The Start of the Second Fuel Tax Insurrection.

Friday November 10th 2000: The Day’s Events.

The Fuel Insurrection.

Brutish Zombies on the March.

In the middle of widescale flooding, increasing numbers of bse-cjd fatalities, and europe’s descent into the bse-cjd abyss, the pharming zombies set off in a convoy of tractors, lorries, and vans, from jarrow to demand more subsidies from their victims so that they can continue to boost global burning and spread bse further around the world. Surely this is one of the most crass examples of brutish stupidity and vileness. But the omens for a second fuel insurrection don’t look good given the difficulties caused by calamitous floods and chancellor brown’s 8p per litre reduction in fuel prices. They get worse soon after the loons set off - brnylie williams announces his retirement from the fools’ parade. However, handley’s still there stirring up the shit. These eco-nazis’ morons don’t see the floods as having anything to do with them. They’d plough through 10 foot floods to demonstrate for bigger reductions in fuel prices even if they knew this meant the next lot of floods would be even worse.

The police take control of the convoy very quickly. This time the politically impartial boys in blue don’t have to stand around waiting for their masters’ instructions. They treat the protestors to a regime of intimidation usually reserved for hunt saboteurs and anti-vivisectionists - videoing lorry drivers involved in the convoy, subjecting them to questioning, regulating the movement of vehicles, etc. The reaction from the zombies is reminiscent of more youthful protests, “We’re living in a police state.”

Do the Police understand that Pharmers may be Contaminated with Bse-cjd?

Given that it is commonly believed the fools’ protest might end up in mass brawls like those which marred the miners’ dispute, it has to be wondered whether the police have been warned about the possibility that many of the these zombies might be infected with bse-cjd. If they aren’t going to wear special anti-contamination suits they should be careful to avoid any blood contact with these members of the living dead. Perhaps if the police imagine that the pharmers are gays infected with aids they would have a more realistic understanding of the health threat they face.

Related Developments.

French Villagers band round Pharmer who Blames Vegetables for Bse.

France’s descent into the bse crisis, courtesy of the brutish zombies on the road to london, is still in mid flood. However, the pharmers’ opposition to measures intended to stop people eating bse is generating huge amounts of publicity even though, once again, the public refuses to criticize the pharmers. It seems as if pharmers in france can act in whatever vile and nasty ways they like without it upsetting anyone, just like their counterparts in brutland, “Unlike the other bse farmers, 40-year-old Rault, a true Norman with his sharp blue eyes and drooping moustache, was angered by the diagnosis. (After finding a case of bse on his pharm, the french maffia ordered the slaughter of his 75 Cows). In defiance of orders from the authorities to keep quiet, he decided to break what he calls the "law of silence" that has been imposed over French bse. For a month he held the gendarmes at bay, refusing to hand over his herd. Villagers, who had been buying his meat through the local butcher, took his side. (Wow, a suicide pact - mc). He filed a complaint with local prosecutors for "poisoning", supposedly by the suppliers of the vegetable-based meal that he had fed to his cows. (sic). He surrendered only after the local prefect threatened to withhold compensation. (Pharmers’ prime motivating force - mc). Rault, who is a member of the militant small farmers' union led by Jose Bove, the anti-McDonald's campaigner, decided to blow the whistle on what he sees as culpable negligence by the French authorities and agribusiness. This, according to all the experts, ensured that a sizeable proportion of the French cattle herd, which is double the size of Britain's, was potentially exposed to prions, the mysterious infective agent that causes bse and cjd. Over the past month it has belatedly dawned on France that people have long been eating meat from cattle infected with bse. As in Britain in the mid 1990s, the panic has become irrational as the country has come to believe that France's much-vaunted extreme precautions against bse - including the continued embargo on British beef - have failed to shield the country from the disease. The French epidemic is heavily concentrated around Normandy and Brittany because this was the region that most exploited a big rise in British exports of meat and untreated animal meal from 1988 to 1996. "When the UK banned animal feed in 1988, it was massively shipped across into this region," says Rault. "I have accounts from hauliers who unloaded the boats. A lot was just carcasses in raw state." Gerard Pascal, the Frenchman who heads the EU's scientific steering committee, says that French beef is no more or less safe than current British beef .. "The incidence rate will remain low in France. But it's never going to go down to zero, just as it never will in the UK."” [165]

This report has several elements to it which need highlighting. Firstly, the bizarre suggestion that bse was caused by vegetable feed. Secondly, that french fears of bse are not justified but, on the contrary, are irrational. Thirdly, the description of the importation of brutish mbm is convincing. Finally, whilst in bseland people have been told the lie that bse will die out, in france they are admitting it won’t.

