Although a tad long-winded title, Richard’s Watch Goes Full-Circle postings focus upon specific content raised years ago as now returning to our attention. In fact, such cyclical writing had been noticed long before I noticed the increased frequency, or acceleration, of such recurrences.
So first, three primary events of personal importance and three leading up to the series based mainly upon 2016 insight of coming exposuresof political rot and corruption in UK, USA & EU and subsequent 2020 US Election malfeasance: Continue reading →
In revisiting the start of hearing the Lord on exposing rotten politics and corruption my focus moved from Obama’s appeasing Iran to the upcoming election for his successor. So I’ve checked the follow-up to my Footnote on the Domino Effect and need to draw your attention to the astonishing confirmation I heard from Revd John Kilpatrick when addressing Church of His Presence in Daphne, Alabama, on Sunday 4th November 2016:
“While I was in prayer last week I had three things that the Lord spoke to me. Number one, the first thing the Lord said Saturday afternoon was,
“I want you to spend this next few days with me. I want you to be in isolation.”
He then said, “This is a season of great peril.”
Usually when God speaks to me it’s just a few words, not a sentence or a paragraph, and He said, “Great peril”. The next morning the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said,
“There’s going to be an eruption of corruption. There’s going to be an eruption of corruption”. (He said) “The nation will see it!”
…I thought it probably wasn’t going to manifest or something we wouldn’t actually see but would be important; but the third thing He told me was,
“Thursday through this coming Tuesday (last week to tomorrow) is going to be very, very critical – and 25 days after Tuesday, the election day, is going to be critical.”
“So I told people and I didn’t know anything was going to happen on Thursday or would be evident but I know that something’s going on behind the scenes – I know that it is – and so He said ‘Thursday through to this Tuesday is critical…’. So we’re going to spend some time in prayer…”
John then preached on ‘An Eruption of Corruption’ based upon the Israelites’ escape from bondage in Egypt,…’
As prophesied, this eruption exploded in a perilous, protracted impeachment of the new president based upon falsehood known as the Russiagate hoax, as covered in nearly five dozen postings on this blog. LATEST NEWS
‘Devin Nunes, Chair of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, walked through what was inside Mar-a-Lago that Obama’s FBI was hunting for on 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟖, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐.
It wasn’t nuclear secrets. It was the 𝐇𝐏𝐒𝐂𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 that demolishes the Obama-Brennan Intelligence Community Assessment used to frame Donald Trump as a Russian agent in 2016.
The report (formally: 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘛𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 2016 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, dated September 18, 2020) was declassified by the DNI on 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 (Office of the Director of National Intelligence). It took five years and a second Trump term to pry it loose.
The timeline makes sense. Trump leaves office January 2021. The IC believes he kept the only physical copy outside government control. 𝟏𝟖 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 — the raid.
PS (21:18) Edward Snowdon writes a fuller summary:
BOOM! TREASON DETONATION: Trump Posts “ARREST OBAMA THE TRAITOR” as Tulsi Gabbard’s DNI Files Blow Open the Russia Hoax
‘President Trump has detonated a political earthquake by posting “ARREST OBAMA THE TRAITOR.” This powerful statement accompanies Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s declassified files accusing Obama-era intelligence officials of manufacturing the false Trump-Russia narrative.
The releases expose how the deep state weaponized the intelligence community to delegitimize a duly elected president, mislead the public, and create years of chaos. It is the central scandal involving the use of state power against the will of the voters.
A key House Intelligence report, buried for nearly a decade, resulted from over 2,000 hours of review with CIA and FBI officials. It shows Obama and his national security team directed an intelligence assessment promoting claims they knew were unsupported after the 2016 election.
The hoax was built on four pillars: Putin wanted Trump to win, Russia acted to assist him, they held blackmail on Trump, and the campaign colluded with them. These relied on weak or substandard intelligence according to the findings.
Brennan and Comey pushed these elements despite resistance, employing cherry-picked information, misquotes, suppressed evidence, and violations of intelligence standards.
Obama directed the January 2017 assessment following Hillary Clinton’s defeat. Gabbard has referred documents to the Department of Justice for criminal review.
A major contradiction involves Russia holding back damaging material on Clinton such as details of her alleged emotional instability and tranquilizer use. If electing Trump was the goal, this information should have been released.
The disinformation convinced many that Russia hacked voting machines, fueling the Mueller investigation, media hysteria, censorship, and deep distrust in elections. Obama and his team did what they accused Russia of: undermining faith in democracy.
Brennan’s testimony on the Steele dossier is now under fresh scrutiny given its unverified nature and political origins.
This is about accountability for years of smears against Trump. As files come out, the deep state’s biggest cover story is collapsing.
Trump’s post escalates the battle. Gabbard’s actions place the question before the public: who really attacked American democracy from within? The narrative is escaping deep state control.’
Continuing Richards Watch 39th full circle from Patsy Southway’s 2016 post Month of May: Domino Effect we return to examine at length an aspect of her open vision relating to events not only then but nowadays too.
My having corrected a historical fact about Barrack Obama’s political past may have a bearing upon an allegation of his likely illicit involvement now!
My Footnote of May 2016 reads (emphases added):
“I cannot but think one of those domino-trails is in the secular world in view of recent, unexpected exposures of political activities. Eg., of anti-Semitism in the Labour party and its leader’s concessionary Mayday speech; of David Cameron’s ‘gaffe’ to the Queen and Archbishop about ‘fantastic’ corruption in Nigeria (read President’s reaction here); President Obama’s unwelcome interference in the UK/EU Referendum and his aide Ben Rhodes’ outrageous boasting about their manipulating media lackies with sheer fiction and duplicity over the Iran nuclear deal. For the reasons behind this expose read here. (White House Christian correspondent Bill Koenig often refers to incompetence and lack of required experience and skills of Potus’ aides.) NB: The admittance to secret contact with Iran as early as 2011 is incorrect – TWO years too late! It started very early in Obama’s first term and prior to his infamousCairo speech,as I wrote 7 years ago on 18 May 2009 in Today’s Importance in History:
‘This [diplomatic storm] involved attempts to turn the Arab world and Europe against Israel, and to appease Iran – even to ‘blackmailing’ Israel over its nuclear defence! (It’s reported Obama wanted to be able to use Iran’s territory for supplying US troops in Afghanistan and Pakistan.) Also, there’s been dismay in Cairo and Riyadh over his courting the terrorist mentors in Teheran.’
TEN years later, and over 350 postings focusing on Obama since I went public in 2009, recent updates on his failed appeasement of the Iranian regime follow below.
First however, a Fact Check site looked into a report alleging, “After Obama allegedly sent a “representative” to the US-Iran meeting in Pakistan, Trump called it a clear Logan Act violation” but reported that claim as being false.
Yet Obama recently met Canada’s Prime Minister in what may possibly breach the Act, as some infer. However, Newsweek reports, ‘Obama traveled to Toronto to deliver a keynote speech at a Canadian think‑tank gala event, the CBC reported. Carney posted a video on X welcoming him—a standard courtesy extended to former world leaders…. There is no indication Obama engaged in negotiations, policy discussions, or any attempt to influence Canadian government positions.’
