Letter from Great Britain – 01-09-21

“The Financial Jigsaw” has been serialised here and now is replaced by this weekly “Letter from Great Britain.”

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The big news this week is of course the disturbances surrounding the US elections and Donald Trump’s challenges.  Although definitive proof of election fraud is yet to be seen, if true, this article seems to provide the required evidence.

“The basic questions about exactly what caused the major voting irregularities in the six battleground states on Election Day have been answered, according to a government watchdog non-profit and a former CIA officer.  Not only that, but President Trump has been personally briefed on the smoking-gun proof, according to Maria Zack, chairman of Nations in Action, a government watchdog non-profit.

In a phone call with volunteers and contributors on Tuesday, Nations in Action chairman Maria Zack explained how she came upon irrefutable proof that the 2020 election fraud originated in Italy, involving a veteran foreign services officer and Italian defense contractor Leonardo.  “The theft of the election was orchestrated in the Rome embassy by an employee, Stephan Serafini, a foreign service officer of over 20 years,” Zack said.”

https://www.newswars.com/bombshell-report-massive-dem-election-fraud-operation-from-italy-revealed-president-trump-briefed-on-proof/

AND here is the affidavit: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ErGQx0kXcAMBzW6?format=jpg&name=large

The first week of the New Year has seen increased Covid ‘cases’ in all areas of Britain as the new mutation continues to push the NHS to its limits, although we are never shown the actual stresses experienced throughout our hospitals and why aren’t they using the Nightingale Hospitals?  Florida is a great example of the misinformation we are getting from the authorities.

“We are being told that our liberties must be suspended in order to keep hospitals from reaching apocalyptic levels. But what if those levels are just above normal and not anywhere near apocalyptic levels? And what if these lockdown measures do nothing to keep the levels down anyway?

            If there is anywhere we can cross-check this hypothesis, it would be in Florida, where there is no lockdown or mask mandate. In fact, people are flocking there from out of state to enjoy vacations and host conferences and even to live. Naturally, we’d expect hospital levels to be bursting at the seams if they rise and fall with lockdowns and masks, right?”  NO:

https://www.theblaze.com/op-ed/horowitz-with-no-lockdown-or-mask-mandate-florida-has-roughly-same-hospitalization-level-as-2018-flu-season

It is important for the authorities to continue their propaganda of pushing vaccination safety – the noise is deafening.  Perhaps we should reflect on the facts about exactly what these BigPharma trials actually mean?  Here are some extracts from this very informative article:

“COVID 19 vaccine trials appear to have caused some confusion. Hopefully, this article might help clear things up a bit. People genuinely appear to believe that the COVID 19 vaccines have undergone clinical trials and have been proven to be both safe and effective. That belief is simply wrong.  The main point is this. If you decide to have Pfizer and BioNTech’s experimental mRNA-based BNT162b2 (BNT) vaccine, or any other claimed COVID 19 vaccine for that matter, you are a test subject in a drug trial.

            On December 8 the BBC reported a study in the Lancet and categorically stated:

“The Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine is safe and effective, giving good protection, researchers have confirmed” – the BBC had no justification to make this claim.  This was an interim analysis funded by, among others, CEPI and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The analysis was based upon trials which are years from completion and haven’t reported anything.  There is no clear scientific evidence establishing either the safety or efficacy of proposed COVID 19 vaccines. The BBC and other MSM reports that this evidence exists are false.

            In reality, not only has the reporting of existing data been manipulated to show efficacy that isn’t evident in the raw data itself, the most important and meaningful phases of the trials have barely begun, let alone been completed.  The 1, 2, and 3 phase trial for AZD1222 was registered with the U.S. Centre for Disease Control as clinical trial NCT04516746 [Archived 29th December 2020]. It is incomplete and the estimated end date is February 21st 2023. The CDC state: “No Study Results Posted.”   AstraZeneca are years away from reporting any “final data.”   It is impossible for the UK Department of Health to review it, because it doesn’t exist.

