Donald Trump & Arron Banks The Tory Backer who switched to supporting Nigel Farage’s Ukip! Just how inept is Donald Trump?
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for some understanding of why the British Government is unwilling to involve Nigel Farage in negotiations regarding BreXit and even less interested in his being linked with discussions with Britain’s discussions with POTUS elect Donald Trump may be gleaned from the first article below:
‘Spy MP’ helped Russian woman in mafia inquiry
Documents show that Mike Hancock involved himself so closely in the case of the second woman that he hand-delivered a letter to her
Daniel Foggo Published: 12 December 2010
Hancock’s parliamentary assistant Katia Zatuliveter is in detention awaiting deportation (Chris Ison)
A Liberal Democrat MP whose parliamentary assistant has been accused by MI5 of being a spy intervened to stop another young Russian woman being deported. She was being investigated by Special Branch detectives over possible links to the Russian mafia.
Documents seen by The Sunday Times show that Mike Hancock involved himself so closely in the case of the second woman that he hand-delivered a letter to her, confirming her permission to remain in Britain. Her husband at the time, whom she had married to stay in the country, has accused Hancock of having designs on his wife.
Hancock’s parliamentary assistant, Katia Zatuliveter, 25, is in detention awaiting deportation. MI5 believes she is an agent of the SVR, the Russian intelligence service.
The scandal has threatened to escalate into a full-blown diplomatic incident, with the Russian embassy insisting she is not an agent, and has raised questions over whether Hancock was compromising himself by becoming overly involved with young, attractive Russian women. Ekaterina Paderina, then aged 25, married Eric Butler, then 54, in 1998 within months of meeting him in Portsmouth, where Hancock is an MP. Butler said he was questioned by Special Branch in 1999.
“There were concerns about whether Ekaterina was in the country for legitimate reasons,” said Butler, now 66 and a retired ship steward.
Another source, who knew Butler and his wife, said he was also questioned by a Special Branch officer about Paderina.
“It wasn’t her specifically that Special Branch were interested in; she was merely a cog in what they were looking at,” said the source. “To put it very bluntly, they were looking at a Russian mafia connection to Portsmouth.”
Butler said he realised shortly after his wedding that Ekaterina had married him only so as to remain in Britain. Despite the marriage, the authorities made attempts to return her to Russia, and the couple approached Hancock for help. Butler said he quickly developed reservations over involving Hancock.
“I could see him looking at her in his office in a certain way,” he said. “One day I came home and found them both in the conservatory, and Ekaterina had her legs positioned in a way which was very provocative and Hancock was leaning forward in his chair. I got angry and told him I would thump him if he didn’t get out.”
Hancock wrote letters on Paderina’s behalf to Barbara Roche, the immigration minister at the time, supporting her application to stay in Britain.
An entry in Paderina’s diary in September 1999, seen by The Sunday Times, stated: “Mike Hancock arrived, we had a chat, he gave me a letter which said that I have been granted another visa for a year. Immediately it was like having a huge weight taken off my shoulders.”
After being divorced by Butler in 2001, Paderina quickly remarried another British man. Paderina, now 37 and with the married name Banks, said she had no knowledge of Special Branch’s interest in her. She denied ever having had an inappropriate relationship with Hancock and said she could not remember a confrontation between Butler and the MP in their house.
Of her relationship with Butler, she insisted their marriage had been “valid” but added: “I didn’t marry Eric Butler for love.”
Asked if her motive in marrying him was to stay in Britain, she said yes.
Hancock denied having behaved improperly with Paderina. He admitted writing letters on her behalf but denied any knowledge of police involvement.
When told of Paderina’s diary entry, he said: “I might have dropped off a letter at their house but I was certainly never in their house. I’m not that stupid.”
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Now consider just why Nigel Farage and his motley crew may not be perceived by Donald Trump in quite the same manner as their ambitions, spin and self publicity may be perceived!
That Donald Trump has been duped into consorting with these dubious individuals is potentially, in fact may already be, a reasonable cause for ire on his part – if it is not and he subsequently realises just how much his aids and allies have failed him that anger could be wider spread.
On the other hand if Donald Trump genuinely & wittingly chose to consort with these individuals it is a very poor reflection on him and should be of great concern to the American peoples who elected him as POTUS Elect and the world at large as it reflects attrocious judgement.
Such poor judgement may well be a clear justification of the lampooning article below as clearly Donald Trump has been duped into perceiving Nigel Farage as Mr. BreXit when he clearly had little or nothing to do with achieving BreXit and has consistently failed (8 times) to gain elected office in British domestic politicsdespite riding a populist band waggon.
Let us not forget Nigel Farage did all he could to prevent a Referendum on whether Britain left or remained in the EU – He did absolutely nothing to oppose the new EU Constitution subsequently enacted as The Lisbon Treaty, he and his team have repeatedly brought Britain into disrepute with their ogvert womanising and drunken loutish behaviour, not to mention childish antics and posturings eg. dressing as chickens, being cautioned by police for demonstrations few noticed, driving around like excited schoolboys with war time scout cars on public highways etc. etc.
