More Pensioners Will Get Fuel Payments This Winter

Labour’s U-turn on fuel payments will happen in time for more pensioners to benefit this winter, it was announced – but not all retirees will have the handouts restored.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said this morning that planned changes to the means-testing of winter fuel payments would be in place ahead of the colder months.

‘More people will get winter fuel payment this winter,’ she said, as she was questioned about Labour’s plans to partially reverse its earlier cuts.

However, Ms Reeves stated that she is unable to disclose how the U-turn would be financed yet, even though she is anticipated to give additional information during her expenditure review next week.

‘We will set out how everything will be paid for at the Budget in the autumn,’ the Chancellor said when questioned about possible further tax rises.

Ms Reeves’ remarks came soon after Torsten Bell, the pensions minister, acknowledged that there was little chance of England and Wales ever implementing a universal winter heating payment again.

He told MPs that ‘most people agree… it’s not a good idea that we have a system paying a few hundreds of pounds to millionaires’.

The payments – worth up to £300 – had previously been available to all pensioners prior to Ms Reeves’ controversial announcement, made last July, that they were being means-tested.

Last July – as she blamed a £22 billion ‘black hole’ in the public finances – the Chancellor said the handouts would be restricted to only those on pension credit or other means-tested benefits.

Her decision to axe fuel payments for about 10 million pensioners – saving an estimated £1.5 billion per year – sparked anger and dire warnings from charities about the impact of the cut.

Last month, in response to the intense criticism, the prime minister promised to partially reverse the contentious cuts.

Sir Keir Starmer told MPs on 21 May he wants to ensure ‘more pensioners are eligible’ for the payments ‘as the economy improves’.

Following a bad series of local election results and Labour’s defeat in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election to Reform UK, he announced a partial U-turn.

Labour activists said the decision to drastically pare back winter fuel payments came up repeatedly on the doorstep during those contests.

Ms Reeves stated this morning in Rochdale that she will change the means-testing threshold in time to allow more seniors to get benefits this winter.

But Ms Reeves dodged on whether she would announce the full details of Labour’s U-turn at her spending review on 11 June. 

‘I had to make decisions last year to restore sound public finances,’ the Chancellor said, as she defended her initial cut.

‘And that involved a number of difficult decisions around welfare, taxation and also public spending.

‘Including the decision to means-test winter fuel payments so only the poorest pensioners – those on pension credit – got it.

‘We have now put our public finances on a firmer footing, the economy is in a better shape, but we have also listened to the concerns people had about the level of the means test.

‘And so we will be making changes to that, they will be in place so pensioners are paid this coming winter.

‘We’ll announce the detail of that and the level of that as soon as we possibly can.

‘But people should be in no doubt the means-test will increase and more people will get winter fuel payment this winter.’

Asked if she would tell the public if she planned to fund her commitments by raising taxes or cutting spending in other parts of Whitehall, the Chancellor said: ‘As we have been clear, on winter fuel we will set out how we will fund that at the next fiscal event.

‘We will set out how everything will be paid for at the Budget in the autumn but it’s important that everything that we do is funded, because that’s how people know that we can afford it.’

Earlier, speaking to the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee, Mr Bell said the Government was still deciding how to make more pensioners eligible for the cash, but he ruled out winter fuel payments being returned to all retirees.

‘Directly on your question of is there any prospect of a universal winter fuel payment, the answer is no,’ he said.

‘The principle I think most people, 95 percent of people agree, that it’s not a good idea that we have a system paying a few hundred of pounds to millionaires.

‘And so we’re not going to be continuing with that. But we will be looking at making more pensioners eligible.’

Asked what work had been done with HMRC to assess the practicality of recouping payments from higher rate taxpayers, as happens with child benefit, Mr Bell said: ‘We’re looking at all of the policy options for how this eligibility can be extended, and when I’ve got more to tell you about that I absolutely will.’

The pensions minister also insisted there were ‘no differential effects on their health outcomes’ last winter for those particularly affected by the changes to winter fuel payments.

‘No one is asking people to wait for changes to the policy on winter fuel payment for help with energy bills,’ he added.

‘We’ve already been getting on with making sure we’re extending the household support fund, raising the state pension significantly above inflation, getting on with the longer term answers in terms of a warm homes programme.

‘Help is happening all over the Government’s policy agenda but in this particular area we do want to help more pensioners in future.’

Nigel Farage, a reform leader, recently pledged to completely undo Labour’s winter fuel payment cuts.

But, despite campaigning against Labour’s cuts to winter fuel payments, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has not pledged to return it to every retiree.

‘I’ve always said millionaires should not get the winter fuel payment,’ she said last month.

‘That is not right. But we shouldn’t be taking it away from people who end up below the breadline after it’s gone.

‘So what we need is a system that can make sure that all of those people who do need it get it.’

Responding to Ms Reeves’ comments this morning, Liberal Democrat MP Daisy Cooper – her party’s Treasury spokesperson – said: ‘This whole debacle has caused needless misery for millions of pensioners.

‘We will look at the details of the changes at the spending review next week.

‘In the meantime, the Chancellor should apologise to all those pensioners who had to freeze this winter because of this senseless policy.’

I never thought I’d see the day would come when a British Prime Minister actively works against pensioners, while actively working for migrants – utterly disgraceful, and let me remind you that the State Pension is deemed a benefit, it’s not a benefit because it was paid by US for US, therefore it’s ours!

Many people claim that it has nothing to do with immigration, but in reality, it does; our government is providing migrants with funds that they are stealing from retirees to support migrants who are not and most likely never will contribute to this nation.

Although Labour is a true embarrassment to the United Kingdom, this is a collaborative effort since they are carrying on the Conservatives’ legacy. Both sides are engaged in a never-ending loop of trying to harm our nation as much as they can.

There’s obviously an extremely large black hole in Labour’s ability to tell the truth.

In April 2025, the weekly State Pension amount will be £176.45 for the basic State Pension and £230.25 for the full new State Pension. The new full State Pension is for those who reached State Pension age on or after April 6, 2016.

When you get State Pension there are certain freebies that you won’t get, and if you’re 1p over the Pension Credit limit there are very limited benefits you can apply for, but State Pension is deemed a benefit under the social security framework, so why are our pensioners getting limited benefits?

Pensioners in the UK seem to be the lowest paid in Europe – below the living wage, and our government don’t expect pensioners to survive on it, and it’s our government’s way of saying, we don’t care, they don’t want us to survive, they want us to die after working 60 odd years or more before we draw our pension.

