Campaigners Accuse Government Of ‘Sleight Of Hand’ By Saying Pensions Triple Lock Is ‘Unsustainable’

A minister admitted that the pension triple lock is unsustainable and could be watered down.

In a bombshell move, Mel Stride suggested retirees might not get the anticipated 8.5 per cent rise next year, despite a pledge to keep the state pension at least in line with earnings.

The warning from the Work and Pensions Secretary heightens fears about the triple lock, which has dragged up retirement incomes after years of neglect.

Mel Stride said the Government was committed to keeping the mechanism ‘at the moment’ but insisted it wasn’t ‘sustainable’ in the long term.

Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner repeatedly declined to say whether her party would commit to the triple lock in its election manifesto, and Rishi Sunak sidestepped questions about whether the Conservatives would do so. Former Tory leader William Hague, who’s close to Rishi Sunak said it was time to ‘unpick’ the triple lock and move to a cheaper system.

The triple lock guarantees that the state pension will increase in line with either inflation, wages or 2.5 per cent, whichever is the highest.

It was introduced by the coalition government in 2010 following derisory increases of as little as 75p a week under Labour.

Official figures revealed that average earnings increased by 8.5 per cent, which is higher than the expected inflation figure, but Mr Stride suggested ministers may strip out the value of bonuses when calculating next year’s triple lock figure, cutting the potential state pension rise to 7.8 per cent and saving the Treasury hundreds of millions of pounds.

The move would hit 12.5 million older people. It would mean that someone on the new state pension would get an additional £15.90 a week next year rather than £17.33, costing them £74 a year.

The basic state pension, paid to millions who qualified before 2016, would increase by £12.18 a week rather than the expected £13.28.

Mr Stride stressed the need for any increases to take into account ‘affordability and the position of the economy’.

But campaigners accused the Government of ‘sleight of hand’.

Dennis Reed, of the campaign group Silver Voices, said pensioners would take a very dim view indeed if the Government starts watering down the triple lock in this way, and that the Government said it was committed to the triple lock, so people don’t expect this sort of sleight of hand to reduce it.

The triple lock isn’t ‘sustainable’ but if you’re a Prime Minister, MP or civil servant then everything is ‘sustainable’. They wouldn’t dream of watering down their salaries – odd that, isn’t it?

If they can’t afford it, then they should stop giving billions away to boat people and Ukraine.

That pension pot was paid into by hard-working people out of their wages. It was paid in good faith that when they reached pension age they would get a state pension. But it’s not really a state pension when you think about it. It’s money that people paid into, knowing that they would get a relatively decent pension when they retired. It’s a bit like putting your money into a bank in good faith for safekeeping and being able to take it out when you need to – what if the banks said ‘No, you can’t do that. We don’t have enough money to cover it’.

It’s people’s money that they paid into a scheme, not the Government’s money, so what have they done with all of that money that wasn’t theirs in the first place? They spent it, that’s what they did!

An 8 Per Cent Rise In Rail Fares Next Year Could Be ‘Eye-Watering’ For Commuters 

Commuters were warned they face being battered by an 8 per cent rise in rail fares next year in the latest blow during the cost of living crisis.

If the Government uses the same formula as this year to calculate the 2024 increase in train fares in England, then passengers are set for an eye-watering hike.

Figures published by the Office for National Statistics revealed Britain’s average earnings growth for July was 8 per cent.

This was the measure to which the Department for Transport aligned this year’s cap on fare increases after average earnings growth for July 2022 stood at 5.9 per cent.

Ministers have confirmed next year’s fare increases will be below the Retail Prices Index measure of inflation for July, which was 9 per cent but have not revealed what formula they will use.

If they do push forward with an 8 per cent increase, it will be the highest rise in train fares in England since the privatisation of the rail networks was completed in the 1990s.

An 8 per cent increase in rail fares would see annual season tickets from Woking to London rise by £310 to £4,190.

An off-peak return from Manchester to London would cost £112.20 following an £8.30 hike.

