HOW A TOWN CAN PROSPER; MULHOUSE; DUMFRIES

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Mullhouse is a city in Eastern France.

Mullhouse used to be considered 'grim', thanks to closed factories, closed shops and much poverty, unemployment and crime.


Mulhouse.

Mulhouse now has more shops opening than closing.

This is said to be due to 'smart planning, investment and community efforts'.

From bleak to bustling: how one French town solved its high street crisis


Dumfries in Scotland has no town council.

If a town or city is to flourish, it needs the following:

1. A powerful local government.

2. Investment in new local railways, motorways and other forms of transport.

3. A police force that is run locally and not run from some faraway city.

4. Banks and shops that are local and not run from some faraway city.

5. No damaging interference in local affairs by a spooky elite living in faraway cities.


Gaza.

What is happening in Gaza is also happening in other parts of the world.

But we are not meant to criticise.


Dumfries and Galloway 

1. Dumfries and Galloway Council is being asked to adopt the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism.

Council leader Elaine Murray (Elaine Leaver), seconded by the Scottish National Party's Councillor Rob Davidson, want the Council to adopt the definition.

Recent releases - Press releases - Dumfries and Galloway Council

SNP activist Andy Murray was banned from entering Israel soon after meeting Israeli embassy agent Shai Masot. MOSSAD IN SCOTLAND / Dumfries & Galloway Friends of Israel 

2. Israel's Mossad has a link to Lockerbie in Dumfries and Galloway.

Israeli Mossad agents are reported to have set up a CIA-Mossad drugs ring which flew heroin out of Lebanon.

A Pan Am report 'concluded that the Lockerbie bomb was targeted to kill the American Defence Intelligence Operatives who were going to Washington to present evidence of  the CIA-Mossad drugs ring flying heroin out of Lebanon.'

LOCKERBIE IS ABOUT HEROIN

Roads in Dumfries and Galloway. 

3. "The poor roads and limited infrastructure are ... probably the conditions we would expect in the Third World."

This is what Major General Nick Vaux said about Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland.

Dumfries & Galloway News Archives - DGWGO

Dumfries.

4. In Dumfries and Galloway the number of people having to use food banks has increased by 50% in a year. 

HOLYROOD COMMITTEE



5. "The funding application to the Scottish Government for funds to regenerate the town centre, including Rosefield Mills, has not been successful.

"A further blow has been the news that an application for a repairs grant from Historic Environment Scotland has also been rejected."

Funding Setback for Historic Dumfries Mill Regeneration Plans


Scotland's First Minister.

6. So, Dumfries and Galloway is like Gaza.

Gaza is not allowed to touch its oil and gas offshore.

There is a lot of oil and gas off the coast of Dumfries and Galloway, reportedly.

But, the Powers-That-Be will not allow the oil and gas to come ashore.

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7. Maxwell is a name linked to Dumfries and Galloway.

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8. Look at Sir Greville JANNER AND SCOTLAND'S MAGIC CIRCLE.

9. The UK military has tested Uranium weapons in Dumfries and Galloway.

USA'S ECONOMY UNDER TRUMP

Alison Jackson 

Paul Craig Roberts ( a former US Assistant Secretary of the Treasury) writes:

Does America Have an Economy or Any Sense of Reality? (5/2/2019)

"The economy has been great only for large equity owners whose stock ownership benefited from the trillions of dollars the Fed poured into financial markets and from buy-backs by corporations of their own stocks.

"I have pointed out for years that the jobs reports are fabrications and that the jobs that do exist are lowly paid domestic service jobs such as waitresses and bartenders and health care and social assistance.

"What has kept the American economy going is the expansion of consumer debt, not higher pay from higher productivity.

"The reported low unemployment rate is obtained by not counting discouraged workers who have given up on finding a job."

List of 19 facts about current U.S. Economic Performance

May 2, 2019 by Michael Snyder

#1 In April, U.S. auto sales were down 6.1 percent. That was the worst decline in 8 years.

#2 The number of mortgage applications has fallen for four weeks in a row.

#3 We just witnessed the largest crash in luxury home sales in about 9 years.

#4 Existing home sales have now fallen for 13 months in a row.

