Statewatch on general surveillance potential
and EU plans, not 5G specific
5G Technology, Politics and Health
Fake News, Disinformation and Propaganda
General comment, analysis of trends after European
Parliament elections
-------------------------
Reopening
negotiations?
http://www.cityam.com/278254/eu-leaders-tell-uk-brexit-deal-cannot-renegotiated-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_LmMuoGEXA
Foreign
Secretary Jeremy Hunt revealed that German Chancellor Angela Merkel had told
him the EU "would be willing to negotiate on the package" if a new
Prime Minister came back to the negotiating table with the "right
approach" - and that Brussels "would look at any solutions" the
UK put forward to deal with the Northern Irish border.
http://www.cityam.com/276501/britain-cannot-keep-delaying-brexit-says-eu-commission
The
European commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, has called on the UK to
"stop wasting time" and insisted Brexit cannot continue to be delayed
indefinitely.
Commons
Briefing papers
EU
preparations for a no-deal Brexit
https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-8547
http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8547/CBP-8547.pdf
UK
replacement of the EU's external agreements after Brexit
https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-8370
http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8370/CBP-8370.pdf
Robin
Tilbrook’s ‘Article 50’ Judicial Review
http://robintilbrook.blogspot.com/
The
English Democrats are bringing a High Court case using the Judicial Review
procedure to sue Theresa May and the Secretary of State for Exiting the
European Union (Case No. CO/1322/2019).
We have a strong case that, according to law, the United Kingdom left
the European Union on the 29th March at the expiry of our two year notice
period which was given under Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty. This case is
therefore the only realistic chance that we have of getting any real Brexit.
....
I
have been informed that those in charge of the Mail On-line were told by the
Daily Mail’s new editor (who is a Remainer) that they were to let the story
drop. The Express On-line also began to
cover the story, but again I understand they were told to drop the story by
their new owners from the Mirror Group.
The
claim is being crowd-funded and donations can be made here: https://www.englishdemocrats.party/donate
https://www.economicvoice.com/another-brexit-article-50-court-case/
Robin
Tilbrook Tweeted yesterday:
"Our
barrister has been working on a devastating response to the Government's
'Grounds of Resistance' which we will file with the High Court on Tuesday and
press for the earliest hearing date!
Once
properly filed I will publish on http://RobinTilbrook.blogspot.co.uk "
The
English Democrats’ Submissions in full have been published here:
https://robintilbrook.blogspot.com/2019/04/detailed-submissions-in-re-queen-on.html
John
Redwood MP letter to Attorney General
https://www.brugesgroup.com/blog/letter-to-the-attorney-general-about-the-withdrawal-agreement
Franklin
Dehousse points
The
EU cannot impose conditions that will make the UK exit factually impossible, or
extremely difficult.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sun-tsu-brexit-ii-european-union-from-technical-myopia-dehousse/
EU
trying to paint permanent rules as temporary.
EU
violated its own rule book.
Any modification in the Political Declaration will have no legal weight
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sun-tsu-brexit-iii-after-bad-strategic-choices-day-always-dehousse
Maddy
Thimont Jack, IFG, on Parliament and No Deal
(compare
with Raphael Hogarth, IFG, 2017)
https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/blog/parliament-limited-power-stop-no-deal-brexit
Alison
Young
https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/2019/04/23/alison-young-taking-back-control/
Moreover,
the Government was successful in proposing a further amendment in the House of
Commons. The procedure for accepting delegated legislation to modify the
definition of ‘exit day’ no longer requires an affirmative resolution by the
Commons and the Lords. It now uses the negative resolution procedure (section
2).
(http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/16/section/2/enacted )
Expediency
won out: the maintenance of the affirmative resolution procedure might lead to
the frustration of the Bill’s purpose, there perhaps being no time to obtain
votes in order to avoid the UK leaving the EU with no deal on 12 April. Yet, the modification of ‘exit day’ does not
prevent the avoidance of no deal. It provides clarity by preventing
delegated legislation designed to facilitate ‘no deal’, or to deal with
deficiencies in retained EU law, from coming in to force.
