On Sunday (8/9/13) the US Secretary of State John Kerry travelled to London, UK for a Monday (9/9/13) meeting with representatives from the Palestine political party Fatah to discuss peace negotiations. Despite declaring at the start of this process that the US would publicly announce all such meetings of this type Kerry attempted to keep this one secret by disguising the purpose of his visit to London as discussions about Syria. Part of this charade forced Kerry to give a press conference on Syria alongside the UK Foreign Minister William Hague. At this press conference Kerry made an off hand comment about the Syrian government giving up its stockpiles of chemical weapons. This triggered a bizarre chain of events that caused the US Congress to cancel a vote on military action against Syria, both France and Russia table resolutions at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) only to immediately withdraw them and Kerry and the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov getting press ganged into a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland on Thursday (12/9/13).
With such a clear example of the devastating effect the wrong word uttered at the wrong time can have I am obviously hesitant as to what to say next.
However on Tuesday (10/9/13) Rihanna flew into London in order to attend a launch party for the autumn collection of her River Island high street fashion line and record an appearance on the Channel 4 chat-show "Alan Carr: Chatty Man." The UK's real reason for inviting Rihanna to London was to show the world that it had prime access Rihanna just before the start of the final leg of her Diamonds World Tour. The UK also hoped to lay the ground work for the illegal drugs element of that tour by getting Rihanna hooked on cocaine. The idea being that Rihanna would do a little big of the drug during the launch party that was attended by the habitual cocaine user Cara Delevingne. Rihanna would then do a little bit more in order to help her get through the Chatty Man recording which also features Miley Cyrus with who Rihanna has a little bit of tension. Having been delayed by the Chatty Man recording the stress of rushing to China is likely to mean that Rihanna would want to do a little bit more just to get through the Macau show. With a small war breaking out in the Philippines ahead of Rihanna's next tour date the stress of the tour and the pain of the comedowns both getting worse will mean that the temptation for Rihanna to do ever more cocaine will only grow. Obviously Rihanna attempting to transport quantities of an illegal drug like cocaine through international border post creates the same sort of legal worries as transporting quantities of marijuana only with stiffer legal penalties.
Obviously because even in espionage circles deliberately getting someone addicted to a drug like cocaine in order to destroy them is still considered a little taboo the UK tried to cover this aspect up by putting on a barrage of inflammatory news stories mainly centred around rape a paedophilia. For example the verdict was reached in the trial of Micheal Turner (aka Micheal Levell). This is the second time that Turner has been acquitted of sexual abusing young children. The first case centred around the abuse of a young boy while this trial centred around the abuse of a young girl. As Turner is/was a member of the soap opera "Coronation Street" alongside William Roache this drags up all the connections with Roache's weird interview with New Zealand TV in which he seemed to argue that paedophilia was a Protestant religious duty. Also the UK have been trying really hard to draw comparisons between Turner and myself dragging up all the issues surrounding my Criminal Damage Court case. Then the Deputy Speaker of the UK House of Commons Nigel Evans resigned after being charged with multiple counts of rape and sexual assault. Mr Evans is gay so all these allegations relate to adult men. In nations where homosexuality is either deeply frowned upon or out and out illegal this is likely to lead to quite a lot of confusion. Finally Alan Carr the presenter of Chatty Man rose to fame as part of a double act with Justin Lee Collins. Lee Collins' career ended after it was revealed that he is a seriously strange domestic abuser who subjected his girlfriend/wife to years of physical and psychological abuse. That has an obvious connection to Rihanna's relationship with Chris Brown.
For their part the US were keen to use Rihanna's trip to London as a way to put the boot into Israel while laying the ground work to the immigration element that is going to be a feature of Rihanna's Caribbean and US concerts at the end of the tour. This involved Rihanna's management putting out a rumour that "Pour it Up" will be released as Rihanna's next single. That was intended to provoke the obvious response that Rihanna shouldn't bother releasing anymore singles from the "Unapologetic" album and instead should concentrate on getting back to her music career once her stint as a CIA agent has ended. This problem of people being forced to take a break from their careers while they complete compulsory military service has resonance in any nation that has compulsory national service but is an especially hot button issue in Israel especially with the Israeli military moving away from the manpower intensive infantry model to a smaller, more specialised model. The fact that Rihanna is not a citizen of the nation that is forcing her to do this compulsory service promotes discussion about US immigration policy because a stint in the US military is quite a common route for immigrants, especially from the Caribbean, to obtain US citizenship.