[Wikipedia: The Logan Act (1 Stat.613, 18 U.S.C.§ 953,) is a United States federal law that criminalizes the negotiation of a dispute between the United States and a foreign government by an unauthorized American citizen. It is intended to prevent unauthorized negotiations from undermining the U.S. government’s position.[2]]
HOWEVER, there may well be a grain of truth in view of my above reference to Obama having back-channel contacts with Iran in the early years of his presidency! AND in view of his seditious scheming against Trump, he may be trying to hide or correct any more skull-duggery committed with the Iranian regime, as hinted in red comment below.
‘For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.’ (New King James Version, BibleGateway.com)
Upon hearing that chapter’s first ten verses taught at Sunday morning’s service the Lord struck me with how that tenth verse has actually played out in my life, especially in the last few days as shared on this blog and in going ‘full-circle’ dozens of times – plus my birth day and year and childhood house numbers (22, 47, 212) frequently popping up on items that appear on social media!
TEN years ago today I republished our late sister Patsy Southway’s post, Month of May: Domino Effect of her vision of the Lord deeply encouraging people, as in this extract:
“…Then God said to me that during the month of May many will see the beginning of a ‘domino effect’ in their lives. As God’s finger touches the very first domino; the rippling effect will be breath-taking!…”
Most certainly I can attest that’s happened personally in some small ways, but please take time to read and check it out for yourself before I revisit my own Footnote therein and update a particular ‘domino trail’ regarding President Obama and his negotiations with Iran:
Isaiah 55:11 (NKJV – BibleGateway) 11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me empty, (without fruit), But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
As in Saturday’s urgent post citing three prophetic words received by Veronika West, last week’s UK local council elections delivered a powerful rejection blast against Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the Labour party AND Britain’s unity, as prophesied! Truly it is ‘STARMAGEDDON’! and this ‘nickname’ itself has a peculiarly predictive derivation, as in the Footnote below!
Results show the shocking accuracy of the word our sister heard 6 months ago: As shown on Saturday national parties gained majorities, largely in Scotland and slim minority in Wales:
Late this morning, resignation calls from more Labour MPs persist after his lacklustre ‘reset’ speech, and in looking to the EU he’s betrayed the 2016 Brexit Referendum:
WARNING PROPHECY FULFILLED
Now, re-read and examine Veronika’s Prophetic Word for the UK wherein she hears the Spirit prophesy (emboldening/colour added), ”Watch! For Keir Starmer’s days are soon to be over! See how the Vultures begin to circle… Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin — a Nation and its Leaders weighed in the balance and found wanting…. Again I say, Watch and Pray, as the Battle over the Destiny of the United Kingdom rages, and as the Unity of the Four now hangs in the balance…. Look… and Look again to Scotland for Signs will come, for a Once Great and United Kingdom now stands on the threshold of even greater Chaos and Division. For did I not say, “She shall turn her face from the Winds of My Grace, and stripped naked she shall Stand before the Eyes of all Nations — for the Thistle shall no longer grow in the Garden with the Rose?”
AI FOOTNOTE:
There doesn’t appear to be a formally credited inventor of the term “Starmageddon,” but the earliest traceable public uses online predate Keir Starmer becoming Prime Minister. One of the earliest discoverable examples is from a September 2023 Reddit discussion on UK politics, where a commenter casually suggested “Starmageddon” as a nickname connected to Starmer and Labour politics. (Reddit)
The phrase became much more widely used during and after the 2024 UK general election, especially in commentary about Labour’s huge victory and later about potential electoral backlash against Starmer. Italian newspaper coverage in July 2024 referred to the Labour landslide as the “era of Starmageddon.” (ilGiornale.it)
By 2026, the term was being used openly by politicians themselves. Stephen Flynn used “Starmageddon” to describe potentially disastrous election results for Starmer’s government in Scotland, Wales and England. (ITVX)
So:
The earliest publicly visible use is in September 2023. (Reddit)
The term entered broader political/media during the 2024 election period and was mainstreamed further in 2026 by Stephen Flynn and news outlets. (ITVX)
This ‘Bridge over the Pond’ God-incidence is MOST amusing – along with its numbers for we’ve just done 37 ‘full circles’ relating to Britain’s Spirit-filled Smith Wigglesworth.
NOW, subsequent news from America plugs directly into what I saw 37 years ago of a UFO preceding the Lord’s Visitation, as recounted in the Featured Reprise. This post now makes my own and the blog’s 38th full circle.
AND, the Lord must have prepared a confirmatory chuckle with me because upon arriving at Saturday Men’s Bible Breakfast I heard one of my brothers had already chosen our pre-study hymn by Isaac Watts, number 37 in songs of praise book!
REFERENCE PROPHECIES
1. Along with my monitoring prophesied exposures of political rot, on 20 July 2022 at 22:02 Veronika West posted in Divine Inventory of the UK, Nation and Leaders Found Wanting regarding the Liz Truss vs Rishi Sunak contest for Prime Minister: ”WATCH!..THE BOOKS OF THIS NATION HAVE BEEN OPENED,..FOR NOW A TIME OF DIVINE INVENTORY HAS BEGUN,..A NATION AND ITS LEADERS HAVE BEEN WEIGHED IN THE BALANCE AND FOUND WANTING”…
2. On 22 October 2022, “while in prayer for this Nation and the unfolding Political Crisis, I heard these Words for The United Kingdom, ”For in their rebellion and pride, they removed the Truss that was set in place. Watch and pray! For a total roof collapse will take place that will bring the whole House down!” (UK: Without the Truss the Roof Shall Fall Off!)
3. On 15 November 2025 HKP published her Prophetic Word for the UK wherein she hears the Spirit say,”Watch! For Keir Starmer’s days are soon to be over! See how the Vultures begin to circle… Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin — a Nation and its Leaders weighed in the balance and found wanting…. Again I say, Watch and Pray, as the Battle over the Destiny of the United Kingdom rages, and as the Unity of the Four now hangs in the balance…. Look… and Look again to Scotland for Signs will come, for a Once Great and United Kingdom now stands on the threshold of even greater Chaos and Division. For did I not say, “She shall turn her face from the Winds of My Grace, and stripped naked she shall Stand before the Eyes of all Nations — for the Thistle shall no longer grow in the Garden with the Rose?” THUS, PROPHECY NOW FULFILLED IN ‘STARMAGEDDON’!!
MPs warned the Prime Minister that he could “end the Labour Party”, leaving it “slaughtered” and in a state of “total destruction” at the next general election if he did not stand down.
Critics lined up to call for a new leader after Sir Keir was blamed for Labour’s historic defeats across England, Scotland and Wales, losing councils that had never been run by another party and giving up control in Wales for the first time since devolution.
MPs said he should immediately announce an orderly timeline for his departure, allowing leadership challengers to set out their pitch this summer. They were followed by the leaders of Unison, the public services union, and TSSA, its transport equivalent, who called for the Prime Minister to quit.
On Friday evening, allies of Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, broke cover to attack Sir Keir. They said there had been a “failed political experiment” at the top of the party.
Shortly afterwards, Sir Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, said that “the threat to Labour is existential” without major changes.