Our government have a number of tough decisions to make, so why don’t they start with the easy one? Quit spending money on migrants – problem solved!

Starmer is a treacherous traitor to the elderly, the disabled and the taxpayer. He puts migrant arrivals ahead of all native UK people, and he lied to get into government. It makes you wonder why people work for years and years to get nothing in return – no wonder why our Gen Z generation doesn’t want to work, and can you blame them?

Ensure Accessible Housing For Disabled Individuals Above Ground Floor

Frustration and despair, are the feelings that are shared by numerous disabled people. These are not born out of inevitable circumstances but from inadequate and inappropriate housing conditions.

There are a vast number of disabled people who are struggling, living in flats above the ground floor. Constantly finding themselves trapped, unable to leave the building when the lift is not working. This is not only an inconvenience but also a danger to their safety and infringes on their basic human rights.

It is of paramount importance to underpin that many disabled-adapted flats are not accommodating the needs of disabled people who live above the ground floor. It’s a silent crisis of accessibility!

According to the Equality Act 2010, reasonable adjustments must be made to buildings to prevent disabled individuals from being at a disadvantage (source: UK Government). Yet, many building operators neglect this.

Therefore, it’s urgent to demand the authorities to enhance inspection and enforcement of the existing laws which ensure homes for disabled people are above and beyond minimum standards. The goal should be not only to comply with the law but also to facilitate a fulfilling life for every disabled person.

A place to live shouldn’t become a field for daily battle and our voices need to be heard, and the authorities need to understand the urgency of disabled people and the conditions they live in. They need to improve the living circumstances of disabled people.

And it’s not just about the lift. What would happen if there was a fire? How would these disabled people get out of the building, they wouldn’t stand a chance! People with restricted mobility should never be housed in high-rise buildings.

Councils and housing associations are not thinking about this when they house disabled people because they just don’t care, and there is not enough housing stock anymore because Margaret Thatcher thought it was a damn good idea to give people the ‘right to buy’ their homes.

Sadly, these people don’t care about their residents as long as they’re getting their money, that’s all they care about – always follow the money – corrupt comes to mind.

Blocks of flats are a safety hazard for everyone, and they need to be torn down and replaced – look what happened at Grenfell!

If lifts can’t be maintained, then knock the buildings down and rehouse the residents, and if there’s not enough housing stock, then build some more homes, even bring prefabs back, they were great.

What I would like to know is when Margaret Thatcher gave people the ‘right to buy’ where did all that money go?

The money was supposed to go back into the coffers to build more houses, but the government was never going to release those funds to build social housing.

If the lift goes out of service and a disabled or elderly person lives on the 12 floor nobody is going to climb the stairs to deliver the mail, food or medication, especially if they have no family to help. It wouldn’t surprise me that after three weeks without a lift these people are found dead.

‘Deeply Dishonest’ Claims By Keir Starmer

For once Sir Keir Starmer was in tune with the mood of the country when he said he was ‘angry’ after more than 1,000 Channel migrants arrived over the weekend.

But the Prime Minister was made to look foolish after being criticised for making ‘deeply dishonest’ claims about Labour’s record on small boats.

Sir Keir boasted in an online post that ‘almost 30,000 people’ had been removed from the UK. Nevertheless, this figure refers to all kinds of foreign nationals who have no right to live in the UK rather than those who arrive by crossing the Channel.

The number of small boat migrants removed in the 12 months to March fell three percent year-on-year to 2,240. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: ‘This is deeply dishonest.

‘The number of removals of small boat arrivals has actually gone down under Labour.’

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said Sir Keir’s claims were ‘rubbish’.

Some 1,195 Channel migrants arrived in the UK from northern France on Saturday – the fifth-highest daily count since the crisis started in 2018.

The Prime Minister scrapped the Tories’ Rwanda scheme, which was designed to discourage migrants from crossing, as one of his first acts in office.

Since Labour came to power 38,053 migrants have reached Britain, up a third on the same period in 2023-24, when the figure was 28,452.

Officials have secretly revealed that internal Home Office assessments mean Labour is on course to preside over the worst year for Channel crossings.

Alp Mehmet, chairman of Migration Watch UK which campaigns for tougher border controls, accused Sir Keir of attempting to ‘intentionally mislead the public’.

He added: ‘The PM’s suggestion that 30,000 Channel migrants have been removed is simply not true.’

Tory Justice spokesman Robert Jenrick said: ‘His fantasy statistics take the public for fools.

‘They can see through his smoke and mirrors. Starmer has lost control of our borders.’

It comes as Home Office insiders have urged France to ‘step up’ and fulfil a promise to intercept dinghies at sea.

According to the Mail, Labour is frustrated with France’s sluggish pace in changing its regulations to allow boats to be halted once they are in the sea.

France first pledged the change earlier this year but has still not completed a legal review, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper told MPs on Monday.

A Home Office source said: ‘The French committed to intervene in the water in February, it’s about time they stepped up and did what they’ve told us they’re going to do.’

Ms Cooper said in the Commons: ‘A French maritime review is looking at what new operational tactics they will use, and we are urging France to complete this review and implement the changes as swiftly as possible.’

Ministers have attributed the surge in arrivals to the favourable weather, with officials stating that the number of days when dinghies may cross the Channel has doubled from the previous year.

What is going to be the consequence of this man’s lies? Starmer should be made to make a public apology in Parliament for misleading the house and electorate.

If he were to take a lie detector test he would likely pass while swearing on the Bible, after all, he’s had extensive training and vast experience in poker faced duplicity.

Nobody believes a single word this man says anymore. He contorts everything he says, but then being a lawyer, deception is the first thing you are taught.

How much longer can Keir Starmer last? The man is dull, he has no vision, he has no conviction and he’s a liar. He seems to despise his own country, and the idea of him continuing to be our Prime Minister is so depressing.

However, it won’t be any better even if they replace him because they are all inept, annoying, and unlikable.

The UK is now upside down. The government support those who break the law and enter our country illegally. What do they get? A hotel, food, clothing, mobile phones and a living allowance. Yet our native UK citizens are living on the streets, thousands using food banks and our streets are blighted by the homeless.

Taxes are increasing and a considerable number of foreign workers are being permitted to work tax-free, costing more UK citizens to lose their jobs.

When a leading prime minister proves to be a liar, there should be an election immediately because of their deception – they should also go to prison for treason. It’s time to make all parties accountable and honest.

This man is a liar and what’s worst is he does it so naturally.

So, it’s the lovely weather that these migrants are crossing over – nothing to do with the stunning hotel room that will be waiting for them when they arrive. These migrants, if you give them half a hand, they will take a whole one and Starmer is allowing this to happen.

