Is Russell brand another example of feminism weaponised ?

 What Now with Russell Brand?

Paul R. Denton | 6 November 2026 | Illustrated edition

The article discusses the reported verdict and what may follow. The plates are fictional dramatizations. The prison placements, incidents, dialogue and futures shown in them are imagined.

After four weeks at Southwark Crown Court in London, a jury found Russell Brand guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault against four women. He denied the charges and was acquitted of two other rape counts and one count of attempted indecent assault. The Crown Prosecution Service says a television programme broadcast in September 2023 prompted the women to come forward independently. Brand was taken into custody after the verdict and is due to be sentenced on Monday, 9 November. [1, 2]

I know what it is to stand in Southwark Crown Court and hear your future decided. In my case, the allegations came from one person during a divorce and a dispute over custody of our children. I maintained my innocence. I was sentenced to twelve years. I took on my own appeal, without a lawyer, and won. Brand’s jury heard the evidence in his case and returned four guilty verdicts. What I know firsthand is what happens to a life once the court has spoken and the doors close behind you.

What happens when the door shuts?

The judge has indicated that Brand faces a substantial prison term. My own twelve-year sentence is the number I remember hearing from the dock. His sentence is for the judge to decide on Monday. How long he spends in custody will depend on the sentence imposed and the release rules that apply to it. [2]

When I think of prison, I think of Wandsworth. You don’t see the sunrise or the sunset. You don’t see the horizon. A day can shrink to a cell door, a meal and the sound of keys. A job, a writing class, art or drama can give you a reason to get up in the morning. I don’t know where Brand will serve his sentence. I know how much it can mean to have somewhere to go when that door opens.

If he challenges his conviction or sentence, he will first have to seek permission from the Court of Appeal’s Criminal Division. I remember the work of mounting my own appeal and the relief of winning it. I also remember how little that victory changed for some of the people who had already made up their minds about me. [3]

Four per cent was the figure I had in mind from 2012. In Annex E of its annual review for October 2011 to September 2012, the Court of Appeal’s Criminal Division recorded “Conviction Appeals Allowed” as 4% of the outcomes shown. The chart covers all offence types and includes sentence appeals and renewed applications for permission. [9]

In 2011–12, the CPS recorded convictions in 2,414 of 3,864 rape-flagged prosecutions (62.5%) and 6,308 of 8,334 other sexual-offence prosecutions (75.7%). In 2012–13, the figures were 2,333 of 3,692 (63.2%) and 5,971 of 7,771 (76.8%), respectively. A rape-flagged case can end in a conviction for a different offence. For calendar year 2012, the Ministry of Justice separately recorded 5,728 people found guilty of sexual offences, including 1,145 found guilty of rape. The published figures do not track how many of those people later had their convictions quashed, so they cannot establish a 4% overturn rate for sexual offences. [10–12]

I was one of the men who won. I stayed steadfast. I had hard evidence that my trial had been unfair, and I worked to prove my innocence. Winning my appeal was vindication. Yet for years afterwards I was bullied and falsely accused. In the court of public opinion, I had already been found guilty. Once people had heard an allegation of a sexual offence, some treated it as a verdict. I felt that the people who made false allegations against me faced no consequences, while I was still living with theirs.

Russell knows what he did. If he knows he committed the offences, he needs to own up and take responsibility for the harm he caused. If he believes his conviction is unsafe, that is a matter for the appeal court and the evidence. As for me, the years of bullying did not stop me being myself. I kept writing and saying what I had to say.

What the prison figures tell us

The Ministry of Justice recorded 360 deaths in prison custody in England and Wales in the year to September 2026. It classified 66 as self-inflicted, down from 97 in the preceding year. That category includes apparent suicides and some accidental deaths resulting from a person’s own actions. The figures can change as inquests conclude. In the year to June 2026, 12,973 people in prison were recorded as having self-harmed, across 68,231 incidents. Those are two different measures, and they cover different reporting periods. [4]

When the door closes, you can go from seeing your children every day to waiting for a visit. If a man tells an officer he cannot get through the night, that needs a healthcare response and someone who will keep listening after the immediate crisis. A chaplain, a phone call and a family visit can all matter. So can a clinician who has the time to see him. One of these plates imagines medics responding to an emergency on the wing. The figures describe a real problem across the prison system.

Will he have to take a course?

A conviction alone tells us very little about the work Brand will be asked to do in custody. Prison and probation staff assess risk and needs. The current HMPPS list includes Building Choices, a programme with group and individual sessions that can cover managing emotions, relationships and healthy sexual behaviour where relevant. I found no public information about a referral for Brand. Where release depends on a Parole Board decision, the question is whether risk can be managed. A course can be part of that evidence, alongside conduct in custody and the release plan. Declining a recommended course can leave questions about risk unresolved, but it does not by itself decide release. Its practical weight depends on the sentence and the assessment. [5, 8]

I have a problem with a course that tells a man what he is before it asks him what he did. Give him the phrases he is meant to repeat and you may get a quiet room and a signed form. What have you learned about how he will act when he is alone with someone who tells him no? I want a man to be able to hear that word, respect it and walk away. A class that rehearses that kind of decision has a purpose. Humiliating him in front of a room does very little to teach it.

The prison service has had reason to question its own courses. A 2017 Ministry of Justice evaluation found higher observed sexual reoffending among men who took the former Core Sex Offender Treatment Programme than among a matched comparison group. That was a finding about an older programme. The published Building Choices design-test evaluation looked at delivery and participants’ experiences. A separate outcome study would be needed to tell us what effect the new course has on reoffending. I would judge any course by what happens after the classroom. [6, 7]

The headline follows you home

I was threatened, attacked, excluded and pilloried. I lost my family. I know what it is to look for work and feel that the person across the table has already met you in a headline. In my experience, the accusation travelled further than the outcome of the appeal. I wrote about it. I wrote three plays. I warned anyone who would listen about what I had seen. Too often, the room went quiet.

