Anyone Can Be Old Holborn

The beauty of being Old Holborn, an anonymous man in a mask is that anyone can be Old Holborn. Tonight I am Old Holborn. I will choose to be Old Holborn any time I wish to do so.

A little under a year and a half ago I was arrested, charged and found guilty of posting an offensive remark on Twitter. I was subsequently acquitted, because I fought and I fought hard. I didn't do it alone of course, I had a lot of help from thousands upon thousands of people on Twitter, a lot of "big guns" on Twitter helped get my case exposure. Without that exposure I believe I'd not have been as successful as I was.

Old Holborn was one of those people who helped get the ball rolling. I've known Holby for quite a while, I've been on his walks, I've caused mischief at marches with him, we've baited and goaded the left, we've burned the EU flag together, annoyed police forces, hell I even helped him campaign when he stood for MP in Cambridge. 

We're by no means close friends, we hardly see each other, but we have very much in common, an intense hatred for the state, a passion for freedom of speech and expression and enjoy a good laugh by causing all sorts of mischief. Do you know what though? I don't agree with everything he says. It doesn't happen often, but it does happen.

Over the last few days on Twitter, there has been what I call a faux-outrage about something he posted. I'm not entirely sure what it was, I think it had something to do with the Bulger case. I'm sure it was offensive but similarly I also bet it was funny as fuck. From what I understand, but yet to be confirmed is that he's been charged with a hate crime.

There are also whispers it might have been something to do with a group of people who Tweet under the hashtag b#JFT96 who want justice for those who died at Hillsborough. I happened upon one Tweeter who was "offended" who a few days earlier was celebrating and making fun of the death of Maggie. Total mind-fuck if I'm honest. I'm inclined to think that this is the actual reason for any potential arrest:

https://twitter.com/conchdev/status/324857988059889664

(Conch Developments) 

Unless of course, they happen to be arson threats to burn down Old Holborn's home and business. Quite what makes David Gregory, who owns a "CRB checked" removals company in Southport think he can email violent threats to anyone is beyond me.

Offence isn't given, it's taken. Everyone has the right to be offended, but by the same token everyone has the right to offend. After all it is only words on a screen.

Free speech is either free or it isn't. You can't say "I believe in free speech but..." It just doesn't work that way. 

Let's take a break for a bit of light relief:

Liverpudlians burning an effigy. I hope the drunk ones at the back of the crowd start pushing to get a better view

Hello #JFT96 and Essex Police, nice to meet you, the name's John Kerlen and I AM OLD HOLBORN, you benefit scrounging, motherfuckers.

As soon as I get more information I'll be arranging a little "get together" at Essex Police Headquarters. Watch this space.

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The Unaccountable - Bexley Style

It's been a while since I've given my two pennies worth here, and I'm going to take advantage of our esteemed host's hospitality in order to give wider coverage to a story I think regular readers of this blog may be interested in, especially if you're of the opinion that the police service in this country is rotten to the core. Police corruption, dishonesty and plain incompetence has now become the rule and not the exception, you only have to look at the recent stories concerning, "plebgate" and Hillsborough to see there is something intrinsically wrong with those who are tasked with policing this country.

The building you see in the picture above is home to Bexleyheath Metropolitan Police Service. I have had the honour of having been arrested twice in said building and I have also spent more time than I care to admit in their cells. The reason I mention this is because I have first hand experienced incompetence, dishonesty and outright unaccountability at the hands of Bexleyheath Metropolitan Police Service, for it is they who are the subject of this blog post.

I am not going to bore you with every single detail of the story, if you want the complete story, feel free to pop over to Bexley Is Bonkers and read all about it. It's an ongoing saga that is yet to be completed. What I am going to do is give what I feel are the initial facts of the case and let you read further if you so wish.

When a judge rules that almost all the evidence that is presented to him is fabricated, and that everything the police have done is aimed at getting the culprit "off the hook" because of his close links with the local police, you really do have to start wondering whether we can actually trust the local police service. Yet this is what the judge said, and judging from the details of the case so far I am inclined to believe him.

Here are a few facts to whet your appetite.

