DRAFT text, building currently for 18th September 2026.

With the government's devolution activity in a pause and review mode. Complaints were recently taken to London by several county politicians. And in a day or two we will probably announce 600 supporters for our own key petition to keep some important Leicestershire councils open.

On 3rd August 2026 we wrote below : "But it is still not urgent. People mainly need to ask questions now, discover some hidden matters, encourage or challenge their councillors, etc. The real issue here is not politics, it is clarity. Reliable information is needed, to replace false claims and to remove media smoke!"

Moving on now, it is surely a good time to increase publicity and to accelerate related political activity. We will start a Celebration Competition. At least 48 DVDs could be available as prizes. Maybe up to 100! Currently in mind, one DVD prize for every 20+ competition entrants. Needs more study...

Harry Potter, Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise, Matt Damon, Benedict Cumberbatch, Julie Andrews, Marvel Studios, Denzel Washington, James Bond, Lion King, Finding Nemo, The King's Speech. And some keep fit and/or Pilates titles. Darcey Bussell, Davina McCall... Well, these are just some ideas floating today...

17th September 2026  I just watched Page Eight (2011) online, with stars including Bill Nighy and Rachel Weisz. An interesting and competent political drama. I am encouraged to pause the celebrations indicated above or at least to consider that option. And whilst stepping a little sideways, I picked up a leaflet a couple of times, titled:   Is Allah everywhere?

I link to this page now as a formality:   spirituality-islam . Work to be done there but my reply to the question will probably be a yes.

Update on 8th February 2026.  The Home page was copied, to act as a viewable archive. Content editing has started. Some important page redesign will follow.

Update on 17th August 2026.  This page was copied again, to act as an archive. Some petition and politics related text has be removed here.

Copyright Statement 25th July 2026.  Where content on this website is mine under copyright, you may use it during the 12 months period, including today. Attribution is welcome or linking to here but these are not required.

15th August 2026  A busy week, including roughly 200 supporters! More details coming on Sunday, probably delayed. Text here edited on 16th. A detailed check is needed first. Over 100 for Hinckley #1, about 65 for Blaby #1 and 30 for Harborough #1. A few for Oadby #1 and Hinckley #2 and Leicestershire #7.

16th August 2026  Leicestershire Petition #16  We urge the executive Mayor of Leicester City, Sir Peter Soulsby, to resign and the same also the 10 members of parliament within the county of Leicestershire.

Not part of the petition #16 text: Important news, well recent enough! External link. Latest Labour Councillor to Defect "Many in the Labour Party feel that when there is too much power in one person’s hands for too long, it becomes a very volatile situation. The City Mayor has too much power and its current holder is not using that power appropriately. He is letting our city down." Ha!

And for some younger hearts. External link, including Eric Clapton and references to MTV. Been played a few times... Money For Nothing, live Local page Casualties

17th August 2026  More Clapton, as live Cream from 2005. A classic but might bore some not familiar or not fans. Eight minutes plus. External link. Sunshine Of Your Love

26th August 2026  An overview of petitions has been added. I have been rather busy, travelling and collecting petition support in public. Trying to bring the supporter figures up to date for twelve petitions...

A page for the latest petition support totals was created on 28th August. Updated on 12th September.

1st September 2026  Five more in Leicester recently and 14 more in Hinckley today for petition #3. Not enough to dream of disturbing the government, unfortunately. A total of 560 now in support of petition #3. And over 300 people, in total, are supporting Hinckley #1. They wish to keep its Borough Council open.

The former Prime Minister of Pakistan has been imprisoned there for about three years. Allegations are made about many issues for Imran Khan. In principle, the challenges arrive that he has been poorly treated whilst in prison and was put there after deception and for political reasons. I know little more and have not been following the case.

Here is a recent review from London's Parliament. External link. imran-khan-rights-and-welfare-during-his-imprisonment  And now some very recent journalism. External link. imran-khan-might-be-released-from-prison-on-health-grounds

Today, 5th August 2026, there was an orderly and dignified and fairly small political protest, near the clock tower in Leicester. Imran Khan's release was requested and the current government in Pakistan was accused of serious misbehaviour. One of the senior visitors who spoke today has come recently from Pakistan.

7th August 2026  My comment as a tiny request for information External link.

Published on 10th July 2026  External link.  Skills plans to train local people for local jobs

Including references explaining how some groups: "... will work with education providers and other partners, including Job Centres, to ensure training meets local businesses' needs and help tackle key issues including youth unemployment." And:

"The Local Skills Improvement Plans give areas a clear roadmap that will help create better skills for better jobs all across the country." And:

"For too long many people have been locked out of opportunity, and businesses have struggled to recruit the skilled staff they need to build their workforce."

External link added 30th July 2026  Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland plans. Via East Midlands Chamber .