They love the glorious weather, it allows them to cross over safely, and the numbers will be astronomical.

Starmer was a human rights lawyer, so his mind is set on getting every migrant over to live the life of Riley in the UK and the native population are not on his radar.

However, the British people are not being fooled anymore. These migrants are roaming our high streets all over the UK and you can see the infiltration of foreigners with no checks and no consequences of being allowed to remain in this country. We are doomed unless somebody in government is bold enough to grasp the nettle and risk being called names to just get them out NOW!

Cyber Attacks Threaten British Businesses

A survey has found that British businesses fear hackers could wipe them out following the devastating cyberattack on Marks & Spencer.

Two-thirds of security leaders at medium and large-sized companies in the UK admit an attack on a similar scale could ‘cripple’ their organisation.

Experts have warned that the financial damage from ransom demands and clean-up costs can often cost millions of pounds—enough to jeopardise some firms’ futures.

The poll by Absolute Security was carried out just weeks after M&S was hit over the Easter holidays, costing the retailer £300 million and shaving £1 billion off its market value.

M&S boss Stuart Machin recently admitted the attack – caused by ‘human error’ – had been ‘the most challenging situation we’ve encountered’.

Security leaders further revealed staff still working from home remained a major problem, with 62 percent revealing remote devices were the ‘biggest weakness’ in their digital defences.

Over half – 51 percent – of the businesses polled had been hit by a ransomware attack in the past year, with 59 percent citing it as their biggest concern.

The consequences of such an attack are profound, with 63 percent of the 250 security leaders polled in May revealing the financial loss from ransomware could incapacitate their organisation.

The average cost of a ransomware attack on businesses is £850,000 in the UK – but this can increase exponentially for bigger firms.

The LockBit group demanded £65 million after hacking the Royal Mail in 2024.

The recovery costs from a cyberattack last year on Synnovis, a pathology services provider for the NHS that led to the cancellation and delay of thousands of medical procedures, were estimated at £32 million – over seven times the company’s annual profits.

Several UK firms have already gone bust following cyberattacks.

In 2020, Peterborough-based Travelex went into administration after being hit by a cyber attack by the notorious criminal gang REvil – who demanded a £4.6 million ransom – on New Year’s Eve.

A month of interruption resulted from the hack, which affected high-profile companies including Barclays and Asda and prevented employees from using computers to monitor trade.

The company said it ‘had a large part to play’ in the company filing for insolvency later that year, with 1,300 employees losing their jobs.

KNP Logistics – one of the UK’s biggest privately owned logistics groups – suffered a similar fate after a huge ransomware attack in June 2023. Three months later, it blamed the cyberattack when it declared bankruptcy, making 730 staff redundant.

Over the past month, major UK retailers – including M&S, Co-op, and Harrods – were struck by a surge of coordinated cyberattacks attributed to a hacker group known as Scattered Spider.

The attacks mostly used so-called ‘social engineering’ tactics, in which criminals manipulate workers into sharing sensitive information to get them into internal IT systems.

As a consequence, one of the greatest challenges remains the threat posed by staff working from home, with critics arguing workers refusing to come into the office frequently fail to install up-to-date security on their laptops for weeks or even months.

The survey showed that 60 percent of security leaders believe remote working has ‘complicated’ their capacity to safeguard against cyberattacks.

Jake Moore, global security advisor at cybersecurity software company ESET, said: ‘It’s not surprising that the majority of medium and large businesses would see their future thrown into doubt after a cyberattack.

‘Ransom demands are often in the millions, but even when the ransom isn’t paid, the costs associated with recovery and lost revenue can be staggering.

‘In some cases, such as with M&S, the clean-up operation can even cost far more than the original ransom payment forcing an unbelievably difficult decision at the time of attack.’

Andy Ward, SVP at Absolute Security, said: ‘Recent high-profile cyber attacks have highlighted just how vulnerable major British retailers—and indeed many UK businesses—have become. Cybercriminals now have the capacity to severely disrupt, or even dismantle, organisations at scale.

‘Our research reveals that many large and medium-sized UK businesses believe that a serious cyber incident could cripple their operations or threaten their very survival.’

The issue is that all of these businesses are outsourcing their IT to India and other countries because they believe they are saving money.

I’m not an IT person, although I know a little bit, and I would have to say employees working from home using a box standard router without extra security are putting our data at risk.

Working from home should be abolished. For centuries people have been going to the workplace to work, but then COVID raised its hideous crown and people started to work from home, and people started to become slothful, but times have changed and working from home is the future for numerous people.

These firms can’t have their cake and eat it. If they want huge cost savings then they should make significant investments in cyber security, not the bare minimum amount as possible, putting their customer’s security at risk. With the proper systems, and they’re not cheap but at least they would make cyber attacks a lot less likely.

To prevent hackers from simply stealing people’s data, individuals who work from home need protection on their computers. Since everyone with critical information should be at the office, it’s time to put an end to this craziness. Working from home is no longer necessary.

Since COVID, things have changed. Previously, working five days a week was the standard, but that is no longer the case. Some might argue that because things have changed, some people get left behind when they don’t embrace them.

DOGE Downfall Blamed On Elon Musk’s Drug Habit

Elon Musk was using a cocktail of drugs on the campaign trail as his messy personal life spilled over into his work, according to a report from the New York Times.

Musk stormed into politics as President Donald Trump’s chainsaw-brandishing sidekick tasked with slashing the federal bureaucracy, but the tech tycoon has found himself on the chopping block just four months into his stint in government.

But insiders allege Musk, 53, was taking the powerful anaesthetic, which is known to have hallucinogenic properties, so frequently that it was affecting his bladder, the bombshell report claims.

He also took ecstasy, and psychedelic mushrooms and travelled with a daily pill box that contained about 20 different drugs, including Adderall, sources allege.

Those around him claim that his consumption blurred the lines between medicinal and recreational, with Musk allegedly having taken drugs at private gatherings across the US and in at least one foreign country, according to the NYT report which was based on a series of texts the outlet reviewed, as well as interviews with insiders.

Musk has claimed in interviews that he only takes ‘a small amount’ of ketamine and that ‘I really don’t like doing illegal drugs’, but his erratic behaviours, including making an apparent Nazi salute at Trump’s election day event, seemingly suggest otherwise.

It is unclear if Musk was taking drugs when Trump put him in charge of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which he announced he was stepping down from on Wednesday.

