🔥Remember they told you Digital ID verification would not be mandatory? er.... These are all the changes to the law currently within government that your MP will not fully or at all vote on, or even be able to amend line by line. These are real changes to your life that you have no say in, all made using Statutory Instruments, shaped by unelected quangos, regulators, agencies or advisory bodies,and most of them will be connected to .... digital identity verification. So when they tell you you wont need digital ID? er... you will, they just wont call it that. (bad PR and all that) 1. Immigration / Right to Work / Right to Rent Change: Updates the legal checks employers and landlords must carry out. ▪️Example: If you employ a new member of staff or rent out a property, the way you prove someone's legal status could change, potentially requiring different Home Office checks or digital verification. 2. Licensing Conditions Change: Changes compulsory legal conditions attached to alcohol licences. ▪️Example: Your local pub or nightclub could be legally required to change how it serves alcohol or checks customers, even though Parliament never passed a new Licensing Act. 3. Customs / Tariffs Change: Changes import tariff and customs rules. ▪️Example: Businesses importing goods may have to use new digital customs processes to be digitally verified or comply with new import requirements. 4. NHS Pharmacy Services Change: Changes how community pharmacies provide NHS services. ▪️Example: Your local chemist may have to follow new rules on how NHS pharmacy services are provided, commissioned or managed. This will increasingly sit inside wider NHS digital records and verification systems 5. Online Courts Change: More court procedures move online. ▪️Example: Instead of attending court or filing paper documents, you could be required to deal with your case through an online portal, which would of course need digital verification of your identity. 6. Public Sector Fraud Recovery Change: Expands how government can recover money it believes has been overpaid. ▪️Example: If HMRC or DWP decides you've been overpaid, deductions could be taken directly from your wages or bank account using the new legal framework. 7. Police Conduct & Vetting Change: Changes police vetting and misconduct rules. ▪️Example: The standards for recruiting, retaining or dismissing police officers change without a new Police Act being debated. 8. Trade Union Voting Change: Changes rules on industrial action and union ballots. ▪️Example: The way workers vote for strike action, or the protections they receive afterwards, could change to include digital verification of your membership. 9. Nature Restoration Levy Change: Introduces a levy linked to environmental impacts from development. ▪️Example: A housing developer may pay a new environmental levy, which could ultimately increase the price of new homes. 10. Environmental Delivery Plans Change: Changes how environmental requirements are delivered. ▪️Example: A housing estate might be approved because environmental mitigation is carried out somewhere else rather than on the site itself. (like a hare brained scheme hundreds of miles away) 11. Digital Waste Tracking Change: Waste must be tracked digitally. ▪️Example: A local builder or skip company may have to record every load of waste on a government-approved digital system, and be digitally verified in order to use that system. 12. Carbon Capture Infrastructure Change: Changes who pays for carbon storage infrastructure. ▪️Example: Companies operating carbon capture facilities may face new financial obligations, costs that could feed through into our energy prices. (for something that has never work at scale or economically) 13. Carbon Budget Order Change: Sets the UK's next legally binding emissions limit. ▪️Example: Future governments may have to introduce more restrictions on cars, heating systems or industry to stay within the new carbon budget. All without line by line scrutiny. 14. Crypto / Stablecoins Change: Brings digital currencies further into financial regulation. ▪️Example: If you use a regulated digital pound or stablecoin in the future, the legal framework governing those payments is being built now, meaning regulated digital payments will sit inside identity checks (bang goes anonymity and privacy) 15. Private Landlord Redress Change: Creates mandatory redress arrangements for landlords. ▪️Example: If you're a landlord, you may be legally required to join a redress scheme that tenants can use to make complaints. But only if they and you are digitally verified on the digital system. 16. Planning & Infrastructure Act Commencement Change: Switches on new planning powers. ▪️Example: Planning decisions in your area could start being made under new rules overiding local objections, even though the Act itself was passed months earlier. 17. Persistent Organic Pollutants Change: Tightens rules on hazardous chemicals in waste. ▪️Example: If you renovate a house containing certain old materials, the legal requirements for disposal may change, increasing disposal costs. more digital access, more digital records, more digital compliance and, digital verification

The UK government took steps to amend the Licensing Act 2003 on Tuesday 30 June. Speaking in the House of Commons Sarah Jones, the minister of state for policing and crime, said: “In future, digital ID will be a quick and secure way to prove age..." How stupid to require a digital ID when you have to buy the alcohol in person.

You are not paranoid. You are a normal person having a normal reaction to a dystopian world.

Big tech and governments together are trying to insert themselves between you and the things you need to survive. But what do THEY NEED to survive? They need YOU. They need ME. They need US TO GO ALONG WITH IT. There's more of us than them. If we all resist, we are stronger together.

