Activists, dubbed ‘Blade Runners’, have been caught on video sabotaging Ulez cameras in London. The secretive group claim to have taken down hundreds of low-emission monitors across the capital. The Mail has the story.
A ‘Blade Runner’ was seen sabotaging two of Sadiq Khan’s much-hated Ulez cameras as nearby diners nonchalantly watched on.
A member from the secret activist group can be seen in a video purposefully walking into view and hoisting what appears to be a tree lopper in the air.
The hooded masked figure then strolls towards the Ulez camera attached to a traffic light believed to be outside The Swan and Mitre Greene King pub in Bromley, South East London, and snips the cable.
One woman smoking a cigarette looks around at the dark-clothed figure before carrying on with her conversation, while a bearded man with sunglasses on his head films the vandalism on his phone. …
Bromley is part of the area where the Ulez will soon expand with its local authority one of the coalition of councils who unsuccessfully challenged Mr. Khan’s plans in the High Court.
It comes amid a campaign of anti-Ulez action from the secretive group, who have targeted cameras elsewhere in London.
That month an onlooker filmed a man calmly unscrewing one of the cameras as the hatred of the Mayor of London’s low emission scheme began to grow as the expansion date drew nearer.
The group has been attacking ANPR cameras that catch out drivers using high-polluting vehicles across the capital.
The London Mayor’s controversial scheme will force Londoners to pay £12.50 a day to drive in Greater London from August 29th, if their cars don’t meet certain environmental standards.
One of the secretive Blade Runners met with MailOnline and vowed: “We are going to take down every single one no matter what.”
Dressed in a balaclava to protect his identity, the father in his mid-forties revealed he had stolen 34 Ulez cameras himself but his group and others like them have taken down hundreds.
He told MailOnline: “In terms of damage, it’s way more than what [Khan and TfL] have stated. It’s at least a couple of hundred.” …
As of March 21st, 2023, the Mayor’s office said there were 43 instances of vandalism or theft to Ulez cameras.
TfL said it would no longer provide details on just how many cameras were being vandalised, as there is “danger of inadvertently giving [vandals] the oxygen of publicity,” Mr. Khan said.
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Slightly off-thread, but I was reminded of the following issue from the distant past, which I conjecture is present today in the US and UK.
[TL;DR: modern healthcare is dominated by politics and activist agenda rather than medicine]
Covid apart, fraud schemes involving anti-depressants, other interventions and protocols are well-known in the UK mental health services too, though the well-meaning people involved in them might find a justification for them, and indeed the fraud is minor in itself but has repercussions. In one hospital I was associated with (through visiting patients as a carers’ representative) there were issues over “ring-fencing” of government funding and protocols for treating severe depression. In essence, the physicians or finance directors found out, or concluded, that as a result of funding conditions they could only authorise and fund certain medication (e.g.cheap anti-depressants) or certain therapy (expensive Cognitive or Dialectical Behavioural Therapy) if they also ticked a box saying that in their opinion the depression was attributable to certain politically-associated causative agents, most relevantly “domestic emotional abuse”, “discrimination”, “bullying” and suchlike. (Politicians at the time were keen to use terms like “tackling workplace bullying” and “addressing the epidemic of domestic emotional violence” in their rhetoric.) Thinking they were working in the best interests of the patient and merely bending the rules a little, the physicians and administrators would collude to tick these boxes to keep the financial department and politicians happy and, usually, achieve a short-term (and often long-term) medical benefit. Unfortunately, in some cases (notably Dramatic Personality Disorder) the patients, often with distorted perception of their world, would see the “tick boxes” and use them as evidence to seek reparation from their ex-spouses, ex-employers for causing the depression, trying to use the ticks as evidence that a clinician supports the hypothesis of what causes the depressive behaviour, whereas the clinicians was merely bending the rules to obtain funding. Arguably, tick-boxing didn’t help the patient in the long term either, as it merely gave them an incorrect identification of the cause of their depressive behaviour, which they would then cling on to rather than seeking more accurate interventions. At least the lawyers made some money out of the practice!
A cynic might note that they accidentally gave ALL the “vaccinated” a lower standard, by promoting a drug that was granted “Emergency Authorization Use”, and circumventing the normal protocol for brand new drugs. A proper risk and benefit analysis would be nice, at the very least.
The medical profession has not covered itself in glory, and on not one, but three occasions.