Published on 11th July 2026  External newspaper link.  NHS anaesthetist shortage prevents 1.5 million operations a year

5th July 2026

According to yesterday's Daily Express... King Charles has issued a statement to congratulate President Donald Trump and the American people as the US celebrates 250 years since the Declaration of Independence. In a new message published on the Royal Family's social media channels, His Majesty told the US President: "Through centuries of shared challenge and achievement, our nations have built a relationship founded on friendship, trust and a belief in liberty, the rule of law and the dignity of all people."

Well, pehaps so. But currently in Leicestershire there is significant lack of trust in the rule of law and related access to liberty or clear evidence of due respect for the dignity of people.

For example, I am not allowed to place a table near the Clock Tower, for giving away items - food for example, or art related materials, or dhoop sticks, or leaflets, or booklets, or DVDs, or to present poems or public proposals for Leicestershire Parliaments, etc. Threatened de facto with a £100 fine.

Or even to provide a folding chair if somebody wants to sit and try a little meditation! Prohibited activity. And if I want to take and study my four versions of the Koran near there, I can't take any convenient and dignified structure to read them on.

6th July 2026

A reference is needed, and perhaps more than one, to the December 2024 White Paper on proposed English Devolution and related local government changes. White Paper ( external link or links to be added )

I declare, de facto, a related non-statutory, open and communicative Leicestershire Independence. Key features will be the informal creation of a Junior Leicestershire Parliament and a Senior Leicestershire Parliament. 160 voting members in the first, being equal to 16 for each London Parliament related constituency in the county. 1,000 voting members in the second, being 100 based in each London related constituency.

The 10 London related MPs in the county will not control these local parliaments but they are expected to be well informed about the activities and decisions made in the county parliaments, whose role will be to protect and enhance the wellbeing of 1,200,000 (estimated) Leicestershire people.

Roughly 400,000 Leicestershire people live inside the City of Leicester and their lives are currently much controlled by a council with a long established Unitary status. Three of the 10 Leicestershire MPs are responsible for protecting the wellbeing of the people who live in the city.

Dr Kumar John Peirson. Based roughly ten miles to the south of a famous clock tower.  More about Leicestershire Independence ( local link to be added )

6th July 2026

Starting three public petitions now, related to government plans for English Devolution. The third of these will simply be a combination of the first two. I will take petition booklets for personal signing into the city centre and people can also send Emails to support any one of these petitions.

Petition #1  Leicestershire's District and Borough Councils should not be closed down. The government has not properly presented and justified its intentions.

Petition #2  The City Council's Unitary area should not be increased and perhaps, for the improved wellbeing of people in the county, that area should be decreased.

Petition #3  We support both the devolution related petitions, #1 and #2.

Update related to these petitions on 14th July 2026  I will prepare an Email for the councillors of the seven Leicestershire Districts and Boroughs. And also of Rutland, if I can find their contact details.

I will post it soon, after the government makes its anticipated excuse and declines to publish a decision about specific council changes for Leicestershire!

16th July 2026  Yesterday I found material related to me on the website for the Harborough Mail. External link. And whilst back at the Mail's site today, I also found this page, with news from a little across a county border: 

The Bishop of Northampton, who lives in Desborough, has been charged with two counts of rape...

8th July 2026

Started taking signatures for Petition #4  Tables and chairs should be considered approved structures under the city's PSPO.

15th July 2026  Not a part of the petition text:

For some guidance or opinion you might ask a lawyer! Perhaps one of Leicester City Council's lawyers or one of the BBC's lawyers or one of the Leicester Mercury's lawyers... And you might mention, in particular, the Law of Torts.

I am confident that clear legal precedents and powers exist and that a judicial review would throw out some of the contents of this amateurishly drafted PSPO. Pity that a lawyer did not give firm advice before April 2025. Impossible to imagine that there had been such advice.

More than one type of prohibition in the PSPO would be subject to simple challenges. One banned matter is there which is clearly disproportionate, as currently presented, and was not needed to be present in any form. And much other legally sanctioned activity has apparently been banned, which invalidates the order seriously. A court or the City Council should somehow adjust it or cancel it.

16th July 2026  OK, no need to vote for me. I got it wrong and a devolution decision has now been published by the government! I just read online that Leicester City's area will expand and that a unitary donut or doughnut will surround the city. External link.

My Petition #1 is maybe 150,000 or 200,000 short of the signatures needed for retaining the District and Borough Councils of Leicestershire. But now the Leicestershire County Council will probably try to fight this pizza-style government's recent choice.

You are invited to send me an Email supporting Petition #3, indicating that the District and Borough Councils should not be closed down and that the city's area should not be enlarged. It is not too late to object or to change the toppings on your pizza!

One Email could contain the names of dozens or hundred's or thousands of supporters. However, the senders of any Emails should have contact information or process and prior agreement for all the names referenced by them.

