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I'm starting to think (and it may be bigger than just the UK to be honest, mostly in Western countries) that politicians since the late 1950s have actually done everything in their power to weaken and destroy their countries.
Just looking at the UK, in the 1980s Thatcher stripped out the industries and shut them down (yes some were ailing, but they could have modernised and invested in like Germany after WW2), she also sold off transport and utility companies to foreign investors who just want to cream off the profits. How many times do you see the energy companies put up their tariffs?
Brown sold off the gold at the lowest price in the decade and left the country in swathes of debt by 2010.
Cameron came in with austerity and starved the country of investment and yet seems to have made little dent in the national debt which has now been totally made pointless by the covid money printing machine. Although the elite made great gains.
Blair gave away more political powers to the EU... Started of course by Heath in the 1970s. Theresa May was determined to see the UK stuck in a weird limbo when leaving the EU (a vassal state without any benefits of being either in the EU nor out of it). Ruled by people without the option to vote them in or out...
Let's not forget the whole political correctness and changing the language and wholesale rebranding (spin) of the Blair years.
Although the Tories set up the Dr Beeching report, it seems the Wilson government went along with it with relish... Stripping out railway networks across the country because they weren't profitable... How in the modern world where we are trying to champion green politics and the environment, and reducing car usage, we have an overworked network with so few duplicate routes and communities isolated from public transport. Buses well they're dire outside of London... Thatcher gets that point.
Then we come to electricity generation. It seems to me we are going to be using more and more of the stuff in the decades coming (heating/cookers/cars etc.) And yet we seem to be closing power stations at a rate of Knots, so where does all this power we need come from?
The politicians of any party, only care for their bank balances and utter control of the people they are supposed to represent.
Tax 'em hard, impoverish them, strip away their freedom of thought, enslave them to following endless rules and regulate the way they behave and think. And just to sweeten the deal throw in some bread and circuses... Here's what you could have won... Free broadband for everyone. Get Brexit Done. Education, education, education... (Student debt has skyrocketed since 1997).
The west seem to be stripping their countries to the bone, the east seem to be stockpiling gold and building strong militaries. Something's afoot...

Of course the people that orchestrate these schemes never include themselves in the group that have to live within the new restrictions.
The whole idea of preventing money laundering and tackling crime. Great on the tin, but actually the criminals will simply find a way around it. Instead the ordinary, law abiding folk will be hit instead, as always.
I'll state bluntly that I have never liked the EU (as the political body) and I've never trusted it. I'm afraid I have read Ninteen Eighty Four and they really are like Big Brother, the moral police, slowly encroaching on people's freedoms and rights through an ever growing network of complex rules and regulations. A malicious spider weaving its web.
How does an organisation that was birthed as a trading partnership to create frictionless trade, seem to do nothing but barriers, regulations and obstacles in the way of businesses?
It was never really about trade, it was always about creating a unified (political) European superstate based on some neo-marxist ideal, where the elites can analyse every one of their citizens and have supreme control over their thoughts and actions.
Beware my friends, they are never going to stop... there's too much money for those in the loop to walk away from this. They'll take your gold, your houses and your rights. You will own nothing and be happy.

Hi All
I have not disclosed previously, but in some of my rare spare time, I am a scambaiter.  That means that I ethically waste the time of Internet scammers.  
I started a few years ago after my best friends elderly dad was scammed out of many many thousands of pounds.  It is impossible to go after the scammers directly but it is possible to waste their time and frustrate their efforts.  In doing so I get U.K. bank account details from scammers that they use to move their money to foreign locations.  I get those accounts closed.  I won’t post details (too easy for scammers to alter their behaviours) but am happy to answer questions if anyone is interested by PM.
Out “friend” Dan told spun me a few lines  about the junk he has been selling, so to waste his time and demoralise him, I have been getting him to take endless photos of his coins promising very high values as some of them are “rare”. He claims is coins are genuine….
Side photos, black and white ones with light ones in the dark.  This morning, he cracked and was abusive but not before I got his email address and EXIF’s that located where he lives to pass to Action Fraud.
Similarly, using another identity I have been negotiating a “deal” for his replica Honda Type R.  I offered over the asking price, and he is driving it to Barry (a way from his home) to “meet me” at the Tesco car park tomorrow where he things I will be handing over “1 big one and a slab of special brew”.  I call this sending him on a “Safari”, where I will change the meeting location after he has been waiting for 30 mins.
I cannot stand scammers who prey on people and, whilst the forum may not approve of what I do (or maybe you do) I will continue to disrupt scammers, report them to Action Fraud, police and have their accounts closed.
All the best
Dicker
 
