CST Research – Off-Guardian Feb 27, 2025
In 1973, the rock band Genesis titled their album ‘Selling England by the Pound’. They did so for various reasons. The phrase was taken from a Labour Party slogan of the time, reflecting the album’s critique of Britain’s changing identity and economic challenges in the early 1970s.
The title symbolised the loss of traditional English culture due to ‘Americanisation’, such as increasing commercialism, consumerism and materialism. It also referred to the UK’s economic struggles, including inflation, industrial disputes and debates about joining the European Economic Community. And the title used a pun on ‘pound’ as both currency and weight, emphasising the commercialisation of British identity.
Much has changed in the 52 years since that album was released. There is not much left of Britain to sell after decades of neoliberal globalisation. It has been a long journey since Thatcher’s privatisation-deindustrialisation-deregulation agenda of the 1980s.
Successive governments have continued to push through that agenda, and Kier Starmer, current prime minister and handmaiden to elite interests, is no different.
In 2023, prior to coming to power, Kier Starmer attended the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual get-together in Davos. While there, with BlackRock in attendance, he declared that Britain was open for business.
In a 2023 BBC interview, Starmer stated that he preferred Davos to parliament, explaining his preference by saying that Westminster is “too constrained” and “closed,” describing it as a “tribal shouting place”. Starmer said that at Davos he can “engage with people that you can see working with in the future”.
Starmer prefers to engage with unaccountable, unelected global elites — the Davos crowd — rather than domestic parliamentary processes.
At Davos, he stated that energy independence required an “active state”. But this does not mean nationalisation or public ownership. It involves using public money and leveraging the machinery of state to facilitate the needs of private capital. Starmer has a habit of saying all the things global capital wants to hear.
In late 2024, Starmer posted on X:
I’m determined to deliver growth, create wealth and put more money in people’s pockets. This can only be achieved by working in partnership with leading businesses, like BlackRock, to capitalize on the UK’s position as a world-leading hub for investment.”
Starmer met with Larry Fink, BlackRock’s CEO, and expressed enthusiasm about partnering with the company. Furthermore, Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds stated in a letter that Labour looks forward to working with BlackRock to “change the face of our UK”.
And how will the face of “our” UK be changed?
In December 2024, writing in the UK’s Morning Star newspaper, Claudia Webbe, former Member of Parliament, noted that BlackRock’s $10 trillion portfolio is more than the GDP of every country in the world except for the US and China.
In her piece, she quotes Labour Member of Parliament Clive Lewis’s response to Starmer’s meeting with BlackRock. Lewis stated that instead of explaining how — 40 years of atomising, neoliberal plunder, the selling-off of and destruction of public services, the undermining of democracy, the hollowing out and selling off of natural resources at the hands of companies like BlackRock and other price-gouging corporations, billionaires and financial institutions — has led us to this point, the Labour Party has become the defender of elite interests.
Webbe notes that BlackRock regards the future of the UK in terms of further cuts to welfare, more austerity and the further driving-down of wages, pensions and social security benefits.
She adds that Starmer’s gushing about the government’s “partnership” with BlackRock may have been the trigger for wider public awareness and anger, but it was only the tip that gives away the iceberg of mass privatisation and intensified austerity that the Labour government is planning.
BlackRock is a publicly owned investment manager that primarily provides its services to institutional, intermediary and rich individual investors. The firm exists to put its assets to work to make money for its clients. And it must ensure the financial system functions to secure this goal. And this is exactly what it does (see Black Rock’s War on Humanity here).
Take food and agriculture, for instance. Many farmers and rural communities are worried about the potential threat of large asset management firms buying up agricultural land, especially following the British government’s proposed changes to inheritance tax on farms, set to take effect in April 2026.
The new policy will impose a 20% inheritance tax on farms valued at more than £1 million, where they were previously exempt. The concern is that family farms in particular will be forced to sell up and get out of farming.
This would certainly suit financial investors that regard farmland as a lucrative asset class. In the last couple of decades, farmland has become a tradable commodity (see The Commodification of Farmland here).
Agricultural commodity traders are speculating on farmland through their own private equity subsidiaries, while new financial derivatives are allowing speculators to accrue land parcels and lease them back to struggling farmers, driving steep and sustained land price inflation.
The financialisation of farmland accelerated after the 2008 financial crisis. Professor John Bellamy Foster, writing in 2010, stated:
Lacking an outlet in production, capital took refuge in speculation in debt-leveraged finance (a bewildering array of options, futures, derivatives, swaps etc.).”