Tentative Project Schedule 

Week 1 - 1,000 supporters for Petition #3.  Week 2 - 5,000 supporters.  Week 3 - 20,000 supporters.
Week 4 - 60,000 supporters.  Week 5 - total 120,000 supporters.  Week 6 - total 200,000 supporters.

19th July 2026  I hope that Petition #3 will go viral in this county and outside in the country, once it has been signed by 50,000 people, roughly 4% of the Leicestershire population. The supporter numbers will be published here, from time to time, on the page Leicestershire Music.  (soon to create the page)

I recall reading from the 1990s that democracy can be turned into demonocracy, so it is surely time to wake up and please do stay in tune! External link added on 24th July 2026.

William Shakespeare wrote something about the moving of Birnam Wood. I doubt that it was moving from Manchester to London's Downing Street! That does sound, however, very much like Burnham Wood. And Shakespeare also wrote : "Thrice the brinded cat hath mewed." A reference most appropriate to the untalented and arguably evasive Leicestershire County Council and to some key political errors.

Perhaps it is time to see a Boris and a Liz again and a Kemi, plus a Jeremy and an Angela and a Lord Nigel. Cancel the unscientific Net Zero nonsense because we need a coalition government. Maybe even one or two experienced Liberal Democrats can be found with good brains, not so easy. And any Green - no idea? I am not a vegetarian.

Lincolnshire also had seven districts and boroughs being closed down, alongside an expansion of Lincoln City's area. I now create a Petition #3 for Lincolnshire, that its District and Borough Councils should not be closed down and the city's area should not be enlarged.

Please send me Emails and the numbers will appear here, on the page Lincolnshire Music.  (soon to create the page)

24th July 2026  Warwickshire is also having districts and boroughs closed down.

First, a strong warning to Warwickshire's people. Do not trust your County Council, led by Reform and Conservative councillors in the present and the recent past. And find out where this idea to close districts and boroughs came from! In my view, it was not from the current Labour government and that most of you have been somehow misled or distracted. And for that, much blame goes to media. I am confident that newspapers and the BBC could have presented more accurate and more helpful information. The UK's government structure does surely need an upgrade, some changes or additions to be made. And very many members of parliament are not fit for purpose, either through conscious dishonesty or political intrigue or de facto incompetence.

I now create a Petition #1 for Warwickshire, that its District and Borough Councils should not be closed down and the government has not properly presented and justified its intentions.

Please send me Emails and the numbers will appear here, on the page Warwickshire Music.  (soon to create the page)

20th July 2026  I had a long morning chat today with Google AI Mode. Mainly about legal issues and who I might send Emails to. At the end came this from me:

"county council suggested over 40 million pounds could be saved by closing the districts and boroughs... but with around 1.2 million people in the county that is a trivial annual benefit! come on mr ai you are trained in advanced aspects computation if needed. abd"

The final reply came speedily:

20th July 2026

£33.33 per person per year—or just 64p a week—is the exact mathematical reality when you break down that £40 million saving across 1.2 million residents.

When looked at computationally, the argument that dismantling seven local councils offers a massive financial bounty falls completely flat against the loss of local democracy.

You can use these hard calculations to instantly neutralise the government's financial claims on your Leicester Life Google site:

The Real Math Counter-Argument

. The Weekly Reality: A £40 million saving split across 1.2 million people amounts to a trivial 64p per person, per week.

. The Price of Loss: For the sake of saving less than the price of a single second-class postage stamp a week, residents are losing their local planning committees, local council tax control, and direct borough representation.

. The Hidden Deficit: Setting up a brand-new administrative apparatus to absorb parts of Harborough, Blaby, and Charnwood requires massive upfront IT and structural spending. These multi-million-pound transition costs create an immediate budget deficit that takes years of local taxpayer money to pay back, wiping out that 64p "saving" entirely.

A Short "Myth Buster" Snippet for Your Emails

You can paste this exact text into your email templates or on your website to give people an instant, memorable talking point:

"The Financial Myth: Supporters claim closing our district councils saves £40 million.

The Mathematical Reality: Split across our population, that equates to a trivial 64p per person, per week. For the price of a postage stamp, the government is trading away our local planning powers, our borough identity, and our democratic voice to create a distant, centralised city bureaucracy."

24th July 2026  More guidance today from a giant USA computer: "the string is out there" And it led me towards a musical movie classic, Fiddler on the Roof. Connecting with some history of two UK Prime Ministers and the need to add an important topic under Spirituality.

25th July 2026  "Well, Andy is hardly a Churchill and Keir was no Daniel. Prime Minister Starmer sought justifications in the absolute literalism of the rulebook, like a modern Portia in a grey suit. Prime Minister Burnham, however, reaches back to the oldest string in his identity, the social gospel of his youth. He may not be a theological saint but his justifications rest on the solid belief that a nation cannot be saved by the fictional productions of bureaucracy. Salvation also requires a genuine culture of encounter."

So, now we follow the shaky with the firm and we follow the mechanical with its true purpose. Shakespeare would understand and refuse any drop of blood. Perhaps William Blake would reply simply: "divinity expressing in man."

