Observations

In the article you share; “… The document has now been released by the National Archives under a (FOI) request … In the email on 7 May 2002 to Powell - the current UK government's national security adviser - Mandelson refers to Epstein as "safe". "Do you remember when Clinton saw TB [Tony Blair] he said he wanted to introduce his travelling friend, Epstein, to TB? I think TB would be interested in meeting Epstein … because he is an active scientific catalyst/entrepreneur as well as someone who has his finger on the pulse of many worldwide markets and currencies …”

Me too!

“Ex-Tory MP, Penny Mordaunt, appeared on the Laura Kuenssberg show, for some reason, where she attempted to give advice to the Labour government, but also slandered trade unions, claiming that some of them had engaged in antisemitic behaviour. A Labour MP on the panel did pretty much nothing to call out the attack.” -/////- Penny Mordaunt was on the Laura Kuenssberg show on Sunday morning. She’s a strange one. (Remember her holding the sword for Charles). When I saw her I thought where else have I seen her name recently. It was this report from July 2025. https://bod.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/commissiononantisemitismreport-web.pdf Also, on the show the clothes, the set and the carpet were black or dark in tone. In mourning.

I’ve been glancing at the title of this thread and thinking it doesn’t look right and finally looked at it properly now and realised the u is missing in Synagogue. Language and spelling is a funny old thing sometimes

Similar to how it’s only sugar free drinks on offer in the supermarket. I suppose it’s one way to get us to buy them? Remember when Russell Blaylock used to describe how the rats wouldn’t eat the aspartame in the experiments? It’s so nasty, and bitter tasting and probably cancer causing. I wonder if we can compare it not being allowed to smoke but vaping is encouraged so much that you can get a free vape on the NHS. And they’re still allowed to advertise. It’s what we’ve let ‘them’ get away with isn’t it. ‘They’ nag constantly about respect and abuse but really they’re the abusers, and ‘they’ just keep pushing a bit more at a time. It’s never enough for ‘them’. No wonder DI calls it the Totalitarian Tiptoe. Well said of course.

I might add that the wait till another time training session, as in ‘lessons will be learned’, also seems to apply to other areas we’ve witnessed? .. Don’t shout now Don’t raise your voice Don’t show aggression Don’t go on holiday Don’t drive Don’t go out Don’t use electricity or water Don’t buy too much Don’t visit your relative in hospital Don’t visit your relative in their home Don’t invite people into your home Don’t get close Don’t hug or touch or breathe Just for a day Just for a week Just for 3 weeks It’ll be different in four years it’ll be different in ten years It’s only once in a generation It’s only once in a century Just wait You’re free to say anything you want, as long as you accept it has consequences You’re feee to do anything you want, just not at this moment in time We’re all in this together …. This is another part of ‘all’ that is happening for a reason? This is ‘all’ part of a bigger plan? Of that much ‘we’ can mostly agree? ‘We’ don’t want to be a part of any of this BS ‘We’ must learn from each other how to rise above the deliberate noise and agitation and aggravation There’s still a blue sky up there, or how best to put it? You know what I mean. When I say we I mostly want to say one

Thanks @Velma and @cosmicinaudio ‘We’ can understand increasingly, with the more that ‘we’ see and hear. The two sides will shout at us all day long leading us into a path of blind frustration, and the rest … ‘We’ can often see the bigger picture ‘We’ can see the role of an actor I can’t help but think of that quote; “I want to be someone important, like an actor” I often find myself liking some of these actors. They serve an important purpose .. and there’s ‘us’ in the middle of the tug-of-war, saying “oh look at that monkey”, or whatever distraction, dummy / teat or titillation

BBC - “Renewables overtake coal for the first time on record.”

Mary Portas Queen of Shops ”Then the market changed. Barbara Kruger did a brilliant exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery and one of them was called I shop therefore I am; an indictment on consumerism. She was ahead of the game because none of us realised the consumerist society we had created was effecting the planet.”

“The government has announced major changes to the way houses are bought and sold in what ministers are calling the biggest shake up to the system in decades … We need to streamline the process make it more digital. Anyone who goes through it comes out with reams of paperwork.” “In Scotland where they do this, we see it drives down failed transactions. The failures we are seeing we think costs the economy 1.5 billion a year so we need to move at pace. We will consult on proposals and move to put in place legislation so all people going through the process can benefit these reforms.”