Norman Baker, a former Liberal Democrat transport minister and director of external affairs at pressure group Campaign for Better Transport, said that the Government has yet to confirm next year’s rail increase, but if it follows the same formula as last year and uses today’s average earnings growth rate, passengers would face eye-watering increases.

He said, rather than hammer rail passengers yet again, the Government should freeze rail fares, as they have done with fuel duty until the long-promised ticketing reform takes place.

A Department for Transport spokeswoman said that following last year’s biggest ever Government intervention to cap rail far increases well below inflation, they would continue to protect passengers from cost of living pressures and they wouldn’t increase next year’s rail fares by as much as the July RPI figure.

The spokeswoman also said that any increase would also be delayed until March 2024, temporarily freezing fares for passengers to travel at a lower price for the entirety of January and February as the Government continues with its plan to halve inflation.

About 45 per cent of fares on Britain’s railways are regulated by the Westminster, Scottish and Welsh Governments.

These increases are absurd and yet the Government want fewer emissions on the roads, and they try to facilitate this green policy for all to abide by, yet they want to increase travel – who are they kidding, themselves or us?

If people can’t afford the train anymore, then they will simply travel by car if they have a car, or if their car is Ulez exempt.

If people don’t drive or their car isn’t Ulez exempt, and they can’t afford the train to get to work. What we will see is more people having to give up their careers, or look for work closer to home. If they have to give up their job, there will be more people claiming Universal Credit, which the taxpayer pays for, but if nobody is working and nobody is paying their taxes, who’s going to pay for their Universal Credit? They will then tell you that they can’t afford to pay people on Universal Credit and people will end up living in a dystopian society, under a dystopian Government.

Our entire rail network system is an absolute disgrace, and one seldom gets the service they pay for in advance.

MP Say Dangerous Driving Should Be Punished The Same As Carrying A Weapon

MPs have warned that criminal punishment for unsafe driving should be the same as owning a weapon because cars have the potential to be deadly.

Convictions for unsafe driving can result in a maximum sentence of two years, compared with four years for having an offensive weapon in a public area.

A report by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Walking and Cycling has now called on the Government to bring the penalty for unsafe driving up to four years.

The report said that in addition to being a very useful tool, a car has the potential to be a lethal weapon and that those who drive dangerously were effectively wielding a lethal weapon.

The group, which is led by Tory Selaine Saxbury and Labour’s Ruth Cadbury, said it was too common to hear of drivers who cause death or injury receiving a low sentence or penalty.

They also want to see motorists fined and handed points on their licence if they travel at just one mile per hour over the limit.

Drivers are considered to be speeding if they surpass the limit by 10 per cent plus 2mph.

The MPs also want disqualified motorists to be forced to retake their driving tests before being allowed on the road.

Their report said mandatory re-testing should be widened beyond those convicted of dangerous driving to anyone who’s punished with disqualification.

It argued that re-testing could prove an effective way of keeping dangerous drivers off the roads and protecting other road users.

Politicians spend too much time trying to criminalise the population rather than helping and supporting them. Perhaps politicians should be sacked for breach of conduct and fraudulent expense claims.

Admittedly, cars can be dangerous, but what about cyclists who don’t even know what a red light is for – they just sail through them with no regard to the pedestrians that are crossing the road? Cycle lanes should be banned because they are dangerous to the public and also to other motorists on the road.

Other than cyclists, MPs should quit obsessing about drivers and concentrate on shoplifting, assault and burglary because these are crimes that are perpetrated by thousands every day causing actual fear and distress to their victims but with zero consequence to the criminals.

How many cases are there of people carrying a bladed weapon that gets dropped by the police, or they’re given non-custodial sentences?

What One Man Closes, Another Expands! 

Aldi is eyeing up former Wilko stores and could hire employees from the collapsed chain as shoppers strip shelves bare in the last days before the retailer closes.

Aldi has said it wants to open 500 more stores in the United Kingdom after marking the opening of its 1,000th store in Surrey as part of its ambitious expansion plans, and UK and Ireland chief executive Giles Hurley said it could use former Wilko stores for new sites.

