Vassal State, Indicating Right.

And so it begins! In truth it had already begun, and a long time since, a significant while back. Way back, now, beyond living memory. The same general voices, clamouring after the same sort of 'lobby' interests. Notable, sideline players may have dropped out along the way, perhaps looking to shore up their retreat- damage done, now retire. Light the blue touch paper and stand well back, watch the conflagration from a safe distance, that sort of thing. Perhaps, if the MSM-apportioned buffer is deemed sound enough, some may even dare to poke a head

above the parapet,, glance back and to reel off a round or two, comfortable in the assumption that the dots, unlikely, will now be joined? Not by the current MSM, anyway- not by the likes of 'Honest' Clive Myrie (and his 'reasons for getting up in the morning'). Most definitely, not by that lot!

To clarify, never should any significant event, no matter how momentous, ever be cited as an 'absolute beginning.' There will always be signs- breadcrumbs, if you will- that may be traced back and disentangled from a veritable multitude of past events. But, rather like israel's ongoing Genocide upon the Occupied Palestinian populations, and numerous other nations within the Middle Eastern Region, really, this is about apportioning blame. It's about identifying the chief culprits

and holding those monsters to account.

Might sound petty to some but it's absolutely not! In a world, within which the wealthiest and the most powerful are, increasingly, bullying so many 'minor' players into compliance and subservience, if there is to be even the most tenuous chance that confected harmony may dare to peek above the brambles and the nettles, then it is vital that those who wish to grub out that faintest hope be held to account. Absolutely! As many as we can can round up!  

I am, of course, referring, most specifically on this occasion, to the raging pogroms that have made parts of Belfast, once again, appear to have sunken back into sectarian violence. Vehicles and homes burning, without regard for the children and their families who may still be inside, health workers being hunted down, door to door. Heaven alone wonders quite who the masked thugs expect to be treated by, should one of their Molotov variants catch upon the hurling sleeve? Or the non-flame-retardant mask, that just may be being worn? 

Not unlike so many of those more confrontational youths some of us may recall from our school years, figures like Farage, Tice and Rupert Lowe may wish to dart at the fires, kicking at a stray item, ensure that it has not escaped, darting back away before the flames of blame catch the provocateur. Every bit as afraid of the raging fire as the rest of us, they know better than to linger too close. Better to throw something from afar, from some sort of members' club, perhaps. Or ultimately, from across a wide stretch of flame retardant water... like the Atlantic Ocean. Or prod someone else into doing so. 'Reform' the UK, or 'Restore' the UK- back to its colonial roots- or splinter yet again and 'Regurgitate' something, anything from an uglier past, anything that might sow division, allow the big boys to take the helm. Steer us back towards those choice shiny rocks.

They are shiny, aren't they? Not a trick of the light, is it? Or, Heaven forbid, another outright lie?

Just for a sense of the pertinent scale: one million seconds would take us forward 11 days, 13 hours, 46 minutes and 40 seconds- a week-and-a-half away- God alone knows what havoc Trump and Netanyahu might have wreaked upon the planet and the rest of us by the time we get there! One billion seconds would take us a further 31.7 worryingly uncertain years. One trillion seconds would launch us as many as 31,710 years into, quite likely/possibly, a future no longer being impinged upon by the Earth's most avaricious and acquisitive species, as of the present day. So, think a  moment upon any tax avoiding millionaire, then ponder a tax avoiding billionaire, then jump to the tax avoiding trillionaire. Then... consider the validity of such an individual's opinion, regarding all possible futures, and for everyone and everything within their almighty grasp of influence. Every corner of the globe!  

But, back to the original thought: won't some of those aforementioned breadcrumbs lead us just that little bit deeper into the forest? Where- well, blow me down!- samples of gathered DNA from that incriminating matchbox, and those scattered shreds of tinder, might lead us, full circle, right back to many of those now voicing the loudest objections. 'Light the blue touch paper and stand well back, watch the conflagration from a safe distance...'

And, whilst ascertaining the validity of those DNA sample(s), pray do dare to question whether they (the 'owners' of said DNA) might, also, be truly fit to steer the ship. Which could well end up, instead, a 'skip.'

I present for your perusal, A. one Sir Keir Rodney Starmer, current UK PM, who, words catching at the back of his throat such that he presents more Dalek than human, has just helped enable a Genocide, who has chased the more reactionary vote, whilst also victimising so many of the asylum-seekers his government has helped to create, right back to the sacred shoreline he so pretends to hold dear; who has decreed that 'terrorism' shall, henceforth, be redefined as sitting with a marker pen and a rectangle of cardboard or, Heaven forbid, daring to act to diminish a Genocide. Imagine how differently either of the World Wars might have panned out. Sir Keir Rodney Starmer, current UK PM- standing stiff to attention, union jacks aflutter, condemning the violence with his fiery words. Some of it... as best suits the current narrative, the current set of circumstances... 'pick and mix' to tell the desired story, if you please. 

Take the time to peep behind the screens, though; masked thugs who have thrust flaming wheelie-bins at the police, and would do so again, will never be made to sit locked up on remand for eighteen months, nor will they be tried as rioters then sentenced as terrorists, as Justice Jeremy Johnson has just done to those who sought to prevent the export of offensive weaponry, being used, by israel, for the purposes of slaughtering babies, children, women, journalists and health workers by the thousands. The 'man,' hand-picked for the job, that he will toe the Starmer line. Sir Keir has decreed all this to be so. Clive Myrie and his ilk will not be interrogating this connection, nor following those particular crumbs; BBC Verify will not be concerning itself with this issue. Heavens, no! Instead, if only the UK can turn back those boats, stop those foreigners, especially the browner ones. Never the ones who may just have committed War Crimes- flying back more conventionally- acting on the behalf of the iOF (israeli Occupying Force). Do not dare to search out their Crimes Against Humanity, do not dare to dip one's toe into that anti-semitic pond. Instead, look over there... on the horizon... isn't that a boat? Wave that union jack, that St George's cross, light another fire, make a great deal of a din! Empty those hotels! Look, isn't that a brown physician, sneaking off to the hospital to care for Dazza's mum? Cheek of it!

