Posted originally on Aug 14, 2024 By Martin Armstrong
Crime in the UK has become so insane that employees at coffee shops and grocery stores are now wearing body cameras for their own safety. The government wonders why average citizens are taking to the streets to protest. What has changed among the demographic of the UL to cause violence toward these workers to increase by 50% in the past year?
Grocery chain Lidl has invested £2 million on body cameras. Employees in every store will be required to wear a body camera as a safety precaution. Popular coffee chain Pret A Manger has also begun asking their employees to wear a camera that will be turned on in “specific circumstances.”
Shoplifting across the UK has doubled from last year, with 16.7 million recorded incidents, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC). The BRC believes that thieves have looted over £2bn so far this year. More alarming, the BRC has reported 1,300 cases of violence and abuse against retail workers DAILY.
News reports cite that shoplifting and violence have simply increased since COVID. Who is assaulting food and retail workers? The UK was once considered a developed nation where people could go to work or shop at the store without the fear of violence. The UK, America, Canada, and every nation that has seen the demographics of their population drastically change in a short amount of time are experiencing a massive uptick in violent crime. Open border policies are turning modern societies into second-world nations with low-trust societies.
Britain has lost its historical roots and, thus, its mind. Britain has embraced the very idea of George Orwell’s 1984 as a good idea. They now engage in a desperate attempt to imprison anyone who dares to criticize the government because they know they are losing power. Instead of looking objectively at what they have done to their country, they have embarked on the most tyrannical approach to imprison people who disagree with government policy regardless of what it might be.
I don’t know what to say anymore. I loved living in Britain. It brings such sadness to my heart to see the direction of Britain and the entire West. Yes, these harsh actions will stir the sentiment even more and risk civil war in Britain. This is why they will turn to war with Russia for they need desperately to create a distraction to survive politically.
Æthelstan (c. 894; King English 927-939AD) was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 to 927 and King of the English from 927 to his death in 939AD. From that point in history, 927AD, we are approaching a major long-term cyclical event in the 2028-2029 time period.
Our computer has been projecting that the British pound will collapse and penetrate the 1985 low as we move into the years ahead. This is a chart of the pound just since 1904. Britain’s glory days are gone. This year, 2024, was a double-directional change, signaling Britain’s decline and fall in the years ahead. This is more than just Harry turning his back on Britain. At the London Conference, we even put forth the forecast for the potential fall of the British House of Windsor, which was founded on July 17th, 1917.
The UK police are now threatening not only British citizens with arrest for posting things they don’t like on social media. Still, they are now even threatening to extradite people from other countries who dare to challenge their tyrannical regime, which is obviously in fear of losing power. They have no INTERNATIONAL jurisdiction to impose their laws on the rest of the world.
Since the American Revolution was against the monarchy, why would they comply with international law at that time and send someone back to England for a crime committed in America to be punished by a king they did not recognize? The American Constitution established territorial jurisdiction for the first time. So, someone convicted of a crime would be punished in America for his crime in America. Now, the problem has become a question of rights under the Constitution. Did a foreign citizen have a right to a fair trial? The definition of “We the People” had to extend to anyone tried in America, regardless of citizenship.
The touchstone in United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez was correct, constitutionally speaking, for it extended to one’s connection to this country in compliance with territorial jurisdiction. The court declared that this “We the People” definition applied consistently throughout the Bill of Rights and did not limit rights to anyone.
Britain is in dire straights. All we hear about is the US debt, but things are far worse in Britain than in the USA. Britain has some £2.6 trillion in “unfunded” public sector pension entitlements, and it keeps hiring more and more government workers. Additionally, Britain is legally mandated to hit a net zero target, which the government has already estimated will add at least another £300 billion to the government’s costs over three decades. When you look around, Wales has 28% of its population on public subsistence. Yet all of this is just the surface.
The new Labour government in Britain intends to go after non-doms, and they will leave Britain and take their spending with them, adding to the necessary pressure. Letting in unqualified migrants and forcing wealthy non-doms to leave is only going to result in rising taxes in Britain and long-term civil unrest. However, the real crisis will be the burden of taxation that is consuming economic growth. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has pointed out that the tax burden in Britain will rise to 37.7% of GDP by 2027-28, up from 33% in 2020. This will only further reduce the long-term economic growth of Britain.
Looking at the tax burden as a percent of GDP, the United States was at 27% in 2020, and Canada at 32%. In 2020, Germany in 2020 stood at 37%, with the highest in the world being France at 46.2%. Civil unrest begins to rise when you actually cross 31%, and revolution tens to unfold after 50%. Governments never learn from the past. Virtually every revolution in history is because of taxation.