Labour lost hundreds of English council seats to Reform UK and saw the collapse of stronghold councils…’ PRESIDENT TRUMP’s ANNOUNCEMENT
Highly intriguing timing of 11:11 for the President’s notice as 11+11 = 22, which as most readers know is my birthday number, which has kept appearing these past four years!
Had Trump heard the Lord tell him to release the files the day for results of our UK local Council elections fulfill the prophecy on our Prime Minister, as given to Veronika West??
I’ve seen headlines from several social media on this topic but have yet to read in depth but if you’ve read the Reprise of my testimony it explains how I came to know that UFOs are of a demonic nature.
‘This inter-agency effort includes the White House, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Department of Energy (DOE), the DOW’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and additional components of U.S. intelligence agencies.
The collection will be housed on WAR.GOV/UFO and additional files will be released by the Department of War on a rolling basis…’
Posted this morning on Veronika’s Ignite Ireland Ministry Facebook I comment, “OHH LOL my birthday number 22 not only keeps on coming up but now as scripture references our dear sister brings as “DOUBLE 22s”.
Upon sharing the previous post onto Richard’s Watch Noticeboard on Telegram I saw that the previous item had my birthday number of views; ’22’. It happens SO OFTEN I’ve learned it’s probably a way the Lord points to something I need to notice::
Here’s the source item:
‘The evidence continues to stack up that the U.S. intelligence community sought to downplay China’s actions in 2020 as Trump sought re-election, perhaps at the cost of legal or ethical rules. CIA Director John Ratcliffe said that there was a “false impression that Russia sought to influence the election, but China did not.”
‘Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has spurred an investigation into evidence that spy agencies tried to conceal U.S. election vulnerabilities, including whistle-blower claims that a CIA officer was asked to alter evidence of China meddling and that President Donald Trump and Congress were intentionally kept in the dark about concerns involving China and Venezuela, according to unclassified memos reviewed by Just the News.
The memos indicate Gabbard’s team first learned about the evidence — much of it yet classified — last year as part of a review conducted by her now-disbanded Director’s Initiative Group (DIG) and recently referred it to the new Intelligence Community (IC) Inspector General Christopher Fox, a move that could eventually lead to the public gaining access to declassified versions of some of the evidence.
Foreign interference efforts by China were de-emphasized as far back as 2020
The wide-ranging approach taken by the FBI in response to now-debunked claims of Trump-Russia collusion in 2016 stands in stark contrast to how the U.S. intelligence community sought to bury evidence of Chinese government efforts to undermine Trump’s candidacy in 2020.
The National Intelligence Council concluded in 2020 that China had hacked or gained access to several state voter registration databases, but that information was hidden from the American public, state election officials, and Congress. The new memos reviewed by Just the News cite evidence that China may have gained access to between 12 and 18 states’ voter registration databases in 2020 alone, an infiltration far larger than previously acknowledged…’
Within minutes of publication of Personal and Blog full circle 37: Smith Wigglesworth the following comments arrived from Tony Puccio across ‘the pond’ in Virginia, to which I wish to draw fellow subscribers’ attention. He and I have been in contact since the blog was launched and found we have Tucson, Arizona, in common. Tony comments as follows and includes two earlier similar visions (PPS: he’s since added more visions):
1. “England Ablaze, Another Vision
As I was reading Richard Barker’s posting this morning, regarding an unprecedented wave of God’s glory and fire coming to England, I saw the following vision.:
In the vision I saw that it was night and I could see the waters of the ocean and barely make out the rest of Europe. Again, remember that it was night as this is significant. I then saw England glowing with a bright light in the midst of a dark sea and a dark night. I then saw people flocking to England and taking pieces of the light with them and leaving. What I am interpreting this as is that people will be attracted to there and, once there, will be transformed by the light, i.e., God’s glory, and take the light that they received with them.”
“Richard do you remember commenting on this dream from 2015?
I saw a vision of the country of England as I was driving today 08/16/2015 (August 16th). What I saw was a topographical map of England. In what looked like the uppermost right hand corner of the county I saw a small fire begin. What came to mind here is what the Lord told me a while ago which was don’t despise small beginnings. I saw a mouth blow on the small flame and the flame grew to a fire and the fire eventually engulfed the whole of England.
Along with this vision I saw a country(ies) in the same way I saw England, which was a topographical map. I saw deep cracks which I saw as division in the Land and got the sense that healing will be forthcoming as well of these lands. The lands were related to England.
This morning, 08/17/2015, am adding to the vision I saw yesterday. In today’s vision I saw many many row boats, note that I said row boats and not ocean liners, leaving the shores of England for other parts of the world. Each of the boats had a small crew and I only saw one person rowing.”
“I start this post by posting a vision I had received 2 + years ago concerning England The morning of, 08/17/2015, I had the following vision. I saw many many row boats, note that I said row boats and not ocean liners, leaving the shores of England for other parts of the world. Each of the boats had a small crew and I only saw one person rowing. This is part of a larger post entitled, ” England Ablaze”. I post this excerpt as it relates to a dream I had this morning.
This morning I had a dream where I did not see the country because it was dark but knew that it was England that i was seeing. In the vision above rowboats were leaving the shores of England. In the dream I had this morning I saw lit oil lamps leaving England. I do get the sense that England will play a large roll in this revival. It is noteworthy that although the country was dark in my dream there was a steady stream of lit oil lamps leaving. So there must be a supply of oil to fill the lamps, i.e., the Holy Spirit along with much prayer and fasting. And the fire of God falling to set the lamps ablaze.”
PS.Recalling my contact many years ago with Ken Gott in north-eastern England I did a search with Brave/Leo AI – “Showing results for Sunderland, GB:
Ken Gott is the senior leader of House of Prayer Europe based in Sunderland and serves as the apostolic father to Bethshan Church, which operates across several locations in the North East of England. He is also an associate of Transform Our World, a global movement led by Dr. Ed Silvoso, where Gott previously served as the European Director.
Historically, Gott was the senior pastor of Sunderland Christian Centre (later renamed Metro Church International) during the mid-1990s “Sunderland Refreshing” revival. In recent years, he and his wife Lois have shifted focus from traditional Sunday morning congregations to community outreach, handing over their former church building to the community while ministering through prayer rooms and influencing city leaders.”
Am grateful to my dear friend Chris Moyler for posting this last Wednesday, whilst I was writing ‘wheels-within-wheels’ 34, 35, 36 on the prophetic eagle and four faces of God, because Chris’ item directly connects into another personal event that occurred in 1997, as recounted below.
In view of our common understanding of the error of Replacement theology – even with renowned theologian RT Kendall’s endorsement – I’m pleased that we should look past that difference and listen to this recent interview.
Here are introductions by Chris on his Facebook and by Charisma Media on YouTube :
‘Dear Friends
This is truly ground-breaking!
R T Kendall, who has been shunned by much of the Charismatic movement in the UK, gives profound insight into its collapse, and fits this collapse with the 1948 Smith Wigglesworth prophecy concerning the THREE waves of UK renewal after WW2.
Two waves have passed, but by far the greatest is coming.