Representatives for Musk and the White House were approached by Daily Mail for comment, but they did not immediately respond.

Musk’s aerospace firm SpaceX, which is a large government contractor, requires its workforce to be drug-free and randomly administers drug testing.

The tech billionaire, however, would receive ‘advance warning’ of those tests, insiders with knowledge of the testing process told the newspaper.

It is unclear if Musk was compelled to undergo drug testing by the White House, but Trump’s top aide Stephen Miller told CNN on Friday ‘I don’t have any concerns’ about the NYT’s explosive report.

Miller, noting that Trump would be hosting a joint press conference with Musk later in the day, said: ‘All I can say is that DOGE has done an extraordinary job rooting out systemic waste, graft, graft and corruption from the federal government. 

‘And you’re going to hear from the president today his thanks to Elon Musk for leading that effort to save taxpayers billions of dollars.’

Miller was pressed again about the report after he arrived at the White House.

‘Are you concerned about drug use by Elon Musk?,’ a reporter asked, but Miller doubled down, saying: ‘The drugs that we’re concerned about are the drugs running across the southern border.’

In addition to his apparent drug habit, Musk’s time at DOGE was entangled with private legal battles involving his ex-partners and children.

Claire Boucher, known professionally as Grimes, is understood to be clashing with Musk over his general flaunting of their five-year-old son X, which she alleges violates the pair’s custody agreement.

He also was accused of fathering a secret 14th child with conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair. Musk has allegedly denied paternity of the child.

Musk has expressed increasing disenchantment with DOGE’s challenges in recent weeks, despite the agency’s ruthless cuts across US bureaucracy.

He leaves far short of his original goal of saving $2 trillion dollars, with calculations indicating he saved just one thousandth of that, despite tens of thousands of people losing their jobs.

Musk will now concentrate on his Space X and Tesla businesses, as well as his dream of inhabiting Mars.

Trump called Musk ‘terrific’ as he declared that they would hold a joint press conference on Friday as the SpaceX founder leaves DOGE.

‘This will be his last day, but not really, because he will, always, be with us, helping all the way,’ Trump said on his Truth Social network on Thursday.

Musk has publicly vented his anger at his contentious role in cost-cutting in recent weeks, despite the kind remarks.

Musk was the biggest contributor to Trump’s 2024 election campaign and the pair bonded over conservative politics and a desire to root out what they thought was a wasteful ‘deep state’.

He soon rose to prominence as Trump’s “First Buddy” and was always by his side.

The tycoon appeared with his young son X on his shoulders during his first press conference in the Oval Office. He attended cabinet meetings. 

He and Trump rode on Air Force One and Marine One together and they watched UFC fights together.

However, the computer billionaire was known for acting irrationally. At a conservative rally, he did what looked like a Nazi salute while brandishing a chainsaw and bragging about how simple it was to save money.

But Trump himself stayed publicly devoted to the man he dubbed a ‘genius.’

The president even turned the White House into a pop-up Tesla dealership after protesters targeted Musk’s electric car business. However, Musk found it difficult to understand the political landscape.

He is understood to have insulted cabinet members during meetings and would routinely get into ‘fights’ with his opponents, according to the report.

The impact on Musk’s businesses also started to strike home with a string of Space X launches that ended in fiery failures and Tesla shares falling drastically.

Musk began musing about stepping back earlier this year saying that, ‘DOGE is a way of life, like Buddhism’ that would carry on without him.

He ultimately showed the first signs of distance from Trump himself this week, saying he was ‘disappointed’ in Trump’s recent mega-spending bill. Musk also said he would pull back from spending time on politics.

The end came in a post by Musk on Wednesday on the X network, which he bought and then turned into a MAGA campaign platform.

‘As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President @realDonaldTrump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending,’ Musk tweeted. 

‘The @DOGE mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government.’ 

Ketamine has drawn more attention in recent decades due to its potential to aid in the recovery of those suffering from severe mental health issues such as PTSD and depression that is resistant to therapy. Ketamine, a dissociative anaesthetic and hallucinogenic substance with a contentious presence in mental healthcare, was first used as a veterinary painkiller before becoming a street drug.

Its dissociation qualities are crucial; the intention is to momentarily distance oneself from distressing memories and melancholy thoughts while creating new neural connections that may have long-lasting beneficial impacts on the patient’s brain.

The FDA approved the first ketamine-derived medication, Spravato (esketamine), as a Schedule III controlled substance for treatment-resistant depression in 2019 after nearly 20 years of clinical research that delivered mixed and complex results. 

It is evident in videos that Elon Musk is on some hallucinogenic drug by way of his behaviour. However, what he does behind closed doors is up to him, who are we to judge? But why oh why are such talented people so consumed with drugs – they have it all but then lose their lives to these drugs, it’s all extremely sad.

Of course, most people have some kind of vice, so people drink, some people eat, some do drugs et cetera – there isn’t a perfect person out there!

I must admit Elon Musk could I suppose come across as being a pretty disturbing person, however, he is the richest person in the world, so he must be doing something right!

Who cares if this man does Ketamine or any other drug for that matter? It’s his life, not yours. If he uses it as a coping mechanism, that’s up to him – he’s rich and you’re not, and he’s incredibly smart.

Intellectual handicaps and autism spectrum condition are often associated. However, learning difficulties are not always experienced by people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), even if they may have communication and social skills issues.

 
Many are high-functioning and use their distinct viewpoint to accomplish amazing feats, and there have been a lot of well-known people with autism throughout history, and a savant is a person with a developmental disability who is gifted in one certain area such as mathematics, music or art, and about half of all savants are diagnosed with autism – these people are known as autistic savants.

Elon was asked if he did a lot of Ketamine – he was a tad reticent on that one, but I could see that look in his eye – this dude likes to mess with the media’s minds. He was asked the question, but deep down he’s laughing at the media and loving it because everyone loves a bit of gossip!

Officers’ ‘Disturbing’ WhatsApp Messages

Seven police officers have been sacked without warning over ‘disturbing’ WhatsApp messages that mocked women, and disabled people, and even quipped about concealing dead bodies.

The serving and former British Transport Police (BTP) officers – PC James Elliot, PC Michael Lee, PC Steven Leung, PC Robert Whyte, PC Richard Wood, and former PCs Lee Williamson and David Ford – were all members of a WhatsApp chat called ‘Team 3 Secret Service’, which was uncovered during a different investigation into domestic abuse in October 2023.

The messages sent to the group were branded ‘shocking’ and ‘offensive in almost every way possible’ by senior police officials.