[1] The medical professions showed open support for BLM an avowedly Marxist organisation that created an atmosphere to imply that only black lives mattered, as evidenced by of the radio presenter in the Isle of Man that lost his job because he said all lives matter, to give just one example
[2] The medical profession promoted lockdowns, masks and the mandating of unproven ‘vaccine’ therapies, with their unions championing governments to pay people to stay at home and not work. Now those same unions complain that inflation has devalued their pay packets.
[3] The medical profession prioritised Covid patients above all else so that Cancer patient’s care was suspended. And of course the example given above.
During any war it is expected that medics treat injured soldiers and civilians based on need and not who they are. Just one example is the famous story below from WW2. How far have we drifted form the following and why?
The chilling thing about this is that so many perfectly lovely friends, relatives and family all went along with this. During the period when serious discussions were made about allowing unvaccinated to participate in society, I remember being a bit shocked at a perfectly reasonable friend thinking that it was not just OKay but actually justified to shut those of us who preferred not to take part in an experiment out of medical treatment/travel etc (or even restaurants in France).
It was, by far, the biggest outbreak of Mass Psychosis since the Medieval Witch Trials.
“Crimes the individual alone could never stand are freely committed by the group [smitten by madness].” Carl Jung, The Symbolic Life
i had the same thing happen to me, closest friends ,a sibling,cousins too.
i’m glad others like me here that i can read about so not feel so alone and wasn’t just me had this happen.chilling is good description .was like ww2 posters no parks no schools no restaurants no cinemas but they didn’t realize .still don’t.
Last edited 2 years ago by sam s.j.
Jabby Mcstiff
2 years ago
These are bitter truths but it is always better to know and to remember. And the memories are going to be very poignant for many given their losses. This profession seems to think that it will always carry on unscathed. I have a feeling that this may not be the case given the awakening on a mass scale that has occurred in just the last two months. I would just ask them to repent of their actions it isn’t impossible. This has been a very fertile period in terms of cross-pollination of disciplines and the joining together of open minds. Before we lament our times we should imagine what it would be like if we didn’t have to go through them.
Dr G
2 years ago
To read this article 3 years ago, one would assume one was reading a dystopian short story of the science fiction genre.
The sad reality is that I have witnessed very similar occurrences here in Australia.
And we don’t have a Florida to move to!
Good fiction is believable. This is unbelievable, sadly, but true. I was admitted to Royal Berks Hospital in 2021 and the lead physician in A&E was vitriolic, foaming at the mouth and shouting at me when I told him I was unvaccinated. He didn’t like that I had the temerity to tell him he had no right to advise me under his Hippocratic oath to take a clearly unsafe and ineffective treatment which he would know if he had read the trial data. He refused to treat me and passed me on to an underling. An unforgettable experience of the Covid era. Me and my family are happy and healthy. I wonder if he is?
He should have been up before the GMC and barred from practising. But he most likely got an award for following the narrative
RTSC
2 years ago
Retaining your integrity and peace of mind is priceless.
Well done.
SomersetHoops
2 years ago
Dr James Miller should be seen as a beacon of truth, honesty and honour in a very faulty American medical system. I haven’t heard of any doctors with the same actions in the UK National Health system, but I suspect they may exist, although silenced by the system. After the extreme impact of Covid is over, I expect more situations like this will be discovered.
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A hero. A real doctor in a world gone insane. For all the risks of hurricanes, I think I’d move to Florida in a heartbeat if I could.
Slightly off-thread, but I was reminded of the following issue from the distant past, which I conjecture is present today in the US and UK.
[TL;DR: modern healthcare is dominated by politics and activist agenda rather than medicine]
Covid apart, fraud schemes involving anti-depressants, other interventions and protocols are well-known in the UK mental health services too, though the well-meaning people involved in them might find a justification for them, and indeed the fraud is minor in itself but has repercussions. In one hospital I was associated with (through visiting patients as a carers’ representative) there were issues over “ring-fencing” of government funding and protocols for treating severe depression. In essence, the physicians or finance directors found out, or concluded, that as a result of funding conditions they could only authorise and fund certain medication (e.g.cheap anti-depressants) or certain therapy (expensive Cognitive or Dialectical Behavioural Therapy) if they also ticked a box saying that in their opinion the depression was attributable to certain politically-associated causative agents, most relevantly “domestic emotional abuse”, “discrimination”, “bullying” and suchlike. (Politicians at the time were keen to use terms like “tackling workplace bullying” and “addressing the epidemic of domestic emotional violence” in their rhetoric.) Thinking they were working in the best interests of the patient and merely bending the rules a little, the physicians and administrators would collude to tick these boxes to keep the financial department and politicians happy and, usually, achieve a short-term (and often long-term) medical benefit. Unfortunately, in some cases (notably Dramatic Personality Disorder) the patients, often with distorted perception of their world, would see the “tick boxes” and use them as evidence to seek reparation from their ex-spouses, ex-employers for causing the depression, trying to use the ticks as evidence that a clinician supports the hypothesis of what causes the depressive behaviour, whereas the clinicians was merely bending the rules to obtain funding. Arguably, tick-boxing didn’t help the patient in the long term either, as it merely gave them an incorrect identification of the cause of their depressive behaviour, which they would then cling on to rather than seeking more accurate interventions. At least the lawyers made some money out of the practice!