....
Moreover,
the move to negative resolution is not just for the one-off motion to prevent
no deal on 12 April. It applies to all future amendments to ‘exit day’: 22 May
(leaving with a Withdrawal Agreement and no European Parliamentary elections);
11 June (leaving with no deal having failed to hold European Parliamentary
elections); 31 October (with or without the ratification of the Withdrawal
Agreement); or the first of July, August, September or October, the Withdrawal
Agreement having been ratified before the end of June, July, August or
September – not to mention the possibility of a further extension request.
Issue
for Northern Ireland border and trade, GATT rules
http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8465/CBP-8465.pdf
Specifically,
the GATT permits a WTO member to take actions it considers ‘necessary’ for its
security interests but restricts that
power by setting out that these measures need to be either related to nuclear
materials; traffic in arms and other ‘war’ implements; or need to be ‘taken in
time of war or other emergency in international relations’. Members are subject
to general good faith obligations in determining their ‘essential security
The
Digital Tsunami, the Internet of Things (2009)
http://www.statewatch.org/analyses/no-75-digital-tsunami.pdf
The
effects of security policies on rights and liberties in the European Union, and
their export beyond the EU’s borders (2011)
http://www.statewatch.org/analyses/no-128-sec-lib-eu.pdf
http://www.statewatch.org/analyses/eu-future-group-the-shape-of-things-to-come.pdf
EU
is set to become the most surveilled place in the world. (2008)
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/60892/Civil-liberties-erosion-slammed (2008)
Civil
liberties watchdog Statewatch slammed the EU's post-9/11 security strategy as a
"frightening" grab for every aspect of individual information.
The
60-page report - published on the seventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks
on New York and Washington - said that the EU now saw data privacy and judicial
scrutiny of police surveillance tactics as obstacles to efficient law
enforcement co-operation, rather than rights to be safeguarded.
The
report, The Shape Of Things To Come, described a so-called EU "Future
Group" preparing a new five-year security strategy as "shadowy",
in its plans to co-operate with the US on "extremely controversial"
techniques and technologies of surveillance and "enhanced"
co-operation.
The
group is accused of trying to harness what itself has called the "digital
tsunami" to aid law enforcement.
The
Statewatch report quotes an EU Council of Ministers documents on justice and
security which declared: "Every object the individual uses, every
transaction they make and almost everywhere they go will create a detailed
digital record. This will generate a wealth of information for public security
organisations, and create huge opportunities for more effective and productive
public security efforts."
Statewatch,
Europol and 5G (2019)
ANALYSIS.
A world without wiretapping? Official documents highlight concern over effects
5G technology will have on “lawful interception”
http://statewatch.org/analyses/no-343-5g-telecoms-wiretapping.pdf
http://statewatch.org/news/2019/jun/eu-wiretapping-pr.htm
EU
Justice and Home Affairs Council, internal security, Interception and
monitoring
http://statewatch.org/news/2019/jun/eu-council-ctc-5g-law-enforcement-8983-19.pdf
Position
paper on 5G by Europol
http://statewatch.org/news/2019/jun/eu-council-europol-position-paper-5g-8268-19.pdf
Law
enforcement and judicial aspects related to 5G
5G
and surveillance
https://principia-scientific.org/the-5g-surveillance-grid/
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/09/04/5g_west_midlands_testbed_50m/
5G,
EMFs and health concerns
http://www.5gappeal.eu/scientists-and-doctors-warn-of-potential-serious-health-effects-of-5g/
http://healthimpactnews.com/2018/will-driverless-cars-cause-dna-damage-and-cancer/
Dr
Martin Pall paper, comprehensive findings, some main points only
Martin
L. Pall, PhD
Professor
Emeritus of Biochemistry and Basic Medical Sciences, Washington State
University
https://ehtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/5g-emf-hazards-dr-martin-l.-pall-eu-emf2018-6-11us3.pdf
Over
60% of this document (Chapters 5 & 6), is focused on the failures of
statements from SCENIHR, the telecommunications industry, the U.S…. to reflect
the science…. the evidence is
inconsistent or conflicting and therefore, in their view, no conclusions can be
drawn. (p2)
The
European Commission has done nothing to protect European citizens from any of
these very
serious
health hazards (p3)
My
own paper on this and two earlier reviews cited in it found that there are
whole series of repeatedly found EMF effects which have also become extremely
widespread complaints in our technologically advanced societies… these findings
are…at levels well within our safety guidelines (p5)
Our
current safety guidelines are based only on heating (thermal) effects.
