MEME MONDAY #4

The big Labour rebellion in defence of pensioners' winter fuel allowance failed to materialise on Tuesday.  Only one Labour MP could muster a moral compass to defy his government.  The same day his government began the early release of thousands of prison inmates, one of whom re-offended on the very same day - and that is the one we know about.  The very next day the government announced it was sending millions more to Ukraine, while British pensioners may freeze to death this winter.

With talk of Ukraine it was no surprise that the week ended with Starmer and Lammy in Washington DC to discuss furthering the conflict.  The following day there was another assassination attempt on the man who says he wants to stop the war.  "Go figure" as they say over there...

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COUNCIL BY-ELECTIONS 12.09.24

Ten council contests this week, including three in London.  Labour held in Tower Hamlets with an increased vote share, but their vote fell in Hackney where they lost a seat to the Greens.

Elsewhere there were Labour holds in Cambridge, Gateshead and Milton Keynes, but the Labour vote was down in all three.  They gained a seat from the Conservatives on the Isle of Arran with a huge swing, due in part to the absence of an SNP candidate and the Scotting voting system.  The Labour vote was down in seven of the ten by-elections.

The Lib Dems held two of the three seats they were defending, but surrendered a seat to an independent candidate in Norfolk.  The Lib Dems chose not to defend the seat after the sitting councillor passed away, instead endorsing the independent candidate who ended up winning the seat.

Romsey, Cambridge City Council

Lab: 596 (42.8%) -2.7%

Grn: 409 (29.4%) +8.7%

LDem: 249 (17.9%) +3.4%

Con: 138 (9.9%) -9.3%

Lab HOLD

Bridges, Gateshead Borough Council

Lab: 320 (30.6%) -27.7%

LDem: 255 (24.4%) +13.0%

Grn: 253 (24.2%) +9.8%

Ref: 166 (15.9%) New

Con: 53 (5.1%) -10.9%

Lab HOLD

London Fields, Hackney London Borough Council

Lab: 746 (54.1%) -6.9%

Ind: 437 (31.7%) New

Con: 72 (5.2%) New

LDem: 71 (5.2%) -8.0%

WPB: 52 (3.8%) New

Lab HOLD

Stoke Newington, Hackney London Borough Council

Grn: 1,253 (53.0%) +19.5%

Lab: 945 (40.0%) -19.2%

LDem: 78 (3.3%) New

Con: 74 (3.1%) -4.1%

Ind: 12 (0.5%) New

Grn GAIN from Lab

Bletchley East, Milton Keynes City Council

Lab: 869 (49.7%) -7.1%

Con: 431 (24.7%) -0.7%

Ind: 147 (8.4%) New

Grn: 143 (8.2%) +2.6%

LDem: 127 (7.3%) +0.5%

Herit: 30 (1.7%) New

Lab HOLD

North Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne City Council

LDem: 740 (64.5%) +2.9%

Lab: 234 (20.4%) -6.0%

Grn: 93 (8.1%) -0.2%

Con: 35 (3.1%) -0.6%

Ref: 26 (2.3%) New

PoW: 19 (1.7%) New

LDem HOLD

Freebridge Lynn, Norfolk County Council

Ind: 723 (53.8%) New

Con: 454 (33.8%) +2.8%

Lab: 167 (12.4%) +5.8%

Ind GAIN from LDem

Arran, North Ayrshire Council

(first preference votes)

Lab: 748 (45.4%) +35.4%

Ind: 402 (24.4%) +2.4%

Grn: 340 (20.6%) +10.7%

Con: 90 (5.5%) -27.0%

Ref: 55 (3.3%) New

LDem: 12 (0.7%) New

Lab GAIN from Con (elected at stage 5)