            An analysis of available positive RT-PCR tests and mortality results led the Oxford Centre for Evidence Based Medicine estimated a very tentative COVID 19 Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of around 1.4%. Based upon the figures reported to the FDA by Pfizer and BioNTech, this indicates a broad population based mortality risk from COVID 19 of 1.4(0.88/100) which is 0.012%.  Please bear this incredibly remote risk in mind as we discuss the early indication of the apparent threat to public health presented by the mRNA vaccine.

            Mainstream media reports, giving the impression that these vaccines have been found to be effective and safe are not evidence and they are not based on science. They are based on political policy and they report dangerous pseudo-scientific babble, masquerading as science journalism.  There will of course be mindless anti-rationalists who will call this dangerous antivaxxer nonsense; all the time insisting that it is perfectly safe to give a vaccine with a questionable safety profile, for which there are no completed clinical trials, to the most vulnerable people in our society.  I am running out of patience with these people.

            From the way the manufacturers, politicians, regulators and the MSM have approached vaccine safety, it is clear that they collectively have a total disregard for the welfare of vulnerable people. We really must put aside this infantile notion that “the authorities” care about us or our loved ones. We mean nothing to them.  COVID 19 is only an appreciable risk for the most vulnerable in society. It is a risk to the infirm elderly and people with existing life threatening conditions.

            There are no reported results from either phase 2 or 3. No one has the faintest idea what the health risks of BNT are, especially for those it is supposedly designed to protect, and no one in authority gives a damn. Phase 2/3 clinical trials are now a moot point anyway.

The regulatory agencies have already approved the vaccine and health services have started injecting people with BNT. They do so after the manufacturers failed to properly test its safety on a 39 people who were in the at risk group but did not have the comorbidity that leads to claimed COVID 19 deaths. The degree to which people have been misled into believing that these vaccines are known to be either safe or effective is almost beyond imagination.  Sadly, we don’t need imagination.”   The evidence is clear – read this report and decide for yourself: https://off-guardian.org/2021/01/03/what-vaccine-trials/

Leading on from the stress at the NHS, Boris has executed yet another U-turn and has closed all the schools among other restrictions.  Last Tuesday, England entered its toughest nationwide lockdown since March, with schools closed until mid-February, as Boris warned that the weeks ahead “will be the hardest yet”.

As new figures put the UK on course to exceed 100,000 Covid-related deaths before the end of the month without urgent action, the prime minister said once again that people must stay at home, with exercise limited to once a day. All non-essential shops were told to close from last Monday night.  The lockdown will last for at least seven weeks, with measures to be reviewed during half-term week. Any relaxation would not come into effect before 22 February.

Just a day after urging millions of pupils to return to the classroom, Boris announced all schools would switch to remote learning until the February half-term, and GCSE and A-level exams were unlikely to go ahead as planned.  The prime minister said parents would “reasonably ask why we did not make this decision sooner”, adding: “I completely understand the inconvenience and distress this late change will cause millions of parents and pupils up and down the country.”

In his address to the nation, Boris laid the blame for a third national lockdown squarely on a new, faster-spreading variant of the virus – despite widespread ongoing criticism of the government’s slowness to act.

The new measures will apply across the whole of England and no exception will be made for those who have been vaccinated. The main changes are:

  • Stay at home – everyone will be asked to immediately stay at home and only leave for the following specific reasons:
  • Outdoor socialising and exercise outside is allowed only with people from your household or bubble. Stay 2 metres from anyone not in your household.
  • Schools, colleges and universities will be asked to close with immediate effect, remaining open only to vulnerable children and the children of key workers. Nurseries will be able to stay open.
  • All non-essential retail, hospitality and personal care services such as hairdressers and salons must shut if not already, and remain closed.
  • Police will have powers similar to those in last year’s lockdown to arrest or fine those who breach the rules.

