The writer is in Australia.
People of class and good breeding learn early on that gloating is unseemly and unbecoming. I suppose that makes me unseemly. And unbecoming. Because nothing was better than staying home Wednesday to watch the U.S. election returns. Yep, watching them call the election for Trump. Then for the first time in four or so years actually tuning into ‘our’ ABC national broadcaster to revel in the angst and incredulity of this monolithic, Lefty institution – thereby almost making worthwhile the taxes I am forced to pay to support this incestuous, “we cover the whole gamut of opinions from A almost to B, Greens almost to Labour” outfit. Then turning off the TV and going out with pro-Trump friends for wines and a few finishing glasses of Scotch. And then waking up this morning, slightly sore-headed, but “unburdened by what has been”. The grass seemed greener. The air cleaner. I was able to take subtle joy from the various Aussie celebrities who had uniformly come out to support Kamala and were now melting down. “Bliss it was in that dawn to be alive. But to be young was very heaven.” Okay, I’m not young. But bliss more or less captures how I’m feeling.
I say I’m going to gloat because readers of the Spectator Australia will know that I have been predicting for near on two years, in print and very publicly, that Donald Trump was going to win this election and that it could be a landslide. No equivocating. No backsliding. I also have predicted for the last two months that it would be the trifecta – Presidency, Senate and House. So let me apologise right away for not seeing that it would in fact be the quadfecta (is that a word?) – Trump would also win the popular vote. I didn’t think that was possible. Oh ye of little faith!
Want to know how unusual this Trump win is? For a Republican, Trump’s Electoral College landslide is the biggest since Reagan in 1984. His popular vote win is the first for a Republican candidate since 2004 and the after-effects of 9/11. Trump’s coattails look to be delivering a Republican Senate of at least 53 but possibly up to 55 Senators. (If the last of those comes to pass it would be the most Republicans in the Senate since 1928.) Trump will also be much better off than in 2016. You see he has almost single-handedly reshaped the Republican party. The chamber-of-commerce, open-borders types (who did much to block the funding of his wall) are near-on gone from the party. Almost as gone are the Neo-Con pro-war types. Many people still just assume that the Republicans are the party of the rich. Not so. Democrats are. In this election they outspent the Republicans nearly three to one and it came from big donations much more than Trump’s campaign chest. Think back to our Voice referendum or Brexit in the U.K. and you’ll spot the similarities because Trump was massively outspent. Harris had the legacy media overwhelmingly in her corner. (Some studies showed she was getting virtually 100% positive coverage on the three main free-to-air networks and on CNN and MSNBC, though not Fox of course. The same studies showed Trump getting over 90% negative coverage.) Media aside, Kamala also had basically all of Hollywood lined up to endorse her. Big Tech was on side save for the remarkable Elon Musk. (Isn’t it an odd world where we have had to rely on a renegade, non-conformist billionaire to do the most to protect free speech – not least by being willing to overpay for Twitter and then, after firing 75% of employees with no discernible impact on operations, make it a vehicle that does not bow down before censorious government? If you support free speech you really owe Musk a debt of gratitude.) Who else? Well, the corporate world and its chequebooks clearly supported Harris. Be clear, rich people as a generalisation now vote Left. Hillary Clinton took virtually all of the hundred wealthiest counties. Boris did not win the rich constituencies in 2019. Trump won in the poor and working-class parts of the U.S., not in the über wealthy or even just wealthy parts of town. Well-off, rich whites voted for Kamala, not Trump. So the entire establishment and its media minions were all on one side, with three times more money to spend, and Trump beat them all.
Be clear. This is the greatest U.S. political comeback ever. Maybe you can put Andrew Jackson in the same league. Grover Cleveland and Richard Nixon if you want to stretch things even more. But Trump was hit with the Russia collusion scam. He was impeached twice for nothing. They tried to bankrupt him and put him in jail. Four dozen odd intelligence agents (past and present) signed a letter just before the 2020 election saying that the Hunter Biden laptop had “all the hallmarks of Russian collusion”. They did that knowing that claim was false and the laptop real. In fact, the FBI had known since 2019 that it was real and that the data on it, that compromised Hunter and his dad, were real too. Then there was the lawfare. The changing the law to allow a New York civil suit against him that had long passed the statute of limitations and then to impose an unheard of, massive amount of damages. The four criminal charges, two at the state level and two federal, were worse. The New York one on which he was convicted, the so-called ‘hush money’ or non-disclosure case, was a flat out disgrace and amounted to a patent targeting of a political opponent, Third World style. You bring in the third highest Department of Justice lawyer to work for a city District Attorney. You have the NY DA, Alvin Bragg, turn a Mickey Mouse misdemeanour into an indictable offence. (And Bragg till then had only ever done the opposite, turned indictable offences into misdemeanours, in his attempts to go as softly on crime as you’d expect of any good George Soros-funded District Attorney.) To transmogrify a misdemeanour into an indictable offence you need to point some indictable offence. Bragg opted for federal campaign finance laws. But the Biden Department of Justice had laughed the idea of such charges out of court and not brought them. And so what was a New York DA doing invoking such charges in his wholly novel legal theory that attempted to make what Trump had done – i.e., pay a woman to keep quiet about past sexual liaisons in a way that three-quarters of Hollywood and many, many rich men have done – into something indictable and supposedly serious? Then you bring the charge in Manhattan, a place that votes Democrat nine to one. You find a judge who won’t recuse himself though his daughter was a big fundraiser for the Dems – and he’d contributed modest amounts to the Dems as well. It was stitch up all the way up. And the other three cases were no better. Sure, you can call someone a felon if you are prepared to weaponise the justice system against your main political opponent. But that reeks of tinpot Third World regimes.
