Ever since Labour won its landslide victory in the British General Election a month ago, I have been chomping at the bit wanting to write on how they are doing along with developments on the world stage. While a lot can be usefully be said, other things have occupied my attention as a watchman on the wall blogger and, besides which, this (for me) may be the season to watch and pray and getting right with God so I can be best prepared to face the worse that is to come and help those affected, rather than wax lyrical on what I see so that the few people who check me out can be wised up.

What I am going to post now is still not the hoped for full blown account about how Labour and its detractors are doing (which, unsurprisingly, is not good and comes a lot under the realm of  ‘I told you so’), but rather touching on something that is related and to do with what has been brought to my attention from several not necessarily related quarters, which as it turns out is often why I come to write about my latest wanting to get off my chest blog topic. It is about a summer of unprovoked attacks and responses to the same (some violent) attacks in the UK and Europe we are now seeing, how the authorities e.g. government and police and media have reacted, what led to the actions we are seeing, and begging the question what we the people could/should do about it in response.

Before I get to what I check out what I have found on the media (mainstream and alternative) and politicians like Keir Starmer and Nigel Farage, along with ordinary people are saying, let me recount two exchanges I had in the last few days. Yesterday, I got into a discussion with a local trader that witnessed and was affected by what appeared to be (probably London) gang related violence that took place in the seaside of my own home city, Southend-on-Sea, earlier in the week. What came out was a deep concern, bordering on fear that something similar might occur this weekend, believing contrary to claims that the police would be able to stamp down on any reoccurrence. The other conversation concerned attacks on innocent citizens, notably children and most recently in Southport when three young girls were murdered by what was claimed to be but later turned out not to be the case a recent immigrant (recent immigrant perpetrators, some professing to be Muslim, are a common theme behind attacks on innocent people, albeit downplayed due to ideological bias and political correctness when it comes to media reporting). His simplistic response was to deport Muslims. While I felt unable to give my thoughts on what was needed, other than people facing up to the facts and turning to God, I pointed out this would be impractical and undesirable.

I have been checking out lots of clips and comments covering different views, ranging from those of Keir Starmer, the mainstream media and some nice Christians I know, on one hand, to those of Nigel Farage and Tommy Robinson, the alternative media and an assortment of angry concerned public on the other. I am resisting posting links to aforementioned “views” on time and effort grounds, but this is how I see it … I don’t believe any of those venturing views would not have been abhorred at the attacks taking in places like Southend and Southport and nor would they have supported the violence directed toward police, mosques or whoever. Except for a few, who on nefarious grounds want to see and escalation of tensions, most I should imagine want to find solutions.

Listening to Starmer, when it comes to Southport, for example, his focus (aided and abetted by journalists that didn’t ask the important questions) he talked of far right extremists and what he would do to bring them to heel, likely involving reducing civil liberties and moving further toward the globalist plans of a greater surveillance state (which is part of the plan anyway) and nothing to do with dealing with the spike in immigration (also true under the Conservatives) including illegals and military aged men beholden to an antipathic ideology (often Islam related) and those who have no intention of respecting the laws and ways of the UK. Neither, did he address the accusation of a two-tier policing that is light toward those protesting causes favoured by the Left, like Palestinian related (some unlawful), and heavy toward those who are angered that these immigrant related incidents are on a sharp rise.

One friend wrote (correctly imho) concerning the illegal and wrong actions of some those who objected to the attacks on innocent people that could be stopped or reduced if there was the political etc. will to do so: “Nobody in their right mind is supporting thuggery and unfortunately in every walk of life these idiots exist. But, people have had enough of the complete lack of fairness and equality in the country. It really does seem one rule for some and another for others. We are a very inclusive country and I, for one, love our diverse people and what that brings to our communities but the one thing we ALL need to have in common is a desire to uphold the things that have made this a country others want to come to. And the British sense of fairness is being seriously challenged. It’s not too much to expect our government to listen to and value what is being said by a huge swathe of the electorate. And I’m sick to death of being insulted and called a right wing racist simply for my opinion! And according to this morning’s radio I’m potentially now a terrorist as well”.

As for Mr Starmer, he could have done something that we should expect any decent democratically elected leader to have done and try to come to terms with and allay the concerns of ordinary people while upholding the rule of law rather than demonise them as being ‘far right’ – the point is well argued in this short “British Priest WARNS Keir Starmer Over UK Riots” clip. At least (sadly) people can see the true nature of the one who rules over them.

Always, I am conscious when revisiting what I write a little while later that I may not have got the balance right. For this, I hold my my hands up and apologise. An example concerning the violence we have been seeing on Britain’s streets came as a result of checking out “How Southport exposed a broken Britain | spiked podcast“. It made the point that the perpetrator of the original attacks in Southport was neither a recent immigrant nor Muslim and those who rioted in anger were not concerned residents but out of town thugs intent on wreaking havoc. At the same time, the point I made that there is an issue, it is not being dealt with appropriately by those we expect to do so and ordinary people are concerned was reinforced. It is the reason why I put my head over the parapet.

