Fascist State Westminster Establishment?

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READ BEFORE YOU COMMENT! Now to get to the point I am going to Suggest, I will add the meaning of Fascism, then we can talk it through and ask the question “Are we all in the UK Living in almost Fascism state?” I think it’s a valid question when we understand totally what fascism is and means and does, and of course how it works or doesn’t work. As always I will link to other sources who are asking what I am or just thinking out loud like I am

Alternate History: “Fascist Britain” – Why was this video made?
Via alternatehistorypt on You Tube

Fascism:

Fascism (/fæʃɪzəm/) is a form of radical authoritarian nationalism that came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe. Influenced by national syndicalism, fascism originated in Italy during World War I, in opposition to liberalism, Marxism, anarchism and traditional conservatism. Fascism is often placed on the far-right within the traditional left–right spectrum, but some academics call that description inadequate. Fascists identify World War I as a revolution. It brought revolutionary changes in the nature of war, society, the state, and technology. The advent of total war and total mass mobilization of society had broken down the distinction between civilian and combatant. A “military citizenship” arose in which all citizens were involved with the military in some manner during the war. The war had resulted in the rise of a powerful state capable of mobilizing millions of people to serve on the front lines or provide economic production and logistics to support those on the front lines, as well as having unprecedented authority to intervene in the lives of citizens. Fascists view World War I as having made liberal democracy obsolete, and regard total mobilization of society under a totalitarian single-party state as necessary to prepare a nation for armed conflict. To respond effectively to economic difficulties, such a totalitarian state is led by a strong leader — such as a dictator and a martial government composed of the members of the governing fascist party — to forge national unity and maintain a stable and orderly society. Fascism rejects assertions of violence automatically being negative in nature and views political violence, war, and imperialism as means that can achieve national rejuvenation.

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Fasces:

British Union’s original flag, a fasces imposed over a blue disc

Fasces (/ˈfæsiːz/, Latin pronunciation: [ˈfas.keːs], a plurale tantum, from the Latin word fascis, meaning “bundle”)[1] is a bound bundle of wooden rods, sometimes including an axe with its blade emerging. The fasces had its origin in the Etruscan civilization, and was passed on to ancient Rome, where it symbolized a magistrate’s power and jurisdiction. The image has survived in the modern world as a representation of magisterial or collective power. The fasces frequently occurs as a charge in heraldry, it is present on an older design of the United States ten cent coin and behind the podium in the United States House of Representatives, it is used as the symbol of a number of Italian syndicalist groups, including the Unione Sindacale Italiana, and it was the origin of the name of the National Fascist Party in Italy (from which the term fascism is derived).

So when we analyze the meaning it becomes clear there are remnants of Fascism on show should we look. We can’t confuse Fascism with Nazism because I know many will and do. The USA in my opinion is further up the Fascism road than any 1st World Country that claims democracy rings free. But if it is alive in Britain today be it Northern Ireland, England, Wales or Scotland, what can we do about it? When we read about Fascism we know that when Politics meet commerce then dictates political law, we live, perhaps? in almost Fascist surroundings. I am just hypothesizing here of course. If anyone replies with ‘Stupid, I will call them out for reacting without reading. When David Cameron and Ed ran for political office they were donated money through commerce, oil and banking giant’s, so it leads to the question “When if office do they look out for the people who paid for them to be in power, or do they look out for it’s people” We all know the Tory party today lack any remorse for the well being of it’s people, they take our money and use it for their own selfish needs. One point to note is when we bailed the criminals in banking out, Iceland jailed it’s wrong doing bankers, so Iceland is democratic? Would that be a fair comment? If so, where does this leave hungry Britain? We can’t deny the ruling class in the UK sip the fine wine while the vast majority of the people taste ground water. What do you think?

These people donate to political parties so when in office, the person they backed looks after them

Search here for who donated to the Tory party: electoralcommission.org.uk

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2015/apr/01/tory-100-industry-captains-party-donors-tax-avoiders

It is very obvious when we just skim through this list to see donations were made so when help is needed GOVERNMENT would  and will and DO help! This is Fascism folks, no if’s or maybe’s. My understanding of Fascism is this. If I am wrong, then blame my M.E 😀 (Joking, all me this one)