Asked whether it’s looking at ex-Wilko stores, Giles Hurley told a newspaper outlet that with an ambitious target of 1,500 stores, they would look at all the opportunities and that it came down to the availability and suitability.

His comments came as images emerged of the sorry scene in a Wilko store as a handful of customers wandered around the near-empty aisles picking the last discounted items off racks.

The days of Ashford’s Wilko store are numbered, and the scenes inside paint a bleak panorama of its approaching closure after more than 20 years.

Next week it will close its doors, along with three other Kent branches, following the chain’s collapse into administration.

Aldi recently said it was calling for staff impacted by the collapse of retailer Wilko to get in contact as it has about 6,000 jobs presently available across its stores.

Aldi revealed that it’s creating 800 positions in new stores over the coming months and said it hopes to offer these long-term retail roles to those who have lost their jobs as a result of the Wilko downturn, with a range of positions available from Store Assistant and Caretaker all the way to Store Manager.

Long-time Wilko customer Julia Halliday, from Ashford, can recall its days as a supermarket. She said that she’s shopped there forever, adding that she can remember when it used to be Sainsbury’s.

She said it’s been there for so long. Everything in there is good value and she buys all her pet stuff there. The home area is good, so now she doesn’t know where she will go.

She added that it was a nice shop. The staff there are nice and she’s going to miss it being there. She was quite shocked it was closing and very gutted.

Husband and wife Claire and Dave Drummond said the loss of Wilko was a blow for the high street, and that they were guilty of shopping online, but that was another gutting thing with more people out of work.

The good thing is that Wilko stores will be made into other shops and not made into apartments for boat people.

It’s such a shame that Wilko has gone into administration, and I hope that all their staff manage to get jobs elsewhere. I do like Aldi, although I wish we had one local to us. All I can say is that we all need a little bit of help in these troubling times.

However, Aldi appears to have done an excellent deal in cherrypicking some of the Wilko stores.

Doctors Say It’s Time For Me To Die, But I’m Not Going To Give Up

‘By the time you read this, I could be dead. That’s according to my doctors who, for the last year, have repeatedly told me that I have only days to live. But I am a fighter and will continue to fight.’

These are the devastating words of a very sick, yet inspiringly rebellious 19-year-old girl who claims that she will be sentenced to almost certain death if NHS doctors are victorious in their bid to withdraw her life-preserving treatment.

Painstakingly dictating her thoughts from an intensive care unit, it’s evident her will is utterly undimmed by the numerous obstacles she encounters in her fight for survival.

For she is now not just battling her incredibly rare degenerative disorder, but also the medical and legal establishment, which she feels has marshalled against her.

Despite the deep importance of her case, a newspaper outlet can’t even tell you her first name, any details of her family, or the hospital that treats her.

Instead, her identity has been reduced to the initials ‘ST’ by a draconian court order stopping her from putting her name to her heartbreaking account.

‘They’ve done everything they can to stop me telling this story,’ says the spirited teenager of her extraordinary legal battle with the NHS Trust which has attempted to put her in palliative care.

‘I have found myself trapped in a medical and legal system governed by a toxic paternalism which has condemned me for wanting to live.’ Determined to tell her ordeal she has, together with her parents and brother, spoken — anonymously for now — exclusively to a newspaper outlet.

She said that her condition, mitochondrial depletion syndrome (MDS), a genetic disorder which limits the functioning of the body’s cells, was made worse by a bout of COVID in August last year, resulting in her being hospitalised.

She said via her family who act as conduits for the interview that she was given a tracheostomy, which makes it difficult for her to speak, but lying in her hospital bed, she managed to dictate a message.

The tracheostomy is an opening made at the front of the neck so a breathing tube can be inserted and allows her to speak only in short bursts. Other communication comes by notes she writes herself, and the use of a device called a Smartbox, comparable to an iPad in appearance, which helps those with little speech.

Vitally, she insists that while her MDS has caused kidney damage, muscle weakening and a loss of hearing, it hasn’t affected her brain and she’s hoping to return to her A-level studies shortly.