What if the move of God we’ve celebrated wasn’t the final promise? In this powerful and eye-opening conversation, we explore a controversial but deeply biblical idea: Was the charismatic movement actually “Ishmael” — and is the true “Isaac” move of God still coming? For decades, the charismatic movement has shaped churches, worship, and revival culture across the world. But many are now asking a serious question: Why does it feel like something is missing? In this interview, we unpack: The Ishmael vs Isaac parallel and what it really means Why some believe the charismatic movement has lost its power and impact The rise of new theology and shifting priorities in the modern church A prophetic expectation of a coming move marked by the fear of the Lord What it means to be ready for the next global outpouring of the Holy Spirit This isn’t about tearing down what God has done — it’s about discerning what’s coming next. Something is shifting. Something is building. And if this is true… the Church is not ready. 👉 Watch until the end — this could change how you see revival, prophecy, and the future of the Church.
This really is a MUST WATCH, but for our purposes I’m focusing upon what RT says six minutes into the interview:
“My friend said he was angry enough to chew nails. I mean, I’m telling you, all those people there that night, they were livid that I would say that. So, I was not popular!
However, the next day, somebody said to me, “RT, did you get that from Smith Wigglesworth?” I said, “What are you talking about?” “Oh, he said it.”
Well, I didn’t know much about Smith Wigglesworth. I knew that he healed people by punching them in the stomach and things like that. I didn’t know he gave any kind of prophetic word, but it turns out if we’re to believe it, it’s on the internet and unless somebody made it up, it is said that three months before he died, he said this: that there would come a move of the Holy Spirit that would emphasise the gifts. Well, he said this in I believe it was in 1947. That’s my recollection.
And uh well, in 1960, there were three movements that began. And this is one of the things that makes you think it really was of God, because they didn’t know about each other. One in Seattle, one in London, and one in South Africa. all emphasising the baptism of the Holy Spirit and especially the gifts of the Spirit. People were speaking in tongues and that seems to be the year the charismatic movement began.
Now charismatics are to be disassociated from the old-line Pentecostals like Assembly of God, Pentecostal Holiness, Church of God.
Charismatics are different because charismatics came from Presbyterian, Baptist, Episcopal. [RB: Roman Catholics too in 1967] So that’s why they see the Charismatic movement is something different from the old-fashioned Pentecostals.
Well, then what happened was according to Smith Wigglesworth, he said that will be followed by people starting new churches.
Well, that happened in the 70s and 80s and this was well known in England. There were famous, they called them house churches. One was called Ichthus, led by Gerald Coates. One was called Pioneer led by…no no Roger Forster was Ichthus. Gerald Coates was Pioneer, and then another called New Frontiers with Terry Virgo. So there were the main house churches.
Well, according to Smith Wigglesworth, assuming let’s just give him the credit for the moment, he said these house churches would come up. But then he added when they are on the wane – wane – he said there will be a new movement that will exceed anything that has ever been seen before. It will be a movement of the Holy Spirit that will go all over England into Europe and uh be the greatest work of the Spirit since Pentecost.
Now that’s what he said. Well, that’s what I said. I knew nothing about Smith Wigglesworth. That’s exactly what I said that night: the greatest move of the Spirit since Pentecost.
And so the fact that Smith Wigglesworth said it gave me a little bit of credibility, but this was not known at the time. This is later on. And uh all I can say is that well now it’s been many years later, and I said that the Charismatic movement is ‘Ismail’ at the time, nobody would have it!”
PERSONAL CONNECTION
Four days later I comment
“LOL dear Chris ACE! Just got around to watching after waking early and now find your post has 22 likes – my birthday number once again AND birth year ’47 when SW had that vision, AND 50 years later I was with his prayer partner when he had the same vision. Wow Praise the Lord and agree 110% with RT!”
1997 – Norman James: similar vision of UK to his prayer-partner Smith Wigglesworth had in 1947.
My above linked email of 15 years ago (26 May 2011) recounts 1997:
‘At a prayer for revival [relating to the Welsh Revival 1904-05] I had the privilege of meeting 80 years old Rev Norman James, prayer partner of the renowned ‘apostle of faith’, Smith Wigglesworth. When this small group stood in a close circle to pray, Norman was less than a yard right in front of me. As he was shorter than me my eyes opened slightly to gaze fully into his face and I couldn’t help but notice his eyes alight with excitement. A huge, beaming smile – he was radiant!
Norman could hardly speak, save to whisper,“I’ve just seen what Wigglesworth saw – Britain in revival, on fire for the Lord!”
Ever so briefly he explained that in Wigglesworth’s 88th year the Lord had given him a vision of a future revival in Britain. He knew it would happen decades ahead but he so desperately desired to see such days. Thus Norman confided, “No wonder he wanted the Lord to keep him alive!“. But he couldn’t find the words to describe its wonder.
Smith Wigglesworth’s prophecy about a coming move of the Holy Spirit in the UK, is as follows:
TWO DISTINCT MOVES
During the next few decades there will be two distinct moves of the Holy Spirit across the church in Great Britain. The first move will affect every church that is open to receive it and will be characterized by a restoration of the baptism and gifts of the Holy Spirit. The second move of the Holy Spirit will result in people leaving historic churches and planting new churches. In the duration of each of these moves, the people who are involved will say “This is the great revival”. But the Lord says“No, neither is this the great revival but both are steps towards it”.
WORD AND SPIRIT When the new church phase is on the wane, there will be evidenced in the churches something that has not been seen before: a coming together of those with an emphasis on the Word and those with an emphasis on the Spirit.
When the Word and the Spirit come together, there will be the biggest movement of the Holy Spirit that the nation, and indeed the world, has ever seen. It will mark the beginning of a revival that will eclipse anything that has been witnessed within these shores, even the Wesleyan and the Welsh revivals of former years. The outpouring of God’s Spirit will flow over from the UK to the mainland of Europe, and from there will begin a missionary move to the ends of the earth.
‘All that mattered to Wigglesworth was listening for and to the voice of God’s Holy Spirit: it is hardly any wonder this ministry had such powerful anointing…
He conceived of revival in typically robust terms: that it can only come when we are prepared to die to self and human striving. Alongside this was his teaching that Jesus must occupy the foremost place in our hearts and lives.’
“I have just seen these Pictures above and a few others posted and shared on The White House Page….
It’s in moments like these that I can only Stand to Marvel at the Ways in Which God Speaks…and Moves….
In recent Weeks God has once again been speaking to many of us here in Ireland, about the “Honey Bees and the Honey of Heaven.”
This Word Spoke about the “Honey Bees… & Kerry Gold Butter”…
Hence, as I watched King Charles and President Trump walking in the Gardens of the White House and stopping to look at the White House Bee Hive, and President Trump giving King Charles a Jar of Honey as a Gift, all my Prophetic Alarm Bells (no pun intended) were Ringing!
And so with all this unfolding, I was reminded of the Following Prophetic Word(s) I released for 2024…..”
Last Saturday saw another of many awesome cutting-edge prophetic words and visions on current world events Veronika is being blessed with; as in her Ignite Ireland Ministry Facebook or her archive on His Kingdom Prophecy. In my opinion this follows closely on what she received under the Holy Spirit’s ‘eagle-like’ presence, as described in the previous post, so please take especial note (emphases mine; is AI is alluded to?):
I hear The Spirit say,”All this talk on Goshens… I tell you, I will be your Goshen in the midst of chaos and confusion!