North Walsham Market Cross, North Norfolk Council

LDem: 283 (46.5%) -3.8%

Con: 239 (39.3%) +1.8%

Grn: 53 (8.7%) New

Lab: 33 (5.4%) -6.7%

LDem HOLD

Bow East, Tower Hamlets London Borough Council

Lab: 1,266 (53.3%) +6.1%

Grn: 722 (30.4%) +14.1%

Con: 239 (10.1%) +4.4%

LDem: 148 (6.2%) -2.3%

Lab HOLD

Abbreviations

Lab = Labour

Grn = Green

LDem = Liberal Democrat

Con = Conservative

Ref = Reform UK

WPB = Workers Party of Britain

Herit = Heritage

PoW = Party of Women

Ind = Independents

ABSTAINERS PUT CAREER FIRST

Abstainers and absentees: Duffield, Allin-Khan and Johnson

Only one Labour MP voted against his government's winter fuel cut on Tuesday.  It remains to be seen whether Jon Trickett will have the whip removed, but that was the threat facing him and his colleagues ahead of the vote.  348 Labour MPs supported the government, while 52 abstained or were absent.

There was fierce criticism online for both those backing the cut as well as those who abstained.  The words 'SHAME ON YOU', 'cowardly' and 'gutless' all trended on X following the vote.  Canterbury's Rosie Duffield was one of those singled out after she admitted in an interview that maintaining the Labour whip was more important than voting against the fuel cut.  She abstained.  The clip can be seen below.

Kim Johnson (Liverpool Riverside) was another MP who faced criticism after she excused herself from the vote for 'pre-arranged dental surgery'.  If she was so concerned for the lives of pensioners this winter, she would surely have postponed or rearranged her dentistry...

Rosena Allin-Khan (Tooting) was another who excused herself for medical reasons.  Dr Allin-Khan rose to fame during the scamdemic by returning to hospital work to help out in her role as a medical doctor.  The overwhelming majority of those who died from coronavirus were elderly (the average age of coronavirus death was 81), but Allin-Khan was not prepared to support them on this occasion.  She blamed an accident 'this week' that requires surgery.  With the vote taking place on Tuesday, she could only have fallen in the previous 48 hours.  The timing is questionable at best and 46 is not an age prone to hospital-worthy slips and trips...

Dawn Butler (Brent East) was also rinsed by X users for posting a video about mental health and not referring to the winter fuel cut at all.  She did not vote.

Rebecca Long-Bailey (Salford) was one of seven Labour MPs suspended by Starmer after having voted against the government over the child benefit cap.  However, unlike five of the others currently suspended, she abstained on Tuesday.  She posted a lengthy and evasive statement on social media that was signed off 'Rebecca Long-Bailey - Putting Salford First'.  It appears that the former leadership contender is more concerned with having the whip restored than putting her elderly constituents first.

Ian Lavery (Blyth & Ashington) posted a statement saying he had 'never voted to make his constituents poorer'.  He then went and abstained.  He also seems to have forgotten how he voted during the scamdemic, when he repeatedly voted for Covid legislation that made every single one of us poorer!

The general consensus is that the 52 Labour MPs who abstained or were absent are just as culpable for pensioners' deaths this winter as the 348 who backed the government.  While it is true to say that 52 votes would not have swung the outcome - such is Labour's huge majority - it would have provided a damaging blow to Keir Starmer and perhaps given red voters some hope that not all Labour MPs are career politicians.  Instead, by not having the moral compass or courage to defy Keir Starmer, they have shown everybody that their place on the gravy train is more important than the lives of their elderly constituents.

STARMER WINS FUEL CUT VOTE

A Tory attempt to block Labour's winter fuel allowance cuts has predictably failed in the Commons thanks to Labour's huge majority.  Despite support from the Lib Dems, Reform, Greens, SNP, Plaid, independents and all the Northern Ireland parties (excluding Sinn Fein), the Tories lost the vote 348-228.  52 Labour MPs abstained or were absent from the vote, but only one - Jon Trickett - voted against the government.

