, reports a BBC Views Online front page ‘highlight box’, describing the featured story as:
Tale of two cities: ‘Not like in Dickens, kind of American’ – a visitor’s view of Brum.
…except that in the story, Not like in Dickens, it turns out that the visitor the BBC refers to is actually an immigrant – not normally a synonym for visitor, except perhaps in BBC La-la-land.
Midweek 4th February 2026
Mandy has deliciously hauled the whole sorry nest of vipers with him.. https://x.com/afneil/status/2019305333462823179?s=61 So it’s the BBC’s job to share…