Nazi Gestures Were Made At Auschwitz And Bergen-Belsen

In two different cases, German high school students incited uproar by singing a nationalist song at Bergen-Belsen and making neo-Nazi gestures at Auschwitz.

Students from a school in the western city of Bielefeld, aged 14 and 15, were heard singing ‘Germany for the Germans, foreigners out’ at the Bergen-Belsen memorial. The chant is prevalent with neo-Nazis.

Last summer, employees at the Helmholtz school addressed the pupils, but the event was just recently made public, according to The Times.

According to Headmaster Joachim Held, the offending pupils were disciplined but not expelled.

He told public broadcaster WDR: ‘This is a problem for society as a whole. Incidents like this happen to us more often than we would like.’

About 52,000 people were killed at the site Bergen-Belsen concentration camp near Hannover during the Nazi rule – including Anne Frank.

In a separate incident at Auschwitz, four students from a school in the eastern city of Görlitz were pictured making the ‘OK’ hand gesticulation, a signal made by neo-Nazis.

Despite being taken in March, the picture was finally made public this week after it surfaced on one of the students’ Instagram accounts.

A representative for Scultetus High School said the four pupils have been disciplined and told to spend time assisting in a workshop for disabilities.

Clemens Ardnt, of the Saxony state education office, told German newspaper Bild that the pupils were ‘made aware of their misconduct’ by the school’s headmistress.

The ‘OK’ hand gesture, where the thumb and index finger touch while the others are held outstretched, is used by the far-right.

The gesticulation is used because the sign can depict a W and a P to signify White Power.

Unlike the Hitler salute, the gesture is not outlawed in Germany.

The children were visiting Poland on a school trip to the Nazi camp. More than 1.1 million people were slaughtered at the camp during the Second World War. 

Jens-Christian Wagner, director of the Buchenwald Memorial site near Weimar, said antisemitic or offensive behaviour is now almost a daily occurrence at the sight.

He said some visitors have made Hitler salutes, shouted ‘Seig Heil’ and compared the suffering of the victims to German soldiers at the hands of the Allied forces. 

He said the rise of Alternative for Germany (AfD) in February’s general election has been a contributing factor.

Children have recently been seen laying down in the ovens of the crematorium for photographs, Mr Wagner said. 

An AfD politician’s son is one of the two lads involved, and he pleaded with the school to spare them.

In 2018, three girls provoked anger when they posed with Nazi salutations outside Auschwitz.

Polish law prohibits hate speech based on religion and fascist ideology, but it does not specifically bar offering the Nazi salute. Offenders may face up to three years in jail.  

The girls deleted the photo soon after it emerged on Instagram, but museum authorities later retrieved it.

In 2017, a group of Swedish teenagers were filmed making improper gesticulations and comments while visiting the memorial complex.

Meanwhile, an Israeli student ended up in hot water when he dropped his trousers at the Majdanek concentration camp close to the Polish capital Warsaw.  

In that case, the Israeli Ministry of Education interceded and made the offender pay a £250 fine.

I would say to those immature people making Nazi salutations – come and meet some of the remaining few survivors and listen to their stories, it would break the hardest of hearts.

These survivors were seen earlier this year attending a service to commemorate the Liberation of Auschwitz in January 1945. There were numerous Heads of State there to honour the few people who by some godsend survived the camps. Perhaps they were spared to be witnesses to the Holocaust.

I frequently wonder why there is so much animosity—in fact, why there is hatred at all—for Jews. All of us are God’s living creation, and even if you don’t believe in that, we exist for a reason. I’m still not sure what that reason is.

However, sadly this is what happens when the naive and the uneducated are exploited and fooled into perpetrating atrocities. This is also what happens when people are allowed to forget.

The ‘OK’ hand sign has been embraced by ‘the right’ because children have been told for years that it’s not OK to be white in their own country – action, reaction, cause and effect!

Voicing that your country is not yours – is that a problem, I’m not sure, but it could be I suppose. These youngsters might be singing a chorus to a song, but would they go to war for their country? Or if their country was at war, would they believe that their country was worth fighting for?

Corbyn ‘Disgusted’ By ‘Cruel’ Government Cuts

Rachel Reeves has received a letter from Jeremy Corbyn condemning her and the government for their proposed reductions in disability allowances.

In her spring speech last month, the chancellor said that the government would be drastically reducing the welfare budget.

The £4.3 billion cuts package, which included significant reform to Personal Independence Payment (PIP), is set to impact more than 3 million households and force 250,000 people into deprivation according to the government’s analysis.

Both inside and outside the Labour Party, including former party leader Jeremy Corbyn, voiced strong opposition to the cuts.

He has now written to the chancellor to make her mindful of his constituents’ “profound distress” over the cuts.

In a letter to Reeves, Corbyn said he had received an “unprecedented number of enquiries from constituents who were utterly horrified by the government’s proposals.”

As a result, he held an urgent public meeting to provide a space for concerns to be shared.

Corbyn shared some of the testimonies from his constituents in the letter, with some labelling the cuts “terrifying.”

The Islington North MP added: “PIP is not a luxury. It’s a lifeline – and we are disgusted by the government’s decision to make disabled people’s lives harder. Our meeting was proof that disabled people are much more than a ‘vulnerable’ group in society.

“They are creative, passionate and valued campaigners who are advocating for their right to live in dignity and freedom.”

