I Am Tired Of Lying, Greedy, Corrupt Politicians

Child income poverty rates in the United Kingdom were the highest among the world’s richest countries, a report by the UN Children’s Agency UNICEF said, ranking bottom of the table for changes in those rates in the past decade.
The UNICEF report looked at relatively well-off countries to assess the rate of child income poverty combined with child poverty reduction rates.
Britain ranked 37th out of the 39 nations in the European Union (EU) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) based on the income poverty rate for children and their success in reducing child poverty in a time of prosperity.
Only Turkey and Colombia ranked below Britain, based on a statistical average of the two indicators.

When measuring percentage changes in child income poverty rates in 2012-14 and 2019-21, the United Kingdom lay bottom of the table of 39 high- and upper-middle-income countries, with a 20% rise in child poverty rates.
At the other end of the spectrum, Poland, Slovenia and Latvia topped the rankings with a reduction in child poverty rates by more than 30%.
The United Kingdom also ranked 28th out of 39 countries on the most recent relative child income poverty levels in 2019-21.
“While some countries in this group have taken steps to increase support, in the UK we have seen a reduction in spending on child and family benefits and more children growing up in poverty as a result,” Chief Executive of UNICEF UK Jon Sparkes said.
( Reuters, 07.12.2023 )  ..  tbsnews.net

The Soviets, the Red Army, were responsible for defeating the Nazis in World War Two.
Of all German military troops killed, the Red Army killed 80% of them.
The Red Army moved into Germany and fought a ground war.
There was no dropping bombs on cities that would have killed huge numbers of German civilians.
A ‘war’ fought between two armies can be fought on the ground, avoiding the deaths of innocent civilians and minimising the destruction of buildings.
( Fred O. Wilson )

There are just two actions needed to prevent catastrophic climate breakdown: leave fossil fuels in the ground and stop farming animals.
But, thanks to the power of the two industries, both aims are officially unmentionable.
Neither of them has featured in any of the declarations from the 26 climate summits concluded so far.
( George Monbiot, 09.11.2022 )  ..  theguardian.com

The greatest mistake that so many people made was to give control of our nation and our lives to a bunch of arrogant, greedy, selfish, corrupt individuals who care more about maintaining their own wealth and power than helping us ordinary folk.
( Rose Winfold )

Desperate Stuff From A Desperate Prime Minister.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been slammed by the UK statistics watchdog for wrongly claiming that government debt is falling.
The prime minister made that one of his five pledges to voters at the start of the year.
He claimed in a social media video, and also in the House of Commons, that debt was falling.
But Sir Robert Chote, chair of the UK Statistics Authority, said that was misleading.
Lib Dem Treasury spokesperson Sarah Olney, said: “Rishi Sunak knows he has no good story to tell on the UK economy so he has resorted to making one up. The least this no-growth Prime Minister could do is be honest about it with the British public. Instead, he has reached for the Boris Johnson playbook and is undermining trust in politics. This is desperate stuff from a desperate prime minister and it is right that he has been called out on it”.
( Kevin Schofield, 19.12.2023 )  ..  huffingtonpost.co.uk

Satan’s army has revealed itself to the world.
The army of cowards, psychopaths, simpletons, perverts, serial liars and sociopaths.
Their spineless, corrupt supporters are clear to see.
Domination, occupation, oppression, and the destruction of peace and humanity is their aim.
The scriptures warned us all that the Devil will walk the earth until the end of days, seducing the greedy, the weak-minded, the corrupt, and the stupid.
( Wilfred Soon )

Boris Johnson’s Frequent Visits To Villa In Italy Owned By Ex-KGB Member.
Italy’s secret intelligence service was monitoring the luxury Umbrian villa owned by the Lebedev family when Boris Johnson visited in April 2018 while he was foreign secretary.
Johnson had been a frequent visitor, attending social gatherings on at least half a dozen occasions dating back to his time as London mayor.
The agency believed the property, Palazzo Terranova, and a second villa nearby owned by the family were being used for espionage purposes.
Italian security concluded in a secret document that Alexander Lebedev, a former Russian spy who became a wealthy businessman, had continued to enjoy the “favour and friendship” of Vladimir Putin and queried whether he had genuinely severed ties with Russian intelligence after leaving the KGB decades earlier.
( The Guardian, 26.06.2023 )  ..  theguardian.com

Our Government And Media Refuse To Use The Word “Genocide”.
Has there ever been a conflict where one side was so openly attacking hospitals, schools, residential property, and targeting journalists and aid workers while our government and media refused to use the word “genocide”?
Has there ever been a genocide this blatant that they’ve remained in denial about, even as they’ve admitted atrocities are taking place?
( Rose Winfold )

Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine Put The U.S. At The Top Of The World’s Energy-Exporting Nations.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shifted global energy supply chains and put the U.S. clearly at the top of the world’s energy-exporting nations.
As Europe struggled with threats to its supply of natural gas imports from Russia, U.S. exporters and others scrambled to divert cargoes of liquified natural gas from Asia to Europe.
Russian oil has been sanctioned, and the European Union no longer accepts Moscow’s seaborne cargoes.
That has resulted in a surge in U.S. crude and refined product shipments to Europe.
Not since the aftermath of World War Two has the U.S. been so important as an energy exporter.
( Patti Domm, 03.03.2023 )  ..  cnbc.com

Two Israeli 17 Year-Olds Accused Of Raping A Two Year-Old Child.
Two Israeli teenagers, both residents of Beit Shemesh, were arrested by Israel Police after one of the suspects confessed to raping and sexually and physically abusing a toddler only two and half years old.
The suspect, 17 years old, told police he was coerced by another Beit Shemesh teen, also 17, whom he had previously known to bring his infant family member to a construction site in the city, where they proceeded to brutally rape and abuse her in broad daylight.
Israel Police suspect that they carried out these acts over a prolonged period and on several instances.
( Jerusalem Post, 02.06.2023 )  ..  jpost.com

I’m tired.
Not like sleepy tired.
I’m tired of lying, greedy, corrupt politicians.
I’m tired of the government spending our money on “wars” against overseas nations that have done us no harm and killing their innocent men, women and children.
I’m tired of the government propaganda and spending our money on “defending” us from imaginary enemies.
I’m tired of the government being able to find money for weapons and war but not for the homeless, the sick and the elderly that need care, the children living in poverty, and the crumbling school and hospital buildings.
I’m tired of the uncaring, selfish, and dishonest politicians that make decisions to help themselves and not the people.
( Rose Winfold )

The UK government has offered dozens of Rwandans refuge in the UK after they were deemed to be unsafe in their home country, new figures have shown.
With ministers locked in a bitter court battle to salvage their controversial deportation scheme, official data shows over 40 Rwandans have applied for asylum in the UK since 2020, casting doubts over it being a “safe third country”.
The UK is believed to have already paid Rwanda £140million under a deal that would see it accommodate asylum seekers who have made their way to the UK via illegal means (no legal routes currently exist).
But no planes have yet got off the ground after the Court of Appeal ruled the scheme to be unlawful.
( Jack Peat, 22.08.2023 )  ..  thelondoneconomic.com