• A school child is assaulted at school in Bexley, his eye socket fractured and he is left with a permanent visual disability.
• This is all recorded on CCTV which the headmaster confirms.
• The suspect is arrested.
• The arresting officer fails to see the assault in said CCTV footage and notes that the main assault not captured on CCTV and that the suspect and victim can be seen falling to the ground at the start of the fight.
• 23 days later a PC is tasked with reviewing the footage.
• 4 days after that it is noted that the PC had still not reviewed the CCTV.
• A further 6 days later it is noted that enquiries are still continuing.
• Another 8 more days pass and the footage is eventually reviewed where it is noted that the CCTV does not capture the incident.
• 46 days after the initial assault the evidence sans CCTV is submitted to prosecutor.
• Prosecutor notes "I am reliably informed that it merely shows a group of persons at the end of a playground and they cannot be identified".
• Prosecutor advises "No further action" and the case is dropped.

It is a long convoluted story, so far we've discovered that the police falsified evidence, admitted that they were exempt from keeping accurate details, refused to correct their false details and attempted to pressure the judge into re-opening the case because it damaged their integrity.

When you read further you will see that incompetence, dishonesty and corruption are rife within Bexleyheath Police Service. The judge may well have ruled that all the evidence was fabricated, but do you know what? Every one of those police officers still has a job.

A quick reminder to read the whole story at Bexley is Bonkers.

Why not follow Bexley Metropolitan Police Service on Twitter and tell them what you think? @MPSBexley

The mind fucking boggles considering they're paid by us.

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A message to Osborne

It will not have escaped the more politically astute amongst you as you sip your Starbucks skinny lattes that an all out tax war is breaking out. The economy is not “growing” at the predicted rate and the State is moaning that tax revenue is lower than expected and borrowing must continue at unprecedented levels to fund the vanity projects of the 650 idiots whop plunder our wallets every week.

Well, I’m tired of it all. An article published this week in the Sun proclaimed that the average UK working couple struggling to make ends meet are taxed at eye watering rate of 73%. I’d like you to sit and consider what that actually means for a moment. Three quarters of your working life is spent solely for the benefit of stuffing the coffers of the State who relentlessly demand a slice of whatever cash you earn, save or spend – we are fast approaching the Rubicon of 100% taxation – whereby the State pays your wages after deducting whatever it sees fit (before you scoff, a proposal for all wages to be paid directly buy the tax office was briefly mooted last year). At least the slaves on the plantations had their food and housing supplied free of charge by the slave masters.

Just this morning, as Osborne prepares to re arrange the deck chairs on the Titanic once again to raise £5B, Captain Cameron has reversed the ship and declared that before he takes another full speed run at the iceberg, he will be donating another borrowed £2B to corrupt African dictators so they can buy Chinese made wind turbines and Soviet weapons systems to bolster their regimes.

So I have decided to kick back, fight, struggle and resist. I will not tolerate this anymore – my children are being cast into deeper and deeper debt to finance the sublime and the ridiculous. 2013 is the year that the taxpayer fights back by withholding the very life blood the State needs to continue with this madness – the money extracted with menaces by Politicians.

I want to raise an army of the outraged, the enslaved, the downtrodden and the fed up. I want to use the Internet to cut of the supply of funding to the financially addicted in Whitehall. I want borrowing stopped, projects cancelled, donations cancelled. I want to deny those who already consider us and our property to be their chattels denied access to our funding. I want the powers that be reminded that they have no money of their own, it is all extracted by force from us – not the other way around.

So dear reader, if you also feel that something has gone terribly wrong with this country, if you also feel that your existence is nothing more than a pale excuse to be harvested by the state, if you feel that your money belongs to you, not an African dictator or an American arms company or the shareholders of a wind turbine company based in Shanghai, if you are fed up with paying too much for books or coffee because the state demands a slice of the action, if you are sick of being turned upside down and having your pockets emptied then I ask you to join me in setting up a taxpayer strike to starve the beast that is taking more than just liberties.