Let us also not forget Nigel Farage’s goffer and sewer rat Mark Croucher’s drubbing in the Courts when they tried to set me up for bankruptcy with a dishonest claim in the Courts which found against them and their subsequent failure to pay the £13,000+ they were shown to owe me by the Court and failure to honour British Justice and pay their dues!
Then of course we take note of the fact that to try to block the petition of over 2.1/4 Million signatures that obtained the debate in the House of Commons on Britain’s future relationship with the EU and the resultant Referendum Nigel Farage was shown in Court to have dishonestly colluded with John Ison to try to set Nikki Sinclaire, who founded and managed The Petition that brought about the Referendum, they failed in their criminal conspiracy and Nikki Sincliare was totally exhonourated of the dishonest claims made.
These people Donald Trump’s team have foolishly presented to him should have no role in diplomacy or British domestic politics they in no way represent the values that our ancestors willingly gave their lives to enshrine in British justice, tollerance or daily life – They are largely beneath contempt. At least Donald Trump obtained the public vote that swayed the Electoral College to elect him as POTUS Elect let us not add to his problems by linking him in any way with the likes of Farage and his mottley crew of nere do wells.
As an asside: Just what is the fascination with trophy wives from behind the Iron Curtain and the fascination with the brutish politics of Russia, its satelites and its President that seems to hold these men in thrall? Clearly some amongst them are clearly a security risk, as is the ready willingness of RT to propagandise their dissidence!
US presidential election: Forecast failure
09 November 2016
A surprise victory for Donald Trump triggered volatility on markets, but investors should recall the lessons of the Brexit vote.
The victory for Donald Trump in the US presidential election appeared highly improbable only a couple of weeks ago; but it was always expected to create uncertainty and short-term volatility in markets. An initial ‘risk-off’ reaction was the likely result; bigger questions, such as over trade relations and fiscal policy, will be answered at a much slower pace.
In the meantime, it is important that investors sit tight and remember that such short-term fluctuations are an inevitable feature of markets, and do not alter the fundamental need for individuals to save and invest for their future.
Undeniably, Trump represented the ‘change candidate’; but regardless of the result, it is important to remember that the economic powers of the president are limited. Once in power, most presidents tack towards the centre. The reality is that major changes to the US economy have not corresponded with political shifts and there is little historic evidence that the US economy performs better under any particular political hue. The relationship between growth and who sits in the Oval Office is tenuous at best.
After an initial shock, markets may reflect that the checks and balances of the US political system will somewhat limit the new president’s freedom of action. Those who fear Donald Trump’s anti-trade stance will doubtless be reassured that even a Republican-controlled Congress is unlikely to simply rubber-stamp any extreme protectionist policies, not least because the Republican Party has generally favoured free trade. Moreover, the uncertainty created by the result may stay the hand of the Federal Reserve in raising rates, which should boost equity markets; should the dollar lose value on a sustained basis, it would also act as a cushion. The 10-week wait until Inauguration Day provides a further chance for initial fears to subside.
Trump will inherit a growing US economy that has recovered well from the financial crisis and is fundamentally strong, with corporate earnings on an improving trajectory. This should continue to give support to long-term investors. Uncertainties lie ahead but markets have dealt with similar recent concerns and volatility, such as in the aftermath of the Brexit vote, and reached new highs. Indeed, given the similar shock with which the result was received, the UK’s Brexit vote could even provide something like a road map over the next few months.
The reality of a Trump administration will only be known in time, but the key principles of investing still hold true, whatever the election outcome. Individuals should continue to put in place long-term plans for their financial future and not be distracted by short-term events. Skilled investment managers are best-placed to make the decisions that can help protect investments against a range of risks – political or otherwise.
According to the Wall Street Journal: “Mr Obama walked his successor through the duties of running the country, and Mr Trump seemed surprised by the scope.”
Even Trump’s aides – who are supposed to be the experts here – were “unaware the entire presidential staff… had to be replaced”, it added.
After what must have been an epic facepalm, “Mr Obama realised the Republican needs more guidance. He plans to spend more time with his successor than presidents typically do”.
So what might that “guidance” be like? Here’s the first, imagined phone call between the two…
“Hello? Is it me you’re looking for?”(Photo: Getty)
“No. Look, anyway how are things going? I know we agreed you could have my number and call if you needed any guidance but it’s day one, Donald. Aren’t you busy settling into the Oval Office?”
If you didn’t have a fluffy bunny on your head the eagle wouldn’t peck it, Donald
“Not really, Barack. There’s a damn great eagle in here and I.T. haven’t given me a password to log on yet. Where are you anyway?”
