A Quiet Revolution
Yesterday evening I was on the ‘frontline’ of the end of the failed fabian experiment in Westminster. The dregs of the student protests were still being kettled, Police had helicopters up, tube stations closed and vans full of back up, yet they still managed to drive a couple of VIP’s into the middle of this maelstrom of heightened emotions.
This morning Boris and Stephenson of the Met were having a discussion on Radio 4 about yesterday, was it just me or was Stephenson making a lot of threats about how ‘tooled up’ his men were. Was he seriously advocating that the Met start shooting protestors ?
I saw bizarre sights such as ‘anarchists’ demanding more state subsidy for education. How does that work then ?
Labour created a massive expansion of the State that was built on nothing more than a bubble, to have 50% of the young ‘doing a degree’ was only going to devalue standards and to damage the marketability of having a degree. There is nothing left that the hard pressed taxpayer can contribute to a ‘bust’ state. What we saw on the streets was nothing more that demanding money with menaces, and Labour were at the front of this egging it on, as usual bearing no responsibility for their actions.
Meanwhile at the National Liberal Club a quiet revolution was occuring organised by the Cobden Centre. Libertarians, Members of the Adam Smith Institute and other representatives of Classical Liberal organisations met for an informal social event to make contacts, talk and make futue plans. The talk was was of honest money, Mises and Hayek and of course the failing Euro experiment.
The keynote speech was by Conservative MP Steve Baker, one of the few ‘good guys’.
The Toast was to Cobden‘s vision of ‘Peace and Free Trade’
Fabianism has failed, the Labour party derided Cobden the result is an impoverished nation and war.
For one battered Liberal (not the fake ‘Liberal’ Democrats) the long march is now on its second faltering step. I hope that you will join us in rebuilding ‘Liberal’ Britain.
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December 10, 2010 at 10:09 -
“…was it just me or was Stephenson making a lot of threats about how ‘tooled up’ his men were. Was he seriously advocating that the Met start shooting protestors ?”
Was he merely referring to the armed SB officers that would have been accompanying the Royal car?
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December 10, 2010 at 11:09 -
Unfortunately none of this will matter soon – the Cancun climate “conference” is about to achieve its aim of world government. National interests will be secondary, democracy is effectively dead. See http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/12/09/moncktons-mexican-missive-3/ for the depresing stich-up which will be imposed on the world.
As our freedom to determine national economic direction will disappear, fine words from the meeting of minds at the National Liberal Club will, regretfully, be empty rhetoric.-
December 10, 2010 at 12:26 -
Typos: depressing stitch-up obviously.
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December 10, 2010 at 11:56 -
Did you see the BBC breathlessly chasing after the ‘students’ hanging onto their every word ? They were ecstatic that the coalition was getting a beating.
John Sopel’s screeching at Danny Alexander took BBC bias to a new level. Sopel was exhausted after he had dealt with Alexander and was visibly shaken and had to hand over to his assistant.
Whatever happened to the BBC just reporting the news ? They screech at any non Labour politician rather than just ask questions.-
December 10, 2010 at 12:04 -
I did see them interview three or four obviously ethnic minority students who spoke intelligible English (albeit of the ‘street’ vernacular) who proclaimed that they had come ‘here’ to get free university tuition, as was their ‘right’.
The interviewer hurriedly moved on, but the damage was done…
It’s great when the Beeb shoot themselves in the foot!
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December 10, 2010 at 12:32 -
Sopel always brings to mind a chihuahua trying to hump your leg and bite your ankles simultaneously, whilst yapping and whining. He is desperate to force an admission out of the poor bastard he is interviewing, even when there is nothing to admit. A very, very poor man’s Jeremy Paxman.
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December 10, 2010 at 12:49 -
Good article, even with a touch of hope.
Must admit I do take Ed P’s comments seriously though. I don’t doubt we’re still in trouble from powers denying us our liberty.
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December 10, 2010 at 16:19 -
For shizzle I’ll help, Andrew. Or I’ll move back to the States. I’m beginning to the think the battle in Britain is unwinnable. Last stand, this is not. Skirmishes behind enemy lines, more like.
P.s. How on earth you think “making contacts” is of any significant use is beyond me.
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December 11, 2010 at 09:43
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December 11, 2010 at 21:17 -
It wasn’t Students who caused this appalling incident, although I am not sure that I care all that much about the rise in University Fees since quite a lot of them don’t seem to get around to paying back much at all.
Neither am I frightfully impressed by the recent behaviour of The Royal Family, although the Crown did part with vast estates in return for the Civil List, so they don’t actually cost The State all that much.
However, if someone had gotten shot, I for one would not have been screaming about Police Accountability. The Heir to The Throne and his Lady could have been seriously injured or even killed. This I would not begin to tolerate. A line has been crossed by street thugs, and they have got to be stopped. And if one or more of them has to be shot, then so be it.
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December 12, 2010 at 09:16 -
The Heir to The Throne and his Lady could have been seriously injured or even killed. This I would not begin to tolerate.
Whereas I would. The Heir is no more important than anyone else in respect of being killed. If I’m expected to put up with the death of Mr Tomlinson then I’m not bovvered about Jug-Ears. The Queen embodies the monarchy and the state so I would be worried about her.
We have at least two perfectly good replacements for Chas. One of them is thick, the other is even thicker but has never pretended otherwise and is admirably Tudor in his affection for the country (if you don’t count stupidly dressing up as a Nazi) . We aren’t short of heirs; there are dozens of candidates. If there was any justice Zara Philips would be Queen. There’s a fine figure to have in the equestrian portraits.
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December 12, 2010 at 09:56 -
December 12, 2010 at 12:01 -
Misunderstood as usual. It has got nothing to do with The Royals themselves.
It is to do with the safety of innocent people. No one is safe anymore.And if being a reactionary means that I am opposed to mindless thugs attacking and possibly killing anybody that they don’t approve of, then by all means I an A Reactionary. They don’t have to do these things and thereby run the risk.
Some of us are sick to our souls with what is going on Britain. But do carry on. I don’t have to live there anymore.
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