,[1] in a country of 5.2 million people, control 60% of it.
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US went into deep debt to pay for tax cuts
Right-wingers are fond of constantly citing the ‘Laffer curve’ – an economic model of taxation – as evidence that cutting taxes will raise revenue.
Nearly ten years ago the Republican President George W Bush made the same promise: that massive tax cuts aimed at America’s richest would stimulate the economy and raise government revenue.
But it did not quite work out like that, as the Associated Press reported soon after.
Bush’s tax cuts of course pushed the US economy deeply into the red and the national debt exploded.
The tax cuts eventually added $2.5 trillion to America’s national debt.
via Think Progress
Oslo terrorist ‘manifesto’ warned of ‘Islamic colonisation’
The Norwegian terrorist Anders B. Breivik posted a manifesto to the web which warned of “Islamic colonisation” of Western Europe and offered a plan to deal with the problem.
Norway’s TV2 reported that the attacker had uploaded a 1,500 page manifesto, written in English, and a video to YouTube just hours before the attack.
YouTube has now taken down the video, though the manifesto remains published on Google Docs.
It is titled: “2083 – A European Declaration of Independence”.
The introduction says it contains the following topics:
1. The rise of cultural Marxism/multiculturalism in Western Europe
2. Why the Islamic colonization and Islamisation of Western Europe began
3. The current state of the Western European Resistance Movements (anti-Marxist/anti-Jihad movements)
4. Solutions for Western Europe and how we, the resistance, should move forward in the coming decades
5. + Covering all, highly relevant topics including solutions and strategies for all of the 8 different political fronts
The manifesto can be read from here.
In it he says:
The compendium/book presents advanced ideological, practical, tactical, organisational and rhetorical solutions and strategies for all patriotic-minded individuals/movements.
The book will be of great interest to you whether you are a moderate or a more dedicated cultural conservative/nationalist.
The manifesto also offers frequent references to far-right websites such as Jihad Watch, Gates of Vienna and Frontpage magazine.
It also cites paragraphs from the American far-right blogger Robert Spencer.
As Paul Woodward points out:
The Oslo killings, however, should be seen in a different light since there is a wealth of evidence to suggest that the perpetrator of this atrocity, even if it turns out he was acting alone, was very much part of a political movement — a movement whose leading ideologues regularly appear on Fox News and have high public profiles.
Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch does indeed regularly appear on Fox News.
How child-beating teachers were STOPPed 25 years ago
contribution by Tom James Scott
Twenty five years ago this week – on Tuesday 22nd July 1986 – the House of Commons voted to end child beating in schools. The victory for the abolitionist cause – by a single vote – came the evening before Prince Andrew’s marriage to Sarah Ferguson.
The Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, an ardent ‘hanger and flogger’, ironically played her part in securing the abolitionist victory.
She was entertaining Nancy Reagan at number 10, and did not vote.
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Charles Moore sets out a challenge to the right, and the left
Charles Moore’s revelation – “the Left might actually be right” – raises a challenge for the left as well as the right.
Take the challenge for the right first. Moore suggests that the Left might have been right to regard free markets as a “set up” in which “the rich run a global system that allows them to accumulate capital and pay the lowest possible price for labour.”
Now “set up” is a crass simplification: capitalists do not have such sophisticated conspiratorial powers. But the rough point holds. “Market forces” are a domain in which power relations play out – and a combination of globalization and technical change in recent years has further enhanced the power of capital over labour.
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Oslo terrorist praised English Defence League
The 32-year-old terrorist Anders Behring Breivik, now held responsible for 91 deaths in Norway, was highly appreciative of the English Defence League and wanted to set up a similar chapter in Norway.
In comments he published online at newspaper sites and discussion forums, he complained repeatedly that the media was not critical enough about Islam. He also praised the right-wing political leader Geert Wilders’ party in Netherlands wanted a similar party in Norway.
He was also a member of the far-right group ‘Nordisk’. According to the Norwegian anti-racist magazine EXPO: “Nordisk launched in 2007 and quickly became a hit among so-called “national” in Sweden. The forum currently has over 22,000 members – and one of them was Anders Breivik. Among the forum members will find everything from Sweden’s Democratic MPs to senior Nazis. What unites the members is a critical attitude to the current refugee policy and immigration.”
Translations of his comments online showed a deep-seated hatred of European tolerance to minorities.
He discusses how he admired the English Defence League and the SIOE (Stop Islamisation of Europe):
I have on some occasions discussed with SIOE and EDL and recommended them to use conscious strategies.
The tactics of the EDL is now out to “entice” an overreaction from Jihad Youth / Extreme-Marxists something they have succeeded several times already. Over The reaction has been repeatedly shown on the news which has booster EDLs ranks high. This has also benefited GDP. WinWin for both.
