Election 2019

Not long before the election. I predict that the ninja turtle, known as Boris Johnson, will win a 4 seat majority. Preacher of hate, Farage will probably only get one seat...


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Election 2019

Thought it was funny

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NATO

so article 5 of the alliance states an attack against one etc so what happened in 1974 when Turkish troops attacked Greek troops in Cyprus and the illegally occupied 36% of the republic? No use having article 5 then??

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Nigel Farage

This vile person was appalling last night at the BBC Question Time thingy he did however make a good point about the useless House of Lords. If he could abolish that idiotic place his party might get some votes. Get rid of the pointless House of Lards!!

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J Corbyn v Johnson

Interesting debate last night, I don't think either of them were impressive. I will of course be voting for HOPE NOT HATE and therefore labour get my vote.


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Jeremey Corbyn

I used to chair meetings at the London Regional Council where Jeremy used to give his monthly verbal report (he was one of the 4 MPs sponsored by my union) I remember feeling very bored with the detail he used to give and often asked him to make his reports shorter. He is a very descent man but I fear hates the idea of exercising power? Would he make a good PM? At the very least he is not a ninja turtle like Boris so on balance he is better that Johnson..

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Boris Johnson and the American person

I say person as I believe that we are all gender fluid these days and not having had the opportunity to ask for this persons permission I would use that term.

It is my opinion that this other person feels jilted and wants some of the action. I cant see how anyone can be attracted to a fat git like Boris but hey we all have different tastes. He should be left alone on this one as which hair dryer he uses in his bedroom with which ever gender fluid person he wants to dry his hair with is his own business. As for the person getting so much air time on Good Morning Streatham with Piers big Head Morgan she is obviously after some attention...


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Boris Johnson

I insist that this guy is a Ninja who was send via twitter on earth to create chaos. Am I right or is this fake news? Well fake news seems to be taking over these days so why not believe this too?


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The Lambeth diaries

I have been too busy to continue the completion of my diaries and I think that on balance I will need more time to put the info together but I will be back...



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Prince Andrew

I am a firm supporter of the Queen I would not want to chose a low life politician like Boris or Blair to be presidents so that's that. As for the Duke of Yorkshire land I insist that he is innocent until proven guilty we need to move away from condemning everyone before they even face a charge? My opinion is that he is too stupid and he will be better off getting a job as a bus driver and that way make himself useful.


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Britain, the state of politics

Agree with Jeremy Paxman. Modern day British politicians (few exceptions) are nothing but opportunist. They get into the job because they could not make it in any of the other professions. Hot air producers who have lost the confidence of the electorate. Very unfortunate.

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Greek Turkish relationship

Well it all started to go wrong 3000 years ago when the mainland Greeks under King Agamemnon united to invade Troy and its from that point on that things have never been the same. Troy was of course part of the Hellenic world but they had rebelled and of course modern Turkey is not even 100 years old. Modern Turkey claims (wrongly) to be the continuation of the Ottoman Empire and the Greeks say they are the true Byzantines. In other words the psychology behind the conflict will never help them get on. The modern Turks are seen as from Hellenic origin who converted at some stage out of necessity all rather complex.

The reality is that they could both get all rather well but of course that would not suit the US and British arms industries who benefit from selling both lots of weapons of destruction. Very unfortunate.

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Boris Johnson.. the mess..

Well what can be said other than this guy has a firm plan and it has nothing to do with saving the country. Its to do with making sure his name is remembered in history at the expense of all of us. He is simply a total cynic who thinks its all a joke.. very typical of a Gemini born on the 19 June... nightmare in Downing street..

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Lambeth diaries after the Service plan

So the service plan was implemented over a 3 month period removing many employees from the service. But we were able to resist compulsory redundancies and ended up having just two in the IT department. We refused to accept that they could not be redeployed (found alternative jobs) so we started a long battle with the Council. I won't name the two who were put in that position but we were able to support them for a period of 3 months until we reached some sort of an agreement, so I learnt that you sometimes have to decide how long you can hold on and what compromises you need to make...


