## UPDATE## Time to SHOW you're Fighting Back!

l've had some fun these past two weeks. A friend of mine had some badges made for me. These are professionally made out of metal with a safety pin fastening at the back and are 25mm in diameter. l didn't put any reference to my site because we are all Resistance. There are no leaders, no membership, no head office or anything like that. We only know each other by our blogger names and little more than that but that is where our strength is, isn't it?

We all fight the endless onslaught by government on our civil liberities and freedoms in our own way. We fight on many different issues and all are worthy and have merit. Some, like ourselves, concentrate on a specific issue. Ours is the UKBA and lately a little on parking tickets. Others are more general but just as important. There are those that fight politically and there are those that are activist. We are definitely activist :) Both are of equal importance and both need each other.

The point is, we are ALL Resistance in our own way.

So, back to the badges. Both myself and Zaphod have been wearing them on our jackets and they've attracted attention which has given us the opportunity to spread the word about what we are doing Most people don't really know what is going on because they depend on the MSM for the news and information. We've been able to open their eyes a little and direct them to what is really going on. Of course we've directed them to our site but from there they go onto our links to you guys. Don't get me wrong, we haven't been inundated by thousands. lt's just been a small number but it's people we would never have reached by the internet. We've taken our message out onto the streets and that has to be positive. We've sold a few of the badges too ... even my mother and stepfather have one (l gave them theirs). My stepfather is a Normandy Vet and his badge is now on his RNA jacket along with his medals and other association badges. l'm rather proud of that.

So, l've put the remaining badges up on Ebay here. l only have 25 up on there and 12 at home but if they all go l'll get some more made. Jeez, Ebay know how to charge though, they want insertion fees, then 10% of final price etc and then Paypal want their cut aswell. l've kept the price as low as l can, which is only £1.50 incl p&p.lf you haven't got or don't want to use Paypal, just contact us by e-mail and we'll sort something out.

l'd love to bump into someone in the future wearing one ... that'd be a buzz but regardless of that, we will be wearing ours on the Baccy Mini Cruises in OCT/DEC. Maybe others going on these trips will do the same? :)

After all, we are all 'THE RESISTANCE'

NEWS!

ln our particular fight with UKBA we have just received a letter from victims of the UKBA. A couple only had 6kg of tobacco between them but UKBA seized it . The couple appealed but were frightened off by the UKBA threatening them with costs so they cancelled their appeal. UKBA still went ahead with the court appeal in their absence and got the magistrate to award costs against this couple of  £2669.50 ... l kid you not! l'm currently going through all their paperwork to see what we can do.

UPDATE

Thanks for the great response. lt's heartening to see we have people willing to take it out on the streets. l've spoken to my friend and he assures me he can get me another 25 or so badges by Mon am. That being the case, l've added 25 to the number of badges available as the post office is not open till Mon anyway. lf he gets me more than 25 l'll revise the stock again. THE RESISTANCE grows! :)

Census 2011 Rebels ... did you suffer any consequences?

Did you not fill in your Census? Did you not send it back? Did you ignore it entirely? If so, what happened afterwards?

The people l know who didn't complete the Census for whatever reason have not had to suffer any consequences at all. A few had cards pushed through the door, a few had callers whom they quickly fobbed off ... and that was it!

Nothing else happened!

I thought they threatened to chase up all these people that didn't conform to the 2011 Census? They threatened heavy fines and such but where l am this was seemingly all bluff.

What happened to you?

Go Patsy!

Some talk the talk but can't walk the walk.

Patsy walks the walk! Go Patsy!

A Cunning Plan ..... guest post by SBC

Hitting ‘em Where It Hurts

(a suggested ‘Plan Of Attack’)

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My Boss was pissed at me. Again. Nothing new there; I was the only member of the detail who wasn’t ex-special forces/ex police and I have an ‘attitude’ towards authority.

So I drew a ‘punishment detail’. Instead of hi-end armed security work, I got to play ‘renta-cop’. Mind numbing, soul destroying and ,above all, boring work. Patrolling a hi-rise full of offices at night.

A couple of nights of doing that and I felt like taking a Browning Hi-Power orally.

Then I had an idea. I dragged out the A4 binder of  ‘Service Regulations’ and spent an hour reading up on EXACTLY what my duties were.

The next morning my Boss arrived at his desk to find over one hundred hand written ‘Incident Reports’.....in triplicate. I had, following the exact written instructions,  correctly reported every coffee machine that had not been unplugged, every computer not turned off at the wall, every unwatered pot plant, every light left on, every blinking light on every fax or photocopier.

A lesser bureaucrat might have simply have filed all my reports in the round filing cabinet marked ‘trash’ but not my then boss. As a former Oberleutnant in one of the nasty DDR ‘security’ units he was a true bureaucrat, a communist bureaucrat, a GERMAN communist
bureaucrat...

The word ‘Vogon’ springs to mind.

He dutifully sat at his desk reading and 'signing off' for the whole morning and that night I suddenly found myself back on the glamorous duties, doing the private planes of VIPS with the GSG-9 and Pizza Express on speed dial.

Ok, ‘nice anecdote’ I hear you cry but what’s my point?

Any bureaucracy has a weak point and that weak point is its own internal bureaucracy. Somewhere the UKBA will have written, legally binding, Regulations. Regulations written by ‘Experts’ who have never been at the ‘sharp end’, Pencil Pushers. Every UKBA officer will have detailed written instructions on how to make a seizure etc.

Just as an example I’ll wager that, when they make a seizure,  they are required to give you a receipt. But I’m guessing that usually that receipt simply says ‘10 kgs of Rolling Tobacco’ or  whatever. However the law and their own regulations probably require them to list every serial number....every serial number of every packet...and in triplicate...

The UKBA ignore complaints from the public when the public is the ‘injured party’ but you can be sure that a complaint that an UKBA officer has breached their own regulations, ie a  complaint to their own ‘Internal Affairs’ will get noticed and dealt with.

The Resistance needs to get hold of the official “UKBA Officer’s Guide To Being A Fascist Piglet” or whatever it is called and then INSIST they comply to the exact letter (make sure you open all the ‘ten packs’ before hand).

item: 1 50g pouch , Golden Virginia, sealed, Spanish tax stamp number XYZXYZXYZ Manufacturers S/N: 123456789

item: 1 50g pouch, Golden Virginia.....etc etc

... ad nauseum

Kates answer to No Smoking Day

Well done Kate!  The righteous will be indignant with rage!

The teens will lap it up ... be a rebel in one easy move!

Ha ha ha