Industry	Name			Donor amount
Pub retailer and brewer	Rooney Anand	Chief executive of brewery and pub group Greene KingGreene King is embroiled in a long-running legal battle to prove the legality of a controversial tax avoidance scheme.
Leisure and tourism (hotels)	Surinder Arora	Multi-millionaire founder and chief executive of Arora HotelsMember of the New Enterprise Council, set up in 2007 by then shadow chancellor George Osborne to advise the Conservative party on business matters.
Retailer (jewellery)	John Ayton	Co-founder of luxury jewellery brands Links of London and Annoushka JewelleryAmbassador for Team 2012, the campaign to support British athletes in the London Olympics.
Retailer (furniture)	Richard Baker	Chairman of furniture chain DFS and a former chief operating officer of Asda Stores and chief executive of Boots Group.
Online retailer	Alex Baldock	Former banker and chief executive of online retailer Shop Direct.		£1,200
Engineering (construction machinery)	Lord Bamford	JCB chairman and Conservative life peer.		£3,786,249Lord Bamford has donated £86,249 as an individual but JCB has donated £3.7m since 2001
Leisure and tourism (hotels, spas)	Duncan Bannatyne	Appears on Dragons’ Den and has business interests in health clubs and hotelsHas previously expressed support for Labour party.
Clothing retailer	Robert Bensoussan	Chief executive of upmarket clothing retailer LK Bennett.
Drinks (beer producer)	Lord Bilimoria	Founder of Cobra beer.		£9,256£9,256 in non-cash donations from Cobra
Product development	Charlie Bradshaw	Managing director of product development firm Matrix APA.
Sport	Baroness Brady	Vice chairman of West Ham FC, appears on The ApprenticeConservative life peer, Tory small business ambassador.
Fashion	Ray Kelvin CBE	Founder of Ted Baker clothing chain.
Manufacturing (packaging)	Graham Chipchase	Chief executive of multinational packaging company Rexam.
Wholesaler	Zameer Choudrey	Chief executive, Bestway cash and carry.		£2,500£2,500 to Beaconsfield Conservatives. Bestway also donates, most recently giving £8,000
Fashion manufacturer and retailer	Neil Clifford	Chief executive of shoemakers Kurt Geiger.		£15,000
Retailer (fashion)	Steven Cohen	Chief executive of fashion retailer Blue Inc.
Manufacturer	Glenn Cooper	Chief executive of bollard manufacturer ATG AccessAppointed by David Cameron in 2013 to work on an EU regulation review to advise the government.
Leisure and tourism (hotels)	Andrew Coppel	Chief executive of hotels and and leisure business De Vere.
Transport, food, retail, gambling	Gerald Corbett	Former chief executive of Railtrack and former chairman of Woolworths.
Insurance/financial sector	Peter Cullum	Executive chairman of insurance firm Towergate Partnership, founder of Towergate Underwriting GroupTowergate Underwriting Group, founded by Cullum in 1997, is listed as a ‘regulated donee’ on the Electoral Commission website, donating £15,000 to Conservative/Unionist members of the 1922 committee.		£15,000
Automotive	Ron Dennis	Chairman of automotive group McLaren and Formula One principalAn official British business ambassador.		£151,200Since 2005
Oil and gas	Bob Dudley	BP chief executiveAmerican citizen.
Communications and retail	Sir Charles Dunstone	Chairman and co-founder of Carphone Warehouse.		£5,000
Engineering (construction machinery)	John Elliott	Chairman and founder of dehumidifier manufacturer Ebac.
Private equity	Mark Esiri	Founder of Venrex private investment firmClose friend of David and Samantha Cameron. Helped to coordinate the sale of Smythson in 2005, which resulted in £430,000 payout to Samantha for her shares.
Pub retailer and brewer	Ralph Findlay	Chief executive of pub group Marston’s.
Gambling	Richard Glynn	Chief executive of bookmakers Ladbrokes.
Retailer and sport	Ben Gordon	Former Mothercare chief executive and now senior partner at Powerleague, a five-a-side football group.		£9,000
Retailer	Julian Granville	Chief executive of online and catalogue retailer Boden.		£9,000Between 2009 and 2012
Media	Peter Grauer	Chairman of media group BloombergAmerican citizen.		£240,000Bloomberg tradebook Europe has donated more than £240,000
Support services	Philip Green	Chairman of Carillion, the construction services and facilities management groupA large chunk of Carillion’s business is in public sector contracts.
Property (shopping centres)	Michael Gutman	Executive director of shopping centre giant Westfield CorporationAustralian citizen.		£260,000Westfield Shoppingtowns, a UK subsidiary of Westfield Group, has made a number of donations to the Conservative party totalling more than £260,000
Retail	Wendy Hallett	Set up Hallett Retail Services after 13 years at Philip Green’s Arcadia group.
Hotels	Andy Harrison	Chief executive of hotel and coffee shop group Whitbread. Paid £6.4m last year.
Oil	Aidan Heavey	Founder of Tullow Oil, an oil and gas exploration companyBritish ministers including the then Foreign Secretary William Hague “lobbied strongly” on behalf of Tullow Oil after it became involved in a tax dispute in Uganda. At the time, a spokesman for the Foreign Office said: “It is part of the government’s duty to support British business and British citizens abroad. This case is no different from any other case in which a British company seeks assistance through a UK embassy.”.		£61,000Has donated £61,000 to the Conservatives, some through his local constituency Surrey Heath
Banking	Oliver Hemsley	Founder and chief executive of investment banking firm Numis.		£80,000£75,000 to the Conservatives, £5,000 to Boris Johnson
Insurance	Joe Henderson	Chief executive, Henderson Insurance Brokers.
Banking	Vernon Hill	American businessman, founder and chairman, Metro bank.
Retail	Anya Hindmarch	Shoe designer, made a business ambassador in 2011.
Retail	Brent Hoberman	Co-founder of travel company lastminute.com. Now runs online furniture and design company mydeco.comNon-executive director of Guardian Media Group.
Manufacturing	Cassie Hutchings	Chief executive of GCH Capital, which runs manufacturing and distribution businessesCassie’s father, Greg “Four Jets” Hutchings, is chairman of GCH and a Tory donor. He resigned from the engineering group Tomkins in 2000 in the wake of allegations over his use of corporate jets, helicopter, and a property.		£65,000Through GCH Captial
Property	George Iacobescu	Chairman and CEO of Canary Wharf Group plcCanary Wharf Group has donated £135,200 to the Tories, £40,000 to Labour and £14,000 to the Lib Dems since the last election. Iacobescu was knighted in 2011.		£8,000£8,000
Hospitality	Alan Jackson	Non-exec chairman of The Restaurant Group and of Playtech, which makes online betting software.
Finance	Peter Jackson	CEO of Travelex until February 2015.
Online retail	Nick Jenkins	Founder of moonpig.com.		£156,000
Private equity	Luke Johnson	Chairman of Risk Capital PartnersJohnson previously added his name to a 2010 list of business leaders writing in support of the Conservative party. He previously complained about the 2010 increase in capital gains tax.
Film	Ben Latham Jones	Director at Ealing Studios.
Kitchenware	Richard Joseph	Cofounder of Joseph Joseph kitchenware company.
Retail	Nadir Lalani	Founder of 99p StoresPoundland announced it planned to acquire 99p stores in February 2015 in a £55m cash and shares deal.
Property	Nick Leslau	Property entrepreneur and boss of PrestburyOwner of Alton Towers.		£24,500Donated £12,500 to William Hague in 2009, £2,000 to Michael Gove in 2011 and £10,000 to the Conservative party in 2012
