Western democracy falters and looks to China

The China Model Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy

From 2:55  https://t.co/yBbgCSeCbR #r4today David Runciman asks: Democracy is starting to look unhinged and is going through a mid-life crisis. Will democracy end? https://t.co/68GDmenKyb @TPpodcast_

— Claire Khaw (@MinimumSt8) June 1, 2018

.@isabelhilton says Beijing is feeling rather smug about the crisis of confidence in Western Democracy and contemptuous of it. "It is being used by the Chinese Communist Party to persuade the Chinese that there is nothing to envy here."

— Claire Khaw (@MinimumSt8) June 1, 2018

.@bbcnickrobinson: "The Chinese are using the crisis in confidence of democracy to persuade people around the world that their system - to put it crudely - delivers the goods."

— Claire Khaw (@MinimumSt8) June 1, 2018

.@isabelhilton: "Our loss of confidence in our own institutions and our failure to attend to the phenomenon of elected leaders who then attack the rights of their electorate eg extending term limits, transfer of wealth to elites has not served democracy at all."

— Claire Khaw (@MinimumSt8) June 1, 2018

.@bbcnickrobinson: "Professor Runciman, do you argue that we have something to learn from the Chinese and should perhaps stop the era of saying 'Democracy is the end not merely the means to the end'?"

— Claire Khaw (@MinimumSt8) June 1, 2018

"We spend so much time thinking of Putin and Russia, yet the real rival to Western democracy is the Chinese system. Very few people advocate it as an alternative, but it's possible the Chinese are leading the way and we are so preoccupied we are missing the long term challenges."

— Claire Khaw (@MinimumSt8) June 1, 2018

.@bbcnickrobinson: "Are the Chinese leading the way because they are able to be technocratic and managerial, long-term? Are you suggesting that democracy stops you from taking the decisions you need to take?"

— Claire Khaw (@MinimumSt8) June 1, 2018

Runciman: "People come back from China starry-eyed saying 'Wow, these people can think about the future, but we are just thinking about the next election.' There are huge risks, but the Chinese system does have a kind of technical capacity we probably haven't recognised yet."

— Claire Khaw (@MinimumSt8) June 1, 2018

Runciman: "The Chinese system is basically run by engineers, not by ideologues. It's more pragmatic than the rivals democracy faces in the 20th century. I don't think we should copy it, but we shouldn't be oblivious to the fact that democracy faces a rival."

— Claire Khaw (@MinimumSt8) June 1, 2018

.@isabelhilton: "I think that might have been true 5 years ago but we are now seeing a return of ideology and authoritarianism in China. It looks much less pragmatic now than it did 5 years ago and it is not really clear that this is going to be sustainable."

— Claire Khaw (@MinimumSt8) June 1, 2018

.@bbcnickrobinson: "Is it possible that while we see the positive exports, the success, people at home see the repression, the failure to deal with pollution, the failure to listen to ordinary people's concerns and so on?"

— Claire Khaw (@MinimumSt8) June 1, 2018

.@bbcnickrobinson: "Is it possible that while we see the positive exports, the success, people at home see the repression, the failure to deal with pollution, the failure to listen to ordinary people's concerns and so on?"

— Claire Khaw (@MinimumSt8) June 1, 2018

.@isabelhilton: "It is true that delivering material benefits has taken the regime a very long way. As the economy slows, it is no coincidence that we see a tightening in security and more repression as the economic prospects are not quite as exuberant as they used to be."

— Claire Khaw (@MinimumSt8) June 1, 2018

.@bbcnickrobinson: "I noiticed that you pulled a slight grimace as Professor Runciman said we should learn from the Chinese. Are you worried about that?"

— Claire Khaw (@MinimumSt8) June 1, 2018

.@isabelhilton: "Yes, and I think that's a symptom of uncritical admiration."

— Claire Khaw (@MinimumSt8) June 1, 2018

Brexit because people feel a great loss of control over their lives

Today, Bourne director on Bond and Brexit https://t.co/NF4772UABS "People feel a great loss of control over their lives." #Brexit

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) July 15, 2016

George Bernard Shaw:

A healthy nation is as unconscious of its nationality as a healthy man is of his bones. But if you break a nation’s nationality it will think of nothing else but getting it set again.

