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By Kirsten Schruder

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ave you ever experienced a sense of unease when witnessing a group of individuals wearing masks and/or keeping strictly two metres apart? If so, that’s good news, because it means you’re still sufficiently human to be able to respond to life’s deeper survival instincts.

For the purpose of this article, I am not going to repeat all the facts which make it quite plain to me that the so called ‘pandemic’ given the name Coronavirus Covid-19, is most certainly not something to fear as a significant threat to health. And that the mask is a worse than useless piece of so-called ‘protection’ which only serves to accentuate the fact that what it is supposed to protect against – doesn’t even exist in the form in which it is being described by the media.

However, there is something about what this mask represents that should give rise to genuine alarm. That ‘something’ is the huge effort being made to turn what is essentially a corona virtual reality construction into a real-life event. An event whose momentum is created by pressing down on the irrational fear button and keeping it down until the repetition of the pre-planned indoctrination exercise has gone on long enough for the majority to believe that any other version of events must be a ‘conspiracy theory’.

Here is where the uneasy feeling rises into something considerably more than just ‘uneasy’. Because what is on exhibit is an open admission of slavery to the unquestioned commands of ‘the leader of the day’; and what better symbol of such (typically unconscious) subservience than the wearing of the mask of the beast?

What better conformism to ‘the system’ is there than maintaining belief in the validity of ‘social distancing’ at two military paces from our collective brothers and sisters? What starker statement can one make concerning one’s loss of ability to recognise one is being deceived – than not to question being segmented into antihumanitarian social isolation through a modern-day act of apartheid?

If there is a pervasive sickness connected with the ‘grand Covid pandemic’ it is this: the willingness of tens

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of millions of individuals to adopt that which is so far removed from the truth that not even those who are in charge of purveying it can make it sound like sense.

Think carefully about what this mask actually is. If it doesn’t have anything to do with health, what does it have something to do with? If keeping two metres apart from fellow human beings also has nothing to do with health – and my research suggests that is indeed the case – then

what does ‘keeping distance’ actually stand for?

We know the answer, but perhaps as yet, not deeply enough to bring about the change that should result from such knowledge. So, I am going to say it again, in the hope that those who have not recognised the reality of the trick being perpetrated upon us – hold onto this truth – and do not waver or fall due to the insidious levels of brainwashing being directed at dominating our psyches.

The mask is a statement. A statement of conformity.

Conformity with a plan to destroy humanity – and by extension – the living environment and the overall aspiration to spiritual evolution which is innate in all life forms. Symbolically and actually, the covering of the nose and mouth with a mask is an expression of ‘secrecy’, ‘subversion’, ‘disguise’ and ‘undercover operations’.

The mass wearing of such masks (with the exception of doctors/medical practitioners) becomes a conformist identity symbol “I see, he/she is also wearing a mask, so they are one of us, we who agree to follow the regulations, to obey the rules and to behave in a politically correct manner. In this way we will be seen to be upstanding members of the community – and normal individuals.”

To be ‘normal’ is a treasured status within 21st century urban/suburban communities and beyond. There is a terrible fear of being seen to be ‘different’ and thereby ‘not normal’.

But to fear being different more than to fear being a slave, is a truly terrible sickness. Far worse than that being framed as Coronavirus. One for which the only cure may be a bang on the door by the Stasi police who have come to remove such a ‘normal individual’ from his/her home – with worse to follow – if that person still fails to raise a finger of self-defence for fear of ‘disobeying the law’.

We must break the chains of such paralysing conformity.

A conformity historically epitomised by mass obeisance to the Nazi regime in World War Two Germany. Stand up!

Anyone who fails to recognise that such a time bears a sinister similarity to the in-your- face rampant top-down usurpation of power going-on today, under the excuse that it is ‘necessary’ to prevent the spread of some sort of fake pandemic.

At a time like this, we must make visible statements of our belief in fundamental life values. Where there are occasions being advertised in which peaceful collective assembly in stated places/locations is the objective, objective, be at those events - and demonstrate en-masse that it is we, the people, who rightfully hold the destiny of this planet in our hands and NOT the control system which has usurped those powers. Then go home and continue to act on your freshly resurrected sense of self-belief.

Julian Rose is a writer, organic farmer, international activist and holistic practitioner/teacher. Two of Julian’s books ‘Creative Solutions to a World in Crisis’ and ‘Overcoming the Robotic Mind – Why Humanity Must Come Through’ are particularly prescient reading for this time.

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Welcome to the first edition of Brighter Times

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he new ‘Brighter Times’ newspaper is produced by a loose collective of people from across the UK - and beyond - who believe in our fundamental human rights, fairness, justice and truth. We have come together to produce a publication that gives you cutting-edge news and information from an alternative viewpoint than that served up by the mainstream media. We believe that without a full and unbiased spread of information, true democracy is unable to function.

Technology has enabled people from different countries, cultures and backgrounds to come together and exchange views and opinions. But, sadly, the ‘darker’ side of technology has also enabled mass surveillance of us all. And while there have been heroes, such as Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange, who have suffered for their honesty - the guilty will always try and suppress free debate and destroy any evidence which does not conform to their agenda. Indeed, they have already banned any alternative view on vaccines for example, while their ‘Think Tanks’ and Institutes – heavily funded by big business – pose as self-appointed ‘fact checkers’. In addition, their war machines of tanks, planes and drones currently practice on the civilians of Palestine - but we will probably be next. And their ‘bought and sold’ political parties are simply a place for the greedy to practice hubris and depredation.

Our group of supporters and contributors are people from all walks of life - from the poorest council estates to those who have attended the poshest private schools. Everyone is embraced, including people of all colours, cultures and backgrounds and we will not be divided.

Although we do not individually always agree on every subject being examined, what we are all totally committed to is allowing differing viewpoints to be expressed if backed up with hard facts. What we all share, are our common goals of respect, fairness and providing an opportunity for everyone to have the right to their own opinion.