An internal misconduct hearing heard they made jokes about violence against women and girls, mocked victims, and even made references to BTP’s own Chief Constable and the ‘LGBTQI mafia’.

The worst of the message included a horrifying suggestion to stab a waitress who had an anti-police tattoo, while others made light of sexual violence, serial killing, and physical injuries.

One message, referencing a disfigured woman, said: ‘Fordy taking his new missus home tonight. This one won’t get away.’

In one incredible exchange, an officer said: ‘I have just noticed the waitress has an ACAB [All Cops Are Bastards] tattoo on her forearm. Do I say nice tattoo or stab her?’

Another responded: ‘Stab her and throw her in the river.’

Another chilling message involved a joke about keeping a woman under the floorboards. 

One officer wrote: ‘Looks like I really am a policeman. You’re going under my floorboards later sweetheart.’

There were repeated references to sexual brutality, including one exchange where officers quipped about taking ‘condoms and Viagra’ on a work trip to Bristol, followed by a message about ‘rope and gaffa tape’ with the hashtag #MeToo.

Another officer sent a photo of a bed surrounded by weapons, horror-themed props and a doll, with the comment: ‘Yours got blood on it?’

Legal counsel for the Appropriate Authority, Aaron Rathmell, said the group’s so-called ‘dark humour’ was meant to provoke a reaction but risked ‘undermining public confidence’ in policing.

He added that while the messages were written in a private setting, they showed attitudes and behaviour that were wholly incompatible with the standards expected of a police officer – referencing the Angiolini Inquiry into the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving Met officer.

‘The deliberately risqué humour was meant for enjoyment and to get a reaction,’ Mr Rathmell said.

‘But dark humour often rings alarm bells because it is used to excuse unacceptable behaviour.’

He said being a police officer is a ‘privilege’, and that officers’ right to privacy is ‘fettered’ by the police Code of Ethics, even in off-duty group chats.

Four supervisors — PS Alexander Bratby, PS Russell Stobbs, and former PS Amed Vafa — were also found to have breached standards by failing to challenge the messages. All were given written warnings, a lesser penalty than dismissal.

Other messages shared included:

  • Jokes about a casualty on train tracks, with one officer writing: ‘Was he armless before?’
  • A cruel comment on a victim’s severe head wound: ‘That’s one way to solve dandruff.’
  • Crude sexual innuendo, such as asking if anyone had ‘extra small rib’ condoms ‘for Dave’.

The misconduct hearing was concluded earlier this week, and BTP confirmed that all seven officers were found guilty of gross misconduct.

Five serving officers were dismissed instantly, and the two former officers would also have been sacked had they remained in post.

A BTP spokesperson said: ‘Four supervisors were also part of the WhatsApp group and answered allegations they breached the standards of professional behaviour by failing to challenge or report the offensive messages sent. In each case, this was assessed as misconduct and the serving officers were provided with a written warning.’

Assistant Chief Constable Charlie Doyle told MyLondon: ‘The contents of this WhatsApp group was wholly unacceptable, with the messages exchanged both shocking and offensive in almost every way possible.’

‘Those who have sent these messages have shown complete contempt for the public they serve, the office of constable and the hard-working officers and staff in BTP who come to work every day to make a difference and behave with integrity.’

‘Holding a warrant card is a privilege and anyone who thinks it is acceptable to make such comments in the name of supposed ‘banter’ quite simply has absolutely no place in policing.’

‘All officers and staff at BTP are expected to observe the highest standards of conduct and we are absolutely committed to identifying and driving out anyone who falls short of this as we have done in this case.’

Police photos of people with injuries shouldn’t be shared, let alone joked about, and a lack of humanity towards others is a dark sign in people with considerable power. However, frontline police officers have to see and deal with ugly stuff, and these police officers get little or no emotional help from their holier-than-thou bosses, so I’m guessing that dark humour is almost unavoidable.

Of course, they were foolish for using social media, even in a private group. Where have gone the days when you could sit in your local bar with your coworkers having a craic with the chaps?

The internet can be an extremely dangerous place to chat. These police officers should have perhaps met up to chat, vent and have a joke because when you put something in writing it can be misunderstood.

Unfortunately, dark humour is like food, not everybody likes all of it.

Dark humour is a mechanism of handling dark situations, this is why most people who deal with death and despair end up with a dark sense of humour, but not everybody understands this dark humour and might find it distasteful.

By sacking these police officers, what we are saying is that anyone who makes an inappropriate joke should be fired immediately. Watch out, Big Brother is watching you, so be extremely careful what you say.

Offensive is a subjective term and what is offensive to one may not be offensive to another.

I’m sure funeral directors have their own jokes and repartee, but they’re not foolish enough to publicly post them in a chat room, and posting such comments on any media app will always be someone else’s downfall.

Cash Is No Longer King? 

Nigel Farage last night promised to lead a ‘crypto revolution’ in Britain that would see the Bank of England build up a Bitcoin reserve’.

The Reform leader, who is facing accusations of having ‘fantasy’ economic plans, used an appearance at a digital currency conference in Las Vegas to vow to ‘bring our country properly into the 21st century’.

He used his time on stage in the Nevada gambling resort to reveal Reform UK is now taking donations in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

Mr Farage, a long-term supporter of electronic money, promised to make London ‘one of the major trading centres of the world’ and said his party had drawn up a Crypto Assets and Digital Finance Bill to bring in if they win the next election.

‘My message to the British public, my message particularly to young people, is help us to help you bring our country properly into the 21st century,’ he said.

‘Let’s recognise that crypto, Bitcoin, digital assets, are here to stay.’

However, Mr Farage’s long-term support for crypto appears to sit at odds for his well-publicised support for the ‘cash is king’ campaign.

He supported the grassroots movement to ensure that shops have to accept currency, and not just electronic payment, to help more senior shoppers.

And in 2023 he accused banks of ‘relentlessly driving Britain towards a cashless society’.

Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin have grown in popularity in recent years, with research indicating about 12 percent of adults in the UK own or have owned crypto-assets, up from 4 percent in 2021.

Last month, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced plans to regulate cryptoassets in a bid to make the UK a ‘world leader’.

As she unveiled plans to regulate cryptocurrency companies similarly to other finance organisations, she told a fintech conference that she would support the builders.

Talking at the Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas on Thursday night, Mr Farage said: ‘As of now, provided you are an eligible UK donor (…) we are the first political party in Britain that can accept donations in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.’

‘Once again, we’re being innovative,’ he added.

On Thursday night, cryptocurrencies could be used to donate on the Reform UK website.

