APRIL
HORIZONS
We emerge this year into what is supposed to be
Spring with some bright spots amid the fog of gloom which often seems to
envelop our beloved Britain. The first bright spot is the highly successful
State Visit of Charles and Camilla to Germany.
King Charles addresses
the Bundestag
The King conducted himself with charm and
friendly good-humour, Queen Camilla did not put a foot wrong, while the German
public was delighted to welcome a British head of state who spoke German with
admirable fluency and who could even crack jokes in the language. Okay, we have
a heavy weight of brutal history in respect of Germany but the country has been
transformed since 1945 and good relations between our two nations is crucial.
The “soft diplomacy” exercised by Charles and Camilla is valuable. The noisy
detractors of the serious members of the monarchy have been put to flight.
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Another bright spot has been the accession of
Britain to the Pacific Treaty (The CPTPP). It is our first major move
post-Brexit and it combines the key factors of joining a bloc dedicated to
trade liberalisation, with a respect for sovereignty and economic national
interest. Rishi Sunak will take much credit but most of the early political
work was done by much maligned former Trade Secretary Liz Truss, whose mantra
of “more growth” must still resound, and the recent negotiations were headed up
by her successor Kemi Badenoch, whose common sense made such a good impression
during the Tory leadership elections. The CPTPP is now probably larger
economically than the EU and is certainly growing faster. Remainers pooh-pooh
its significance but as usual they are quite wrong.
It has been a long time coming, but at last
some of the benefits of Brexit are seeping through. Britain has good global
connections, which it must exploit. It has to compete against the EU, the US
and China economically and, with NATO, is in a proxy war with Russia, unlikely
to end soon. Joining the Pacific Treaty is a very positive step.
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A third bright spot is the chaos within the
SNP, which benefits the people of my native Scotland and both the Conservative
and Labour causes. The surprise resignation of fanatical Nicola Sturgeon as
First Minister, is a huge relief – I suspect her real reasons for going have
yet to be revealed. Her administration was incompetent, undemocratic and
Stalinist in its secrecy. The leadership election revealed deep divisions, not
least issues surrounding Sturgeon’s bizarrely woke Gender Recognition Bill,
which Sunak promptly vetoed, thank goodness.
In - “Useless” Humza Yousaf
The new First Minister is Humza Yousaf,
Glaswegian-born of Pakistani parents, who has promised to destroy the Union “by
any means possible” and proclaim an independent Scottish Republic – in other
words he is another fanatic grand-standing as the continuity torch-bearer of
Sturgeonism. He has already shown his political ineptitude by insulting his
marginally more intelligent main rival Kate Forbes with an offer of a lowly
portfolio. The SNP holds 45 of the 59 Scottish seats in Westminster, opinion
polls point to a sharp decline in support, and at an election Labour may
recapture about 20 and the Conservatives another 8. They are licking their lips
but victories do not come easily and a full-blown bi-partisan Unionist
offensive is required, led with convincing panache. The SNP bubble can and
must be comprehensively pricked.
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Mind you, Wokery still spreads its dismal tentacles unchallenged. The discredited BBC has caved in to arrogant Gary Lineker and allowed him back after his political burbling, although he may walk anyhow. The BBC will probably tighten its control of freelancers, not before time. It continues to downgrade or suppress news-stories favourable to the Tories and give prominence to every contentious pronouncement from its pet coterie of Lefties. Both the BBC and ITV advertisers try to portray happily inclusive Britain as having a white minority – a total distortion of the truth. We will soon be treated to the Eurovision Song Contest, joy of the BBC, coming from insurrectionary Liverpool this year (the Ukrainian winners last year having more pressing priorities). The British entry is “I wrote a Song” performed by a certain Mae Muller, who is described as a “Left-wing activist”. She announced, when Boris was stricken with Covid in 2020, that Boris does not deserve an NHS bed nor intensive care. This kind of toxic slogan-shouting is music to the ears of many in the BBC and the Liberal Establishment. I frankly award Mae and all her gang Nul Points.
Not for me, Mae
SMD
3.04.23
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