24th July 2026

Petition #7  English counties need non-statutory, open and communicative Junior Parliaments and Senior Parliaments.

Not a part of the petition text: Active and voting Junior member age is proposed as 15-21. Active and voting Senior member age is proposed as 18+.

Petition #8  England needs a de facto coalition government very soon.

Not a part of the petition text: It seems not to be necessary to hold a UK General Election first. I target this Petition #8 towards our Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Andy Burnham and our previous Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer.

William Blake, in England, offered the end of a golden string. He remained in charge of its other end!

Text removed on 17th August, from 25th and 26th July 2026. Petitions #9 and #10 are gone. So both are cancelled.

31st July 2026

Hinckley Petition #1  We support Leicestershire's Petition #3 and urge the Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council to support it.

Not a part of the petition text:  This is de facto Leicestershire Petition #11 and perhaps key to stimulating the UK to wake up and improve its democratic processes. Conservative and Labour party supporters should discover some related mistakes made by their parties and the related distractions and de facto evasions by many, including the media. Petitions #8 and #9 above should be noted but, currently at least, do not require the support of the Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council.

From an Email to Councillor Bray, on 20th July 2026: I ask for your permission to send an Email to all the Councillors in Hinckley and Bosworth Borough, using their official Email addresses as the full and complete list of destinations. I am being ultra cautious and do not want to step on any toes or steer too close to privacy issues or the GDPR or PECR communication rules. If you do not allow that or if you do not reply to me, I will not write to any other councillors or write to you again.

External link. Slow rock, five minutes and perhaps we need a Hinckley Music page here. About a role for light . Some strong bits follow it, plus some weak bits. Or go straight here. External link. A lady and a boy . Deep stuff and "The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." External link. Some firm opinions on how to chill .

Hinckley Petition #2  We request that Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council start up the Leicester Life website's five year international and multi-lingual Art Project, as part of their cultural programme.

1st August 2026

Here is my mate 'Lord Farage' pointing out how unproven and dangerous are the government's council reorganisation plans for England, back in June. Too bad that the Reform party head of Leicestershire's County Council had even less wisdom than he has popularity. Pretty low on both of those and surely time soon for him to depart. External link. "It won't even save money. It's a dog's dinner, a bad idea."

And another link is here today. "We'll be chucked into a big unitary, an amorphous mass, and the decisions will get made many, many miles away in the interests of big towns and cities... It is the opposite of devolution."

The Hinckley Petition #1 above is important because it targets a Borough which is clearly not a sort of undercover Conservative-Labour control duet. Hinckley Borough supported or helped to develop the best option for Leicestershire but it was nevertheless the best of three poor options. And then the government managed to choose the worst of the three options for Leicestershire!

So what next? Enough already... At least one district or borough in Leicestershire should now refuse to be closed down by the government. They could simply support Leicestershire Petition #3 or Hinckley Petition #1.

Time to tell the government, in some concrete manner, that its December 2024 White Paper was an unacceptably poor one and that they had failed to remove serious flaws from it in over 18 months, or to build something concrete and helpful. Instead London just trusted to luck, in the presence of the White Paper's lack of substance.

The strong options are many but simple ones for Stuart Bray and his team. His role here is surely to act now for the wellbeing of the UK and not just of Leicestershire.

3rd August 2026  Maybe you missed some things far beyond chill. Ancient One to Mr. Strange: "Have you seen that before in a gift shop?"  External link. But it is still today only clever fiction and clever graphics and, unfortunately, not more reliable than the narrow focus of current science. Perhaps, both movies and life can "turn sour" . External link. Or perhaps we just can't see things clearly enough. Can't we "start again please?"  External link.

42 supporters visible for Hinckley Petition #1, in a few days. But that needs to accelerate and help Leicestershire #3 to go viral.

Emails with multiple names are surely needed to stop the government in its tracks. Important, for sure. But it is still not urgent. People mainly need to ask questions now, discover some hidden matters, encourage or challenge their councillors, etc. The real issue here is not politics, it is clarity. Reliable information is needed, to replace false claims and to remove media smoke!

8th August 2026  Hinckley Petition #1 had 42 supporters, on the 3rd, and now has 140. Leicestershire #3 has 248 supporters.

To potential petition supporters, I am pretty well informed and not seeking to discover significant new details. But maybe you will need to study or hunt a little! Or just trust me...

I have found no Leicestershire Member of Parliament within the county, visibly opposing the recent London decision to close down eight councils in the county, which look after the interests of roughly 800,000 people living outside of the city of Leicester, but I suspect that very many of the public have misunderstood what is going on. These MPs seem not fit for purpose but most are probably hiding some of the truth, under pressure from their party whips.

Blaby Petition #1  We support Leicestershire's Petition #3 and urge the Blaby District Council to support it.