#5 In March, total residential construction spending was down 8.4 percent from a year ago.



#6 U.S. manufacturing output was down 1.1 percent during the first quarter of this year.

#7 Farm incomes are falling at the fastest pace since 2016.

#8 Wisconsin dairy farmers are going bankrupt “in record numbers”.

#9 Apple iPhone sales are falling at a “record pace”.

#10 Facebook’s profits have declined for the first time since 2015.

#11 We just learned that CVS will be closing 46 stores.

#12 Office Depot has announced that they will be closing 50 locations.

#13 Overall, U.S. retailers have announced more than 6,000 store closings so far in 2019, and that means we have already surpassed the total for all of last year.

#14 A shocking new study has discovered that 137 million Americans have experienced “medical financial hardship in the past year”.



#15 Credit card charge-offs at U.S. banks have risen to the highest level in nearly 7 years.

#16 Credit card delinquencies have risen to the highest level in almost 8 years.

#17 More than half a million Americans are homeless right now.

#18 Homelessness in New York City is the worst that it has ever been.

#19 Nearly 102 million Americans do not have a job right now. That number is worse than it was at any point during the last recession.

List of 19 facts about current U.S. Economic Performance

 

According to Jackrasmus, writing about Trump's economic policies -

1. Trump has given huge tax cuts to the rich and to the big corporations.

2. Trump has produced $1.5 trillion in tax hikes for wage earners, that begin to hit this year and accelerate after 2022.



3. The $4.5 trillion cuts for business and investors have not gone into real investment.

The Trump tax cuts went into stock buybacks, dividend payouts, and mergers and acquisitions activity.

This diversion of the Trump tax cuts to financial markets is the main thing driving stock markets.



4. An independent source reports that more than half of US workers received no wage gain at all in 2018.

Average workers wages at best stagnated.

Most experienced a decline in real wages.

5. Inflation is rising for rents, medical care, education, and other major items in household budgets.

6. 7 million Americans have defaulted on their auto loans.



7. Well over 60% of Americans aged 34 and younger in the work force, have indicated in recent polls that they prefer socialism over capitalism.

 Jackrasmus, writing about Trump's economic policies

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DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY, PART TWO

Wigtown, Machars Peninsula, in Dumfries and Galloway. Click on photos for larger, clearer pics.

"The Machars peninsula is a little backwater, in the best sense of the word, where the eddying flows of life come to rest...

"What's not to like?

"Shallow sandy beaches warmed by the Gulf Stream (St Medans Beach for me); rock pools...

"The freshest of fishmongers; deer; curlews; Neolithic stone circles; barely a tourist in sight..."

The Machars peninsula.


Wigtown

"A teeny town - Wigtown, Scotland’s book town - has one bookshop for every 50 people...

"This area has 36-bedroom Georgian stately homes going for the price of my London flat."

The Machars peninsula.


Wigtown.

In the Middle ages, 'a large, broad street was the focal point of settlement in Wigtown'.



The Machars Peninsula in Dumfries and Galloway has "rich green, softly rolling pastures."

This is Gavin Maxwell country.


Gorgeous Garlieston in Dumfries and Galloway.

During the Second World War Garlieston village became part of the secret Mulberry Harbour project.


Marbury Smokehouse and Bistro, at Carsluith Castle, in Dumfries and Galloway.

"It's worth a move to Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland to be closer to the Marrbury Smokehouse".

2 Michelin Stars chef Andrew Fairlie says of the Marrbury Smokehouse's smoked salmon: "It's the best smoked salmon in the world!

Marrbury Smokehouse.



Above, we see Balcary Bay, in Dumfries and Galloway.

"Dating back to 1625, the family-run Balcary Bay Hotel is a charming country house."

Balcary Bay Hotel, Auchencairn - Good Hotel Guide expert review.


Auchencairn, in Dumfries and Galloway.

"From 1750 onwards, Auchencairn Bay became the centre of extensive smuggling activity in the area, with many of the local inhabitants being involved.

"This history is reflected in the name of the village pub, the Smugglers Inn."