 
 
 

Of course the people that orchestrate these schemes never include themselves in the group that have to live within the new restrictions.
The whole idea of preventing money laundering and tackling crime. Great on the tin, but actually the criminals will simply find a way around it. Instead the ordinary, law abiding folk will be hit instead, as always.
I'll state bluntly that I have never liked the EU (as the political body) and I've never trusted it. I'm afraid I have read Ninteen Eighty Four and they really are like Big Brother, the moral police, slowly encroaching on people's freedoms and rights through an ever growing network of complex rules and regulations. A malicious spider weaving its web.
How does an organisation that was birthed as a trading partnership to create frictionless trade, seem to do nothing but barriers, regulations and obstacles in the way of businesses?
It was never really about trade, it was always about creating a unified (political) European superstate based on some neo-marxist ideal, where the elites can analyse every one of their citizens and have supreme control over their thoughts and actions.
Beware my friends, they are never going to stop... there's too much money for those in the loop to walk away from this. They'll take your gold, your houses and your rights. You will own nothing and be happy.

It took some finding but I managed to locate the original source material for one of my posts above. For those interested see:
http://www.britnumsoc.org/publicns/bnj-articles-by-year
It comes as a PDF so I can't link directly.
But under the '1918' menu there is an article written by H W Morrieson, entitled 'The centenary of our modern coinage...'
Next to the title there is a little green square, this takes you to the article.
Note the last paragraph of Pg. 122 and the first two paragraphs of Pg. 123.
 Summarised it argues that although sovereigns represent the main unit of currency of the land 'they are now rarely seen' and are looked upon by some as 'curiosities'. He further states he hopes this 'scarcity will be of short duration'.
My take home from that was, in 1918 it was still thought of as a temporary measure and that sovereigns were coming back upon the war's conclusion. That sovereigns were still circulating in some form, very much reduced though, to the point where some might view them as unusual.
I suppose a modern example may be the use of pre-1997 all brass £2 coins, I've seen a few used in circulation, more common in the late 1990s, much less common now. The last one I got in change being around 2012.

Antique silver is everywhere. The metal is not rare at all.
Certain modern products may have supply and distribution issues on occasions, but if you're not fussed on the form of the silver there's millions of spoons, cream jugs, Vesta cases, snuff boxes and cigarette cases out there all looking for homes.
 

That's going in strong! More than its face value... 😁

I always loved the idea of treasure as a child. I quickly realised that I was never going to stumble over any buried treasure and I was never going to inherit any either.
So I thought, I'd buy my own. I love sitting there with my small pile of silverware and silver coins, feeling like Fagin from Oliver Twist. Or with a glass of rum, a handful of eight reales, like some pirate.
As Mike Maloney stated, 'pay yourself first' and 'become your own bank'. My bank balance is denominated in £sd, all in silver.
I've always loved spending money, so it's a way for me to put some on one side, whilst scratching the spending itch.
I also love history and I've a strong pull towards all things Victorian.
With the exception of my appreciation for modern indoor plumbing, I sometimes think I was born in the wrong era.
Silver's also real pretty.