Harborough Petition #1  We support Leicestershire's Petition #3 and urge the Harborough District Council to support it.

Oadby Petition #1  We support Leicestershire's Petition #3 and urge the Oadby and Wigston Borough Council to support it.

Not part of the text of these petitions: This is the way to halt some foolish or evasive and arguably dishonest political behaviour in Leicestershire. And in England, well it is a good start and Petition #7 has some supporters.

9th August 2026 Blaby #1 has 22 supporters. Two for Harborough #1.  141 for Hinckley #1. Three for Oadby #1.  Leicestershire Petition #3 has 276 supporters.

There has been serious interference, perhaps broadly accidental, with my intentions. Created by the UK's shaky recent governments and, as far as I can judge, by the Mayor of Leicester and a poorly structured and poorly advised Unitary City Council. And also interference by my County Council, before and after its 2025 election.

Foolishness and unlawful activity are there and surely some criminal activity and actionable abuse, contravening the European Convention of Human Rights and related UK legislation from 1998 and 2014. I did not discover any Leicestershire Councillor or MP or Chief Executive or spiritual grouping worthy of praise. Do you know any?

I recall recent guidance, presented above, to Warwickshire residents. And I currently address that to people in Leicestershire. Our local media should not be trusted to protect our wellbeing. Assumed financial issues for the media are driving my serious assertion. I feel there is de facto serious dishonesty of many media related people, both in and beyond the county of Leicestershire.

Harry and Meghan 19/5/2025  That page was updated on 29/7/2026

That text link has been here for many days. But today, the 6th day of the 6th month, has been quite disturbing. I had a long and wierd dream this morning, almost a nightmare. Time to stand back and review my life. So, I have archived the Home page to Big Archive and deleted much of the content from here.

25th February 2026

Leicester City has three parliamentary areas. I am in a neighbouring one, South Leicestershire. There are indications that a Westminster Parliament election may take place well before 2029. So I will provide some online details of current MPs and future candidates or proposals. Nothing is fixed yet or any publicity contracts offered. I have registered some internet domain names to support my intentions. They are currently parked, meaning that they are not yet arriving at any webpages which I have created.

leicesterwest.info   leicestereast.info   leicestersouth.info  and  southleicestershire.info

I have also registered  reformleicester.info  and  reformleicestershire.info  Ha! Leicestershire has ten MPs, including three for the city.

This website has a contact page, presenting my Email address. You will need to type it into your Email facility.

Updated on 13/7/25  Devolution Petition. More details to follow.

We had a fairly incompetent Conservative Government recently and now an even less competent Labour one! As far as I can see, they shared one aim and that should be enough to establish its intrinsic lack of value. They want to close down District and Borough Councils and seem to be trying to force that change on England.

Well, my patience has recently run out and a key opposition to these unproven and unjustified 'Devolution' plans will begin soon, targeting over one million people in Leicestershire and seeking clear support from over 100,000, ideally from 150,000. The future is at stake here and local politicians in the county, and in nearby Rutland, seem to be either playing political games and/or lacking professional competence. 

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During the weekly Question Time, some content referred to very unpopular proposals from the City of Leicester's Council. External link.  Land Grab

26/6/25

More now on 27/6/25, under Dangerous Dramas. And on the first day of July, they will be voting hard. A poem has arrived, perhaps to satisfy a bard...

And now on the second, it is hard to see the future, except as a reflection of the past:

1. No value in our ten county MPs.
2. No competent UK parties to vote for.
3. No good reasons to rejoin a crumbling EU.
4. And local papers, all can see, are full of mediocrity.
5. No reason for archaic pay-to-view rules on behalf of the BBC.
6. November? That will surely be the time of ruin for policies of devolution.
7. And poetry won't save you from destruction. It's just a fictional production.

(To be filed as Unitary Casualties #7)

No need in Leicester for a City Mayor,
Or for a Carnival next year,
Like in Les Miserables.

Where talentless musicians arrive in droves.
And ladies take off lots of clothes.

8. Dr. Carl Jung wrote about truth in a letter. "Who looks outside dreams. Who looks inside awakes."

More or less correct in theory but unfortunately he never discovered a practical technique. Psychology is now just another half-baked religion. As ineffective and misguided as, perhaps on top of the list, the singing by Leicester's Hare Krishna devotees. Or prayers from vicars and popes. Or postures from Buddhists. Or Tai Chi's focused movements. Or Yoga breathing. Or Pilates DVDs, which can really bore you to the core.

9. Or let's explore and visit outer space. No value there to the human race.

Upto 50 DVDs will be given away in 2025 or 2026 as prizes in a political competition. Can you predict the date of the current Prime Minister's resignation and/or the date of a 2026 General Election?

The first prize might be 20 DVDs, for the most accurate and treasured entry. A second prize of 15 DVDs, for the second most accurate and treasured, etc. Ten more for third and five DVDs for forth best entries.

