Month: October 2022

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55 Tufton Street and the Bruges Group

Basically these are the groups of people who run this country. This so called think tank(Bruges Group) is far right. You can read what they say here and below. Specific criticisms are less easy to find on the web as basically it anyone that they call the Anti-Growth Coalition (Labour, Liberal, SNP,Green, Trade Unions, remainers, BLM, BBC,etc.) i.e. basically anyone who does not agree with them 100%. 55 Tufton Street is centre for many groups including major climate denial group (Global Warming Policy Foundation). Read more here

In my view they are a group of fascist nutters who have managed to manipulate Truss and the Conservative Party into an undemocratic situation. They believe in a very low tax, low state control and low public services. Abolishing environmental controls (unless beneficial to big business), abolishing labour safety laws (like minimum wage and maximum hours), abolishing the ECHR and anything to do with the EU. Basically they are inhumane fucking bastards with less compassion than my shoelaces! But you can read their poisonous shite for yourselves – or listen to any government minister. Please avoid reading the Daily Fail, Daily Exnewspaper, and the Torygraph. Be aware that the inewspaper has been bought by the Daily Fail.

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APPLE AND RASPBERRY SLICE

For the crumble -150g sugar; 110g plain flour; 1tsp baking powder, 110g oats; 110g butter; 50g mixed nuts.

4 apples stewed, dried raspberries, 1/2tsp powdered cloves.

25 mins at 160C

I might try a mango and coconut and lime filling?

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SILLY

Basically this governments policies are silly. Tax cuts for the rich, even if successful in generating economic growth, which I believe is not desirable anyway, will take years to generate the income to pay for them. It is the same crackpot policy with North Sea fossil fuel reserves and fracking – 5-10 years before anything comes on stream. Policies that reduce demand (insulation, solar panels are needed now.

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CARROT CAKE

“CARROT CAKE
Serves 10
INGREDIENTSFOR THE CAKE
10 oz plain flour
2 level teaspoons baking powder
1 level teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 level teaspoon salt
2 level teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 level teaspoon ground ginger
1 level teaspoon ground nutmeg
7 oz dark brown sugar
3½ oz caster sugar
4 large beaten eggs
9 fl oz sunflower oil (or half sunflower oil, half olive oil)
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
4 carrots, peeled and grated (about 1 lb in weight)
14 oz can crushed pineapple, well drained
4 oz pecans, chopped (if you don’t want to put these in, substitute with one extra carrot)
FOR THE ICING
6 oz softened cream cheese (leave out of the fridge for a while)”

“6 oz softened cream cheese (leave out of the fridge for a while)
2 oz softened, unsalted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
9 oz icing (powdered) sugar
1 to 2 tablespoons milk 
METHOD
Preheat oven to 180ºC/350ºF/Gas mark 4. Line a 13″ x 9″ tin with non-stick baking paper.
Sift the first seven ingredients only into a large bowl, and then stir in the sugars until blended together. Make a well in the centre.
In a jug or bowl, beat together the eggs, oil and vanilla extract and pour the mixture into the well. Using an electric beater on a slow speed, gradually draw the flour mixture from the side of the bowl and then turn up the speed and beat until a smooth batter forms.
Stir in the carrots and the crushed pineapple (and chopped nuts if using) until everything is mixed together well.
Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and smooth the surface with the back of a spoon or a pallet knife.
Bake in the centre of the preheated oven for 50 minutes to one hour, or until the cake is firm and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean[…]”

“Remove the cake from the oven and leave to completely cool before removing from the tin and discarding the baking paper.
Make the icing by beating together the cream cheese, softened butter and vanilla extract until smooth, and then gradually beating in the icing sugar until it’s all combined. Add a little milk if necessary to help make the icing a spreadable consistency and then decorate the top of the cake with it.
Refrigerate for about an hour before cutting into squares and serving.
NOTE: I’ve made this cake before just with granulated sugar when I haven’t had brown or caster sugar, and it’s turned out fine. I’ve also used mixed spice when I haven’t had any ginger and it was okay, and I’ve also made it without nuts. Again, it was perfectly fine.”

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THE SUN IGNORES TRUSS

Front page headline in the Sun is about the wife of ManC footballer Gundogan not liking the restaurants in Manchester! WTF!

Thus ignoring the Prime Minister making a speech to the Nasty Party’s conference.

The speech was of mutton dressed as lamb – same old pretending to be radical and new. Economically it was lets cut taxes (for the rich) and see the economy grow.

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ASK THESE QUESTIONS- Tony Benn

What power have you got?
Where did you get it from?
In whose interests do you exercise it?
To whom are you accountable?
How can we get rid of you?


Only democracy gives us that right. That is why no-one with power
likes democracy and that is why every generation must struggle to
win it and keep it; including you and me, here and now.

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PUBLIC SERVICES

Ross McKibbin in 1999 pointed out that the “middle classes make more use of the NHS, public transport, public libraries, local swimming pools, public parks and their right to state welfare than anyone else”.

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STRAWS

The Sunday Fail is struggling to find hate figures and so has said how upset Kharzi Kwangtung is that a back-bench Labour MP (now suspended) called him a token back man, I suppose they do not want to report that half of those who voted for them last time will not do so next time! Or the dire state of the economy where free marketeers are decrying the market. Or that the government basically stopped King Charles going to COP27 and giving a speech (I wonder what they threatened him with?). Or how upset people are in areas identified as suitable for fracking.

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