That is why I wrote Stitched Up. It is my account of a divorce that became a criminal case, a twelve-year sentence, the appeal I fought myself and the life I had to face afterwards. If you want to know what it costs to fight a conviction from inside prison, and what it takes to come home after winning, that is the story I tell in Stitched Up.

Where to next after release?

Brand has a public name and a way of reaching people that most men leaving prison never had. That may give him a route back to work. The same name means the verdict will come up when a broadcaster considers hiring him, a publisher considers a book or a stranger searches his name. His wife and children will have their own choices to make, in their own time. They owe nobody a public performance of loyalty.

The first questions out of prison can be painfully ordinary. Where do I sleep? Who will employ me? Who will answer when I call? If Brand is released on licence, any plans for work, contact or travel will have to fit the conditions that apply. A settled place to live, work he can keep turning up for, and people who will challenge him when he starts making excuses would give him somewhere to begin. [8]

Can he redeem himself? I believe a man can change, and the people he harmed get to decide whether they ever want to hear from him. Respecting their privacy and boundaries is part of the work. Faith might give him the courage to face that work and do it for years when nobody is paying attention. In the plates I have imagined a book signing in Prague, a farm near Victoria Falls and a treehouse in Madagascar. Of those three futures, the one I keep coming back to is the farm. There is work to do in the morning, food to grow and a meal to put on the table.

Faith in the fire

I think Brand’s faith will be tested in the fire. Prison cuts through your circle of friends. Some people you thought would stand beside you disappear. Someone you hardly knew may be the one who keeps writing. You find out what a letter is worth when you are waiting for one.

Jesus went to the cross and rose again. That is where I place my hope. I hope Russell goes deeper in his faith, faces what the jury found and learns to hear people in pain. There are men in prison who could use somebody who will sit down and listen to them. He may discover that he has something to give there, even on a day when he feels he has lost everything.

Rape and sexual assault leave wounds that can last a lifetime. A false accusation can tear a life apart. I know the second wound from my own life. The women in Brand’s case have their own lives to go on living after the cameras leave. I pray they find peace and have people around them who will stand by them.

One day we will all have to give an account of our lives. I hope we find the honesty to begin now. God knows everything. He is the ultimate judge, and there is no hiding from him behind a headline, a reputation or a public profession of faith.

Finally, let’s pray for Russell Brand and his family. May his children be cared for through what lies ahead. May they one day be reunited. May Russell become a true Christian witness and never lose his voice. May he use it to reach people who are hurting.

Amen.

Sources

1. Crown Prosecution Service — Verdict and sentencing date

2. Associated Press — Verdicts and custody

3. GOV.UK — Appealing a Crown Court decision

4. Ministry of Justice — Safety in custody statistics

5. HMPPS — Accredited programmes

6. Ministry of Justice — Building Choices design-test evaluation

7. Ministry of Justice — Core Sex Offender Treatment Programme evaluation

8. Parole Board — Licence conditions

9. Court of Appeal Criminal Division — 2011–12 annual review, Annex E

10. Crown Prosecution Service — Violence against Women and Girls 2012–13 tables

11. Crown Prosecution Service — Annual report and accounts 2012–13

12. UK Parliament — Sexual offences convictions in 2012, answer HL1128



Illustrated sequence

Plate 01  The courthouse arrival

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Plate 02  Sentencing in Court Three

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Plate 03  Through the prison gate

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Plate 04  The doors begin to bang

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Plate 05  Anticlockwise around the yard

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Plate 06  The food queue

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Plate 07  The lower bunk

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Plate 08  A shared table

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Plate 09  At the medication hatch

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Plate 10  Emergency on the wing

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Plate 11  The officer steps in

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Plate 12  Lifting weights

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Plate 13  Painting the horizon

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Plate 14  The family visit

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Plate 15  Prayer beside the bed

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Plate 16  Amazing Grace behind a locked door

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Plate 17  Cleaning the chapel

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Plate 18  Music through an open door

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Plate 19  How Great Thou Art

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Plate 20  The sun on the horizon

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Plate 21  The Prague signing

Imagined epilogue.



Plate 22  Lunch near Victoria Falls

Imagined epilogue.



Plate 23  The Madagascar treehouse

Imagined epilogue.



Alternate studies

Plate 24  Yard study one

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Plate 25  Yard study two

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Plate 26  Lower bunk study one

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THERE IS ALWAYS A CHOICE !

 I watched “ BIBI” at the UN in New York and YES.. it was a great speech… you can’t argue much on the logic or the reasoning… except for one small thing… the whole tenet of his argument …

 “ WE WIN BECAUSE WE HAVE NO CHOICE!” - 

YES… in that situation you have no choice..it’s life or death, win or lose… survive or be exterminated .. but what if i was to tell you that there is always a choice…? What if i was to tell you that your choices lead to freedom or to slavery.. ? You can choose to stay in bed or get out of it… you can choose to be an asshole or be a nice guy..you can actually choose a BIGGER vision than a smaller one… and you can choose LIGHT over darkness. 

There is always a choice.. and To WIN…it’s always better to choose better than worse. The lesser of the two evils rather than the greater. It’s your free will and your decision to make. You can choose not to eat pork .. and not to work on Saturday… why? Because you have a guidebook called the bible.. the Torah..the instructions. Of god. So we can choose to follow the 10 commandments… or we can choose not to. 