Anyway, Trump overcame that. He overcame attempts to take him off the ballot. There were two assassination attempts on his life, in part due to Harris, many other Democrats and a big chunk of the legacy media all describing him as a “fascist”, as “Hitler”, as a “Nazi”. (Enjoyable sidenote: after Wednesday’s win by Trump someone posted the joke meme that “Over 40% of U.S. Jews just voted for Hitler”.) Let me be clear. This was the most remarkable political comeback in U.S. history. Perhaps in the entire Anglosphere’s history.
Let me finish by pointing out the fact of supposedly conservative politicians and ex-politicians (all ‘wets’) from around the Anglosphere who went public before the election to support Kamala. They embarrassed themselves. Australia’s own George Brandis wrote one of the most embarrassing columns of the lot in the Sydney Morning Herald. He hinted that Trump might be a fascist, but was certainly a demagogue. This showed no understanding of what a fascist actually is. And as for demagoguery, recall that during Covid Trump had the perfect chance to centralise all decision-making to himself. And yet more than Trudeau in Canada and more than Morrison here (and in the de facto sort of federation in Britain, more than Boris there) he left all calls to the states. Not much of a fascist or demagogue then, was he? Worse, this is the Brandis who played a pivotal role in bringing down Tony Abbott. This is the Brandis who has appointed the worst High Court judges of any Liberal (i.e., centre-Right) Attorney General ever. (I won’t talk about the recent judgment that is activism on steroids and will make it near impossible to deal with some pretty dangerous types, brought to you by a majority Coalition-appointed top court.) This is the Brandis who overlooks everything the Democrats have done in the way of lawfare, bogus Russian collusion charges, trying to jail and bankrupt their main opponent and resorting to ridiculous name-calling just so he can do some name calling of his own. Or look at William Hague in Britain. Former Conservative Party leader. He writes a virtue-signalling column saying Harris just has to win. It oozed self-righteousness and a willingness to prefer the most Left-wing socialist, open borders proponent, identity politics pushing, big spending, big government candidate in U.S. history. Over a man with Trump’s first term record.
I don’t want to vote for a party with people like Brandis and Hague in it. Trump’s most enduring achievement is to have removed these types from today’s Republican party. That’s what these types really don’t like.
James Allan is the Garrick Professor of Law at Queensland University. This article first appeared in Spectator Australia.
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Blanc! C’mon you’re messing with us Amanda.
A man da Blanc
Not just the surname. Using slang “da” as “the”.
Very good indeed!
The Aviva website has Diversity, Equity and Inclusion rather than Equality. This is quite different and could be abused on an individual basis.
…which is the whole point.
Equity means fair. Although in progressive-speak it has some other bovine fæces meaning.
Wokism aka political correctness is the eradication of Judeo-Christian values and culture from society.
It defines the wicked, those who hate God’s laws.
Sheep and goats.
I don’t know about ‘diversity, but ‘perversity’ seems to be trending these days.
The Blanc creature and her pitiful firm deserve to suffer the same fate as Alison Rose and Natwest. I really hope the punters using Aviva strip it of business.
Generously seconded.
And isn’t she making that same Masonic hand gesture that Angela Merkel used to make? Actually I don’t buy into over-analyzing gestures and symbols and thinking they have some sort of satanic meaning or anything like that. Many people do though. But I tend to think, at least with women, when they don’t have a handbag and they can’t fidget they’re at a loss for something to do with their hands. Men fiddle with their cuffs don’t they? Or do a Napoleon impression if you’re that daft Mr Markle.
I hadn’t spotted that Mogs. Actually i don’t discount some of the hand movement malarkey and there is an awful lot of messaging behind non-verbal communication.