There was also a disclaimer saying that all contributions were subject to Electoral Commission rules and that unknown contributions were not permitted.

It came as Kemi Badenoch slammed Mr Farage and Keir Starmer for being in a ‘race to the bottom’ over welfare handouts.

In a feisty attack on the Reform and Labour leaders, Mrs Badenoch said the pair believed in getting taxpayers to fund ‘unlimited child support for others’ by scrapping the two-child benefit cap.

Writing in the Mail, the Tory leader branded the benefit unfair and unsustainable, because welfare ‘traps people’ and ‘drives up costs for everyone’.

Instead, she said the Conservatives were now the ‘only serious party of sound money’ and warned that Britain ‘can’t afford the fantasy economics of Starmer and Farage’, who ‘treat economics like a branch of showbiz’.

Mrs Badenoch’s intervention came after Mr Farage this week promised a spending splurge of up to £85 billion – including generous benefit increases.

The Reform leader said his party would scrap the two-child benefit cap because ‘it’s the right thing to do’, and would fully reverse the winter fuel payment cut. 

And yesterday, following months of tension from his own MPs, the Prime Minister gave a hint that he too could scrap the two-child cap after previously ruling it out.

Mrs Badenoch said the country was facing a choice between ‘sound money and soothing delusions’, because ‘Keir Starmer can’t tell you what he stands for, Nigel Farage can’t tell you how he’ll pay for anything’.

Sir Keir yesterday warned voters they cannot trust Mr Farage with their ‘future, mortgages or jobs’ in a speech deriding his economic literacy.

The Prime Minister joined the Tories in questioning Reform’s maths after it unveiled plans for a spending splurge if it wins the 2029 election.

With his left-leaning support for lifting the two-child benefit maximum and restoring winter heating payments in full, Mr Farage has attempted to win over working-class Labour voters.

However, he also supports several tax cuts, which according to Institute for Fiscal Studies specialists may leave his proposals with an £85 billion hole.

That would impede the £45 billion of unfunded tax cuts announced by former Tory Prime Minister Liz Truss in her catastrophic 2022 mini-budget. 

Speaking in Warrington Sir Keir said: ‘He set out economic plans which contains billions upon billions of completely unfunded spending. Precisely the sort of irresponsible splurge that sent your mortgage costs, your bills and the cost of living through the roof. It’s Liz Truss all over again.’

But tweeting from Las Vegas Mr Farage accused him of ‘resorting to dirty tricks borrowed from the 2016 referendum campaign to attack me’, adding: ‘This is Project Fear 2.0.’ 

We don’t want ‘imaginary money’ thank you very much.

Cryptocurrency is like a Ponzi scheme. You purchase something that does not exist and we need to stay away from it, and Nigel Farage is the kind of person that supports it – we need to stay away from him as well.

I also believe that Nigel Farage will lose votes by saying that he will introduce this ‘imaginary money.’

Numerous people have no clue about this cryptocurrency. Many prefer to use cash or a bank card, and let’s not forget that Nigel Farage will literally say anything to get into power, yet the gullible still believe him.

I was never going to vote for him. Is it worth voting for any of them?

If you believe anything this man has to say, then you are foolish, but then many people believed Keir Starmer, so I guess it doesn’t matter because they all lie!

All I want to hear is that they are going to close the borders and get rid of all those that are here illegally. Our problems arise from one thing – a small country, with too many people.

This Mickey Mouse nonsense is not what the British people want; they want real money! And don’t forget Nigel Farage only wants this cryptocurrency nonsense because it will improve his bank balance, not yours.

It allows him to accept donations from foreign states and organisations without getting caught. He is nothing but a repellent chancer and nothing more.

Reform UK is now taking donations in Cryptocurrency and if Nigel is elected he will make sure the price goes through the roof. Isn’t that like insider trading and extremely illegal? Or is this kind of conduct acceptable now as long as 2-tier Farage is on the make?

Here’s the basic idea: Crypto (like Bitcoin) is just digital money that isn’t regulated by any government or bank.

Instead of being held in your bank account, it lives on something called a blockchain, a kind of public record that shows every transaction ever made, but without showing actual names.

You use a digital wallet (like an app) to send or receive it. The major selling point is freedom and privacy – no middlemen, no banks holding your money, no waiting days for transfers. However, it also means no one can reverse mistakes, and it’s not easy to track for things like tax or fraud, which is why governments get nervous about letting everyone use it.

It’s like cash but on the internet = more difficult to trace, and extremely volatile in price. Great for some things, but not ready to replace normal currency just yet.

Psychics Predict Terror In 2025

Four well-known psychics have all issued dire predictions about the same terrifying incident that they claim will occur later this year.

Bulgarian mystic and healer Baba Vanga, French 16th-century astrologer Nostradamus, Brazilian psychic Athos Salomé, and London hypnotherapist Nicolas Aujula have all issued the same worrying prophecy for 2025.

Baba Vanga, dubbed ‘Nostradamus of the Balkans,’ has previously accurately predicted 9/11, Princess Diana’s demise, and the rise of China before she passed away in 1996.

Alongside her predictions for devastating earthquakes due to the climate crises this year, which have already come true as Myanmar and Thailand encountered devastating earthquakes last month, Baba has also predicted that Europe would be rocked by a disastrous war. 

The visionary, who was born in 1911 as Vangeliya Pandeva Gushterova, had anticipated the war as the start of ‘humanity’s downfall’ that would ‘devastate’ the population.

Meanwhile, Nostradamus warned in his book Les Prophéties, a collection of 942 poetic quatrains allegedly foreseeing forthcoming events, that this year the UK is going to be pulled into a war. 

In the book, which first materialised in 1555, he said: ‘When those from the lands of Europe, see England set up her throne behind. Her flanks, there will be cruel wars.

‘The kingdom will be marked by wars so cruel, foes from within and without will arise. A great pestilence from the past returns, no enemy more deadly under the skies.’ 

Another psychic who was named after the French astrologer but is still alive today,  Athos Salomé, 38, from Brazil, dubbed the ‘Living Nostradamus’, also predicted a coming war.  

In December 2024, Salome, who correctly predicted past disasters, including the coronavirus pandemic, Queen Elizabeth’s demise, and the Microsoft global outage, chillingly predicted that World War III was coming.

With tensions growing around the globe, he warned that we are teetering on the edge of WWIII, saying ‘the worst is yet to come’.

Notably, he spoke about the dangers of cyberwar and the use of technology as the main weapons of the twenty-first century.

He said: ‘This is not just a war of men, but of machines, and in this aspect what comes next?’