Finance	Rhydian Lewis	Chief executive of peer-to-peer lending platform Ratesetter.
Hospitality	James Lipscombe	Managing director of the Chesterford group of companies.
Retail	Derek Lovelock	Interim chief executive at Mamas and Papas and former chairman of Aurora Fashions.
Electronics	Ron Mackintosh	Chairman of electronics manufacturer CSR plc.
Entertainment	Sir Cameron Mackintosh	Theatre producer.		£55,000£10,000 to Conservative party in 2001, £10,000 to Boris Johnson in 2008, £10,000 to Conservative party in 2012, and £25,000 to David Warburton, Tory candidate for Somerton and Frome, in 2014
Events/hospitality	Edward Mellors	Director of events company Mellors Group.
Food/retail	Tom Molnar	Founder of Gail’s Artisan Bakery.
Construction	John Morgan	CEO of Morgan Sindall construction firmMorgan Ashurst and Morgan Est, which later merged to form Morgan Sindall, were named in the Scottish affairs committee’s 2013 report as construction companies that were members of blacklisting firm the Consulting Association. Morgan Est said it had “inherited” the Consulting Association’s services when it bought another firm and it had subsequently “terminated” them.
Online retail	Matt Moulding	CEO of online retailer the Hut GroupIn 2012 the Guardian reported that Hut was shipping products from the US to circumvent VAT regulations.
Retail	Stephen Murphy	Chairman of Garden Centre Group, former CEO Virgin GroupLabour say £66,314 donation.		£6,500
Drinks (beer producer)	Jonathan Neame	Chief executive of Shephered Neame brewers.
Automotive	John Neill	CEO of UnipartUnipart has won consulting contracts with the NHS specifically on ambulance services, such as £143,059 worth of consulting to Yorkshire Ambulance Service.
Tourism	Nick Newbury	Chief executive of creative luxury travel firm Original Travel.
Publishing	Jonathan Newhouse	Chief executive and chairman of Condé Nast InternationalHolds US and UK citizenship.
PR	Richard Nichols	Chief executive of PR firm Instinctif Partners.
IT	Mike Norris	CEO of computer services firm ComputacenterLong-time NHS IT partner/contractor.
Manufacturing (chemicals, technology)	Neil Johnson OBE	Chairman of Synthomer and E2V.
Law	Tim Oliver	Chairman of legal and professional services firm Parabis Group.		£12,940
Defence	Sir Dick Olver	Former chairman of defence contractor BAE SystemOlver was knighted in 2013 and stood down as chairman of BAE in February 2014. BAE holds government contracts.
Retail	Alan Parker	Chairman of Mothercare.
Property	Tony Pidgley	Founder and chairman of housebuilder Berkeley homesDonated to Boris Johnson: glass paperweight, engraved trowel worth £500, tickets to Berkeley ball.		£2,300
PR	Jenny Halpern Prince	Set up Halpern PR. Daughter of Sir Ralph Halpern, founder of Topshop.
Pharmaceuticals	Thembalath Ramachandran	CEO of Bristol LaboratoriesBristol Laboratories supplies medicines to Department of Health.
Retail	Nick Robertson	Founder and CEO of online fashion retailer AsosAwarded OBE in 2011.
Retail and Food	Richard Rose	Chairman of online electronic retailer AO, chairman of food wholesale businesses Booker and Crawshaw GroupAO floated on London Stock Exchange in February 2014.
Retail	Stuart Rose	Chairman of Ocado and Fat Face, former executive chairman of Marks & SpencerMade a Tory peer last year.
Retail	Chrissie Rucker	Founder of home furnishings business the White CompanyInspiring Women Campaign mentor with Samantha Cameron.
Aviation	Sir Nigel Rudd	Chairman of Heathrow airport, Chairman of aerospace engineering firm Meggitt.		£8,000
Defence	Rakesh Sharma	Chief executive of defence and aerospace firm Ultra Electronics.
Digital	Baroness Shields	Chairman of London tech cluster Tech City and has held positions running both Google and Facebook’s European operationsTory peer and digital adviser to the prime minister.
Leisure and tourism (hotels)	Jasminder Singh	Chief executive and chairman of hotels and restaurant firm Edwardian Group.
Motoring	Rob Templeman	Chairman of RAC.
Financial Services	Tidjane Thiam	Chief executive of Prudential, soon to head Credit SuisseAdvisor to David Cameron on business. Holds Ivorian and British citizenship.
Branding	Sarah Thomson	Founder and CEO, Addictive Points.
Leisure and Hospitality (pubs)	Simon Townsend	CEO of Enterprise Inns.
Leisure and Hospitality (Brewing)	Michael Turner	Chairman of Fullers, Smith & Turner.
Financial Services	Steve Varley	Head of EY UK, one of Britain’s biggest accounting firmsEY advises US clients, including Google and Apple, on tax avoidance schemes.
Food	Moni Varma	MD and chairman of Veetee Rice.		£8,000Through company
Film	Matthew Vaughn	Film producer, owner of Marv FilmsHas served on the committee of Tory fundraising ball. Dined at Chequers with model Claudia Schiffer, according to a Press Association freedom of information request.
Leisure/Property	Ollie Vigors	Managing director of Longshot Kids, leisure and property company.
Retail	Malcolm Walker	Founder of IcelandIn 2012, Walker initially refused to pay a £2.5m tax bill for a staff trip to Disney World in Florida, accusing the government of a “tax on fun”. Walker later said he had settled that bill with the Inland Revenue, which he said had made concessions “and we’re very happy with the outcome”.		£10,000
Wholesaler	Robert Walker	Chairman of Travis Perkins.
Food	Paul Walsh	Chairman of Compass Group, formerly CEO of DiageoFormer member of David Cameron’s business advisory group. While Walsh headed up Diageo, despite average annual profits of almost £2bn, its accounts disclosed £43m a year (little more than 2% of its profits) in average UK corporation tax charges. Diageo has said that it moved a number of its brands to the Netherlands in 1998 and its operations have been “thoroughly reviewed” by Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC). Walsh has criticised tax laws that he says allows others not to pay their fair share.
Construction	James Wates	Chairman of Wates construction companyAwarded a CBE in 2012.		£375,000Through company
Food	George Weston	CEO of Associated British Foods & director of Wittington InvestmentsA subsidiary of ABF has been accused of tax avoidance in Zambia where ActionAid claimed it had made $123m in profits between 2007-13 and paid “virtually no corporate tax”. ABF said that its Zambian unit “denies emphatically that it is engaged in anything illegal, immoral or in any way designed to reduce the tax rightly payable to the Zambian government.”.		£900,000Wittington made £900,000 of donations to the Tories between 1993 and 2005. Trustees of the Garfield Weston Foundation, which owns most of Wittington, were reprimanded by the Charity Commission in 2010 for not considering whether the political donations were in the best interests of the charity. George Weston is one of the trustees.
Automotive	Mike Wheeler	Owner and founder of vehicle accessory manufacturer Auto Styling Truckman.
Clothing	Nick Wheeler	Founder of Charles Tyrwhitt shirtsInvested in the same Icebreaker tax avoidance scheme as Gary Barlow. Wheeler said: “In accordance with the relevant tax laws, I have paid tax on my share … and claimed tax relief on any trading issues.”.
Telecoms	Charles Wigoder	Executve chairman Telecom Plus.		£20,000Also loaned £100,000
Food	Paul Wilkinson	Chairman of Thorntons.
Financial services	Will Wyatt	CEO of Caledonia Investments.		£170,000Through company
Technology	Hossein Yassaie	CEO of Imagination TechnologiesKnighted in 2013 new year honours.

