fabiochiu/medium-articles huggingface dataset:
Love: The Truth of Our Existence
By: S. Angell
Tags: Spiritual Growth, Healing, Health, Love, Society

What is love? Everyone has an idea of what love is. We often either identify it as romantic love or love for our friends or families, but this can cause us to depend on romantic or familial love to feel satisfied. When our need for love is unfulfilled within these limitations, we feel neglected and deprived.

Love is in everything. It is in what we eat, what we do, what we say, and how we act and react. Every single thing we do every day has love infused into it. Love is not an ideal; it is the truth of our existence. Love is who we are. It exists within us.

Love is not dependent on external factors. External factors are affected by love. When we act with love, we heal. When we act with love, we create love. If we view the world with love and act with love, love is what we receive in return. Love is always reciprocal; you just have to be aware of its return.

Love is an innate response, even when we hate. We are all seeking love because we are born with love. When a child is born, they seek affection from their caregivers. The child’s need to be loved is an act of love. If their love is rejected, the child will feel hurt and neglected. Rejected love can cause a human being to develop defense mechanisms over time to protect their feelings of love. A child learns by conditioning that love is wrong, and this can extend, and often does, into adulthood. The only way to heal someone who feels unloved is by giving love.

Children understand universal love. A four-year-old girl in my preschool class told me that she loved me the other day. She said it with uninhibited purity of heart. She understands that love is a sign of affection and respect and can be given to everyone and everything in her life, including teachers, animals, and even the flowers in a field.

Love creates love. Everything we infuse love into becomes love. The way we respond to others is an important act of love. Are we responding to others with care and compassion, respect, and attentiveness? How do others react to us when we act with love? Do we love ourselves and our bodies by preparing nutritious meals with love? What about our daily activities? Are they planned with love in mind?

Each step we take towards love brings us more love. It also sends our love out into the world in the form of energy. Imagine if we all sent our love out into the world with pure intention. Do you think you could feel its immediate effect on our society and how you perceive the world?

I’m giving you love right now. You are a beautiful, perfect human being. Every imperfection that you believe exists in you is simply a place in your heart that needs love. Just as you give love to others, you must give love to yourself. Act with love, and you shall receive it.
It’s Easy to Be Worried. What’s Hard Is Choosing the Experience You Want to Be Having.
By: Robin Hallett
Tags: Spiritual Growth, Healing, Advice, Entrepreneurship, Oracle

Hello, beautiful soul,

It’s easy to be worried.

Worry is something we’ve learned to do to occupy time but that doesn’t mean we’re actually worried. Think about that and you may realize what you really are is afraid of the unknown.

Think about something you’ve got going on in your life right now. You might be spending time in the swirl because that’s what you’re used to doing. But are you really worried? Or are you more scared about what’s changing and what’s to come?

The thing we seem to be afraid of is the unknown. And if you feel like that is true for you too, then all you need to do right now is soften and relax a little. Instead of hanging onto the worry (this looks like obsessing on an issue, spinning around and around in the story, feeling like you have to FIX this problem before you can move on), soften and release a little. Even this will set a new energy in motion that helps you get free.

I’m practicing with you. I remind myself that I came for an experience in this lifetime… am I liking the experience I am having? Is the experience I am having right now the one I’d choose intentionally?

Do we want to be experiencing this?

That is a biggie question. Lots of us believe we have no choice as to our experience. We accept the events and feelings we have as just what is.

A Course in Miracles says that I’m the one choosing the feelings. I’m the one deciding on the goal. And everything that seems to happen to me, I ask for and receive as I’ve asked. (Text Chapter 21.2).

Do I believe I have a choice in what happens to me? In the thoughts I have? In the feelings I experience? Yes or no?

If I choose to practice choosing, everything can change.

If you choose to practice choosing, everything can change.

I’m sending you so much love. And seeing you with believing eyes and heart, always.

And I am here to help. Anytime. See below for that.

We got this.

XO.

About | Sessions with Robin

Intuitive Healer & Light Sparkler

Would you like to receive emails like these? Subscribe here to get it weekly.

P.S. I talk about this concept I shared today a bit more on the podcast, Tea with Robin, episode 114 listen wherever you enjoy podcasts or here https://robinhallett.libsyn.com/episode-114-your-experience-shift-list-freedom

Where you can find me this week:

Tea with Robin Podcast: http://robinhallett.libsyn.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robinhallett/

Work with me: https://robinhallett.com/healing
Take The Spiritual/Mental/Emotional As Seriously As You Take The Physical And Your Life Will Change
By: Rosemary Nonny Knight
Tags: Spiritual Growth, Personal Growth, Spirituality, Inspiration, Self Love

OK, so honestly, I do not think anything is to be taken too seriously…

We are here to have fun, to enjoy life, to be happy…

And at the same time to train these God Units of ours…

We can experience a love-filled, prosperous life in all areas…

We simply need to learn how to do it and then IMPLEMENT that learning…

Anyone can do this.