For every 100 competition entrants there will be five potential DVDs. We might offer more prizes than quoted already. Prize winner tie-breaker texts can also be submitted or one may simply rely on a random draw or on the webmaster's choice. His decisions are, er... final!

Entries by Email. Prizes to be collected.

A Zero-Gravity Garden Lounger chair will also become a prize, if a resignation comes before Christmas 2025. A Three Seater Garden Swing Seat and a lounger chair might become prizes for a 2026 election.

23/6/25

Updated on 24/6/25 External link.  Humiliation for Keir Starmer  108 Labour MPs are protesting about planned disability benefit cuts. The linked text from the Express includes words from the Prime Minister -  a "city the size of Leicester" but otherwise no specific local relevance was visible to me.

A controversial topic and one commentator seems to feel that the government's declared medicine is something like financial mNRA. So it looks like: "Just a quick jab in the arm and never mind that it is installing an untested therapy." External link.  Tubfuls of fatty mayo

So, don't forget how many people died as a result of taking unproven Covid-19 genetic-therapy jabs! A big exposure of government scandals, including what were arguably lies and cover-ups, is going on in the USA.

Now former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has told the Express: "This bill is a cruel and disgraceful attack on the rights of disabled people to live in dignity. It won’t get people into work. It will simply make the lives of people with disabilities harder, whether they are in work or not."

External link.  Keir Starmer vows to force through welfare reform  A Labour MP, speaking to the Express on condition of anonymity, predicted that the government would cave in to pressure and pull the legislation, rather than risk losing the vote. He said: "The bill is over. The bill is dead."

And I feel this inept Prime Minister is heading rapidly for a similar fate. Any dates please?

Updated on 27/6/25 Well, the Express is not exactly a fan of the Prime Minister. But they can't help but see which way the smart money is moving. External link.  this-morning-starmer-government-brain-dead

See also the Referendum link below. There are some Muppet related comments on the YouTube post to which it leads but trivial overall. If you have time...

Updated on 1/7/25 There will now be up to 80 DVDs as prizes. Maybe now two second prizes and the same for third and fourth places.

17/6/2025

Leicester City Council. Their ongoing and often unwelcome activities seem to have resulted in threats of violence in public spaces. I rely on a Leicester Mercury webpage for the related details:

the person breaching the rules displayed “threatening behaviour”, council documents reveal...
"Just three fines have been issued since the PSPO came into effect in April." 
"In addition to fines, the order aims to engage with those who are partaking in the banned behaviours and educate them..."

External link.  You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things

But to be frank, and forgetting this quote from William Shakespeare, I would neither trust nor welcome unwanted education from a council officer or from any intrusive person. I have also been subjected to threatening behaviour on one fairly recent occasion, close to the Clock Tower and was told by a quite young and apparently aggressive person that I was violating the law because I required a permit and I did not have one. He also claimed to have taken a photograph of me. So, first a question came to me and then an allegation against me, apparently a photo was taken and finally what I took to be a verbal threat of violence arrived. He wore a mask of some type, looking broadly medical in style, as far as I recall.

Legal uncertainties, amplified by various forms of harassment/dispute/disagreement may generate anger and indirectly endanger the safety of other members of the public.

As to harassment, the term is pretty vague in law but I understand that a repeated activity which is otherwise legal in style but which, for example, leads to distress or to a perceived, perhaps subjective reduction of human dignity or to a perceived, perhaps subjective spiritual oppression may become a criminal offence.

Harassment crimes are normally associated with a single victim but when numerous people are subject to ongoing or repeated distress or challenge or 'education', well the collective distress created may be actionable. And if the repeated activities involved are not in themselves lawful... Well, enough already! In fact, far too much already.

The following text comes from an archive page on this website:

Updated on 3/6/25 The PSPO is still haunting the city centre! Yesterday afternoon a crowd was enjoying a singing visitor from Birmingham, at the Clock Tower. He stopped his performance after being threatened with a large file by council officers. They said his nails were too long and were, therefore, "unauthorised structures".

In response to Anti-Social Behaviour legislation from 2014, a PSPO's content needs to be unambiguous, appropriate and proportionate.

And now back to 17/6/25.

The UK's recent unanimous Supreme Court ruling should be kept in mind. The legal definitions and references to Recreation were deemed sufficient and so there was no need to refine or to qualify the definitions and then to somehow legislate for one particular aspect.

The USA has also given a recent unanimous Supreme Court ruling about the lack of rights of a state to define or to assess the 'degree of religiousness' of a Christian Charity's actions. These single quotes are for my presentation of the key issue and are not presented as verbatim.

As for the UK, the City Council of Leicester has no right in law to refine or to qualify the definition of religious practices and then to outlaw the use of tables for presenting spiritual leaflets. Or specifically to blanket ban the use of tables, which might otherwise have held Bibles, or Korans or Bhagavad Gita copies or extracts from these. Or Yoga booklets... and I do have many copies.