Sharing his letter to the Chancellor on X, Corbyn said: “I have written to Rachel Reeves to share my constituents’ profound distress over the cuts to disability benefits. We are appalled by the government’s cruelty – and we will not back down.”

Jeremy Corbyn is absolutely correct. This Labour administration is ruthless. It is reprehensible to deny handicapped individuals their allowance, and those who earn more than £5 million need to pay a higher tax rate. They should also stop providing subsidies to MPs and abolish any tax loopholes.

Any government’s desire to make sure that public funds are being used appropriately is understandable, but in this instance, it is blatantly cruel, and I object to what Reeves is suggesting, and it’s the implementation of what they are doing that is going to generate problems for thousands of individuals, and no amount of spin can cover this up. Reeves and Starmer need to go!

These issues are obvious even before they take any concrete action, and they dare to say that they would guarantee that everyone is treated equally—what nonsense! They don’t intend to, which will result in many families living in complete poverty.

Taking this vital benefit away from people is the lowest of the low. It could mean the end of their independence, specialist care, adaptations, and equipment don’t come cheap. It’s called Personal Independence Payment for a reason. It was designed to facilitate the independence of people who have disabilities.

It would mean that people with disabilities would become housebound if their PIP was taken away.

Many people use a wheelchair or mobility scooter to get around or taxis for journeys further afield, and it’s a total disgrace that disabled people are being treated this way. Tax the wealthy – don’t be such a sleazebag, Rachel Reeves.

I do like Jeremy Corbyn – he’s a one-man band and there should be more like him in Parliament.

Jeremy is extremely popular – not just with Labour activists but also many residents in Islington.

Jeremy has been Islington North’s MP since 1983 and has laboured tirelessly to support and advocate for all the residents and small businesses that make up the vibrant city of Islington.

Although Islington North is one of the most impoverished seats in the nation, Corbyn detractors in the national press tend to imply that it is the poshest part of London. Nevertheless, in the face of significant hardship, its citizens and tiny enterprises exhibit incredible fortitude and inventiveness.

Naturally, media journalists and the all-knowing television pundits never take the time to see this for themselves, but all it takes is a stroll along Holloway Road or up to Finsbury Park to witness it for yourself.

However, Jeremy Corbyn has taken the trouble. He’s lived in the heart of the constituency for more than 30 years. Week in, week out, year after year he’s worked tirelessly to help locals and businesses in their struggle to get a reasonable deal from governments who have all too often ignored their interests.

You must acknowledge the breadth of Jeremy’s work. He helps his constituents while canvassing on doorsteps.

One of the reasons Jeremy is so well-liked by those who know him is his extraordinary generosity, he has time for everyone.

He is a people person who loves to converse with others. There is only one Jeremy Corbyn, and he doesn’t care if he is speaking to a high-ranking official or a random guy he met on Holloway Road. This is quite uncommon for someone of his calibre.

Jeremy has spent most of his political career battling for what frequently seems like unfashionable causes, but faced with an economy that has left so many ordinary people behind and has done so much harm to the political and social fabric of this country – what Jeremy has been saying for numerous years to the people now makes so much sense.

I, Daniel Blake (2016 Film) delivers a concise summary of how ordinary people struggle to live in Britain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Daniel_Blake

Middle-aged Daniel Blake was denied Employment and Support Allowance even though his doctor had declared him unfit to work. Despite having worked all his life, he’d just had a severe heart attack. Daniel’s recuperation was not complete, and his cardiologist was worried that he would develop a potentially fatal arrhythmia if his heart started beating irregularly.

Daniel Blake died on the day of his appeal. At his funeral, what he was thought to read at his appeal was read at his funeral, “I am not a blip on a computer screen or a national insurance number, I am a man.”

Individuals are terrified for their futures because Rachel Reeves wants to take money away from individuals with disabilities. There’s nothing humorous about this!

There are loads of people out there that have extremely poor mobility, and can only walk a few yards because they’re in continuous pain. If they lose their Personal Independence Payment (PIP) they will be almost housebound.

Those who earn enormous incomes and continue to take freebies will never even attempt to comprehend these people’s need for independence and social interaction and yet they have the audacity to call themselves the Labour Party.

Never in my life have I witnessed a Labour Party like this one. I only voted for Labour once in my life (Tony Blair) – never again because I have never seen brutality like this.

To be honest I believe that Labour is finished, particularly after targeting pensioners and the disabled. They are trying to put us all into an early grave – they are heartless!

I never imagined that a Labour administration would treat its people so callously and dishonestly; they ought to feel ashamed of themselves, but they don’t; instead, they just sit there and laugh at us all!

Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer are wicked people who have ruined the Labour Party.

All politicians are frugal with the truth but Sir Keir Starmer has lifted lying to a new level and to add insult to injury, he doesn’t even hide the fact.

If there’s an art to lying, Keir Starmer has truly mastered it because he says whatever suits him at the time, but what makes it worse is that he was once a human rights lawyer – where did his decency go – in a carryall somewhere concealed away I guess!

Hair Transplants, Turkey Teeth, And A ‘Fake Six-Pack’ Worth £1 Million Were Stolen By A Military Clerk

A military clerk robbed almost £1 million from the Ministry of Defence to pay for hair transplants, Turkey teeth and cosmetic surgery for a fake six-pack in an expenses scam, a court has been told. 

Former corporal Aaron Stelmach-Purdie, 34, headed the scheme while working at Regent’s Park Barracks in central London.

He cheated taxpayers of £911,677, of which he kept £557,093 for himself.

