Now, time for some fun, on the theme of prognostication.

We all hope for an unlikely outcome of some sort by the morning. I'm wondering if Lord Lucan will have trapped the elusive Millennium Bug, at least.

Outlandish predictions, please; not necessarily based on the results of ballots cast. Up to you, but a chance to pull out the stops and throw in your best material.

As a bunch of nitwits and nincompoops spend the night wondering whether or not they will have the chance to waste public money from Friday onwards, my mind has been drawn to other things. Regardless of his politics and what you may consider to be his legacy, this appearance of Mandela's feels as though it has a greater degree of sincerity than I can ascribe to this general election.

I met the great man once--Clegg, not Mandela--and he was completely charming. A tune that should delight the Zim/Zam/SA crowd.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGS7SpI7obY

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Johnny Clegg (With Nelson Mandela) - Asimbonanga - 1999 Fran

Lors d'un concert de Johnny Clegg, interprétant "asimbonangua" arrivée de Nelson Mandela.

With thanks to those who have posted this into the chat in the past few days, I must commend this video to you. It is detailed and coherent and it serves as an excellent aide memoire for the anchor points in the worldwide tyranny being crafted around us.

The sheer quantity of primary source material is astounding, and it should really be viewed by people that do not yet see the concerns that many have had for years.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=A1m4zZvyCxg

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Stakeholder Communism – full feature documentary

In 2020, G20 governments, in collusion with the World Economic Forum’s Stakeholders, discretely and undemocratically enacted a global ten-year transition to an authoritarian political system, called Stakeholder Capitalism. After propagating a Marxist idea…

I'm off to Groundswell today, to sort the sheep from the goats. How many "regenerative" farmers are simply regenerating supranational policy?

If you are aware of any speaker there that would be worth seeking out, please let me know.

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https://groundswellag.com/

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Groundswell - Regenerative Agriculture Festival

Welcome to Groundswell. The Regenerative Agriculture Festival at Lannock Manor Farm on 26th and 27th June 2024.

I spoke to Mark Byford, the Bowler Hat Farmer, about the almighty mess we have slid into, when it comes to food security, nutrient density, proper biodiversity and soil health. Mark is unusual in that, in addition to knowing what he's talking about, he is actually doing something about it.

For inspiration on the matter of taking greater control over your food supply, please listen to this UK Column interview with Mark and share it far and wide:

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https://www.ukcolumn.org/video/the-seeds-of-change-with-mark-byford

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The Seeds of Change—with Mark Byford

The Bowler Hat Farmer speaks to Charles Malet about the pitfalls and pressures in modern farming and how to break away from the system, for the benefit of the farmer, the customer and the environment.

This case would seem to draw out exactly what is wrong with the NFU and the somewhat servile relationship which farmers have with it. The issue here is compensation, rather than the extermination of perfectly healthy poultry birds. Telling the rest of the world that their standards of animal welfare are below those of the UK is merely a comment on relativity. Bird flu, as a concept, can only "exist" alongside the PCR test. Like humans, unwell animals do recover; given the right environmental conditions.

From the same book as the furlough scheme, keepers of small numbers of poultry who do register their flocks will simply be given public money to prevent them from producing their own food.

If anyone is aware of a formal challenge to the process which DEFRA is pushing, please let me know.

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https://www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-information/victory-for-poultry-producers-and-nfu-in-legal-case-over-avian-influenza-compensation/

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Victory for poultry producers and NFU in legal case over Avian Influenza compensation

A group of NFU members have won a landmark legal challenge against the APHA (Animal and Plant Health Agency) in an important case about compensation for poultry farmers affected by an AI (Avian Influenza) outbreak on farm.

Hard as it is to believe, this is not a parody account, nor is he a parody figure. Daniel Sleat, shown in a video clip in the above segment from yesterday's clip, is Tony Blair's man on defence and geopolitics.

Having secured Nick Carter, with whom to pick the locks, the Blair Initiative for Global Change is marching into the theatre of defence and post-conflict reconstruction.

It is probable that either Paddington Bear or Columbo would be better qualified as front-man for such a campaign.

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And, by the same token, they may not have done.