African Odyssey- October 2024 - HEMP ! - and how to travel well !

 So this is a quick aid for anyone flying to Africa this year or ANY year ! - thousand of TONS - metric tons of CO2 will be expunged by ONE EVENT - the world rainbow gathering in the Ivory COAST that starts on November 1 st to DECEMBER 1st 2024.

The MAJORITY of people will FLY but some will take public transport - either way this ecological event will be besmirched by the stain of carbon emmitted from planes - trains and automobiles .

A rainbow gathering is supposed to RAISE awareness on HOW to reverse climate change and live more environmentally and socially sound ... but it does not . its just empty words around a camp fire and smoke blown  up a ganja pipe while worshipping SHIVA ( the destroyer ) - and truthfully thats why i dont bother anymore to go. 

However, there are a few individuals that care about the EARTH and want to mitigate or STOP the damage that is done to the air . 

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT YOU CAN !!

YOU can grow a VICTORY GARDEN simply by buying a kilo of Hemp seeds . one hectare according to DR SHAH from cambridge univetsity of grown hemp REMOVES or SEQUESTRATES 10 tons - 10 merric tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere . a true rainbow warrrior should always when travelling to a gathering  or an event carry HEMP SEEDS . 

by sharing these seeds you SAVE THE PLANET and our atmosphere .WE CAN -

and should ...

"PLANTIFY"the Earth right now not fly aimlessly to smoke dope and dance around a fire!

There are real problems like world oeace and world health to sort out ! if we carry on in our BLIND consumption we will not have an earth to bestow to our children . 

Having said all this i want to say the benefits of meeeting face to face far outweigh a zoom conference . With this in my mind we want to invite you to SOUTH AFRICA in 2025 - the ONLY true free hemp LEGAL country in Africa ( there are 11 others ) but thet all require cumbersone licenses - the time is one minute to midnight for the planet - its time for all of us to turn the page on our past lives and look towards our FUTURE LIVES as ONE PEOPLE OF ONE EARTH ! -

- a place where all have a place in the circle of life ! 

so once again i encourage you wherever you fly to this coming year buy ONE kilo of hemp seeds - I myself have done it and grown from it thousands of tons of hemp across Africa - and especially for africa because its all about HEMPOWERMENT 

- ⁠- 50000 products excluding the money from selling carbon credits . this will help tiur fellow africans the most . not yiur 5 minutes under the sun buying a few oranges and tomatoes grown locally ! 

this IS the true AFRICAN ODYSSEY - removing the veil on the most UNDISCOVERED continent on Earth! The greatest wildest nature and the new frontier of the new earth 🌍 

GO PLANET ! 

QUANTUM T. & friends 

What happens POST October 7 ?

 

“Beware what you fear for fear that becomes so is the enemy of hope! “ ALV

Where to begin ? The missed opportunities - the train that stopped on all stations but nobody got off any of them ? Or just a harsh reality of what is simply and illusion ? 

I could talk about this subject for hours . But for this blog we just going to get to the point . The horrors of October 7 is like putting a swastica in the inside of the Star of David . It is a reminder of where fasvism if any kind will take us . At heart at the supernova festival was a big sitting Buddha - at heart of modern Israeli society is the desire to build a secular world that has lots of moment- at heart of revisionist Zionism

Is the secular state of Israel

And at heart of the many that travel after three years in the army is a soul that wants to find God . Or a million dollars . 

But … this is not what happened on October 7 . It is sand was the culmination of intentional failed policy thinking tat goes back to chur him and the peel commission if 1933 - that goes back to the entire project funded by the Roth holds and possibly directed by the elders of Zion to create the atmosphere of desiring for a Jewish state . At heart of October 7 are words nobody wants to hear in the horrid if the screams of young beautiful victims as they are brutally murdered and raped - brutalised by the master plan of an ogre by the bane of haha sun war ( a disciple of another beast by the bane of sheikh Yasmin who himself created this horror called hamas which committed this atrocity on this day . One that can only be totally destroyed . And yet how ? 

So war with visions of Saladin wishes to ignite an Armageddon and an uprising in Gaza that would destroy the state of Israel

By using the same tactics that crated it in the first place. Yes - imagine that hitler did not exist . Imagine that World War Two never happened … imagine there was no holocaust . Imagine no death samp’s and no oswietzim ? Would there ever be an Israeli Jewish state ? 

No . There would not . Not even in Uganda . . Some may call the persecution complex of the Jewish people the “ holocaust syndrome” because every moment of history whereby the Jewish people weee killed or raped or destroyed or maligned - you could say it was because they were and are the covenanted people if God - facts that happened . Or good story tellers . 

Moses spoke to God on a mountain . That’s where it all really began . And that only 4000 or more years ago . And God burned into Rick Ten Commandments with his finger - these 10 laws . The foundation of law itself and brought it to rest in the holy of Hokies in Jerusalem until it was hidden by king Josiah . 

The greatest men and women of this world we live in are it’s storytellers and the one with the greatest story to tell us ultimately the one who Lives forever in the consciousness of humanity . So what story so we tell of October 7 ? 

It is this . The time to create a two state solution has come and it has gone . It is really a case of who wants to live together in peace and who does not ? 

There is no West Bank . That is a fallacy . Since the early 2000s more and more Jewish zionists have settled on land they believe was given by their god to them thousands of years Avon. It’s called Judea and Samaria . Transjordan is now Jordan but has a population of 60% Palestinian . If anything it should become Palestine By a vote of the majority of the people that live there . They can keep The king as a figurehead but it should be Palestine . Lawrence of Arabia who

Liberated the Arabs there from the Turks should have helped the local

People to see that through . But somehow it became the Hashemite kingdom - who knows how . Winston Churchill In his infinite wisdom created this mess . But we have to fix it . In reality there is no desire for peace between Jew and Arab between Israeli and Palestinian . Most Palestinians are ingrained to believe - “this is our land and we’re going to take it back!”

