428 Responses to MID WEEK OPEN THREAD….

  1. Guest Who says:

    Yesterday I posted that things were looking dodgy L’Abbott was calling on supporting the whole cattle truck thing as it wasn’t playing well… well, anywhere.

    Alles ist in Ordnung once more:

    http://order-order.com/2016/04/29/diane-abbott-defends-naz-shah-says-anti-semitism-isnt-a-problem-for-labour/

    Beyond this, I also have to wonder what collection of barking numpties in smart suits invite, pay or turn up to listen to what this locomotive single brain cell organism has to say on anything.

    I count at least ten. And surely one was her personal BBC chronicler?

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  2. Thoughtful says:

    Apparently Robert Pestons father has died and in ‘Last Words’ on Radio 4 Peston will deliver a Eulogy.

    I think it’s worth noting “The economist Lord Peston who advised the Labour governments of the 60s and 70s. His son Robert Peston and Lord Hattersley pay tribute.”

    Peston only managed a 2nd in economics, proving that to the BBC contacts and Labour connections are more important than academic ability.

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  3. Thoughtful says:

    And a heads up for later on Radio 4. The perennially pro EU left wing apologist more or less at 16:30

    EU Migration
    More or Less
    Investigating the numbers in the news.

    When the blurb is so brief, you just know there’s going to be something contentious being raised.

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  4. Thoughtful says:

    http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/vicar-hit-face-bottle-suspected-11261835

    A 73 year old Vicar attacked by a car load of Pakis who threw a bottle at him. Comments are unusual for the Manchester Evening Lies which is just about as biased to the Left as the BBC! I can’t imagine they will last long before they take them down.

    So what have the BBC reported about Rochdale today? Well they’re still on the Imam who was murdered, much to their chagrin, by a fellow Muslim, who it turns out was a Jihadi and who has skipped the country, believed to have returned to his native Pakistan. Like we’ve never heard of that happening before!).
    Of course the story is being spun of the moderate Muslim arguing against the Koran & Hadiths and an ‘radicalised’ yoof who couldn’t contain himself and murdered him as a result). Not much but the best which could be spun given the circumstances!

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-36166459

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  5. chrisH says:

    The BBC Today programme this morning led with the news headline that Andy Burnham had said that Corbyn had finally stepped up to the plate re anti-Semitism, after a slowish start.
    How the hell does Labour telling itself that it`s right and virtuous in self-reflecting glories become a “news headline”?

    It`s not news-it`s self praise…but the BBC seem to think we need to be reminded of this.
    Prior to this, the BBC had been sniffing around Bradford West to find excuses for Nazi Shah…didn`t they do the same over Jess Phillips three months ago?
    Basically some “mentoring entrepreneur” who was an “activist in health and education”( and on the Bradford payroll in a nice car, as he spoke to our BBC gull? (how many jobs does this bloke do and are they ALL required…as in would Karachi employ him to do the same puff and guff over THERE?).
    He said that yes, it would appear to be anti-Semitic, but he`d rather not get involved in who dislikes Israel(him and his mates)-and who doesn`t…but suffice to say that George Galloway was competing for the anti-Israel vote-so she HAD to say such things.
    You just do-wouldn`t you now?
    Unbelievable!…yet that`s good enough for the BBC.
    Galloways fault, you see-her finger pressed “send” but her heart said ” Love the Jews”.
    And we pay for these lice in our winding sheets?…wake up England, time to chuck out the crap that is the BBC.

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    • Grant says:

      chrisH,

      Spot on ! If you can see it and I can see it and other people can see it, why the forex ( not talking about foreign exchange here ) can’t other people see it. It is so Goddamn transparent. Labour are right up their own orifices with this racist anti-semitism .

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      • Oaknash says:

        Because Grant people dont want to see it and dont want to have to think too hard. People like life simple and Aunty knows it. Thats why they have got away with all the manipulative, lying , duplicitous shit they spent our money on over the years. People know it goes on but just dont give a flying f##k! As long as the telly works all is well!

        The only little bit of light on the horizon is the oncoming EU election. It may well make the sheep realise that whatever the result their lives will change one way or another. And I suspect that if the sheep catch onto the fact that they are being lied to (especially with regard to migration) there may well be a shock result for Aunty that may make her wet her drawers.