But I must say I am very impressed with how quickly they have grown but this has to do with smart tactical choice by management.
EDL is an example and a Norwegian version is the only way to prevent Flash / SOS to harass Norwegian cultural conservatives from other fronts. Creating a Norwegian EDL should be No. 3 on the agenda after we have started up a cultural conservative newspaper with national distribution.
The agenda of the Norwegian cultural conservative movement over the next 5 years are therefore:
1. Newspaper with national distribution
2 Working for the control of several NGOs
3 Norwegian EDL
On Islam and Muslims:
How many thousands of new Europeans must die, how many one hundred thousand European women should be raped, millions robbed and tractor discarded before you understand that multiculturalism + Islam does not work?
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The curriculum at the school now consists also largely of the demonization of our ancestors (evil imperialists, big farmers who raped maids, bloodthirsty Crusaders who invaded the peaceful Muslims) as it gives a victim the role of Muslims. The result is that Norwegian girls aged 12-18 are particularly vulnerable and often oppressed. They lack pride, æreskodekser and a correct understanding of Islam.
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No wonder the Progress Party won the school election. It grows up to a new generation dhimmifisert youth who actually know what Islam and dhimmitude is in contrast to the white politicians and journalists who choose to move to Oslo in 20-30 years of age.
He attacked multi-culturalism:
Multiculturalists will be very embarrassed if you mention Japan and South Korea as these nations proves quite obvious that mass immigration is only a result of specific Marxist doctrines and very rarely economically or culturally privileged. Japan / South Korea has a border and border guards. If one lacks the visa one is denied passage … (Europe had known this scheme prior 1950-1960)
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And if we then think that multiculturalism wonderful doctrines is the main cause of the ongoing Islamization of Europe and the U.S., one should not criticize multiculturalism while leading No. 1, the one Jesus Christ Obama for his fundamental principles?
He continuously attacked Marxists:
Now it unfortunately already cut himself with Marxists who have already infiltrated-culture, media and educational organizations. These individuals will be tolerated and will even work as professors and lecturers at colleges / universities and are thus able to spread their propaganda.
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In a society where Marxist extremists Thomas Hylland Eriksen is allowed to practice freely within the bounds of political correctness, other more moderate humanists / kulturmarxister (extremists), as Mads Gilbert and Erik Fosse appear frigjørngshelter (Nazis (Jews) should be crushed just like the Nazi Germany).
Had Western Europe and the U.S. decided to imprison all Marxists (Nazis and Marxists) after WW2 and swearing Marxist principles of hate ideology similar to Nazism, we had never been in the current situation.
Update:
An English translation of his comments online has been posted here (via @Flying_Rodent).
Glenn Greendwald at Salon notes how the national media jumped to blame Muslims, and now are playing down the word ‘terrorist’.
Support our campaign for political education for youngsters
contribution by Luke Shore
Currently, there is a worrying culture in the United Kingdom whereby young people taking an active role in decision making and politics is frowned upon. Young people are actively discouraged by parents at home and teachers at school from taking a role in politics and shaping their communities and their society.
This is not healthy for our democracy. Two of us – both 14 year olds who believe passionately that young people should be encouraged to get involved in the decisions that shape their lives – began the Campaign for Political Education.
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Why the Euro deal on Greece is still likely to fail
The EU thinks it’s saved the Euro, again. It hasn’t.
This is a deal, summarised here, that to coin the current vernacular, kicks the euro down the road until the autumn, but which has no hope of delivering a real solution.
Why not?
Because, clause 1, no one knows if the Greek people will, as yet, put up with the austerity that is demanded of them. But what we can say with certainty is that the austerity demanded will not deliver growth, whatever this document claims.
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Scores dead in terrorist attack in Oslo, Norway
Large explosions have rocked the capital of Norway around 3pm today.
They are assumed to be terrorist attacks, though no group has yet claimed responsibility.
ABC News reports it was a massive car-bomb.
The video below shows the scene from one of the explosions
This a picture the New York Times is using:
Evert Whitehouse in Oslo emails the BBC to say:
Well it’s quite shocking, it seems unreal that places here would be targeted by bombs. Apparently the prime minister is in safety and unharmed according to media reports here. The areas that have been hit, such as the government HQ looks like an urban warzone, glass lies scattered all over the streets and a building is on fire, from what I can see on the television. The areas are being cordoned off by the police in fear of more bombs going off.
Several people have been reported as injured. One person has been confirmed dead so far by the local station NRK.
YouTube video here shows lots of broken windows.
Story developing. If you have more updates, post them in the comments below.
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