For Covenant Lines have been drawn in Blood. Lines that cannot be crossed and boundaries that cannot be broken.
For in this time of Divine Transition, I will bring a Separation and a Distinction to what is Mine.
I say, Watch! — as I set My Remnant apart and as I cause My Glory to go before them.
Watch! — as I prepare Goshens that shall become Tabernacles of My Presence and Habitations of My Glory.
Yes! Goshens of My Glory that Shall become Marked Places for a Marked Covenant People — and no plagues shall come near their dwelling and no terror shall befall them and no destruction shall cross the boundary lines I have set!
For what I have Sealed, I shall Protect and Conceal. I shall Preserve and Reserve!
Listen! Again I say, I shall raise up Goshens of My Glory and Tabernacles of My Presence in the midst of ever-Increasing darkness, in this End-Time War, unto Divine Restore and Kingdom Reform.
Watch! — as the Battle of Altar vs Altars only intensifies in the days ahead — the Battles of Titans and the clashing of Kingdoms, for who will have Dominion!
I say look — as The Altars of Baal shall surely crumble and the House of Ahab and Jezebel shall fall under the ever-Increasing weight of My Glory, that shall rise upon My Remnant in this Time of Divine Reckoning and Judgment.
A Kairos Time of Confrontation and greater Contention shall ensue!
Therefore, Listen and Pay Attention!
For a Battle of Voices shall War for the Airwaves as the Spirit of Rebellion — the Spirit of the Antichrist — rises to Decree the Birthing of One World Order, a One World Religion and a One World Currency.
But I say, do not be deceived by simply looking at what you can see — for what shall arise in greater Power and through Religious and Political persuasion, is already in the midst of thee…
So I say, discern the Voices! Discern the Spirit — as I say, you must Discern the Times and the Seasons!
For not every voice that speaks of Love and Unity speaks for Me. Not every Promise of Peace, Peace shall carry My Kingdom!
For truly, these are the days when the Princes of Darkness shall masquerade as Angels of Light — when ravenous Wolves shall appear as harmless Sheep — and many among you — even the very Elect — shall be deceived!
Watch! For a Time of Testing is upon you!
The Testing of Hearts. The Testing of the Motives — and the Testing of whom you shall follow!
For I tell you, their masks shall slip and their Fig-leaf Coverings shall be removed, for this is a time of Divine Exposure, as the Light of My Glory comes to Reveal and Uncover that which is hidden and that which contains mixture and pollution.
I say, Watch! For where the Spirit of Deception rises, so shall My Spirit of Revelation and Wisdom Increase and multiply through Voices of Truth and Purity.
Watch! For Goshens of My Glory and Tabernacles of My Presence shall arise and not just for Divine Protection and Preservation — but for Holy and Divine Illumination and Perception — so that My Remnant shall not be overtaken.
For in this hour of great and ever Increasing darkness, the Light of My Glory shall Rise and Shine upon My Remnant Army, and kings and All Nations shall be drawn to the Brightness of their Rising!”
Note to Readers: you may wish to read about the historical relevance of the following as described in the previous trilogy of posts. Veronika’s posting this awesome vision on her Ignite Ireland Ministry Facebook last Friday makes the 36th instance of ‘full circles’ and, as ever, I’m grateful to Angus MacKillop for kind permission to copy His Kingdom Prophecy version (emphases mine):
Powerful Prophetic Encounter: “The Great Eagle — a Time of Stirring and Divine Incubation of Greater Revelation is Upon Us!”
Today in my Prayer Hut, something strange happened…
Only way to describe it, was that It was as if I was sitting in a Nest — but also like a womb…which was high, high, high above The Nations of the Earth.
But at the same time it was deep, deep, deep in The Realm of The Spirit.
Then suddenly, I could feel a tangible brooding of The Spirit over me, like The Spirit was hovering over me — like in Genesis — and there was what felt like a brooding of The Spirit and power of Elijah over me.
I also then became aware of what felt like a Divine Stirring of the Nest — like the start of the deep contractions of a womb at a time of birthing.
A strange and deep stirring in The Spirit, just like when an Eagle will stir and move her eggs into right position for the hatching and the time of birthing!
Then suddenly, I saw what appeared like a Great Eagle that was hovering over me, and I saw the wings of the Eagle come up and spread out before me in the encounter.
I saw that its wings were covered in multi-coloured feathers that literally glistened with radiant Light, and within the Light I could hear what sounded like Ancient Sounds rising up from deep within The Spirit Realm.
Now, both the colours of the Great Eagle’s wings and feathers are very hard to articulate and the sounds I heard, I can’t really explain in words — but the radiant colours of the feathers I saw and could tangibly feel were living, vibrating, and pulsed with Life and Power.
The vibrations of the colours gave way to Ancient Sound frequencies, and I knew by The Spirit of Revelation that what I was seeing spoke to The Seven Spirits of God that we see in Ezekiel 47 and from the Book of Revelation [RB: Revelation 22 – my number again!]
Then I saw the eyes of the Great Eagle come up before me and I saw that there were many eyes — Seven (7) Eyes — and again I knew that this spoke to The Seven Eyes of The Seven Spirits — Seven Eyes bringing greater Vision, Illumination and Revelation!
Then suddenly the Four Faces of Ezekiel [Ezekiel 1:10] came up before me — the Face of the Eagle, the Man, the Ox and the Lion.
Again I knew by Revelation that this spoke to the Four Living creatures in Ezekiel, and again I knew that the Four Faces spoke to the coming Kingdom Reformation of the Fivefold.
Suddenly, I saw that a Divine Convergence of the Four Faces is now coming upon The Nations, and I knew by the Spirit of Understanding that I/the Prophets of God, are now receiving by Divine Exchange and Impartation in the Secret Place of deeper Consecration, greater Clarity, Supernatural Vision, greater Illumination and Revelation Knowledge for the days to come.
There is a hovering, brooding and overshadowing that’s taking place in the Secret Place and on the Great Mountain of The LORD.
I believe and submit this is why many have been hearing the Call to greater Ascension and deeper consecration, as there is an Invitation to “Come Up Here!”
And then I heard, ”Get Ready! For you have now entered into a season of Divine Incubation, Birthing and a Spiritual Awakening, in the Secret and Hidden Place/in the Womb of the Upper Room! I The LORD AM forming and Preparing the hearts of My End-time Remnant Army to bring forth deeper levels of Glory through Divine Revelation and Wisdom, for such a time as this!”
I/the Prophets, are being taken higher and deeper into the Secret and Hidden Realms of His Glory, and into Virgin Dimensions of His Glory that have never been seen before, for purpose of a greater Manifestation and Demonstration of His Kingdom, in order to take full Dominion!
Today I heard The Spirit say, “Watch! For many are Incubating Revelation that will bring to birth greater Manifestations of My Kingdom in The Nations of the Earth!”
Blessings to you all.
