The BBC, Positive Discrimination, Political Correctness and Quotas.

 Ever since The Labour Party insisted on women only shortlists I have been a fierce opponent of this nonsense.  (Luciana Berger is a typical instance who, although a known trouble maker, was parachuted into Liverpool, and has been a devisive critic of the Party ever since, and even Channel 4 have accused her of being a carpetbagger). Positions should be filled on the basis of the best person for the job and not their sex, gender orientation or colour.
 On Sunday night on BBC Four two well established programme were ruined by useless and patronising, polically correct presenters, who had me switching channels until nine o’clock when a guy

who had empathy and knowledge of his subject presented a superb, informative and insightful programme about gypsies in this country and the discriminatory and shabby racist treatment meted out to them.
 As if this is bad enough why do we have to have a passably reasonable newsreader in Fiona Bruce, shoed into presenting high profile programmes such as Antiques Roadshow (Arthur Negus where are you now?)

 and ruining Question Time where, unsurprisingly the ratings have tumbled.  Are the BBC so bereft of qualified presenters that Bruce has to be shoved into every high profile programme?
 Radio 5 Live is teeming with first class presenters, who whatever they may lack in telegenics, make up for in personality and expertise.

PRINCE, JEFF LYNNE, TOM PETTY et al.

The Women of the UK Will Build The Better World.

 In my peregrinations around the country and discussions with many diverse groups from Perth in the north

to Truro

in the South and from Bangor

in the west to Lincoln in the east I am  now utterly convinced that women will carry us through to the new Britain.

 A New Briton where poverty is vanquished and swords are turned into ploughshares.
 The men are flabby lounge lizards,stuffing burgers and cheap booze down themselves ,whilst it is the women who are or organising and manning the soup kitchens and food banks and sheltering the refugees from war torn countries.. They are strong and committed and caring and increasingly linking arms together as sisters in the struggle.
This is dedication to the night porter at the Mayfield House Hotel in Malmesbury.

I’m Not Marching Anymore

Thundering anti-war song that spawned Dylan’s With God on our Side.

Join YVUK ` YELLOW VESTS UNITED KINGDOM

Like our French colleagues we have had enough:-
ROUGH SLEEPING
STARVING CHILDREN
FOOD BANKS
POLICE CUTS
TEACHER, FIRE BRIGADE, AMBULANCE , SOCIAL SERVICES CUTS
POTHOLES
TRAINS OVERCROWDED, NOT RUNNING,OVER CHARGING
BREXIT INDECISION

MAY CUTS WHILST BRITAIN BLEEDS

TAKE TO THE STREETS - NO MEMBER SHIP FEE, NO NAMES, JUST US AGAINS THE WRECKERS OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

YVUK

Cuba Solidarity Campaign.