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Man named after being killed in Lothian M8 crash

Wayne Strickland died in the M8 collision between two cars, a lorry and van.

This is so very sad. Yesterday I wrote ‘1 dead, cars on fire – M8 Edinburgh – I was there’ <Click) There are a few images and videos in there. I got a hard time from a few people but once we spoke they understood that blog. I was there in terms of, a mile away and stuck in traffic for 5 hours in pain. BUT!! All the time I waited my mind was thinking “Who died” 😦 Because that is pretty much all any of us knew, the traffic was so slow drivers were out cars speaking to each other, and all we knew when I did the video was ‘A person had passed. This swept from car to car as I seen people’s heads drop and some cry. It was that real, and so sad. My heart and soul go out to Wayne’s family. I can only offer words of comfort and I will. Below is from a decent media outlet STV (Scottish Television) for people reading this from foreign shores.

Video we did at the time

~~Story Via: http://news.stv.tv/ ~~

A man who died after his car burst into flames in a crash with another car, lorry and van on the M8 has been named.

The 49-year-old man, named by police as Wayne Strickland, from Fife, died in the four-vehicle crash on Monday between Bathgate and Livingston. The incident happened around 8.45am which left the cars and HGV destroyed by the blaze. Firefighters extinguished it shortly before 10.30am.

A Peugeot 206, which Mr Strickland was driving, a Kia Rio, Mercedes van and an articulated HGV were all involved in the collision.

Mr Strickland’s family released a statement through Police Scotland paying tribute to “one of life’s true gentlemen.”

It said: “Wayne was a much loved and respected father, husband, son and brother. “A business advisor with West Lothian Council, he was on his way to work from his home in Inverkeithing when the accident happened. “Wayne was a devoted husband to Bernadette and much adored father. He was one of life’s true gentlemen and he will be sadly missed.”

The motorway was closed for most of the day while emergency services tended to the injured and cleared the scene. Two people were taken to hospital while a number of “walking wounded” were treated by paramedics by the roadside.

A Police Scotland spokesman said: “Police Scotland responded to a four-vehicle collision on the westbound carriageway of the M8, Junction 3 at around 8.50am on Monday July 20. “Two cars, a van and an articulated lorry were all involved in the incident, which resulted in three vehicles catching fire. “We can confirm that one male has died as a result of this collision and inquiries are ongoing.”

 

via STV

A spokesman for West Lothian Council said: “Wayne was a very popular and respected colleague and those that worked with him have been left devastated by this tragic news.”Wayne had worked with West Lothian Council for a number of years and those that had the pleasure to work with him feel very fortunate to have known him as a colleague and friend.

“As a business advisor Wayne worked closely with the local community to help people set up their own companies and his loss will be felt by the wider business community in West Lothian. “He will be greatly missed and our thoughts and prayers are with Wayne’s family and friends at this very sad time.”

#M8 *OPEN* – Teams are on site removing cones from #M9 J1 and all other routes are fully accessible #ExpectDelays #ThanksForYourPatience

— Traffic Scotland (@trafficscotland) July 20, 2015

Twenty members of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service were in attendance, with six of them wearing breathing apparatus and using high pressure hoses.