Labour MPs who abstained or did not register a vote

Diane Abbott

Tahir Ali

Rosena Allin-Khan

Fleur Anderson

Tonia Antoniazzi

Paula Barker

Lorraine Beavers

Hilary Benn

Matt Bishop

Elsie Blundell

Phil Brickell

Dawn Butler

Beccy Cooper

Marsha de Cordova

Stephen Doughty

Rosie Duffield

Neil Duncan-Jordan

Maria Eagle

Cat Eccles

Sarah Edwards

Clive Efford

Mary Foy

Gill Furniss

Paulette Hamilton

Sharon Hodgson

Leigh Ingham

Diana Johnson

Kim Johnson

Mike Kane

Naushabah Khan

Ian Lavery

Emma Lewell-Buck

Clive Lewis

Amanda Martin

Rachael Maskell

Andy McDonald

Grahame Morris

Kate Osamor

Kate Osborne

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

Marie Rimmer

Naz Shah

Cat Smith

Sarah Smith

Euan Stainbank

Kenneth Stevenson

Nick Thomas-Symonds

Chris Webb

Nadia Whittome

Mohammad Yasin

Daniel Zeichner

It is not clear how many of these MPs abstained in protest, but there are reports that only 12 were absent from the chamber.  Several ministers were among those who did not vote, which will rattle Starmer if they deliberately abstained.

The seven members of the Socialist Campaign Group currently suspended from Labour following a previous rebellion, mostly continued their dissidence by backing the Tory motion.

Labour MPs currently suspended following a previous rebellion, voted as follows

Apsana Begum (for Tory motion)

Richard Burgon (for)

Ian Byrne (for)

Imran Hussain (did not vote)

Rebecca Long-Bailey (did not vote)

John McDonnell (for)

Zarah Sultana (for)

Jeremy Corbyn also backed the Tory motion.

It is not yet known if Starmer will strip Jon Trickett of the party whip.  The veteran MP, also a member of the Socialist Campaign Group, posted the following statement on his social media accounts.

Following the vote, the words 'SHAME ON YOU' trended on X.  Many users posted the words and tagged in Labour MPs who had voted for the fuel cut.  Some pointed out the hypocrisy of some MPs who had previously pledged to maintain the fuel allowance or had accused the then Tory government of plotting to end it.

Many on the left are particularly exasperated that just two months into a Labour government, it is them who cuts the allowance and the Tory opposition is joined by every single party in opposing the move.  Shame on you, Keir.  You may unite this country, after-all... against you!

STRIDE FALLS IN ROUND TWO

Mel Stride has been eliminated in the second round of the Tory leadership contest.  The little known frontbencher did not add to his tally of 16 votes from the first round and finished last.

Priti Patel's first round votes were distributed between Kemi Badenoch (+6), Robert Jenrick (+5) and Tom Tugendhat (+4).  James Cleverly did not add to his total of 21, meaning he finished joint third alongside Tugendhat.  There was an extra vote in play this time, with only two MPs not bothering to vote - compared to three last week.

The next stage of voting - again involving MPs - is not until October 9.

William Hill have currently got Jenrick as the favourite on 11-10.  Badenoch's odds have shortened to 6-4, while Cleverly has drifted to 8-1 and Tugendhat has overtaken him on 7-1.

TOON TUESDAY #22

Tony Blair was given a BBC platform last week to spout his globalist message, voicing his opposition to nation states, national identity and the rise of so-called 'populist' parties.  He also promoted the most prized objective on his mandate for world tyranny - the biometric digital ID card.

The digital ID card is the gateway to the total annihilation of individual freedom and privacy, paving the way for facial recognition and financial control through Central Bank Digital Currencies.

Blair's tyranny is the focus of this recent masterpiece from former Telegraph cartoonist Bob Moran.  Click and enlarge for countless Easter eggs referring to the state of our nation and the globalist agenda...

CUT THROAT COUNCILLOR FACES TRIAL

Cllr Ricky Jones making the cut throat gesture

The Labour councillor who declared that the 'far right' should have their 'throats cut' during a left-wing counter-protest will face trial in January.  Cllr Ricky Jones, of Dartford Borough Council in Kent, denied a charge of encouraging violent disorder during a hearing at Snaresbrook Crown Court last week.

The 57-year-old was arrested and charged after video footage of his remark circulated online.  Jones made the comment as he addressed protesters in Walthamstow on August 7, who responded with cheers and applause.  He has been remanded in custody since his arrest and made his not guilty plea via video link from HMP Wormwood Scrubs.  He will remain in custody until a bail hearing, a date for which has not yet been set.