Therefore, our current safety guidelines are allowing us to be exposed to EMFs
that are approximately 7.2 million times too strong. (p22)
(Ch.
6 Summary) I think we are looking at cumulative severe impact on our brain
function, on our reproductive function and on our DNA, and that these, in turn
will lead to the crash of every single technologically advanced country on
earth, barring a major change in course.
I
consider EU and U.S. views and actions to be shocking. (p79)
In
summary, then, 5G is predicted to be particularly dangerous for each of four
different reasons:
1.
The extraordinarily high numbers of antennae that are planned.
2.
The very high energy outputs which will be used to ensure penetration.
3.
The extraordinarily high pulsation levels.
4.The
apparent high level interactions of the 5G frequency on charged groups
presumably including
the
voltage sensor charged groups.
…many
organisms will be much more impacted than we will. This includes insects and
other
arthropods,
birds and small mammals and amphibia. It includes plants including even large
trees,
(p79/80)
We
have no biological safety testing of genuine 5G radiation. Therefore, we have
no risk analysis or risk management because we have no risk assessment
whatsoever on 5G….But it is not the request for the use of the precautionary
principle that is premature, it is the Commission’s claim that it has
done
the required risk analysis and risk assessment. This is the bizarre world that
we live in.
The
European Commission has done nothing to protect European citizens from the very
serious
health
hazards and the U.S. FDA, EPA and National Cancer Institute have done nothing
to protect
U.S.
citizens. (p81/82)
https://www.naturalscience.org/news/2019/04/5g-blocked-in-brussels/
https://digitalsurvivor.uk/2019/04/09/uk-political-parties-positions-on-5g/
(also
cites David Kurten AM, UKIP}
The
UK Green Party is of course fully behind Agenda 2030 – a population control and
reduction matrix that will rely on 5G technology (and our cooperation in
adopting it).
https://digitalsurvivor.uk/2019/04/05/5g-and-overpopulation/
https://www.5gexposed.com/2019/05/28/proposal-for-a-5g-moratorium-motion-green-party/
David
Kurten cautionary questions
https://www.london.gov.uk/questions/2018/2926 (1)
https://www.london.gov.uk/questions/2018/2927 (2)
https://www.london.gov.uk/questions/2018/2928 (3)
https://ehtrust.org/scientific-research-on-5g-and-health/
5G
will utilize not only the frequencies currently in use, but also higher
millimeter wave and sub-millimeter wave frequencies. Small cells being
installed in cities are usually 4G technology with a wide variety of
frequencies. Thus, when we consider the health impacts of 5G and small cells we
are looking at research on current technologies and frequencies in use in
addition to research on sub-millimeter and millimeter waves. The 5G standard is
new …there are no studies that have
looked at long term human exposure to 5G. However the current body of research
finding effects from current wireless technology provides enough data for
scientists to call for a moratorium.
The
WHO/International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified
radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group
2B), based on an increased risk for glioma, a malignant type of brain cancer,
associated with wireless phone use.
http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/pr/2011/pdfs/pr208_E.pdf
...Glioblastoma
Multiforme (GBM), the most common and most malignant primary tumour of the
brain, is associated with one of the worst five–year survival rates among all
human cancers, with an average survival from diagnosis of only about 1 year
2012,
the Danish Cancer Society reported a spike in GBMs
-
Catherine J Frompovich http://www.catherinejfrompovich.com/
http://media.electrosmogrx.com/how-emfs-impact-your-health.pdf
UK
official publications
Health
Protection Agency
Limited
long term research on RF exposure
SAR
cannot be measured easily in a living human
Health
summary - results inconsistent (but effects on proteins, membranes noted in
texts)
Synergistic
effects of RF with known carcinogens
Cancer
studies [near mast] have significant weaknesses
Cordless
phone use and cancer
Public
Health England
Where
guidelines can be exceeded, normally within a few metres directly in front of
the most powerful antennas, exclusion zones are implemented to restrict access.