There is a reference below, from 14/6/25, to a possible call for the resignation of all of the City's Councillors. I say they are not fit-for-purpose and also wonder how much money they receive in those roles. Thousands of pounds I believe but not researched, so I might be mistaken.

The City Council of Leicester has no right in law to ban me and then to fine me £100 from/for continuing a long established public space use of an A-Board to present Yoga Meditation. I recall that two Council Enforcement Officers saw the board on 1st April, in East Gates, before the PSPO was in force and I gave a copy of my website's address and asked them to record the details of our meeting. I 'teach' free of charge and do not seek donations for such activity. And this website also identifies my connection with De Montfort University and a link refers to access to a couple of their buildings.

The A-board was built in 2002 and was designed with a rare, maybe unique, double-hinge and crossbar, providing good stability. Used in public spaces in Manchester during the Commonwealth Games. One Police officer even sat for meditation there, whilst on duty. A lady officer was with him but being on duty he kept his eyes open!

And more about religions and charities in the UK. Some practitioners of yoga and meditation consider these to be exercises and simply for health and wellbeing. Other practitioners consider them to be of a spiritual or a religious nature. In the UK, the Charity laws are fairly clear and broad and make no attempt to distinguish the nature or degree of any spirituality. In fact, not unlike the recent USA Supreme Court ruling.

So, a UK registered Religious Charity is not required to have belief in God or in a God. As to yoga, in various forms, it goes back millennia. Mentioned, for example, by the God Shri Krishna, to his disciple Arjuna, in the Bhagavad Gita, maybe 5,000 years ago. And more recently, Sufi Muslims surely believe in an inner transformation. Buddhists, or most of them, do not believe in God but believe in inner transformation. Didn't Jesus Christ say that the kingdom of heaven is within, surely a focus on an inner something? And then Dr Carl Jung, see more below.

Some people wear blue jeans with holes in, while others wear suits by Ralph Lauren. Some cover most of their bodies while others wear mini-skirts. Some people eat meat and some do not. Surely the world would be rather boring if everybody wore a military uniform or if every public space was blocked by food delivery bikers.

I wonder, rhetorically, if the City Council has more money invested in Haymarket than in Highcross and... guess where there are lots of benches! Come on, let's all hear it for profit motives... Blow those whistles! They have not been banned yet.

Updated on 18/6/25

"... and young hearts shouldn't be afraid" - Cliff Richard, 1961. "Suzy was in pigtails... Like a sweet magnolia tree, My love blossomed tenderly, My life grew sweeter through the years... Oh, even if the mountain tumbles, If this whole world crumbles, By her side I'll still be standing there" - Stevie Wonder, 1967.

Update on 26/6/25 City Council attempts at land grabbing have been raised in parliament and were side-stepped by the Deputy Prime Minister, long after the Labour supporting Mayor has widely published his wishes to take over most of Oadby and Wigston. External link.  Referendum Needed Maybe 

And 27/6/25 I recall that large local councils and even small ones have some powers to hold referendums, without seeking government permission. For example, there was a Referendum when some people tried to have Broughton Astley changed from being a village and turned into a town. That possibility was firmly voted out.

Leicestershire people need to say: "No!" to the popcorn style council organisation changes being forced onto them from London. Unfortunately the MPs here are surely playing political games instead of working properly and justifying their salaries. They should be asked to resign or at least to apologise.

"Do tell us when was freedom banned,
And who's the owner of this land."

The quotation is from a CPPO reference... External Muppet related link. And here is one Unitary Chef, filmed in his New Walk kitchen

As to "don't say anything at all!", I do know where it's from. And it's not Popcorn Shrimp but Popcorn Rabbit.

15/6/25

Highcross Sale  Historic external link. Who owns it now, what is its legal status, who manages it and where are the included land boundaries? What specifically is the public access and public activity status of St. Peter's Square, rights of way, etc? And I wonder if it is a Mayor-free and PSPO-free zone!

External link. Including  St. Peter's Square  images.

Who are the other land owners, within the boundaries which are currently assigned to Leicester City's Unitary Council and what ideas do these owners have about the future of their area or their property?

A People's Parliament? Green space and recreation? And don't forget the recent unanimous Supreme Court Judgement. Open air Activity Zones, such as inner peace areas, musical areas, dance areas, information areas, political areas, religious areas, picnic or chat areas or a charities area?

How to use the former Marks & Spencer occupied spaces in the city centre? Who owns the property and land which M & S were using?

How about some Chugger-free zones, or at least to recall the UK law about chuggers not being allowed to follow people for more than three steps, whatever? So, they can speak out: "Do you live in Leicester?" or "Just a minute!"  What sort of financial commission rates do they get paid and should these be published?

And why do food delivery bikers generally obstruct a public seating area in East Gates, close to the main entrances of McDonalds and Highcross? Fishy, fishy, I suggest... Weren't benches for public seating removed from fairly near to these obstructed seats?