The trial is due to commence on January 20 and is expected to last five days.

MEME MONDAY #3

It was a quieter week for Starmer and co, who eased off on the nanny state rhetoric.  Blair reared his ugly head again, repeating his call for digital ID - one of the key objectives for globalists to enact their digital social credit enslavement plan.  It was a mixed bag of memes with mixed results and with Thursday's second meme we discovered once again that there are still people out there who will fight tooth and nail for the state when it comes to certain injections...

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Sat 7 Sept - 53 shares

Sat 7 Sept - 39 shares

Sun 8 Sept - 117 shares

Sun 8 Sept - 48 shares

COUNCIL BY-ELECTIONS 05.09.24

With seven by-elections having taken place on Thursday, it seems as good a time as any to resume our weekly by-election report.  With a backlash against Starmer's nanny state already in progress, local election results can help us form a bigger picture as to how public opinion is shifting.

Three of the seats up for grabs were in Camden, two of which are situated in Keir Starmer's constituency of Holborn and St Pancras.  Turnout in one ward - Kilburn - was just 13 per cent.  Labour held all three, but with a reduced vote share.  In Camden Square and Kentish Town South there were big swings from Labour to Muslim independents, continuing a trend set in the general election and sure to cause Labour huge electoral problems in their old inner city and mill town heartlands as Britain's demographics continue to shift rapidly.

Labour also held a seat in Cheshire, but again with a reduced vote share thanks to a huge swing to Reform UK.  The pattern was repeated in Manchester where they held with a reduced share that went mostly to the Green candidate.  They gained an independent seat in south Wales, but lost a seat in North Yorkshire to the Conservatives, where the swing away from Labour was distributed across various newcomers, but mostly went to the victorious Tory candidate.

Camden Square, Camden London Borough Council

Lab: 465 (47.7%) -27.8%

Ind: 164 (16.8%) New

Grn: 133 (13.7%) New

LDem: 89 (9.1%) -4.9%

Ind: 75 (7.7%) New

Con: 48 (4.9%) -5.5%

Lab HOLD

Kentish Town South, Camden London Borough Council

Lab: 674 (46.8%) -12.0%

Grn: 327 (22.7%) +1.1%

Ind: 289 (20.1%) New

Con: 77 (5.4%) -2.4%

LDem: 72 (5.0%) -3.0%

Lab HOLD

Kilburn, Camden London Borough Council

Lab: 583 (51.5%) -15.2%

Con: 253 (22.3%) +4.2%

Grn: 198 (17.5%) (New

LDem: 98 (8.7%) -6.5%

Lab HOLD

Crewe West, Cheshire East Council

Lab: 553 (43.3%) -18.5%

Ref: 333 (26.1%) New

Con: 217 (17.0%) -0.7%

Ind: 109 (8.5%) -11.8%

Grn: 63 (4.9%) New

Lab HOLD

Baguley, Manchester City Council

Lab: 623 (46.9%) -15.9%

Grn: 282 (21.2%) +8.6%

Con: 243 (18.3%) -1.6%

LDem: 110 (8.3%) +2.4%

SDP: 71 (5.3%) New

Lab HOLD

Bedlinog & Trelewis, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

Lab: 411 (48.8%) +16.1%

Ind: 314 (37.2%) New

Plaid: 83 (9.8%) New

Con: 24 (2.8%) -2.3%

Ind: 11 (1.3%) New

Lab GAIN from Ind

Longbeck, Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council

Con: 384 (37.9%) +14.9%

Lab: 206 (20.4%) -19.4%

Ind: 119 (11.8%) New

Ref: 108 (10.7%) New

Ind: 105 (10.4%) New

Ind: 50 (4.9%) New

LDem: 40 (4.0%) New

Con GAIN from Lab

Abbreviations

Lab = Labour

Grn = Green

LDem = Liberal Democrat

Con = Conservative

Ref = Reform UK

SDP = Social Democratic Party

Plaid = Plaid Cymru

Ind = Independents and local groups

WHO IS THE PM, KEIR?