I want help with websites, printing, commentary and outrage. I want us to become a movement that is no longer sneered at by our useless spendthrift politicians. I want spokespeople shouting on every corner that our money belongs to us, not Whitehall and most of all, I want all of you to stop paying taxes by whatever means possible – we are in this mess because we allowed them to make this mess and send us the bill. Ignore their promises to remove us from the mire they delivered us into, we are going to have to fight this one ourselves.

About bloody time too.

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“Give me control of a nation's money and I care not who makes the laws.”

Goldman Sachs now runs Europe - unelected, of course. (full size here)

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So mote it be..Boyo

"All the abusers were members of Masonic lodges" 

No wonder the whole thing is being shifted back onto the BBC. 60 people who were named in the original Waterhouse report are still anonymous after the pulping of the first report. Never arrested, never charged, never mentioned again.

If we are not very careful, the whole thing will be swept back under the carpet. Newsnight is learning the hard way that you cannot just go around exposing Paedophile rings and expect to survive.

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Burn it down, salt the earth and start again.

Slowly but surely, the power of the Internet is beginning to unravel a few of the horrors that an elite decided they could keep quiet from the rest of us. Technology now allows us to spread information at a speed and breadth never seen before. Whereby news editors and broadcasters could be threatened and bullied to keep their mouths shut, our masters are fast realising that Facebook, twitter and blogging cannot be silenced in the same way.

I am, of course, referring to the sudden plethora of rumours and stories finally surfacing after the demise of Jimmy Savile and a suspected cover up of various paedophile rings. Certainly, most of the stories have been meticulously documented on the Internet for the past 15 years but only now, following the public denigration of a “national treasure” like our Jimmy, are people beginning to ask where else the wool has been pulled over their eyes.

One of the reasons this blog existed was to cover stories that others would not or could not – using the mask of anonymity to allow readers to focus on the message, not the messenger. This blog has covered a multitude of topics, usually targeted at exposing corruption, hypocrisy and deceit by those who exercise power and influence over us. It has spawned other blogs as readers found their own voices and helped spread a little healthy cynicism around where Party spin doctors couldn’t reach.

The main stream media has known for decades about the filth and stench that purports as politics in this country. Editors were regularly briefed and silenced by D notices designed to keep the power firmly in the hands of an elite few, who thanks to influence and dark arts went unchallenged for decades. That is coming to an end.

I firmly believe we are entering a new decade where the past evils of those who we authorise to act on our behalf will be exposed – simply because they can no longer be silenced. Where once, a brown envelope with some unseen negatives lurked at the back of a safe, we have forums, message boards, twitter, blogs. The Police are already so far out of their depth in new media, they cannot resist arresting people for saying rude things or wearing “abusive” T shirts in public. Their old boy networks are being replaced with a savvy crowd sourced network that can spread information faster than even a television network can manage it. We are all editors, contributors and columnists now.

With reference to the stories you will see hitting the headlines in the coming months, I hope it brings down the Police, the Press and our Parliament. Goodness knows, if even a fraction of it is true, it certainly should. You will see stories of dead children, murdered MPs, rapists, torture, debauchery and cruelty beyond the pale, all done by those who are elected or appointed to make our lives “better”. It has been done in our name, by those who we allow to rule over us. All the “tin foil” hat stories that flood the internet are beginning to look a little more feasible, a little more logical and a little more truthful.

Just as the Soviet people had their revelations as they plundered the archives of their secret police in order to find the true scale of the horrors inflicted upon them, I fear we too may be about to meet our demons. All I ask is that those guilty of perpetuating or orchestrating these crimes be held up to the light of justice. Visitors to the North Wales children's homes were Lawyers, Judges, Police and Politicians - all the willing servants of secret societies that those in power have always used to exert yet more influence over us. I want the mechanisms that have allowed them to thrive; privilege, freemasonry, spindoctoring, lobbying to be closed down so that never again will anything so heinous be done using power bestowed by me on others.

So mote it be, indeed.

UPDATE: Some interesting reasons why no names were ever published.

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Remember, remember

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Khyber? Pass.

More than ten years after a pumped up psycho President  Bush decided to teach them ragheads a lesson for 9/11, it has finally dawned on the powers that be that invading Afghanistan was all just a big farce to extract as much money from the taxpayer as possible, whilst handing it to manufacturers of bombs and greedy Vichy government officials.