        However I am quite worried that there may well be more than a few double counted or “lost” votes – we shall see.

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        • Grant says:

          Oak,

          Well said. But, sadly, I think we are looking at the death of democracy.

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          • Oaknash says:

            You could be right but we must still hope for the best and fight for it if necessary. As life under President Jerrod does not sound very appealing. Probably only good if you are a olive oil salesman! Anyway have a good weekend all !

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            • Grant says:

              Oak,

              President Jerrod ??? LOL !! Things could never get that bad , could they ?

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            • Tothepoint says:

              In his narcissistic, warped mind, he is the Lord over all the thick, evil Brits who need to be shown how to behave, act, think…like all the lunatic left do.

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              • Grant says:

                To,

                Pathetic really ! And when they come up against opposition it is tantrums and toys out of the pram !

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                • taffman says:

                  Grant
                  I do hope you are not talking about the abusive idiot that is stalking me? I won’t mention him by name because he will be back.

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        • Tothepoint says:

          I wouldn’t be surprised if the out vote was completely ignored. All the political parties besides Ukip (peace be upon them) are in favour of shafting us to protect themselves. We will get some bullshit statement of “we have an even better deal which is too good to turn down because of economic uncertainty” which will get shoehorned in. Leaving the EU is an incomprehensible blow for the establishment and their control over our lives, and they know it.

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          • Grant says:

            To,

            Yes, but it will feel good to make the point. Of course, democracy is dead in UK. But we can,at least ,have a death rattle !

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            • taffman says:

              Brits voting to remain in the EU is the best example this century for the use of the idiom …………..
              Turkeys voting for Christmas

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  6. Guest Who says:

    http://capx.co/revealed-radio-4-thought-for-the-day-proven-to-be-65-anti-capitalist/

    65%? That in BBC world is not just balance, but actually pro-capitalism. Apparently.

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  7. GCooper says:

    Here’s another story that you won’t be seeing on the BBC:

    “The EU wants you to log into YouTube using your state-issued ID card”

    Yes, that’s right. Whenever you want to use YouTube, the bureaucrats will know what you watched and you will have to have a national ID card to use it at all.

    Here’s the chapter and verse

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/29/eu_login_youtube_national_id_card/

    After the referendum I suggest we round up anyone who voted ‘remain’ and deport them.

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  8. G.W.F. says:

    The BBC/Guardian have spent a fortune explaining Trump. Perhaps they might let Pat Condell have a hearing

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  9. Destroy-Deny-Degrade-Disrupt says:

    Hey Jerrod.

    What’s your view on all this Labour anti-semite stuff? Do you think this blog sometimes looks like some sort of cyber Wailing Wall or something? I bet you do, you evil bastard.

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  10. MrMeggo says:

    How the fuck does this warrant a place on the BBC website front page

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36168375

    Oh hang on. Now which way does Baldwin lean?

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  11. Thoughtful says:

    Apparently Manchester has been enriched by the vibrancy and diversity of some drug money launderers who have just been sent down for the astonishing sum of £10 Million sent offshore !

    Razwan Munir was the coordinator of the operation, organising the collection of £10m from criminals, its concealment in bank accounts held in the name of limited companies and its transfer overseas, on the instructions of a shadowy controller based in Pakistan known only as ‘Khan’

    Mohammed Kamran Chaudhry, 34, of Chatburn Road, Chorlton, who transferred £1m of the cash. Chaudhry is the brother of drug dealer Basit Chaudhry, who was the prime suspect in the hit and run killing of Craig Rodger, 25, who was mowed down by a Porsche as he crossed Wilbraham Road, Chorlton, in March 2014. Basit fled the UK in the aftermath of the crash and was killed in another car crash in Dubai in March last year.

    Nokhaiz Haider, 36, of Broomhurst Avenue, Oldham, was the scam’s book keeper, keeping a record of the cash received and its movements.

    Imran Sarwar was a collector and transmitter of cash from crime, and was paid £300-a-week. He travelled to Hong Kong and Dubai and it’s believed up to £1.5m passed through his hands.