Brutish Zombies on the March: the English Tory Pharmers’ Disease Spreads to Switzerland.

The widescale anger over bse that has erupted in france is spreading to the rest of europe because virtually all european countries imported brutish mbm or bse-infected Cattle from France. The fear of bse pervading europe makes every new announcement about bse victims seem much more ominous than would have been the case a few weeks ago. So, when switzerland discovers two more cases of bse this necessitates dramatic action to try and placate public fears about the spread of the disease, “Officials in geneva have announced an immediate ban on beef in the city's schools and nurseries after the discovery of two new cases of bse in switzerland.” [166] Apparently, the swiss had banned mbm for Cattle, but not for non-ruminants, and were still practicing cannibalism, “In 1996, the government introduced a ban on animal remains in cattle feed but only last week two new cases of bse were discovered - both in animals born since then. Now the federal department of agriculture and swiss farmers want a complete ban on animal remains in all types of feed.” [167]

Virtually all european governments have now reached the conclusion that they can no longer evade the threat posed by bse and bse-cjd. Having denied their presence for the last decade or so, and thus allowed them to circulate even further around the continent, european governments realize the public will no longer tolerate the pretence that these diseases do not exist. European governments are having to stop putting pharmers’ interests before the public’s otherwise people’s anger will boil over and sweep them away.

Brutish Zombies on the March: Anger over this little piece of England in Italy.

The threat of bse appears in italy and in its wake comes public anger. The italian government, just like other european governments, has been protecting pharmers’ interests by denying the presence of the brutish zombies’ disease. It is also being forced to consider a ban on the importation of french bseef, “Italy has said it will impose its own ban on beef unless there is an urgent meeting of the European Union's veterinary committee to discuss the cow (sic) crisis. Members of italy's green party demonstrated outside government buildings in rome calling for a strong commitment from the government to tackle the mad cow crisis. They also called for an embargo on the import of french beef and a total ban on bone meal, which is used in italy in pig, chicken and fish feed.” [168]

Erecting a Cordon Sanitaire around Brutish Zombies.

The swiss join america, australia, canada, and new zealand, in banning brutish zombie blood, “Meanwhile, the swiss red cross has said it will no longer accept blood donations from people who have lived in britain for more than two months. Red cross officials have been watching the british cases of bse in humans with growing alarm. It is the first such ban to be introduced in europe and will affect around two thousand blood donors in switzerland.” [169] It really is time that european governments got together to decide whether the ban on the export of bseef from brutland ought to be extended to other members of the brutish living dead.

Saturday November 11th 2000: The Day’s Events.

Lavish Subsidies for Pharmers - Sweet F.A. for Miners.

The recent £1.78 billion compensation package for pharmers and hauliers compares grotesquely with the paltry sums given in compensation to miners stricken by industrial diseases, “So far, more than 6,300 pit men have died without final settlements.” [170] It is plainly impossible to deny that the labour government has adopted the middle class prejudices virtually wholesale.

French Political battlelines over Bse.

The bse crisis in france has deteriorated so much that the french people are beginning to peer into the bse abyss. The political battlelines in the dispute are also beginning to emerge. The right wing president, jacques chirac demands drastic measures against bse, ostensibly to protect public health, but which in reality protects the interests of the country’s pharmers. The socialist prime minister joplin is losing public support because he is refusing to take expensive measures which are, in effect, just another big welfare benefit handout to pharmers, “A proposal for a mass cull of millions of cattle to wipe out mad cow disease has been rejected by jean glavany, the french agriculture minister, on the grounds that it would cause even greater panic. M glavany said it would cost too much and would not work. His remarks were part of a government propaganda campaign aimed at calming the wave of alarm that has swamped the country following a loss of public confidence in the authorities' ability to deal with the situation. Drastic measures are urged, including a proposal by the main farmers' union for the slaughter of all cattle born before July 15, 1996, when a ban on feed containing animal remains was strengthened. In an interview in the newspaper liberation, glavany said: "If this were a public health measure I would support it, but it is nothing of the sort. The idea has no rational foundation." The plan would mean destroying three million cattle at a cost of £2 billion. The result, said glavany, would be "to confuse things, cast suspicion on the whole herd and feed psychosis". The word "psychosis" is being widely used by the government to describe the fear gripping France after years of complacency.” [171] ; “In a move interpreted as an inspired display of bandwagon-jumping - and an attempt to undermine the socialist jospin - president chirac has called for an immediate ban on feed containing meat by-products, still legal in france for fattening pigs and poultry. Jospin, clearly annoyed at the manoeuvre by his "cohabitation" partner, has promised that the feed will be outlawed, but only when it is practicable.” [172]