5G
and public reaction
https://cornishstuff.com/2018/10/18/weapons-grade-frequency-5g-trial-set-for-cornwall/
https://cairnsnews.org/2019/05/22/dangerous-5g-network-has-antennae-every-100-metres/
Mark
Steele vs Gateshead Council in Newcastle civil court.
https://principia-scientific.org/uks-first-5g-court-case-and-the-people-won/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9s8L5CyJGM (Recording)
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/mark-steele-5g-gateshead-council-15269240 https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/children-being-microwaved-beds-5g-15087406
UK
5G plans, government and industry
https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-7883
http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7883/CBP-7883.pdf
The
Government’s strategy for future digital infrastructure – full-fibre and 5G –
is set out in DCMS’s Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review (FTIR), published on
23 July 2018. The Government set a target that the majority of the population will be covered by a 5G signal by 2027.
Ofcom
is working on making spectrum available in three categories: LF, MF, HF
This
paper also covers other 5G policy challenges including security and health
concerns.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/future-telecoms-infrastructure-review https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/732496/Future_Telecoms_Infrastructure_Review.pdf
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/digital-connectivity-portal
Digital
Catapult on potential
5G
NATION
The
UK 5G Ecosystem 2018
5G
activities and capabilities in the UK
5G
PPP - the 5G Infrastructure Public Private Partnership
https://5g-ppp.eu/5g-trials-roadmap/
https://5g-ppp.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/5GInfraPPP_TrialsWG_Roadmap_Version4.0.pdf
The
5G Infrastructure Association launched an activity in 2016 to first, generate a
strategy for developing a Pan-European
5G Trials Roadmap, and then, second, to prepare the comprehensive Trials
Roadmap.
Planning
guidelines (set of documents)
https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/smart/download-5g-reports.html
EU
policy and 5G dependence
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-19-1833_en.htm
Fifth generation (5G)
networks will form the future backbone of our societies and economies,
connecting billions of objects and systems, including in critical sectors such
as energy, transport, banking, and health, as well as industrial control
systems carrying sensitive information and supporting safety systems.
Democratic processes, such as elections, increasingly rely on digital
infrastructures and 5G networks, highlighting the need to address any
vulnerabilities…
Any vulnerability in 5G
networks could be exploited in order to compromise such systems and digital
infrastructure – potentially causing very serious damage or in order to conduct
large-scale data theft or espionage. The dependence of many critical services
on 5G networks would make the consequences of systemic and widespread
disruption particularly serious.
At present, European
companies collectively have about 30 per cent of the 5G market — but they are
more expensive than their competitors. Meanwhile, more than 90 per cent of our
IT devices are made in Asia, notably China, and China controls 70 per cent of
the global supply of the critical raw materials you need to make them… This kind
of dependency creates risks and vulnerabilities.
But ENISA has poked holes in
the high-flying political talk about 5G: fast mobile connections come with a
“medium to high risk” of cybersecurity attacks, according to the Athens-based agency.
Despite the hype over 5G, the
EU cybersecurity agency has cautioned that there are not enough safeguards in
place to make sure the new networks will be secure.
...
Steve Purser, the agency’s
director of operators, told EURACTIV “the current signalling protocols have not
been designed with security in mind, making it impossible at this point to
implement native/efficient security”.