A spokeswoman said: “Appliances from Livingston, Sighthill, Bathgate and Linlithgow Fire Stations were mobilised to the scene. “The first appliances arrived within minutes and immediately started tackling a fire involving an articulated lorry, a van and two cars.”

  (© STV)

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1 dead, cars on fire – M8 Edinburgh – I was there

Entrance to the M8 from Edinburgh to Glasgow

I left Edinburgh at around 11:45am for a 30 minute drive there and back for a spring for the back end of my car. It turned into an almost 5 hour traffic jam. At first news was coming through of a crash, the tailbacks were so bad people were talking to each other in car’s as the traffic jammed. I heard sadly 1 person has died and another 2 are or could be critical. One car came East bound into the West bound carriageway, smashing into oncoming traffic at 9:30am, peak traffic hours where people are doing 70 Miles per hour. Not good for the lad who died. May he rest in peace! Some images below I took as well as this video here. I will link in some Tweets at the bottom also. Horrible day

I took this video myself after waiting for 40 minutes 5 minutes from my house

Man Dead As M8 Closed By Multi Vehicle Crash
Via: Mike Rock on You Tube

Motorway closed after man is killed in Scotland – Why the music?
Via Top Comming Movies on You Tube

AceNews and my Editor and I managed to get the early images: 

https://acenewsservices.wordpress.com/2015/07/20/bbcscotlandnews-man-dies-in-multiple-pileup-on-m8-acebreakingnews/

~~Via: http://news.stv.tv/ ~~

A man has died after a van caught fire in a crash with two cars and an articulated lorry on Scotland’s busiest motorway. The incident happened around 8.45am on Monday between M8 junction 3a (Bathgate) and junction 3 (Livingston) eastbound. Both cars and the HGV had been destroyed by the blaze which was extinguished shortly before 10.30am.

STV News understands the victim is a 49-year-old male from Fife. A Police Scotland spokesman said: “Police Scotland responded to a four-vehicle collision on the westbound carriageway of the M8, Junction 3 at around 8.50am on Monday July 20. “Two cars, a van and an articulated lorry were all involved in the incident, which resulted in three vehicles catching fire. “The M8 is currently closed in both directions while emergency services are in attendance at the scene and it is due to remain closed for several hours. “Full diversions are in place and congestion on the M8 is now starting to ease. “We can confirm that one male has died as a result of this collision and inquiries are ongoing.”

Horrible to see

Two others were taken to hospital suffering minor injuries and it is believed the motorway could be closed until 5pm. Twenty members of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service were in attendance, with six of them wearing breathing apparatus and using high pressure hoses.

Earlier a spokeswoman said: “Appliances from Livingston, Sighthill, Bathgate and Linlithgow Fire Stations were mobilised to the scene. “The first appliances arrived within minutes and immediately started tackling a fire involving an articulated lorry, a van and two cars. “The M8 motorway is currently closed in both directions and is expected to remain closed for much of the day. “Police Scotland and Scottish Ambulance Service are also in attendance and fire crews will remain at the scene for some time.”

Diversions before and after the junction were put in place after 10am. Traffic Scotland tweeted just after 4.30pm saying the motorway had been cleared.

~~End Story~~

Avoid the #M8 tonight folks. Been qn accident and there's huge traffic queues in both directions.

— Ewan Gibbs (@ewangibbs) July 20, 2015

@Ross_Oliver23 Evening Ross, unfortunately yes but the #M8 is now open so we hope the residual traffic will clear soon 😦 Thanks, Bex.

— Traffic Scotland (@trafficscotland) July 20, 2015

@ktmcnair Due to the #M8 closure, the area has been very busy all day 😦 Hope you get home soon. Thanks, #StaySafe. Bex.

— Traffic Scotland (@trafficscotland) July 20, 2015

#M8 *OPEN* – Teams are on site removing cones from #M9 J1 and all other routes are fully accessible #ExpectDelays #ThanksForYourPatience

— Traffic Scotland (@trafficscotland) July 20, 2015

@gavincsmith1987 Hi, no the #M8 is fully closed. See div pic attached Gavin. #StaySafe Bex. pic.twitter.com/MAOUAFvzZs

— Traffic Scotland (@trafficscotland) July 20, 2015

@73Derekb Hi Derek, the #M8 is fully closed, all route are incredibly busy but the #A71 is your best bet, expect delays 😦 B.

— Traffic Scotland (@trafficscotland) July 20, 2015

@ExtraParent Hi Laura, W/B traffic is being diverted from Newbridge onto #A89 & rejoin #M8 at J3 Livingston. G

— Traffic Scotland (@trafficscotland) July 20, 2015

At 1: Latest on #M8 crash which has claimed 1 life. The PM sets out his scheme to tackle extremism http://t.co/k7FB2LitxB

— Radio Clyde News (@RadioClydeNews) July 20, 2015

#M8 latest: Man dead and "numerous casualties" after four-vehicle horror smash: http://t.co/2r2iJW7Kxx

— Peter Swindon (@PeterSwindon) July 20, 2015

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12 Palestinian artists to come to Edinburgh Fringe Festival

David Greig

Scotland has flexed it’s muscled here big time, through London stopping this through Israeli means, before a newer devolved Scotland now has the power to allow Palestine act’s into our amazing Fringe Festival <Click) The power the 80% of Countries who want to recognise Palestine now is huge, Palestine is bring stopped from being recognised in order for her to be her own Country by Israel, USA and England in the main. I won’t bore you with Country breakdown’s but here is who supports Palestine in our World <Click) Shame on you Countries on that list who abstained or said NO! How dare you! Well I am just happy to live in a Country that can now stand in solidarity with the stood upon! Why, because right now, as I type, London is TRYING to oppress Scotland. They will fail and by 2020 Scotland WILL 100% be a free Country, BUT! Palestine will be free 1st, now who on Earth wants to stop this progress? Well these ones! How dare you! 80% of Humanity just want to recognise Palestine! 1 Book stops them. How dare you!