‘Brighter Times’ will bring you stories on: Common Law courts, the self-proclaimed elite and how we need to fight back against them. We will also tell you about the true science behind 5G, the illegal collection of our private data and about the courts stealing people’s private property. We will help to put like-minded people together, organise opposition to any form of oppression and show solidarity in the fight for truth and justice. ‘Brighter Times’ will also shine a light on positive projects such as organic farming and alternative distribution networks.

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Morale Keepy-uppy!

Welcome to our keepy-uppy page, helping you to keep on your toes and giving you the heads-up on ways, ideas and perspectives for staying positive.

These are certainly testing times in which we live, with our children and grandchildren facing unprecedented challenges under present government guidelines and restrictions; in the blink of an eye, entrenching the entire population in new ways of living. However, with very little research and curiosity, we can obtain some wonderful positive methods and tools to help maintain confidence, innovation, kindness and a caring future for the next generation and ourselves at the same time. As a part NewZealander, I have always felt honoured by my country’s ‘can do’ attitude which permeates through our society with mad and marvellous outcomes. I mean, why wouldn’t someone want to throw themselves off a cliff or bridge, tied to a piece of elastic, in order to bounce up and down for a while, capping off the whole experience by tweaking the science so you can just about get your head dipped in the water? Why not indeed? It seems that ‘questioning’ is not only the mother of creativity and invention but it can also help us develop confidence, innovation and a caring attitude. For instance, we may be told something is not achievable, but in questioning that statement and turning it on its head by saying, it IS achievable, then we open the door to possibilities. The more questions we ask, the more possibilities arise and our creative nature thus awakens and rises to the challenge. Some may say they are not creative, but that is simply not true. Humanity would never have survived if we were not imbued with an innate creativity. The real issue is how we choose to employ our creativity. There is a positive or negative element to all situations and they will travel in the direction they are driven. Personal experiments are the way to learn of our power, to take control and steer towards chosen positive outcomes. When we become like little children and choose to ask, “why not?” We will always open doors that lead to new and exciting possibilities - and in the weeks to come we will explore some useful and uplifting methods for the present challenging, but brighter times to come.

Children’s Health: Non Negotiable

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hen it comes to assessing the safety of wifi in schools. There are 3 material facts to consider:

1. No insurance company will insure it. Lloyds of London refuse to underwrite Telecommunications providers for any health claims brought against wifi providers. International insurer Swiss Re in 2013 put ‘unforeseen consequences of electromagnetic fields’ into their highest risk bracket.

Not to be outdone, Austrian insurer, Auva, funded an independent study in 2009, and concluded that radiation from EMF emitting devices does cause harm, and that precaution is ‘demanded.’

2. European public bodies urge caution. The Council of Europe (2011) passed Resolution 1815, which urged using ‘all reasonable measures’ to reduce EMF exposure especially around children who are more susceptible to radiation absorption. The medically-backed EUROPAEM EMF Guideline (2016) states that ‘empirical observations and patient reports’ show a causal link between health problems and EMF exposure. Even the UK’s medical advisory board, Public Health England (2013), admit that long term health effects may result from prolonged exposure to EMFs and they advise caution.

3. European jurisdictions have limited wifi use around children. The French government banned wifi in nurseries and daycare, and restricted use in primary schools. Israel has banned wifi in nurseries with restricted hourly usage in schools. In the South Tyrol authorities have replaced wifi with wired networks in schools, pre-schools, hospitals and nursing homes. Saltzburg and Frankfurt have both banned wifi in schools and nurseries. A few examples of a growing number of states now acting in the interests of children’s health.

In British politics, however, the response has been contrary. The UK government denies any risk to public health. If you send a letter to any MP outlining concerns about EMF radiation you get a cut-and-paste response: “Considerable research has been carried out on radio waves and the government does not anticipate any negative effects on public health.” Exactly the same wording from two different constituencies. K. Snowden, vice-president of CTIA (an international association for the wireless industry) begs to disagree. He says “I want to be very clear, industry has not said once, that [RF radiation] is safe.”

European safety examples shame our British Politicians. No one wants to deny the young access to the most powerful learning tool on the planet, but not at the risk of our children’s health.

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Common Law – How to record your birth and take ownership of your ‘Legal Fiction’ (straw man)

(Common Law Deeds of Declaration)

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o provide proof that you stand under Common Law you must first record your birth. You can then obtain ownership of your Legal Fiction and go on to make other declarations such as

recording a business under Common Law. 1. First, simply use this link to complete the Birth Certificate form. By recording your birth, you establish your standing as a living man or woman. https://www.commonlawcourt.com/ deeds/ Click on the Birth Certificates option on the Deeds page and complete the form. You must complete your birth certificate declaration before submitting any other deed.

· Should you wish to obtain an embossed birth certificate and/or a CLC Identity card (highly recommended) simply go to the SHOP, tab on the www.commonlawcourt.com website and all available certificates are displayed there. · Simply click on those items you wish to purchase and add to your basket. There is a small fee for these items to cover the cost of production and postage. · Alternatively, you can click on the link to any chosen document. Instead of adding to your basket you will also see “Looking for a digital version of this certificate? Click here”.

By clicking that link you can obtain the digital version of these certificates to print yourself.

2. As soon as you have submitted this form you will be sent an Important: email with your Common Law birth certificate unique reference You must complete your birth certificate declaration before number and account log in details and a temporary password to submitting any other deed. your www.CommonLawCourt.com account.

It is best to use an email unique to each applicant so that 3. Log into your account with the details given and change the each individual has an account of their own. (Although a temporary password to one of your choice. family can all use the same email to record details - for recording children for example, it just means they will all 4. Now go to the DEEDS page again and click on Fictitious have to use the same log in details to that one account.)

Names to obtain ownership of your legal fiction. Complete the form and submit.

5. You will receive another email with your unique reference number to your Legal Fiction. You have now taken ownership of your Legal Fiction and stand fully under common law.

NOTE: · All of the above processes are free. · This is all you need to do to evidence the fact you stand under Common Law. The details are recorded with your unique reference numbers as proof to anyone that you operate under Common Law.