The neoliberal agenda was the political expression of capital’s response to stagnation. With the engine of capital accumulation via production no longer firing on all cylinders, the emergency backup of financial expansion took over.
Bellamy says we have seen a shift from real capital formation in many Western economies, which increases overall economic output, towards the appreciation of financial assets, which increases wealth claims but not output.
Farmland is being transformed from a resource that supports food production and rural stability to a financial asset and speculative commodity (once farmland is bought up, think of its role in the so-called BlackRock-driven ‘green transition’ — solar panels and wind farms throughout the countryside). An asset class where wealthy investors can park their capital to further profit from inflated land prices.
Aside from profiting from war, death and destruction, BlackRock is also heavily invested in the success of the prevailing globalised system of food and agriculture and profits from an inherently predatory food regime that is responsible for a cascade of environmental, social and health catastrophes, including poor-quality food and widespread illness.
But why should Larry Fink care about this? Poor health is good for business. Scroll through BlackRock’s website and it soon becomes clear that it sees the healthcare sector as a strong long-term bet.
Morality or conscience doesn’t come into it. Ordinary people are regarded as collateral damage or as digits on a computer screen to be rinsed for profit or plundered for gain. Hard-nosed billionaire and businessman Larry Fink, with the help of facilitator-in-chief Starmer, sees a golden opportunity to further hollow out Britain for the benefit of global finance.
The criticism that Keir Starmer lacks vision is too kind. His vision, if we can call it that, seems to be selling Britain by the pound — a metaphorical fire sale of remaining national assets and potential while struggling to articulate a compelling narrative for the future to ordinary people.
Starmer’s leadership is more about managing decline than charting a new course, despite his talk of making Britain a global leader in AI, an area in which the US and China are already well ahead.
After years of Conservative austerity and Brexit turmoil, Britain now has another unpopular prime minister who seems content to peddle its future piece by piece. When Starmer stated that he is determined to “deliver growth, create wealth and put more money in people’s pockets”, do you think he was actually referring to ordinary people?
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the UK has ben controlled by rothschild finace since Oliver Cromwell allowed them back into the UK in 1694 Rothchild set up ” the bank in england ” soon to be changed to the bank of england, they print our money and charge us for it
the present economic colapse is well under way, all banks are rothschld
banks are being closed by the day, soon cash will be banned entirely
you will have a piece of plastic, all real money will be taken by rothschild
his jewish title is ” king of the word”
People think supermarkets are in competition, they are not they are one big jewish cartel
it is planed that they all close their doors on the same day
Starmers war on farmers is part of the plan to starve us, like we did to germany
we must support our farmers and buy from farmers markets, and like in ww 2
we should be growing much more veg in any space we have
Allotments went under armed guard in the war so bad were food shortages
“It involves using public money and leveraging the machinery of state to facilitate the needs of private capital.”
Debt, debt, & more debt. The City Crime Cartels get their margins from personal, business, and public debt. The chose the debt based system in the 1970s, rather than pay sheeple their fair cut of production.
By keeping pay low, around 60/70% lower than what it should be since the 70s.
The Labour Nazis are taxing more, going to tax even more, because the rise in taxes has resulted in lower revenues, and they are spending more.
“It involves using public money and leveraging the machinery of state to facilitate the needs of private capital.”
Debt, debt, & more debt. The City Crime Cartels get their margins from personal, business, and public debt. The chose the debt based system in the 1970s, rather than pay sheeple their fair cut of production.
By keeping pay low, around 60/70% lower than what it should be since the 70s.
The Labour Nazis are taxing more, going to tax even more, because the rise in taxes has resulted in lower revenues, and they are spending more.
“Can you tell me where my country lies?” Said the unifaun to his true love’s eyes..
“It lies with me!” cried the Queen of Maybe For her merchandise, he traded in his prize…
They are done with Capitalism, which contrary to the jewe nonsense libertardianism..was just a ‘nice’ way to get to communisims…which of course has many flavours but only one central banking owner…
when Drumpf was fronting the CiA resorts international front..the three promininet ‘backers’ (there were others) were Meyer Lansky, Jacob Rothschild and David Rockefeller…
which of course speaks volumes about the CFR clown Starkers…
If you can give it some thought..