~ by Veronika West
PERSONAL MUSINGS:
ALL the timing seems to have ‘God-incidental’ confirmation not only in reading Alan Shemwell’s book (as in PS) but also during our Saturday walk I mused over this prophecy and its personal and blog’s ‘cyclical’ connection of ‘wheels-within-wheels’ I was reminded of Ezekiel’s vision of wheels within the four-faced living creatures.
Being reminded of that 30 years-old event means it’s time to seek to fly higher!
So I checked his first chapter and got ‘God-smacked’ by its opening reference to a 30 years period – identical to the time-span of my personal own eagle as told in ‘full circle 34‘ – AND THE SAME DIGITS APPEAR THEREIN as ‘30th year, 4th month’ as below:
Ezekiel’s Vision of God
‘1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the River Chebar, that the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God…
15 As I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces.16 This was the appearance and structure of the wheels: They sparkled like topaz, and all four looked alike. Each appeared to be made like a wheel intersecting a wheel.17 As they moved, they would go in any one of the four directions the creatures faced; the wheels did not change direction as the creatures went.18 Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around. 19 When the living creatures moved, the wheels beside them moved; and when the living creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose.20 Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.21 When the creatures moved, they also moved; when the creatures stood still, they also stood still; and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels rose along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.’
So, it’s far too ‘coincidental’ for this blog to have many previous posts recurring, like the turning engine wheels of an accelerating train, and the latest referring to the four faces of God and now Veronika refers to the four-faced living creatures and in which wheels are the main empowering feature in Ezekiel’s vision, as well as their wings!
Regarding the inner revelation given to her of the 7-fold Spirit being the Millennial River we know the River of Life is the Holy Spirit’s flow, hence is 7-fold. Also, in musing over it this dropped into mind: the Trinity is in the Temple and the outflowing river has 4 depths, thus 7 is symbolised by 3+4. I’ve dreamt of the river and its various depths a few times – and swimming in the deeps I could breathe like a ‘fish’ < HA, early Christian symbol!!
[Finished/published @16:16 > 2 to 4th power (2x2x2x2) twice ]
During my long-weekend read of Alan Shemwell’s excellent Trustworthy and True I noted how his description on pages 71-72 relates to part of the vision Veronika West had posted on Friday about the four faces of God (next post). So the timing is ‘God-incidental’ for Alan writes and refers to Ezekiel 1:4-12 and Revelation 4:6-8:
‘So, the four camps (Judah the Lion, Ephraim the ox, Reuben the man, Dan the eagle) surrounded the Tabernacle (God’s throne room on earth, in the same way that the four creatures (that resemble a lion, an ox, a man and an eagle) surround the actual throne of God in heaven.’
The Four Faces of God, by John Bickersteff & Timothy Pain.
So, ‘circle’ 34 of the personal eagle vision goes back 30 years to 1996. On the same day as its reminder in Veronika West’s prophecy – see next post – another feature within that prophecy had been posted 10 years ago on 7th April 2016.
What’s more, that was the very first of my postings tagged in her name, this one being 886th (LOL 8+8+6=22, my birthday number keeps popping up, AND confirms prophetic relevance of the two ‘coinciding’ circles.)
“..In this encounter, I was taken onto a battlefield, the sky was filled with the colours of Deep Red and Orange, and I heard the words, “THE DAWNING OF NEW DAY”, the atmosphere was filled with GREAT EXPECTATION AND ANTICIPATION..I could see the Mighty Warriors of God standing at attention on the battlefield, each one strategically positioned in their respective ranks, I could see these Mighty Warriors were WAITING! I knew by divine revelation that these Warriors were “WAITING FOR HEAVEN TO TOUCH EARTH”, then suddenly a strong and mighty Wind began to blow upon the battlefield, I watched as Four Mighty Whirlwinds began to form in the distance, suddenly I could see the four faces of God within the Four Whirlwinds, I saw the Face of the Eagle within the Whirlwind that came from the North, then I saw the Face of the Ox that came in the Whirlwind from the West, then the Face of Man that came in the Whirlwind from the South, and lastly I could see the Face of the Lion that came in the Whirlwind from the East. Now the Whirlwinds moved in unison causing an immense dust storm to rise up from the ground which filled the atmosphere with an even greater EXPECTATION AND ANTICIPATION among the Warriors of God…”
Footnote:
Fascinating this should be published on the day my US supplier sent a copy of ‘The Four Faces of God’by John Bickersteth & Timothy Paine to a friend in the States!
Also, two days earlier I’d emailed another about my blog Vision of Lion & Four Faces of God because he’d told me about the Lion at Dr Sharon Stone’s mentoring day on the previous weekend!! As Veronika says on this ‘God-incidence’ – WE GIVE GOD ALL THE GLORY!
Click/tap book-cover image for link to Amazon > >’
A couple of days later I posted this detailed consideration:
‘After days of enquiring about overseas deliveries and as told in my footnote to this post, I was informed on 7th April that a copy of the out-of-print book ‘The Four Faces of God’ had been dispatched. It so happens – definitely not a coincidence – last Thursday, the 7th day of the 4th month of 2016, brought a quadruple focus upon a very specific theme…’
‘SO we have ‘four corner pieces’ of a jigsaw puzzle displaying ‘UNITY’ in the Lord. Could they in any way be related to the four faces of God? I humbly submit how this may be so:
dramatic vision of fire, whirlwinds and God – symbolic of the Eagle’s vision
word from the Lord about angelic release – symbolic of the Lion’s rulership
act of obedience to Lord and pastor – symbolic of Bull’s sacrificial service
noticing and writing about theme – symbolic of Man’s anointing and calling.’
For more of my personal background see this posted in September 2014
A couple of details in our sister Veronika West’s posting of last Friday on her Facebook (published here) reminded me two very special items on this blog and upon checking them I realised the prophetical wheels just keep on accelerating in synchronicity in ten-year cycles – like a pair of hands (10 digits).
The first is very personal as it’s about how I became involved in prophecy 30 years ago and, as a consequence, why I went on to write. SO, let’s jump into my time-capsule and take a trip in time back 30 years as told in Why Write/blog..
‘On my late father’s birthday 13 July 1996, I’d planned to attend a local healing prayer group’s day conference in Upper Basildon, Berkshire but got delayed by a phone call about three lots of verses in the Book of Joshua. My late arrival meant I missed the announcements and didn’t get a schedule. All I knew was that it was run by a team from the renowned St Andrews Church, Chorleywood (which I’d once popped into the day Bishop David Pytches gave an account of visiting Toronto and the Outpouring).
So, after worship in my relatively nearby church, the various sessions unknown to me started and I just went along with my Reading-area friends, only to discover they were heading into a ‘workshop’ on prophecy – I felt extremely out of my depth. HELP!
Being a relatively young Christian, prophecy was completely new to me and after a very brief outline of the subject the lady teaching us directed us to stand in a line – weird, like being back at school! She walked up to each of us in turn and said something.
When it came to my turn, as she stood in front of me, her eyes practically popped out of her head – she was staring at something over my own head – an eagle!
Then out of her flowed a torrent of Holy Spirit information! Fortunately I was able to jot it all down and of the many ‘words’ delivered, one was about prophecy and another was about writing.
