[Guardian]You may be aware that the Occupy Wall Street campaign has spread to
many other cities, including the Occupy London Stock Exchange #OLSX.
http://occupylsx.org/?p=221
What you may not know is that the City of London, though physically
within Britain and thus the EU, is still an 'offshore location'
with it's own jurisdiction, government and laws. If you're interested,
you should read Nick Shaxson's book Treasure Islands. London does
not have to follow the rules of the EU.
That would be significant if the EU powers ever decided to hem in
the banks, the chief cabal of which is found in the grand City. So
far, there's no rush, it seems.
Even though we have a toff as nominal Mayor of London, that being
Boris Johnson, he has no power over the actual Square Mile of the
City itself. So, he's the Mayor of Bourgeois Suburban London, and
Kensington and Chelsea (but, he's not recognised in the last two
places).
It's not him they reject, because he's of the same social class,
but they just refuse to be ruled, or pay taxes. Their quite feral.
Anyway, the City has a Lord Mayor, some guy with some bling around his
neck and horse and carriage, and accoutrements. He's elected by the
big banks that essentially run the City. That's what passes for
democracy, over there.
It's been this way since before the rule of William of Orange,
in 1066.
I know it's hard to believe, but it is the truth.
Now, it's this truth that I would like to see told to every last
possible person, because it's the biggest and most dangerous secret
in the UK.
The more people who know about it, the greater the pressure will be for
this stupid situation to stop. That would then be a big wound to the
banks that not only run the City, but most of the governments of the
'free' world, through their sponsorship.
I was stunned this year when one of the Rothschilds was seen on tv, but
nothing came of it (his family is big in the City). But, now that a bunch
or protestors have set up shop in the City, the Lord Mayor has come out
to get involved. You'd think he'd send in the army or something. I just
hope he gets blood on his hands, and then something might change.
checkitout:
Lord mayor of London wades into Occupy debate
Michael Bear says 'anti-this and anti- that'
banners are 'difficult to get a handle on' [when you're above the law- Costick67]
Richard Wachman
•guardian.co.uk, Friday 21 October 2011 23.31 BST
Michael Bear, the lord mayor of the City of London, has waded into the debate over the Occupy protests at St Paul's, saying: "If there was banner calling for jobs that would be different, but when it's 'anti-this' and 'anti- that', it's more difficult to get a handle on how to respond."
While claiming he was "a supporter of the democratic process", Bear added: "In a market economy, which is what we are, you need to have banks. The economy is an engine that needs oil, and the oil is finance, well-regulated finance.
"But it has to be connected to the real economy – I think people don't understand the connection and we haven't explained it very well."
Bear is backing efforts to persuade the chancellor to scrap the 50% tax rate, suggesting there are more effective ways to raise revenue. "I haven't heard an argument (about the higher tax band) that it will do anything other than punish," he said.
His remarks angered the Unite union, which represents financial workers, thousands of whom have lost their jobs in the wake of the banking crisis.
General secretary Len McCluskey said: "The Lord Mayor of London's views on the protests and the 50p tax shows he stands for the vested interests of the City elite.
"He is completely out-of-touch with ordinary Londoners, many of whom are paying the price for greed in the City. There is a great deal of sympathy and understanding for what the protestors are doing at St Paul's."
Asked whether the Occupy movement had a point, Bear replied: "On one level, yes. I think we have probably failed to communicate what the City actually does. The City isn't only about banks, we have 16,000 small and medium sized businesses; the City deals with maritime, insurance and professional services such as accountancy; so you see it's not just a collection of very large, amorphous banks."