Stelmach-Purdie had a passion for the good life – undergoing a hair transplant and flying to Turkey for teeth-whitening and abdominal implants.

When police investigated his house, they discovered three fake Patek Philippe watches, nine pairs of Christian Louboutin shoes, and a Louis Vuitton luggage set.

Five other people, who came before Stelmach-Purdie in court yesterday and were found guilty of money laundering and conspiracy to commit fraud, assisted him in running the expenditures scam.

Stelmach-Purdie, from Oldham in Greater Manchester, was told he faces prison for fraud and money laundering after uploading bogus claims onto an online admin portal from November 2014 to January 2016.

Southwark Crown Court heard how he was helped by five other clerks, former sergeant Roger Clerice, 28, Allan O’Neil, 48, Lee Richards, 41, Anthony Sharwood, 38, and Peter Wilson, 55.

Prosecutor Domonic Connolly told the court: ‘This case concerns a series of frauds carried out by a number of employees of the Ministry of Defence at their administrative headquarters situated within Regents Park Barracks in Central London.

‘These defendants, who were all employed at the Regent’s Park Barracks made a series of fictitious claims to expenses and allowances that they were not entitled to.

‘As a result of these frauds, there has been a loss of public funds totalling £911,677.66. These are public funds that had been demarcated for the defence of the realm and the protection of its armed services.’

Prosecutors said the fraud centred around the use of the Joint Personal Administration (JPA) – an online administrative system used by the UK armed forces to pay the salaries of staff, including claims for expenses and allowances.

While he was responsible for the management of claims to expenses and allowances, Stelmach-Purdie used his position to make fraudulent claims on his JPA account and the accounts of others, the court was told.

He then used the bank accounts of third parties, including his mother and sister, to conceal the proceeds of the fraud, the court heard.

The other defendants told the court they were approached by Stelmach-Purdie in or shortly after December 2014, when he claimed he had found a way to ‘make some money manipulating JPA’, prosecutors said.

Stelmach-Purdie’s line manager Clerice, who was an administration specialist, received £7,691 from the scam. He pleaded guilty to money laundering.

Wilson, a former lance sergeant who retired from the army in October 2015, continued to receive £230,400 in dishonest claims made by Stelmach-Purdie for months until December 31 2015.

Between June and December 2015, Wilson’s JPA account was used to make 28 fraudulent claims totalling £378,662.

Sharwood, a former corporal in the Royal Marines who retired from the Armed Forces in January this year, was involved in eight fraudulent expense claims made between January 2015 and November 2015, totalling £28,935.

The defendant, from Bromsgrove in Worcestershire, confessed to conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering in March 2023.

Richards, a former lance sergeant from Amesbury in Wiltshire, was convicted by a jury of 103 fraudulent claims made between March 2015 and January 2016, totalling £434,825.

He retained around £160,000 of that sum, the court heard.

Wilson, from Kidderminster in Worcestershire, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering in March 2023.

The total value of the fraud he pleaded guilty to is £385,432 involving 28 fraudulent claims made between June 2015 and January 2016.

A total of £378,662.26 passed through his bank account, £149,781 of which he retained, the court was told.

O’Neil, a former sergeant from Droitwich in Worcestershire, was involved in three fraudulent claims totalling £18,218 and has pleaded guilty to money laundering.

Stelmach-Purdie, whom the court heard was involved in all of the 161 fraudulent claims, was discharged from the Armed Forces in January 2016 after he was convicted and sentenced over four counts of sexual activity with a child.

When interviewed by police shortly after over his fraudulent activity, Stelmach-Purdie said he became involved because of the state of poor mental health brought about by the sexual allegations made against him.

Prosecutor Connolly told the judge: ‘When he (Stelmach-Purdie) commenced his job in administration, he was aware people were making claims for allowances that they were not entitled to.

‘He claimed he felt people knew of these proceedings and would use it against him if he didn’t comply with their claims.

‘He would allow claims to go through for a percentage in return.’

Stelmach-Purdie pleaded guilty to seven counts of conspiracy to commit fraud and one count of money laundering in August 2023.

The sentencing of all six defendants is scheduled for Tuesday at Southwark Crown Court.

I’m curious about how they plan to repay all of this money, and what everyone is missing is that this was a military theft, which means their security was flawed. How on earth did the MoD miss this? Indeed, the UK MoD need to seriously tighten up its internal auditing processes and procedures.

Years ago there would have been a paper trail. An application/claim would have been signed by an applicant and then signed off by a designated superior officer before being handed to the designated Paymaster for vetting and payment.

The introduction of IT/computers dispensed with the paper trail and has now allowed clever people to hack into and misuse the system.

Isn’t anyone else concerned that he was employed with the MoD after being a convicted sex offender?

This is only the beginning. The MoD has to be thoroughly examined, particularly the procurement personnel, but this is the public sector, and if a humble clerk can pocket that amount of money before being caught, then how much can somebody else higher up the ladder steal before being caught?

Diversity Drive Encourages People With No GCSEs And Limited English To Apply

A whistleblower has blasted Greater Manchester Police for encouraging people with little English and no GCSEs to apply through a diversity campaign.

A former police recruiter from one of Britain’s biggest police forces has said its ‘Positive Action Team’ was told to go out in public to recruit people, regardless of language ability or qualifications. 

They told TalkTV: ‘It didn’t matter if they couldn’t speak English or had never sat an exam – it was all about getting ticks in boxes.