We all do it all the time in the physical — When we want to learn to do something, we practise and practise until it is learnt and then it becomes second nature. We forget that we ever had to learn it.

Same with spiritual skills.

You build up a new habit until it replaces completely the old, ineffective habit

I am giving away my book, for free, at the moment. The Amazon Bestselling ‘Deliberate Millionaire’s FREEDOM book: Live free, wealthy and on purpose — Stop living for the weekend and start doing what you want when you want…deliberately’

Let this book help you release old ways of thinking that keep you trapped on a lower level than what is possible for you. — Pop over to http://RosemaryNonnyKnight.com/bookfree

Much Amazing Love
OPINION|2020 The Best Year Yet!
By: Amashi De Mel
Tags: Spiritual Growth, 2020, Abundance, Gratitude, Opinion

Sublime Sunset

I did not get that promotion, go on that vacation or make more money than I did last year. 2020 cancelled every man-made plan I was a part of. So how did this year become my best year … yet?

Uncertainty. This, forced the world to hit pause. The effects of the pandemic were experienced as a collective human race. My material goals collapsed like the economy yet, the overwhelmed masses led me to consciously choosing to detach myself from everything that upset me, and instead, chase the light at the end of this tunnel. This choice inturn led me to discover that 2020 has shaken my definition of “reality” and what many considered “normal”, to show me that anything is possible.

So what am I truly grateful for this year? Here are my top 3 learnings/q blessings of 2020:

2020 Vision: Clarity to see how we have allowed our reality to be shaped. From social conditioning, to corporate agenda and an utterly redundant economic system — they are simply forms of restraint on every aspect of our being, while here on Earth. I mean, do you really think we are birthed into this planet — through such a miraculous way — to only follow an education, get a job, retire and die?? It’s truly the year to see beyond your conditioned reality and the world at large, beyond operating as “programmed”. Time: What an illusion! Suddenly, there was time for all the things I had wanted to do, but couldn’t. I got to wake up to every sunrise, and witness every sunset. Time seemed to have extended during the day, I had time for office work, house work and self-care, yet, by the end of each month it seemed like the days vanished in the blink of an eye! I mean look at us reading this in mid December of 2020, soon it might just turn 2025! Abundance: Not money. But freedom. my physical abode may have been literally stuck indoors, but my mind? It was and is free. I believe the Universe gives everything that we need — even if it means you’re experiencing shitty things, if you’re certain that you’re doing the right thing, the Universe is sure to bless you in other ways. I’ve started to think of things as “it’s not happening to me, it’s just happening in this earthly plane, at this particular moment in time”. So, even on days where things didn’t go as planned, I had alternative blessings to be grateful for; health, enough money to get through the month, family etc. Did this thinking convert my life to run smoothly? Hell no, but it can seem like all is smooth if I want it to be. Just appreciate the little things!
29. Balance is the key
By: Siva Prasad
Tags: Bhagavad Gita, Spiritual Growth, Spirituality, Self Improvement

Verse 2.38 captures the entire essence of the Gita. Krishna tells Arjuna that he would incur no sin when he fights (read as performing any karma) if he were to treat sukh (pleasure) and dukh (pain); labh (gain) and nasht (losses); and jaya (victory) and apajaya (defeat) with equipoise.

This verse simply says that all our karmas are motivated and this motivation makes the karma impure or sinful. But we hardly know or do any karma without being motivated by pleasure, profit or victory and to avoid pain, loss or defeat.

From Sankhya and Karma Yoga point of view, any karma can be divided into three parts viz. Karta (doer), Chesta (action) and Karmaphal (fruit of action). Krishna divided karmaphal into pleasure/pain, profit/loss and victory/defeat.

Krishna is indicating in this verse to separate these three to achieve equanimity. One way is to drop Kartapan (feeling of doership) and become a sakshi (witness). The realisation is that in the grand drama called life, we play a negligible role. Another way is to realise that we don’t have any right over karmaphal (result of action) as it is a combination of many factors apart from our efforts. The paths of dropping of kartapan or karmaphal, are interconnected and progress in one will automatically bring progress in another.

Coming to chesta (action), it was there much before any of us arrived on the planet. It can neither be owned nor can its results be controlled.

This verse can also be approached from the Bhakti Yoga point of view where Bhaav(intent) is everything. Krishna gives Bhaav priority over karma. This internal surrender brings equanimity automatically.