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/research-standards
The
European 5G vision places vertical industries, like the automotive sector, in
the centre of 5G use
5G
Manifesto, 2016
http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/document.cfm?action=display&doc_id=16579
5G
Action Plan, 2016
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/5g-europe-action-plan
https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=17131
Commission
Working Document SWD(2016) 306 final
https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=17132
Despite
this availability of early data, the business opportunities still require
further investigation because the digitalization of the many industries in
transformation will significantly disrupt the current business models. A
particularly relevant example is the transformative effect and economic shift
towards new service delivery models (e.g. where "on demand" approaches
will replace long term planned contracts) for which the expected significant
redistribution of revenues streams cannot yet be fully assessed.
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-19-1833_en.htm
London,
5G and smart metering
https://emfcommunity.com/arqiva-to-make-london-lampposts-into-5g-ready-cells/
https://www.arqiva.com/views/blog/rolling-out-5g-in-the-uk-whats-involved/
Rather
than rely only on large roadside towers, colossal demand across busy cities and
suburban areas will require the installation of hundreds of thousands of
outdoor small cells – tiny mobile sites mounted to lampposts and other street
furniture. Deploying these at street level will require investment and
collaboration throughout the sector, involving ourselves, asset owners and
mobile network operators.
https://www.arqiva.com/smart-metering/
Arqiva
already has fourteen similar concessions in London (Barnet, Brent, Camden,
Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Hounslow, Islington,
Kingston-Upon-Thames, Lambeth, Merton, Richmond upon Thames and Wandsworth) as
well as in Manchester, Southampton, Colchester, Eastbourne and Medway.
https://www.london.gov.uk/press-releases/mayoral/mayor-launches-smart-london-plan
The
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said: “A year ago I announced my ambition to make
London the world’s leading smart city.
…
The
Mayor will explore a London-wide wifi service focused on improving flexible
working in the public sector…. The city and boroughs have a role in ensuring
open access to all citizens on our streets and in our public buildings.
http://www.sharingcities.eu/sharingcities/smartcities
Huawei
and 5G
Huawei
row: UK to let Chinese firm help build 5G network
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48032286
The
Huawei 5G partnership is a threat to the UK's national security
Alan
Mendoza, executive director of the Henry Jackson Society.
http://www.cityam.com/276672/huawei-5g-partnership-threat-uks-national-security
An
article in Chinese law makes it
mandatory for any company to help the Chinese Communist Party in intelligence
gathering if asked.
…
No
Chinese firm can escape the political influence of the country’s government,
because all companies in China are required by law to have an internal
committee comprised of Communist Party members.
…
This
threat has been sufficient to bring action from our allies in the Five Eyes
intelligence partnership.
The
US has barred Huawei from operating
in its 5G space, and secretary of state Mike Pompeo issued the stark warning
about its technology that “if a country adopts this and puts it in some of
their critical information systems, we won’t be able to share information with
them”.
…
Similarly,
Australia has banned companies
“likely to be subject to extrajudicial directions from a foreign government”
from supplying technology equipment.
…
The sheer scope of the 5G
rollout being planned is immense: it is envisioned that the speed and power of 5G
will enable “the inter-connectivity of everything” in our lives. On a micro
level, this will mean households running on a seamless web of domestic
appliances through “the internet of things”.
On
a macro scale, 5G will enable critical
areas of national infrastructure to be managed more effectively.
Big telecoms operators oppose
a Huawei ban, saying such a move could set back 5G deployment in the bloc by
years. In contrast, Australia and New Zealand have stopped operators using
Huawei equipment in their networks.
The industry sees 5G as the
next money spinner, with its promise to link up everything from vehicles to
household devices.
https://www.techradar.com/news/eu-wont-ban-huawei-from-5g-networks
Question asked by Maria ‘Marietje’ Schaake MEP, E-005938-18
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-8-2018-005938_EN.html
Subject: US security assessment of Huawei technologies
According to US media, the US
Government has briefed at least two EU Member States to persuade wireless and
Internet providers in these countries to avoid telecommunications equipment
from China’s Huawei Technologies Co.
1. Has the US reached out to
the Commission in this context, and is the Commission aware of the US
approaches to Member States on this topic?
2. Do the EU institutions use
Huawei components in their communications infrastructure?