By the way..Capitalism is for Capitalists..those that create the Capital..which incidentally is never more than an instrument of value..those with the Capital Hoover up all the spare change floating around.. and convert that into hard assets..or ‘investments’…
“To value something is to have a positive attitude toward it and to prefer its existence or occurrence over its nonexistence or nonoccurence. You can value it as an end, as a means to some end, or both. Instrumental Value . You value most things instrumentally, that is, as a means to some end.”
… you may well have noticed how they have used this concept to buy up all the hard assets through manipulated crashes..
the raise in poker..but can’t afford to call..
they now have all the ‘Capital’..the ‘Principal’ as they euphemistically call it…
Of course it’s all Magick..of the Blackest Kind…
It hasn’t yet dawned on even one-in-a-million THICK Brits that “their services are no longer required”.. and a stipulation of (((Blackrock’s))) ‘Britain Take-Over’ Deal is that the “Natives” be cleared-off the land – think “19th Century American Indians’ or today’s Gaza… on Steroids! – so that the “new owners” have access to all resources… incl. those hitherto consumed by the “useless eaters”
The ONLY question that keeps (((Wall St & The City))) and their Bwitish Esh-StabInTheBack-wishment lackeys awake at night is “How to get rid of TBs?”…. by VaxxAttack… by NetZERO starvation.. by Uke meat-grinding…. by Russian Nuking.. by Economic Collapse… by Population Replacement / Civil War…. etc…. etc….
Hmmmm….. decisions… decisions… decisions… 🤔
BTW Am I the ONLY one that found that faggot Starmer’s ‘White House’ Performance particulary pathetic… even by ‘trademark cringeworthy’ Bwitish cock-sucking standards…. esp. that stunt of pulling out that letter from Charlie?? 🙄
Yes all very well described. One asks the question, when will the final globalisation machinery be in place? The UK is one of many former sovereign nations to fall in line. I believe that China and Russia are in on the globalisation plan, and not antagonists, as portrayed. BRICS will just join up when the moment is right.
I said it re- Hollande when he made a comment after the Charlie Arsehole fiasco.
ANOTHER blatant red flag ‘Op.
“we have to come together” …while they walked ina cresent formation toward s a camera.
Actually there was only them, Bloated Politicians…
He was talking to his masters, ‘THEY’ were..Had to..come together.
They all do it, always have. Talk to & about THEMSELVES.
The GORPless drink it all in, sat in front of their TV’s.
Quite tragic really.
‘Selling England by the Pound’ is a great album and appropriate to use with Starmer, although the rot started with Churchill, accelerated with Thatcher and went into turbo mode with Blair.
It’s true as well, that British people are technically Americans, so it really wouldn’t matter if the US took control of the UK, as only a tiny minority are actually English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh. The rest gorge on US TV & Entertainment. Youngsters drive about, obsessed with their cars while blaring (c)rap noise. They can’t cook and prefer to eat out or have takeaways and ready meals from TESCO. Arrogance is heavy within the younger generations, again all the way from the USA, with Muhammad Ali, being the first to bring arrogance into sports, now parroted by almost every black man.
I remember writing, back in my Destruction of Britain blog, around 2009 that we had a fusing of two cultures – the Beverly Hills 90210 ‘bitch’ culture with the black rap, ghetto, gangster culture. This is now a reality in the UK too. America got Kim Kardashian for the younger generation of women to emulate while Britain got Katie Price (aka Jordan).
Whatever happens, the Jews have won simply because they’ve irreparably changed the UK, for the worst. The psyche has changed. The ‘stiff upper lip’, the ‘it’s not cricket’, the politeness, courtesy, community spirit, respect for one another, the stoicism and reticence, within the British people is long gone. I see it in my mother’s generation, the silent, and a little in the boomer and generation x, but it’s almost non existent after that. And on top of that, Britain is defenceless. It’s people don’t want to join the armed forces and rightly so, after the way they’ve been treated by successive governments, but it sets a deadly precedent.
the banana murders showed that the PM only loves the foreign savages
Is this not treason? Will no one save us from these treacherous beings?
There are some people who really beleive Elvis did not die and works in a texas chip shop
and some believe Michael Jackson did not die and now lives a secluded life in mexaco
others believe that Adolf Hitler did not die and came with eva brawn to run a farm in scotla nd after the war, a young twat on here beleived Hitlers men took over the UK and run it today
Grow up carl jones and stop being such a twat
why did the chicken cross the road ?
because he wanted to avoid thst stupid twat carl jones and his natzis
From Thomas Merton’s book The Way of Chuang Tzu…
CRACKING THE SAFE
“For security against robbers who snatch purses, rifle luggage,
and crack safes,
One must fasten all property with ropes, lock it up with locks,
bolt it with bolts.