As for Mr Starmer, I fear the worse as the two memes that follow suggest, but that would have to be the subject for a future blog when I survey the UK political scene in the aftermath of last month’s election, with much that has taken place in the interim.

Going back to the July UK General Election result, which brought in a Labour landslide even greater than the Conservative one in the previous election, despite LESS votes, it was as much due to an understandable lack of enthusiasm for what the alternatives had to offer and an electoral system that is disproportionate in terms of a balanced representation of the different views being held. I suspected then the cracks would soon be seen in the new administration although I didn’t think this would be the first main issue. A new pandemic, a war in Israel and/or Ukraine, or the globalist agenda being further implemented are all on the cards, but the sort of things we saw in Southend and Southport and in several other places, with the different other concerns I raised earlier that remain unaddressed and are likely to get worse.

As generally is the case when I discuss necessary and disturbing subjects, I like to suggest a response that involves God.    

and end with a note of exhortation and hope …

Update 05/08/24

When I posted the link to this blog on my Facebook page and got onto subjects relating to this post there was a to be expected reaction, some supportive and some decidedly not. One typical exchange involved Tommy Robinson and this is what I wrote:

Where to begin … the fact I am spending effort to intelligently reply when as you will guess I disagree with you is indicative of my respect for you as a person and the pertinence of issues that you raise.

One thing we both agree is the importance of the Christian faith, social justice issues and (I hope) a desire to pursue truth and doing what is right. An example of this concerns the present Israel-Gaza situation. While we see things differently, you raise important points, which I have not ignored in the interest of getting truth and balance (still very much work in progress). The problem we face is not being party to all the facts and the power of the Unholy Trinity (politicians, media, elites) who lie.

I refuse to be a rewinding gramophone records and despite my propensity in my dotage to repeat myself I try not to repeat points made earlier that I can refer back to albeit with caveats when my thinking has developed. While it annoys folk when I tell them to read the ******* blog it is the best way to maintain sanity, save time and sift out hose who wish to bait, mock or merely argue.

Tommy Robinson is an enigma and an angry man who ought to be more temperate in his use of language especially as it does untowardly stir up these so called far right thugs.  I note, I blogged about Tommy six and a half years ago (and yes it does irritate me when he is referred to as Stephen Yaxley-Lennon as it often inclines me to want to tell disrespectful name callers to **** off) – reference https://jrbpublications.wordpress.com/2018/03/20/tommy-robinson-speakers-corner-and-the-time-to-speak/. But the guy is angry but for good reason – when as a young man he witnessed a relative raped by a Muslim gang and the police doing ****** all about it I would be too – and this has been a recurring theme. (Btw I tagged you in on an exchange I recently had on my positive dealings with Muslims) I am angry too: the lame response by the Prime Minister, demonising common folk as being far right for venting their concerns and showing little intent to address those concerns and instead go down the Great Reset route (I blog about), a media that lies, politicians that sleep and an evil cabal who delights in sowing seeds of discord to further their wicked agenda, people who see the Climate Change hoax as the biggest threat facing us, two tier policing – and I could go on.

The question is what to do. I will be dead shortly and quite frankly I could care a **** what people think of my views, including those we might expect better off. In days of old the watchman on the wall warned of coming danger and when he did “shoot the messenger” often came to play. I neither support far right mobs nor those brainwashed into today’s version of cultural Marxism. The good book tells us the fear of the Lord is the beginning of all wisdom and what I write comes under that.  

Update 06/06/24

And developments continue. On one hand, I see a mix of reactions notably among my own Christian tribe, ranging from those supporting the anti far right are the villains rhetoric to those sharing the concerns raised in this blog. I see a United Kingdom that appears anything but united led by leaders (including sadly church leaders) who do not lead and a divide and rule scenario playing out that will surely play into the hands of the baddies that call the shots, often behind the scenes. Then the normal suspects weigh in with their views including on the Alex Jones show, with Alex interviewing an angry Tommy Robinson making the point of Muslim attacks all over the UK that hardly get reported or dealt with by the police and peaceful protests by concerned and peaceful citizens that also are hardly reported. But I will leave the last word to Paul Joseph Watson: “The Truth About the English Riots“, who imho “gets it”. I confess there is so much going on in the world – the latest that we hear little about concerns global financial crash and, while I look on feeling powerless, I continue to watch and pray, test and weigh.

Update 07/06/24

Close to home – my city (Southend) in fact, I have just learned that Britain First have come to town with protests and counter protests in prospect (watch this space) – we desperately need peace makers.