Shakespeare’s famous quote, “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers,”is not actually about lawyers. You have to understand the context. Private individuals were not allowed to have lawyers in those days – only the king could have lawyers. The right to counsel only came with the American Revolution and the Constitution. Therefore, Shakespear was talking about the “PROSECUTORS” of the king – not private lawyers.
Shakespeare’s famous quote comes from a rebellion:
DICK: The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.
Jake Cade led the second tax revolt in England after the Black Death, and the king’s “lawyers” (prosecutors) aggressively seized homes and prosecuted people wrongly at that time who could not pay taxes. Politicians need to look at history. When you extract over 30% of GDP, people begin to circumvent government. This is why they want digital currencies and eliminate paper money altogether for taxation purposes. Exceeding 40% GDP unleashes civil protests. Quite incredibly, even the Labour chancellors of the 1970s, such as Denis Healey, who ()famously promised to tax the rich “until the pips squeak,” failed to comprehend that the rich can hoard their wealth and end investment, whereas the working class cannot hoard their labor. As you approach 50%, you are asking for revolution.
Thierry Breton, the EU Commissioner for Internal Market, has sent Elon Musk a letter threatening to take legal action against X if he doesn’t censor his interview with Trump. This appears to be the EU now engaging in foreign election interference in the United States. Bureaucrats can now try to silence anyone for whatever reason they like from a global perspective.
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The UK government has become absolutely tyrannical in their efforts to quell mass illegal immigration protests. I spoke about how the government has already begun arresting and jailing their own citizens for speaking out against migration. A simply tweet or retweet could turn a normal citizen into a criminal. Americans have been sharing words of praise for their brothers and sisters across the pond, leading the UK government to declare that they will extradite foreign citizens for sharing their thoughts online.
“We will throw the full force of the law at people. And whether you’re in this country committing crimes on the streets or committing crimes from further afield online, we will come after you,” Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley told Sky News. Commissioner Rowley said that the ongoing protests were a result of “hate speech” spread online, not mentioning the three little girls whose senseless murders sparked the fire.
He continued by saying that anyone could be found guilty for a hate crime. “You can be guilty of offenses of incitement, of stirring up racial hatred, there are numerous terrorist offenses regarding the publishing of material,” he said. “All of those offenses are in play if people are provoking hatred and violence on the streets, and we will come after those individuals just as we will physically confront on the streets the thugs and the yobs who are taking — who are causing the problems for communities.”
For now, the UK does not have the power to extradite American citizens who are protected by the First Amendment of the US Constitution. The US government would need to comply with the UK government and hand over their own citizens to be prosecuted abroad. The two have extradition treaties that have been used in recent years to hunt down actual terrorists working with Al Qaeda and the Taliban. No one has been extradited for simply expressing a controversial viewpoint. Kamala is campaigning, and Joe Biden has been spotted on Delaware’s beaches. No one is in the White House. It is extremely concerning that our elected leaders have not spoken up for their own citizens or the very document that the US was founded upon that should award the people with freedom of speech.
Posted originally on the CTH on August 12, 2024 | Sundance
Comrades, the European Union’s digital enforcer Commissioner Thierry Breton wrote a letter to Twitter/X owner Elon Musk today ahead of a planned interview with President Donald Trump.
Komisar Breton reminded Musk of the EU’s rules on platforms allowing information the EU does not approve of. “As the relevant content is accessible to EU users and being amplified also in our jurisdiction, we cannot exclude potential spillovers in the EU,” Breton said.
Any information that undermines the rightful status of the elite governing authority within the EU will not be permitted. Breton added that “any negative effect of illegal content” could lead the EU to take further action against X, using “our full toolbox, including by adopting interim measures, should it be warranted to protect EU citizens from [intellectual] harm.”
The world has erupted in conflict as a direct result of the economy turning down. We are seeing it across the globe, from Bangladesh, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, and Nigeria to name a few. There is peace when everyone is fat and happy but that is no longer the case in the majority of the world amid the cost of living crisis. Some places have been hit far worse than others. The Nigerian naira lost 230% of its value in the past year and is utterly worthless. Inflation reached 34.19% in June 2024, the highest level since March 1996. Food inflation alone is up 40.87%. The cost of living crisis has caused the people to take to the streets to engage in what the media has deemed “the hunger protests.”