So how do you argue with that? You don’t . You either create a UNITED STATE OF ISRAEL & PALESTINE ( USIP)/ UIP)“ with equal rights for all - a constitution. A common government . Everyone together living together but identifying however they want to identify but having EQUAL rights before law - ONE STATE with two separate flags . Recognised as one state - and screw the PEEL commission - personally I believe that’s the only way you can find peace in the Middle East - recognising the rights of both parties to exist and yes allowing the Palestinian refugees to return home . But with ONE small premise for alll Israel  or Jew Arab or Muslim Christian or atheist . FULL DEMOCRACY . Not separation but integration . 

On the one hand . But on the other hand you throw your hatred into the sea along with your desire to kill rape and dominate the other . Whoever does so should be removed from this society forever .  Not two states but one . 

Then there is naftali bennet the next pm of usrael - a religious zealot . Then there is the right wing - will

They accept a one state solution of a united israel

And Palestine like Bosnia & herzegovenia ? 

No they won’t not today and probably not for another 100 years . But short of overthrowing king Hussein an ally - a Palestinian state will not happen - short of giving the Palestinians northern Sinai - it won’t happen - why’ve? Because October 7 was a statement of ANTI NORMALISATION that began in 3912 with water marches and the rap groups of the Palestinians before that in the sun culture it began by the years of profanes and generational desire to seek revenge and redemption by returning to the land of their ancestors the same space that the Jews themselves also wanted to return Tom. 

But here’s the good news - as SMALL as it is this holy land … there is enough for everyone to share - a common land without borders could exist between Jordan and israel- one thing we should remember on octoberv7 

October 7 did not start on October 7 - peace building is required for it never and never again to happen - to ignore the problem

If land justice is to kick the am down the road like moshe satan did . You either take it all and ignore the haters and fight to

Keep it all or you sit down one way and figure it out so that everyone wins . On October 7 Iran will learn the answer . And so will The rest of us .  Is it time for the world to Confront johadism Or is this just a smokescreen for a darcdepoer rruthb? 

There cannot be peace in the muscle ear until the messiah comes ? Perhaps then October 7 is a reminder to us all who live truth - peace comes at the cost of peace . !

I like to remember the story of the 20’bushbabies that were placed on a small island on a river that runs into the Congo by a well American missionary - 4 years later he came back to the farm he had bought and lived for 18 years and ALL these beautiful bush babies were gone . EXTINCT ! I asked - you had paid 4 guys for 4 years to protect them - what happened ? 

The answer ?  The villagers were hungry and they ate them all . 

The October 7 should be a reminder to all of us that unless we protect what is beautiful it too will be eaten by the hungry. An it ever be that Jew and Arab like these bush babies ever live together like Israeli and Palestinian ? 

Not until we can accept one another and VALUE one another . And this is what we must all strive for into the future . 

TERRA NOVA exists today . 

. 

30 travel tips by an expert

 

30 Principles of Global Travel in the 21st Century.

 Here are some of the basic principles I've learned on the road as a professional traveller.

This knowledge is useful because not every situation is predictable. 

1. Eat when you're hungry,drink when you're thirsty,eat garlic at least once a day for the mosquitoes, and wash when fresh water is at hand.( From an A...and above all - wash your feet!- and groin- theres nothing worse than "crotch rot"-or Veruccas-( use talcum powder in hot sweaty countries - its day- and always wash your hands before you eat.In Muslim countries dont eat with your left hand!( its like saying..." I eat shit!")

2.Wave your hands a lot and smile when dealing with an angry mob or someone who doesn't understand English very well.(My dads advice to me in Africa at 19)

3.Take nothing without asking and always ask permission to take photographs.

In some countries they think youre taking their souls...a picture in Nakonde of the rising sun 

4.Knock on the door of a stranger when you need a place to sleep or are in trouble. Ask for help when you need it; and in big strange cities ask for directions at least 3 times to makes Mao said to his soldiers in his little red book-Dont even take a thimble!" In this way the communists tried to win the hearts of the Tibetans in their fight against feudalism.

5.When the signs are not in English and no one speaks English stand still,read a Time magazine and dont panic. Then try to buy a local map and figure out where north & South- East &West. Or orienteer 

If you cant do that follow your feet where they you want to go.All roads go to Rome...( SOONER OR ...

6.When invited to eat -and you're hungry never eat like a pig!...

Control yourself.

Wait for your host to eat first unless he motions for you to eat first. Allow them to do or say what they want to say or do eg pray th - dont shovel it in and take your time to chew.Try to observe the customs of whom you are eating with and copy them.Always smile and nod your head even when the food is totally awful-this was this awful green cassava - manioc porridge-

7.If you're a guest in someones house never bring a girl there unless your host is present.

Never make love to a girl you meet in the house of your host and never make love to your girlfriend or wife in the house of your host.

The house is regarded by some as a place of worship or church and to have sex in that house can be a!Its always better to get a room!- so be warned...

8.If you are offered an embarrassing gift like a woman or money - never take it unless it is either obligatory towards the safety of yourself and others ...and it is a absolute terrible insult..not to. But it's every situation different. 

Apologize and then refuse the embarrassing gifts if you are able.-Again if the gift is made in good faith -and you need it or want it and there's no strings attached each other...