~~Via: http://www.heraldscotland.com/ ~~

It was one of the biggest controversies of last year’s Fringe festival. When it emerged an Israeli theatre company had received funding from its government to stage its show in Scotland there was outcry from those opposed to the country’s policies in the Middle-East.

Now a fund-raising campaign founded by the playwright David Greig that arose out of the storm of protest has unveiled a line up of Palestinian artists paid for by £10,000 in public donations.

Greig set up the crowd funding campaign to provide financial aid for shows and artists, notably from Palestine, who otherwise find it hard to come to the Edinburgh festivals. The initiative, called Welcome to the Fringe, has now unveiled a list of 12 artists supported by the campaign and events at two venues during this year’s festival.

Greig was instrumental in setting up the initiative following the controversy that in 2014 engulfed a show called The City by Incubator Theatre. The company was partially funded by Israel’s Ministry of Culture and a series of cultural figures signed a letter urging the Underbelly venue to reconsider staging the show.

Following a furore and an inability to find a new venue, eventually the show was cancelled.

In the aftermath Greig established the funding initiative “to do something positive” and to aid Palestinian – and other – artists.

The project has been developed through a collaboration between Forest Fringe, London’s Gate Theatre and the Greig, with support from the AM Qattan Foundation and the British Council.

The show resulting from this campaign is Welcome To The Fringe: Palestine, an all-day program of performance at the Forest Fringe on August 23. The playwright said he and the venues involved would now like to make the Welcome to the Fringe Fund a permanent fixture for the festival.

Greig said: “Forest Fringe, Northern Stage, The Gate and I all feel that the Welcome to the Fringe model could work for artists from other countries and groups who can’t share so easily in the Fringe’s open access – Syria? Uganda? Ukraine? “And so we would like to build on the funding success last year by developing a permanent Welcome To The Fringe Fund.”

The artists coming to the Fringe include storyteller, Fidaa Ataa; poet Alice Youssef; stand up comedian Ayman Nahas, two performance artists Farah Saleh and Yazan Eweidat, The Al Shaghaf music group and The Al Harah Theatre company. The centrepiece of the days events will be a performance of a newly devised play called Shakespeare’s Sisters by Al Harah. The performers will be in Edinburgh for a week and will be “buddied” with local fringe performers and on Sunday 23rd they will all perform at Forest Fringe.

Welcome to the Fringe will also show short films, an exhibition of photography from Palestine, and panel discussions. Some of the artists will perform at Doune The Rabbit Hole Festival in Doune. The other event is an evening cabaret show: Here Is The New From Over There by Northern Stage at Summerhall.

In this show Lorne Campbell and Northern Stage will be working with a mixed company of Arab and UK musician actors to make a show based on 25 specially commissioned Twitter feeds from 25 writers from Turkey, Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, and Israel. These twitter scripts will be merged with music, video and Traditional Arab storytelling techniques and Facebook feeds from the region to make an “alternative news tapestry, a nightly news show with a difference.”

Last year Greig explained some of his thinking behind the funding campaign.

He said: “It dispirits me knowing that my Palestinian theatre making friends are unable to come here and, it dispirits me to think that Israeli theatre makers who are brave enough to reject their government’s sponsorship, might be unable to come here as well. “In the light of all this, I felt the need to do something positive.”

Greig added: “Palestinian voices must be heard on their own terms. Palestinian theatre makers are massively disadvantaged. “It’s important that, in establishing this fund, we are careful to make sure its disbursement recognises this.”

A dozen Palestinian artists to come to Fringe backed by playwright's Kickstarter campaign http://t.co/7pCeCKHm7X pic.twitter.com/vx1UeAPA47

— Palestine Trends (@Palestinolizer) July 18, 2015

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— Palestine – OA (@palestine_oa) July 18, 2015

Palestine Photography on the Fringe – Hamde's Story by Phil Chetwynd – 43 hours left on @Kickstarter http://t.co/B5fI1f5I2G

— John Donald Kirk (@fifekirk) July 10, 2015

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Katie Hopkins Threats Being Investigated By Police – Does she bring it?

I don’t hate Katie, she is paid to upset people by main stream media. She is just a shill

I don’t dislike this woman I just have no time for her. She offended Scotland where I am at a few times and has I think managed to offend many people and #People of whatever #LGBT. Below I left a heap of tweets aimed at Katie, I did not leave any really bad ones in, some were too close to the mark in terms of a Police Matter. She is paid to offend, it’s what she does. She is paid to cause a storm. So instead of hating here I am just saying “Poor Girl” She will pretty much say anything for money while disrespecting every and any kind of person alive today! Poor woman 😦 People will accuse me of ‘Giving her air time’ Well I disagree, I am not on her twitter nor her page at the Sun who pay this monster to speak the unspeakable for any amount of money I am guessing. So to sum up, she is a crap blogger, that is all she is, a blogger 😀

She really is messed up!

Nasty for money

Money is her desire for sure

This is just low and wrong

How does she get away with it?

And this. Her poor children.

~~Via http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ ~~

The outspoken star, who causes daily outrage with her comments, was told to publicly apologise to those she had ‘caused pain’ and ‘show positivity to those who are hurt by you’ if she wanted to ‘feel safe’.

The message concluded: “If you do not complete the task addressed to you your personal details will spread like a disease through the deepest and darkest corners of cyber space.”

A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police confirmed that the threats were being investigated. “Police in Westminster are investigating an allegation of malicious communications against a 40-year-old woman reported on Tuesday, 30 June,” they said.