It took some finding but I managed to locate the original source material for one of my posts above. For those interested see:
http://www.britnumsoc.org/publicns/bnj-articles-by-year
It comes as a PDF so I can't link directly.
But under the '1918' menu there is an article written by H W Morrieson, entitled 'The centenary of our modern coinage...'
Next to the title there is a little green square, this takes you to the article.
Note the last paragraph of Pg. 122 and the first two paragraphs of Pg. 123.
 Summarised it argues that although sovereigns represent the main unit of currency of the land 'they are now rarely seen' and are looked upon by some as 'curiosities'. He further states he hopes this 'scarcity will be of short duration'.
My take home from that was, in 1918 it was still thought of as a temporary measure and that sovereigns were coming back upon the war's conclusion. That sovereigns were still circulating in some form, very much reduced though, to the point where some might view them as unusual.
I suppose a modern example may be the use of pre-1997 all brass £2 coins, I've seen a few used in circulation, more common in the late 1990s, much less common now. The last one I got in change being around 2012.

I've been stacking since 2011 and have never experienced a time when I couldn't buy silver/gold. During the start of Covid there was certainly supply chain issues. A lot more demand and lower supply but other than that it's been consistent. Not sure if this is the case with other dealers/countries though.
 

I suppose if there's so many boating accidents all at once, and so much metal sinking to the seabed, displacing all that water, that sea levels will rise! And they blame climate change?
See Wonger was right, gold is going down...

Of course the people that orchestrate these schemes never include themselves in the group that have to live within the new restrictions.
The whole idea of preventing money laundering and tackling crime. Great on the tin, but actually the criminals will simply find a way around it. Instead the ordinary, law abiding folk will be hit instead, as always.
I'll state bluntly that I have never liked the EU (as the political body) and I've never trusted it. I'm afraid I have read Ninteen Eighty Four and they really are like Big Brother, the moral police, slowly encroaching on people's freedoms and rights through an ever growing network of complex rules and regulations. A malicious spider weaving its web.
How does an organisation that was birthed as a trading partnership to create frictionless trade, seem to do nothing but barriers, regulations and obstacles in the way of businesses?
It was never really about trade, it was always about creating a unified (political) European superstate based on some neo-marxist ideal, where the elites can analyse every one of their citizens and have supreme control over their thoughts and actions.
Beware my friends, they are never going to stop... there's too much money for those in the loop to walk away from this. They'll take your gold, your houses and your rights. You will own nothing and be happy.

I forgot to add...
I suspect in 1915 there were still some sovereigns kicking about, by 1917 they had gone. I read a BNJ article written in 1917 celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the Great Recoinage in 1817, stating that sovereigns were not current.

I really love the $10 Indians, beautiful coins.
Loving the horse on this one too!
 

I'm starting to think (and it may be bigger than just the UK to be honest, mostly in Western countries) that politicians since the late 1950s have actually done everything in their power to weaken and destroy their countries.
Just looking at the UK, in the 1980s Thatcher stripped out the industries and shut them down (yes some were ailing, but they could have modernised and invested in like Germany after WW2), she also sold off transport and utility companies to foreign investors who just want to cream off the profits. How many times do you see the energy companies put up their tariffs?
Brown sold off the gold at the lowest price in the decade and left the country in swathes of debt by 2010.
Cameron came in with austerity and starved the country of investment and yet seems to have made little dent in the national debt which has now been totally made pointless by the covid money printing machine. Although the elite made great gains.
Blair gave away more political powers to the EU... Started of course by Heath in the 1970s. Theresa May was determined to see the UK stuck in a weird limbo when leaving the EU (a vassal state without any benefits of being either in the EU nor out of it). Ruled by people without the option to vote them in or out...
Let's not forget the whole political correctness and changing the language and wholesale rebranding (spin) of the Blair years.
Although the Tories set up the Dr Beeching report, it seems the Wilson government went along with it with relish... Stripping out railway networks across the country because they weren't profitable... How in the modern world where we are trying to champion green politics and the environment, and reducing car usage, we have an overworked network with so few duplicate routes and communities isolated from public transport. Buses well they're dire outside of London... Thatcher gets that point.
Then we come to electricity generation. It seems to me we are going to be using more and more of the stuff in the decades coming (heating/cookers/cars etc.) And yet we seem to be closing power stations at a rate of Knots, so where does all this power we need come from?
The politicians of any party, only care for their bank balances and utter control of the people they are supposed to represent.
Tax 'em hard, impoverish them, strip away their freedom of thought, enslave them to following endless rules and regulate the way they behave and think. And just to sweeten the deal throw in some bread and circuses... Here's what you could have won... Free broadband for everyone. Get Brexit Done. Education, education, education... (Student debt has skyrocketed since 1997).
The west seem to be stripping their countries to the bone, the east seem to be stockpiling gold and building strong militaries. Something's afoot...