9.When hitching a ride dont remove your shoes unless the driver is a muslim and -he insists!Some people can be offended by it.- If the driver is aggressive or wants to have sex with you do not panic but politely engage the person to divert their attention to other subjects.

 Then when its possible jump out of the car or truck- even if its in the middle of the road rather than to deal with a maniac psycho 12 hours straight. 

10. When stopping for a restbreak- always carry your valuables in your shoulder /travel bag eg camera, passport etc. When you get into a strange vehicle always make mental note of the registration particular things of the driver eg tattoo on left arm. 

11. Never draw a knife or a gun on someone who threatens you in a strange land. If you're gonna carry something defensive- carry a per)- If that's not possible carry a Police whistle- THEY WORK!!!-Just the sound will confuse your attacker momentarily...enough time for you to escape ...However, It is always better to negotiate your way out of the situation either by bribing them or negotiating ...

Always keep calm. If you are being mugged and you are able to - grab the knife and twist it or make a lot of noise and you have to stand up and fight make sure you show NO mercy.

 Its you or them!A good self defense course is always good to know on your travels as most idiots you meet on the way you are outnumbered be absolutely compliant and allow them to take whatever it is. You can always get it back. 

Never walk in a dark place with your valuables. Take only the minimum if you are able. Leave your valuables in the hostel safe or sew them into your rucksack or jeans - they usually pate to hide money if you have time is under your arm-or use an old Cuban cigar case and -SHOVE IT UP YOUR ASS FOR CASTRO!!! ...Now... about self defense-I studied Shaolin Kung fu when I started travelling- and I've done boxing as a kid-and Shaolin Kung Fu and street fighting in hell holes  ...as a teenager  so it has helped and it improves your self confidence in handling a difficult situation that you cant talk or run your ways to avoid violence of any kind.- unless its in you.. sometimes I've found its instinctive...

 12.When you come to a strange city at night...stay where it is safe until dawn comes. Dont always be your time to take in the scenery!But when you do move- move slowly and deliberately...with purpose and direction. Like how an elephant

If you must walk at night in a dangerous area- walk fast and always be ready to run- even with your Muggers usually operate in twos and threes... even fours...

Sometimes groups of ten. 

 If they cross the road towards you- cross over to fight - go to the middle of the road and flag down the first car that comes.. if it's not possible to run. But just seeing them see you stops their courage to get you by surprise coz you are ready for them. They like to catch their victims by surprise. 

13. If you have no way of getting to a place of safety at night- contact a police station and ask foat way. I've slept at police stations all over the world. 

14. Whether you meet a prostitute or a woman at a night club or on the bus... if you're gonna sleep w use a bloody condom! Always make sure you have at least 6 in your bag in case its gonna be a long night... There are soic)on the road ( sorry girls)- eg sypholis, Hiv-AI- Then theres the issue of pregnancy...! All has to be taken into account.

An Irishman once told me...you can do a lot with the imagination...!)...-and iSo -Be careful- when you meet someone you can trust -get to know them- ask about their background... Remember there is no shame in carrying condoms. BE PREPARED! -It could save your life!( There is a drug that works 72 hours after sex if your condom breaks/slips off which will cover you advice on it- as well as the morning after pill for unwanted pregnancies. 

15. When you come to a country that's got typhoid or jardia- always make sure when you eat at a well known local  restaurant....check how the food is being prepared in the kitchen. Do they use iodine to wash the dishes? Do they clean their hands before they prepare the food? How d mine and built like iron you will just say grace Once in India I found a maggot in my rice...I showed it to the manager and he said..." Sahib Sir- I maggots are another mens protein...!- never be afry the rule is to see how they prepare the food...i16.WELL BEING-:NEVER- never!... eat boiled eggs on the side of the road. Especially if they've been in the sun or in a hot climate. Salmonella poisoning can put you down f fried or scrambled - smell them before you eat. If its got that sulphur smell like a fart- dont eat it! I've been ill twice from eggs gone bad... -Piss /urinate on open cuts /wounds if you dont have medication and carry bandages with you at all tin a traumatic sitution although people say sugar  is great for aches and pains and swimming great fIf thats not possible there are some good yoga exercises that can relieve back pain( usually from buA good run is also good and try to boost your immune system with things like guarana or ginseng/ginglots of vitamin C - you cant beat good ole orange I'm not a big fan of Multivitamins- raw food diets sometimes and fasting is good... Aloe Ferox & Grelike Ghandi if you're brave enough!17. Water- if you must drink from a stream or a river...or lake... always drink from the top or surface area...king a bath in a bilharzia area always do it wherer the water- or at rapids. "Flatheads "(crocs)-donWe used to play a drinking game in the old days on the Zambesi River with the crocs-swimming closer loser... stupid really..-a bit like russian rouletFlowing water and from the surface - allowing the sediment to settle is the key- if you have a UV stoil the water and let it cool. For leeches carry an you from the trees as soon as they smell the blo18. In very hot climates the best way to avoid heatstroke is to stay out of the sun... but if you can't...wear a hat that covers the back of your neck. Drinknutes  or so and monitor your heart rate. ( I nearIf you must drink something to cool you down - drink sweet mint black tea... it works like a charm. Stay out of the sun between the hours of 11am-3pm if you are able to. Thie sunscreen and wear sunglasses whwere necessary- 19. Respect religion and religious customs and sites wherever you go. If people dont wear shoes - dont wear shoes, if the all things to all men... blend in and walk slowlyDONT FLASH YOUR TITS-!!!In a Muslim country -where most of the women are covered up... !-respect the place you are in and theone level and share your insights and observationsd immoral... and they arn't far wrong either!If you need to talk seriously to someone about something-It is better to discuss issues by sitting down/squating/crouching - never standing up!- and always be aware of your tone level and voice level.People like to talk to 

20. If you're in a situation where a trader or prostititute or policeman is trying to rip you off ,ate fiercely- but if it looks like they may use viopay the extra money- and be done with it!- Its their country remember that!- they know the ins and outs... they know how to stitch you up if they want to,always know when to bluff, when to raise and when to fold... its all a game of poker!Knowing how far you can push it is the key to learning good strategy when dealing with thugs, ripoff is to not back down and if you need to back down - recognise it immediately...and back down... better to live another day.

