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I bet Tesco won't be pleased.

Just when you have been blown to **** and think it is a good idea to get to out of Ukraine maybe you could apply to come to the UK and safety. Dealing with our UK bureaubrats doesn't want to make it too easy and I suggest you would have more success getting in a dinghy on one of the regular crossings of the Channel. Yeah but what’s her chance’s of getting a Visa for the UK? https://youtu.be/tFY1sjEJkIk

Easily understood these two videos get back to basics. Comprehending our present times is getting too complicated and after all we only want to get ahead and have a reasonable time on the planet. Dalio's video tells us our national and international problems are a repeat of themselves throughout history and that we haven't learnt anything to change the system. The phrase "I'm Alright Jack" springs to mind, but only for a few of us. What is Oligarchy? | Robert Reich Robert Reich explains why American democracy has become a oligarchy. and Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order by Ray Dalio I believe the world is changing in big ways that haven’t happened before in our lifetimes but have many times in history, so I knew I needed to study past changes to understand what is happening now and help me to anticipate what is likely to happen.

Zipping across Spain this video shows the only way to travel. Clean trains, beautiful countryside with far reaching views using a drone. TRAINSPOTTING (VOL. 2845) Trenes de Alta Velocidad en tránsito (UHD 4K) It would be interesting to place a HEREFORD LIVE webcam in the Hereford Station layout to see the arrival and departure of trains, especially the steam specials which regularly pass through the area.

For those who thought Covid had gone away there are a few MPs fighting to get compensation for victims of the vaccines who ended up with severe side effects and disablement. With only a handful of members in the chamber to debate the matter and half of those on their mobile phones and lacking interest it seemed quite futile. House of Commons Wednesday 2 March 2022 Adjournment: Effectiveness of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 Sir Christopher Chope MP (Christchurch, Conservative) Start 19:01:23 Finish at 19:30:00

Surely the pretension of the West and Russia over Ukraine is just a Mafia turf war and another distraction along with Covid. Aristotle writes that 'oligarchy is when men of property have the government in their hands... wherever men rule by reason of their wealth, whether they be few or many, that is an oligarchy, and where the poor rule, that is a democracy'. The term "oligarch" derives from the Ancient Greek oligarkhia meaning "the rule of the few". A form of power structure in which power rests with a small number of people. These people may or may not be distinguished by one or several characteristics, such as nobility, fame, wealth, education, or corporate, religious, political, or military control. Throughout history, oligarchies have often been tyrannical, relying on public obedience or oppression to exist. The modern United States has also been described as an oligarchy because some literature has shown that economic elites and organized groups representing special interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence. Nothing new. George Bernard Shaw defined in his play Major Barbara, premiered in 1905 and first published in 1907, a new type of Oligarchy namely the intellectual oligarchy that acts against the interests of the common people: “I now want to give the common man weapons against the intellectual man. I love the common people. I want to arm them against the lawyer, the doctor, the priest, the literary man, the professor, the artist, and the politician, who, once in authority, is the most dangerous, disastrous, and tyrannical of all the fools, rascals, and impostors. I want a democratic power strong enough to force the intellectual oligarchy to use its genius for the general good or else perish". Western and Russian oligarchy won't be fighting to protect democracy on the streets on the streets of Ukraine. They are looking after their financial interests. Biden has threatened to cut access to their funds with Forbes listing those they think would be hit in their wallet. Meanwhile various individuals in the west who have not already come through the hands of the banksters ie Macron with Rothschilds are beginning to find their bolt holes. Mark Sedwill is joining investment bank Rothschild & Co in his first major private-sector role since stepping down as cabinet secretary. In July 2021, he joined Lloyd's of London as a senior independent director and deputy chair. He also chairs the G7 panel on economic resilience. As a senior adviser to the global firm, Lord Sedwill will aim to help Rothschild to “achieve their strategic global ambitions as well as helping to connect to and advise clients across the global advisory, wealth and asset management and merchant banking businesses”. Another Jens Stoltenberg NATO Secretary General, was reported as seeking the governorship of Norges Bank - Norway's central bank. Stoltenberg has been an advocate for having all the world's children vaccinated against infectious diseases. Stanley Johnson, Boris's dad has previously worked at the World Bank. Rule by the Worst… Inevitable To these people losing money is expensive. Losing people is cheap.