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Start the Day

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f today’s dystopia is draining your batteries, the prospect of another day of masked ‘lockdown’ is really getting you down and you’d rather bury your head beneath the duvet than face the dawn, help is on its way. Here are some startthe-day tips to put some pre-Covid zing back into your step and get the blood circulating again.

Begin by rating your energy level right now – 0 to 10: 0 = I woke up hating my life, sick of my job, ticked off at the thought of another Zoom meeting sat in my PJ’s; I’ve had a rough night, already feel exhausted and cannot be arsed to open the blinds.

10 = I’m feeling yippety-doo-da; whatever today throws at me, I am READY! (If you are an envious 10, you might want to pass this exercise onto someone more in need of it) OK, Let’s Go! Six easy steps to Strengthen your lifeforce that will require less than 5 minutes of your time: Breathe, Tap, Rub, Zip, Thump, Shake!

1. BREATHE deeply 5 times - inhale through the nose all the way down to the abdomen and exhale slowly through the mouth

2. TAP the top of your head with the flat of your hand a few times 3. RUB your tailbone or coccyx several times 4. ZIP UP by facing your palm towards the body several inches away. Slowly move the hand from the pubic area up to the top of the head in a zipping action – fast or slow.

Do this several times. (Notice the subtle electro-magnetic sensation in the space between your hand and your body) 5. THUMP your thymus (that slightly bony protrusion below your throat and above the centre of your chest). Do it a few times.

6. SHAKE off the old energy by prancing around and vigorously moving your arms and legs Now how do you feel? Stronger? More awake? Energised?

Rate yourself again and see how your rating has changed and your mood has shifted.

Try it, you’ll be surprised by the results!

Carmen Harris Author of ‘Sh*t Happens, Magic Follows (Allow It!)’

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Military Men vs. the Meters and the Microwaves

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new generation of two-way wireless and powerline (TWAC) ‘smart’ meters was first ‘deployed’ about a decade ago.

Unbeknownst to the public, the new meters could both send and receive signals back and forth from the utility, eventually communicating with transmitting appliances inside the home. The industry made many misleading statements about how much additional EMF/RF was being introduced into the environment, claiming, for example, that data was only being sent 4 times a day, for ‘billing purposes only’. This is but one example of the wide-scale covert nature of the ‘deployment.’

The direct experiences of individuals reporting symptoms of reactivity and/or sensitivity to the imposition of additional frequencies in the airwaves and on the electrical wiring contradicted the industry claims, both of safety and of the actual meter transmissions. It has only been due to the extraordinary efforts of citizens scrambling to play catch up with the covert forces behind the drive to install additional wireless technology that we know that the “4 times a day” claim is an outrageous falsehood.

The Meters Transmit 4 Times A Day, For Billing Purposes Only – NOT!!!!!! 190,000 does not equal 4. PG&E’s Big Confession.

The EMF Safety Network was one of the first groups to establish a web presence and to begin chronicling the problems with the smart meter deployment, in California.

The EMF Safety Network reported on “PG&E’s Big Confession.”

In April of 2010 the EMF Safety Network filed an application with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) asking for hearings on health impacts, including ‘Smart’ Meter radio frequency (RF) emissions data.

We wrote: “PG&E’s paltry, inconsistent and contradictory information on RF emissions from Smart Meters is unbelievable and at odds with other RF expert findings. Several PG&E bulletins and spokespersons make varying claims on how often the Smart Meter electric meters transmit RF, anywhere from every hour to every 4 to 6 hours to 2% or 4% of the time.”

We just wanted the facts, but the CPUC rubber

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stamped PG&E’s claims of RF safety and dismissed our application stating: “All radio devices in PG&E’s Smart Meters are licensed or certified by the FCC and comply with all FCC requirements” and “Smart Meters produce RF emissions far below the levels of many commonly used devices.”

PG&E provides information from ‘Richard Tell Associates’ on their website titled, ‘Supplemental Report on An Analysis of Radiofrequency Fields Associated with Operation of the PG&E SmartMeter Program Upgrade System’. This report states Smart Meters transmit at 1-watt with 0 antennae gain. It claims: “The 1-watt transmitter is configured to transmit data approximately once every four hours back to the company so its duty cycle is very small” (the actual data transmission duration during any four-hour period will vary, however, depending on how often a particular meter transmitter acts as a repeater for other nearby meters).

From PG&E’s ‘Smart Meter FAQ’s’: ‘SmartMeters™ utilize a low power (1 watt) wireless radio to send customer energyusage information wirelessly to PG&E for data collection’ And to the question: ‘Do electric SmartMeters™ constantly emit RF?’ PG&E answers: ‘No. SmartMeters™ communicate intermittently, with each RF-signal typically lasting from 2 to 20 milliseconds. These intermittent signals total, on average, 45 seconds per day. For the other 23 hours and 59 minutes of the day, the meter is not transmitting any RF’.

In a letter to Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey, the FCC writes, “The devices (Smart Meters) normally transmit for less than one second a few times a day and consumers are normally tens of feet or more from the meter face…”

All right, enough with all the false claims!

Just give us some real facts! Recently CPUC administrative law judge Amy Yip-Kikugawa ordered all investor-owned utilities (IOU’s) to answer Smart Meter radio frequency (RF) questions. PG&E’s answers are an astounding confession!

Question 2: “How many times in total (average and maximum) is a smart meter scheduled to transmit during a 24-hour period?”

PG&E says: “The average number of RF pulses for the electric meter would be about 10,000, per meter, per day and the maximum number over 190,000”.

90% of these pulses are for the mesh network maintenance (signals bouncing from homes) and only 6 pulses are for reading the meter data. This doesn’t include Home Area Network transmissions.

How about peak power figures? Answer: “The PG&E electric meter transmits at 900MHz with 1 watt of transmit power. It has an antenna gain of 4.0 dBi for a peak level power of 2.5 watts”. That’s two and a half times more than their safety data stated!!

Misinformation, Subterfuge, Propaganda, Outright Lies – is the former Military Men response.

The significance of what is unfolding — for example, the undisclosed truth about the meter transmissions and antenna gain — is not being reported or understood by the public, due in part to the concentration of ownership of mainstream media and social media by those profiting from data mining and the surveillance that wireless enables.