21. Drugs...if youre gonna use soft drugs- use them in tourist areas or quiet areas- if youre gonna use hardeome countries the drug is purer and therefore stroIn this case when you are doing drugs in Thailand or Colombia- be sure that the drugs will be strong and to do it with a friend in case you need to ALWAYS MONITOR YOUR HEART RATE and breathing rate-check how big your pupils are dilated and keep cal the mouth...!-(if its going up too fast chill check your bag yourself before you get on the plane..Spending a few years in a South American jail is no fun at all! Watch "Banged up abroad" next time you think about smuggling drugs. Dont be tempted to do a donkey rnt or been stupid... its more stupid to spend someof them were to accidentally fall... theyre'd be 1

22. Malaria- I've never taken the pills and I've never got it.. but at the first signs of malaria- go to the ne hours... otherwise it could go cerebral and youre 

Carry your own thermometer to check your temperature... it could be flu or food poisoning or fever or heat stroke...but the bod whats going on with your body at all times.(I once saw women with colorful feathers in their hair- wish

There are different remedies... quinine drip is the most drastic... but generally its paracetamol and offhand... "tryptamethalaquin"...something like...

 Best is to use long sleeves and socks in the evening and make sure you use some kind of lotion (  under a fan- mossies sense your CO2 - Carbon Dioxide trace-warmth - that's how they hone in on you in the dark... but the trail is confused by the fan... if there's no heat signature...and finally- use a battery operated rechargeable insect deterrent. 

Oh yeah- and avoid black colours - they love black! (Death to vampires!)- I hate them...the only good thing about Malaria is that you get to live...an but other than that mosquitoes do a cheap job of

 23. Try to budget - if you run out of money- phone home- the embassies will give you a free phone call... in case you'cuse for running out of cash.

Carry a few expensive items with you- a watch- a laptop-a camera- a ring-a good phone... all will heep you going while you wait for rescue... but if ask for help from the locals - from other travellers...there is no shame in it.

 I've helped a lot of stranded travellers and I myself have also been stranded - whether its a flat tor food- or money... people are people and they all dance the same rhythm and blues...! Trust in the spirit of humanity and humankind. 

 Even Americans & Russians- You will be amazed at the humanity and grace in normal average people. 

The media hides the good from the bad-and the ugly... the Greater Community of Humankind "be a good World Citizen!(WC)-is what the traveller must remind all nations. We are not alone -nor are we separate from each other.

We are Oneness. Oneness in our Empathy. 

WE ARE ONE WORLD!- ONE EARTH- SO SPEAK IT!- DECLARE IT !BE IT!

On a Personal Note-NEVER - NEVER SHOW FEAR EVEN WHEN YOU ARE SHITTING  IN YOUR PANTS!-FACE THE MOB AND SMILE... !

DANCE WHEN DEATH IS WATCHING -AND LAUGH AT THE DEVIL WHEN HE COMES KNOCKING AT YOUR DOOR!YOU ARE WONDERFUL! -YOU'RE INDESTRUCTIBLE...!YOU'RE THE DOGS BOLLOCKS BABY!...SO BE GROOVY AND FLOW IN THE ANOINTING!...( have a positive mental t isn't an option)! BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AT ALL TIME

The only way is UP!-

24. When you travel you will be inundated with new images, colours, sounds, sights, experiences, changes...UPLOADING"... all of it goes into the subconscious & unconscious minds. 

There comes a time when you need to take a break because of what I call " Travel Shock"- this is your time for " DOWNLOADING" all your thought processes - figure out what you've learned... process all the information...

- thats why its always good to take  recall information.

If you dont like writing - draw- sketch... use your mind - your brain to write down everything you have in your notebooks - its easier to recall the informal part of your brain that memorises things- like numbers... the travelling -and the processing of the travel... when you get back home your brain will take e dont understand this... but its just that you've of what you've learned. 

You cant fire on all cylinders all the time...you are human after all and apportioned X amount of 

25. Develop 360 degree vision when travelling!!!-Know and note where everything is around you... observe when you come to a new place... try to take a mental image picture of signs- buildings...etc so you can find the place again. 

 Its easy when you practise this as you will be able to find places in the middle of nowhere again if you'll be surprised at how easy it is to trigger you -Also when you get to a new place get a local sim and take the tel numbers of everyone you meet  of where you are... when stepping off a bus or take measured strides - be conscious... (Walk like Steve Martin & Michael Caine in Dirty Rotten scoundrels if you must.)- if you approach a group of people -go for the person who looks like the leader...there's always one alpha male principle)...

 be bold- be confident- smile- look at one person who is open to your communication and speak simply and directly looking at them... when you come to a new place never show you are too nervous - take your time- dont always accept secure corner where you can gather your thoughts.In the old days we used to carry American Xpress travellers cheques- nowadays with Western Union and Moneygram you can get money sent out to you pretty fast.

 Travel insurance is good in case of an absolute life of a war zone or the Congo( My Uncle used it when d for by the best travel insurance money can buy)..Just look after yourself and your shit and you'll be alright. Carry 1-2000 USD cash in 50 &100 -the wheels of justice...When and if the paw-paw hits the fan deal with it on the ground. 

