If Putin is as bad as the British portray him, why do they follow his example?

As you know, I do not share the Westminster pigsty's hatred and demonization of all things Russian. A nation that claims to be ruled by law must always implement the presumption of innocence, that is, they must always assume innocence until guilt is proven, but this week we have witnessed an orgy of anti-Russian propaganda in the British press and media because an inquiry concluded that Alexander Litvinenko was probably assassinated by the Russian state with the endorsement of its President. Probability is not proof, but it is enough for the British. We have indulged in an orgy of self-righteous indignation about the evil Russians and their fascist President. Now, what happened to Litvinenko was ghastly and inhuman, and I suspect that what the inquiry concluded was, again, probably true, but, rather than rush to judgement on something that has not been conclusively proven, I hesitate to condemn given that I live in a country that has a proven track record for extra-judicial assassinations and murders of its own citizens and should be careful not to invite a scrutiny of its own record. For example, in 1988 the British SAS assassinated three members of the IRA in Gibraltar. Thames Television made a programme showing that the three IRA had been shot whilst unarmed and surrendering and that the excuse that they had a bomb was false. The government shut Thames Television down and disbanded the Independent Broadcasting Authority when they found that the company had acted properly and in good faith. If Putin is actually how the British portray him, he would have been quite proud of such action.   

The British continually portray Putin as a tyrant, but I am continually warning about the creeping authoritarianism of the Conservative Party and how this Tory party are slowly developing a totalitarian Britain where they have a monopoly on power. For example, in Britain opposition parties in the Westminster pigsty get what is known as 'Short' money from the Treasury. This is money that enables them to operate in opposition with a greater effectiveness and enhances their ability to organise and hold the government to account. The Chancellor is going to cut this short money by 19% which the Labour Party estimates will lose them £6 million per annum. In addition, the Tories are increasingly making use of what are known as statutory instruments to bypass Parliament and bring in measures that will consolidate their power without scrutiny. In short, the Tories are becoming genuinely dangerous. Statutory instruments are a form of legislation that allows for provisions in any Act of Parliament to be brought into force, altered or amended without the scrutiny of the parliamentary process. It is known as secondary, delegated or subordinate legislation. They give ministers powers to enforce rules and regulations, but were never meant to be used in the unscrupulous manner that the Tories are using them. For example the Tories plan to scrap university maintenance grants for approximately half a million students by pushing a statutory instrument through a committee of just 18 MPs and completely bypassing Parliament..

Since Camoron first assumed power he has made no secret of his aim to remove any and all actions by European courts from British public life. In addition, if the Tories are united on any one thing it is their determination to scrap the Human Rights Act. He persistently condemns the House of Lords if it has the audacity to fulfil its constitutional function if that means finding against him and is determined to stop this. In line with destroying the Labour Party he is gerrymandering constituency boundaries to reduce the number of seats from 650 to 600. What is so bad about this is that he is going to base the new constituency boundaries, not on population as it has always been, but on voter registration. This has been estimated by all experts as a move to ensure that the Tories will never lose another election. In addition, he is planning to allow expatriates to vote for life rather than the present 15 years. Most expats are pensioners and at the last election pensioners voted for the Tories by a margin of 24% over the rest and registered a 78% turnout. He has already introduced voting measures in the Commons that reduces Scottish MPs to second-class citizens and has bullied the BBC to such an extent that it is hardly worth watching any more.

His latest move is, however, quite grotesque. He has announced that he intends to place British soldiers above the law. Thus, on one hand he condemns Vladimir Putin for destroying the rule of law, whilst announcing that he is determined to do just that himself. British soldiers will no longer, if he gets his way, be subject to British law, European law, Human Rights Law, or the Geneva Convention. Why, because if he is nothing he is at least predictable, it is costing the government money. British troops will no longer be legally accountable for anything they do, including torture and murder in case someone claims compensation. The British Defence Secretary, the abominable Michael Fallon, has announced that he is determined to remove British troops from accountability to human rights law because of "ambulance chasing lawyers". 

This post is already too large, but if anyone wants clarification on any of these matters, they are all in the public domain, or, if you wish I will be happy to clarify them in another post. You have been warned.

Your Servant
Doktor Kommirat