The Jam Jam

It is warming up – MetOff warnings for 4 days this week. I guess offices with aircon are OK but care homes and schools/hospitals will be suffering. Architects did not plan for this sort of heat when designing there ‘oh so pretty’ galss cubes. The gammons amongst us who are still harping on about net Zero shold just stfu! Energy costs have just risen again (thanks to Donald “I am a twat” Trump – so come on Andy Burnham – show some guts and levy a tax on the rich with every penny going to solar panels and wind turbines. I look out at the Mendips and would love to see wind turbines on top of the hills – especially as, with subsidised solar panels on all appropriate buildings, energy costs could be massively reduced, standard of living would rise. The energy security of the UK would be enhanced and reduce the need for increased defence spending. No need to worry about undersea cables and importing oil from countries controlled by despots and madmen!

We are approaching the mid-term elections in the USA. Will there be a swing to the left as we saw in the New York Mayoral election. No doubt the tecbros will invest $billions to ensure that this does not happen, Trump is altering electoral boudaries to ensure candidates on the right are in a better position to win. But not all of the people are stupid all of the time!

In this country are we seeing the Farage bubble gradually deflating? His endorsement of openly misogynistic candidates has misfired, and his racist views as he chases the the other right wing morons are also narrowing his support base. Many just see him for the money grabbing arsehole – that he is.

And an observation – I sort out the papers in the local shop and then stay on for a natter. Early morning is generally white vans and workmen. Non of whom buy a paper – I cannot remember any man under 50 or employed, buying a newspaper! So where do they get their news? Or a biased approximation of? The MSM have already started slagging Burnham off, they presumably have no personal stuff as they have been looking for at least 10 years.

And he has gone! Starmer resigns! Now will anyone stand against Burnham – doubtful so it should be quick and easy, without the debacle of Tory leadership changes. Will Burnham do better than Starmer – he will if he ignores the damp squibs in the city and makes Labour a party of hope again. If not I shall forever forsake Labour!

So The Sunday Express headline decrying Net Zero has disappeared from the BBC list of headlines. They are really, really stupid to use that headline at the start a spell where the Meteorological Office is issueing amber warnings with temperatures exceeding 35C in some areas, and almost certainly deaths due to the heat. Yet again I do not understand what their beef is? Half our electricity is produced in a non-polluting way, that also lessens our dependance on world – dumbasses!

Wins the byelection quite easily despite various commentators on GB Mews stating that Labour were panicking! The win with a high turnout, reveals that the majority of Britons are not racist and full of hatred, but want a better future. The BBC has not made an issue of the fall in the Conservative vote – 2%! So a lot to unpack.

Firstly I suspect Andy Burnham would be a more popular Prime Minister than Starmer; he has successfully run Manchester as the Mayor for 9 years. His personal appeal was revaeled in the constituency where just 2 months ago every ward had elected a Reform Candidate. So next stop is toppling Starmer – which should not be too difficult, Wes Streeting appears as Starmer Mk2 (and has a tiny majority), Angela Rayner would be an ideal No.2 as the Mail would divert all its venom in her direction (just a hypotheses – but did she refuse to give Jonathan Harmsworth a bj?), and there is no one else. He would also readjust the balance of power geographically, London and the south-east has dominated the Westminster bubble for too long.

Secondly the Reform bubble is holding up despite accusations of Farage being bought by cryptocurrency moguls – he lobbied against a new britcoin proposed. by the BoE as it could cost his donor (who has donated £millions – but wants nothing in return – the fucking liar). The racists and imbeciles have moved on to Restore who got 7% – that alone is fucking shameful! – and Farage still got 38% claiming that people voted tactically to get Starmer out – do they really believe that voters are that stupid; Burnham would, in all probability, be a greater opponent in future polls. Also how many true blue supporters voted tactically to keep Burnham out? Excuses, excuses.

Thirdly, the Greens and LibDem did not canvas the result realising that this was not their time, or place. Zac Polanski has also been found to be not guilty of any non-payment of council tax – did they have to pay people to come to that conclusion? I paid no council tax when sleeping in my mini for 6 weeks – or when offered a matress in a loft for a couple of months!

Meanwhile – a child aged 3 was picked up and thrown into a crocodile enclosure ate a zoo. No riots or pathetic right wing hyperbole – yet! A survey has shown that adding VAT to private school fees has not lead to an exodus to state schools. And how- why – do so called acedmics. gaet away with it? A study suggests that bending a lot at work may result in a higher risk of miscarriage – took a fucking genius to work that out did it!

Trump announces yet another deal – Vance and Hegseth are the stooges announcing a historic victory when all – and I mean all, others are assessing the climb down. Hegseth goes further to undermine NATO and Europe. But what if European countries buy Eurofighters and weapons? Hey guys do some maths!

The main cause of death to children? – Israel.

For Trump victory means a better deal than the one we had in the first place; i.e. no charges for oil passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a change of government and a nuclear deal that is better than the one negotiated previously – on all 3 counts he appears to have lost. For Iran survival, retaining its nuclear supply of enriched uranium, charging for oil tankers to pass through S of H, retain its government, and getting billions of frozen funds released. I have not seen the details but it seems that Iran is relatively unscathed. Will Israel abide by ceasefire in Lebanon? This is doubtful and sanctions against them unthinkable for their influence is paramount!