When citizens investigate and uncover wrongdoing to policy and law makers, decision-makers fail to act. And this includes massive accounting fraud. In fact, the cover stories and falsehoods about wireless technology persist in the public narrative. The fact that the roll-out of wireless meters has been conducted under cover of pretence, misinformation, subterfuge, and outright lies requires a deeper examination and investigation, especially regarding claims about ‘sustainability’.

Two of the voices that emerged are two former military men, Jerry Flynn, and Barrie Trower.

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Connecting the dots and lies

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N Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development, COVID 19, Climate Change, The Fourth Industrial Revolution, The Great Reset and how they are all part of the same plan.

Agenda 21/2030 has been a long-term plan - roughly 40 years or so. Everything that is happening right now, which you may think are separate events, are in fact all linked and have all been part of a well thought out master plan for topdown global governance.

We are now presented with the ‘Great Reset’ and the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ by the World Economic Forum, headed up by Klaus Schwab. The WEF, the United Nations and the ‘Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’ have all collaborated to bring about the extraordinary events of 2020 to a head.

I will now endeavour to explain how this genius, long-term master plan has been implemented over the years.

The Great Reset is essentially a re-branding of the United Nation’s Agenda 2030. The endgame of which is to have us all living in a highly technocratic leisured urban environment which they call ‘Smart Cities’.

A report from The Club of Rome, ‘The First Global Revolution’ (1991) was commissioned by the UN to bring about a ‘Global Action Plan’ to create an ideology that humans are bad for the planet, so the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro was planned to push this idea.

On page115 it states: “The common enemy of humanity is man. In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill. All these dangers are caused by human intervention and it is only through changed attitudes and behaviour that they can be overcome. The real enemy then is humanity itself.”

So, we are the ‘new enemy’ in the 21st Century.

We now find that the 17 ‘Sustainable Development Goals’ of Agenda 2030 (SDG’s 2015) are now woven into Schwab’s Great Reset and the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

On the 13th of June 2019 before the ‘pandemic’, the World Economic Forum and the United Nations signed a deal to accelerate the goals of Agenda 21/2030 in New York. It was

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called ‘The Strategic Partnership Framework’ between Antonio Guterres (UN) and Klaus Schwab. In fact, The WEF say that the pandemic has presented ‘a great opportunity to bring about social change that will re-engineer the whole of society.’

“You will own nothing and you will be happy” - Klaus Schwab 2020 Later on, in June, the World Economic Forum and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation held ‘Event 201’ at the John’s Hopkin’s Institute in New York. It was a tabletop scenario of a ‘What If?’ predictive programming exercise about a virus that escapes in a wet market in Brazil and becomes a global pandemic followed by a full vaccine roll out.

Very timely!

If you go to the WEF website they inform you that GDP is a ‘thing of the past’ and it will be replaced by a new economy based on green taxes and data-driven surveillance using impact investing and human capital bonds linked to the ‘block chain’, something akin to the Chinese social credit system. They call it ‘Stakeholder Capitalism’ where the human is the sole commodity. The lockdown is thus a planned crash of the global economy to bring in total control.

We will then be ‘data-harvested’ from cradle to grave and our outcomes traded like futures on the financial markets. Our children will be forced into machine-driven distanced education for this very purpose.

If you’re wondering where our arts have gone - theatre, festivals, concerts etcetera, they will not be coming back in live form again as the world they have envisaged for us is one seen only through the eyes of a virtual reality headset. And you won’t need to travel, as you can experience it virtually. From your smart city apartment, you will be able to experience a walk in the countryside - or the beach - from the comfort of your sofa.

This sounds far-fetched? No, this technology is ready to roll!

The current system wasn’t perfect and many people are seeing ‘The Great Reset’ as a positive move against Capitalism, but what they have planned is far worse, with topdown control of everything - including the human condition. What they are peddling is a green utopia - but in reality, it is a technocratic dystopia which will have the human being merged with artificial intelligence via something called ‘The Internet of Bodies’.

This agenda is both anti-nature and anti-human. It ultimately leads to trans-humanism, genocide and the end of the biological human being.

This is not conspiracy theory. It is for all to see at WEF.org.

Sandi Adams

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A Plague On All Your House!

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f you really believe that our elected servants in the House of Commons are here to serve us, then please think again!

We’ve all heard that old joke – ‘How do you know when a politician is lying? His or her lips are moving!”

Well, here’s my ‘joke’ – how do you know when a politician has absolutely nothing to offer? His or her lips keep uttering the words ‘Hope’ and ‘Change’. How about them uttering the words ‘Truth’ and ‘Solutions’? You will definitely never hear that!

To put it bluntly, I’ve had enough of our political class and the whole rotten financial system it serves. I could now write thousands of words that would completely expose the fraud, deception, entrapment and the actual treason that’s being practised on those green leather benches in that over-dressed gothic megastructure in central London.

Unfortunately, I’ve only been given around 500 words for this article, so I’ll do my best.

Question! Why do we continue to collectively endorse our party-political system when it clearly does not serve the interests of the ordinary people? Parliament is there to make life easy for the moneyed ‘one per cent’ in their ivory ‘City of London’ tower. It doesn’t exist to help the ordinary people in the street like us. It’s all a criminal scam and here’s the proof.

Please don’t groan, but I’m now going to write about money creation. I’m not an economist - but you are definitely going to be able to understand what I’m going to tell you! Just

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remember what a wit once said about economists – ‘God created economists to make astrologers look good!’

As the so-called ‘COVID-19 pandemic’ grinds on with ‘new strains’, more lockdowns and increasing restrictions on our freedoms, our economy is being deliberately trashed beyond all recognition. Tens of thousands of businesses now face imminent collapse; millions of jobs are at risk; and the Chancellor of the Exchequer is ‘borrowing’ around £500 billions of ‘fresh air’ money from the banksters to increase our National Debt – money that has quite literally been conjured up out of thin air as debt i.e., just numbers on a computer screen…it’s called fraud!