From The Slog: Well written lyrics can be incisive and critical and CATCHY. Our Overlords know this and by promoting and forcing radio stations etc. to play the agenda songs, then the brains of the population, if surviving the 24 hour pulping, will remain unaware of great and critical songs and lyrics being written about our truly trying times. https://youtu.be/J7jNpxOCZTM

If you liked the video Paddington to Hereford, another favourite of mine is Andres Basagoita who follows the trains in Spain and Switzerland. It brings back memories of walking in Switzerland and cycling in Spain. Andres uses drones to film a variety of trains. His countryside and coastal views are very spectacular. All his videos are accompanied by musical scores. Also they are very easy timewise to watch. Enjoy.

I hope you enjoy this cab ride from London Paddington to Hereford filmed in UltraHD during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown of summer 2020 We journey for a total of 150 miles starting out in England’s capital and slowly head into more rural areas as we pass through the famous University City of Oxford, then through the charming scenery of the Cotswolds before hitting major civilisation again in the form of Worcester. Then it’s out into and through the Malvern Hills passing Great Malvern and Ledbury before reaching our destination of Hereford. We resisted the urge to get the recordings done at the widest possible focal length, as, despite the gains in peripheral vision, you get a very false impression of speed and perspective. This detracts from the realism. The focal length chosen attempts to give the best compromise of a realistic view of what the driver sees together with a decent amount of peripheral scenery. You won’t see any ‘barrel distortion’ i.e. bending buildings here! You'll need two and half hours to watch it!

It is not only UK's politicians taking us for a ride. While the UK government was scamming the public with many of their friends getting billions for Covid aid. Canada is also refusing to say who got dollars in Covid aid with no details on how money is spent with $240 billion handed out in the first 8 months of pandemic. Also Big Pharma continues to rake in the money. “Forget the politicians. The politicians are put there to give you the idea you have freedom of choice. You don't. You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land, they own and control the corporations that've long since bought and paid for, the senate, the congress, the state houses, the city halls, they got the judges in their back pocket, and they own all the big media companies so they control just about all of the news and the information you get to hear. They got you by the balls. They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying to get what they want. Well, we know what they want. They want more for themselves and less for everybody else. But I'll tell you what they don't want. They don't want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don't want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. They're not interested in that. That doesn't help them.” ― George Carlin The standard business model for corporations is to lie, confuse and deny anything that may threaten their profitability. ― Steven Magee

Spoke to my local councillor over the weekend about the garage waste and went out of the house today 2nd February 2022 to find that it has been removed at long last.

Waste dumped by garages on 12th December 2021 still there today 30th January 2022. Spoken to BBLP and Community Protection several times no action, might try the local councillor to see if she can initiate something. More cat litter being dumped in it. Also cat litter dumped in Tesco shopping bags at Pixley Walk and Dunoon Mead.

The Police for Freedom International Movement was launched in February 2021. It was inspired by the Spanish association “Policías Por La Libertad”, which was formed in 2020 to improve overall societal well being in these difficult times - both for citizens, as well as members of the police, firefighters, security personnel and the military. The mission of this movement is to re-humanise our societies, bringing back trust and unity between the security forces and the people. The peaceful marches, events, campaigns and content created by Police For Freedom aim to educate people about their human rights, civil liberties, constitutional rights as well as the ethical code of conduct for the police and security forces. We are colleagues from different occupations who want to continue to carry out our work based on our personal and professional ethics, without being influenced by fears, deceptive narratives, immoral rules or differences of opinion. Police for Freedom started a year ago and building up. 5 minute video explains their situation. https://policeforfreedom.org/ ___________________________________________________________ Latest videos of Freedom convoy arriving in Ottawa today. Pretty jammed up. Reminds me of Hereford congestion! https://youtu.be/iY2nxyWHVE4

What is the Freedom Convoy? The freedom convoy is calling for the end of vaccine mandates in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic. "On January 15th, a small team of Alberta truckers, their family members and friends, came to the decision that the Government of Canada has crossed a line with implementing Covid-19 vaccine passports and vaccine mandates," said a statement Wednesday on the Freedom Convoy 2022 Facebook page. "As of today, we now have the support of millions of Canadians from across the country." The list of demands includes the federal and provincial governments terminating the vaccine passports and all other "obligatory vaccine contact tracing programs", and terminate COVID-19 vaccine mandates. The protest was initially sparked by outrage over a vaccine mandate imposed this month on cross-border truckers, but has since garnered support from anti-vaccine mandate group. https://youtu.be/8csAib4_nPE _______________________________________________ Brings back memories of the original convoy. Be nice if we could get these 22 million views to voice their protests https://youtu.be/Sd5ZLJWQmss