“You would need slabs about 40ft high and 10inches thick, that would be planted 7ft in the ground. It’s uneconomic to move them thousands of miles. You’d have to make the slabs near the wall.”
“Sure, sure. We can do that. New jobs. The best jobs. Make America Great Again!”
“You don’t understand Donald. Concrete is made from aggregate you have to quarry. There aren’t enough quarries for that near the Mexican border. The nearest concrete facility is in fact Mexican.”
“Bummer.”
“And before you ask Donald, a fence has lots of the same problems”(Photo: Getty)
“And because a lot of the border is inaccessible desert and mountains you’d have to build some roads to get the work crews out there. And then dig 7ft into rock to put the slabs in, put some razor wire on the top, cameras, staffing. The total cost is projected to be $15bn.”
“We’re going to borrow lots of money though. Make America Indebted Again!”
“Donald, you can do that. You can borrow some money. And you’re going to have to spend quite a lot of it on concrete and on recruiting a LOT more border guards because those guys all get pensions, you know.”
“That’s right Donald, that’s what you said. You wanted to deport 11m people. More recently you said it’s 2m to 3m, so I’m not sure how many you want to deport now.”
“Uh. Some? Dunno.”(Photo: Getty)
“As many as we can, Barack. DRAIN THAT SWAMP. “
“OK Donald, 2m would mean 1,369 deportations a day, 365 days a year, throughout your term of office. That would need a lot of immigration officials, two jumbo jets a day, a suspension of the legal appeals process and removing the entire bottom tier of the US economy. No gardeners, no nannies, no garbagemen, no fruit pickers.”
“Well we can give those jobs to Americans!”
“Yes you can. But it would also mean fewer cars being bought, fewer goods and services, a lower tax take and probably a few more vigilante groups rounding immigrants up ‘to be helpful’, so probably some criminal justice costs too. Oh and all the decent baristas would be in Cuba.”
“Mine hurt every day for eight years, Donald. Mainly because I kept hitting the desk with it whenever some dumbass on Twitter said my birth certificate was a fake.”
“Please, someone make it better”(Photo: Pete Souza/The White House/eyevine)
“It’s a great idea! It’s one of mine! Everyone says it’s the best idea EVER. “
“That would start a global trade war with every nation raising or lowering tariffs in order to attract the best goods and services, with knock-on economic effects for the Earth’s 6bn inhabitants, diplomacy and global conflict, Donald.”
“Well, OK, OK, all right then how about this? I’m going to make it easier for people to access and pay for two- and four-year technical and vocational college courses so they can all get better jobs.”
“That’s a great idea Donald.”
“It is? You think so? WOW. I totally like thought Ivanka was stupid when she suggested it.”
“DON’T TOUCH THAT BUTTON DONALD. BAD. NO. NOT THE BUTTON.”
RUN AWAY(Photo: Pete Souza/The White House)
“You sure?”
“I’m sure. How about your tax cuts? How’s that going?”
“Oh I’m going to give a multi-billion dollar tax break to billionaires.”
“I’m sure that’s not what you promised Donald.”
“Oh yeah I said the middle classes but it’ll be billionaires too, so that’s cool. And corporations. And I’m going to close bits of the internet that ISIS uses. And scrap most of your dumb doctors and nurses thing. And, and, and I’m going to keep Guantanamo Bay open and send Hillary there.”
“Oh right. Hey Donald, guess what I just worked out?”
It all sounds LOVELY(Photo: Getty)
“What?”
“It sounds like America is going to have a big wall to keep people apart, no money, a thriving black market economy, mobsters, little contact with the outside world, perks only for those who can afford it, and internet censorship. There might even be some white supremacists in there. You know where else is just like that?”
“No, where?”
“Supermax jail, Donald. You’re putting America in jail.”
“No, I’m just going to put the webby guy in jail.”
“Is that because he hasn’t given you a password yet?”
“Whaddya mean I won’t be able to log on? How can I blow stuff up if I don’t log on?”(Photo: Getty)
“No the other guy. The guy in the webby stuff.”
“You’re going to have to help me out. Where did you see him?”
“He’s in the corridor. He runs after me all the time. He’s got webs all over his clothes. And there’s this guy with pointy ears on a mask, and some dude in blue pantyhose is drinking whisky in the kitchen.”
“That’s Spiderman, Batman and Superman, Donald. You can’t put them in jail. They’re the good guys. Well, Superman will be better in a bit.”
You got the wrong president, Spidey(Photo: Peter Souza/Twitter)
“Oh yeah? How about the French toast?”
“That’s French, Donald.”
“The cars?”
“Japanese.”
“Our iPhones!”
“Made in China.”
“DAMMIT, BARACK. This is so HARD.”
“I know, man. That’s partly why we have a year and a half of presidential hustings so we get the absolute best candidates who know their stuff. Something must’ve gone wrong this time.”
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