I give you, B. Shabana Mamood, Home Secretary, who is currently seeking to refashion the legal system, such that it now so closely echoes that of the 'mighty' US of A, such that anyone who has the ears to hear the disingenuity behind the words, the eyes to see what is happening to the country and the wider globe, and dares to act to inconvenience the nation's rightward surge might, instantly, be redefined, also, as a criminal or a 'terrorist,' perhaps to be locked away from conscience or any further thought. From whence the BBC and its ilk might, likely,  decline to peer into the shadows, or into the shadowy behaviours and 'souls' of certain ministers. For the purposes of theatre, dress up smartly and pretend to shun the most heinous acts of the USA... but not really, otherwise quietly carry on tugging at that forelock, much as before. 

C. I give you one David Lammy, former Home Secretary, current Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor, who, acting with all the authority of his elevated office, absolutely, will not be asking parliamentary questions about the Great israeli Real Estate Event that took place on Sunday, selling off land stolen from under the, sometimes, dying feet or dead bodies of the Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank or the Occupied Golan Heights. All hail the UK Labour Party who, absolutely, did not act to prevent the sale. All hail the Met Police who, absolutely, did provide the usual battalion of officers to ensure that land illegally seized from Palestinian families could, and without interruption, be sold off to, maybe, British citizens who, absolutely, do not consider themselves to be, first and foremost, British citizens. All hail Shabana Mamood, who, absolutely, did not lift a finger or act to prevent the travelling circus from accessing suitable premises in the capital. But, don't look there, look over there! Another boat, perhaps brim-full of former West Bank or Golan Heights farmers. How very dare they!  

Deputy Prime Minister, David Lammy, who is working his democratic little butt off, in order to ensure that only a very specific strain of appointed judge might decree who is innocent and who is not- jury, scmury; who walks free or who disappears from public view... at least for as long as suits, oh, is it the likes of the current Deputy Prime Minister? Wow, full circle, how very neat!'

D. (but an E for effort), I give you Yvette Cooper, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, former Home Secretary, former Foreign Secretary, who, absolutely, did not act 'unlawfully' in proscribing a direct action group as a terrorist threat. Yvette Cooper who, absolutely, has not corrupted the UK's legal system, to the will of a Labour Government, who, absolutely, has not been helping to fund an israeli Genocide upon the Occupied Palestinians. Former Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, who, absolutely, has not 'unlawfully' cowed the UK's legal apparatus to the benefits of a foreign interest. Who, absolutely, did not act, spitefully and vengefully, to insist upon detaining in prison on remand, uncharged and non-violent citizens, counter to three judges' ruling that Cooper's proscription of the direct action group was 'unlawful.' That's Honest Yvette, batting for democracy, don'tcha know?

The Right Honourable (although, less so) Yvette Cooper, who may stand, in answer to questions about israel's Real Estate sell off of illegally seized Palestinian land, and bluster as if the activity has caught her unawares. Given that the London event went ahead, without government challenge, Cooper's empty words were, effectively, those of filibuster, entirely counter to any sort of healthy democracy.

Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, former Home Secretary, former Foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, who, absolutely, may be (not) held to account by Good Morning Britain's Ed Balls. Which, absolutely, may be held up to the nation as honest journalism. No! No, seriously, look over there, yonder horizon, another boat! More brown people! Yvette Cooper, future Dame Yvette Cooper (bet on it!) 'I trade in the higher truths, the likes of which cannot be revealed to the lowly citizens or the lesser nation. Believe me and have done with it!' Go on, Honest Ed, winkle out those truths on behalf of the nation, give Hell to your partner in marriage! Or, perhaps instead, give her another, and more conventional, free pass.

I present to you, E. former, and oh so recently, Secretary of State for Defence (or is it 'War,' now, I forget?), the Right Honourable John Healy. A man who, absolutely, did not receive funds from rabidly-pro-israeli, Sir Trevor Chinn. Proud member of Labour Friends of israel- despite the obvious Genocide- a man who, absolutely, could have been relied upon to act, first and foremost, in the better interests of the UK. A man who, absolutely, would not describe the UK as a vassal state to the US of A...

... even though it undoubtedly is!

And then, F. through Z. onward and beyond... But, just to pluck out one doughty fellow by the name of the Right Honourable Mike Tapp, Labour MP. Glossing so gleefully, over the questionable validity of selecting judges that might forgo with the troublesome inconvenience of 'impartiality' within the legal framework of the nation, Mr Tapp- Tapp by name...- was almost beside himself with excitement that the nation that has openly considered forgoing the inconvenience of working 'with' the globe's highest courts (ICC and ICJ), replacing them, US style, with its own bastardised affair, might just offer up a taster- Yvette Cooper acted 'lawfully' in proscribing Palestine Action.' Just a taster; imagine the framework once Lammy has decreed that trial by jury shall be replaced by... quite what? Individuals such as Justice Johnson presiding over the void that substitutes?  The Right Honourable Mike Tapp sought to test the waters, by prodding, see if he couldn't work the decree to his own ends. The alphabet is too short.

No way could any of the above ministers been, in any conceivable manner, responsible for helping to whip up recent racist violence and pogroms in Belfast. 'Light the touch paper and stand well back.' Observe from afar, whilst sounding jolly serious and pointing the finger!