She relies on regular dialysis, is fed by a tube and is attached to a ventilator that helps her breathe, but despite all her ailments, like any teenager she still enjoys watching Love Island, messaging her friends on Instagram, scrolling through social media and playing board games.

Life is life, and while her brain is still connected to her spinal cord and still working there’s no reason why this 19-year-old girl should be sentenced to death, and whatever judge puts his signature to this court order is a disgrace, and the young lady’s wishes should be respected.

However, it all boils down to money and how much money she’s costing the NHS. 

The NHS is not about making her life as comfortable as possible at all. They don’t care about that, all they care about is how much money it’s costing them, and they should be ashamed of themselves. What if it was one of their loved ones? They’d soon change their tune.

And of course, it’s not the first time the NHS has refused treatment to a patient.

This girl wants to live and she should be given that opportunity. She will know when she’s had enough of fighting, and she should be given that choice.

The NHS will tell you there’s no money in the kitty for this young lady to receive treatment. Meanwhile, consultants are on 150k+ a year and have been striking for a 30-per cent pay hike.

She was told that she only had days to live, but here she is still alive and fighting for the right to be alive, and this sounds like nothing more than the NHS’s pride being bruised because they were wrong.

This is an extremely scary situation where caregivers have decided that this girl must go because they don’t want to be wrong, but the NHS will drag this out and fight this young lady in the courts. They want to save money, however, by dragging this through the courts they’re wasting taxpayers’ money, and hurting her family, both financially and emotionally, all to protect their financial interests.

This young lady has every right to try other treatments and to travel overseas if her family can raise the funds.

This young lady should be admired, but unfortunately, we have allowed Trusts to become bullies responsible for who lives and who dies based upon a spreadsheet – it’s wrong and it shouldn’t be allowed because otherwise, we may as well say that she’s an animal and animals that get really sick should be put to sleep. As human beings, we don’t have the right to say who lives or dies, apart from the person who is sick. They have that right – this young lady said NO! NO does not mean YES!

The Chinese Communist Party Wants To Punish People Who Wear ‘Offensive’ Clothes By Jailing Them For 15 Days And Fine Them £500

It has emerged that the Chinese Communist Party has proposed a new law that will see people who wear the ‘wrong clothes’ fined £500 and imprisoned for 15 days.

A newspaper outlet reported that the law would allow those who produce, disseminate, publicise, and spread items or speeches that could hurt the Chinese nation’s spirit or damage the Chinese nation’s feelings to be penalised.

Critics allege the law is vague and a violation of basic citizens’ rights’ to select one’s own attire. Others argue that it could stimulate the spread of populism and ultra-nationalism and intensify oppositional sentiments.

There’s been a growing anti-Japanese feeling throughout China in recent years under the leadership of President Xi Jinping. His rule has also witnessed an upsurge in nationalism.

Police have previously temporarily detained people in China for wearing clothing that was reportedly linked too closely to Japan.

A woman wearing apparel from the Tag dynasty was ousted from the archaeological Park in Wuhan on Thursday after staff wrongly believed her outfit was from Japan. The newspaper claims she was removed thrice.

It came after a woman was detained for several hours last year in Southeastern Suzhou for wearing a Japanese kimono and taking photographs in the street.

Legal professionals acquainted with the proposals claim the legislation lacks a clear definition and reportedly fear that it could result in extreme enforcement.

China University of Political Science and Law professor Zhao Hong questioned what would happen if an officer had a personal interpretation of the hurt and initiated moral judgment of others outside the scope of the law.

Lao Dongyan, a professor of law at Tsinghua University, echoed the sentiment and argued for the removal of the suggested law.

She reportedly said that the regulation could also stimulate the spread of populism and ultra-nationalism, further deteriorating the public opinion environment, and may also intensify oppositional sentiments in some countries.

Others believe the legislation is another attempt by Mr. Xi’s regime to control Chinese citizens in every aspect of life.

Some of us might find this slightly absurd, but the globalist WEF that seems to be running Westminster sees China as the ideal society they’d like us to become.

The problem is, it is happening here in the United Kingdom with the criticism of leftist trans ideology, ultra feminism, socialist climate change dogma, race and the list goes on, and if some pencil neck is initiated it could warrant a visit from the ‘Thought Stazi’, who are thinly camouflaged as the police.