No arrests have been made but the investigation remains ongoing.

If convicted, the perpetrator could face a fine or up to six months in prison. Last month, the former ‘Apprentice’ star was the victim of a hacking attack on her official Twitter account. Her profile picture was changed to a rather unflattering snap, and a number of tweets were sent, alleging that a sex tape would be released.

The hacker also unfollowed everybody, apart from one account, with the handle @Polbi25, which was also named in one of the tweets. The attacker also suggested the cyber attack was fair, given the columnist’s many controversial statements and public spats, although there is no evidence to suggest that Anonymous was behind the hack.

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~~ Other People on Katie ~~ I had to leave a LOT out

STOP FEEDING THE TROLL ~> #KatieHopkins It's called hype. It's just business. The desired effect is rage. #butthurt #dontgettrolled

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Nature showing #katiehopkins how to get really caught out in the open! https://t.co/RVmKMbkFvO

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The first thing you'll see if/when u go to hell #katiehopkins #satan #666 pic.twitter.com/TxRfb6NoSK

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Katie Hopkins is such a attention seeking waste of air…. Why can't people just ignore her #katiehopkins controversial for air time

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Katie Hopkins receives death threat video aimed at her and family: http://t.co/MoydI1Lqlu pic.twitter.com/UtGMNNOsld

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Paul, an empty womb does not equal an empty life. But your head sounds pretty echoey https://t.co/hWbPV0FmU1

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If Greece were a dog some kindly soul would have taken it to a vet and put it out of its misery http://t.co/pYRxhngCCn

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Liz is single. Spinsters like her leave their cash to the donkey sanctuary & need to rent-a-crowd for their funeral http://t.co/pYRxhngCCn

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Yvette wants votes as she’s a mum. Reproduction is not a credential. Most mums are as reliable as an Uber driver with a hard on @TheSun

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It strikes me when a cashpoint has no cash it has no point either http://t.co/pYRxhngCCn

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@GraceGrann @MeekGlyn because @gordonsmart is scared of Scottish people

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SNP forces Palace to back down in cash row – AS I PREDICTED!

Now please cast your mind back to December 8th 2014 and you will see I wrote this article here ‘Nicola Sturgeon refuses to pay the Queen! Go on Nicola! <Click) An article many scoffed at and ridiculed the mere mention of Scotland stopping paying for the Royal Families upkeep. Where did I get the story in the first place? Well I research hard, I do say this often 😀  As Nicola and the SNP made a decision that will humiliate Buckingham Palace and Westminster, basically Whitehall 😀 This leaves the question of “What will the Unionist’s do” Now what I do mean is the people who won the ‘September 14th 2014 Referendum’ on Scotland voting herself free away from the British Union. Remember the winners? The 55% were the winners and a small percentage of the ‘No Movement are behind the Queen and all she stands for! Are kinda Protestant as they kinda sing to us ish, yet they never go to church, so this small percentage don’t seem the brightest right <Click) I say a small percentage because I hope so. These are Scottish born people singing ‘God Save The Queen’ so lets get one thing clear, I have no problem with someone born in the UK, I am British through birth just now myself, singing this song, in-fact I encourage being a Nationalist or to be proud of where you come from, there is nothing wrong with that. I said before in another blog, I can’t remember when I pointed out ‘It’s not about our flying the flag, it’s why we fly the flag’? Is it hatred? is it national pride? the reason we wave flags? You have your own answer I hope. Because these are the reasons we need to know Scotland. With no hate we try and co-exist and do what’s right for our kids future yet these people, BACKED BY THE MEDIA!!! Almost control. Every day call for the Scottish Unilateral Declaration of Independence things due to where they lean. Make sense? Please say yes!

I just happen to want a free Scotland away from an uneven Union, with knowledge of WHY

Should we put up with this? If we vote yes next time or the SNP just  do they all come out the woodwork? It’s the anger, and it’s same anger we see in London Politicians faces when the rob a person already poor. I think the video above and below will match this image perfectly, both love England here ok. The images below are awful, but they are the same looks you get from a small percentage of no voters or Loyalists as the Media call them. Many Yes voters now talk about Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI<Click) So there are people on both sides looking for the end result today, sadly we must wait, we who want a free Scotland, I won’t brand us any more, we get that already by the uneducated, thankfully a small %

Because he won a vote condemning poor, poorer all over Britain

He did it the year before, this guy is evil for money

They got NOTHING. Yes voters are fighting for a lie they fell for!

The Winners show Scotland exactly how they feel, but numbers are dropping! Lot of English voices there that night 😉

…….We lost, so we got on with it, well we tried

Riots in Glasgow Scotland after independence referendum

Nazi Salutes At Glasgow’s George Square [Nazi Salutes At Glasgow’s George Square]

God Save the Queen Glasgow Style

So Scotland do we want to pay for all this, or do we want to have less Foodbanks? An already brilliant Education System made better? A better National Health Service although it’s all £Free up here, less bombs and more done for the bairns, disabled old and people life just beat up?? Where do you want your Tax money go? You be sitting thinking “I don’t work, what do I care” But you know you pay Tax buying any item on Earth right? Just saying! I know this blog might bring the usual hard men and comments I yawn at and all the hate you can imagine, but really I am ok with it all, people who want to harm you don’t give you a weeks notice in email 😀 In peace and solidarity with anyone in the World who is been stood on by the ignorance of the rest, we stand in Solidarity. Know 1 think my Loyalist in Scotland! Very soon you become a minority in Scotland the same as the Tory and Red Tory alike!

Alba gu bràth

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~~ Via: http://www.theguardian.com/ ~~ 

The Queen is set to no longer receive funding via Scotland’s crown estate, a decision that means that the income of the monarch and the rest of the royal family could reduce by more than £2m a year.