3. Does the Commission see
Huawei, or any other Chinese or foreign company, as a particular potential threat
to the integrity of 5G networks in the European Union, and is the Commission
planning to open a trade defence investigation into Huawei’s practices?
Evasive answer given by
Commissioner Mariya Gabriel, in charge of the Digital Economy and Society
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-8-2018-005938-ASW_EN.html
EU
and China relations
http://eeas.europa.eu/archives/docs/china/docs/eu-china_2020_strategic_agenda_en.pdf
Strengthen coordination and
cooperation…the Internet and a new generation of wireless communication
technology.
…Carry
out cooperation and promote advanced technology and managerial experience in
sustainable
urban development planning, urban infrastructure and management and
urban-rural
integration
ICT-22-2018
- EU-China 5G Collaboration
https://cordis.europa.eu/programme/rcn/703010/en https://cordis.europa.eu/programme/rcn/703010_en.pdf
The
scope is to conduct 5G trials addressing two specific scenarios: scenario n°1 -
enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) on the 3.5GHz band,
which is a priority band in the two regions for early introduction of very high
rate services; and scenario n°2 - Internet of Vehicles (IoV)
Roadmap
for EU-China S&T cooperation
https://ec.europa.eu/research/iscp/pdf/policy/cn_roadmap_2018.pdf
NB There is another leading
Chinese technology company involved with 5G, ZTE
Misc
5G
https://www.5gawareness.com/downloads/
https://www.techradar.com/news/what-is-5g-everything-you-need-to-know
https://www.radiationresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Slide1.jpg
https://www.5gspaceappeal.org/the-appeal
Insurer
report on 5G risk
https://www.swissre.com/dam/jcr:5916802c-cf6b-4c67-9d42-39cf80c4b00d/sonar-publication-2019.pdf
https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sonar/sonar2019.html
http://stateofthenation2012.com/?p=120915
http://stateofthenation2012.com/?p=121317
https://vaccineliberationarmy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Earth-day-5G-ROLL-out.pdf
Millimetre
wave weaponry
https://jnlwp.defense.gov/About/Frequently-Asked-Questions/Active-Denial-System-FAQs/
https://phibetaiota.net/2018/05/berto-jongman-smart-cities-total-surveillance-cities/
The
brighter natural white light from the LEDs also gives better CCTV camera
footage, providing clearer video images
Open
Britain tweet from Esther McVey MP
https://assets.nationbuilder.com/in/mailings/5143/attachments/original/march_emailbanner_.png?1
‘Lisbon
Treaty’ rebuttal
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1087258784001654784.html
EU
enlargement misrepresentation
http://www.newalliance.org.uk/enlarge2030.jpg
Morocco
application refused, 1987
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen_criteria#Geographic_criteria
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morocco%E2%80%93European_Union_relations#Membership_application
EU
lists candidate countries NB none outside Europe
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?oldid=364711
https://ec.europa.eu/neighbourhood-enlargement/policy/conditions-membership_en
WalesOnline
on Ford Bridgend closure
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/ford-closing-bridgend-engine-plant-16387275
"Brexit
isn't the only reason for Ford's decision today but it is certainly part of
it."
BBC
on Ford Bridgend closure
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-48533790
Ford
blamed "changing customer demand and cost" for the closure plans and
denied Brexit was a factor.
Commission
– Europe in May on action against ‘disinformation’ (p48)
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/beta-political/files/comm_sibiu_06-05_en.pdf
The
controversial topic of ‘disinformation’ is more widely examined in a new
article, http://www.newalliance.org.uk/eudisinfo.htm
People's
Vote, the campaign group which organised the rally, said more than one million
people took part and it was one of the biggest protests in British history. The
group has previously been accused of trying to mislead politicians and voters
about its level of support.