All the lives lost on both sides, all the limbless children, all the horrors inflicted on the civilian population in the name of “civilisation” have shown the Afghans that the West is anything BUT civilised. Their steadfast refusal to adopt a western model of work, consume, pretend to vote, die, whilst handing every aspect of their lives over to the central state (to be auctioned to every corporation with a vested interest) has infuriated our Politicians and military leaders who were convinced that if the savages could just be bombed into submission, an emerging market, ripe for exploitation, would validate the slaughter and sacrifice.

Like Somalia before, Afghanistan just shows that there are alternative models apart from the bloated centralised State. Sure, it might not be paradise to you or I, but you have never been able to bomb a people out of the middle ages, no matter how many diversity coordinators and wimmins rights activists you send into a village that hasn’t changed for 1,000 years.

Get out, build a wall high enough to keep them in (and Pakistan out), cut the funding, cut the bribes and corruption, stop the bombing, let the dust settle and see what develops – it certainly cannot evolve into anything worse than the fly blown hell hole and death trap we so proudly declare to be the current solution to their problems.

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Ask the questions that need asking....

As the fog outside becomes ever denser and humid, it appears that our Police, Press and Politicians are able to vanish into the mist with ease. After the mild upset that was the expense scandal, it seems that our Politicians are back to ramming their snouts in the trough whilst shitting in our faces. The age of entitlement created by themselves has not disappeared as a hundred thousand benefit addicted wastrels meandered through London demanding more crippling debt and pointless public sector employment – shove it on the credit card, as long as I get my “living wage” for coordinating diversity, why should I worry?

Our state broadcaster is in turmoil as the institutionalised abuse of the unsackable slowly unravels. The machine that pumps out endless drivel to satisfy the moronic demand for bread and circuses from an electorate too high on soma to realise that nothing apart from popularity matters. No room for morals, integrity, quality – just a headlong rush to the adoration of the worthless and the cult of celebrity.

No one will ask the questions that need to be asked, for fear of the whole emperors suit becoming  exposed. How could the Police become so corrupt as to enjoy free reign over who they can kill in broad daylight? What methods were employed that allowed rampant sexual abuse of children in care homes, TV studios, schools. What happened to honesty and honour? A cesspit of Freemason’s handshakes and scratched backs, dirty deals and brown envelopes, grasping greed and vested interests.

If this is what society has become, then you can keep it. As we approach the very final episode of the Thick Of It (Saturday) you really have to ask how what once was an outrageous Political farce could become a perfect mirror of the vermin that infest any position of power in this country.

This blog was born of my need to expose the filth, double standards, hypocrisy and treachery of those who would assume power over me. After five years, even now with the cold hard light of day beginning to finally shine on the stinking morass of public “service”, I am well aware that an army of apologists are preparing to lift whatever carpets need lifting and once again sweep the whole ocean of corruption beneath – and to continue as normal - stealing, lying, cheating, deceiving.

My days are now spent working around their systems, finding more ways to escape their grasps and live independently and autonomously – I cannot change them, so I will change me to evolve outside of their mantra of consume, dominate, threaten, enslave. If society has decided it refuses to be free, refuses to challenge those shitting in our faces, refuses to ask WHO, HOW and WHY, then the most important minority in the world, me, will break free alone.

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Look in the mirror

“We have been living beyond our means. We have been paying ourselves more than our efforts were earning. We sought political leaders who would assure us that the good times would never end and that the centuries of boom and bust were over; and we voted for those who offered that assurance.


We sought credit for which we had no security and we gave our business to the banks that advertised it. We wanted higher exam grades for our children and were rewarded with politicians prepared to supply them by lowering exam standards. We wanted free and better health care and demanded chancellors who paid for it without putting up our taxes. 


We wanted salacious stories in our newspapers and bought the papers that broke the rules to provide them. And now we whimper and snarl at MPs, bankers and journalists. Fair enough, my friends, but, you know, we really are all in this together.”


Matthew Parris h/t Guido


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