PJC Journal – Original

Today marks the first Libertarian Party UK AGM & Conference.

We are all looking forward to this exciting event, and there will be a full report when I get back sometime on Sunday.

For this year, the LPUK Conference will be a closed event.

Because of the extremely high level of Pro Government propaganda reporting by all of the mainstream press and media, we have taken the decision to exclude the press from this event, so any reporting of LPUK in the newspapers would be unofficial.

We have likewise declined observer status from the LibDems who made a request to attend our conference 2 weeks ago.

Watch the Libertarian blogs for LPUK News.

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Today marks the first Libertarian Party UK AGM & Conference.

We are all looking forward to this exciting event, and there will be a full report when I get back sometime on Sunday.

For this year, the LPUK Conference will be a closed event.

Because of the extremely high level of Pro Government propaganda reporting by all of the mainstream press and media, we have taken the decision to exclude the press from this event, so any reporting of LPUK in the newspapers would be unofficial.

We have likewise declined observer status from the LibDems who made a request to attend our conference 2 weeks ago.

Watch the Libertarian blogs for LPUK News.

Related Reading:

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This story from Iain Dale, which under the circumstances I find remarkably calm.

It's
always dangerous to comment on breaking news stories. The full facts
are rarely known, but in the last half an hour quite a bit of
information has emerged, which should give all those who cherish our
freedoms and democracy great cause for concern.

At 2pm today
counter terrorism police arrested Damian Green MP at his constituency home
in East Kent. He was brought to London and currently is detained
awaiting interview. It is now 9.43pm and seven hours after his arrest,
he has, apparently, still to be questioned. These are the tactics of a
totalitarian state. According to reports, he was arrested for “aiding
and abetting misconduct in public office”. I'm not sure which law
pertains to this. Perhaps readers can enlighten us.

His “crime”
has been to reveal Home Office statistics and misconduct which they
tried to cover up. If it is now a crime for a politician to do this
sort of thing then just think how many other people should have been
arrested – Robert Peston being a good recent example. What about
government ministers who relished leaking information about the PBR?

One
of the most disturbing aspects of what we know so far is that the
Police were permitted by the Serjeant at Arms and The Speaker to search
Damian's House of Commons office. Outrageous. I would guarantee that if
Parliament had been sitting, they would never have dared. Their entry
would have been barred. One MP I have spoken to tonight said that he
would have physically barred their way and shouted for help to assist
him in preventing their entry.

The general public should be
appalled at these developments, as should the media. I am disturbed
that both Sky News and the Telegraph are already speculating that
Damian Green's position as Shadow Minister is under threat. They should
concentrate on the wider implications of this. If Green can be arrested
by counter terror police, what about the journalists who then reported
on the information Green allegedly gave them (detailed HERE)?
First they came for the politicians – then they came for the
journalists. It might be a well worn cliche, but there is a serious
point to be made.

There is no way that this arrest could have
happened without the involvement of Government ministers. We need to
know who instigated it and if the Prime Minister, Home Secretary or
Justice Secretary authorised it. One has to assume that Jacqui Smith
was the lead Minister.

If the Government feels unconstrained
about invoking anti terror legislation and deploying counter terror
police at a whim, on issues completely unrelated to terrorism, where
exactly are we heading?

We don't yet live in a Police State, but one be forgiven on nights like this from wondering if we are headed that way.

UPDATE
11.09: To those who have questioned why David Davis is not all over the
airwaves, I have just spoken to him. He has been speaking at a dinner
in Essex this evening and is on his way back to London now, heading
straight for the Sky studios. Not sure whether they know it yet though!
Suffice it to say, his dander is well and truly up.

David Cameron, the Conservative leader, is said to be “extremely angry”
about the arrest and has privately accused the Government of
“Stalinesque” behaviour. Hmmm, why wont he do it publicly?

If this story does not burst the Westminster bubble for many of its inhabitants, hangers-on and commentators, then there is no hope for the rest of us. If those MP's who have been asleep whilst this totalitarian monster was being built don't get a jolt of reality out of this and move very quickly to dismantle this evil state apparatus, then they deserve to be next on the list of 'those to be detained'.

Today, and every day from now on, every MP needs to look over his shoulder to see who is watching him or her.

Picture by Anoneumouse

We have said this many times before, that when those who are complicit in building a totalitarian state have done their evil work, then they are expendable. In fact, in the dictators eyes, they are a liability. All those Labour MP's should remember that.

UPDATE 1:
23:20 Boris Johnson makes a statement:

UPDATE 2:
Spyblog indicates that the complaint came from the Cabinet Office, yet no-one is admitting to making that complaint. They also have the Met Police Statement.