A
debriefing document prepared by the Greater London Authority put the number of
attendees at October's People’s Vote rally at 250,000 - significantly below the
campaign group's claim that they were joined by more than 700,000 people.
https://fullfact.org/europe/peoples-vote-march-count/
Impartial
fact checkers Full Fact carefully examined their claim that one million people
attended their march on Saturday, finding that “experts in crowd estimation put
the number at between 312,000 and 400,000.” Again, barely a third of the dodgy
numbers the People’s Vote were putting out…
https://metro.co.uk/2019/03/22/revoke-article-50-petition-gamed-bots-unlikely-say-experts-8989273/
Could
bots be involved in the petition? Experts say it’s possible
Ilia
Kolochenko, CEO of security firm High-Tech Bridge, believed it could be possible:
‘It’s relatively easy to influence such petitions with automated bots. Even if
sophisticated anti-automation and anti-bot systems can help, they are not a
perfect solution.
‘There
is always a delicate balance between making it easy to vote and protecting the
online petition from malicious actors,’ he told Metro.
Brexit
policy
http://www.rorystewart.co.uk/i-will-put-cumbria-before-my-cabinet-career/
http://www.rorystewart.co.uk/rory-stewart-ive-negotiated-in-iraq-i-can-handle-the-tories/
http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2019/05/28/the-conservative-leadership-election/
Mr
Stewart has provided the most persistent advocacy of the May deal which has
just gone down to the most crushing defeat in the history of the party. The
only Conservative plank for the Euro election was that Withdrawal Agreement and
it was opposed by more than 90% of the voters.
Mr
Stewart thinks 17.4 million people were wrong to vote to just leave. He spent
time in recent weeks telling me I was wrong not to understand the brilliance of
the Withdrawal Agreement. He being a very intelligent man and an important part
of the establishment exudes confidence in the Remain view and seems to think
those of us who disagree lack understanding. He has an old fashioned last
century view of UK politics, defining pro EU Libdem voters as centrists
Conservative need to attract, whilst ignoring the 17.4 m Leave voters. He says
he wants to unite the Conservative party yet he also says he could not serve in
a Boris Johnson led government.
Backers
https://www.roryforleader.co.uk/
https://www.roryforleader.co.uk/antoinette_sandbach_why_i_am_supporting_rory_stewart
Historic
Affiliations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Young_Global_Leaders
https://www.younggloballeaders.org
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Schwab
http://trilateral.org/download/files/membership/TC_list_3_2019(1).pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilateral_Commission
To
quote its founding declaration:
"Growing
interdependence is a fact of life of the contemporary world. It transcends and
influences national systems... "
"To
be effective... refrain from unilateral actions incompatible with their interdependence
and from actions detrimental to other regions... [and] take advantage of
existing international and regional organizations and further enhance their
role."
[ref
The Trilateral Commission FAQ". The Trilateral Commission. 2011. Retrieved
2011-07-17. http://www.trilateral.org/go.cfm?do=Page.View&pid=9#12 ]
Boris
Johnson MP – private prosecution by Marcus J Ball
https://order-order.com/2019/05/29/embarrassing-anti-boris-pitch-raise-2-million-gullible-remainers/
https://order-order.com/2019/05/29/campaigner-stop-lying-politics-lied-political-campaign/
Speculation
from Matthew Parris
https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/05/only-boris-can-bury-brexit/
Dr
N McCrae
http://www.brugesgroup.com/blog/brexit-betrayal-tories-could-lose-peterborough-council-to-ukip
Last
week Boris Johnson, the leading Tory campaigner for Leave, sided with the
treacherous Dominic Grieve against his Beaconsfield constituency party, whose
members voted to deselect him on the very day that we were supposed to be
leaving the EU. For Grieve, Brexit is an act of stupidity, rejecting the majority
both in the country and his constituency for liberty from the Brussels regime.
He has plotted with EU commissioners behind Theresa May's back, yet Boris
supported him over hard-working local volunteers.
Ken
Clarke summed it up recently when he argued that there was now no chance of
Britain being a stable member of the EU. No wonder Nathalie Loiseau – until
recently French Europe Minister, and now an MEP for Emmanuel Macron’s party –
expressed doubts that a second Brexit referendum would reach a different
conclusion from the first. She suggested that it would be better for Britain to
just leave. I expect more and more European capitals will come to a similar view.