It is understood that the Scottish parliament intends to retain the profits from the crown estate in Scotland for use in Scotland, which could have the consequence of reducing the sovereign grant, which funds the monarchy. Buckingham Palace intends to raise the consequences for the Queen with David Cameron and George Osborne.

It had been understood that Scotland would still agree to contribute to the Queen’s costs after taking over management of the crown estate assets north of the border, worth £26m, but it appears that under Nicola Sturgeon this will not occur. “Originally, Alex Salmond did imply that might happen. But the new leadership said no,” one senior aide said.

The sovereign grant – which this year was £39.9m – funds the royal household. It is calculated on a formula that sees the Queen handed 15% of the annual surplus of the crown estate, one of the largest property owners in the UK. This year, revenue from the crown estate in Scotland stood at £14.5m, which represents a £2.2m contribution to the sovereign grant.

SNP are sending out a huge message here

Palace officials raised the issue as they presented the Queen’s annual accounts. Sir Alan Reid, keeper of the privy purse, said the Scottish plans created a complication over future funding. “The transfer of the Scottish assets of the crown estate to the Scottish government does confuse the issue of renegotiating the percentage in due course because the total assets under the crown estate management will fall, and therefore 15% will be less than it would be if the transfer of the Scottish assets had taken place,” he said.

Under Alex Salmond, the SNP last year pledged that Scotland would retain the Queen as head of state, if the country had voted for independence from the rest of the UK last September. But the monarch faced criticism in Scotland after she was asked to make a rare public intervention in the final days of the Scottish independence referendum, speaking publicly to a well-wisher outside church near Balmoral saying: “I hope people will think very carefully about the future.”

Buckingham Palace stressed that the funding issue would not affect the royal family’s relationship with Scotland. The Queen will “continue to go to Balmoral, and to Holyrood, and she’ll continue to be Queen of Scotland”, said one source.

There appears to be no other mechanism in place for Scotland to contribute to the monarchy. Scottish ministers are thought to be considering transferring the management of the crown estate assets in Scotland on to the local authorities, with the intention of using the surplus for more social purposes.

A Buckingham Palace spokesman said it was wrong to infer that Scotland would no longer contribute to the monarchy based on the change to the operation of the crown estate and its impact on the grant received by the Queen. The spokesman said it was an “entirely hypothetical” situation, and that though the sovereign grant was calculated on a percentage of the crown estate income, “there is a formulaic connection between the two, but there is no financial connection between the two”.

Scots would effectively still contribute to the costs of the monarchy because they pay taxes to the Treasury, which in turn supplies the money for the sovereign grant, he said. A Scottish government spokeswoman added: “Scotland will continue to make the same financial contribution to the monarchy as at present – there will be no reduction in the sovereign grant as a result of devolution of the crown estate.”

The Scottish government said that the level of funding the Queen receives from the Treasury under the sovereign grant is set by reference to 15% of the crown estate’s profits and does not come directly from crown estate profits themselves. With most taxes paid in Scotland continuing to be controlled by the Treasury, Scotland will continue to make the same contribution to the monarchy through general taxation.

The sovereign grant – which apart from security costs represents the main public funding of the monarchy – was introduced in 2011 to replace the annual civil list and property and travel grants. It is based on 15% of crown estate profits from two years previously, but its amount cannot drop below the previous year and the exact percentage is renegotiated every five years. It is due for review from April 2016. The crown estate income was surrendered to the Treasury in return for an annual civil list by George III. The Queen’s accounts show a 6.7% increase in funding last year to £37.9m, of which she spent £35.7m, setting the rest aside in a reserve account.

Defending the increase, at a time of austerity, aides said money had to be found for major repairs on property, including at Buckingham Palace. As part of a 10-year plan, aides have looked at re-servicing Buckingham Palace, with an initial estimate of £150m to bring it up to date. One option would involve the Queen and royal household moving out for the duration of repairs.

The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall notched up the largest travel bill – a £446,159 tour of Mexico and Colombia, a £239,710 tour of the United States and Charles’s visit to the Middle East, which cost £262,212 – all of them using charter flights.

Royal travel costs rose to £5.1m, up 21% on 2013-4. The Duke of York spent £62,856 on a charter flight to Kuwait and £43,343 on a charter to Saudi Arabia. Prince Harry’s tour of Brazil and Chile cost £43,872 on scheduled flights and £41,754 on charter flights.

Prince Charles saw his income from the Duchy of Cornwall rise by 1.7% to £19.8m. His tax bill, after the deduction of business expenditure, was £4.5m. Presenting the accounts, which will be laid before parliament, Reid said: “The Queen, the royal family and the household continue to provide excellent value for money: at 56p per person annually.” He added: “Over the coming years, the maintenance of the estate and in particular Buckingham Palace will present a significant financial challenge. We will continue to work closely with the royal trustees to ensure that the funding for the royal household reflects that challenge.”

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Was Renton from Trainspotting correct?

Now I don’t mean this, it’s just a bit of fun. I was on twitter chatting to @ileenemac and we were just having a bit of fun 😀

From the Movie: 

It’s SHITE being Scottish! We’re the lowest of the low. The scum of the fucking Earth! The most wretched, miserable, servile, pathetic trash that was ever shat into civilization. Some hate the English. I don’t. They’re just wankers. We, on the other hand, are COLONIZED by wankers. Can’t even find a decent culture to be colonized BY. We’re ruled by effete assholes. It’s a SHITE state of affairs to be in, Tommy, and ALL the fresh air in the world won’t make any fucking difference!

@ShaunyNews @Clarkson77 @theSNP Silence or outright derision directed at us. You're right, it is a crap state of affairs!

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