Everything else is elementary and see the beach and die...( a friend of mine did that once" I'm Dead!"- and lay on his deck chair to see the response from the general public)-so your family can collect on money! 

I've never used it and I'm still here to try to avoid attracting attention to yourself if you can- learn to blend in and pretend to be a local target for flycatchers ( people trying to sell 

26. When travelling trust in your instinct!-If you feel not at ease about something - talk to yourself - make sure you're not being paranoid... about someone or some place... get out of there I was stressed and rushed-... and in a crowdy- chaotic situation - always keep your cool... unless it demands that you explode a train in New Delhi... in this case most locals The key here is dont get yourself into situations that you cant get out of easily... if there's a few of you travelling in the same direction- enquire of other travellers where they are safety in numbers- always! Israelis often travel in groups for that very reason- also its good for saving money..

27.Buying stuff... negotiate the best deal when you can. Walk away when you reach an impasse and usually the guy will call you back... cash is king...and money talks... a market trader will always read your eyes and body language...pretend that you dont care about it... then casually enquire about the thing you want- if the trader senses you really want it... he will hold out for a better price to screw you if he has time to get good deals with Arabs is the last or first deal...Usually, I find its just before sundown you get the best deals ( eg Luxor)-For Buddhists its usually first sale of the day- get there early and you get a good deal.

 Hindus too- just after they sacrifice to their gods on thei morning... the lucky customer is the first one!

28. Save money where you can and prioritise what you want to see and do.

 Dont waste your money on alcohol if youre planning to do white water rafting way across the globe to see the Hermitage of St.Whoever ...

Hitch-walk or take a bus - and keep a running account.

 When you find yourself travelling with people you dont really know... dont trust them blindly !- most travellers are honest and your stuff is normally safe - but there are thieves... 

Most travellers are pretty honest. Be naive ...Be wise- act stupid!( From Socrates/Aristotle)I hope that makes some sense... As a rule travellers never steal from travellers.... and this I've always kept as my principle since I've began my journeys.

 Its the gypsy way....-When it comes to girls in mixed dorms...and travelling with girls... if you're having a relationship of any agreement for sex or for money... ( In todays day and age one cant be too careful from malicious allegations. But generally , Most people just be careful- I've met some really psycho women on the road... ( most of them Polish!- dont know why- maybe its 

30. The final principle: Take nothing but memories, leave nothing but footprints and friends; always give and share what yo- even if its just a smile or a handshake;-be kind,considerate,compassionate and peaceful!- Leave the place better than you find it...!Spread joy and light , love and understanding wherever you go...

Be a shining example of ENLIGHTENED GREATNESS  and GOD wherever you find it - or Him and lastly...ALWAYS... ALWAYS KEEP AN OPEN MIND...AN OPEN HEART AND OPEN EYES AND EARS... !-FOR EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE YOU FIND ON THE JOURNEY -fo-No matter how weird it sounds, looks or feels...Be ALL things to ALL beings! Life is a journey and its your journey after all. Get ready to ride the wind !... be ready- every "-for the miracle of every new day... for each day IS a NEW adventure...participate as much as you can in making your pathway through LIGHT to those you meet on the road...!""for the job of the traveller is to receive the Heart of Humanity and to give HOPE to the Community of Man... "--"to give STRENGTH to the WEAK... ;to impart "BEINGNESS" to all...-and to make your walk on Earth- a LIVING... effective prayer for the World to come ;and th-To sow the Seeds of Love in the hearts of men...in Jesus Name...amen.

I thank you

Robin  Denton

How Ukraine can win the war against Russia

 

How can a small country like Ukraine with only 10 % of the population of Russia possibly win a war with a nuclear power and the largest by territory nation state ...

-in the world ? 

It really seems impossible. A bit like the USA against a tiny country like Vietnam. Or Afghanistan. 

How can it be done ? 

It's simple. 

MAKE THE COUNTRY UNGOVERNABLE! 

Yes.. both Vietnam and Afghanistan got destroyed. But they both had ONE thing on their side against a mightier and stronger foe... 

And what is that ? 

WHY did a less strong force beat a STRONGER power? We can also include Israel against the entire Arab nation. In 1948. We can include also African wars like South Africa..  like Zimbabwe ....Mozambique...etc etcetera. 

It can be done amigo. 

They all had "TERRITORIAL IMPERATIVE"!

( Read The Social Contract - Robert Aubrey )

It's because the home team are fighting for their very existence. That's why they won. 

That's why they took the extra mile . 

Russia is dependant on its oil and gas incomes. Plus it's army are not as motivated as the home team.They left Afghanistan and Che hnia with their tail between their legs. 

Blitzkrieg in a brother war..

.simply doesn't work!!!

 This all half assed. Ukrainians don't want to kill Russians. And Russians don't want to kill Ukrainians.

Period . This is not a total war.. yet. 

Like the Swiss in 1515...they decided to go neutral. In this war the Russians should have taken Kiev at all costs FIRST. 

But ..they did not. And instead got bogged down in Bakhmut. A nothing town. 

So.its by attention the Russians are losing territory ..materials and men.

So how does Ukraine WIN ? 

Make Russia Ungovernable. 

So simple. 

But it won't. Because this war satisfied the bloodlust and greed of the few over the suffering of the many. ENERGY SECURITY OVER MORAL SENSE. 

So dumb. 

This war could end tomorrow..if the EU and the rest stop buying oil and gas. 

This is just one way. 

But there are many more. It just requires a bit of imagination . 

And willpower. 

And YES  with good strategic planning ... Ukraine can WIN the war. 

( But it is highly unlikely the EU will get consensus.)