    Umar Haq, 36, of Edge Lane, Chorlton, allowed his company, Sinotec Asia Ltd, to be used as a vehicle for moving nearly £900,000 of cash

    Waqar Afzal, 51, of Arlington Road, Stretford, also had bank accounts belonging to his firm, Verdo Traders, to be used to transfer £750,000 cash, and banked money for the conspiracy. He was also involved in the laundering of £182,000 stolen from the bank account of an elderly dementia sufferer whose daughter had dropped her passport and his banking details in a bank in Sheffield.

    This is money from the misery of others caught up in their drug dealing, and probably misery passed to others through criminality to get the money to buy the drugs. Goodness knows how much of this money has made its way to terrorist groups, nor how much if any might be recovered.
    One thing I do know though is that there is no place for these men, or their families in this countries. The UK should pay for the building of a prison in Pakistan and agree that they can serve their sentences in it. The property – houses cars jewelery should be seized by the state.
    In addition the power to declare someone non conducive should be taken away from judges and made automatic if the sentence exceeds 12 months with the burden then being on the convicted to prove immediately some reason he should remain here.

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    • Lobster says:

      Why go to all the expense of building prisons etc. ? A box of .303 rounds would be much cheaper.

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      • Rob in Cheshire says:

        .303? You are obviously a traditionalist. Strangely enough, one of the few sources of .303 these days is Greece, and they need the money, so it’s a win-win!

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        • Lobster says:

          “You are obviously a traditionalist”. Oh yes, I don’t hold with all these new-fangled things ……
          Bah Humbug!

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    • Thoughtful says:

      My point was intended to be a serious one, a way which we could get around the horrid ‘uman rights lobby. We also happen to get rid of an entire family which, if we shot the husband would get state support!

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  12. GCooper says:

    Charles Moore remains one of the few worthy writers still working for the Telegraph. If you have been wondering how the Labour party got into the current mess it is in, he has some very interesting historical information to add:

    “How the Labour Party embraced an ideology that has race hate at its heart”
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/29/how-the-labour-party-embraced-an-ideology-that-has-race-hate-at/

    What I found particularly interesting was his discussion of the ‘anti-imperialism’ nonsense that is so pervasive on the Left today and how his subject could every bit as easily been the race-obsessed, anti-British BBC, as the Labour party.

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  13. hoohah says:

    So I was watching Have I Got News For You tonight (I know I’m a glutton for punishment) and it’s just getting unwatchable with the amount of time they give to indulging Ian Hislop’s political views.

    Two big problems tonight, the first was Hislop’s attack on Philip Green’s time at BHS during which he attacked Green making a profit for himself while BHS was profitable – er Ian that’s how people in the real world make a living, if BHS wasn’t profitable under Philip Green then Green wouldn’t have been able to take any of the profit for himself, it’s only because BHS was profitable at the the time that Green could be rewarded, if it was losing money there would be no profit from which to take, no no no let’s just pretend that Philip Green making money caused BHS to fail.

    Second problem was when the producers decided to let the COMEDY programme grind to a halt in order to make a political statement about Hillsborough. Look I’m watching a comedy programme if you’re going to bring up Hillsborough then make jokes about it otherwise don’t bring it up, it was introduced solely to score political points against Rupert Literally Adolf Hitler Murdoch.

    I’ve made the mistake of listening to Radio 4’s News Quiz before but I always thought that HIGNFY was much lighter on the political point scoring and more concerned with joke making, but lately it’s gone off the rails.

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    • Thoughtful says:

      “if BHS wasn’t profitable under Philip Green then Green wouldn’t have been able to take any of the profit for himself”

      Errr yes he would! Just like the current batch of ruthless greedy weasels who have taken money out of the business despite it making no profits at all.

      Running up debt, or raiding a pension scheme is a way a greedy an immoral boss can extract money from a seeming basket case company.

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  14. Guest Who says:

    That such a restrictive comparison is made by a BBC editor is deeply troubling.

    Since when did anti-semitism lie only with association to Israel?

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    • Lobster says:

      Strange – there doesn’t seem to be any line between criticism of Islam and accusations of “Waycism”.

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  15. Dover Sentry says:

    The BBC/Labour Party/BBC now have dilemmas.

    Oh, joy….

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