Depending on one’s orientation, one can choose their own path. Whatever may be the approach, just by meditating on this verse, one can attain an inner self free of Ahankaar.
Brexit: This is how the final agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union remained at the last minute
By: Biedex Markets
Tags: Brexit, Agreement, European

After months of negotiations and delays due to the coronavirus pandemic, the European Union and the United Kingdom finally reached a final agreement to specify the terms of the so-called Brexit. Although the separation became official on January 31, 2020, it was agreed that the rest of the year would be a transition period to refine details about their future relationship, especially in commercial matters. The deadline for reaching a resolution would expire on December 31 and it was feared that there would be no agreement . But almost at the last moment, the European bloc and the British government resolved the most difficult issues. They will no longer have to abide by the terms of the World Trade Organization (WTO) , which would have meant new tariffs, regulatory controls and a lot of paperwork. The deal is done. pic.twitter.com/zzhvxOSeWz — Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) December 24, 2020 The news was released on December 24, as if it were a Christmas present for those involved. “The UK remains a trusted partner. We will work shoulder to shoulder to meet our common global goals. But now let’s turn the page and look to the future. To all Europeans I say: it is time to leave Brexit behind. Our future is made in Europe ” , expressed the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, through Twitter. The UK remains a trusted partner. We will stand shoulder to shoulder to deliver on our common global goals.But now let’s turn the page and look to the future.To
The Christmas Eve Agreement
By: Francisco M. Gómez
Tags: The European Union, Brexit, The Uk, Christmas, Business

The Christmas Eve Agreement

After four and a half years, and after loads of abuse, resignations and debate, an agreement between the European Union and the UK has been reached. The British government (and of course, the EU) has sold this agreement as a triumph for their supporters, and even the brains of this operation, Nigel Farage, has tweeted ‘the war is over’.

Unfortunately, wars don’t have winners. Instead, some lose more than others, and in this one, the loser has been known since the beginning. And I can explain why.

Perhaps we could say that Britons have now more freedom to change their own laws, but their problem continues: If they want to sell their product to the European market, they are bound to adhere to the European rule. It would be inconceivable that a Spaniard seller, who has to follow the European regulation on consumer protection, was to find a British product without the same level of safety in their own kitchen.

There are countless reasons for Britons to be happy with this departure, but these reasons belong to the group of intangible benefits. For example, their laws will now be independent of the EU; so they can now take comfort in this newly acquired autonomy. But what do you want autonomy for when you can’t use it in the real world?

We can talk about regulations in climate change, safety, fish, immigration, tariffs, etc. In the end, its the economy stupid! The EU has nearly half a billion of consumers while the UK hardly a fifth of this number. In simple terms, the UK is now more at the EU’s mercy than before, because when the UK exports products to them, it has to adhere to rules it can’t influence. There will no longer be British politicians sitting at the European Parliament and defending their country’s interests.

The dream of an independent UK, freed of the shackles of the EU, isn’t more than just that: A dream. In the XXI century, countries can’t be as ‘independent’ from each other as they have been in past eras. Inevitably, we need each other when we buy stuff and we have common needs when we talk about human rights.

As I wrote the first draft of this piece, I listened to brexiteers fighting among each other on the radio because they haven’t been given what they were promised. The ones who wanted a hard Brexit and thought Boris Johnson was their man are feeling hard on-by. The Conservatives who voted for him think this is a triumph. At least we can breathe with relief that we haven’t ended without an agreement.

In Spanish, we say that nadie da duros por pesetas.
Why Brexit Has Always Been About Dividing Society
By: Paul Abela
Tags: Brexit, Government, Politics, Society, Racism

How will life change?

The EU represents cooperation. It is a symbol of a common agreement, united by shared values and ideas.

Britain has severed that vision, the tragedy of the matter is that breaking away from Europe works to breed hate, division and fear.

Rather than making life better, Brexit will create a more divided country. With division comes increased racism and xenophobia. And where hatred wins, it provides racists and nationalists with the fuel to stoke the fires.

You see, they tell one another, the foreigners are the problem after all.

A divided country is exactly what the Conservatives want. They want people disliking one another. Because hatred of one another means people are so focused on the differences in society, they never stop to think that actually, the real problem is the structure of the system itself.

They do so to distract you. To make you believe your problems aren’t the result of a system designed to maintain the status quo, and ensure a wealthy elite remains wealthy.

Your problems aren’t a consequence of the system that doesn’t care about you, oh no. Your problems are the result of other people who are exactly like you. Other people who have the same hopes, motivations, and dreams for a better life.

It’s not just Britain suffering from too many foreigners coming into their country. Europe is seeing a rise in nationalism with lots of politicians focusing on foreigners as the cause of social ills. It seems the plague of foreigners, is affecting every country, at the same time. If only the foreigners’ would stay put then everything will be okay in life.

The fact foreigners are blamed everywhere for social problems shows that social problems such as poverty are an effect of the system. Politicians are hardly going to blame the system that provides them legitimacy as the cause of peoples suffering. And they’re hardly going to point the finger of blame at themselves, are they?

So will Britain winning back it’s sovereignty make it great again? No. If we did want to make Britain great, surely we should be encouraging unity, inclusion and solidarity? What we have is an imperialist crusade, which is a symbol of division, intolerance, and hatred. The greatest tragedy of all is that hate has won through, and we will all be worse off as a result.
The United Kingdom and European Union Reached an Agreement
Tags: United Kingdom, Brexit Britain, Brexit, European Union, Brexit Negotiations

It took a lot of time to reach an agreement. Hopefully, the United Kingdom and the European Union agreed to a free trade deal. It happened just several days before the Brexit transition period ends. As a reminder, more than four years Britons voted to leave the EU.