‘If you got 40 names in a day, the bosses would say, “Great!’ 

They added that the team —which had around five or six full-time staff members —’would focus heavily on Muslim communities across Manchester’. 

Staff were not explicitly directed to target Muslim people – but the whistleblower said ‘it was obvious from where we were sent’.

They added: ‘We were told: “Get down to Lidl in Rusholme today and get as many details as you can.”

The force would also host workshops at the weekend to give candidates from an ethnic minority background help with applications – but ‘only a very, very slim number’ of those who signed up after outreach made it, the whistleblower added. 

Of new Greater Manchester Police (GMP) recruits, 47 percent are women and 15.9 percent are from diverse ethnic communities, according to a force report from 2022.

It is understood that the recruitment drives outside supermarkets stopped around a year ago. 

GMP Chief Constable Stephen Watson has previously said: ‘Positive action here extends to proactively reaching out to groups and encouraging them to join. But we have single windows.

‘Everybody’s entitled to apply at the same time. They’re all put through the same process. We choose the best people. And that is that.’

It comes after West Yorkshire Police (WYP) announced last week it would temporarily block white British candidates from applying to join its police constable entry programme.

Former officers said ‘under-represented groups’ are being permitted to apply early, while submissions from white Britons are ‘hidden’.

WYP has said the policies are in place to make sure ‘diverse communities’ are represented by the officers serving them, The Telegraph reports.

But former members of the force have accused it of effectively running a ‘hidden’ recruitment policy that targets certain groups.

According to a whistleblower who was significantly involved in screening job applications for recruits, he voiced concerns about the policy but received a warning not to become involved.

He also said black and far East Asian candidates were considered among the particularly under-represented and given a ‘gold’ ranking, whereas those of Southeast Asian origin made it to the silver tier.

Nobody should be permitted to join our police services if they are not fluent in English. You’re not going to get quality candidates from this, and what is their end game? Even less work because when you call and the police arrive they can’t even understand you.

Public service should require proficiency in English.

Asking someone to speak English is considered a hate crime, according to the police.

It’s no surprise that people don’t respect the police.

Diverse communities shouldn’t exist. Like in Rome, if you wish to live in the UK, you must respect and adhere to our laws and customs, as well as integrate into society; if not, you should go!

So, now you can be arrested by someone who can’t read or write properly and who doesn’t even speak good English. Wow, now that’s progress!

How will these ethnic police process paperwork or communicate in English if they can barely speak or read it? Surely a reasonable knowledge of the written and spoken vocabulary should be a requirement?

Is it not a security risk to employ outsiders as police officers?

The problem is that many migrants have no sense of commitment to our nation and are only concerned with ensuring their own safety. That in itself is a possible conflict of interest!

Yet another woke institution that is paid for by the taxpayer.

The 2010 Equality Act. This implies that the Chief Constables may face legal prosecution for targeting Muslim or ethnic minorities and failing to treat white Caucasian males equally by disobeying the law. In addition, every white or Caucasian man who has been turned away has the right to sue the police personally.

What use is a policeman who can’t read, write or speak English? How can they offer any assistance in a crisis? I would love to see one of the policemen take the witness stand in court to give evidence.

If the police are so hell-bent on employing outsiders, why don’t they just publicise the positions in prison recreation rooms and be done with it?

Honestly, this is a race to the bottom of the barrel!

Police Chief Discriminates Against White Applicants To Hire Ethnic Minority Officers

According to a police chief, he wants to employ more policemen from ethnic minorities and discriminate against white job candidates.

West Yorkshire Police Chief Constable John Robins has continuously advocated for legislative changes throughout the country to increase the proportion of ethnic minorities in his force.

Mr Robins, an officer for West Yorkshire Police since 1990, was selected as its chief in 2019 and has overseen the dramatic new changes to its recruitment policy in recent years.

The force, which is currently putting applications from white Brits on hold, said it is accepting them ‘all year round’ from ‘under-represented groups’ such as black and Asian candidates.

According to The Telegraph, a whistleblower who exposed the recruiting process alteration said that applicants from various backgrounds were being divided into tiers.

Black and Asian candidates are alleged to have been put into the ‘gold’ tier of being seriously under-represented in the police, while Southeast Asians were given the ‘silver’ tier.

Meanwhile ‘white others’, including applicants from Britain, Ireland and Eastern Europe were dropped into the lower ‘bronze’ tier.

Supporting the decision, a spokesperson for Mr Robins told MailOnline the police chief stood by his push to prioritise minority hires.

The spokesperson said: ‘The Chief Constable’s position has not changed. It is a national view that he holds.’

The action has increased concerns that it would lead to positive discrimination, which is illegal in the UK.

However, Mr Robins has previously maintained that it aided in the recruitment of Catholics into the Northern Ireland Police Service after the Good Friday Agreement.

He said in 2023: ‘It worked in terms of religion in Northern Ireland. We’ve tried really, really hard over many decades, especially in the last five to 10 years, but there’s just systemic issues around applications. 

‘I think the time has now come that legislation should change so that we should [use] positive discrimination.’

Conservative MP Neil O’Brien labelled the force’s hiring policy as ‘racist’.

He told The Telegraph: ‘What West Yorkshire police are doing with their racist hiring policies and division of different ethnic groups is skirting the edge of the law. It is no surprise to discover they have been pushing for the law to be changed to legalise these racist hiring policies.