And all this upheaval is there to make us, the people, desperate enough to welcome the World Economic Forum’s ‘Great Reset’…a global initiative that will take us all down a path towards a fascist future with the banksters firmly in charge. You’ve been warned! Look it up!

But let’s get back to Rishi Sunak, our ‘hero’ who’s riding a wave of popularity at the moment for being a ‘caring’ Chancellor! Did you know that in 1914 the British Government, to avoid a complete collapse of the economy at the outbreak

valued in the region of £30 trillion. We could easily put a trillion of that into the economy as debt-free and interestfree money that would save every business from collapse and every job! So, why aren’t we? It worked then and it would still work today!

of the First World War, authorised HM Treasury (not the privately controlled Bank of England) to create debt-free and interest-free money that was based firmly on the wealth, credit and creativity of our nation?

The Treasury calls this common-sense fiscal process M0 at 100% - we call it ‘Sovereign National Credit’. It’s simple and it works!

It doesn’t create inflation and it saved the nation’s economy in 1914. And even though it stopped a run on the banks, the banksters hated it as they were not involved and they couldn’t make any money from it.

Well, I’ve now gone well over my 500 words so please go to www.newchartistmovement.org.uk and look at my correspondence with our politicians. The Speaker of the House, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, refuses point blank to respond to me. Nor will the MPs who belong to the Treasury Select Committee. Nor will the Chancellor himself or even the Shadow Chancellor. They’re all in bed with the City of London! When will we finally realise that the House of Commons supports the banksters and not us, the people?

Justin Walker Emergency first batch of the Treasury-issued 1914 ‘Bradbury Pounds’ printed on one side only on stamp paper.

We are the 99%!

The £1 and Ten-Shilling notes, which were called ‘Bradbury’s’ after Sir John Bradbury who put his signature on them as First Secretary to the Treasury, could easily be re-issued today both in electronic form and as cash. According to the Office of National Statistics, our country is

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The Future Is the Farmer

By Julian Rose

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t a farmer’s fair in Krakow, South Poland, in early May, I spoke to a Romanian peasant. He was demonstrating ‘clay pot making’ using a foot treadle to spin the plate upon which the pots were being formed by his deft hands.

I remarked how attractive I found this technology due to its lack of reliance upon any electrical power source.

He nodded, saying “No other power required.” The conversation swung to the need to remain independent; independent of state and industry-controlled sources of power. Because being dependent upon centralised power, be it energetic or political, means always owing to someone or something; whereas to be free of such a burden enables one to form strategic relations where one pleases. This form of sharing creates a natural form of interdependence with fellow humans, rather than dependence on governments and corporations. He nodded again.

A colourful troupe of ‘Gorale’ (Polish mountain farmers) were stamping their feet to the rousing notes of a merry fiddle while weaving a circular pattern through and amongst each other, shouting out in occasional bravura.

My Romanian friend was looking on, his non-treadle foot tapping out the folk song’s rhythms. After a little he turned towards me and said, “The farmer is the future.”

Now this struck me as a very profound statement. Many may well cynically laugh at such an idea. In those peoples’ minds is the notion that food will always magically appear from ... well ... somewhere – and that farmers, that is ‘real farmers’ like the Romanian and Polish peasants, are an anachronism, a romantic backdrop, a picture postcard of a time gone by.

The majority of people in Westernised societies have long since abandoned any attempt to source their foods from anything other than the most convenient and/or cheapest supermarket stores that carefully screen-out any correlation between the end product and the grower. That, after all, might shock the buyer into realising that there still are some human hands involved in the process whereby they acquire their daily meals. It’s much more comforting for them to imagine that their beloved supermarket somehow spirits their daily needs out of some super hygienic, sanitised, forever sunny, manicured ‘Astroturf’ garden.

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The Eastern European peasant family farmer does not know much about what goes on in the corporate run, European Union subsidised, monocultural deserts that churn out an almost endless supply of nitrate induced, vitamin depleted and pesticide protected so-called ‘foods’. He will not know what the majority of Westernised consumers dump into their trolleys on the way to the check-out desk, car boot and home freezer chest.

This farmer does know, however, that a very strange thing has happened to people over the past few decades.

Something that seems to have taken them away from values which, to the good farmer, are pretty much sacrosanct.

Values like never wasting valuable resources and living from the fruits of one’s labours. About independence and love of a way of life in the open fields, open air, one that somehow keeps one always close to God. All be it that this life pits man against hardships mostly unimaginable to the upwardly aspiring higher-waged supermarket shopper. A shopper fretting that she must negotiate the precinct without her recently manicured hair suffering any distortion from the unexpected shower of rain that has afflicted the roofless car park. Ironically, that shower of rain, a few drops of which might land on her precious head of hair, is about as close to nature as this lady is ever likely to get…in her cosseted perpetual suburban sunrise.

What the peasant farmer knows – and the consumer doesn’t – is that this shower of rain is actually a vital element in the nurturing process in which he/she is engaged; growing the foods that will feed the family, and if all goes well, providing a small income from the sale of any surplus.

What this farmer also knows is that, at any time, the crops and animals under his care might be taken by drought, flood or disease. It also might be threatened by wild animals, thieving individuals or interfering officialdom. This farmer lives day in, day out, with a perpetual level of uncertainty, which becomes so ingrained that it ceases to cause the sort of fear fuelled anxieties that haunt the urbanite. Instead, it becomes an integral part of the way of life.

There is wisdom in this insecurity, because life is uncertain and unpredictable, and trusting to a degree of fate is part and parcel of our natural response to challenges that springup without due warning.

The foundations of the supermarket society upon which our regular shopper’s aspirations depend – is predicated upon a continuous and uninterrupted increase in the acquisition of wealth. It soon becomes apparent however, that the material source of this wealth is not infinite, but finite; and that callously extracting these finite materials as though they were infinite does much damage to the fabric of the planet and brings much pollution to its vital arteries. So much so in fact, that by the beginning of the twenty-first century, alarm bells have been ringing on an almost daily basis, warning of an unprecedented crisis lurking just around the corner – unless substantial remedial action is taken.