BBC Breakfast News Waltham Forest Council says it will need to make £15 million in cuts this year as financial challenges continue to worsen. Council tax in the borough went up by 4.99% - an average of £100 a year for band D properties. Council leader Grace Williams said savings were needed to rein in a projected £31 million overspend, but the situation was becoming “tougher and tougher” and said authorities “rarely have a choice”.

BBC Breakfast News “ The owner of one of London’s busiest LGBTQ+ bars, which closed last night after 25 years says more needs to be done to make Soho safer. Jeremy Joseph’s G-A-Y bar closed last night for the final time. He says the area has changed and is no longer safe. City Hall says the mayor has established a task force to address the issues facing the nightlife industry.“

I see there’s a huge ‘double’ protest in Bristol today. There is online streaming but it started to buffer, and they were trying to find a way to fix it.

So ‘everyone’ in the media has had to debate / pick a side again on whether the Pro-Palestine protests should go ahead this weekend. Of course the hypocrisy is overwhelming? Why in this case but not others? It occurred to me that it’s not the first time that we’ve heard something like this with ‘clearly’ two sides pitted against each other, egged on by external ‘forces’, and heavily debated in the media. In 2007 for instance, the public would line the streets in the now Royal Wootton Bassett, to pay their respects to the dead soldiers being flown back home. Muslims like Anjem Choudary wanted to use this as a chance to hold a protest against the war in Afghanistan. I saw the name Tom Robinson in an article written ‘back then’. There was a lot of debate during Bush and Blair’s wars as to whether anti-war protestors (of any nationality) were being disrespectful. I saw hate and fear towards the Muslims, fired up by the newspapers and the films. And sometimes the protests in the early 2000’s were more generally anti-war, than anti-someone?! The articles and the language of that time are very interesting. Some of the roots of the division (and fake division) that we see now started back then. That’s not to say it was invented then but just that there’s something for every generation. There are so many layers to deceit. 100 years is nothing really? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11488556 US Supreme Court hears military funeral protest case

This is a good thread, nice to read some of Macnamara’s old contributions, and others too.

What I keep hearing is reflection. I meant to say that, and then I heard Andy Burnham say “I don’t think it’s the right time to talk about that, I think this is a time for reflection.”

Apparently Dame Sarah has a marvellous sense of humour. And approves of same sex marriage; which has upset some people in the church.

It struck me as a bit odd, the timing of her ‘arrival’, but if a coincidence .. and I noticed there was quite a lot of news one or two days last week, well a lot more different subjects than usual? Ha ok like 5, Sometimes it just seems to be that push ahead with connected ‘parts’ ?

Anglican group GAFCON objects to female Archbishop of Canterbury

Senate shutdown to stretch into next week

6 people in custody ? Maybe that’s 7 in total They must have fallen really short of their target. The most evil face in the world rammed a car at people, went on a knife rampage and killed one person. Is this the new definition of Terrorism?

Thanks for saying that. It’s remarkable isn’t it. I often wonder if those who come up with these direction shifts / hairpin turns, are laughing their heads off.

Thanks Dragon Slayer, I’ve shared my post above with some of the early news broadcast, predominantly regarding the Community Security Trust, the authorised firearms officers and the 7 minute timeline.

AI quote; "TAU police" refers to the Tactical Aid Unit (TAU) of the Greater Manchester Police (GMP), a specialist unit focused on high-profile disruption and enforcement. TAU officers are trained in public order, organized crimetactics, managing large events, and executing warrants, and they often carry out visible patrols and specialist searches. I meant to quote @Dragon Slayer 5 messages up, regarding the “authority figures in yellow caps” which I found out yesterday are called the Community Security Trust.

“We are delighted that Penny Mordaunt and Lord Mann are Co-Chairs of the Commission on Antisemitism.” “Mann and Mordaunt call on BBC, the arts, educators, public services and trade unions to do more to tackle antisemitism.” “The Board of Deputies of British Jews’ groundbreaking Commission on Antisemitism has today published its report with key recommendations on how to tackle the disturbing rise in anti-Jewish discrimination in the United Kingdom.” https://bod.org.uk/bod-news/commission-on-antisemitism/ https://bod.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/commissiononantisemitismreport-web.pdf July 2025