‘With gun crime in West Yorkshire at a record high, many people might think local police might have more important things to be focusing on.

Former Prime Minister Liz Truss also said on Thursday that Britain has a ‘serious problem’ with ‘anti-white discrimination’.

Posting on X, she said: ‘Britain has a serious problem with police leadership being ideologically captured and pursuing anti-white discrimination. Ministers should have to answer for this and take back the powers to do so.’

The move comes just two months since West Yorkshire Police were seen to have spent £1.4 million ‘patronising’ the public with diversity staff.

MailOnline reported how the force employs 19 diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) staff members and spends £361,000 of public money training them.

Last year, West Yorkshire Police also came under fire after they arrested a teenage girl when she said she looked like her ‘lesbian nana’.

The 16-year-old girl, who also suffers from spinal disability scoliosis, had been driven to her home in Leeds by officers after attending the city’s Gay Pride festivities.

She had been there with her sister before allegedly making a ‘homophobic’ remark.

The girl was subsequently hauled away ‘screaming’ by West Yorkshire Police officers in the early hours of the morning having been arrested on suspicion of a ‘homophobic public order offence’.

Footage of the incident, filmed by the girl’s mother, went viral on TikTok – provoking a frenzied backlash online, as the officers were accused of heavy-handedness while leaving the girl cowering under the stairs in her own home.

The teenager, who has not been named, was held in custody for 20 hours after the incident and then released.

The West Yorkshire force later confirmed it would take no further action against the teenager and released her from her bail.

We shouldn’t be paying this police chief so much to allay his supposed guilt complex, hence he should be fired.

He clearly requires mental care, which should be covered by his pension. Instead of wasting money on nonsense like this, we need someone interested in solving actual crimes.

Some of these positions are going to persons with little experience, no qualifications, and dubious, unreliable references. It also appears that reading and writing in English is not a requirement. Next, we’ll discover that supposedly low-cost airlines will hire pilots who say they have bike riding skills.

The issue is that anti-white racism is pervasive in the UK, and those who engage in it ought to face legal action and be imprisoned, and the disease of wokeism has achieved its most elevated levels.

Our politicians have turned against us, and it’s time we took action since this is the direction our nation is taking—openly discriminating against white British people in favour of non-white minority groups!

Fish And Chips: The Owner Apologizes

A fish and chip shop owner has issued a heartfelt apology to customers after putting the price of a portion of cod and chips up to £15 but insists he had no choice as the cost of fish has soared in recent months.

Brad-Lee Navruz, who runs The Nippy Chippy in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, said he ‘feels bad’ for customers who’ve been left shocked by the new prices, but explained that the rising cost of ingredients has left him with little alternative.

The chippy is now charging £15 for a large cod and chips, and £12.50 for a standard portion—a substantial jump from the earlier price of £10.30.

Mr Navruz said most customers have been understanding about the increase, though a few have reacted with surprise when told the new price. 

‘I feel really bad for people. Times are harder as it is. For their Friday treat to go up quite a lot I do feel for them,’ he said.

‘When I say the price to them and their faces get in shock straight away I am saying sorry. There is not much I can do about it but obviously you feel for them because all they want is their Friday treat.’

The Nippy Chippy addressed the price rise on social media, explaining that small businesses like his are under tremendous economic pressure. 

Mr Navruz said that in the past, price rises were kept minimal – usually just 10 or 20p – but this time the increase has been unavoidable due to a sharp rise in fish costs.

‘This time round it has gone up from £10.30 to £12.50 for normal cod and chips and normal haddock and chips so it is a £2.20 big jump increase.

‘When they [customers] come in and they hadn’t seen the Facebook or the news they have a little bit of a shocked face as in ‘Wow it has gone up £2.20 that’s a big increase.’

The price hike comes in the wake of new fishing quotas agreed between the UK, EU and Norway, which have decreased the amount of cod and haddock that can be caught in 2025.

This year’s quota for cod has been slashed by 20 percent to 25,028 tonnes, while haddock is capped at 112,400 tonnes—down 5 percent from 2024. Officials say the reductions are vital to ensure the long-term sustainability of fish stocks.

Mr Navruz said that although he has tried offering alternative options like hake and plaice, most customers prefer to stick to cod and haddock – even with the higher price tag.

‘Cod and haddock are the number one sellers in the UK – they are really good quality fish,’ he said.

‘Rather than replace cod we tried to expand it by introducing other stuff like hake and plaice but it is just never the same and not everyone would want to go for it they would rather just stick for what they know and what they like. 

‘Especially when they are paying so much for a portion I don’t think even introducing it now would be an option really.’

There is some confusion regarding the origins of fish and chips in the United Kingdom. While chips initially gained popularity in Lancashire and Yorkshire, fried fish was first introduced and sold by Jews from the East End.

Western Sephardic Jews settling in England in the 17th century would have prepared fried fish like ‘Pescado frito’.

The Cook’s Oracle, a cookbook written by William Kitchiner and first published in 1817, introduced the potato to the British Isles in the sixteenth century. It contained the first documented recipe for what are now known as potato chips.

But it remains unknown who brought the magical combo together.

What’s crippling business is the cost of utilities and fuel which has increased the cost of all deliveries. Our UK government could slash VAT to 10 percent, but our politicians just want a majority of income back in direct and indirect taxes.

Good heavens, it’s not that difficult. Fish used to be an inexpensive supper for the working class, especially after the war when large cod were being landed and fish supplies were highly healthy. Because it was inexpensive, chippies were erected around the nation, particularly in the less affluent regions.