It is worth noting that, the two sides were able to reach an agreement by resolving a difficult dispute over the EU’s continued access to British fishing waters. Accordion to Boris Johnson, the U.K. share of fish would increase from half of the catch today to two-thirds after more than five years. Interestingly, fish accounts for less than 1% of the British economy but played an outsize role in negotiations.

People should take into account that, the deal averts a worst-case divorce that would have hurt the EU economy, but the British economy even more. Importantly, without a deal, the country could have lost more than 8% of growth in per capita income over the next decade. Moreover, a no-deal Brexit also threatened to disrupt British ports as well as custom chaos at the turn of the year.

European Union and a new reality

It is worth noting that, the trade deal is what is known as a hard Brexit. As a result, British, as well as EU economies, will no longer enjoy the close regulatory alignment they’ve enjoyed for decades.

Nevertheless, the British Prime Minister insists that leaving the European Union will benefit the U.K. in the long run. According to Boris Johnson, it will allow Britain to negotiate independent free trade deals with other major economies.

As a reminder, the U.K. has spent most of this year in a transition period. The period ends in several days on December 31. Importantly, disruptions and backups at ports could follow as customs controls and new processes come into force at EU borders. Notably, to minimize delays, the government told U.K. truckers that they will have to obtain a permit to enter the country of Kent.

People should take into account that, the deal still requires approval by the British Parliament next week. Moreover, the European parliament is expected to approve the deal retroactively next month. Notably, it took a lot of time and effort to reach an agreement.

Moreover, it will take for companies and individuals to adapt to the new reality. Also, Brexit affected the country’s economy as well as its standing in the world. Hopefully, both sides realized the importance of a free trade deal.
Brexit Is Shit
By: James Grigg
Tags: Brexit, Politics, UK Politics, Poetry, Poem

A poem lamenting the awfulness of brexit.

Brexit is shit,

That’s about it,

In so many ways,

We enter foul days.

My citizenship stripped,

My fortunes are flipped,

My identity stole,

So we can take back “control”.

No more united,

A world more divided,

We take a step back,

Which really is crap.

The nationalists rise,

They take so much pride,

They build on their fears,

It’s racism I hear.

But we will return,

My generation will yearn,

Our future awaits,

We will defeat hate.
3 🔑’s to Understanding #Brexit
By: Stephen Douglas
Tags: United Kingdom, Brexit, Disinformation, Nationalism, European Union

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 nationalism hijacked by a petty sub-set of oligarchs, their servants & the mis-led who imagine threats by the 🇪🇺 to 🇬🇧 identity into an organising focus for self-interest

2 The ruling Tory Party’s business model:

A Adopt policies (privatise public goods; £b in covid related fast-track contracts that would breach EU law) that enrich its supporters

B Thus enriched supporters in the House of Lords (& shady back-room influencing groups) dominate State decision-making

3 Poets’ ✍️ fantastical 😭 articles in the school newsletters of this narrow brand of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 nationalism (eg. Spectator & The Telegraph) spew anti-🇪🇺 disinformation for decades, thereby becoming legislators.

Disinformation concealed as Fake 🇬🇧 Patriotism.

Fake-promotes 🇬🇧 identity, while 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 & 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿‘s Parliaments & rights completely ignored.

True 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 nationalists need To Take Back Control from these misanthropic oligarchic elites (& their poets) who have hi-jacked 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 & 🇬🇧 nationalism.

Let’s return to the multicultural, open & positive version of 🇬🇧 & 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 identity modelled in the 2012 🇬🇧 Olympics opening ceremony.

100 Disastrous Brexit Moves
Why is the New Brexit Deal a ‘fig leaf’?
By: Renew Roots
Tags: Holidays, Food, Brexit, Health, Travel

A Brexit Deal is most certainly welcomed against a no deal however it fails to protect the issues that real people actually cared about. British people care about being able to take their dog on holiday in the summer. Without pet passports that will no longer be possible. Roaming charges will skyrocket once again, card charges might too! Healthcare will go as well, anyone with a pre-existing medical condition may struggle to afford health insurance. Students cared about being able to spend a few months abroad to study in a different country, without Erasmus they lose their funding and their grades might not follow them home. How many families can afford to send their son/daughter to Paris for 3 months? Most of all, when we order Italian wine, we expect it to be Italian. When Italians buy our kippers, they expect them to be from the Isle of Man, what will happen to our food? Britain is a food loving nation and that seems to have been forgotten.

A thin fig leaf — the perfect metaphore for the Brexit Deal.

The way that this deal has been negotiated has been shambolic. Playing the ‘strongman’ card is unbefitting of a British Prime Minister. These negotiations have caused concern, worry and even panic for millions across the country. Nearly everybody is affected by our relationship with Europe, even if people don’t go to Europe on holiday and don’t work for a company that trades with Europe, simple necessities like food, could be affected by this deal. Nobody needed to be worrying about food prices as our country slipped into ruin because of Covid-19. Vegetables are expensive enough already.

