A Case of Three Wise Monkeys?
A Case of Three Wise Monkeys?
The Debate on Excess Deaths in Parliament: Friday 20th October 2023
About 2 weeks ago, I wrote to my MP, Daniel Zeichner, the honourable member for Cambridge, asking him if he would be attending the debate on excess deaths in the UK, due to be held on Friday 20th October. I told him I would, even though it meant losing a day's pay. I pointed out that attending debates in Parliament was part of his job, and he actually gets paid to be there. Beyond an automated reply acknowledging receipt of my email, I heard nothing more from him.
You'd have thought a debate on the frightening increase in the rate of excess deaths in the last couple of years would be a matter of concern for those who claim they represent us, but apparently not. Out of 650 MPs, I counted just 15 in attendance: 2 on the Labour benches, Andrew Bridgen for the Reclaim party, and the rest on the Conservative benches. Of those Conservatives who attended, one was there because she had to be, as she was the one chosen to respond to what Mr Bridgen had to say. That was Maria Caulfield, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Mental Health and Women's Health Strategy and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women since 2022. The others that I could put a name to were:
Sir Christopher Chope MP for Christchurch
Esther McVey MP forTatton
Danny Kruger MP for Devizes
Philip Davies MP for Shipley, West Yorkshire
I went with friends. We guessed there would be many people trying to get into the public gallery to watch, so we arrived early. Just as well as it turns out, since the airport style security took a dislike to the slogan on my T-shirt and insisted I turn it inside out to hide it before I went in. They also took two inflammatory badges from my jacket for safe keeping. Apparently indicating your support for freedom and keeping cash through the medium of clothing is too political for Parliament, something I find both ironic and hilarious.
Dangerously political slogans banned from Parliament
Once in we caught the tail end of a debate on the Regulatory Impact Assessments Bill, in which Esther McVey managed to raise concerns over the impact of Lockdown policy which were never properly scrutinised by Parliament. The debate on excess deaths was due to start at 2:30pm, and during the hour and a half wait, the public gallery steadily filled up. I saw Dr Mike Yeadon, Prof. Angus Dalgleish, Dr Clare Craig and Dr. Ros Jones all file in, along with Mark Sexton, and Wayne Snaith, one of those severely injured by the so called vaccine. All people who should have been listened to long ago, and all people who have been ignored.
https://www.hartgroup.org/bios/
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Angus-Dalgleish-2
https://rumble.com/v25pfru-truth-be-told-birmingham-14th-january-2023-part-2-wayne-snaith.html
I learned afterwards that although the two rows of benches at the front of the public gallery were empty, many people who wanted to listen to the debate in person were turned away. They were told the public gallery was full. This included those who had invitations from Andrew Bridgen, the vaccine injured among them, who should have been a priority. Even worse, there was no-one sitting in the area reserved for guests of MPs. There was no excuse at all for not letting them in, and I can only suppose the reason for turning them away was to hide from those few MPs who were there just how concerned the public is about what is happening. I can't think of another reason, but I am happy to stand corrected if anyone knows of one.
Nicky Black on trying to get into the debate on excess deaths. Link to full video is below.
When Andrew Bridgen finally got up to speak, the people in the public gallery erupted into a round of applause and cheers, all against the rules of being there, but none of us cared. You can hear the sound in the background of the TV recordings, muted by the glass panels that separates the unruly public from their MPs, but clearly audible nonetheless.
Parliamentary speech on excess deaths
Towards the end of Andrew Bridgen's speech, Danny Kruger intervened to ask a question, regarding the need for a government review of the safety and efficacy of the vaccines in order to reassure constituents that Mr Bridgen was mistaken in his review of the data available. This suggestion led to another thunderous round of applause from the public gallery. The stewards tried to get us to stop, but it was clear even they were in agreement with that sentiment and our response to it. When Mr Bridgen finally finished speaking, he got a standing ovation from us, and it was obvious from the glances up and the expressions on the faces of those few MPs who were there that we were heard. I think they were surprised. I wonder how many times in the past that has happened for an MP doing his job in Parliament.
Maria Caulfield was the junior government minister tasked with responding to Andrew Bridgen's speech, because well, why would anyone expect the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Steve Barclay) or the Minister for Public Health (Jane Ellison) to be interested in attending a debate on excess deaths in the UK, let alone participating in it? Clearly they have more important things to be getting on with than that.
Maria Caulfield's response was wholly inadequate, and in part relied upon the very ONS that Mr Bridgen had indicated was using doubtful methodology, as determined by its own regulator (about 20 minutes in to his speech):
“There were so many problems with the methodology used by the ONS that the statistics regulator agreed that the ONS data could not be used to assess vaccine efficacy or safety”
It made me wonder if she had really listened to a word he had said, and I wanted to scream in frustration at the sheer cupidity, stupidity and wilful blindness of our bovine so called representatives. In truth, I think I would rather have actual bovines sitting on those green benches. At least they would leave the rest of us alone. I guess it is a good thing the screen is there after all. Fortunately for my stress levels, the debate ended abruptly at 3pm, leaving Maria Caulfield no time to finish what she had to stay. I find it a very peculiar feature of the UK system that this can happen to someone in the middle of speaking; I cannot see why the time could not be extended to allow the speaker to finish. However, it did at least mean we were not required to sit through any more of the idiocy she was spouting, so perhaps I shouldn't complain.
After the debate ended, Andrew Bridgen, Dr Mike Yeadon, Dr. Ros Jones, Mark Sexton and Fiona Rose Diamond (aka Hine) spoke to those of us who attended, or tried to attend, in Parliament Square. Mr Bridgen is pushing for a full three hour debate, and seems pretty certain that he will succeed in getting it. If he does, I will do my best to witness it first hand, and I sincerely hope more MPs find the time to participate than the pathetic turnout we witnessed on Friday afternoon. It is a discussion that is sorely needed and long overdue. To those MPs, including my own, who ducked their responsibilities on Friday, and who have singularly failed for the last three and a half years to do the job for which they were elected, and for which they are very handsomely paid, shame on you. Shame on you all.
Excess Deaths in the UK: Speeches after the debate - 20th October 2023
https://rumble.com/v3qsoaj-excess-deaths-in-the-uk-speeches-after-the-debate-20th-october-2023.html
News Uncut on the debate, including the shocking attempt by the BBC to divert public attention from the implications of what Andrew Bridgen was talking about:
Joint Letter from HART, DfPUK & UKMFA
https://www.hartgroup.org/bridgen-let-to-constituents/
Have we overcalled the excess death concern?
https://www.hartgroup.org/excess-death/
Articles on excess deaths by Norman Fenton and Martin Neil. Norman Fenton is a mathematician and computer scientist. He is the Professor of Risk Information Management in the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science at Queen Mary University of London. Martin Neil is a full professor in Computer Science and Statistics at Queen Mary University of London.
https://wherearethenumbers.substack.com/t/excess-deaths
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