Spyblog strongly suggest that any other Home Office or Treasury etc.
whistleblowers, and any investigative journalists, bloggers or
opposition politicians should read the Hints and Tips for Whistleblowers and Political Activists
- Technical Hints and Tips for protecting the anonymity of sources for
Whistleblowers, Investigative Journalists, Campaign Activists and
Political Bloggers

Some Obvious Questions:

1. What is the name of the Metropolitan Police officer in charge of this political investigation ?
2. Who exactly complained of an alleged criminal offence
   by Damian Green ? The Cabinet Office instigated the original “Leak
   inquiry”, but who decided to arrest Damian Green rather than just have
   a informal chat with him, or even like former Labour Prime Minister
   Tony Blair, during the far more serious “cash for honours” inquiry, a
   private interview under caution ?
3. Did Damian Green give permission for his Palace of
   Westminster office and Constituency office to be searched , or this a
   breach of Parliamentary Privilege ?
4. Is this search of an opposition MP's office, a party political abuse of power by the (Labour) Speaker of the House of Commons ?
5. Have the Metropolitan Police taken copies of privileged
   documents or emails etc. to or from Damian Green's Constituents, which
   have nothing to do with these alleged whistleblower leaks ?
6. Have the Metropolitan Police snooped on the Communications Traffic Data of
   Damian Green's personal and Constituency and Conservative Party
   political emails, mobile phone and landline phone calls and messages,
   in order to try to identify his contacts with journalists and / or the
   alleged Home Office whistleblower(s) ?
7. Have the Metropolitan Police intercepted the contents of
   Damian Green's personal and Constituency and and Conservative Party
   political, mobile phone and landline phone calls and messages ?
8. Where does this leave the Wilson Doctrine
   ? Has it been secretly changed, again, to permit political snooping and
   harassment, under the transparently feeble excuse of “prosecution of
   crime” ?
9. Has Damian Green been fingerprinted, photographed and DNA tissue sampled ?

Related Reading:

Stop the War Coalition: Main Page, Osama Bin Laden, John Rees, Communist Party of Britain, Communist Party of Great Britain Provisional Centre, Committee

Un tour du monde des écoliers, à portée de main

Soviet Main Street

Indian Literature: Sanskrit literature, Main Page, Mahabharata, Classical language, Sangam literature, P?li Canon, Vedas, Indian epic poetry, Assamese ... Bengali literature, Bhojpuri language

Driving Change: How the Best Companies are Preparing for the 21st Century

This story from Iain Dale, which under the circumstances I find remarkably calm.

It's
always dangerous to comment on breaking news stories. The full facts
are rarely known, but in the last half an hour quite a bit of
information has emerged, which should give all those who cherish our
freedoms and democracy great cause for concern.

At 2pm today
counter terrorism police arrested Damian Green MP at his constituency home
in East Kent. He was brought to London and currently is detained
awaiting interview. It is now 9.43pm and seven hours after his arrest,
he has, apparently, still to be questioned. These are the tactics of a
totalitarian state. According to reports, he was arrested for “aiding
and abetting misconduct in public office”. I'm not sure which law
pertains to this. Perhaps readers can enlighten us.

His “crime”
has been to reveal Home Office statistics and misconduct which they
tried to cover up. If it is now a crime for a politician to do this
sort of thing then just think how many other people should have been
arrested – Robert Peston being a good recent example. What about
government ministers who relished leaking information about the PBR?

One
of the most disturbing aspects of what we know so far is that the
Police were permitted by the Serjeant at Arms and The Speaker to search
Damian's House of Commons office. Outrageous. I would guarantee that if
Parliament had been sitting, they would never have dared. Their entry
would have been barred. One MP I have spoken to tonight said that he
would have physically barred their way and shouted for help to assist
him in preventing their entry.

The general public should be
appalled at these developments, as should the media. I am disturbed
that both Sky News and the Telegraph are already speculating that
Damian Green's position as Shadow Minister is under threat. They should
concentrate on the wider implications of this. If Green can be arrested
by counter terror police, what about the journalists who then reported
on the information Green allegedly gave them (detailed HERE)?
First they came for the politicians – then they came for the
journalists. It might be a well worn cliche, but there is a serious
point to be made.

There is no way that this arrest could have
happened without the involvement of Government ministers. We need to
know who instigated it and if the Prime Minister, Home Secretary or
Justice Secretary authorised it. One has to assume that Jacqui Smith
was the lead Minister.

If the Government feels unconstrained
about invoking anti terror legislation and deploying counter terror
police at a whim, on issues completely unrelated to terrorism, where
exactly are we heading?

We don't yet live in a Police State, but one be forgiven on nights like this from wondering if we are headed that way.

UPDATE
11.09: To those who have questioned why David Davis is not all over the
airwaves, I have just spoken to him. He has been speaking at a dinner
in Essex this evening and is on his way back to London now, heading
straight for the Sky studios. Not sure whether they know it yet though!
Suffice it to say, his dander is well and truly up.

David Cameron, the Conservative leader, is said to be “extremely angry”
about the arrest and has privately accused the Government of
“Stalinesque” behaviour. Hmmm, why wont he do it publicly?

If this story does not burst the Westminster bubble for many of its inhabitants, hangers-on and commentators, then there is no hope for the rest of us. If those MP's who have been asleep whilst this totalitarian monster was being built don't get a jolt of reality out of this and move very quickly to dismantle this evil state apparatus, then they deserve to be next on the list of 'those to be detained'.