Next, we’ll be penalised for wearing nice clothes and will only be permitted to purchase six new items of clothing every year. They might even get you to rent your attire!

Very similar things are occurring in the United Kingdom. Ban this, ban that, get rid of free speech, free thought. You can’t say this, you can’t think that, and anybody believing we’re different needs to give their head a little shake.

I wonder how long it will be before we get banged up for using too much electricity, and China is where our Government and politicians take their inspiration from. And who decides what is ‘offensive?’.

Soon new positions will be made available for totalitarian police patrol called the ‘clothing police’, which will come with excellent conditions and good rates of pay!

This will be yet another mafia-style racket for the Leader of Khan of the People’s Republic of London to follow and money in on.

It’s Mc-Scurry time! Moment Giant RAT The ‘Size Of A Foot’ Scuttles Around McDonald’s Diners’ Feet

A huge rat the ‘size of a customer’s foot’ was captured on camera brazenly dashing about McDonald’s in Notting Hill, leaving diners screaming as it scuttled around their feet.

Appalling footage shared on Twitter shows the rodent scampering along the McDonald’s floor before taking shelter behind an oblivious diner’s chair.

Shocked customers could be heard screaming in the background, before finally crowding around the unexpected visitor to take pictures and videos.

Luke Scott had visited McDonald’s in Notting Hill Gate, London, yesterday as he was craving a vanilla milkshake.

The 48-year-old was about to leave after learning the milkshake machine was broken when he heard a scream of terror so loud that he thought the restaurant was being robbed.

Instead, Luke was in for a surprise when he spotted a big rat the length of his foot that was confidently scuttling around the fast food outlet’s floor right by customers’ feet.

Luke, who works in the media, claims the rat-induced panic resulted in McDonald’s staff evacuating customers from the restaurant two minutes later and temporarily closing down the store.

The father of two claims that the body of the rodent was huge and that its size left him in no doubt that it was a rat and not a mouse.

Luke, who lives locally in Notting Hill, said that he walked in and went to the self-service machines to try and get a milkshake, but the milkshake machine wasn’t working. He said that he was about to turn and leave, and then somebody shouted loudly and he thought that it might be a robbery.

He said that he looked around and a couple of people were jumping up and then somebody shouted ‘rat, rat’. He said that he just saw it run across the floor and he felt like people wouldn’t believe it unless they saw it, so he started filming.

He said that it ran towards him, but with other people in the way it stopped and got caught in someone’s bag and feet and then they jumped out of the way, and what was amazing was that it went along the barrier to where someone was sitting, completely oblivious, as she sat there eating her meal and the rat was sat at her feet trying to climb up her chair.

He said that there was a mini-conference going on behind the counter with staff, and then someone who was a bit more senior came forward and said they were closing the store.

Sadly, rats are everywhere, and it probably had nothing to do with the cleanliness of that particular McDonald’s. It was more likely caused by all the rubbish and leftover food from the Carnival that was covering the pavements and roads, and it looks like that rat got left behind after the big cleanup.

It wasn’t a huge rat, it was just a standard rat looking for food. Rats are everywhere, they always have been, but of course, they’re more prevalent where humans litter food, and let’s face it, we have a nasty habit of littering, and the rat was taking advantage of a situation where food had been littered, perhaps it just prefers McDonald’s for a bite to eat!

It was hardly a giant rat and the poor little fella was probably more terrified of all the screaming folk around it. It probably came out for a bit of peace and quiet after the Carnival.

Unfortunately, rats spread diseases and are not suitable for an eating establishment.

Fees Rise 13 Percent A Year Amid Fears Pet Owners Are Ripped Off 

Britain’s £2 billion veterinary industry is being examined by the competition watchdog amid concerns that pet owners are not getting value for money and that the cost of care has skyrocketed faster than inflation.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is launching a review of the sector, looking at consumer experiences and vet business practices for household pets in the United Kingdom.