Hazlefield House B&B - 5 stars with Trip Advisor

Kirkcudbright

The Galloway Hoard, is a hoard of more than 100 gold and silver objects from the Viking age discovered in Dumfries and Galloway in 2014.

Dumfries and Galloway Council wants the hoard for a new art gallery in Kirkcudbright.

But the hoard is likely to go to Edinburgh.

The power lies in Edinburgh and Dumfries and Galloway will always be treated badly, unless it gains independence.


Sandgreen

Sandgreen has a caravan park.



Dumfries and Galloway is one of the best places in Europe for cycling.



"Those who do turn off the A74(M) to join the coastal road at Gretna are rewarded with some 200 miles of the finest scenery Britain has to offer."

Discover the beauty of Scotland's Galloway coast.

Borgue, in Dumfries and Galloway.

Randolph, Earl of Galloway, is from beautiful Borgue.

Poor Randolph was lobotomised, possibly because he was autistic.

The 'mad' Earl and the wee divorcee.

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Rockcliffe.

Rockcliffe, in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland, is one of the prettiest coastal villages in Europe.

It is a Peter Pan, Famous Five, Huntingtower sort of place.

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The CatStrand, in New Galloway, in Dumfries and Galloway makes films, like the one above.

Rockcliffe

Rockcliffe is known to the wealthy cognoscenti.

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Calvin Harris is from Dumfries.


Rockcliffe

"Some of Southern Scotland's finest attractions lie in the gentle hills and lush valleys of Dumfries and Galloway...

"Galloway Forest - with its sublime views, mountain-biking and walking trails, red deer, kites and other wildlife - is a highlight...

"Adding to the appeal of this enticing region is a string of southern Scotland's most idyllic towns, which are charming when the sun shines.

"And shine it does.

"Warmed by the Gulf Stream, this is the mildest region in Scotland, a phenomenon that has allowed the development of some famous gardens."

Introducing Dumfries & Galloway - Lonely Planet

Rockcliffe

Rockcliffe has a large and well-run caravan site. 

The nearby Balcary Bay has a hotel in the Good Hotel Guide. 

Nearby Kipford has a well run inn.

Above, we see the view from the Balcary Bay hotel.



Above, we see the village of Kipford.



Above, we see the zoo in Kirkcudbright, in Dumfries and Galloway.

Galloway Wildlife – Conservation Park.

The zoo needs a big injection of money.


Kirkcudbright.

Kirkcudbright, an artists' town, has lost its railway link, its town council, its car factory, most of its bank branches and much else. 

It tends to be ignored by London, Edinburgh and Brussels. 

Dumfries and Galloway needs to become an independent state and then copy Singapore.


A new hospital in Dumfries.

"CRIME rates in the region rocketed by a fifth in the last year, with vandalism and drug offences mainly to blame for the rise."

http://www.dng24.co.uk/1919-more-crimes/

South West Scotland has lost railway lines, town councils, factories, primary schools and police stations.

"I can’t remember the last time I saw a policeman on the street, day or night."

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/dumfries-teenagers-hell-bent-trouble-9903011

24.3% of children in Dumfries and Galloway are living in poverty.

The rich landowners in Dumfries and Galloway receive large subsidies.


New Galloway.

New Galloway has the CatStrand Arts Centre which has Live Music and Cinema.

Above, we see some of the CatStrand Youth Players.

CatStrand Facebook


Dumfries

"Dumfries grew into a major market town during the medieval era, but in recent years has seen its high street - like many others throughout the UK - struggle to attract investment."

Competition: Midsteeple Quarter, Dumfries

Dumfries and Galloway needs investment in world-class hotels, restaurants, roads, railways and tourist facilities.

Only an independent Dumfries and Galloway is likely to achieve this investment.

Dumfries

Dumfries and Galloway has suffered from the Scottish National Party's policy of 'centralisation'.

The Conservative Party is mainly interested in the big landowners, and in 'the military' who control some of the land in Dumfries and Galloway.

The Labour Party appears to be dead.



The small village of Dalton, near Dumfries, has a Thai restaurant.


Dalton

DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY, PART ONE.
DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY, PART TWO
DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY, PART THREE
DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY - PART FOUR

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