This (for property owners) is elementary good sense.
But when a strong thief comes along he picks up the whole
lot,
Puts it on his back, and goes on his way with only one fear:
That ropes, locks, and bolts may give way.
Thus what the world calls good business is only a way
To gather up the loot, pack it, make it secure
In one convenient load for the more enterprising thieves.
Who is there, among those called smart,
Who does not spend his time amassing loot
For a bigger robber than himself?”
‘I know what I like (in your Wardrobe)’ from ‘Selling England by the pound’ , was, I think. Tony Blackburn’s Record of the Week at its release in 1973 and hearing it every day for a week at Age 11 , it was a revelation of the English Pastoral.
For people who first ‘got’ Early Genesis from that young age – a generation below the actual Band – there will never be anything like it.
Whatever vision they had then, it all dissipated after the 70s.
Gabriel especially, and with his ‘Elders’ thing, seems to have become Woke-Globalist personified –
On the ‘Selling England by the Pound’ album, the vastly unacknowledged Tony Banks penned the best Truthseeker line – ‘And so with gods and men, the sheep remain inside their pen / though many times they’ve seen the way to leave’.
He wrote their best post-70s number too, ‘Me and Sarah Jane’ including –
‘And now the city lights are dimming one by one, it costs too much money to keep them on’ –
And that back in 1981 –
I don’t comment on anything much now; if you insist on using your Real Name, you CAN’T mention the Prime Cause of the deliberate disintegration- no point hacking away at the Woke Eejits who carry out the agenda at the visible level –
Guy Reid-Brown on February 28, 2025 at 10:41 pm,
If you stop commenting, they win. Look at it this way; everyone, in here, are preaching to the choir. It’s a place for like minded souls to communicate with one another. By doing so we’re sticking the finger up at those who seek to oppress us. We all educate and likewise learn from one another. State what you have to state, because it will be read. And sure, we can’t wake the woke ‘eejits’ but you know that. They have to wake themselves, too stupid to realise we’re trying to spare them losing everything and hitting rock bottom in order to do so.
Genesis music of the 70’s are superior to any music produced now. I can’t even remember the names of popular modern artists which doesnt matter. It only makes me want to vomit anyway. Sadly Peter Gabriel is a member of WEF today. But their old music lives on. At least until they put it into the memoryhole.
labour nzis ?
what the hell is this gut talking about
is he some sort ofa cunt or what ?
please get him off here
Fascinating how often we see the freemason hand position, one of the most uncomfortable normal hand positions one could manifest. The symbolism surround us and few see.
Morningstar said ‘ Sadly Peter Gabriel is a member of WEF today’ –
And that started with his f*****g Biko Song –
Woh woh woh Beeko –
Oh ,f**k off, loads of people went through bad s*** – Gabriel is a typical Public School Socialist – you have to be dusky to attract his sympathy
I used to be Harbinger on February 28, 2025 at 11:49 pm
Guy Reid-Brown on February 28, 2025 at 10:41 pm,
If you stop commenting, they win’
Um- actually they DO- they run the Whole Show – they always win –
WW1 – WW2 – Entire Media –
I like Elon Musk – for a lot of reasons, not least because he knows about extra – terrestrials –
Good point –
But given your name an’ all, and I DO understand the Reference Point-
Why on EARTH were the Media headlining Roberta Flack’s passing the other day –
No disrespect to Roberta Flack, but even she would admit she was only moderately famous in anyone other equation-
@Guy Reid-Brown. I liked his first 2 solo albums but after that I lost interest. Too much world music and the do gooder attitude killed it. Yes, Biko is an awful song. LOL!
Morningstar on March 2, 2025 at 1:06 am
Actually- I thought Number Three , Gabriel ACED it then – along with some of Number One –
I think the Beeko Thing was on 3
though –
Don’t tell anybody else, least of all Gabriel, but I have just handpicked a gang of homeless Down and Out Old White Drunks – I have asked them to call themselves ‘The Elders’ –
And have provided them with explicit directions and plans to ‘visit’ the Gabriel homestead and ‘Freeze’ some of his ‘assets’
I BET Gabriel ‘supports’ Ukraine – so he can’t complain about the Asset Freezing so much –