What do we want?

A sense of national identity and a competent government run by an alpha male leader we believe to be looking after us rather than feminists, foreigners and LGBTs.

When do we want it?

We should have it a long long time ago. Is a May administration stuffed with Yes Women and emasculated Yes Men who are charisma free zones in awe of her going to get us this?

What do you think will happen as a result of this loss of control?

More importantly, what do you think of the calibre of this MP? He was a Brexiteer who supported that unreliable and flighty woman Andrea Leadsom who displayed her legs at every opportunity to her male supporters, thus destroying the chances of this country getting a Prime Minister who is both a Brexiteer and not a woman.

Male British politicians have so utterly lost control over the situation that more of them are prepared to support an unreliable woman rather than a competent and clever male politician because they are mesmerised by her legs and she reminds them of their mummy.

http://thevoiceofreason-ann.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/the-41-male-tory-mps-who-let-may-in-by.html

Wow! What a great reshuff so far. Very pleased with the top appointments. Extremely astute appointing by @theresa_may conducted at speed

— andrew murrison (@murrisonMP) July 13, 2016

Bowled over by strength & power of @theresa_may on social justice. Looking forward to thoughts on healthcare.

— andrew murrison (@murrisonMP) July 13, 2016

And there was me thinking @theresa_may meant business as usual. V shrewd reshuff so far 😊

— andrew murrison (@murrisonMP) July 14, 2016

What do you think having such weak male politicians will do?

It will further radicalise Muslims who are already disgusted by the degenerate and emasculated state of non-Muslim men and the egregiously low standards of sexual morality of non-Muslim women in Britain, of course. In short, a May Administration with a lesbian Education Secretary no less will only encourage and provoke our enemies.

Increasingly, radicalised Muslims will see it as their duty to take up the cudgels of exterminating the Amalekites that the Jews have given up on.

Who are the Amalekites?

I would suggest that Modern Amalekites are the peoples who do not abide by Noahide laws, even though rabbis claim that they have all died out. The Amalekites are an eternal metaphor for the ever present temptation of having low standards of sexual morality that ultimately produces a sexually degenerate matriarchy causing the decline and fall of your civilisation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Laws_of_Noah

http://thevoiceofreason-ann.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/the-neanderthals-were-amalekites-god.html

Philip Hammond does not give examples of Britain turning its back on Europe and Nick Robinson did not press him

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/08/cameron-brexit-will-increase-risk-of-europe-descending-into-war/

When we have turned our back on Europe - we have regretted it says Philip Hammond @BBCr4today

— norman smith (@BBCNormanS) May 9, 2016

@BBCNormanS @BBCr4today For example? @PHammondMP

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

I have changed my perspective on EU since becoming Foreign Secretary says Philip Hammond @BBCr4today

— norman smith (@BBCNormanS) May 9, 2016

The EU is an important contributor to peace says Philip Hammond @BBCr4today

— norman smith (@BBCNormanS) May 9, 2016

@BBCNormanS @BBCr4today.. When have we turned our back on Europe?

— tweetmaster (@tweetma27340584) May 9, 2016

@tweetma27340584 @BBCNormanS @BBCr4today Splendid Isolation?

— Rimbeux (@Rimbeux) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux @tweetma27340584 @BBCNormanS @BBCr4today Wow! That is going back a bit!

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux @tweetma27340584 @BBCNormanS @BBCr4today https://t.co/tHq8s3ATS5 says the term originated in 1896.

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux @tweetma27340584 @BBCNormanS @BBCr4today If Britain had been in splendid isolation in 1914 it would not have participated in WW1.

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux @tweetma27340584 @BBCNormanS @BBCr4today If Britain had been in splendid isolation in 1939, it would not have participated in WW2.

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux @tweetma27340584 @BBCNormanS @BBCr4today If Britain had been in splendid isolation in 1914 and 1939, it would have kept its empire.

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux @tweetma27340584 @BBCNormanS @BBCr4today How long has Britain been destroying itself with its crap foreign policy? 100+ years?

