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Sue Nethercott's avatar

Hi Thom,

I was sorry to hear that you had not been released or escaped.

I know I offered to help you find refuge here if things went south there, but there is no refuge here now, either.

Prime Minister Braverman was emboldened by Trump's seizure of power and after Rishi Sunak was assassinated she seized power herself and declared martial law.

She ordered all immigrants and protesters she did not agree with shot.

The homeless and sick have been rounded up and put in workhouses.

Anyone who has been critical of her - and there were many of us on Twitter - have been jailed, often on barges like the Bibby Stockholm. Those guilty of alpha male style crimes like sexual abuse have all been released or spared jail, including many Tories, to make room for us. I'm on the run at the moment but sooner or later someone supplying me on the black market with stoma supplies will give me away, and I won't be able to afford them for much longer anyway.

Most of the media was already right wing or cowed, but now the left wing media, what little there was of it, has either been closed down or given to a right wing oligarch, and the journalists jailed.

She hasn't dared touch any right wing extremists with a significant number of followers like Nigel Farage, so they are all trying to outdo each other in their extremism, which is scary.

Let's hope that Trump and Braverman piss off so many people that their leadership collapses, and that China and Saudi Arabia are not waiting in the wings to fill the vacuum.

I hope to see you on the other side of these annos horribilis.

Best to Louise.

Sue

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Monnina's avatar

Yep. Britain is a cat’s whisker away from becoming a rogue autocracy. I believe they are presently far more politically compromised by far right global oligarchs and mafia than the US.

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Sue Nethercott's avatar

Yes, America stepped back from the brink with Biden, but is still in real danger.

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Monnina's avatar

Agreed. It is essential that the US social Enlightenment collective is seen to contain and push back the MAGAts political power grab on their home turf by the world. For all our sakes.

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Sue Nethercott's avatar

Good luck. These right wingers encourage each other, which is why our paths are so similar. Your next presidential election will probably be before our general election. Unless something major crops up, the Tories will hang on until January 2025 so they can continue stripping our assets and deconstructing our democracy.

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William Farrar's avatar

A cat whisker's away is an understatement. England has been under an autocracy since 1066, when a great grandson of a Viking named Hrólfr, was made Duke of Normandy took possession of the island by force. That lasted until 1945, when the country became bankrupt and the Financial District of London, became sovereign, and the royals simply actors in a Kabuki theater, Playing their role.

The Financial District of London, known as The City is an interesting study for it has its own government, laws, police and judicial system. TheKing or Queen of England must make an appointment when they wants to visit the City, they are met at the gates by the Lord High Mayor who is bedecked in formal regalia while the Royal must appear in ordinary civilian attire footnote following.

footnote Pages 5, 58‑61 & 98, Empire of the City. An interesting footnote on p.27 cites a reference that the Bank of England is a secret holding company and on page 98 he compares the Articles of Agreement of the IMF AND IRBD, article IX, Sections 1‑9 to the comprehensive immunities and sovereignity held by‑the Bank of‑;England, The Bank of International Settlements (BIS), through the Hague Agreement of 1930 also enjoys those immunities (BIS '83 report).

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Sue Nethercott's avatar

Money has always ruled, ever since warlords needed cash to pay soldiers.

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Linda Weide's avatar

This reminds me that I read today that there is a movement in Argentina of supporters of Swifties and BTS fans who are campaigning against the Far Right candidate. Right on for fandom! https://argentinareports.com/argentine-swifties-and-k-popers-ally-against-libertarian-candidates-ahead-of-presidential-elections-runoff/3502/

Let us hope that the same things happen here!

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Sue Nethercott's avatar

Well, in real life Suella Braverman has been sacked, but somehow I don't think that will be the end of it. She has escoriated the prime minister in her 'resignation letter', which gives some of her agenda. Anyone would think she was a white man.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/salty-suella-braverman-lashes-out-at-rishi-sunak-in-cutting-resignation-letter/ar-AA1jVnXX

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