So.to win... Ukraine must tell them all to piss off and get on with bankrupting the enemy and making sure the trains don't run on time. Failing that. Get back to negotiated peace accepting Russia's demands. Will that happen ? Not yet. It depends how strong the resolve of and the will of Ukraine to defend its land.. it's nation.... And to win it will require a total war. 

Zekensky can learn from Africa's wars for independence. Don't think it will ever be business as usual unless there is a resolution. 

At the table or on the battlefield. It's now a war of wills. This is how to win. 

Finland join NATO - are we closer to peace or to total war ?

FINLAND is the closest European country to the seat of RUSSIAN power . To St Petersburg and to MOSCOW. 

In fact it used to be a part of Russian Federation..But today it's sovereign. It's Europe  

They have been accepted into NATO. But will Ukraine be accepted ?

 I believe not. (Not in this timeline). 

Purely, because it's a bad idea for world peace and will upset the geopolitical equilibrium beyond repair. But I don't see any problem with Ukraine being part of the EU. 

Certainly if it does become part of Nato.. this most corrupt country in Europe will lead us all into oblivion. 

And probably drag NATO into an all out war .. a total war with RUSSIA which is what certain neocons and special interest groups are hoping for. This is a high stakes poker game. 

To break this deadlock of stagnation that keeps Russia in the dark ages and not part of the real world. But is it that ? Some people agree .. this is a spiritual.war between ideologies of how the world is going to be seen in future. 

Will we neuter Russia and China now.. or wait for it to grow stronger ? This is the question. And is it necessary ? 

Whether it will be a stable secular new order as stated on the one dollar bill.. or that orthodox Christianity and territorial and cultural integrity is preserved. 

Certainly Putin is no fool. In fact alongside king Charles.. he holds the orthodox faith in high esteem. So where does this play out ? How will it end ? Certain the democrats and some republicans want to get rid of Putin.. and establish this new world order...

But in truth it gives Putin the ammunition now to cement his claims over the territory he has annexed. It means there is tit for tat.  You took crimea .. ok Finland joins NATO. Ok you took Donbas and four provinces of Ukraine.  Ok we accept Ukraine into the EU. Certainly Turkey will block Ukraine's entry into Nato. And probably a few other countries like Hungary if they are part of Nato. 

That's what bringing Finland into NATO means. 

Nobody can win a land war in Ukraine. This is a BROTHER war.  Same language almost and same religion ..  there are more similarities between Russians and Ukrainians than differences. They share so many things language, culture, food,music,dance, literature, music.. yes there is distinctions.  But not in the same way as it is between say Moroccan food and Italian. So it's been a war of attrition until now. A softly softly war. Not all out Stalingrad shoot them in the back and not one step backwards Stalinist approach... It doesn't have that desperate win or lose feel. But it's going that way. If no one comes to the table. 

 So unless this brother war becomes A TOTAL war which is what some warmongers want in Washington... It will either escalate or de-escalate and everyone will get tired of fighting. 

But are we there yet ? As Bart Simpson would say. 

No.. to end this war it means ..first the political will and the consensus of the people of Russia and Ukraine itself. 

To drag it out.. this is totally pointless and a waste of human.lives and resources. There is no sense except how much the price of oil will go up. 

For America's part.. the bigger picture is the petrodollar and the end of Bitterlake Roosevelt agreements. So it's in her interest to neuter both Russia and China - Iran and Saudi. It's all about the petrodollar. 

However, under its present weak leadership . That's impossible. In fact ... we are seeing a very high level strategic chess game playing in multiple dimensions. 

 Finland joins NATO. Next Sweden .. ?

It's groundbreaking .. a game changer. It's now Putin's move. And he will probably escalate in Donbas. He hasn't carpetbombed Kiev yet. 

That unfortunately is what appears to be on the cards. If no breakthrough soon. 

The expansion of Nato  gives him the green light to take the whole of Ukraine and even Moldova.  Then...we are all in trouble.. because the West - East red line will come closer to Berlin than ever before .. and it looks like this may happen if nobody stands up and says "NO." 

If the West Get Ukraine into NATO it will be a Third World War. And we are close to.that happening. 

So what is going on on the ground ? Who is winning ? Nobody. Except the weapons manufactures. The oil producers. And the reconstruction giants. Like BlackRock. 

This war could then drag on for two more years (or until Trump comes back to power and strikes a deal... )- But this is becoming more unlikely. 

WAR is very profitable for the bankers and oil tycoons.

 Right now they are the ones keeping the government's in the red.. otherwise we would all be in a great depression again.

 Thanks to COVID. 

And Operation Shipwreck. 

But that's another story. 

 https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-04-04-finland-officially-joins-nato-us-provides-2-6bn-more-in-weapons-aid/

 The acceptance of Finland into NATO puts a fine red line into the geopolitical mix ahead of negotiations.

 It means we are either closer to a peaceful settlement that guarantees the rights of Russian citizens in Ukraine and demarks this boundary clearly.. or we will see more posturing by both sides and more heavy fighting now that the winter is over.

We need to pray that we are closer to a final settlement or at least to a ceasefire. It all depends now on what America will do. It appears they are ok with escalating the fight . 

They have a willing partner in Ukraine .. but what do the people think ? Are they tired of this war .. or do they wish to stop it ? As long as it continues . As long as the prices of oil are high. Somebody is benefitting from it. And it sure isn't us.

For the sake of peace NOW we need to STOP the war!

But for the sake of freedom later we need to put bullies in their place. ASAP. 

And there's only one man I can think of who can do that....

Not Jesus Christ ( of course he can do that too ) 

It's Donald TRUMP. 

AMEN