And take it where?
It is disgusting and you have to ask yourself why they’re doing it and it isn’t just post-Christian God-shaped hole liberalism. Self-hatred is an incoherent position and any thinking person would never admit to it but it does seep in and pretends to be something else. The attack on the strong male is very easy to understand.It is a pernicious force that afflicts people to such an extent that for them it is just a part of the wallpaper or ideology. Every thinking person knows that the ultimate being is a black transgender lesbian hermaphrodite. Nietzsche talked about the danger of the transvaluation of values in Christian teaching and I think he was ahead of his time in seeing where it would lead. The enemy sees these weak spots straightaway and there are people fighting us who are several levels or dimensions in advance of our understanding of the attack. But I suppose things are getting better in that regard.
Completely off topic but what has happpened to the pro Israel items.
Also, what about Ukraine winning, lol, Mr. Rons.
Perhaps the Israeli response is beginning to look unjustifiable to some of the previously enthusiastic supporters.
“Aviva” formerly Norwich Union, embraced this social engineering creed for their own gain in the early 2000’s. ( 2002 to be exact ) They conspired with the government to push far beyond their commercial remit for ‘continuous insurance cover’ and the MID and other measures. At the time I instructed my company to withdraw all insurance products from them and place them elsewhere. I would not touch them on principle.
This Ms Blanc is just the latest in a long line of corporate talking heads who fail to recognise that companies and people pay for well delivered products. Why is it that she even looks like the piece of work from NatWest.
“Why is it that she even looks like the piece of work from NatWest.”
My first thoughts also. Why is it the women in these positions and committing these crimes always seem to be the ones men would pass on?
It’s cloning isn’t it?
Yes. They’re all turned out by a secret factory “somewhere near Biggleswade”!
True, they all look like a cross between Sturgeon and Merkel.
For one thing its easier – its easier to walk wround with bad posture and shoulders unbefitting a man. Just like its easier to persue the life of a dimwit then to push yourself. But I don’t think that that this has its origin in the weakness of the will. There is a confluence of things. Even things that might not immediately srping to mind like global dimming. Sunlight is very important for testosterone. There was a big drop off from 1988-1997 in terms of male energy. And many men think that the weakness they feel is just a result of age. It really isn’t an age thing. And that’s before you even get on to all the toxins in the air and food and water having a similar effect. And if you don’t know about it you would never even bother to address it. And I bet you don’t get lessons on the BBC in how to increase your testosterone. You have to have the balls to dediscover your balls.
It is just about hatred of white people and the desire to destroy white civilisation – a destruction which is progressing very well indeed. We just didn’t breed enough and were not ruthless enough, lacked self-belief. I wonder what will happen on Planet Earth. It could have been so good.
Yep, evidence of that in this short clip. The slow but constant creep of Islamization so as to eclipse the indigenous folk and develop a majority, thereafter a caliphate. Well it’s already happened in many places hasn’t it, but like somebody says in the comments, if they want Sharia law as opposed to abide by the existing laws of the land, then why the hell don’t they move to a majority Muslim country? Back to the fundamentals of their ideology for the answers, I guess, which they aren’t exactly backwards in coming forwards about sharing with all and sundry.
https://twitter.com/nirbhaysirohi/status/1734246825694200184
Because majority Muslim countries are mainly either failed or poor states I guess. As our states will become, eventually – 50 or 100 years, or maybe sooner – a combination of colonisation, self-hatred, “wokeness” that denies reality and true science. Very sad.
Well this appears to be progress that Wilders has made recently, though we’ll see how this translates into real life all in good time I suppose;
”The Netherlands will have the option to deviate from strict adherence to European asylum and migration policies, following a decision by the House of Representatives on Wednesday. Geert Wilders, leader of the PVV party, hails this as a “historic motion.”
The motion, submitted by PVV, NSC, BBB, and VVD on Tuesday, advocates for an opt-out arrangement similar to Denmark’s, which has effectively managed mass immigration for two decades. The opt-out scheme allows a Member State to withdraw from a specific area of EU policy if it chooses not to participate, the Dutch press reported.
Denmark’s strict migration policy includes limited access to benefits and social services for newcomers, tightened conditions for family reunification, restricted labor market access for those lacking Danish language skills, and asylum seekers having to fund their own shelter.”
https://www.voiceofeurope.com/netherlands-parliament-approves-historic-motion-to-opt-out-of-eu-asylum-and-migration-policy/
Thanks
Good to hear some positive news for a change
Let’s hope it is the start of something rather than too little too late
I don’t see much hope for the UK
Funny how they all apparently want to come here to be “free”, but want to bring the tyranny they are supposedly fleeing from with them.