Today, and every day from now on, every MP needs to look over his shoulder to see who is watching him or her.

Picture by Anoneumouse

We have said this many times before, that when those who are complicit in building a totalitarian state have done their evil work, then they are expendable. In fact, in the dictators eyes, they are a liability. All those Labour MP's should remember that.

UPDATE 1:
23:20 Boris Johnson makes a statement:

UPDATE 2:
Spyblog indicates that the complaint came from the Cabinet Office, yet no-one is admitting to making that complaint. They also have the Met Police Statement.

Spyblog strongly suggest that any other Home Office or Treasury etc.
whistleblowers, and any investigative journalists, bloggers or
opposition politicians should read the Hints and Tips for Whistleblowers and Political Activists
- Technical Hints and Tips for protecting the anonymity of sources for
Whistleblowers, Investigative Journalists, Campaign Activists and
Political Bloggers

Some Obvious Questions:

1. What is the name of the Metropolitan Police officer in charge of this political investigation ?
2. Who exactly complained of an alleged criminal offence
   by Damian Green ? The Cabinet Office instigated the original “Leak
   inquiry”, but who decided to arrest Damian Green rather than just have
   a informal chat with him, or even like former Labour Prime Minister
   Tony Blair, during the far more serious “cash for honours” inquiry, a
   private interview under caution ?
3. Did Damian Green give permission for his Palace of
   Westminster office and Constituency office to be searched , or this a
   breach of Parliamentary Privilege ?
4. Is this search of an opposition MP's office, a party political abuse of power by the (Labour) Speaker of the House of Commons ?
5. Have the Metropolitan Police taken copies of privileged
   documents or emails etc. to or from Damian Green's Constituents, which
   have nothing to do with these alleged whistleblower leaks ?
6. Have the Metropolitan Police snooped on the Communications Traffic Data of
   Damian Green's personal and Constituency and Conservative Party
   political emails, mobile phone and landline phone calls and messages,
   in order to try to identify his contacts with journalists and / or the
   alleged Home Office whistleblower(s) ?
7. Have the Metropolitan Police intercepted the contents of
   Damian Green's personal and Constituency and and Conservative Party
   political, mobile phone and landline phone calls and messages ?
8. Where does this leave the Wilson Doctrine
   ? Has it been secretly changed, again, to permit political snooping and
   harassment, under the transparently feeble excuse of “prosecution of
   crime” ?
9. Has Damian Green been fingerprinted, photographed and DNA tissue sampled ?

Related Reading:

Driving Change: How the Best Companies are Preparing for the 21st Century

Indian Literature: Sanskrit literature, Main Page, Mahabharata, Classical language, Sangam literature, P?li Canon, Vedas, Indian epic poetry, Assamese ... Bengali literature, Bhojpuri language

Old Yishuv: Musta'Arabi Jews, Sephardi Jews, Four Holy Cities, Jerusalem, Main Page, Safed, Tiberias,Jaffa, Deluge Myth

Front Page (Sterling Main Street)

Driving Change: How the Best Companies are Preparing for the 21st Century

Jeff Randal lets rip at Brown's Government in the Telegraph.

Now it's serious. Not since Hitler parked his tanks on our neighbours' lawns have Britain's public finances deteriorated at such an alarming rate.

In a stunning display of reverse alchemy, golden rules of fiscal discipline
have been transmuted into 24-carat guarantees of higher taxes. The new top
rate of 45pc is just an hors d'oeuvre. Why stop there? Under the battlecry “Needs
Must”, what's to prevent Cabinet's class warriors pushing for 50pc, or
even 60pc? Hazel Blears and Harriet Harman would love it.

The scale of damage done by the Blair-Brown project is only beginning to
emerge. The bills, mounting daily, will bear down on our collective finances
for decades. The Government and its pathetic apologists can no longer
pretend that our problems are someone else's fault. The game is up. It has
not just presided over a fiasco, it has orchestrated one, promoting a
credit-card culture in which greedy lenders and reckless borrowers ran amok.

The upshot was the death of saving, public and private: crashes to crashes,
bust to bust. The state's coffers are empty because taxpayers' resources
were squandered by a leader in shameless pursuit of votes.

The pre-Budget report is a 232-page charge sheet, replete with details of past misdemeanour's and those still to come. It was constructed by a chancellor
who is either a psychopathic self-delusionist or an ecstasy addict.

Go read the entire article, he takes Brown apart limb by limb.

This is the stuff that the British are made of. Now Stand up and be heard.

Update: here the link provided by #1 commenter below.
http://kleinverzet.blogspot.com/2008/11/scary-links.html

Related Reading:

Stop the War Coalition: Main Page, Osama Bin Laden, John Rees, Communist Party of Britain, Communist Party of Great Britain Provisional Centre, Committee

Driving Change: How the Best Companies are Preparing for the 21st Century

Front Page (Sterling Main Street)

Structured Experience Kit-Main Pages

Un tour du monde des écoliers, à portée de main