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux @tweetma27340584 @BBCNormanS @BBCr4today Britain created America. When the British empire imploded it created the American empire.

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux @tweetma27340584 @BBCNormanS @BBCr4today It is liberal democracy that is destroying the West. Time to substitute lunacy for sanity.

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux @tweetma27340584 @BBCNormanS @BBCr4today Have you not heard that WW2 was as continuation of WW1?

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux @tweetma27340584 @BBCNormanS @BBCr4today British still neurotic about WW2. Evidence: @ken4london not allowed to mention Hitler.

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux @tweetma27340584 @BBCNormanS @BBCr4today But for WW2, the State of Israel would not have been established in 1948.

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux @tweetma27340584 @BBCNormanS @BBCr4today But for Hitler's pogrom, the State of Israel would not have been established.

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux @tweetma27340584 @BBCNormanS @BBCr4today So @ken4london was right: Hitler practically established Israel for Zionists.

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux Before splendid isolation, when was the previous time Britain "turned its back on Europe"?

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux The Crimean War in 1854 was an example of Britain *not* turning its back on Europe, wasn't it? @mrjamesob @LBC

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux How did the Crimean War turn out for the Britain? @mrjamesob @LBC

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@BBCNormanS Would British historians give examples of the British "turning their back on Europe"? @HistoryToday @DanHannanMEP @BorisJohnson

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux Would it be correct to deduce that the man who coined the term splendid isolation didn't think the Crimean War was a good idea?

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

@Rimbeux It is time the British acknowledged their part in turning what would have remained a European war into a world war. @HistoryToday

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

Does @bbcnickrobinson wish he had asked @PHammondMP for examples of British back-turning? @HistoryToday @HistoryMan https://t.co/lA4zgdhMja

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b079mwss from 2:10

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_British_Army

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splendid_isolation

Boris Johnson's Brexit speech: European history is littered with heretics who turned out to have a point. https://t.co/P8bmucuKRB

— Claire Khaw (@Patriarchalist) May 9, 2016

Mark Reckless photographed next to ex-BNP activist to whom Nick Griffin was alleged to have exposed himself

I’m with the 85% - I refuse to dance to the “UKIP tune”. Please RT & add your name http://t.co/zjaXlXhwVz pic.twitter.com/fuyTtF771m
— HOPE not hate (@hopenothate) November 21, 2014

Reckless makes reckless remarks about immigrants. Even Farage couldn't give him a succinct defence. #racistreckless pic.twitter.com/ticMC463QA
— Claudia Bryan (@ClaudiaBryan) November 19, 2014

Today is Election Day in Rochester & Strood by election. Put your X where it matters most folks. Exciting times in our sleepy City
— Claudia Bryan (@ClaudiaBryan) November 20, 2014

I had long discussions with Mrs Reckless in the summer about her breast feeding pangs pic.twitter.com/YlnINdi1lh
— Claudia Bryan (@ClaudiaBryan) November 21, 2014

They threw the kitchen sink at it & it all went down the toilet pan #Conservativelosses pic.twitter.com/dkvJ5G5wC3
— Claudia Bryan (@ClaudiaBryan) November 21, 2014

Chronology of Events leading to the Sunday Star story of a tumescent Nick Griffin "exposing himself"

What would happen to Nick Griffin and Claudia Dalgleish under Secular Koranism?

BNP leader Nick Griffin 'is a sex pest who exposed himself to former glamour model in her car'

Not a disaster for a politician or a celebrity or even a journalist who is often asked to have photographs taken with complete strangers and expected to oblige, I would have thought.

Below is poor Nick Robinson photographed next to an attractive Britain First lady.

Nick Robinson of the BBC photographed with the Britain First candidate, Jayda Fransen

One is immediately reminded of Jack Straw shaking hands with Robert Mugable. CHORTLE.

The war on the ANC regime is coming to their door. Those complicit in helping them - beware #conservatives pic.twitter.com/lajZYijoo0
— Claudia Bryan (@ClaudiaBryan) November 24, 2014

Why did YouTube remove the second installment of John Cantlie's critique of Western foreign policy?