Twelve years later (2008), Nina and I went to a church meeting in Guildford YMCA being run by a South African, William Mitchell, who looked straight at me and said, “There’s a book in you!” – “Huh… really?” thought I. Well it did jell with part of the unexpected prophetical download I’d been presented with in ’96!
HENCE, the chorus of this worship song regularly used at Ellel Ministries, Pierrepont in Frensham, Surrey, would take me soaring with the eagles
“Hold me close, let Your love surround me, Bring me near, draw me your side, And as I wait I’ll rise up like the eagle And I will soar with You Your Spirit leads me on in the Power of Your love.”
NEXT, we look at the second wheel when I first came across Veronika’s gifting 10 years ago and which directly related to a fascinating examination of specific scripture I’d read about in a book…
CLEAR HINT AT ROOT CAUSE OF TRUMP’S DISDAIN FOR STARMER BRINGING SHAME UPON BRITAIN
Extract: ‘… Williams is not alone in sounding the alarm about Britain’s hollowed-out defence capability. Last week, Lord Robertson, who had returned to write the current Labour Government’s 2025 SDR, launched a blistering attack on Keir Starmer’s failure to match rhetoric on defence with action on spending. Sir John Major, the former Conservative prime minister, backed Robertson, warning that “defence cannot be an optional expenditure”.
Starmer’s response, politely disagreeing with Robertson and repeating the traditional line that “our Armed Forces are the best in the world”, provoked Williams to accuse the prime minister, in Trumpian uppercase, of a “BRIGHT SHINING (and DANGEROUS) LIE”… ‘
‘Labour MPs have demanded Sir Keir Starmer refer himself to the privileges committee over the Mandelson scandal.
Backbenchers have said that despite pressure from No 10, they will not vote to protect the Prime Minister from an ethics inquiry over claims he misled MPs.
The crunch vote is seen as a vote of confidence in Sir Keir’s leadership, after the Prime Minister held a meeting with MPs on Monday urging them to back him.
John McDonnell, the former shadow chancellor under Jeremy Corbyn, said Sir Keir should refer himself to the committee to clear his name. “When you’re under attack like this you don’t run from the attack, you run to face it,” he told the Commons.
Andy McDonald agreed, adding that the Prime Minister had made it clear “he has not misled this House. So in those circumstances, would it not be the right thing to do to embrace this process and wipe the floor with the critics that put these things to him?”
Nadia Whittome, the Labour MP for South Shields who is a fierce critic of Sir Keir’s, went further and said she would vote to refer him to the committee. The Telegraph understands another Labour MP on the Left of the party is also minded to abstain.
The revolt currently appears to be confined to MPs who are known critics of the Prime Minister.
5:17pm – Suspended Labour MP tells Starmer to ‘face the music’
Sir Keir Starmer should “face the music” and agree to an ethics committee investigation over whether he misled Parliament about the Mandelson scandal, a suspended Labour MP said.
Karl Turner, who lost the whip last month, told LBC he did not believe the Prime Minister had “deliberately misled” MPs, but may have inadvertently misled the House.
“If you’ve nothing to hide, face the music. Give your evidence. Prove that you’ve not done what’s suggested of you.”
He added: “I believe that the Prime Minister had not deliberately misled Parliament. I don’t think he did, but I do think there’s a prima-facie case for him to face the privileges committee inquiry. That’s why it’s there.”
4:33pm – Majority of the public think there should be a official inquiry on whether Starmer misled Parliament
Six in ten people believe there should be an official inquiry into whether Sir Keir Starmer misled Parliament about the Mandelson vetting saga, a new poll has shown.
A survey for YouGov found that 61 per cent of voters believe there should be an inquiry of the nature that MPs are currently debating in the Commons.
Just one fifth of voters do not think there should be one… ‘
“This correction of our police force and free speech policy must be legislated from the top of government. So please consider signing the petition to remove this incumbent PM (at) https://c.org/nKRjzr2GGv “.
The link to Change.org is also in this header and I invite you to add your signature:
Also, read gift copy of Daily Telegraph’s Labour MPs plot swift toppling of Starmer by Dominic PennaSenior Political Correspondent. Tony DiverPolitical Editor, and which begins
‘Labour MPs are plotting to topple Sir Keir Starmer swiftly in the aftermath of the predicted local election wipe-out on May 7. The party is braced to lose hundreds of council seats across England and – for the first time in its history – control of the Senedd in Wales.
Sir Keir Starmer could face a privileges committee inquiry into whether he lied to MPs about the Mandelson scandal.
The committee, best known for its investigation into Boris Johnson’s partygate scandal, investigates potential contempt of Parliament – which is widely seen as a resignation offence.
Karl Turner, a suspended Labour MP who currently sits as an independent, revealed that he had written to Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the Commons Speaker, urging him to refer the Prime Minister to the committee.
At PMQs on Wednesday, Sir Keir told the Commons that “no pressure existed whatsoever” over the appointment of Lord Mandelson as his ambassador to the US.
A day earlier, Sir Olly Robbins, who was sacked from his top Foreign Office job last week, told the foreign affairs committee that there had been “constant pressure” from No 10.
1. Was proper vetting followed / did Mandelson pass security checks?
Question raised: Whether “due process” and full security vetting had been followed before the appointment.
Starmer’s answer: He told Parliament that due process had been followed.
2. Did Mandelson fail security vetting, and did Starmer know?
Question raised: Whether Mandelson had failed security vetting and whether the Prime Minister knew at the time of appointment.
Starmer’s answer: He said he was not informed that Mandelson had failed vetting and only learned later; he described this as “staggering” and “unforgivable.”
3. Did the Prime Minister mislead Parliament about the vetting process?
Question raised: Allegations that Starmer misled MPs in earlier statements about the vetting and appointment.
Starmer’s answer: His office stated he did not mislead Parliament, maintaining his statements were accurate based on the information he had.
4. Was there pressure from Downing Street to approve Mandelson?
Question raised: Whether Starmer or his office applied pressure on officials to secure Mandelson’s appointment despite concerns.
Starmer’s answer: Downing Street denied improper pressure, describing contacts with officials as standard.
5. What responsibility does Starmer take for the appointment?
Question raised: Why he appointed Mandelson and whether he accepts responsibility.
Starmer’s answer: He told the Commons: “I should not have appointed Peter Mandelson… I take responsibility… and I apologise.”
6. Why was Parliament not informed earlier about the vetting failure?
Question raised: Why MPs were not told sooner and what the Prime Minister knew and when.
Starmer’s answer: He said he himself had not been told about the failed vetting and that ministers were also unaware at the time.
INTRIGUING BACKGROUND
The Man Nobody Is Talking About. His Name Is Sir Philip Barton.
Buried inside Tuesday’s committee testimony, beneath the headlines about constant pressure, bullying and secret job searches, is the detail that may prove the most consequential of this entire affair. It concerns not Olly Robbins, not Morgan McSweeney, not even Keir Starmer. It concerns the man who was there before all of them. Theman who said no. The man who then left his post eight months early.
Sir Philip Barton was the Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office when Peter Mandelson’s appointment was announced in December 2024. He was, in other words, the most senior civil servant in the building at the precise moment the machinery of state was being directed to place a man with documented links to Russia and China into the most sensitive diplomatic posting in the Western alliance.