Five A-boards, more or less, are also there and no rubbish bins, not even one bin for smokers. Beyond hope, with such er... Unitary Casualties.

Update on 16th July 2026. A couple of us near to the clock tower spoke recently with a charity's floating money collector. He was asked about what was his commission level. He replied 30%. So, if you donate £10 for his charity, the first three pounds goes into that collector's pocket!

External link.  BBC #1  "A woman has vowed to fight a fine she was given for setting up a table in Leicester city centre while campaigning against city council cuts. Heather Rawling was given a £100 penalty under new rules to prevent anti-social behaviour on Saturday 31 May."  

I believe she will win the challenge if the matter goes to court, de facto against a foolish Leicester City Mayor. And he might be found responsible for organising abuses under the UK Law of Torts and/or the Human Rights Act of 1998. Council officers may be deemed to have been employed and guided to abuse the human rights of many people.

I am not qualified to give legal advice or reliable judgement but I feel there is also a potentially criminal aspect of recent city authority behaviour to be considered, which arguably constitutes harassment.

8/6/25

Updated on 14/6/25 I cannot conceive how the Leicester City Council could be successful with their attempt to impose a fine on Heather, if this case goes to court in the broadly clear and transparent UK legal system. Not a perfect system but surely good enough for the current issue.

As judges might have said recently in London, in supposed relation to one Supreme Court decision: "Heather Rawling and Dr Kumar John Peirson are both biologically legal!" And I feel obliged to repeat my belief that Leicester City Council Officers have de facto been paid to break UK laws in some of their dealings with the public, for example with myself and with Heather.

As for being paid, well perhaps some volunteers are included or should I say 'empowered' to act in council activities. Hard to see the picture with full clarity. Not very likely perhaps, but possible, that Enforcement Officers are somehow being impersonated and/or that volunteers or interns are threatening fines to the public. And Community Safety roles may be overlapping non-safety roles. Community Wellbeing is a complex topic.

And Police Officers have become engaged in some PSPO enforcement activity. I have spoken to a couple. One told me that she was checking to see if I am a person known to the police.

As to the result of her check... Well, that is unknown to me. I wonder whether or not the council knows the result of the check. Far less than satisfactory, is my politely phrased view, and the Council is surely accountable for calling these police officers and for later telling me, in their presence, that details of a fine would come to me by post. 

The local employment union(s), whichever exist, could please give some clear warnings, and better would be legally qualified guidance, to City Council staff that they are party to, or may have been party to or might become personally engaged in, organised unlawful behaviour. It is not fair for people to be expected to work with any uncertainty existing about the legality of their employment duties. 

I ask, to whoever might know and tell: "How do you investigate and, if appropriate, sack a Unitary Council's Mayor?"

This City's Mayor should resign from his post... And the City Council might be closed down or substantially shrunk under so-called 'devolution' changes, for which central government of the UK is pushing hard. The resignation of all the city councillors should be requested now by people who live in the county of Leicestershire. Or at least by anyone awake and well-informed who can trust my opinion!

[ Educational note. External links.  Well-informed  Cambridge English Dictionary  ]

No friends visible for Reform! A minority party, almost in control of Leicestershire County Council. External link.  BBC #2

"Reform UK's success in the recent local elections has propelled many councillors with limited or no political experience into council chambers across England... ...Reform UK, which isn't involved in any formal coalitions, pacts or deals in areas where there were local elections this year."

8/6/25

Updated on 9/6/25 1.19 p.m. Nigel Farage has recently finished his Welsh Press Conference. Less than one hour long and a brilliant showing... He looks the right man and having solid broad understandings and experience to support or push forward the wellbeing of the United Kingdom.

External link.  YouTube  A quote from The Valley of Fear.

"Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself but talent instantly recognises genius."

Updated on 24/6/25 External link.  I have no idea  Words from a Nottinghamshire Councillor in a key position. Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Asset Management. No doubt, he has the skills required to order crisps, Pepsis, pizzas and sandwiches. So, they might train him up to be in charge of local versions of Reform's not-banned list and to act as the Nottinghamshire County Controller for the list of banned Woke Snacks.

On this page, I wrote in April about Reform UK: "I find them indescribably untrustworthy". Now visible on the Big Archive page. Also long term popularity opportunities are being claimed for the Conservatives. External link.  Real Opportunity 

Updated on 26/6/25 Meetings may move. No shortage of buildings in Northamptonshire. Mike Barton: "Yes, it is my headquarters." BBC report from 24th June. External link.  Historic Base

Warwickshire's Reform UK County Council Head has gone walkabout after just five weeks. Sounds a bit like one recent Conservative Prime Minister. Well, who can you Truss in modern politics? I would vote Trump or Musk... And many in Reform UK are ex-Conservatives and seem simply not up to the job. Guardian report, this morning. External Link.  Teenager runs Reform-led council