The World Bank valued Nigeria’s GDP at $362.81 billion in 2023 and expects it to surpass $386.4 billion by 2025. GDP advanced 2.98% YoY during Q1, primarily driven by the services sector, which contributed over 58% to the aggregate. Nigeria is an oil-rich nation and Africa’s largest oil producer.
Yet, overt corruption prevents the people from benefiting. Corruption has long been a problem in Nigeria. Most recently, Parliament attempted to impeach Siminalayi Fubara last October after serving only five months in office in favor of his predecessor, Nyesom Wike. Fast forward to the entire Parliament building burning down, followed by the resignation of 27 lawmakers who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. Fubara’s proposed 2024 budget led to nine cabinet members and five elected officials resigning. Government then split in half – one supporting Fubara and the other supporting Wike. Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu overstepped by dropping all cases pending against Fubara. And basically, they have accomplished nothing but continued spending and were already knee-deep in the mess past governments have created. About 90% of the nation’s revenue goes toward repaying its debts. They have no real economic plan it place. Then leave it to government to cripple its own ability to earn. Last May, Tinubu implemented a slew of regulations and economic reforms that included ending energy subsidies and devaluing the naira.
Oh, and Tinbu approved of raising the salaries of government under his economic plan. He also found the funds to purchase a presidential yacht and luxury vehicle. He set aside public funds to renovate his own residence. All of this as the currency continued to decline while inflation rose. The people had been urging the government to remove the fuel regulations and do something, anything, to help.
The people are hungry. Their currency is worthless and they cannot afford food or energy. “Hunger … brought me out. I don’t have money to buy fuel … there’s total bad government. It’s 10 days (of rage). We’ll remain on the streets till our demands are met,” one man told CNN in regards to the 10 Days of Rageprotests.
Police and protestors have met fatal ends amid these protests and hundreds have been arrested. Human rights organizations are asking the Nigerian government not to fire live rounds at protestors. The situation is an absolute mess. The president rushed to address measures by removing some taxes on food imports and raising the minimum wage but it is far too little, too late. He must step aside and allow a new government to reform Nigeria’s economic situation. The people have nothing left to lose. This is what happens when corrupt governments push the people to a breaking point.
Posted originally on Aug 6, 2024 By Martin Armstrong
Massive riots have erupted across the UK following the tragic fatal stabbings of three young girls in Southport. The girls were attending a Taylor Swift-themed dance class when a cowardly 17-year-old male, born to Rwandan parents, attacked the innocent children. The law protects the murderer over the three innocent young girls, and this preventable attack may have been the final straw for the people of the UK. Tensions between citizens and migrants were already at a boiling point. Now, the UK government is calling protests against migrants “far-right thuggery” and looking to silence dissent.
I utterly condemn the far-right thuggery we have seen this weekend.
Be in no doubt: those who have participated in this violence will face the full force of the law. pic.twitter.com/uNeJtD8pCQ
Prime Minister Keir Starmer, a World Economic Forum favorite, believes the UK should revert to “COVID-style” restrictions to prevent rioting. “Back in Covid, they were prepared to back measures that were needed in that situation and I think they would take a similar approach to keeping rioters off the streets now given the scale of damage that has been done to communities,” Starmer said while adding that the government must take “whatever measures they feel is necessary to get this situation under control.”
The people are livid and the government is willing to do anything necessary to quiet them, other than addressing the real problem. Starmer’s government has sent dogs after protestors. He has allowed authorities to punish them in ways that they never punished those protesting against Israel or other far-left causes. Every headline calls the protestors “far-right extremists” and “anti-immigration Islamaphobes.” The international press would like the would to believe that the outrage is unjustified.
What about migrant reform and preventing illegals or those with no loyalty to the nation in which they reside from continually committing crimes? Why were these three little girls unsafe in the classroom? The people want answers but Starmer won’t provide them. These riots are rampant and passion-fueled. It is estimated that rioters have already caused between £200m and £500m in damages. Over 400 people have been arrested at the time of this writing.
It is unfortunate when the masses resort to violence to be heard, but the people of the UK have finally snapped after years of begging their elected officials to close the borders. Around 672,000 illegals entered the UK in 2023 alone, with 84,000 claiming asylum. The foreign-born population reached 14.5% by 2021, and has doubled since the beginning of the decade. The open border policy never faltered when Britain left the EU.