We have learnt two key things from these negotiations. We need a new competent British government. The current circus has no place in Westminster. We need a real reformed government which looks out for individuals, protects our families and puts our country first. We need to end career politics, we need to introduce term limits and end chummy reshuffles in cabinet. The second thing we have learnt is that there was no deal better than membership. Nobody has won with these Brexit discussions. We were not able reap the benefits of leave or remain. We have wasted 4 years where we could have been healing our country. Now we must move forward, we need to rebuild our connection with Europe, we need to improve it and make it stronger than ever before as we rebuild Britain post-COVID-19.
White Rabbit Flight
By: Doug Ecks
Tags: Poetry On Medium, Humorous, Brexit, Alice In Wonderland, Political Satire

Learn more. Medium is an open platform where 170 million readers come to find insightful and dynamic thinking. Here, expert and undiscovered voices alike dive into the heart of any topic and bring new ideas to the surface. Learn more

Make Medium yours. Follow the writers, publications, and topics that matter to you, and you’ll see them on your homepage and in your inbox. Explore
Merry Xmas To All, My friends on Medium
By: Byron George
Tags: Boris Johnson, Brexit, Politics, Poem, Covid 19

That Damned Virus

It's driving me up the wall.

The figures show there’s not much ado,

different from each & every Fall,

when the hospitals are full of flu,

Ok, it's rapid but not unlike that annual cull.

The panic and fear

spread everywhere

in numbers are the same

as every other year,

or near enough

the same people get rough,

the old, and the vulnerable,

with some previous stuff.

What I can tell though

is obvious,

the government show,

is to help their pompous

pals and sponsors,

make loads of dough, the cunts

starve hospitals of funds,

year after year after year.

Why is it so

available bed count’s so low?

If they had more staff

and tripled the beds

surely the service would cope,

and we could all work,

instead of jerk

off at home,

and twerk

to see Boris that clown,

force us all to lockdown.

Maybe it’s not a hoax

this virus lark

but it sure that the joke’s

on the public at large

not those dogs,

Johnson, Gove, Patel & Mogg.

We still get daily

That other daft pillock

for his half-hour dally,

Minister for Health Hancock

a complete and utter twat,

I’ve never seen before such a Wally.

Or Wilkinson the nerd,

you can’t polish

he’s still a turd.

Today they brought out Jenryk

another daft prick,

oh, then there was Schapps,

another big dick.

A cabinet of losers,

stop us using the boozers,

to mix and be social

with our families and fears

with their system of tiers,

I’m sure it’s a joke,

to make us all broke.

Some guys got together for fun

to laugh at the bluffing blonde twunt

on-line the Christmas number one hit,

is not called Boris the shit!

yes, you got it,

it’s Boris the Cunt!
2020 for the Conservative Party
By: Adrian
Tags: Nepotism, Failure, Uk Government, Brexit, Corruption

Congratulations to the Conservative Party who form the UK Government. You’ve really outdone yourselves this year.

Whilst you tried and failed to provide school meals for the poorest children (thanks Marcus Rashford) you have managed to completely mismanage the public health response to the C-19 outbreak, you claimed that “taking back control” of borders was a good idea and then failed to use this power to do something sensible like controlling borders and setting up quarantine zones — places like Taiwan managed this.

You set up furlough schemes for the nice obedient PAYE taxpayers and deliberately ignored those who are self-employed or run small businesses (who ironically would be many of your voters.) When it was clear that a pandemic was coming you decided to allow the Cheltenham Festival and Champions League Match between Liverpool and Atletico Madrid to go on despite knowing that this would cause a public health disaster.

In terms of corruption you’ve proven that you absolutely look after your own (and nobody else) — PPE contracts awarded without tender to people with no background in sourcing PPE seems like a very strange way to manage a crisis. You have repeatedly failed to reward frontline workers with deserved pay rises that the majority of the country would vote for in a heartbeat. You are spineless and craven and utterly tone-deaf.

To top all this off you’ve made our country a laughing stock internationally, you’ve failed to negotiate with the EU in a serious manner or represented the interests of ALL citizens. Of course at the very last second you’ll pull a deal out of the bag to much fanfare and the BBC will robotically act as stenographers of your pathetic PR.

There’s so much more I could add. I sincerely hope that every voter in the United Kingdom takes heed of the kind of people who have been allowed to “run” our country and decide that these people should be unelectable for a generation.
UK Electoral Commission Refuse to Allow Brexit Party Name Change
By: Jack Smith
Tags: Elections, Brexit, Corruption, Molyneux Post Stories, Nigel Farage

UK Electoral Commission Refuse to Allow Brexit Party Name Change

Image: GETTY

The United Kingdom Electoral Commission have started to play the dirty game, and expose the political corruption in every level of our government. The Brexit Party intended to change to ‘Reform UK’ and lay out new plans whilst also being a strong supporter of a ‘No-Deal-Brexit’, but have been hindered by the incompetence of the Commission.

