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The World Has No Shortage of "Enemies"

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2026-02-23

To listen to the News we would have Iran as primary enemy nbr 1, for reasons unclear. Did Iran ever threaten to invade us?

Maybe our primary enemy is Hamas. Did they ever threaten to invade us?

Or communist China, who make so many of the appliances that enable our modern standard of living. Did China ever threaten to invade anybody (for the moment leaving aside old history such as the Korean and Vietnam wars, at least the latter of which was started deliberately by LBJ).

Russia of course is routinely presented as an enemy, but despite constant provocation by our government sending ever more advanced munitions and support (not to mention Boris Johnson to wreck peace talks) to Kiev, they haven't shown any noticeable desire to attack the UK. I think we should be grateful for such restraint - it should not go unnoticed.

To put it another way, if Russia were supplying France with missiles to attack the UK and blockading our ports to make sure we don't get any more oil, in furtherance of another 100 years war, we would probably have a great deal to say about it. But they are not - in fact, the boot is squarely on the other foot.

Also as Tony Benn used to say: to learn who rules over you, simply find out whom you are not allowed to criticise.

So who is the enemy?

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Windows Defenestrated?

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2026-02-22

Wow!

Leading PC Manufacturer Lenovo is planning to offer its PCs without Windows.

How will that work?

They will ship with a variant of Linux. This will make the supplier of my operating system very happy!

Linux distributions tend to be "open source" - the source code is publicly available and anybody can create a new "branch" of the operating system to meet new needs. Distros are free to download and maintain and there's a wide choice.

Linux is the OS of choice for anything larger than a PC, and widely used by commercial organisations that don't tolerate downtime.

So who pays for Linux? The people that run it make voluntary contributions to keep their favourite distro developed and updated. You choose, you are in control, if you don't like the way it's going you can make your views known, and stop contributing.

Windows is proprietary - you have to accept Microsoft's rules, and pay for the privilege.

Now inevitably it isn't quite as simple as that, but I've been running Linux (Linux Mint) for years and I've never looked back. And I don't doubt that new Lenovo PCs will run many variants of Linux without difficulty.

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Watch this video here.

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See also this later article.

 

What Is the CJSSCS?

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2026-02-22

"The Criminal Justice System Strategic Command Structure"

Source: Witness statement INQ000188838 (COVID Inquiry disclosure)

So how did Operation Talla differ from the CJSSCS?

Policing Representation within CJSSC and the Structural Link Between CJSSC and Operation Talla

"Operation Talla and CJSSC are not institutionally separate systems"

Gregor McGill's Witness Statement at the COVID Inquiry

 

What is The Law? Who Administers It? Who Owns It?

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2026-02-22

This is a timely reminder from Ian Clayton on the rule of law, what it means, who administers it, who controls it, who operates it.

"The rule of law is a constitutional trust held on behalf of the public"

In this day and age, more than a few people need to be reminded of these basics.

 

Operation Talla - Evidence Bundle

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2026-02-22

Re: Police case number 6029679/21 & 01/62447/24.

From Telegram Crime Channel 6029679/21 & 01/62447/24 dated 9 February 2026.

The communication below has today been sent to the Treasury Solicitor - the Head of the Government Legal Department.

The House of Commons Justice and Public Administration & Constitutional Affairs Committees have been copied in.

"Dear Sir or Madam

Re: Operation Talla - Evidential Bundle and Notice of Ongoing Independent Investigation

I write to place on record, for the attention of the Government Legal Department, a bundle of primary-source material relating to the national policing response known as Operation Talla.

The attached PDF (“Understanding the Police Operation Talla ‘not to record’ approach”) compiles official documentary sources only, including:

• Freedom of Information disclosures from Police Scotland

• National Police Chiefs’ Council correspondence and briefing material

• contemporaneous internal communications

• public record statements touching upon the interaction between policing structures and the criminal justice system

This bundle is evidential in nature and is provided for information and awareness only. It advances no commentary beyond the content of the documents themselves.

The bundle document is also available at:
https://ethicalapproach.co.uk/op_talla_basic_evidential_bundle_understanding_talla.pdf

Given the potential constitutional and administrative law implications arising from matters evidenced within these materials, including issues touching upon crime recording, investigative discretion and the flow of cases into the criminal justice system,  we consider it appropriate that central government legal representatives are sighted on the primary record.

For completeness, we confirm that an independent, evidence-led public-interest investigation remains ongoing.

Further documentation may be published or shared with relevant bodies in due course as the record develops.

No action is requested at this stage. This correspondence is intended simply to ensure that the evidential position is transparently placed on notice.

Should it assist, we would of course be happy to clarify the provenance of any document within the bundle.

Yours faithfully

Ian Clayton

Lead Investigator
Ethical Approach UK

 

 

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