Yet no one seems to know what form this substantial remedial action should take; because no one who participates in this consumer driven way of life believes that ‘they’ could possibly be contributing to a fast-approaching global crisis! No one, that is, apart from our peasant farmer, who does not suffer an insatiable hunger for material gain, but nevertheless remains caught up in its consequences.

This farmer must pay the price for other’s insistence on living in the profit-driven, fossil-fuelled fast lane of unsuppressed greed. A lane that ultimately leads to global ecocide. He will not be approached by those who depend upon the ‘quality control’ technicians whose role it is to scrutinize the sanitised products which line the supermarket shelves.

To these consumers, the farmer is a strangely primitive being who provokes a tremor of fear; almost disgust.

Consequently, he has no buyer for his home-grown carrots and beetroots, his orchard cherries, his free ranging chickens and eggs. Neither will his wife have any buyer for the fresh milk she lovingly extracts from the docile farm cow. This milk is, after all, too good to ever get into any supermarket display cabinet.

So, with no one coming to the door to purchase the fruits of their labour, our farmer regretfully goes off the farm in search of some part-time job to help support the family’s needs. The farm activity contracts, producing just enough to feed the family. While the younger generation abandon ship in favour of earning their livelihood in another place, another country and another way of life – the one that is mining the finite wealth of the planet as though it were infinite.

Then, one day, some shocking news comes across the airwaves of the world. News that the majority of foods on sale in shops and supermarkets are unsafe to eat. That they are the cause of multiple sicknesses and unprecedented rates of cancer and heart disease. Epidemics are also spreading around the world that can no longer be controlled

by conventional medicines and which the compromised human immune system is now too weak to fully resist.

A few days later, it is admitted that normal resources of water have become largely undrinkable due to high levels of pesticides and hormones which have heavily polluted the rivers and streams that run through the desert-like, agrichemical soaked monocultural farms, whose produce still lines the supermarket shelves.

In hundreds of cities and towns, panic breaks out. People desperately seek advice as to what to do and where to purchase safe foods. The big chain stores try to reassure their customers and the mainstream media calls for people to be calm and listen to the advice of government. But the story is out and the old platitudes cease to have the desired effect.

Chaotic scenes become widespread as people become engaged in panicked attempts to stockpile what they hope are ‘safe foods’. However, the truth is that no one knows what foods are safe or not safe or what water is pure or polluted or which storekeepers are honest or lying. No one had ever thought that anything like this could ever happen; so preoccupied were they with their materialistic concerns, consumer preferences and nine-to-five jobs. It never occurred to them that they could be collectively complicit in triggering a global crisis of unprecedented proportions.

At least, almost everybody.

Not long after this announcement was aired, a group of people nervously gathered outside our farmer’s house. A woman with two young children knocked tentatively on the door; while some of the others were more openly agitated and even threatening.

The farmer came slowly to the door and opened it.

“What do you want?” he said.

“I want to know if you can sell us any safe food,” said the lady, “My children are hungry and someone in the village said that on your farm the food is still not poisoned.”

The farmer stood silent for a while. Others shouted out “We need food!”

Eventually he turned to his wife. “Well,” she said, “You had better let them in.” …...................................................

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UNIVERSAL DECLARATION For The Future Of Humanity

A MAGNA CARTA FOR THE MODERN AGE

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his Universal Declaration is for every humanbeing on Earth, regardless of race, creed, colour and received social standing.

We humans are gifted with this innate awareness from birth; and this awareness makes us recognise our common responsibility to be stewards and to support and nurture life in all its forms here on Earth and beyond. Over time humanity has allowed itself to be dispossessed of this

supreme quality and responsibility. The great, diverse and colourful abundance of life on Earth has become faded into a grey and barren landscape of deceptive imitations.

It has become a spiritually rudderless and now greeddriven world, in which true leadership is either invisible or refused entry. This is not a state that can or will endure. Its existence is dependent upon maintaining and feeding division, hostility and fear in a world founded on wholeness, compassion and harmony.

SCIENCE AND LEARNING: Sadly, when it comes to science and the knowledge needed to improve and enhance the lives of everyone on Earth, a dark cloak of lies and censorship has been placed over the world. Academia, it seems, has largely been corrupted by corporate money dictating what can and cannot be publicly taught and where research should or should not take place. For example, public debate about the actual science behind so-called ‘Climate Change’ and ‘COVID-19’ has been closed down by academia and the mainstream media. We now have an increasingly ‘SMART’ world where advanced technologies involving Artificial Intelligence, the dangerous roll-out of 5G and Transhumanism, along with completely unproven vaccines, are completely endangering the human condition.

Science has been turned against humanity.

LAW: Every human-being on Earth must have easy access to open, fair and lasting justice. This can only be achieved by the universal implementation of Common or Natural Law whereby there is an immediate presumption of innocence until proved otherwise in a properly conducted Court of Law and Record.

A Petit Jury, made up of twelve randomly selected people, hears the case in an open and impartial court overseen by a randomly selected and independent-of-government Judge who ensures that both sides, the prosecution and the defence, have equal opportunity to present their evidence in a thoroughly responsible and effective way. A Jury then retires to deliberate upon this evidence and to reach, if possible, a verdict. To convict with a guilty verdict, a Jury must have reached a unanimous decision. Anything less and the accused must be found not guilty. In carrying out its responsibilities, a Jury not only decides on the appropriate punishment or sentence to be given, but also whether or not to annul the legislation that was first used to bring the case to court. This latter responsibility is extremely important as it ensures that the collective common sense and common decency of the people always prevails and has the final say over those appointed servants who are tasked with the drawing up of supposedly fair and just legislation. The people through the Petit Jury of twelve are the highest court in the land and must always have the ultimate and final say.