As the Molyneux Post reported a couple of weeks ago, Nigel Farage and BP Chair — Richard Tice, announced they had sent a request to the Electoral Commission in the United Kingdom to change the name of the Brexit Party.

The report also detailed Farage’s plans for the party and what it will support. See the Molyneux Post report here. See Nigel’s original article here.

On the Brexit party’s official Instagram, a statement regarding the matter was released. The statement talks about how the Electoral Commission have had the Brexit Party’s “formal application” to “change the party name to Reform UK for 6 weeks”.

The statement goes on to mention that the Commission had cited that they have 6 weeks to come up with a verdict on whether they will press forward in the name change.

However, the deadline was over 5 days ago and yesterday the Brexit Party received an email stating that they have not yet reached a decision.

The commission also said, “it will take what time it tales” and that “there is nothing we can do about”.

The chances are, this is simple incompetence, laziness and fecklessness from the British government. In fact, this is a prime example of what the British public have to put up with on a daily basis.

However, it also could also be the establishment not wanting intruders into their ivory tower — Not wanting plebeian scum inside their pristine tower of lush marble and precious metals, filled to the brim with intelligence and wealth.

The Brexit Party have threatened to hold the Commission responsible if their requests are not met. This could possible mean a supreme court ruling which could also change the landscape of how party’s are formed.

Make sure to check out the Brexit Party’s Instagram to keep up to date with the news on the Electoral Commission fiasco and much more right wing, populistic, patriotic content.
#การลงทุนวันละตอน สรุปเหตุการณ์ตลอดทั้งปี 2020 เตรียมรับ 2021 ปีแห่งการฟื้นฟู
By: Sawita Atijanyanuruk
Tags: BlackLivesMatter, Brexit, US Elections, Gdp, Covid 19

Learn more. Medium is an open platform where 170 million readers come to find insightful and dynamic thinking. Here, expert and undiscovered voices alike dive into the heart of any topic and bring new ideas to the surface. Learn more

Make Medium yours. Follow the writers, publications, and topics that matter to you, and you’ll see them on your homepage and in your inbox. Explore
Hi, George ! Thank you for your responses.
By: Louisa Oliveros
Tags: Brexit, European Union, Dubai, UK Politics

Hi, George ! Thank you for your responses.

At the end of the year, and with a Computer Science course sucking 4 hour per week, I have been very busy. Time is going too fast for me.

I read your stories about Dubai. It seems you travel a lot and have always a nice time with friend in every place. Great. I enjoyed your stories. They are written with a lot of sense of humor.

I am sure UK will find its right place after Brexit, but what I am not sure is whether it will be what the brexiters (?) expect. The European Union brought a lot of economic and social progress for many countries -for all of them. We met and learned a lot about each other and exchanged our good items — all countries have something wonderful. I was 30 years living in Europe and enjoyed this. Europe had a long and bellicose History, so maybe it has to be together. Let’s see what happen in UK. I wish all the best for this country where I lived 5 years.

Enjoy all your trips. All the best for you.
UK Prime Minister Scrambles for Last-Minute Brexit Deal After Fiancée Issues Ultimatum
By: Kate Norton
Tags: Satire, Boris Johnson, Brexit, UK Politics, Humor

UK Prime Minister Scrambles for Last-Minute Brexit Deal After Fiancée Issues Ultimatum

Dec. 20, London (Norton’s News)--

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been working behind the scenes with MPs and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to find a Brexit solution after his fiancée drew what, for him, was the “ultimate” red line, people familiar with the matter said.

With talks still deadlocked and worries growing that Britain will find itself with no trade agreement with the EU, Johnson 's partner Carrie Symonds has told the PM that if the two sides are unable to reach a compromise, she will not sleep with him for “at least” a year.

“Johnson is now desperate to find a resolution” to Brexit, said a close friend who asked not to be named. “He has a high libido to begin with, and Carrie’s decree has really go him by the short and curlies.”

Symonds’ warning evidently stems from concern that no deal will slap high tariffs on her favourite French and Italian designers, putting the prices out of reach even for her. Symonds is also worried that no deal may mean that the current season’s outfits will be delayed by new customs protocols, forcing her to wear out-of-date designerwear.

“She’s petrified of looking ‘off-trend,’ so felt she had no choice but to act,” said one aide.

Still, a deal looks unlikely, despite Johnson 's last-ditch efforts, and several MPs dismissed the impact of Symonds’ demand.

“Do you think that a man who has had six children by three women would realistically go a year without sex?” queried one. “He may love her (Carrie), hence the frenzy of last-minute dealings, but he also knows where to get it if he wants it.”

A spokesman for the pair said questions about their sex life were not only “uncouth” but “off limits” and declined comment regarding any ultimatum.
Gold c(L)ause under Brexit
Tags: Brexit, Politics, Banking, Economics, Gold

Going by the title, please don’t mistake me for an attorney representing any side of the ‘Brexit’ saga. We have heard a range of issues raised, as a fallout of the divorce between Great Britain & European Union. In this post, I would be focussing on one specific issue/opportunity in this divorce which has been fashionably overlooked, our good old reservable asset ‘Gold’.