It’s worried that pet owners are not given easy access to information about pricing and treatment choices when deciding which vet to use and which services to buy.

The regulator added that figures indicate that vet costs have also surged at a more rapid rate than wider inflation.

With numerous independent vet practices being snapped up by larger chains in recent years, it’s worried that pet owners may not be aware their vet is part of a group which owns others in their area, and possibly of services being sold to them, such as diagnostic tests or treatments at a specialist animal hospital.

According to the CMA, this could impact pet owners’ choices and reduce the incentives for local vet practices to compete.

Sarah Cardell, chief executive of the CMA, said that caring for an ill pet can create real financial pressure, particularly alongside other cost of living concerns.

She said that it was really important that people get clear information and pricing to help them make the right choices.

She added that there’s been a lot of consolidation in the vet industry in recent years, so now is the right time to take a look at how the market is working.

The CMA said the number of independent vet practices had fallen sharply in recent years, with those accounting for 89 per cent of the UK veterinary industry in 2013, but only around 45 per cent by 2021.

It’s calling for pet owners and vet practitioners, including surgeons, nurses, practice managers and vet businesses, to give their views via the CMA’s website, at gov.uk/vets-market-review.

Ms Cardell said that when a pet is unwell they often need urgent treatment, which means that pet owners may not shop around for the best deal like they do with other services. This means they may not have the relevant information to make informed decisions at what can be a distressing time.

She added that they want to hear from pet owners and people who work in the sector about their experiences.

The thing is, these businesses have been at it for years, and insurance hasn’t helped either because insurance companies have gotten greedy.

The smell of money is irresistible, and anyone for believes they’re working in the interest of the animals is sadly mistaken. Unfortunately, the vets who run these practices charge obscene amounts of money.

Inflation increases and everyone gets on the bandwagon up and down the country. Evidently, animals don’t matter, as it appears human beings don’t matter either. If you can’t afford it, then starve, if you’re ill, then don’t worry about it, just die. It’s a dog-eat-dog world (pardon the pun) and everyone is out for themselves. As long as I’m okay Jack, who cares!

In effect, it’s just blackmail and they have us over a barrel, and greed preys on everyone, and then we have no choice but to pay these exorbitant prices, and it’s not short of a cartel, and big companies and Government are controlling you, right in front of your eyes – at least Dick Turpin wore a mask.

I suppose some people will say that if you can’t afford an animal, then don’t get one. As they say, if you can’t have a child, don’t have one – hell, let’s get rid of the whole human population while we’re at it!

A Car Involved In A Crash Was Fined £60 For Parking On Double Yellow Lines

Traffic wardens really did reach a new low as they slapped a £60 parking penalty on a car which had been involved in a collision.

The car, seen with its windscreen smashed, was given a fine because it was stopped on double yellow lines in Manchester city centre on Tuesday.

A photo displays a black Volkswagen parked in Deansgate with damage to its exterior.

A yellow fixed penalty notice (FPN) can be spotted tucked behind a windscreen wiper, while a warden seems to be arguing with a woman nearby.

Only a few feet away from them stands a policeman who attempts to slow traffic.

The incident stands out in a crowded list of strange happenings involving double yellow lines over the summer.

In June, a car was lifted by a tow truck before yellow lines appeared to be painted underneath in Norwood, south London, with the angry motorist saying he was then fined for parking illegally.

Bus driver James Dee, 43, says he drove to work as usual, parking his red Vauxhall Zafira before starting his shift at a nearby bus depot. He insists that there were no lines or restrictions on the road when he parked. But when he returned to his vehicle that evening on Beadman Street, he was baffled to find it facing the opposite direction with double yellow lines under his back wheel and a parking ticket attached to it.

CCTV published in a newspaper outlet last night seems to demonstrate how the incident unfolded.

Mr Dee said that he couldn’t believe it. Not only did the council move his car to paint the lines, but they then had the cheek to slap on a parking ticket, which he’s now having to appeal. He said that he’s absolutely fuming and that he’s not paying a penny.

He said that where he left his car there were no lines whatsoever, but that when he came back in the evening at about 8.30 pm, his car was facing the opposite way to how he’d parked it. There were double yellow lines underneath his back wheel and a ticket on his window.