From The Guardian today: E-scooter firms to develop universal warning sound after collisions Licensed operators Dott, Lime and Tier are working with UK engineers amid concerns from charities for blind people E-scooters could all be given the same distinctive artificial sound to warn people when they are approaching, after engineers and rival operators announced a joint research project to identify the best noise for them to make. Acoustic researchers will work with firms licensed to run UK e-scooter rental schemes with the aim of developing a universal sound for the otherwise near-silent vehicles. The sound would help alert other road users, particularly people with sight loss. Concerns have been raised by charities for blind people about the safety of e-scooters after a number of collisions, although these have largely involved unlicensed e-scooters, which are illegal to drive on public roads, let alone pavements. The sound will be developed at University College London’s laboratories with input from the three licensed operators in London: Dott, Lime and Tier. The multinational operators want to give all their e-scooters the same sound, and hope to set an industry standard for the UK and around the world. Researchers are aiming for the new sound to be sufficiently distinctive and audible to alert those with sight loss, while not creating further difficulty for those with hearing loss and neurodiverse conditions. A spokesperson said a range of noises would be “ethically tested” at UCL’s Person-Environment-Activity Research Laboratory. Prof Nick Tyler, the director of the facility, said: “Through studying how the human hearing system has evolved, we can create sounds for e-scooters that are detectable without adding more noise to the environment. It is a huge scientific challenge, but one that will enable everyone to feel comfortable with this new form of micromobility that is quickly growing in popularity.” Fred Jones, a regional general manager with the e-scooter operator Tier, said developing “an inclusive sound for e-scooters will be crucial to protecting pedestrians and road users potentially made vulnerable through the introduction of this new transport mode”. The project will build on work done by operators with disability charities and other acoustic researchers. The chair of Transport for London’s independent disability advisory group, Joanna Wootten, said they were excited that the venture would be “breaking new ground where there are currently no standards or regulations in place”. Dr Antonio Torija Martinez, an acoustic researcher at the University of Salford, said they had developed a standalone system with variable noises reflecting speed, but were continuing to look into “developing warning sounds for an optimal balance between noticeability and annoyance”. Trials of legal rental e-scooter schemes continue across the UK, with the government still giving no indication of its long-term decision over the vehicle’s future. Sales of unregulated e-scooters have led to increasing numbers of crashes and deaths, according to a report from the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety. ________________________________________________________________ Bearing in mind we have a blind college in Hereford a compulsory warning system should be installed on these bikes. As a cyclist I find if you give pedestrians a bell warning they tend to jump the wrong way into your path.

We seem to be satisfying both ends of the age spectrum. The young and fit on e-scooters and the elderly, disabled in electric wheelchairs together mixing with cyclists and pedestrians will lead to some accidents no doubt. One only has to look in High Town to see how these people move about with little regard for one another. The condition of most pavements in the city has added to the risk taking of getting from A to B with wheels getting stuck in pot holes, ruts and few drop kerbs. The electric scooter law LOOPHOLE you need to know

Jesse Norman MP raises question about the state of the River Wye at Prime Minister's Question Time. It is vital for all the key parties, and in particular the Environment Agency, Natural England and Natural Resources Wales, to come together now and create a single, integrated, long-term strategy straddling both sides of the border, if we are going to clean up the priceless national asset that is the Wye.

The Guardian 25th January 2022 England plans dental ‘treatment blitz’ to tackle appointments backlog New £50m funding pot allocated to help provide 350,000 extra slots – including weekends and evenings – in February and March More than 350,000 extra dental appointments are to be made available in February and March, NHS England said, with a new £50m funding pot aimed at fuelling a dentistry “treatment blitz”. However, senior dentistry sources said the cash was a “drop in the ocean”, with tens of millions of NHS appointments cancelled as a result of Covid-19 and the resulting backlog set to take years to clear. Some also expressed doubts about whether there would be enough staff to offer the additional appointments, since hundreds of dentists have quit the profession in the last year amid warnings that NHS dentistry is increasingly “hanging by a thread”. Millions of patients have struggled to access dental care since 2019. Some have spent weeks or months in pain as a result, and others believed they had no option but to conduct “DIY dentistry” while waiting for treatment, or felt coerced into “going private”. Under the new plans to tackle the backlog, NHS England said dentists involved in the scheme would “be paid more than a third on top of their normal sessional fee” for delivering care outside their core hours. Dentists said this could involve providing appointments as late as 10pm on weeknights, and slots being offered on Saturdays and Sundays, with children and people with learning disabilities, autism or severe mental health problems being prioritised. The chief dental officer for England, Sara Hurley, said: “Dental services are a vital part of the NHS, providing oral healthcare to all age groups, and that’s why we have taken this unprecedented action to boost NHS dental services. “The NHS is now getting key services like dentistry back to pre-pandemic levels – injecting an extra £50m into routine services will help provide checkups and treatment for hundreds and thousands of people.” The minister for primary care, Maria Caulfield, said the new funding would “urgently give more people access to vital dental care when they need it”. However, Shawn Charlwood, chair of the British Dental Association’s general dental practice committee, said the extra cash “must be just the start if we are to rebuild a service millions depend on”. He added: “After a decade of cuts, a cash-starved service risks being offered money that can’t be spent. Hard-pressed practices are working against the clock and many will struggle to find capacity ahead of April for this investment to make a difference.” __________________________________________________________ Interesting to see how this affects Herefordshire.