Let me share some important graphs depicting recent situation of Gold (Source: World Gold Council):

I. Supply and demand statistics

II. Gold Mine Production (as of 24th June 2020)

III. Above ground Stocks

IV. Major Trading Centres

V. Accreditation: “LBMA is the fulcrum for the global OTC precious metal markets. They set standards from the purity, form and provenance of the bars to the way in which they are traded” (Source: LBMA website).

If we consider points above, we will observe trade being organised in two broad categories. Wherein, Trading, Vaulting and Accreditation are instituted and internalised in Europe, or I should say ‘Europe + Great Britain’. Whereas, Mines, Consumption or Investment is majorly skewed towards South America, Africa and Asia.

Now, with the current situation of ‘BREXIT’/popular divorce, it leaves me wondering whether ‘consumption’ or ‘mining’ centres of the world would be spoilt for choice in terms of options available post ‘BREXIT’. Or the parting couple would amicably reach the beneficial settlement with regards to ‘Gold’.

As always, keep smiling. Cheers. jac4pac.
The rules for ordering goods from the United Kingdom will change in 2021
By: Virtual Office In Estonia
Tags: Brexit, Brexit News, Estonia

Due to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, new rules must be taken into account when ordering parcels from the new year.

This means that if the total value of the goods ordered by post is more than 22 euros, the customer must declare the consignment to customs and pay 20% VAT. If the value of the ordered goods exceeds 150 euros, in addition to VAT, a duty must be paid, the tax rate of which depends on the specific goods.

It is most convenient to declare shipments electronically in the e-MTA, and to submit a customs declaration, you need a notice sent by a courier company or Eesti Post and a document certifying the value of the goods, such as an invoice, payment order, or order.

Orders placed this year should not be left too late, for example, if an order is placed in the United Kingdom within that year in 2021, customs duties and VAT may be added to the shipment.

There are restrictions or special permit requirements for sending or ordering certain goods, therefore you should read the rules on the MTA website before ordering. For example, ordering medicines from online stores is prohibited. Care should also be taken when ordering food supplements because before ordering, it must be determined whether the food supplement of another country does not belong to medicines in Estonia.

As in the case of all countries outside the European Union, as of 1 January, gifts sent from a private individual living in the United Kingdom to a private individual living in Estonia must be declared to customs, the value of which exceeds 45 euros.

When sending goods from Estonia to the United Kingdom, the goods must be declared to customs if their value exceeds 1000 euros.
Why does nobody listen to farmers?
By: Renew Roots
Tags: Farming, Brexit, Politics, Fishing, Environment

There has been much discussion around fishing during the Brexit referendum, of late it has dominated the headlines in the free trade negotiations with EU and unfortunate “gunboats in the channel” bluster. Yet little attention has been given to a sector that has a larger market and employs three times more people in England. Hill farmers could be considered the custodians of our uplands, taking care of some of our most treasured landscapes as far apart as Dartmoor and Exmoor to the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District. They depend on seasonal returns that are at the mercy of trade with the EU, one of the most important export markets. These common farmers, their plight and the promises made to them by the government are not just being ignored but actively sacrificed in an ideological war of words.

Photo by Jakob Cotton on Unsplash

This isn’t just a threat to jobs, it’s a way of life, generations old and tied to the land, this can’t be mothballed or suspended without breaking the heart of communities up and down the country.

It is about time our farmers were listened to not just as farmers but people who have nurtured and built the landscapes we take for granted and so valued during the pandemic.

Farming is facing many challenges and one no one would have expected is that this government would be complicit in their demise.

We need a government that listens to all sectors and acts in partnership.

Renew with build bonds with farmers, not tear them apart.

Authored by Draeyk, Renew’s food, farming & environment spokesperson. Contributions are the author’s own opinion and do not necessarily reflect the views of Renew
Is Democracy Dead?
By: Abbey Heffer
Tags: Politics And Protest, Brexit, Politics, Democracy, Trump

What is democracy?

For so many of us, democracy is like God; we accept that it exists, even though we don’t fully understand how it works or what it is, or why we even accept its existence. We place our faith in it, as good citizens, and trust that democracy will bring us prosperity and control over our own little lives. If we believe hard enough, even we can change the course of nations. When not, we at least trust that democracy has our best interests at heart.

Like religion, democracy began with the best of intentions. It offered a way of life, a good and honest way to lead the people after centuries of kings and queens and off-with-her-heads. It seemed so simple; one person, one vote, and all are equal in the eyes of the ballot box.

Yet we are not all equal. In some democracies — the UK and US, for example — how equal your vote depends on a whole host of factors you can’t really control. Where you live, who else lives nearby, your ability to travel to vote, your citizenship, country of birth, your relationship with the law, your age, your race, all influence how much or how little your one vote counts.