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Cyprus invasion

So the US was in a chaotic situation in 1974 with the Watergate scandal and Kissinger could do what he wanted when he felt like it because Nixon was on the way out. D Ioannidis removed G Papadopoulos in 1973. He was a useless incompetent politician who believed that there was cheese on the moon and was easily used by Kissinger. Makarios was seen as a obstacle to dividing the island so Ioannides was given a guarantee by Kissinger that if he removed Makarios Turkey would not invade the island. He was of course a total and absolute idiot who should have been executed for treason.

The coup took place on July 15 1974 and Makarios (another armature politician) was removed. This gave an excuse to Ecevit for an invasion but he was clearly worried in case the Greek air force resisted on the island. He was given a guarantee by the war criminal Kissinger that Greece would not counter attack. So a version of the Aitchison plan promoted by the US since 1964 was enacted. Greek troops on the ground acted against the orders of Ioannides and put up some resistance but lost a great opportunity to stop the landing on 20 July. Ioannides still insisted that he was given a guarantee that Turkey would not use heavy force! It was all a plan which makes Ioannides, Arapakis and the other Junta criminals traitors. Britain was one of the 3 guarantor powers but Callaghan refused to comply with Britains obligation thus negating their responsibility.

So the blame here is with Ioannides who, through gross negligence and immense stupidity for trusting the Americans gave part of the island to the Turks. That makes him a total and absolute traitor not because he wanted the end result but because he was stupid and naive enough to trust the Americans...

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Cyprus confict - who is responsible?

The setting up of the Republic of Cyprus in 1960 was seen by both the USA and Britain as a mistake. Both powers using divide and rule methods wanted to see an end to this newly formed country. Britain was and still is obsessed with preserving the two bases they acquired on the island and the US did not want the Soviets to have any influence in the area. So the Atchison plan was promoted in 1963 which divided the island between the Greek and the Turkish minority. Worth noting that what we actually mean when referring to these two communities is the Christian and Muslim minorities. 80% Gerek or Christian and 20% Muslim or Turkish. The majority of Cypriots have the same genetic make up so the division on ethnic lines was an idea promoted to serve external interests.

So the US and Britain promoted the Atchison plan which they did not manage to implement. The opportunity arose when the CIA promoted military regime in Greece led by the superbly stupid and totally moronic Ioanides (which the Americans supported) made the mistake of trusting Kissinger and Sisko and went ahead with the coup in Cyprus against Makarios on July 15th 1974. Ioannides was given a guarantee by Kissinger that the Turks would not invade which of course they could not keep. The Turkish army invaded 5 days later a fact that proves that they were very well prepared and knew of the coup long before the 15th of July. So I don't believe that Ioannides was a traitor but simply a total bloody idiot with no experience in international relations. He put his trust in the USA and Britain and fell on his sword not realising that no one would give a toss about deceiving a dictator no matter what the consequences were!! What a total idiot! So a war crime was committed by Kissinger against a small country that did not matter to him. He should have been tried for his involvement but of course he never will be as small nations do not matter!!


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Cyprus conflict - British involvement

Another myth relating the illegal invasion of Cyprus in July 1974 by the Turkish army is around Britains involvement. There is no way that the British government were not aware of Turkeys intention to invade. In fact they encouraged this. Papers released relating to discussions between Kissinger and James Callaghan prove this. In one extract James Callaghan tells Kissinger who would in today's standards be seen as a war criminal, that the Turks had some justification in taking the action they took. Callaghans only concern was the protection of the bases on the island.

Britain was one of the 3 powers guaranteeing the integrity of the republic and has an obligation to intervene but chose not to which in legal terms means they are in 'breach of contract' which could question the legitimacy of the 1960 agreement. This needs to be looked at today.

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Cyprus conflict

A lot has been said by many who have an interest in what happened in 1974 and the illegal invasion about opening the Cyprus files stored at the Greek Parliament. This is on my opinion a gesture barking against the wrong tree. The reality is that at the time there was military regime in Athens serving their own interests and that of the USA. There is absolutely no way these animals would have kept any documents that could prove their involvement with the huge conspiracy. They destroyed anything that could prove their guilt. Why the hell would they keep any documents?? I find the quest as a waste of time. They were in control and nothing would have stopped them ensuring that any evidence disappeared a thing. I have no idea why an otherwise great politician like Marinos Sizopoulos of EDEK insists that the answer is in the files??


