"Glubs" - REMEMBRANCERS since 1154 and 1571

Trying to Recall my VERY FIRST EVER Handgun - a single shot .22 ..

Just a 'hot tip' for shooters and other lesser folk .. Fingerless Gloves are SO effective & useful when holding cold lumps of revolvers or shotties outdoors in miserable weather. - I have no complaints about having to attend the club range 10 times a year to maintain a Pistol Endorsement, as I WANT to be there with my favorite pop-pops, and these woolies, like a ribbed condom - will extend your enjoyment ..

These are Merino-Possum blend from The Wool Company, Taihape (Yes I know it's summer)

- grubby Merino's must be over 20 years old

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Defence and Security Media Advisory (DSMA) Notices (were "D" Notices) are a 'voluntary'  device whereby the British media don't report stuff that the Government wants keeping quiet. - You scratch mine and I'll scratch yours .. IF you report that WE will cut off all your access.

There are other ways the establishment hides what is happening behind the scenes of the "DEMOCRATIC BRITAIN" - New Zealand IS British.

Royalty is not just a ceremonial tradition ..

NOT just a Ceremonial CLOWN ..

The wealthy looking after the Wealthy 

Might I introduce to you both The CITY REMEMBRANCER and his collegue The KING'S REMEMBRANCER - Never heard of them? .. nor had I.

 While the British public thinks it elects MPs to run the state, the City of London Corporation funds a permanent, private lawyer to sit in Parliament as head of a team of six lawyers, to ensure the wealth-holders never lose their grip. He is the ultimate insurance policy for the City wealth, examining every single piece of upcoming public legislation to see if it might affect the City's ancient tax exemptions, sovereign wealth funds, or banking regulations.

The City Remembrancer is a permanent, high-ranking official employed directly by the City of London Corporation to protect its ancient privileges, tax exemptions, and financial interests within the British state. Established in 1571 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, the role is essentially that of an elite, institutional insider. Rather than contracting an outside law firm, the Corporation employs the Remembrancer as a salaried, in-house Chief Officer who commands his own dedicated team of 6 staff lawyers and parliamentary agents to scrutinise every piece of legislation before Parliament.

What makes the position uniquely powerful is its physical and constitutional access to the machinery of British democracy. The Remembrancer is granted a permanent, designated seat in the Under-Gallery of the House of Commons, right on the floor of the chamber. This unparalleled access allows him to monitor upcoming bills in real-time. If a proposed law threatens the business-vote profits of the "Square Mile" or its vast private wealth funds, the Remembrancer actively works behind the scenes—lobbying ministers, drafting custom amendments, and successfully insulating the City from any modern democratic reforms.

Ultimately, the City Remembrancer functions as a permanent, unaccountable anchor for the financial sector inside the Mother of Parliaments. While governments and elected MPs come and go, this unelected official remains in office for decades. His presence ensures that the interests of international wealth holders are defended at the highest level of state, making the position one of the most effective and enduring insurance policies in British constitutional history.

The King's Remembrancer is a completely different beast from the City Remembrancer. While the City Remembrancer is a highly political, high-powered modern lobbyist for big banks, the King's Remembrancer is a High Court judge who holds the title of the oldest continually existing judicial office in England and Wales.

The office was created in 1154 by King Henry II to help the Lord Treasurer claw back unpaid taxes and debts owed to the Crown. Today, the office is automatically held by the Senior Master of the King's Bench Division of the High Court (currently a judge named Jeremy Cook, appointed in 2023).  Today, the office is automatically held by the Senior Master of the King's Bench Division of the High Court (currently a judge named Jeremy Cook, appointed in 2023).

The King's Bench Division is the massive engine room of the Royal Courts of Justice. It handles all the heaviest civil litigation, massive contract disputes, and multi-million-pound commercial wars. As Senior Master, this judge controls the flow of these cases. He sets the rules, manages the other Masters, and acts as the ultimate gatekeeper for what can and cannot be brought to trial against powerful interests The King's Bench is where the public or organizations go to sue the government through Judicial Review. If a citizen wants to challenge a Prime Minister, stop a secret Whitehall policy, or expose state misconduct, they have to go through his division. By managing the administrative framework of this court, his office plays a massive role in shielding the State from being embarrassed or derailed by legal challenges.

What I'm pointing out is that the Wealthy and Powerful are ORGANISED at every level while we are not. - Over & over I have argued with fellow shooters to JOIN and DONATE/SUBSCRIBE to Shooting Organizations and they refuse. 

Guys totally rapt with buying big dollar guns costing thousands of Dollars, they refuse to join, or take any part in the struggle to retain their basic ownership RIGHTS. 

SIX GRAND for a Miroku .. no problem.

As a pre-teen lad I had plenty of fun playing with old air pistols on London bombsites .. "point and pull" at battered tin cans. NEVER owned as my Dad would not allow .. but shared at every chance .. Just about every playmate in North London seemed to have a Diana .177 slug-gun, a bayonet, or a Japanese sword .. but my handmade cricket bat, cut from a fence paling, served beautifully as a Tommygun.

Diana air pistols were made originally in Germany but were taken as WWII war reparation to Scotland by Millard Bros 'MILBRO' .. If you had a good one they'd manage around ONE FOOT POUND of ENERGY and would shoot anything you could squeeze into the back of the tube ..

The first firearm handgun I ever bought - years later, was a 'Webley Type' single shot break action ,22 rimfire likely built around 1900. Unmarked as to it's maker - it may have been from Tranter of Birmingham, or indeed from some European maker. This fine old "parlor Pistol" showed me how untalented I was as a Pistol Club marksman and was soon replaced in my NZ police approved Pistol Safe with a nicely built Soviet Margolin semi auto pistol.

I wasn't much better with the Margolin, but at least you got more shots off as practice at 25 yard paper bullseye targets ..

Keep your wood shed full and plenty of dry beans and lentils in the pantry - she'll be right

Marty K.