Not for the first time at PMQs, Keir Starmer referred to his opposite number as 'Prime Minister' on Wednesday.  However, this time he called Rishi Sunak PM no less than five times.  His frontbenchers didn't bat an eyelid as he repeatedly referred to Sunak as 'Prime Minister' and strangely there appeared to be little response from the opposition benches, either.

It wasn't until his fifth PM reference that Starmer corrected himself, watch the clip below.

Contrast yesterday's bizarre performance from Starmer to the last time he referred to Sunak as PM - just two weeks ago.  There was much laughter as Starmer corrected himself with the quip: "Old habits die hard".  Watch below.

Is he subconsciously blaming Sunak and the Tories for the nanny state tyranny to come...

PRITI FALLS IN ROUND ONE

Priti Patel has been eliminated from the Tory leadership election in the first round of MPs' voting.  Patel finished bottom of the pile in the first of five ballots held to determine Rishi Sunak's successor.  Wild card entry Mel Stride finished fifth, one vote behind the globalists' preferred candidate Tom Tugendhat.  Robert Jenrick topped the poll, six votes ahead of Kemi Badenoch.

A second round of voting will take place on Tuesday, assuming no-one drops out voluntarily before then.  The distribution of Patel's 14 votes will decide who is eliminated next and with just 12 votes between Stride and Jenrick, mathematically it could be anyone.

Following the Tory conference at the end of this month, a further two rounds of MPs' voting will reduce the field to two candidates.  Only after that do grassroots members get a say.  The system is hardly democratic, with the final line-up decided by 121 MPs - three of whom did not even register a vote in the first round.

TOON TUESDAY #21

A bumper selection this week as mainstream media cartoonists had a field day with Sir Squeaky.  Brexit betrayal, smoking bans and missing Thatcher portraits were the talk of the toons, with a hint of Oasis thrown into the mix...

Matt Pritchett for The Daily Telegraph

Patrick Blower for The Daily Telegraph

Patrick Blower for The Daily Telegraph

Graeme Bandeira for The Yorkshire Post

Ben Jennings for The Guardian

Christian Adams for The Evening Standard

Nicola Jennings for The Guardian

Dave Brown for The Independent

Andy Davey for The Sunday Telegraph

Matt Pritchett for The Daily Telegraph

Morten Morland for The Times

Stanley McMurtry for The Mail on Sunday

MEME MONDAY #2

The nanny state continued its assault on our freedom this past week, testing the water with talk of an expansion to the smoking ban imposed by the last Labour government.  The establishment just cannot close down our pubs quickly enough!

Starmer also deployed the dreaded 'reset' word this week, with regards to our relationship with Europe.  He tried to assure democrats that Brexit was not under threat, but this was coming from a man who spent three years trying to overturn the Leave mandate and led Corbyn up the garden path to electoral oblivion in the process (and then promptly ejected him from the party after succeeding him as leader).

A discarded painting, raving Rayner, phoney feminist agenda and Notting Hill carnage* were also featured in Karl's latest memes.

* Two victims have since died

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Wed 28 Aug - 315 shares

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A TALE OF TWO RAVERS

Michael Gove and Angela Rayner hit Ibiza two years apart

The political bias of Mirror Group Newspapers has never been in any doubt and it will come as no great surprise to see how Mirror coverage differed so greatly between the Ibiza exploits of a Tory and a Labour MP.

In August 2022 The Mirror reported on Michael Gove's dance-floor antics in Ibiza.  Gove's dreadful dance moves were not the issue for the left-wing rag - they cried foul that he was mocking the cost of lockdown crisis enveloping the nation (ironically a consequence of the actions that The Mirror enthusiastically supported throughout the scamdemic).

The news report refers to Gove's dismissal from the Cabinet almost two months previously, consigning him to the backbenches from where he was clearly no longer involved in government.  Compare and contrast to The Mirror's recent report detailing the current Deputy Prime Minister's dance antics in Ibiza...

There are no political points scored at any point during the Rayner article.  There is no mention of the cost of lockdown crisis, rising energy bills or scrapped winter fuel payments.  Two tier reporting in action.