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Lambeth diaries

I am now Convenor for the Directorate of Management Services with a membership of around 300. Half of these people were facing the threat of redundancy. I had to learn fast and I think I did. I organised my new team of shop stewards and brought some discipline into the process. I held meetings and managed to get the then leader, Joan Twelves to agree that those facing redundancy could have assimilation rights to any existing jobs within the Council. The appeal process also came into force. Dr Reg Race seemed to agree with me so the system of voluntary Severance came in. Many took the offer that was on the table. This helped reduce the number of those in danger.

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Lambeth diaries

So the Service Plan comes in between 1989-90 many jobs deleted severe pressure from central government so I agree with a large group of co workers to serve as Convenor for the union (NALGO) to help with the process. I am voted in by a large majority at a meeting where a vote of no confidence against the two Convenors took place. The Branch Secretary Mike was in favour of me taking over anyway so the process was easier. I did not like the unpleasant atmosphere that came with the process but I learn the lesson. Politics and bringing in change can be tough.

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Cyprus conflict

It was apparent from the start and following the establishment of the republic in 1960 that the constitution which gave the 18% Turkish minority the power of veto,  would have to be changed or amended There is also a lot of evidence that the British government deliberately used the famous divide and rule method to divide the two communities in order to sustain its presence on the island through the establishment of two bases. The same methods used in Palestine and India.

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Cyprus conflict

The republic of Cyprus was established in 1960 the constitution was agreed at Zurich and it established some sort of power sharing between the Greek majority, 82% of the population and the other communities including the Turkish, 18 % and others. The information I have found indicates that the first President was more or less forced to accept this difficult to work with constitution. There is one entry that I have not been able to verify, claiming that President Makarios was blackmailed into accepting the 'deal'.


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Cyprus conflict

I have spend the last 8 years researching what happened before the illegal invasion of the Republic of Cyprus in 1974. I looked at more than 300 documents and around 50 documentaries plus information easily available via Wikipedia and WikiLeaks and have come to some conclusions. I shall publish these finding on this blog. Some of the findings are shocking...


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Lambeth diaries

So I quickly became aware of the fact that Lambeth was in chaos in 1988. Linda Bellos took over for a brief period but was constantly undermined both by those in her own ranks and outsiders. It was a battle ground in the mean time the good people of the borough and those working in support services were suffering.


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Lambeth diaries 1988

So I am posted to central services as a fiancé officer specialising in sorting out the famous LAFIS system which I personal liked and understood but many using it were openly hostile to it probably because they didn't understand its many benefits (useless in todays internet currency but was good in the late 80s)

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Lambeth diaries

So here I am a young 27 year old looking for inspiration in the Republic of Lambeth and for that I left a promising career with the civil service ( Economic and Social Research Council) but I soon found out that my arrival to Lambeth was like walking into a bloody war zone! If only I knew before!

So the long adventure starts. There is something called the Service Plan driven by the then director of DMS John Mawale. Total war zone...

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Lambeth diaries

Apologies for leaving it so late, have been busy with several projects including moving back to London which I managed to do end of May.

Will start where I left the diaries soon


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United Europe?

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Among Angels by T Graves

By my good friend Tim, excellent production
Good luck Tim 😊👍

Cruelty to animals

We must do more to regulate this part of our lives. We probably have 100 years before the whole world collapses due to overpopulation and pollution and we have 10 years to do something about it. The earth will not be able to feed 22 billion people in 80 years time. Reducing meat consumption and cruelty to animals might just help!

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Lambeth diaries

Haven’t had time to write more on the diaries but promise to get down to it soon. Spoken to many people who might be mentioned so have to be careful not to cause them embarrassment with my interpretation of events. But I have at the centre of it for 24 years so it’s worth recording things as I experienced them. Call me old fashioned but I think am doing the right thing..


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Javid and the rule of law

What ever anyone thinks of the girl who went to join an illegal organisation in Syria the fact remains that the Home Secretary should not break international law. She was very wrong to go but you can’t just take her citizenship away otherwise this sets a dangerous precedent. What if Prince Philip did something wrong and he was deported back to Greece? Huge problem as the Greeks would not have him!!


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