Naturally, quotas took effect once we entered the EU, destroying fish populations and the fishing sector in the process. The ‘cod war’ didn’t help, but it had nothing to do with the EU this time.

Fish is now premium and not cheap. Times have changed and we need to realise that these days a fish dinner is just not for the working class or the more impoverished families – those days are well and truly over.

Nowadays the equivalent is low-quality chicken that is usually undercooked, but even so, chicken shops have exploded all over the place and it’s crazy cheap.

Before they even turn a profit, many small enterprises must pay hundreds of pounds in overheads each week.  Before he even breaks even, this proprietor would need to sell a few hundred fish and chips.

The public has zero concept of just how challenging and expensive it is to run a business, and in the end, numerous shops will be forced to close, if not all of them. But of course, this is the government’s strategy – everything will be purchased online – you will be a slave to your home unless it’s a medical appointment, but even that’s been done over the phone since COVID!

They now try to get you to pay for everything by card so that people will get used to paying by card, so by the time all the businesses have disappeared, you will be so used to it, you won’t bat an eyelid.

Smaller businesses are making virtually no profit on fish which is not sustainable long term, and when I hear the word ‘sustainable’ I just cringe.

Schools are teaching our kids about sustainability, especially the rising awareness of social injustice and environmental deterioration. This is the capacity to carry on a procedure or preserve a condition without depleting resources or putting future generations in peril.

Don’t make me laugh! It’s a social construct of oppression by our governments.

In the end, a totalitarian and fascist political system will rule us, using propaganda to manipulate the people. Oh, I forgot, isn’t that already going on?

‘White People’ Under Threat?

Well over 50,000 years ago we were all rather much the same, but by spreading out across various climates we developed different biological traits because of climates that we adapted to.

One was the loss of skin pigmentation of differing degrees, and various scenarios could have taken place, but they all stretched out over an extremely long timeline, one that we or our grandchildren will not see the end of.

More than likely, individual races or the correct term ‘ethnicities’ continue to exist. There has been some homogenisation between other cultures, such as mixed-race individuals today.

There would still be separate groups even though the divisions would become blurred if this were extended out over a long enough period of time.

If we keep going long enough – I’m talking over thousands of years, we might get to a point where we are all so ethnically integrated that we all resemble the same common race, although I would like to believe that there would still be some individual pockets of individual culture.

Race as we come to view it is a social and cultural construct, not a biological one. I don’t like the word ‘race’ because, at the end of the day, we are all Homo-Sapiens.

And let’s face it, in the long run, we are all under the threat of extinction because one day this world will cease to exist.

Preserving a certain shade of skin tone is a thing. I’m white by most people’s definition, but frankly, who cares? People migrate, languages alter and cultures blend. It’s called the human species, for better or for worse, and life continues, but at some point, we will all die out due to environmental, biological or galactic events.

Nobody cares if chimps are auburn, brown or ashy sienna. Jesus was a blonde cherub, but he wasn’t – born in Bethlehem he would have been a nice golden brown!

Even if white people were to vanish, who cares? Cultures and social groups evolve and the disappearance of the skin tone that we call ‘white’ would be a reflection of that transformation. Skin tone doesn’t mean anything beyond the arbitrary racial classifications we assign to them.

However, white British people are being replaced by immigration or by the biological evolution of the minority people. Over time, the result of this process will be a wave of White British decline.

By 2150, three-quarters of Britain’s population will be mixed-race.

Wes Streeting Joins Mail’s Life-Saving Campaign

Prostate (healthy prostate gland), visualized in ultrasound in frontal view.

Wes Streeting has declared his backing for a national prostate cancer screening programme in a major boost for the Mail’s campaign.

The health secretary told MPs he would like to see the NHS proactively offer men tests for the disease in a move that could prevent thousands of needless deaths.

He said he is ‘particularly sympathetic’ to the argument that this should initially be targeted at high-risk men.

Black people and those with a family history of prostate cancer are included in this.

His comments came a day after a landmark poll revealed 94 percent of GPs also back the Mail’s calls for such a scheme.

Analysis by Prostate Cancer Research indicates this would lead to an additional 775 cases being diagnosed early each year among men aged 45 to 69.

Later this year, the UK National Screening Committee, which advises the government on which screening programs to offer, is expected to report on its conclusions after taking into account recent advancements in the detection of prostate cancer.

Writing exclusively in the Mail today, Mr Streeting says: ‘I hope they can recommend a way forward that allows the NHS to seek out prostate cancer more proactively for those most at risk.’

Prostate cancer is the most diagnosed form of cancer in England, with 55,033 cases identified in 2023, the latest figures reveal.

Detecting prostate cancer early improves the probability of successfully treating the disease, which kills about 10,200 men in England each year.

There is presently a screening programme for breast, bowel and cervical cancer – but not for prostate.

In front of members of the Commons Health and Social Care Committee, Mr Streeting stated his support for prostate cancer screening.

Joe Robertson, Conservative MP for Isle of Wight East, asked Mr Streeting: ‘Can I finish by asking whether you would like to see a national prostate cancer screening programme for men at high risk of the disease?’

He replied: ‘I would, I would like to see that.

‘But, and this is such an important but, decisions in this area do need to be evidence-based and evidence-led, and that’s why we have a National Screening Committee.

‘So, I’ve asked the National Screening Committee to look at this, and they are.