The bse epidemic is playing out in countries with different political systems and different cultural values but in all cases the problem, caused by highly subsidized pharmers, is being exploited by right wing parties who successfully wrap up policies aimed at boosting subsidies for pharmers as a public health issue. Although pharmers have been hit economically by the bse and bse-cjd slaughters they have not been damaged politically either by the financial losses nor by public anger over spreading the diseases. Pharmers’ political power enables them to recover their costs from the government. In brutland the miners were a broken political force after their defeat by the thatcher government, but the bse and bse-cjd slaughters have not weakened pharmers’ political power. On the contrary, their exploitation of the issue is making them stronger - enabling them to demand even more subsidies from society. As in brutland, those on the left of the political spectrum leave themselves vulnerable to right wing propaganda attacks because they refuse to criticize french pharmers and thus have no plausible rationale for opposing right wing policies protecting pharmers’ interests rather than public health.

Meteorological Office Report.

The brutish meteorological office reports on the brutish floods, “The England and Wales Precipitation series starts in 1766 and is the longest series of its kind in the world. The October 2000 figure was 188 mm, the wettest October since 1903. This came straight after the wettest September since 1981 with 133 mm. Spring and early summer in 2000 were unsettled which severely hampered the drying out of the soil. This is key to understanding the reasons behind the recent floods; could the answer lie in the soil?” [173]

Sunday November 12th 2000: Brutish Floods.

Flooding Caused by Climate Change: It’s Now twice as bad as it was a mere 10 years ago and could become 10 Times Worse.

The meteorological office believes climate change has some role in the recent brutish floods, “The heavy rainfall causing chaos and flooding homes in the south-east may be linked to global climate change. As a result, the UK is likely to be lashed by similarly intense downpours more often in future, the Meteorological Office says. "The number of days of very heavy rain could increase substantially so the risk of flooding is likely to increase," said Alan Thorpe, director of the Met Office's Hadley Centre for Climate Change Research.” [174] One meteorologist believes the floods could get ten times worse, “Environment Agency spokesman Archie Robertson told the BBC that flooding events were now being reported twice as often as 100 years ago. "Looking forward we can see that the sorts of serious flooding we have seen yesterday and today could be happening up to ten times more often than it has been in the past. "That means a completely different approach to protecting ourselves from flood risk."” [175] But there are still dissenting voices, “Dr Mike Hulme, director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Research at the University of East Anglia, insists the current floods cannot be directly linked to global warming.” [176]

Current Flood Status.

Flood problems persist over large areas of the country, “Across the UK there are five severe flood warnings in force, 47 flood warnings and 92 less serious flood watches.” [177]

Wednesday November 15th 2000: The Day’s Events.

End of the Road for Brutish Zombies.

After the build up over the last 60 days and the great publicity given to the latest jarrow march to london, the fuel tax insurrection ends in humiliation for the eco-nazis when only 400, of the million or so people expected, turn up for the hyde park demonstration. Handley delivers a speech to what must be the core of the retarded, eco-nazi extremists, “The two men spoke as just 400 protestors in 350 lorries, tractors and cars converged on London for the climax of the campaign against petrol duty.” [178]

Given that it had become increasingly obvious over the last few days that the protests weren’t going anywhere the second time around, it has to be wondered whether quentin willson, that great supporter of motorists’ right to wreck the planet, attended the crackpots’ car rally. He seemed full of enthusiasm for it a few weeks ago, “As for november 13, i think we should still make our presence felt, peacefully and quietly. If enough people turn out - hundreds of thousands - maybe blair and brown will get the message. Perhaps then they’ll understand that the bullied and browbeaten motorist has had enough.” [179] If he attended he’d have been in the company of his fellow zombies.

Bse Lion dies of too much junk Food.

The ‘times’ carries an article about the death of major the Lion. It doesn’t like dealler’s suggestion that the Lion’s fse came from eating meat. It speculates the disease came from offals, “Major the lion, which had to be put down after vets and a faith healer failed to cure his bad back, was suffering from a form of "mad cow" disease, it was disclosed yesterday. Mike Thomas, the zoo’s manager, said that staff were shocked by the findings. No one had suspected he was suffering from the disease. The lion may have contracted the disease from offal, possibly during his time at Longleat Safari Park in Wiltshire, where he was bred. Since 1976 at least 16 big cats including pumas, lions, tigers and cheetahs, have died from BSE-related illnesses at zoos and safari parks in Britain. A Ministry of Agriculture spokeswoman said: "Vets say there will be one or two cases a year until the older animals die out. The animals were fed on high-risk material before 1989."” [180]