DO NOT SHARE SENSITIVE INFORMATION ON WHATSAPP. Your WhatsApp messages are being scanned by WhatsApp. They are telling you it is a feature to give you a "summary" of your conversations. But you know what everyone said. Now so does AI.

If - and some point in the future - you find you need to walk a very long distance because there's no other option, then you will need moleskin. Your feet will be the first thing to hurt, but if you protect them before you start walking, you can avoid the blisters that can lead to infections. KEEP A ROLL ON HAND.

How humans survived before big pharma. Good information to know.

If you can afford it, get a battery like this that has the option of a solar panel or can recharge via your car or wall outlet. This battery can keep your phone or radio charged, power a small fridge, power laptops and tablets and even power an old record player if you've got one. Very small luxuries but worth it if the power goes out. Bigger batteries can do more, but your goal is to reduce your need on electricity in the long run if it will be "conditional" on a digital ID or compliance. There are some small heated blankets you can buy that this battery can charge for many hours. Also powers wi-fi and portable lights.

Lets just add some detail on synthetic Folic Acid being added to all flour debate thats raging. Many people had no idea it was happening and many more people didn't want it at all. So how did it happen? You should know that your MP did NOT get the chance to vote on this legislation, even if you contacted them about it. ohhh no. It was decided by 3 quangos (The Bread and Flour (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2024, SI 2024/1162) and based on UN and WHO nutrition targets under Agenda 2030 sustainable development goal 3. The policy chain looks like this: UN/WHO nutrition targets are set by this unelected global body, then ... ⬇️They issue global food-fortification guidance ⬇️UK advisory bodies such as SACN/FSA ⬇️ Ministers ⬇️Statutory Instrument 🟰mandatory change to the national food supply. And yes, the WEF promotes “food-system transformation” and nutrition interventions. WEF material has positively references flour fortification with iron, folic acid and vitamin A and talks about reshaping food systems for health, resilience and sustainability. Does that sound like democracy to you? or does that sound like global decision making? When the state changes the composition of everyday food consumed by millions of people, that should be done through a full Act of Parliament, with proper debate, scrutiny and accountability. It hasn't been.

WHAT IF THERE IS A FOOD SHORTAGE? Fermented foods can help keep you healthy during a food shortage or rationing. Learn how to make traditional heirloom Greek yogurt from long shelf-life milk and powdered milk. Eating this daily will ensure you are getting high quality protein. Learn how to strain that yogurt to make a soft cheese effortlessly in only 48 hours. That will also give you high quality protein. Learn how to keep your own sourdough starter. A cup of starter mixed with flour and other simple ingredients can make everything from bread and pancakes to pizza crust and cakes. Grow your own tea from plants potted indoors so you can make your own healthy tea from its leaves. Most plants will thrive in most windows. Grow cottage kale or perpetual spinach because they can grow year-round and feed you. You can make your own coffee from roasted dandelion roots. Start learning how to feed yourself.

WHAT CAN YOU EAT? Take 10 minutes to Google what wild plants in your immediate area are edible. For example, dandelions (not treated with roundup or other chemicals) can be mixed with flour and fried in a pan. What can you eat in an emergency?

In an emergency, you can make a small heater using items you may have in your garden. There are many ways to do this, but the concept is to use average household candles to heat clay pots and bricks which retain heat long enough to heat your space. Practice making one so you know how to do it. Some handy people screw smaller pots inside larger pots to trap the heat even longer. Experiment or design your own. This skill could save your life one day.

Touching steel wool to the top of a 9 volt battery creates instant fire without fail. You should have both in your emergency survival kit.

WATER - Stop what you are doing and do this. 1). Find the nearest water sources near your home. 2). Check you have containers to carry some of that water home. 3). Learn how to purify that water by chemicals, filters and boiling. 4). Learn other ways to get drinking water (rain water, sea water) 5). Learn how to make an emergency filter: Using a standard 2-liter bottle, cut off the bottom third then turn the top half of the bottle upside down so it forms a funnel into the bottom half you just cut off. Add aabout 2 inches of cotton or cloth in the neck of the upside-down bottle. This prevents your filter materials from washing through. Crush common wood charcoal into small pea-sized pieces (not fine powder). Add a 2 to 3-inch layer of charcoal over the cotton. Pour a 2-inch layer of clean, fine sand over the charcoal. Add a layer of coarse gravel or small rocks on top. Pour your water into this and it will run clear into the base. To kill parasites and other nasty things, that clear water now must be boiled for 3 minutes, or chemically treated (you can buy pills to drop in the water).

They are killing us.