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=15b_1411463830

The second part of John Cantlie's series of Lend Me Your Ears was removed from YouTube for apparently violating its terms and conditions. Really?

The reason given was "This video has been removed as a violation of YouTube's policy against spam, scams and commercially deceptive content."

British media reported that he was "reading from a script", but it doesn't look like it, does it?

What are the media trying to hide from you?

The conviction in his voice? The way he relished his words? How he seemed to be enjoying himself?

Yep.

World at One today could only talk about the legalities of airstrikes as you can hear at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04hvxbh

You may think Kenneth O'Keele's point of view at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqD4f4tPXOg of interest to this debate.

They had ample time to analyse the video, but they chose only to mention it in passing, with no thought of their journalistic obligation to report or analyse the most interesting story of the day.

ISIS propaganda is now so effective that you cannot actually report it honestly without drawing attention to its effectiveness.

It is for this reason that I would unhesitatingly call it a tour de force, speaking as a propagandist myself.

Even as our media and government suppress it, people will wonder why it is being suppressed, don't they have a right to know etc etc and people will look into it even harder.

As I said, absolutely relentlessly chillingly effective, each installment even more visually and intellectually engaging than the next. They seem to have their very own Steven Spielberg or Josef Goebbels. (The side shots of Cantlie's face while he was speaking was a very nice touch indeed.)

So even if you hate them you have to admire them.

When you run out of lies, then all you are left with is the truth.

When you have run out of dark places to hide from the truth, the truth will shine on you so relentlessly that the lies you clothe yourself with will melt away, leaving you completely naked.

Democracy is now naked and all of our political establishment.

What is democracy but government by Western voters who don't know and don't care about foreign policy and who don't care what is being done in their name? What is democracy but lots of dumb Western voters happy to accept that Muslims want to destroy the West just because they are Muslims ? What is democracy but Western voters not getting why Muslims don't just have another drink and forget about their government's foreign policy like they do? 

And what is the truth?

The fact is that it was the fault of those who invaded Iraq for the current state of Iraq now.

They are the ones ultimately responsible for the mess, and they have run out of ideas, except more of the same.

"If all you do is all you ever did, then all you'll ever get is all you ever got."

In the meantime, it looks like ISIS are gaining more than Muslim supporters.

The Russians and Chinese must be secretly or not so secretly, cheering them on.

And yet the solution is so simple.

But  did it work when anyone told the Aztecs to stop their practice of human sacrifice assuring them that the sun will still rise again tomorrow?

Why didn't they listen?

Why wouldn't they listen?

Well, we all know what happened to the Aztecs.

http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/the-wests-sad-semi-war-against-isis-is-worse-than-useless/15793
Why the West's sad semi war against ISIS is worse than useless by Brendan O'Neill

The transcript is at http://thevoiceofreason-ann.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/transcript-of-john-cantiles-critique-of.html

In defence of Nick Robinson of the BBC

http://tompride.wordpress.com/2014/09/11/bbc-reporter-caught-red-handed-manipulating-video-in-scottish-indy-campaign/#comment-66566

There is a difference between answering a question properly and appearing to answer the question. If any of you think Alex Salmond answered the question properly or at all, then you will be able to tell me what he said when he said “Scottish voters should listen to me rather than men (both Scottish and English) who are responsible for billions of pounds of profit BECAUSE [fill in the blank IN YOUR OWN WORDS] ”

All of you who think Alex Salmond answered the question properly can of course fill in the blank and I invite you to do so.


http://thevoiceofreason-ann.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/proposed-questions-for-scottish.html
Questions that should have been asked in the Scottish referendum

http://thevoiceofreason-ann.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/saving-scotties-from-shrek-military.html
http://thevoiceofreason-ann.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/how-to-save-scotties-from-shrek.html
Saving the Scotties from Shrek - the MILITARY option

http://thevoiceofreason-ann.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/how-english-conservatives-can-sort-out.html
My proposed constitutional settlement for the Scots, English and Welsh after this nonsense of Scottish Independence is finally put to bed