What Robbins told the committee on Tuesday is this. Barton pushed back. When the Cabinet Office argued that vetting Mandelson was unnecessary, that a peer and Privy Councillor did not require developed vetting, Barton refused to accept it. He insisted that vetting was a requirement. He had to be, in Robbins’s own words, very firm in person. He also voiced reservations about the appointment to Jonathan Powell, the National Security Adviser, reservations that were noted and not acted upon. He was worried, Robbins suggested, about exactly the same reputational risks that had been detailed to the Prime Minister before the appointment was announced.
Then Sir Philip Barton left his post. Eight months before his tenure would otherwise have concluded.
The question Richard Foord put to Robbins on Tuesday was the right one. Why did Barton’s tenure end early? Robbins said he did not know. He suggested ministers may have felt it was time for a change. That answer is not an answer. It is the absence of one.
Consider what the timeline now shows. A senior civil servant pushes back against the appointment, insists on vetting when the Cabinet Office wants to bypass it, raises reservations with the National Security Adviser, and departs eight months ahead of schedule. His replacement arrives to find the appointment already treated as a fait accompli, the vetting process under constant pressure from Downing Street, and the question of outcome entirely subordinate to the question of speed.
If Barton was removed because he stood in the way of this appointment, then Robbins was not the first civil servant sacrificed to protect it. He was the second. And the question of who else was moved aside, overruled or silenced in the months between December 2024 and the moment the security services finally said no, becomes the most important question this affair has yet produced.
Starmer sacked Robbins for following the rules. The Foreign Affairs Committee will now call Barton to give evidence. What he says will either confirm what the timeline already suggests or provide an alternative explanation that the evidence does not currently support.
There is a pattern here that goes beyond process failure. Process failures are random. They point in different directions. What this affair has produced is a series of events that point consistently in one direction. Officials who comply are retained. Officials who push back depart. The security services are bypassed. The vetting is treated as an administrative inconvenience. And the one question nobody at the top of this government will answer is why this appointment, this man, this post, mattered so much that every obstacle was removed to make it happen.
Barton apparently asked that question. He left eight months early. The country deserves to know why.
This begs the question, in view of his time as Director of Public Prosecutions (Head of the Crown Prosecution Service) 2008-2013 failing to crush the Muslim grooming gangs, what was the extent of his personal friendship not only Mandelson, who was connected with Russia and China as well as directly involved with paedophile Epstein, but also of Starmer’s own involvement with those nations and/or the criminal or perverted cronies?
Paula Serran’s above-linked report ‘over the pond’ is a succinct situation summary of this farago playing out in Parliament, Westminster, in which he begins:
Starmer’s premiership is all but over.
The stain of a Jeffrey Epstein association is nearly impossible to wash away, and in the case of former British ambassador to the US, Lord Peter Mandelson, the disgraceful status is even transferable to third parties, like Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Starmer insisted on appointing Mandelson to the ambassadorship, even after he flunked the vetting process.
With the release by the US DOJ of the ‘Epstein files’, Mandelson fell in flames, was even arrested, and is now under investigation over suspicion of gross misconduct in public office…’
PROPHECIES:
1. 28th May 2016 – In the first post of my subsequently extensive series on Exposures I mused upon the Lord exposing political rot in USA and in the next post considered it within the UK too, in my writing: ‘…Have only now checked the links and particularly note A…’s closing remarks on what the Lord showed him re St Paul’s (Cathedral) and a barge taking rubbish out to sea: “It’s time to clean My house”. The Lord’s timing is always fascinating, so maybe that reflects my thoughts on the Lord starting to expose political wrong-doings, as mentioned in my email on praying for the Camerons….’
2. 22nd Oct 2022 – Veronika West writes, “So, on Saturday, 22 October 2022, while in prayer for this Nation and the unfolding Political Crisis, I heard these Words for The United Kingdom, ”For in their rebellion and pride, they removed the Truss that was set in place. Watch and pray! For a total roof collapse will take place that will bring the whole House down!”
3. 31st Dec 2024 – Veronika West writes, “then heard these words again ”Watch! For a Great Unravelling of this Current UK Government has surely begun!” as posted in HKP update 17 Sept 2025.
4. 5th Feb 2026 – In asking, Prophetic word for UK’s Prime Minister soon to be fulfilled? I quoted Veronika West’s post of 15 Nov 2025 wherein she opens, “I heard the Spirit say, ”Watch! For Keir Starmer’s days are soon to be over! See how the Vultures begin to circle…Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin — a Nation and its Leaders weighed in the balance and found wanting….”
I’m reminded of the second of 7 pre-Christmas jigsaw pieces entitled ‘Crusade’ – and the first of which was an open vision of a sword – wherein I write,
‘ Next day saw the Putting Christ Back Into Christmas worship rally in central London, to take a stand against the anti-Christ spirit that’s arisen in and dominating Britain….
THEREFORE, IT IS NOW TIME FOR CHRISTIANS TO RISE AGAINST THE ANTICHRIST SPIRIT BY RAISING THE LEVEL TO A SPIRITUAL CRUSADE AGAINST SATAN.’
Christian People’s Alliance UK Facebook item notes ‘St George was a 3rd-century Roman soldier born in Cappadocia (modern Turkey) who was martyred around 303 AD for refusing to renounce his Christian faith during Diocletian’s persecution. He was lauded by Kings of England for what he did.’
NB. After the Roman destruction of Jerusalem’s second Temple in AD70 and the Bar Kokhba Revolt in the 2nd century, Emperor Hadrian removed the province’s name Judaea and adopted the existing Greek geographical term Palaistinê, and renamed the province as Syria-Palaestina to erase Jewish ties to the land! A nation of Palestine has never existed.
Very interesting historical coverage including Muslim recognition of the character and legend may be read in Wikipedia’s Saint George, wherein I note ‘ The Church of Saint George in Lydda, now Lod in Israel, has a sarcophagus traditionally believed to contain St. George’s relics.’
1947 – Smith Wigglesworth: 
“..In this encounter, I was taken onto a battlefield, the sky was filled with the colours of Deep Red and Orange, and I heard the words, “THE DAWNING OF NEW DAY”, the atmosphere was filled with GREAT EXPECTATION AND ANTICIPATION..I could see the Mighty Warriors of God standing at attention on the battlefield, each one strategically positioned in their respective ranks, I could see these Mighty Warriors were WAITING! I knew by divine revelation that these Warriors were “WAITING FOR HEAVEN TO TOUCH EARTH”, then suddenly a strong and mighty Wind began to blow upon the battlefield, I watched as Four Mighty Whirlwinds began to form in the distance, suddenly I could see the four faces of God within the Four Whirlwinds, I saw the Face of the Eagle within the Whirlwind that came from the North, then I saw the Face of the Ox that came in the Whirlwind from the West, then the Face of Man that came in the Whirlwind from the South, and lastly I could see the Face of the Lion that came in the Whirlwind from the East. Now the Whirlwinds moved in unison causing an immense dust storm to rise up from the ground which filled the atmosphere with an even greater EXPECTATION AND ANTICIPATION among the Warriors of God…”
Richard's Watch 