Personal and professional integrity were quickly cast aside by too many in the face of financial incentives.
Thank goodness there were / are some true professionals who advocate for their patients and fellow humans.
https://tessa.substack.com/p/anthem-covid-19-vaccine-provider
Rotten ba#tards.
A cynic might note that they accidentally gave ALL the “vaccinated” a lower standard, by promoting a drug that was granted “Emergency Authorization Use”, and circumventing the normal protocol for brand new drugs. A proper risk and benefit analysis would be nice, at the very least.
Medical Apartheid justified by those who claimed to hate Racial Apartheid
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The medical profession has not covered itself in glory, and on not one, but three occasions.
[1] The medical professions showed open support for BLM an avowedly Marxist organisation that created an atmosphere to imply that only black lives mattered, as evidenced by of the radio presenter in the Isle of Man that lost his job because he said all lives matter, to give just one example
[2] The medical profession promoted lockdowns, masks and the mandating of unproven ‘vaccine’ therapies, with their unions championing governments to pay people to stay at home and not work. Now those same unions complain that inflation has devalued their pay packets.
[3] The medical profession prioritised Covid patients above all else so that Cancer patient’s care was suspended. And of course the example given above.
During any war it is expected that medics treat injured soldiers and civilians based on need and not who they are. Just one example is the famous story below from WW2. How far have we drifted form the following and why?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrI1bB39PGs
Humanity in War: The Story of Two Medics on D-Day
The chilling thing about this is that so many perfectly lovely friends, relatives and family all went along with this. During the period when serious discussions were made about allowing unvaccinated to participate in society, I remember being a bit shocked at a perfectly reasonable friend thinking that it was not just OKay but actually justified to shut those of us who preferred not to take part in an experiment out of medical treatment/travel etc (or even restaurants in France).
It was, by far, the biggest outbreak of Mass Psychosis since the Medieval Witch Trials.
“Crimes the individual alone could never stand are freely committed by the group [smitten by madness].”
Carl Jung, The Symbolic Life
A “perfectly lovely” couple we know told us that all unvaccinated people should be imprisoned for endangering others …
i had the same thing happen to me, closest friends ,a sibling,cousins too.
i’m glad others like me here that i can read about so not feel so alone and wasn’t just me had this happen.chilling is good description .was like ww2 posters no parks no schools no restaurants no cinemas but they didn’t realize .still don’t.
These are bitter truths but it is always better to know and to remember. And the memories are going to be very poignant for many given their losses. This profession seems to think that it will always carry on unscathed. I have a feeling that this may not be the case given the awakening on a mass scale that has occurred in just the last two months. I would just ask them to repent of their actions it isn’t impossible. This has been a very fertile period in terms of cross-pollination of disciplines and the joining together of open minds. Before we lament our times we should imagine what it would be like if we didn’t have to go through them.
To read this article 3 years ago, one would assume one was reading a dystopian short story of the science fiction genre.
The sad reality is that I have witnessed very similar occurrences here in Australia.
And we don’t have a Florida to move to!
Good fiction is believable. This is unbelievable, sadly, but true. I was admitted to Royal Berks Hospital in 2021 and the lead physician in A&E was vitriolic, foaming at the mouth and shouting at me when I told him I was unvaccinated. He didn’t like that I had the temerity to tell him he had no right to advise me under his Hippocratic oath to take a clearly unsafe and ineffective treatment which he would know if he had read the trial data. He refused to treat me and passed me on to an underling. An unforgettable experience of the Covid era. Me and my family are happy and healthy. I wonder if he is?
He should have been up before the GMC and barred from practising. But he most likely got an award for following the narrative
Retaining your integrity and peace of mind is priceless.
Well done.
Dr James Miller should be seen as a beacon of truth, honesty and honour in a very faulty American medical system. I haven’t heard of any doctors with the same actions in the UK National Health system, but I suspect they may exist, although silenced by the system. After the extreme impact of Covid is over, I expect more situations like this will be discovered.