Respect for the Frenchvillage of Lagrune-sur-Mer, which for speaking out against the fascist Pete Hegseth (also US Defence Secretary). Their protest went viral. Just like the 20.000 peace protestors in Belfast the vast majority of people do not want right wing fanaticism, and certainly do not want mob rule by those who try to impose it by force. Voters in Switzerland voted in a referendum NOT to limit the population to 10 million which would have meant tight rules on migration (and fucked the makeup of future Swiss football teams!).

Lastly -Mobile phones and access to the internet for under-16’s. Like abortion (because I am not a woman) and because I am not a parent of the age group (although a grandparent of a couple) I will refrain from commenting, other to say the tecbros are rich enough to prevent harmful content getting on the net in the first place! But I suppose children and parents are an easier target than baning the like of Musk and X?

Race riots/pogram in Belfast and Starmer does not visit or call a COBRA meeting -PSNI seems fairly impotent and then 20000 take to te streets in a peaceful march against the terror invoked by young men in black with balaclavas. And the peace march was reported, if at all as a story commensurate with a cat stuck up a tree. Do riots sell newspapers? Is NI still riven by sectarian hatred – the riots were mainly in loyalist areas (although calling them loyalist when their actions are against the fundamental principals of humanity is crass – apologies). 92% of those arrested 2024-25 were white and only 5.7% ethnic, There have been 100 attemted murder by stabbings and 200 women murdered in the last 5 years in N.I. without riots. I could say double standards but these people, usually men, seem to have violence in their DNA, and the violence is compounded and promoted by the POTUS and also the worlds richest man – Musk. If anyone else suggested violence they would be prohibited entry to the UK – and even UK air space – but no, we send the police out to arrest peaceul demonstrators saying (I support Palestian Action) and condemning genocide (which Starmer has still not called out). the Court case in Bristol claims that £thousands of drones were damaged – fucking brilliant and we should be handing them medals, not convicting them as terrorists! What was Israel going to do with the equipment – slaughter little children? Society is more fucked up than ever – the Labour Party is supposed to be on the side of common people and against the industrial complex that promotes the rich and powerful – Starmer is a joke, maybe Burnham would be better. I accept the need for pragmatism – but not at the expense of the basic principles of humanity.

So, I do accept a need to keep migration at sensible and managed levels, to integrate the migrants into society; but again make a plea for sensible discussions about migration and its undoubted benefits. I also think there is an urgent need to arrest those responsible for promoting the violence, or even shutting down the media platforms that will not take them down – That is not just X (twitter), but all of them. If spending on this comes from MoD funding, so be it. Defence of our democracy is of greater urgency regarding the internet, than spending £billions on statement ships and aircraft, Iran has survived despite having had $billions spent by the USA and Israel on its destruction!

The press is quick to publicise ex-military figures selling their stories to them, or even current oness with a vested interest. But can anyone actually detail the threat from Russia, or China, or even the USA. Is Russia really a threat militarily ?- it certainly is politically and its use of cyber attacks (although again nothing proven!), boats checking out submarine cables – the Ukraine war is not going well for them (500.000 deaths is not good!), and civil unrest may not be inconceivable in the future – especially if Trumps war with Iran ends and leads to lower oil prices and the free flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz.

I have not got World Cup fever, not even a warm flush – I think it is the time the matches are on – matches at 3am? Maybe it is knowing that the England players are all multi-millionaires – basically I could not care less!

Elon Musk looks like a Cnut, acts like a Cnut, but is now a very rich $trillionaire Cnut. For it to be possible for anyone to have access to that much wealth is obscene, and makes a mockery of the capitalist economic system. He still has to piss and shit like other human beings, Why would someone that rich not want to cure poverty and starvation? He really is a Cnut along with fellow billionaires. But empires collapse, often horribly!

Sun out here and getting warmer, maybe 22C tomorrow! Tomatoes looking good, first bowl of raspberries, mints and herbs tremendous.

So Musk’s company is going to the stock market and it is expected to reap $1.8tn – I don’t understand! Where does the $1.8tn come from? Will other shares fall as they are sold to buy SpaceX? Or are the banks funding loans? Whatever, the obnoxious little shit will be arrogantly a lot richer, and think he can meddle in other countries affairs.

Trump claims a deal to end the war he started is close -again! I just hope he does not use this as an excuse to invade Cuba – tbh there is not any oil there and internationally it would not be popular.

British Defence Secretary resigns – yawn, only 09.56 and I am bored!

Good news from the World Bank – global growth will be slowest since the pandemic. I presume this is good for the planet and non-human elements! El Niño is here – according to NOAA – the US weather agency. So we can expect a warm, wet and windy latter part of the year (do the 4 seasons still exist? Is it June or March or October here at present? It could be any of them!

And the footie got off to a great start with Shakera et al, and a referee who had the balls to make 3 correct decisions in sending players off. The news in the USA was dominated, not by this, but by the NBA finals where the NY Knicks came back from a record deficit to record a last second win, leaving them with hope of being champions (strange country America – a final is best of 7- weird).