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This nice German company has been buying testing houses all over the world, across almost every sector of life. What do they do? They own laboratories that verify test results: from soil and water to blood tests and almost everything under the sun. Sounds innocent enough, until you look at the parent company. You’ve heard of BlackRock. But have you heard of Greenpeak? Of course not. They like to stay in the background. They buy companies, but do not necessarily change the names, so you cannot easily see the monopoly they are building over testing houses. Why does it matter? Why should you care? Because testing houses are often treated as the final word on truth. Here is an example. Imagine people in a small town near a fracking project start getting sick. They suspect contamination in the water. But when a Certania-owned company tests the water, it could, if it wanted to, protect the corporations and investors connected to that project instead of giving the public the full contamination results. And if one ownership network controls the testing houses, where do you go for a fair test? You might think you are getting results from three different independent labs. But in reality, you may be getting results from BLACKROCK, the same hidden ownership structure behind all of them.

Spoke to a doctor in America. He suspect the forced folic acid in UK flour (which will force it into breads as well as all baked goods) is a signal that the UK is most likely going to restrict meat in 2027. If people eat less red meat, they get less vitamin B12. Animal foods are the main natural sources. Even the NHS says people who do not regularly eat those foods can become B12 deficient. B12 deficiency can affect the nervous system. Folic acid can mask the blood warning sign. But folic acid does not fix the B12 deficiency. The person can still be short of B12. And the nerve damage will continue, undetected. Is the UK really trying to hide the nerve damage it's going to cause when it restricts animal products?

The UK says folic-acid flour fortification may prevent about 200 neural tube defect cases a year. But this is not risk-free arithmetic: the cancer question was serious enough for SACN to produce a formal report on folic acid and colorectal cancer risk, the World Cancer Research Fund notes that earlier UK concerns included possible increased colon-cancer risk, and a BMJ report noted evidence that doses above 1mg a day may increase the risk of multiple or advanced adenomas. The Government is therefore not choosing between 200 babies and no downside. It is choosing to medicate flour eaten by tens of millions while accepting unresolved concerns around cancer, B12 masking, and mass exposure without individual consent.

Spoke to someone in America who said people is his area have organised themselves enough to "swap" DVDs, books, games and other entertainment on the weekends, like as if Blockbuster was now in everyone's garage. He said people are getting offline and conserving resources for "what's coming" as the "writing is on the wall" in America. Incredibly interesting and creative. No money exchanges hands, as items are only "borrowed and returned" with no exchange of ownership or cash. He said it's legal in America. Can't tax items that are just borrowed between friends.

Facewatch is a private facial-recognition surveillance system used by shops and other businesses. Cameras scan people entering a premises, compare their faces against a private watchlist of alleged “subjects of interest,” and send an alert to staff if the system thinks there is a match. The privacy problem is that everyone entering is scanned, including innocent customers. It turns ordinary shopping into biometric screening. Faces are not just CCTV images; they are biometric identifiers. The ICO says facial recognition used to uniquely identify someone involves biometric data, which is special-category personal data under UK data protection law. That means it is not ordinary shop security. It is a much more serious intrusion. Why it can violate privacy: It scans people who have done nothing wrong. It creates or uses watchlists outside the courts. A person may be flagged, followed, challenged or removed without knowing why. Mistakes can publicly humiliate innocent people. The system spreads suspicion between shops and areas. It normalises biometric ID checks for everyday life. Publicly reported or confirmed UK users include: Sainsbury’s — trialled Facewatch and is now reported to be expanding it to many more stores. Southern Co-op — Big Brother Watch says Southern Co-op has used live facial recognition since 2021 in stores across parts of southern England. Home Bargains — Facewatch’s own site quotes Home Bargains’ head of central operations endorsing it; the Guardian has also reported Home Bargains use. B&M — reported by the Guardian as using Facewatch. Sports Direct — reported by Sky, the Guardian and Big Brother Watch as a Facewatch user. Flannels — reported by Big Brother Watch and the Guardian as using Facewatch-type systems. House of Fraser / Frasers Group brands — The Grocer reported Facewatch counts Frasers Group among users, including Flannels, House of Fraser and Sports Direct. Budgens — reported by Sky and other coverage as a Facewatch user. Morrisons Daily — named by Big Brother Watch in reporting about retailers using Facewatch. Costcutter — reported by The Guardian as having used similar Facewatch technology. Farmfoods — reported by the Guardian as using Facewatch. Spar — reported by the Guardian as using Facewatch. Iceland — reported by The Grocer as trialling Facewatch technology. For sports venues, pubs, bars, nightclubs and casinos, facial recognition is reported as spreading in those sectors. Not all businesses are admitting to using the technology and there is no master list.