Miss Aligned
I thought everyone might appreciate a Miss Aligned image:

I'm not sure which way round she would be best. 🙂
 

Of course the people that orchestrate these schemes never include themselves in the group that have to live within the new restrictions.
The whole idea of preventing money laundering and tackling crime. Great on the tin, but actually the criminals will simply find a way around it. Instead the ordinary, law abiding folk will be hit instead, as always.
I'll state bluntly that I have never liked the EU (as the political body) and I've never trusted it. I'm afraid I have read Ninteen Eighty Four and they really are like Big Brother, the moral police, slowly encroaching on people's freedoms and rights through an ever growing network of complex rules and regulations. A malicious spider weaving its web.
How does an organisation that was birthed as a trading partnership to create frictionless trade, seem to do nothing but barriers, regulations and obstacles in the way of businesses?
It was never really about trade, it was always about creating a unified (political) European superstate based on some neo-marxist ideal, where the elites can analyse every one of their citizens and have supreme control over their thoughts and actions.
Beware my friends, they are never going to stop... there's too much money for those in the loop to walk away from this. They'll take your gold, your houses and your rights. You will own nothing and be happy.

I suppose if there's so many boating accidents all at once, and so much metal sinking to the seabed, displacing all that water, that sea levels will rise! And they blame climate change?
See Wonger was right, gold is going down...

I suppose if there's so many boating accidents all at once, and so much metal sinking to the seabed, displacing all that water, that sea levels will rise! And they blame climate change?
See Wonger was right, gold is going down...

Of course the people that orchestrate these schemes never include themselves in the group that have to live within the new restrictions.
The whole idea of preventing money laundering and tackling crime. Great on the tin, but actually the criminals will simply find a way around it. Instead the ordinary, law abiding folk will be hit instead, as always.
I'll state bluntly that I have never liked the EU (as the political body) and I've never trusted it. I'm afraid I have read Ninteen Eighty Four and they really are like Big Brother, the moral police, slowly encroaching on people's freedoms and rights through an ever growing network of complex rules and regulations. A malicious spider weaving its web.
How does an organisation that was birthed as a trading partnership to create frictionless trade, seem to do nothing but barriers, regulations and obstacles in the way of businesses?
It was never really about trade, it was always about creating a unified (political) European superstate based on some neo-marxist ideal, where the elites can analyse every one of their citizens and have supreme control over their thoughts and actions.
Beware my friends, they are never going to stop... there's too much money for those in the loop to walk away from this. They'll take your gold, your houses and your rights. You will own nothing and be happy.

I suppose if there's so many boating accidents all at once, and so much metal sinking to the seabed, displacing all that water, that sea levels will rise! And they blame climate change?
See Wonger was right, gold is going down...

I suppose if there's so many boating accidents all at once, and so much metal sinking to the seabed, displacing all that water, that sea levels will rise! And they blame climate change?
See Wonger was right, gold is going down...

I suppose if there's so many boating accidents all at once, and so much metal sinking to the seabed, displacing all that water, that sea levels will rise! And they blame climate change?
See Wonger was right, gold is going down...

I suppose if there's so many boating accidents all at once, and so much metal sinking to the seabed, displacing all that water, that sea levels will rise! And they blame climate change?
See Wonger was right, gold is going down...