Meanwhile, Nicolas Aujula, a 38-year-old hypnotherapist based in London, agrees saying 2025 will be ‘a year where there is a lack of compassion in the world.’

‘We will see horrific acts of human evil and violence towards each other,’ Aujula predicted, ‘in the name of religion and nationalism.’

Founded on his psychic visions, he expects WWIII could be here by the middle of this year.

The possibility of war reaching the UK feels more likely now than ever before as Vladimir Putin’s propagandists have declared that British blood ‘must be spilled’ in a haunting World War III threat after they accused Britain of providing the explosives that killed a top general in a Moscow car bomb last month.

Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik died in Moscow near his home in the eastern suburb of Balashikha after a Volkswagen Gold loaded with explosives was detonated in his presence.

The deceased military man was a deputy head of the main operational department in the General Staff of the Russian army.

Putin’s propagandists have now focused their ire on Britain after the Kremlin accused Ukraine of the attack.

So-called military expert Andrei Klintsevich told Russia 1 that Britain’s security service handed explosives to the perpetrators ‘by the ton.’

Propagandist Vladimir Solovyov angrily added: ‘We do realise that someone is creative a network of planted explosives and [transporting] these explosives.

‘When we say that British security services are behind every terrorist attack, it means that the blood of the British who authorised the killings on Russian soil must be spilled.

‘They must realise that they will pay personally. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.’

Solovyov vowed to exact retribution on British intelligence and the supposed explosives suppliers.

‘If these factories blow up [as well as] the headquarters of the intelligence agencies that gave the go-ahead for the terrorist attacks, they should not be surprised,’ he said.

It comes after Putin’s lackey Dmitry Medvedev warned that Sweden and Finland, two of NATO’s latest members, are now possible targets of nuclear vengeance.

Dmitry Medvedev, who has styled himself as one of Russia’s most outspoken anti-Western aggressors, seemed to be referring to Sweden and Finland, the last two countries to join the Western military alliance.

If conflict were to arise, nuclear weapons would not be off the table, the TASS state news agency reported.

‘The non-aligned status gave them [Finland and Sweden] certain international perks, given their geopolitical position and many other factors,’ Medvedev said.

‘And now they are part of a bloc hostile to us which means they automatically became a target for our armed forces, including potential retaliatory strikes and even the nuclear component or preventive measures within the framework of a military doctrine.’

Sweden was given full membership of NATO last March, while Finland joined in April 2023, expanding the alliance’s border with Russia by over 1,300km.

Last week, Moscow also warned Britain against deploying a ‘coalition of the willing’ in Ukraine, saying it could lead to a nuclear World War Three.

Putin’s aggressor Sergei Shoigu, secretary of the powerful Russian security council and ex-defence minister, said Russia rejected Western boots on the ground in the war-torn country.

Well, we all know who’s going to emerge from within. They are coming over in boats every day, and filling our prisons instead of being deported.

A civil war is most likely in Britain – Immigrants v Natives.

There has also been a list of predictions that didn’t come true, and predicting the Queen’s death, she was 96 years old – her death was imminent, what did everybody think she was going to live forever? That was an extremely remarkable prophecy, wasn’t it? And it’s not that challenging to anticipate people being unkind to each other, or a volcano or natural catastrophes.

The year 2025 will be where there is a lack of compassion in the world, you could say that about any year in history, so it’s a bit open-ended to say the least.

The amount of undesired migrants who are flooding into the UK every day, expecting us to accommodate and retain them, is about to blow up, so don’t worry about another global war, but if we did have an international war, nobody would win, we would all lose, so no point in starting it.

You don’t need extraordinary abilities to see the planet is going to pot.

Let’s hope that we don’t end up going to war. Can you imagine all the Gen Z, they really won’t want to go to war or even be capable of it.

The planet and humanity are clearly in danger since no one cares about anything or anybody; it’s a dog-eat-dog world, regardless of the predictions, and you don’t have to be a psychic to see the way things are going unless various world leaders get their heads out of their behinds and learn how to accept and get along with the rest of humanity.

I expect that in the next few years, there will be wars in some places, drought in some places and flooding in others. A few major political scandals and the death of a bunch of well-known people. Now where is my Nostradamus membership card? And I foresee that Christmas Day will be in December this year. I also predict that pensioners will be colder and poorer this winter.

The Disposable Vape Could Push 200,000 People Back To Smoking

The disposable vapes ban could push 200,000 people back to smoking when it comes into effect next month, a report warns.

The law is aimed at protecting the environment and tackling a surge in youth vaping rates, which have skyrocketed from 0.8 percent in 2013 to 7.2 percent last year.

But the Future Health Research Centre says the move risks undermining the Government’s progress towards a ‘smoke-free’ Britain if vapers are not supported to maintain their ‘quit journey’ and switch back to smoking.

An estimated 5 million single-use vapes, which are available to purchase at pocket money prices, are thrown away in the UK every week.

The research report ‘Endgame: managing the disposable vapes ban and the journey to a Smoke-free Future’ contains new polling showing 45 percent of vapers ‘always’, ‘often’ or ‘sometimes’ use a disposable device.

The highest rates of disposable vape use are among those aged 18 to 24, the survey of 4,393 British adults shows.

As a consequence of the ban, 12 percent of users say they will switch from vaping to smoking.

Some 54 percent plan to change to another vape, 15 percent plan to stop vaping completely, and 9 percent will try traditional nicotine replacement therapies, such as patches or gum.

Modelling scenarios based on the findings suggest that the disposable vape ban will result in between 175,000 and 378,000 people quitting vaping and between 630,000 and 1.36 million people changing to another vaping product.

But the smoking rate could rise by between 90,000 and 200,000, adding 0.2 percent to 0.4 percent to the overall population smoking rate.

Richard Sloggett, the report’s author and a former government advisor, said: ‘The Government has committed welcome and strong action to reduce smoking and tackle youth vaping.

‘However, these findings show that urgent work is needed to ensure that efforts to reduce youth vaping do not have the unintended consequence of increasing the numbers smoking – particularly amongst younger people.

‘The ban also feels like being a missed opportunity, with hundreds of thousands of people soon to be looking for alternatives to disposable vapes but over half saying they will simply switch to another product.

‘With the ban looming, the Government now needs to get on the front foot, commit to a national mass media anti-smoking campaign and set out more clearly how it will use its forthcoming regulatory powers through the Tobacco and Vapes Bill to help ensure that those using disposable vapes do not turn to smoking instead.’