Nigel Farage is one of the only politicians in the UK to question what is happening in his country. “I just wonder whether the truth is being withheld from us. I don’t know the answer to that, but I think it is a fair and legitimate question,” Farage stated when the riots first began. He has condemned the riots but has at least acknowledged why the people are enraged. “The majority of our population can see the fracturing of our communities as a result of mass, uncontrolled immigration, whether legal or illegal,” Farage said. “Yet to attempt to debate this in the public arena leads to immediate howls of condemnation. A population explosion without integration was always going to end badly. I have said this for many years. We must have a more honest debate about these vital issues and give people the confidence that there are political solutions that are relevant to them. A recall of Parliament would be an appropriate start to this.”
England is hardly a Christian nation as the migrant crisis has permanently changed the landscape. In the United Kingdom, for example, Islam is the second-largest religion. In fact, Muhammad was the most popular name for baby boys born in the UK in 2023. The 2021 England and Wales Census marked the first time that less than half of the population (46.2%; 27.5 million people) identified as Christian. Christianity has fallen by 13.1% since the last census in 2011. The number of people abandoning religion entirely has continued to rise as well, with 37.2% (22.2 million people) declaring they do not believe in a God in 2021 compared to 25.2% (14.1 million people) ten years prior.
Pew Research Center believes that Muslim women will have more children than Christian women by 2035, and Islam could become the most followed religion in the world. There is nothing inherently wrong with the religion of course, but it is understandable that people want to maintain their own nation’s traditions, religion, and morals.
Home Office minister Lord Hanson has warned “far-right” rioters that they will be met with the full force of the law. Yet, no politician bothers to ask WHY the people are rioting. The headlines stating that these protests are a result of islamophobia are simply wrong. People no longer feel safe walking in major cities among the Build Back Better nations. Violent crimes, especially violent crimes against girls and women, are through the roof, and none of the politicians are protecting these innocent people. The Davos crowd now rules the UK, and they have every intention of keeping the borders open.
Posted originally on Jul 31, 2024 By Martin Armstrong
The Fraser Institute conducted a study that found Canadians are experiencing the worst standard of living in the past 40 years. Conditions are beneath what was experienced during the 89 recession, the Great Recession, and even the early stages of the post-pandemic. What is going on in Canada?
Justin Trudeau uprooted Canada’s fiscal landscape and his policies have only further sunk Canada into a decline. I reported that household debt in Canada exceeds 100% of GDP. Government spending toppled $1 trillion in 2020 in response to the pandemic, decreasing only 7.8% to $969.5 billion the following year. Government spending toppled C$520.17 billion during Q1 of 2024 alone. Justin Trudeau is aiming to turn Canada into a “BUILD BACK BETTER” nation that operates not like a true capitalist society but like the unelected government-driven economy we see in the European Union.
Canada’s immigration policy has become a free-for-all, with its population reaching an all-time high this year after surpassing 41 million. Nearly all population growth (99.3%; 240,955 people) was solely attributed to migrants arriving in Canada. The taxpayers are expected to subsidize the lives of migrants and turn a blind eye to the drastic uptick in crime. Canada was once a safe nation with a high-trust society. Crime has risen by over 40% and the entire landscape of Canadian society is changing. These people are often living in squalor and there are not enough housing units or jobs for all migrants, let alone all Canadians.
Similar to the US, Justin Trudeau is boosting job postings by ramping up hiring in the public sector, which has grown by over 17% since 2019. For comparison, the private sector only grew by 4% during that same timeframe. The public sector simply does not add to the economy in any meaningful way. These tax-funded agencies simply multiply and deduct from overall GDP.
Similar to other Build Back Better nations, Canada has lost its edge in trade. The countless green initiatives have crippled entire sectors, and rising taxes have made it a less desirable place to conduct business. Canada experienced a 51.2% reduction in mining, oil, gas, and quarrying from 2014 to 2022, as one example. Business investments have decreased by a third under Trudeau, yet he continues to spend.
‘“Building back better” represents a shared vision for a sustainable and inclusive economic recovery that strengthens the middle class, creates more opportunities for hard working people to join it, and ensures people have good jobs and careers on both sides of the border. Our leaders also recognized the opportunity for clean growth driven by workers, communities, businesses, and innovation.”
These government leaders are utter failures who are incapable of implementing meaningful policies. They destroyed the world economy under COVID and then sought to BUILD BACK BETTER. Instead, they’ve driven away smart money and business, fostered an environment for rising crime, and decreased everyone’s quality of life with inflationary policies. It is time for the voters to wake up and realize that the people they put into office are directly responsible for their deteriorating economic situations.
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