Democracy is like God; we accept that it exists, even though we don’t fully understand how it works or what it is.

In 2015, a few months before the now-notorious Brexit vote, the UK held an election. Nearly four million voters, 12% of all votes cast, won just one seat in Parliament. To put those nearly-four-million votes in perspective, it took less than two million votes for the Conservatives to win the election. For the Conservatives, two million votes more than the Labour Party translated to more than a hundred seats. It took only 36.8% of the vote for the Conservatives to take power.

It is not only supporters of the far-right UK Independence Party who find themselves underrepresented playing by the rules of British democracy. The Green Party, although it failed to win as many individual votes as UKIP, also earned a disproportionately low number of seats compared to how many people it represents.

There are, of course, also positives to this system; it protects the rights of countries occupied by the English when Britain was created. Indigenous Scottish, Northern Irish, and Welsh parties win local seats far more easily than parties that cater to a geographically scattered, though large, support base. When this system starts to silence the voices of millions, however, it becomes problematic.
Introducing The Digital Politician
By: Annika Micallef
Tags: Brexit, Brazil Election, Politics, Trump, Cyberpolitics

To whoever came across our blog on Medium or Twitter… welcome!

The Digital Politician is a blog that is run by four students, each sharing an interest in modern politics.

As the title of the blog and the tagline (hopefully) imply, we are interested in political abuses that happen in the digital age; more specifically: political abuses that happen online during prominent political campaigns.

In the last two decades, the internet grew exponentially, consequently expanding into areas which were previously out of the virtual sphere. The advent of social media, video-sharing sites and online news portals (to name a few examples) saw millions of people across the globe flooding to the internet and accessing these sites. As a result, other areas which were also out of the virtual sphere, or were not as common, saw their way into the sphere. One such area is politics.

Cyberpolitics is a term commonly used by academics around the world. These academics are usually interested in analysing the depth and scope of usage of the Internet for political action. All types of social software are embraced in cyberpolitics. Cyberpolitics usually includes journalism, fundraising, blogging, volunteer recruitment, and organization building.

“Cyberpolitics, a recently coined term, refers to the conjunction of two processes or realities — those pertaining to human interactions (politics) surrounding the determination of who gets what, when, and how, and those enabled by the uses of a virtual space (cyber) as a new arena of contention with its own modalities and realities.”
Brexit update: Phishing is a big issue!
By: Ankush Johar
Tags: Brexit, Humanfirewall, Cyber Security Awareness, Fishing, Phishing

Fishing is not the only contentious issue for Brexit, there is another ‘phishing’ issue businesses are having to deal with across Europe and the UK.

With genuine Brexit updates being sent by most organisations — private and public — ‘Phishermen’ are having a field day! Malicious phishing groups are capitalising on the anxiety around Brexit and the outcome of the talks.

Over the last 61 days, data from across 29 countries reveals that there is a massive surge in phishing emails across Europe and the UK owing to anxiety particularly among businesses around Brexit talks. Phishing using the identities of Customs/Tax authorities across Europe and the UK, Commercial and procurement departments of organisations doing significant cross border business between Europe and the UK, as well as Fake tax consultancies being the most prevalent.

The calls to action in these phishing emails vary from asking businesses to confirm that they are going to remain unaffected as of January 1, 2021 — but this needs to be confirmed by them by clicking a link, to seeking confirmation that UK business will be treated as a ‘third country’ for the purposes of Chapter V of the GDPR, to ‘Click Here’ to re-register yourself on our procurement portal in preparation for Brexit, are the most prevalent.

Businesses receiving updates about Brexit in their emails from known annd unknown senders, ‘must’ treat such communnications as phishing, until they verify it as genuine. ‘Guilty until proven innocent’ or Zero Trust’ are the principles to abide by. Genuine senders communicating with their business partners and organisations about Brexit must avoid the use of words and phrases that may remotely emulate what phishers are doing right now. ” — Ankush Johar, Director HumanFirewall, a Human Cyber Risk Management & Phishing Detection and Response Platform.

WHAT CAN BUSINESSES DO?

Phishers use recent events of importance and popular topics like BREXIT to send malicious links and malware (malicious software). Carefully analyse the identity of the sender for emails mentioning the word Brexit. ‘Think before you click’ before you click on emails that contain the word ‘Brexit’. When in doubt, verify using other means like calling the senders to ensure they are genuine. If emails ask you to share information that can potentially be used to harm your business or ask you to pay some money, STOP and think why a genuine company would ask you to do this. If the ‘call to action’ creates a sense of urgency, or offers an incentive, or creates a sense of fear, causes you anxiety — you can be certain that it is possibly a phishing email. Spread Security Awareness among your employees to watch out for such attacks, or run Phishing Simulations on your employees, to beat the hackers at their own game. (Get your free Brexit Security Awareness Training and Phishing Simulation Kit from HumanFirewall.)

(Source: Study conducted by HumanFirewall.io from Oct 15-Dec 16, 2020 across 29 countries)