Salzburg
spat (2018)
https://www.politico.eu/article/brussels-isnt-buying-britains-no-deal-act/
The
government’s intention is to show the EU it is ready to leave without a deal
and hence is prepared to walk away from the negotiations if necessary. There’s
no indication yet Brussels is buying it. And with a breakdown in the talks
feeling a lot more tangible following an acrimonious EU leaders’ summit in
Salzburg last week…
Out
of 14 diplomats approached by POLITICO, not one said they think the U.K. is
serious about going ahead with no deal
Motor
industry woes in Spain
https://order-order.com/2019/04/16/eus-car-crisis-deepens-nissan-adds-thousands-job-losses/
Commons
Briefing papers on trade, defence issues. Advice given to MPs
Scrutiny
of UK replacement treaties
https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-8509
http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8509/CBP-8509.pdf
World
Trade in 2019: the US and the WTO, WTO reform
https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-8465
http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8465/CBP-8465.pdf
The
European Intervention Initiative (EI2)
https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-8432
Published
Tuesday, May 28, 2019 | Commons Briefing papers CBP-8432
The
European Intervention Initiative (EII/EI2) is a French-led initiative set out
by President Macron
in
September 2017 as part of his vision for a “sovereign, united and democratic
Europe”. In order to achieve that ambition he put forward proposals for a
common European intervention force and a common doctrine for action,
independent of the European Union. Ten European countries, including the UK,
are involved in the initiative.
EU
Defence: the realisation of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO)
https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-8149
European
defence: where is it heading?
https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-8216
http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8216/CBP-8216.pdf
European
Union Committee Report: Brexit: Common Security and Defence Policy Missions and
Operations
https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/LBP-2019-0057
http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/LBP-2019-0057/LBP-2019-0057.pdf
Brexit
reading list: defence and security
https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-7742
The
Commons Library has compiled a selection of analysis and comment on defence and
security related matters, relevant to the UK's forthcoming withdrawal from the
European Union. (16.05.19)
Public
opinion trends
http://freenations.net/neurally-underdeveloped-remainers-are-dying-out-the-future-is-leave/
The
Office for National Statistics population projections over the 14 years from
the 2016 referendum to 2030 show the growth in the Leave voting ages of 45-99
will be an increase of 3.109 million whereas the Remain voting ages (20 to 44)
will decrease by 4.548 million.
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/fracture-and-polarisation-lessons-from-the-euro-election/
https://whatukthinks.org/eu/opinion-polls/uk-poll-results/
Independently
modelled projection of Leave vs Remain (Excel spreadsheet)
http://www.newalliance.org.uk/leaveprojection.xlsx
(Lord
Ashcroft’s figure of 50:46% for Leave becomes 52:48% if you remove ‘Don’t
Knows’)
https://whatukthinks.org/eu/is-there-a-new-geography-of-brexit/
Described
by Best for Britain as ‘a monumental shift in public opinion’, the impression,
at least, was given that the analysis was evidence of a significant new swing
of public opinion in favour of Remain.
The
reality, however, was much more prosaic.
....
https://whatukthinks.org/eu/poll/deltapoll-30-5-2019/
Coincidentally
identifies some potentially leading questions in poll funded by the Mail on
Sunday
'worried',
'hard Brexit', ‘consequences’.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47728333
When
asked to vote, only 184 MPs supported the option to revoke Article 50.
Resistance-specific
Glossary (PDF)
http://www.newalliance.org.uk/resglossary.pdf
Commons
Library Glossary on \EU
http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-7840
BBC
jargon-busting guide
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43470987
WTO
https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/glossary_e/glossary_e.htm
EU
https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/glossary_en
http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/glossary/institutional_balance_en.htm
Disclaimer:
Quotes and articles referenced above are provided towards encouraging wider
debate. Inclusion does not necessarily mean endorsement, and readers are
encouraged to check the assumptions used and update their perspectives. Also
nothing should be construed as ‘legal advice’.
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