Both the US and the UK are also trying to use the visit as a way to promote discussion about Rihanna's safety and security on this tour. Although I won't give out the specific location Rihanna is currently staying in a hotel close to London's Park Lane road. Most of the other hotels in this area are currently full with delegates attending the "Defence Systems Exhibition International (DSEi) which is the worlds largest arms fair. In previous years the presence of DSEi delegates has attracted large, noisy and disruptive protests to the Park Lane area. The hope is that these scenes will be repeated during Rihanna's visit restricting her movement as she has to avoid road blocks and clashes between police and protesters. Although I haven't checked Rihanna doesn't appear to be travelling with her usual security detail made up of former US Secret Service agents who are well trained and experienced in dealing with this type of threat. The prospect of Rihanna taking a less qualified security team on her tour creates obvious worries about her safety especially in places like South Africa and the Philippines. However it must be said that this argument is unlikely to gain much traction though because Rihanna is clearly acting as a US agent so if they choose not to protect her that's their decision.
I suppose we're all supposed to spend today frantically looking for rumours about whether will attend the Chatty Man recording which is not scheduled for broadcast for a few months yet or simply blow it off so she can get to China on time. Rihanna will obviously attend the recording but I personally think that's a shame because Chatty Man is the type of program Rihanna ignore without any great consequence. In fact it brings to mind that old proverb of "If a tree falls in the forest and there's no-one there to hear it does it make a sound?"
12:10 on 11/9/13.
Edited at around 09:15 on 13/9/13 to add;
Rihanna has either just arrived in China or is just about to arrive in China so I just should quickly point out that while Rihanna was in London none of that stuff about cocaine use or protests outside the hotel actually happened.
After what I'm assuming was a relatively quiet night Rihanna went off to record her appearance on "Alan Carr: Chatty Man" around lunchtime/early afternoon. As part of that appearance Rihanna announced that "What Now" will be her next single which is intended to reinforce the idea that Rihanna and Chris Brown have broken up in an attempt to trick us into thinking there is no need for Chris Brown's restraining order to be reinstated. It also rather unsubtly poses the question of "What Now for Rihanna?" which attempts to feed the compulsory military service debate.
Although it was recorded much later in the day the episode of Alan Carr: Chatty Man featuring Miley Cyrus also featured the UK comedy duo "Mel & Sue" who present a BBC2 show called "The Great British Bakeoff." The latest series of this has been promoted by this trailer; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUzUfP8VHkg which is very much inspired by Rihanna's song "Birthday Cake" and all it's vaginal references. Added to that as a 'gift' to celebrate the launch of her River Island line UK designer Stella McCartney sent Rihanna a clutch bag featuring the image of a penis. What the UK will claim they were doing was putting pressure on Rihanna to make her reconsider her relationship with Chris Brown. In reality what they were doing is putting pressure on Rihanna in order to make her head spin in an effort to encourage her to take more cocaine. To make matters worse Sue Perkins is gay while Mel Giedroyc is straight. This obviously promotes discussion about how they are able to maintain a close but non-sexual relationship that's possibly very similar to Rihanna's relationship with Melissa Forde. It can't have helped that Sue Perkins is from my native Croydon.
Rihanna spent Wednesday evening in a studio recording vocals for a song by a mysterious artist who has yet to be named. The intention here was they everyone would be provoked into searching really hard to find out who this mystery artist is. In reality though everyone in the business would simply look at that and see the UK doing everything in it's power to delay Rihanna's departure to China in order to increase her stress levels and encourage her to do more cocaine. On the plus side China appear to be taking a very welcoming and supportive stance towards Rihanna so she should be looking forward to quite a pleasent stay in the country.
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