‘I think there is an even more compelling case around groups that are at higher risk of prostate cancer.’

Speaking earlier in the day, Mr Streeting told BBC Breakfast: ‘I’m particularly sympathetic to the arguments that are being made about the need for screening for those men who are more susceptible to the risk of this type of cancer.’

LBC radio presenter Nick Ferrari told Mr Streeting he has been given the all-clear after having a test two weeks ago and asked his opinion of the Mail’s campaign.

He replied: ‘This is a really important campaign.

‘Awareness is really important, and making sure that people do go and get checked is important – if there are any worrying signs or symptoms – that people go and get checked and don’t feel awkward about talking about it.

‘There shouldn’t be a taboo around this any more than there should be a taboo around issues like breast cancer or anything else, frankly.’

Leading prostate cancer charities last night welcomed Mr Streeting’s support and urged the screening committee to follow suit.

Amy Rylance, assistant director of health improvement at Prostate Cancer UK, said: ‘It’s great to hear Wes Streeting express his support for a prostate cancer screening programme, and acknowledging that some men have a higher risk of getting the disease than others.

‘We are a data and evidence-based charity.

‘We know that diagnosing prostate cancer is safer and more accurate than ever before and that targeted screening of the most at-risk men will save thousands of men’s lives a year.

‘We submitted our evidence backing this up to the National Screening Committee over two years ago – it’s about time we got a decision.’

David James, director of patient projects and influencing at Prostate Cancer Research, said: ‘We enthusiastically welcome Wes Streeting’s personal support for introducing a national screening programme for men at highest risk of prostate cancer.

‘The evidence shows that targeted screening will save lives, deliver an economic boost to the country, ease long-term pressure on the NHS, and tackle unacceptable health inequalities.

‘The public is behind it, and healthcare professionals support it. We urge the National Screening Committee to formally recommend this change.’

Prostate cancer has claimed the lives of several people in recent years, including BBC News host Bill Turnbull, Strictly Come Dancing judge Len Goodman, and Formula One chairman Eddie Jordan.

Chef Ken Hom, comedian Sir Stephen Fry, and Olympic cyclist Sir Chris Hoy have all discussed their diagnoses to help spread the word about the illness.

It’s about time because tens of thousands of men die of this disease in Britain each year. This disease has been neglected for funding for years, and it’s the biggest killer of men, yet it has gone under the radar.

What they should do is arrange for a person to see their nurse at their local GP practice so that they can have a PSA test every year from the age of 45 onward.

PSA testing (Prostrate-Specific Antigen) is a blood test that measures the amount of PSA, a protein produced by the prostate gland, in your blood, and can help detect possible prostate concerns, including prostate cancer.

Their recommended nationwide screening criteria are inadequate. In the UK, they will only check males who are Black or who have a family history of prostate cancer, which is a very small portion of the male population.

Also, Wes Streeting needs to get a move on because it shouldn’t take this long for something so important to get approval.

The problem is, there is no extra staff, no additional pools of cash, and that’s why these people have been left without testing. It takes a long time to train extra urologists, radiologists and pathologists, and there needs to be money to increase the capacity for this.

The NHS just can’t cope, what with the world and his wife using it for free. I mean, how much did they spend on interpreters in the last five years? Funny how that never gets published.

I could never comprehend why women were screened routinely but men were not – a tad discriminating, don’t you think? And not having this screening programme is a national disgrace. If a woman had a prostate things would have moved a lot quicker.

However, Wes Streeting needs an NHS that is able to cope. Urology departments will have their workloads at least doubled. He will thus need to double their budgets or screening will lead to lengthy waiting lists for treatment, which kind of defeats the objective of early detection.

I wonder whether Wes Streeting is simply wearing the emperor’s new clothes because he appears to talk a lot.

Honestly, I don’t think any of this will ever happen.

As a gender, men are useless at looking after themselves and getting tested for anything. Women are much more proactive and push for regular screening, and good for them, but men have to wake up too because it’s a lengthy process to get screened and that in itself is extremely scary.

It’s considerate of Wes to shift the blame on the screening committee, making them accountable if it is denied. I would instruct the NHS to screen and fire any non-compliant individuals.

These are more promises that probably won’t be kept. One step closer, but how many more years before it becomes a reality? Wes appears to be able to talk the talk but will he put all that talking into practice?

Chelmsford Prisoner Dies After Choking On Food

A resident at HMP Chelmsford died in hospital after having a choking episode. Peter Dickson, 66, was at the Category B prison when he was rushed to Broomfield Hospital last month.

Mr Dickson, whose reason for being a resident at the prison is not known, was said to have had a choking episode at the prison, on Springfield Road, Chelmsford, on March 13 this year. He was rushed to hospital but his condition deteriorated, Essex Coroner’s Court heard.

The prisoner’s demise was confirmed at the hospital. A provisional cause of death was recorded as hypoxic brain injury and choking on food.

Coroner Michelle Brown said: “Peter Dickson, from Basildon, died at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford. This 66-year-old man was at HMP Chelmsford.

“He was found to have had a choking episode. He was admitted to hospital and continued to deteriorate and died at 8.15 am on March 13.

“A provisional cause of death was hypoxic brain injury and choking on food. This will not be a documentary.”

HMP Chelmsford has a population largely made up by people on remand, meaning they either await their trial or sentencing. Coroner Michelle Brown said: “He was a resident of HMP Chelmsford so by nature of that it will go to the complex team for them to deal with.”