Meanwhile, in July, Edinburgh residents were left confused after tiny double yellow lines, measuring just 30cm long were painted on their residential road when a council installed a new cycle path.

There must be criteria for employment of a traffic warden, probably one bereft of compassion, bereft of common sense and bereft of a brain.

On the upside. Imagine how crime would decline if parking wardens took over from the police. They would be everywhere, hanging around shops to catch thieves, outside tube stations to catch mobile phone snatchers, outside homes to catch burglars and near walls and fences to catch graffiti idiots. But how many of those would be innocent bystanders as well?

Traffic wardens clearly don’t have a brain cell between them because a traffic warden on duty in a popular coastal town slapped a parking ticket on an ambulance attending an emergency. The warden was dubbed a ‘plonker’ while other residents called the act ‘disgusting and ‘an absolute outrage’.

Imagine the stress of having an accident in your car and then having to appeal a ticket. This creates undue stress and makes an already bad situation even worse.

Give a moron a uniform and you still have a moron but in uniform. Let’s face it, traffic wardens are not employed for their intellectual prowess.

However, the fact that the police officer said nothing to stop the traffic warden speaks volumes.

A Nuclear War Is ‘Inevitable’ Following The Ukrainian Invasion, Warns Russian General

A Russian general who wrote the nation’s ‘war bible’ has warned that nuclear war is the inevitable conclusion of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The chilling forecast came from retired Major General Alexander Vladimirov, who authored Russia’s three-volume book called the ‘General Theory of War’.

The veteran commander warned in an interview with journalist Vladislav Shurygin that for the transition to the use of weapons of mass destruction, only one thing was needed, a political decision by the Supreme Commander in Chief Vladimir Putin.

He said that the goals of Russia and the goals of the West were their survival and historical eternity and that this meant that in the name of this, all means of armed struggle available to them would be used, including such a tool as their nuclear weapons.

He warned that he was sure that nuclear weapons would be used in this war, inevitably, and from this neither they nor the enemy would have anywhere to go.

He said the sooner their politicians and leadership realise this, the sooner they start to train troops and the population for this, the more chances they will have for survival, which means victory.

In Vladimirov’s 2013 book, the retired Major General argues that there’s been a transition from the traditional theory of war, where there was a distinction between peace and war, to a permanent state of war which is characterised by constant fear and insecurity.

During his interview, Vladimirov, 78, said training of troops was vital so they have the ability to wage war under the conditions of the use of weapons of mass destruction.

He said that his book has key lessons for Russians.

He said that if you want peace, fight until you win. If you want a long and strong peace, bury the hatchet on the territory of the enemy along with him. He added that they need to be prepared. Prepare the Army, the State, the Economy and the population of the country.

He spoke as Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu declared Russia was imposing a tremendous toll on Ukraine in the war, despite Western support for Kyiv.

He said that from the start of the so-called counteroffensive, the enemy’s losses exceeded 66,000 men and 7,600 ammunition units, and that during the last month, Russia downed 159 (Ukrainian) HIMARS missiles, 13 cruise missiles and over 1,000 drones.

It doesn’t seem as though Russia will ever be a civilised nation, but it seems as if they’re forewarning the US what will happen if they keep interfering in a war that shouldn’t have transpired in the first place.

We should be extremely cautious because if this isn’t a threat and they’re stating an undeniable truth that if NATO continues to escalate things in a war that doesn’t concern them, the unavoidable consequence will be a full nuclear exchange in which everyone dies – this isn’t very difficult to comprehend.

Russia’s nuclear power should have been taken away from them a long time ago because they’ve demonstrated that they’re a threat to the modern world. They’re a superpower that could nuke the world and destroy us all. Vladimir Putin is in a win-win position. He can dangle this nuclear threat over our heads and if he believes he’s failed what he came to do, he will nuke us all anyhow.

It only takes a few devices to annihilate most of human life, and there will be no victors, only losers. Depending on the intensity of the exchange, they could destroy a planet – game over!

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