This life insurance case in France sets an important precedent for the life insurance companies of the world, and those holding their policies. Life insurer refuses to cover vaccine death Although vaccination is recognized as the cause of death by doctors and the insurance company, it has refused to pay out. The reason is because the side effects of the Corona jabs are known and published. They argue that the deceased took part in an experiment at his own risk. Covid-19 in itself is not classed as a “critical illness”. According to the company, an experimental vaccination resulting in death is like suicide… The court allegedly justified its ruling as follows: “The side effects of the experimental vaccine are published and the deceased could not claim to have known nothing about it when he voluntarily took the vaccine. There is no law or mandate in France that compelled him to be vaccinated. Hence his death is essentially suicide.” Since suicide is not covered by the policy from the outset, the insurance refuses to budge.

Covid: Quebec to impose health tax on unvaccinated Canadians These governments want to scrap the ideal of free healthcare for all. Not only will the unvaccinated be forced to pay, but eventually all will pay. After all if you die being unvaccinated you won't be paying anyone. They will deduct the charge through your smart phone. While you have a smart phone your freedom will be given up. These are the parasites of society who suck out the wealth from under your feet. The number of billionaires on Forbes’ 35th annual list of the world’s wealthiest exploded to an unprecedented 2,755--660 more than a year ago. Of those, a record high 493 were new to the list--roughly one every 17 hours, including 210 from China and Hong Kong. Another 250 who’d fallen off in the past came roaring back. A staggering 86% are richer than a year ago. Altogether these billionaires are worth $13.1 trillion, up from $8 trillion in 2020. The U.S. still has the most, with 724, followed by China (including Hong Kong and Macao) with 698. _______________________ Twenty new “pandemic billionaires” have been created in Asia thanks to the international response to Covid-19, while 140 million people across the continent were plunged into poverty as jobs were lost during the pandemic, according to Oxfam. A report by the aid organisation says that by March 2021, profits from the pharmaceuticals, medical equipment and services needed for the Covid response had made 20 people new billionaires as lockdowns and economic stagnation destroyed the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of others. From China, Hong Kong, India and Japan, the new billionaires include Li Jianquan, whose firm, Winner Medical, makes personal protective equipment (PPE) for health workers, and Dai Lizhong, whose company, Sansure Biotech, makes Covid-19 tests and diagnostic kits. The total number of billionaires in the Asia-Pacific region grew by almost a third from 803 in March 2020 to 1,087 by November last year, and their collective wealth increased by three-quarters (74%), the report said. The report said the richest 1% owned more wealth than the poorest 90% in the region. Mustafa Talpur, campaigns lead at Oxfam Asia, said: “It is outrageous and highly unacceptable that poor people in Asia [were left at] the mercy of the pandemic facing severe health risks, joblessness, hunger and pushed into poverty – erasing the gains made in decades in the fight against poverty. “While rich and privileged men increase their fortunes and protect their health, Asia’s poorest people, women, low-skilled workers, migrants and other marginalised groups are being hit hardest,” he added. In 2020, an estimated 81m jobs disappeared and loss of working hours pushed a further 22–25 million people into working poverty, according to the International Labour Organization. Meanwhile, the Asia-Pacific region’s billionaires saw their wealth increase by $1.46tn (£1.06tn), enough to provide a salary of almost $10,000 (£7,300) to all those who lost a job. __________________________________________________ Soon there will be more billionaires than ordinary people living on the planet. Oh, isn't that what the Cabal wants. Silly me I forgot. Must dash I've got a dinner party to attend to at No 10.

This chap in Canada tells us how it is. Meanwhile Boris and Andrew struggle to maintain their credibility.

And of course there was a plan to build a community centre down by The Oval. Never came about.

Brings back memories. The Vortex was also demolished prior to the church. Two useful community buildings gone.

Agree

Has she drawn any money out of her bank account within the last month, if not in Hereford or elsewhere?