The report, commissioned by Kenvue, the maker of Nicolette, calls for the government to use new regulatory powers to limit vape branding, packaging, and displays and restrict flavour descriptions of the products.

Additionally, it urges recommitting funds to a nationwide mass media anti-smoking campaign and setting new goals to track and prioritise decreases in teenage vaping rates.

Steve Brine, a former public health minister and previous chair of the Commons Health and Social Care Committee, who has contributed a foreword to the report, said: ‘Smoking remains the single leading preventable cause of illness and mortality in the UK.

‘The disposable vapes ban and the Government’s wider action in tackling smoking present a massive step in the right direction for England in achieving the original smoke-free ambition.

‘But we are not there yet and as this research from Future Health shows, any complacency will have serious ramifications.

‘The Government needs to make sure that those using disposable vapes are aware of the ban, the alternatives to switch to following its introduction and the dangers of taking up or returning to smoking.’

Vaping has now been taken up by people who have never smoked cigarettes before, particularly youngsters who are now hooked on them, and I’m sure that in the not-too-distant future, there will be studies that link vaping to cancer. After all, you are breathing in a cocktail of chemicals, and we have no idea what they are doing to our bodies.

People complained that smoking cigarettes was filthy and that they didn’t enjoy the smell. Then they introduced vapes, which also smell bad. It’s like an epidemic!

I don’t know why they display them in shops in bright colours, they’re not sweets, they have nicotine and other harmful chemicals in them just like cigarettes, so they should be treated the same.

Vapes have nicotine in them, although some don’t have any nicotine at all, but they also have propylene Glycol (PG) and vegetable Glycerin (VG). These are base liquids acting as solvents and flavour carriers.

A wide variety of chemicals are used to create various flavours. These can include diacetyl, which has been linked to lung disease. Then there are Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). These are organic chemicals that evaporate at room temperature.

Some vapes also have trace amounts of metals like lead, nickel, and tin, which can come from the heating coil. Vapes may also contain acrolein, formaldehyde, diethylene glycol, acetaldehyde, and benzene. These are known carcinogens or have been linked to various health issues.

It’s our government, they want to change things and then change the goalposts. The problem is people are like sheep. They brought out diesel cars and we all bought diesel cars. Then they brought out electric cars because evidently, they’re healthier for the environment.

However, if you buy off Amazon, your item arrives in a box big enough to bury your spouse and hide him under the patio with enough packaging to keep him in place.

The boxes are made out of paper which makes the cardboard, how many trees did we cut down for that? Saving the planet my arse!

‘Alien Mummies’ Found In Peru Prove They’re Real

Scientists investigating ‘alien mummies’ in Peru have shared new findings they claim prove the specimens are ‘100 percent real.’

Dozens of these bizarre, mummified bodies were found in the Nazca desert by journalist and ufologist Jaime Maussan, sparking years of research into their origins.

Nevertheless, other scientists who purported to examine them discovered that the items were only animal bone toys.

Now, the team has released a new study describing how two of the mummies, known as Maria and Montserrat, may have died more than 1,200 years ago.

The report stated that both are female. Maria was calculated to be between 35 and 45 years old at death, while Montserrat was between 16 and 25.

Maria was examined and found to have many claw-like lacerations, a deep cut, and evidence of a bite or bruising in her lower pelvis.

According to CT scans, Montserrat most likely died from a chest puncture wound, especially between the fifth and sixth ribs.

‘These are yet more pieces of clear and irrefutable evidence that these bodies are 100 percent genuine, real, and organic, having once been alive,’ said Dr José Zalce, lead expert on the investigation, in a statement to DailyMail.com.

Dr Zalce, former director of the Mexican Navy Medical Department, said he has analyzed 21 of the unusual bodies, noting features such as fingerprints, bone wear, dental structures, muscular anatomy and internal organs.

The most recent investigation provides fresh information on the reasons behind these purported mummies’ deaths. Independent specialists haven’t yet evaluated the work, though.

Both specimens were discovered with three fingers and toes, extended heads, and internal organs such as the liver, intestines, and heart.

One specimen, Maria, who is five feet six inches, had bite marks, fractures, blood clots in her tissue, and indications of internal trauma on her CT scan.

In addition to many minor puncture wounds and what looked to be bite marks or bruising, Dr Zalce and his colleagues discovered a large incision close to the lower pelvis.

These injuries extended from the tailbone to the hip. The skin and subcutaneous fat had been removed, and two small tailbone vertebrae were broken.

The team also described a zigzag-shaped injury with a discontinuous pattern, indicating that Maria may have descended from a cliff and hit rocks during the fall.

In Montserrat’s case, scientists postulated that severe trauma experienced over a prolonged period was the cause of death.

Multiple fractures, including rib and scapula breaks, were shown in the images.

They reported that she was probably upright at the time of death, with her back pressed against a hard surface.

The team believes that the lack of callus development suggests that the injuries happened either soon after death or potentially later.

The enigma over the mummies started in 2017 when Maussan and a group of self-proclaimed paranormal researchers said they found strange three-fingered ‘mummified humanoids’ with an elongated skull.

The body was found covered in white powder, which the team said was used to preserve the remains.

And five years later, the tiny beings were paraded through Mexico’s Congress where Maussan argued his case and did so on two occasions.

During the second meeting, he brought in a string of doctors who all said the bodies were those of real, once-living organisms – some experts claimed to have studied five comparable specimens over four years.

However, two mummies have also been researched by experts outside of this group, with differing findings.

Forensic archaeologist Flavio Estrada, who conducted the study, said the claims that the specimens coming from another world are ‘totally false.’

‘The conclusion is simple: they are dolls assembled with bones of animals from this planet, with modern synthetic glues, therefore they were not assembled during pre-Hispanic times,’ he said in January 2024.

‘They are not extraterrestrials; they are not aliens.’

Nevertheless, a former Colorado prosecutor and current defence attorney, who has examined one of the mummies, is also a true believer.

Joshua McDowell told DailyMail.com: ‘The bodies studied by Estrada were not related to any specimen that we have studied. 

‘They were folk dolls made to look like [mummies] confiscated at the airport.’

Surely a simple DNA test could solve this, or at least give an indication, and how does one become a connoisseur of alien mummies, unless they have been to call on us before?

I don’t believe that we are alone in the universe, but I’m also not sure if these are mummified aliens either. Whatever they are, they don’t seem very happy.

Since the mummies were carefully interred, they ought to be treated with the same respect as when they are found.

In my opinion, it is quite probable that these mummies were created from bone to resemble extraterrestrials and then buried so they might be discovered years later.

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