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GOVERNANCE: The peoples of the world must be allowed to lead their lives with the minimal amount of government interference. Complex and invasive legislation should never be used to micro-manage people’s lives which are already protected by the full weight of Common or Natural Law. Free thought and free speech are sacrosanct at all times, but with that must come personal responsibility to not cause unnecessary distress and suffering. Mutual respect for one another is crucial and we should all treat others as we wish to be treated ourselves. The good governance of any country, region or community must be achieved by involving as many people in the decision-making process as is practicably possible using safe and reliable voting procedures. Decisions must always be arrived at without the skewed interference of organised lobbying by vested and corporate interests. Self-serving political careers and divisive and hierarchical political parties should be actively discouraged in favour of consensus bridgebuilding and decision-making by independent people who, on being elected for a specific time only, are tasked to bring wisdom, humility, experience, humour and common sense into the debating chamber. This should result in sound and lasting legislation that safeguards people’s freedoms and responsibilities in equal measure.

ECOLOGY AND FOOD SECURITY: The planet Earth is a beautiful home and all of us are entrusted as stewards to protect and enhance the incredibly intricate and delicate ecosystems that make up this living planet.

The current economic trends that exploit and pollute these ecosystems to the point of complete collapse must come to an immediate end. All future commercial activities must take place on a human-scale with local people, rather than soulless multi-national corporations, being firmly in charge. Self-reliance by countries, regions and communities would become an overriding priority with global trade being based on mutual cooperation rather than outright competition. This is especially true when it comes to the production of good and nourishing food. The current trend to industrialise our food must come to an immediate end and the giant manufacturing corporations involved will be broken up into much smaller companies that are then tasked to serve and provide local communities and regions with food that has been produced by using natural and organic means. The backbone for all food production in the world will be small and medium-sized family and community owned farms with the welfare of all animals involved with this human-scale food creation being of the utmost importance. In this way, the natural fertility of the soils across the world will be re-established as will our greatly diminished maritime environment.

Local authorities must also ensure that people and communities wishing to grow their own food have access to suitable land.

MONEY: Currently, all the peoples of the world are blighted with unsustainable debt by being controlled by a criminally imposed private central banking system that practices secrecy, usury, fraud, deception and entrapment to strangle the prosperity and freedoms out of supposedly sovereign countries. This can be instantly overturned by immediately closing down all dealings with the privately-run and very little known Bank for International Settlements with its global network of central banks, whilst at the same time ensuring that all future money creation and money supply issues become the responsibility of sovereign governments through their treasuries. A simple and proven fiscal arrangement would be universally adopted that sees a sovereign nation creating, issuing and controlling debt-free and interest-free money that is based solely on the wealth and creativity of that nation. Money creation done in this extremely simple and stable manner, coupled with the immediate imposition of the Common Law upon the criminals behind the central banking system, would immediately remove the debt burden off the world resulting in all sovereign countries enjoying real peace and lasting prosperity.

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Book Quizzes - Trivia, Authors, and Famous First Lines

1. Scamper 2. Billy Bud 3. (Emma) Woodhouse 4. Rudyard Kipling 5. Kate Greenaway Medal 6. Vanity Fair 7. Jolly Roger 8. Arthur Hailey 9. The Pickwick Papers (The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club) 10. Brown 11. Ruth Rendell 12. Gale (and out of interest the ‘L’ in L. Frank Baum stands for Lyman) 13. Alice Walker (The Colour Purple)

1. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin 2. The Count of Monte Cristo 3. Richard Parker 4. The Costa Book Awards 5. Last of the Mohicans 6. S eventeenth (published in two volumes, in 1605 and 1615) 7. The Pickwick Papers 8. Uncle Tom’s Cabin 9. Ayn Rand 10. Catch-22 11. Howard Marks 12. Christian 13. Zadie Smith (On Beauty)

Answers:

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Book Quiz

1. Which 1994 book, written by Louis de Bernieres, is set on the Greek island of Cephalonia during the Second World War? 2. In which book was the first mate of the Pharaon arrested on the day of his wedding to Mercedes?

3. In the Life of Pi by Yann Martel, what name is given to the Bengal tiger?

4. What new name were the Whitbread Book Awards given in 2006?

5. Give the title of the book by James Fenimore Cooper that describes Uncas, the son of Chingachgook?

6. Don Quixote was published in which century?

7. Which book was Charles Dickens’s first and personal favourite novel?

8. Life Among the Lowly is an alternative name for which novel?

9. Who is best known for her two best-selling novels, Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead?

10. Which novel follows the life of Captain John Yossarian during World War II? 11. Mr. Nice is the autobiography of which former criminal?

12. What is the first name of Mr. Grey in the 2011 erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey?

13. Which young novelist won the 2006 Orange

Prize for Fiction on her third attempt?

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Book Quiz

1. What’s the name of the dog in Enid Blyton’s Secret Seven books?

2. Which book did Herman Melville begin writing in November 1888, but was still left unfinished at his death in 1891?

3. What is the last name of the 20-year-old protagonist of the book Emma by Jane Austen?

4. As of 2016, who is the youngest ever winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature?

5. Named after a Victorian book illustrator, which literary award is won annually for ‘distinguished illustration in a book for children’?

6. Which novel features the anti-heroine Becky Sharp?

7. What’s the name of Captain Hook’s ship in the 1911 novel Peter Pan? 8. Hotel is a 1965 novel by which author?

9. Name the first novel written by Charles Dickens?

10. What is the last name of William in the Richmal Crompton book Just William?

11. Whose best-known creation is Chief Inspector Wexford?

12. What’s the last name of Dorothy in the L. Frank Baum novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz? 13. Whose novel was turned into a Hollywood movie starring Oprah Winfrey?

Name the authors of the following famous books: 1. The Da Vinci Code 2. To Kill a Mockingbird 3. Bridget Jones’s Diary 4. A Town Like Alice 5. The Godfather 6. The Old Devils 7. Wolf Hall 8. Wind in the Willows 9. Little Women 10. Fifty Shades of Grey 11. Game of Thrones

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1. Call me Ishmael.

2. There was no possibility of taking a walk that day.

3. In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since.

4. Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

5. It was a pleasure to burn.

6. I was born in the Year 1632, in the City of York...

7. It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.

8. It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him.

9. They’re out there. Black boys in white suits up before me to commit sex acts in the hall and get it mopped up before I can catch them.

10. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

Famous Authors Quiz

1. Dan Brown 2. Harper Lee 3. Helen Fielding 4. Nevil Shute 5. Mario Puzo 6. Kingsley Amis 7. Hilary Mantel (Man Booker Prizer with Wolf Hall in 2009) 8. Kenneth Grahame 9. Louisa May Alcott 10. E L James (real name Erika Mitchel) 11. George R R Martin

Famous First Lines Quiz

1. Moby Dick (Herman Melville) 2. Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte) 3. The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald) 4. David Copperfield (Charles Dickens) 5. Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) 6. Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe) 7. 1984 (George Orwell) 8. Catch-22 (Joseph Heller) 9. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Ken Kesey) 10. Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)

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Monday September 20. Mercury trines Jupiter this evening and is good for conversations about the philosophy of life and what it means to you and the world.

Tuesday September 21. The full Moon is in Pisces and may deliver some big emotions. This is the last major Full Moon of the Summer, and we are being asked to purge our emotional baggage so there is more room in our hearts for the changes that lie ahead.

Wednesday September 22. The Sun moves into Libra just after 8pm.

Libra is all about justice, balance and harmony. We have the Autumn Equinox marking the end of summer. Early afternoon Mercury squares Pluto so there could be discussions about deeper issues that affect us all.

Thursday September 23. Mid morning Venus opposes Uranus. This can bring a sudden change in mood in a relationship. Fireworks and or a flash in the pan attractions without commitment are also a possibility.

Friday September 24. The Moon is in Taurus until early Sunday morning.

Connect to the Earth and walk in nature, create something of beauty, or bake a cake – being creative and tactile is also connected to Taurus.

Saturday September 25. Late evening Mars trines Saturn enabling you to finish what has been started as you will be decisive and conscientious in all you do.

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Diary of an Electrosensitive

1.

Electrosensitive self-talk!

Did anyone ever tell you that electrosensitives are mentally unsound?

Is it because they talk to themselves?

Don’t be silly! I believe there might be something in the adage that electro-sensitives are actually brighter than other people! You mean they shine more brightly like a lightbulb with a brighter filament?

Now you’re being flippant! But don’t you remember a story that all this invisible electromagnetic radiation bathing our heads, like it or not, stimulates the brain!

Is that good?

No. That’s just the thing. Sometimes I get overdosed. I go to bed at night and it’s as if my head is spinning on a crank.

Sometimes I can wake up with a headache like I was hit with a baseball bat. Or worse, subtler and more worrying things can happen.

I can see that’s worrying!

You can get exposed then get taken by surprise. My last trip to London left me flat on my back for four days, every ounce of energy drained from every muscle. For four days!?

It always happens properly afterwards, like how you suffer from sunburn only after the time you’re exposed!

Oh! And those idiot test scientists looked for a strictly

instant response to call “electro-sensitivity”, didn’t they!

They did! And I really have to deal with so much right now!

What I mean is, maybe having to do this is forcing me to be cleverer?

Look at my rented properties for example.

Three need replacement meters. I’ve got three separate energy companies trying to impose microwave-transmitting replacements on me, lying to me that analogue meters aren’t available anymore.

You nearly fell for that one!

I did! Until I found one to buy. Who’d have thought of buying your own energy meter?

Not me! That’s a brilliant way to prove them wrong!

It is! Then there are the doctors who tell me they can’t diagnose me!

They’ve got a part of their brain missing!

Exactly. The critical thinking part! Public services are now told what they can think.

That’s too much like Chinese politics, for me!

GPs scarcely even take the time to look at their patients anymore, they spend so much time screening them.

There are just so many sick people.

Electrosmog is making people sick.

Now I’m confused.

Well I admit it. I’m bright, but sick. There’s so much electrosmog. And more on the way.

That’s a bleak weather forecast!

Yes indeed. Welcome to my world! © Mic the Electrosensitive

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RADUCANU WINS THE USA OPEN

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ess than three weeks ago, Emma Raducanu began battling for her place in the US Open main draw.

On Monday, she stumbled across a giant billboard of her face on the streets of New York as she squeezed some sightseeing between appearances on prime-time American breakfast television.

It is this unexpected, unpredictable change in circumstances that has made the 18-year-old’s first Grand Slam title front-page news around the world.

Raducanu has not only made British history as the country’s first woman to win a Grand Slam singles title in 44 years, but becoming the first qualifier to win a major means she has made tennis history too.

Despite the high stakes, the teenager has sailed through the past few weeks with a look of composed joy on her face and the fallout to the biggest win of her career has been no different. Raducanu looked as poised as ever when faced with the Good Morning America panel in the show’s Times Square studio and there she explained how she reached such levels of resilience so young.

“From a young age I’ve always been brought up to have mental strength,” she said on the ABC show.

“My parents played a huge part in my upbringing.

They were pretty tough on me when I was young and it kind of shaped the way.

“I think now it is helping on the biggest stages in the world when you really need it.”

Raducanu described her Chinese mother Renee

Emma Raducanu was born on 13 November 2002 in Toronto, Canada, to “Ian” Raducanu and Renee, originally from Bucharest, Romania, and Shenyang, China, respectively. The original spelling of her family name in Romanian is Răaducanu. She attributed her mentality and ethics to her tennis idols Simona Halep and Li Na, both from countries of her ancestry.

Both of her parents work in the finance sector. Her family moved to England when she was two years old. Raducanu started playing tennis at the age of five. She attended Bickley Primary School followed by Newstead Wood School, a selective grammar school in Orpington, where she obtained an A* in mathematics and an A in economics in her A-Levels.As a child, she participated in various sports and activities, including golf, karting, motocross, skiing, horseriding, tap dancing and ballet.

Raducanu holds both British and Canadian citizenship.

She speaks Mandarin, watches Taiwanese television shows and enjoys Romanian cuisine, courtesy of her Bucharest-based grandmother. and Romanian father Ian as her “toughest critics” and “very hard to please”.

“But I got them with this one,” she joked.

“They couldn’t resist.

“It was really nice to talk to them after I won.

They were just so happy and proud of me.”