You can take the wholesale destruction of the white races as a given just by looking at birth rates and of course these occupy an exponential curve. That battle is lost in terms of demographics. Even more so because the more intelligent the white person the less likely they are to breed. Going into the future it will be about establishing enclaves and ghettos. But it helps if we have something that unites us and so we need to spread the Christian mythos. Not some superifical crap that most people will reject but a true understanding of the Christ impulse, the power behind the sun. I only say this because this is our last hope. We do still have it but it takes an energy to ignite it.
The dotage of the baby boomers represents a shift and I don’t attack them for their cosstetedness and their dotage and softness. I’m sure we would all have become that soft in that environment. But the new young men are like malleable men of steel because they know that they have no hope at all saving a true fight. If you ever feel tired or jaded then just spend some time around a young person. I thought I was fired up as a teenager but these people are next level.
All you have to do as a man is type into Google ‘supplements herbs testosterone’. If you cared about it you wouldn’t need me to tell you about it, Honestly those without the gumption you are well and truly screwed. There will be no contimuing life of comfort you will be dragged out like in the worst excesses of Maoisn. I am just giving you prior warning. As T S Eliot said, thou shall not deny the body
There is no passive position where you just sit back like a boo0mer and watch television. You either get with it or you are removed. This is not a future I desire I am just telling you what it will be.
A white man wouldn’t get away with a similar statement.
If it’s taken this for anybody to realise what has been going on for decades they’re thick enough to be looking forward to their next booster.
Is this the explanation for the Fermi Paradox?
https://youtu.be/iceLm_mUvRo?si=svvBwosgccmdVr9W
Forty palm trees destroyed by the council in Torquay.
Why?
I know it’s likely to be an unpopular view, but it’s just possible that she has a point. A few years ago, when Aviva was known as Norwich Union, its chairman George Paul was also my father’s boss.
At a management conference, the audience was appalled to hear their chairman explain that the company’s recent poor performance could be corrected if only they recruited more boys from his old school, Harrow! During the lunch break, one of his close aides clearly had a word in George’s ear with the result that he apologised for any misunderstanding and explained that he’d meant to say “Eton and Harrow”!
She’s probably still got a number of these idiots still on the books!
Odd feeling reading the linked Telegraph article with the advertising videos running just above and/or below one’s line of vision – featuring the usual absurdly idealised scenes in which glowingly healthy, reassuringly affluent racial groups together demonstrate the perfect harmony of their unusually successful social lives. It seems to be impossible for institutions such as the Daily Telegraph to avoid supporting such obviously woke propaganda, doesn’t it. Amanda Blanc, in the unlikely event that she reads the Telegraph, might be put out by the critical import of the article, but will be reassured by the Telegraph’s evident inability to take a principled stance, one way or the other.
Make no mistake, diversity means ——Less White People. –All part of the globalist reset. I don’t think this is what Luther King had in mind when he suggested we should all be judged by the content of our character rather than the colour of our skin. ——Apparently that is exactly how we are now to be judged though according to the inclusion and diversity nonsense.—— And it is to start with white people judging themselves by checking their “privilege”.
She looks rather white. I hope she will be giving up her position to someone more “diverse” as soon as possible. Or is it OK because she’s female? If she changes her surname to “Noir” perhaps she could identify as black?
White people discriminating against other white people – surely at this point the only way is up?
Let’s see how they cope if they get rid of all their non-diverse customers.
Since racial discrimination is against the law in the UK, when does Blankety Blanc go on trial?
“Non-diverse”? “White males”? How is a “white male” not diverse?
Perhaps Amanda Blanc is using an identity marxist definition of “diverse” based on the belief that identity is the most important construct for understanding difference, and what it means to be a “white and male” identity? So to be a “diverse, white male”, is to have an intersectional understanding of the white male position in an identity marxist intersectional hierarchy of power and privilege, AKA a hierarchy of oppressor/oppressed.
Being “diverse” is therefore having a woke marxist critical consciousness of one’s position in a power structure of oppressor/oppressed. A “white male” is “diverse” when they have been ‘awokened’ – when they have a critical consciousness of what it means to be white and male – to be conscious of their oppressor status.
This, then, is *the* metric for deciding the hiring of senior white males. And the person who decides if they have this critical consciousness, is the Political Commissar or “expert” in the world view of ‘woke identity marxism’. And that would be Aviva’s Chief Executive, in this case.
A white male is not diverse because diversity is about getting rid of white people. Less White people is the goal. Whether that is in the workplace, in sport, in TV adverts, in newsreaders, in drama (Bridgerton) and in the country. Whiteness is “The Original SIn”