The economic effects of the current lockdown are yet to be seen but even at this early stage many companies are reaching their limits. The cards and stationery retailer Paperchase is on the brink of administration after pre-Christmas store closures put an “unbearable strain” on the high street, putting 1,500 jobs at risk.

Paperchase was particularly vulnerable to the sales disruption caused by lockdowns in the run-up to Christmas as 40% of the chain’s annual sales are rung up in November and December. New restrictions mean all its UK stores are once again closed, in line with other non-essential retail outlets.  A spokesman for Paperchase said the cumulative effect of multiple lockdowns, including the loss of crucial Christmas trade in November, had put “unbearable strain on retail businesses across the country”.

Even in 2019, before the pandemic, Paperchase used an insolvency process known as a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) to cull unprofitable stores and cut rents. It blamed its financial problems on a decline in customer numbers coupled with rising costs.  The last set of accounts show the retailer making a loss of £11m on sales of £125m in the year to February 2019.  I am sure this company will not be alone in the coming months.  What this shows is that the economies of the world were in trouble well before Covid hit.

“On the morning after the prime minister imposed a seven-week lockdown that will force hundreds of thousands of businesses across England to close, the chancellor announced a £4.6bn package of support for the retail, hospitality and leisure industries.  With the hospitality sector on its knees, having been singled out for tough restrictions, industry figures called for a more comprehensive long-term plan, while craft breweries decried a lack of support for their previously thriving industry.

            More than half a million businesses across England will have to close due to the third lockdown, according to the real estate adviser Altus Group.  Most are non-essential retailers that were previously able to trade but the number also includes 27,022 restaurants and 37,515 pubs, many of which have already been shut for extended periods, including the lucrative Christmas weeks.”

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jan/05/hospitality-sector-unimpressed-with-sunaks-lockdown-grant

UK has agreed a trade deal with the EU. I will comment on the progression of this deal as it affects the UK economy. 

The ability to strike new trade deals was a key promise of the Brexit campaign, even before the UK left the EU. But progress towards a deal with the US has been stuttering. There were originally high hopes that an agreement could be ready for when the Brexit transition period ended on December 31 2020.

Talks on a deal formally started in May 2020, and after several missed deadlines no arrangement has materialised so far. President-elect Joe Biden’s recent interview with the New York Times suggests there is little likelihood of the US striking a full trade deal with the UK in the short term. When the US Trade Promotion Authority runs out in July 2021, there will no longer be an opportunity to fast track a deal through Congress.

To be continued next week.

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Author: Austrian Peter

Peter J. Underwood is a retired international accountant and qualified humanistic counsellor living in Bruton, UK, with his wife, Yvonne. He pursued a career as an entrepreneur and business consultant, having founded several successful businesses in the UK and South Africa His latest Substack blog describes the African concept of Ubuntu - a system of localised community support using a gift economy model.

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11 Comments
Ghost
Ghost
January 9, 2021 9:34 am

Thank you so much. I read your letter aloud to my husband, who cannot believe the draconian measures you describe.

Edwitness
Edwitness
January 9, 2021 11:00 am

It’s always interesting to see how all roads really do continue to lead to Rome. She truly is the woman, the mother of harlots, that rides the beast of Rev.17.

Ghost
Ghost
  Austrian Peter
January 10, 2021 4:53 am

I think we are smackdab in the tribulation.

yahright
yahright
January 9, 2021 11:31 am

My niece the nurse says the hospital she is at in CA. is full and covid is a big problem and mentioned two cases in Oregon of some new strain, possibly from Britain. I now know of three relatives who have had the virus, they all became seriously ill and have bad after effects. I bet Biden follows through with his promise to lock things down.

Mark
Mark
  yahright
January 9, 2021 1:06 pm

10th Amendment and all that

Auntie Kriest
Auntie Kriest
January 9, 2021 2:23 pm

Oswald Mosely and Enoch Powell say from beyond the grave “Told you so.”