Cuba Update 4 February 2019 Donate to the Havana Tornado Appeal The British Cuba Solidarity Campaign has donated £2,000 to the relief appeal following the shock tornado which ripped through five municipalities on 27 January. Donate online here Six people were killed and 195 injured in the worst storm to hit the Cuban capital for 80 years. Damage to homes and infrastructure was considerable, with total and partial collapse of buildings, and winds tearing up and overturning trees, vehicles and electricity cables. Work is already underway to repair property including damaged schools, hospitals, utilities and public buildings, and re-establish services. If you would like to donate to relief efforts, CSC has launched an appeal to collect donations. We will make regular bulk transfers to Cuba to avoid international banking fees on individual's transactions and difficulties people may have with personal bank transfers due the US blockade. 100% of donations will be passed on to relief work being coordinated by government agencies and ministries in Cuba. Donate online here Other donations By cheque: Cheques should be clearly marked on the back: ‘Havana Tornado Relief'. Please make cheques out to CSC and send to: Cuba Solidarity Campaign c/o UNITE, 33-37 Moreland Street, London EC1V 8BB, UK By card or phone: For credit card or bank transfers call +44 (0)20 7490 5715 or email office@cuba-solidarity.org.uk If you prefer to donate directly to the appeal account set up by the Cuban government, you can do so via the Banco Financiero Internacional (BFI), account number 0300000005093523. Donations via this account may incur international transfer charges. CSC reiterates its solidarity with the Cuban people in the mammoth task they have ahead to rebuild their communities. We call once again for the US government to end its inhumane blockade of the country so that the Cuban people can access the building materials and equipment they will need to reconstruct Havana following this tragedy. For more updates on the impact of the tornado and relief work visit www.cuba-solidarity.org.uk • Read CSC’s message of condolence and solidarity   UK government highlights ban on British companies complying with blockade Sir Alan Duncan MP, Minister of State for Europe and the Americas, has again made clear the British Government’s opposition to United States extraterritorial blockade policies against Cuba. On 22 January, in response to a parliamentary question from David Davies MP, Mr Duncan reaffirmed that it was “illegal”under the UK Protection of Trading Interests Act 1980 for British companies to “comply with extraterritorial legislation such as the US embargo”. The Ministry of International Trade also responded similarly to a question from Karen Lee MP, chair of the All Party Group on Cuba over what plans the government had to support British companies if the US decided to lift the suspension of Title III of the Helms-Burton legislation. • Read the full story and CSC’s response here   The aggression against Venezuela must stop The Cuban government had released a statement condemning “the attempt to impose through a coup a puppet government in the service of the United States” in Venezuela and expressed its “unwavering solidarity” Nicolás Maduro’s government. “The true objectives of the actions against Venezuela are to control the vast resources of that sister nation” said the statement in reference to the South American nations vast oil reserves. Cuba also condemned the shameful role of the Organisation of American States to implement a policy of “regime change, which has not been imposed due to the unwavering resistance of the Venezuelan people and their willingness to defend the National sovereignty.” • Read the full statement    Sadness at the loss of Jeremy Hardy, supporter of Cuba and wonderful person and campaigner CSC was deeply saddened by the death of our good friend Jeremy Hardy. He was a wonderful person, a man of solidarity and action, and a great supporter of Cuba. Jeremy performed at a number of benefit concerts for the Cuba Solidarity Campaign and took part in campaign actions against the blockade and in support of the campaign for freedom for the Miami Five. Our thoughts and love are with his family and friends at this sad time. • Read the CSC statement of condolences   Like us on Facebook   Follow us on Twitter    Make a Donation   Visit Cuba for May Day 2019 Be in Cuba for the 60th anniversary of the Revolution More details here   Great Cuba gifts Choose from our range of books, t-shirts, coffee, chocolate, music and more Browse our shop    Cuba60 Sign our anniversary card to the Cuban people today Find out more Cuba Solidarity Campaign c/o Unite, 33-37 Moreland Street, London EC1V 8BB, UK Telephone: +44 (0)20 7490 5715 | Fax: +44 (0)20 7490 3556 | Email | www.cuba-solidarity.org.uk This email was sent to dfmccaffrey@gmail.com | Click here to unsubscribe | Click here to subscribe | Privacy Policy

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The Forgotten Holocaust of 1915.

When HOLOCAUST. DAY. comes around how many in the west remember the systematic extinction of  1.5  million Armenians by the OTTOMAN EMPIRE in 1915?  I hazard that there are very few and that in our schools the subject is neglected. Their students should know that the term, "holocaust"
 was first used by a historian to describe the terrible tragedy that happened to the Armenians

Location	Ottoman Empire Republic of Turkey
Date	1914–1923[note 1]
Target	Armenianpopulation
Attack type	Deportation, genocide, mass murder, starvation

The starting date is conventionally held to be 24 April 1915, the day that Ottoman authorities rounded up, arrested, and deported from Constantinople (now Istanbul) to the region of Ankara 235 to 270 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders, the majority of whom were eventually murdered. The genocide was carried out during and after World War I and implemented in two phases—the wholesale killing of the able-bodied male population through massacre and subjection of army conscripts to forced labour, followed by the deportation of women, children, the elderly, and the infirm on death marches leading to the Syrian Desert. Driven forward by military escorts, the deportees were deprived of food and water and subjected to periodic robbery, rape, and massacre.^[Other ethnic groups were similarly targeted for extermination in the Assyrian genocide and the Greek genocide, and their treatment is considered by some historians to be part of the same genocidal policy.Most Armenian diaspora communities around the world came into being as a direct result of the genocide

  Vladimir Putin is a regular attendee at the annual memorial service as are other world signatories. The USA and EU leaders attend but the British are disgustingly notable by their absence.

   

Shame on the hypocrites who shout “anti semitic” at anybody who does not toe the lines and the Jewish MPs who attack Jeremy Corby are a politically motivated rabble.