A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: “Peter Dickson died at HMP Chelmsford on March 13th 2025. As with all deaths in custody, the Prison and Probation Ombudsman will investigate.”

But Facebook was filled with hateful remarks, and it’s startling how many people see those who are incarcerated. To go back to jail and have a place to sleep and eat, some homeless persons commit small-time offences.

There are not enough staff members to care for inmates in overcrowded prisons. Some of these locations have filthy conditions due to mould growth and moisture from sewage leaks.

Perhaps if our government stopped housing all these immigrants our people wouldn’t be in these situations.

There have also been people who have been accommodated there because of a mental breakdown and required urgent assistance because they were a threat to themselves, and the powers that be don’t have anywhere else to put them. People need to think before they articulate because some proper scummy human beings are commenting like little keyboard warriors following the stench of social media.

Labor-run Bin Strike Could Lead To Rat Plague In Birmingham

As the current rubbish situation worsens, experts have warned that warmer temperatures might be lethal for Birmingham citizens.

The city has been plagued by ongoing bin strikes, which have caused streets to pile high with an estimated 170,000 tons of rubbish.

Workers have been on strike for weeks after the Labour-run Birmingham City Council announced intentions to cut rubbish collection jobs and wages to strengthen its finances.

The strikes started on March 11 when members of the Unite union walked out over the long-running dispute.

The local authority in the city has since declared a ‘major incident’ amid rising concerns about public health.

Now, with highs of 21C forecast for the coming week, the increased heat could put residents at a tremendous threat of disease.

As rats continue to thrive in the city’s filth, with some reported being ‘the size of cats,’ concerns have been raised that they could begin to spread Weil’s disease.

The potentially deadly disease is a bacterial infection which is found in the urine of feral animals. It is known to spread quickly in warm weather.

Infectious disease expert Dr Elizabeth Sheridan told The Telegraph that Weil’s – can be spread by rats – is what she is most concerned about for residents.

She said the heat makes rats breed faster, creating a higher risk of people coming in contact with the creature’s urine.

She added: ‘Most people don’t know if they have been exposed to rat urine. You are at risk if you handle things that rats have been running over and that gets into your system.

‘For example, if you were handling bin bags and it got into your eyes or you put your hands in your mouth.

‘If anyone is handling stuff where rats have been, they should wear gloves and wash their hands.’

Dr Sheridan said that the disease can prove fatal in certain cases, but added that most people will have a fever that can be treated with antibiotics.

However, the severe symptoms are most likely to occur in older adults with weakened immune systems.

Between 2020 and 2023, there were on average 57 confirmed cases and 89 possible cases of Weil’s disease, according to the UK Health Secretary Agency.

Headaches, stomach aches, body pains, vomiting, and fever are some of the symptoms.

In 2010, Olympic gold medalist rower Andy Holmes died from the disease after a 26-mile sculling marathon.

Adam Kent, a Worcestershire councillor for the Wythall area, revealed the problem in a photo he posted on social media last month. He called the contrast ‘deeply concerning’.

To make matters worse for cash-strapped Birmingham City Council, which was declared virtually bankrupt in 2023, wants to raise the ‘rat tax’ – the charging for pest control – a service which was once free.

Outraged residents now have to pay £24 per call out but the council plans to hike costs once again to £26.40.

Rebel councillor Sam Forsyth has slammed the Labour-run council, telling BirminghamLive she had ‘no choice’ but to vote against their budget proposals as increased ‘rat tax’ would hit the city’s most impoverished the hardest.

But speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions on April 2, Sir Keir Starmer said: ‘In relation to the situation in Birmingham, it is completely unacceptable.

‘I fully support the council in declaring a major incident to resolve the situation and we will put in whatever additional support is needed.’

The rat infestation has become so dire the rodents have been dubbed the Squeaky Blinders because they seem to have the city in their grasp – much like the Peaky Blinders gang of the late nineteenth century which inspired the BBC drama series of the same name.

Mr Timms, who runs WJ Pest Solutions, says he caught a 22-inch rat last week – the same size as a ferret, some monkeys or a small dog – and has only had one day off in nearly three months.

He said: ‘The issue is getting out of control. There are bags piled 5ft high and 10-15ft across.

‘Rats the size of kittens are being seen daily. I had one last week that measured over 22 inches in length.’

Mr Timms said that ‘on the odd occasion’ West Midlands Police had been called out to help deal with the problem, but the force today denied that its firearms unit had been involved in tackling the rodent menace.

Other pest controllers across Birmingham say they have also seen business levels double since the strikes began and there’s also been a surge in cockroaches.

Mr Timms added: ‘Work increase has been 50 per cent more compared to previous years. Cockroach calls have also gone up too.

‘As a born and bred Brummie, I feel disgusting how the city looks.

‘On my street alone we have bins that haven’t been collected, with black sacks starting to pile up, I had a day off for the first time in two months as my wife and body were telling me it’s time for a break.’

There appears to be turmoil and unhappiness anywhere there is a council that is ruled by the Labour Party.

Labour doesn’t seem to be content with just bringing in third-world citizens, they’re even terraforming areas into natural habitats for them.

Unfortunately, despite being urged not to, individuals chose to vote for Labour. Now we have this vile mess, its entire corrupt administration, and a serious health risk.

I can see the return of the plague, and the silence from Starmer is deafening.

We need the bin guys, so just give them what they’re requesting before things go out of control.

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