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  1. G.W.F. says:
    May 27, 2016 at 6:19 pm

    I like Tomi Lahren, an antidote to the crap shoved in our faces from the BBC. Being pissed off with the promotion of the gay and transgender lifestyle is not bigotry.

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  2. EnglandExpects says:
    May 27, 2016 at 6:24 pm

    The BBC unleash its right-on lefty Mark Easton on Knowsley. Yes we all know its a deprived area full of displaced scousers. This gives the BBC chance to manipulate two things. Firstly there are going to be a lot of poorly educated white working class people. Those in favour of Brexit are unlikely to advance sophisticated arguments. Second, if they interview more Remainers than Leavers they ‘prove’ that even UKIP’s traditional core voters may not favour Leave. What a surprise ! Easton succeeds on both counts. Another example of BBC bias, not as overt as possible but cleverly constructed to be biased

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    • Dover Sentry says:
      May 27, 2016 at 7:16 pm

      Yes, I thought the same. The other message was that if a community is not ‘enriched’, it fails.

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      • taffman says:
        May 27, 2016 at 7:48 pm

        EnglandExpects
        Well we weren’t so enriched when we had a the British Empire.
        Now we are nation that has no confidence. ‘No confidence’ from the propaganda promulgated by the present Tory used Car Salesman telling us that we can’t be on our own outside the United Sates of Europe .

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  3. G.W.F. says:
    May 27, 2016 at 7:45 pm

    Oh Dear, Trump promises to dump the Paris Climate deal. Deal with that Harrabun

    http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-says-no-way-to-paris-climate-deal/article/2592412

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  4. taffman says:
    May 27, 2016 at 8:02 pm

    “Mr Cameron said the plans would – “help stabilise Libya, secure its coast and tackle the migration crisis”.
    Where has he been until now ?
    It’s my guess that the true reason is that they will be helping the Italian Navy to ‘rescue ‘ more ‘migrants’ over the Med to ‘enrich us ‘ even more .
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36394597

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    • Thoughtful says:
      May 27, 2016 at 9:13 pm

      This is the Libya the Saudis told he he had to bomb? The one where Qaddafi was threatening to form an alternative Arab league which included African Muslims and vastly reduced the Saudi influence?

      No, not at all corrupt !

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  6. Philip_2 says:
    May 27, 2016 at 8:07 pm

    BBC: Loophole leaves licence fee-payers in the dark From Taxpayers Alliance today.
    The Government’s White Paper on the BBC’s future said that salaries over £450,000 would have to be revealed, but it now appears that there is a loophole which will deny licence fee-payers this crucial oversight.

    The Mail reported that as many of the highest paid stars are not “full time” they will not have their salaries reported, even as they rake in the equivalent of more than 3,000 households’ annual licence fee…
    …’The TV tax remains a regressive demand by our state broadcaster and it is completely at odds with popular opinion to hide what it is being spent on. The Government should look to close this loophole to promote transparency and to ensure that the BBC delivers value for money.

    http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/loophole_leaves_licence_fee_payers_in_the_dark

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  7. Thoughtful says:
    May 27, 2016 at 8:37 pm

    Alpesh Chauhan ? Ever heard of him?

    No?

    Well hardly surprising you bunch of Waycists ! He’s the assistant conductor of the right on leftie Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, no surprise to find it’s the BBC Radio 3 broadcast partner. Just look at how many performances in this years prom they have given this ‘up & coming’ young artist:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=Alpesh%20Chauhan

    Now as in the young musician, he might be extremely good a fully deserving this exposure, but this is a guy who doesn’t even have a wikipedia entry does he really deserve such a number of concerts ?

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  8. Al Shubtill says:
    May 27, 2016 at 8:57 pm

    Weekend thread?

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  9. Donbob says:
    May 27, 2016 at 9:04 pm

    Credit to Andrew Neil for smacking the arse of 10 year old Professor Tony Yates in the Daily Politics . Once again Neil had facts, figures, quotes, and all the learned Professor could do was sit back in his seat and waffle. Talk about owned!!

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    • Steve Jones says:
      May 27, 2016 at 10:04 pm

      Thanks for the tip-off about the Daily Politics. Prof (sic) Tony Yates showed just what a load of made up sh*te the pseudoscience of economics really is. Only someone else from that field could watch that interview and think Yates made any sense or any good points. As a taxpayer I am enraged that I pay the wages of a clown like Yates and the rest of his fellow publicly funded brigade of charlatans.

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  10. Thoughtful says:
    May 27, 2016 at 10:17 pm

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-36369436

    “Tensions between white and Asian youths erupted on 26 May 2001, with three nights of riots ”

    BBC revisionism at work again, because the only white faces present at any of the Pakistani Jihadist riots were those of the Police and the frightened victims who the government should have been protecting.

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    • zero says:
      May 27, 2016 at 11:15 pm

      Thoughtful,

      “the only white faces present at any of the Pakistani Jihadist riots were those of the Police and the frightened victims who the government should have been protecting”

      You don’t half spout some rubbish.

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      • Maria Brewin says:
        May 28, 2016 at 9:58 am

        I can’t speak for Oldham but I grew up in Lidget Green, Bradford, which also had riots in 2001.

        Say what you like, Zero, but it was not like that before being blessed with diversity. The word “riot” was not in the vocabulary of the people I grew up with. And before you suggest it, the NF never got a significant foothold in Bradford.

        Furthermore, it’s not about race it’s about religion. Bradford was very unlucky in getting Pakistani Muslims instead of Indian Hindus.

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  11. deegee says:
    May 27, 2016 at 10:55 pm

    petrol.png
    Not malicious but definitely sloppy and misleading. How to save a billion gallons of petrol doesn’t refer to you personally but a collective ‘you’. Just who belongs to this group is unclear. Does it mean the British or the world or some smaller entity?

    In addition, the piece manages to slip in a ‘how wonderful Obama is’ promo. How will the BBC cope in eight months?

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    • zero says:
      May 27, 2016 at 11:40 pm

      deegee,

      “’How to save a billion gallons of petrol’ doesn’t refer to you personally but a collective ‘you’”

      Wow, you don’t say! You worked that out all by yourself???

      “Just who belongs to this group is unclear”

      Unless you actually read the article – where it’s made perfectly clear.

      “I just looked at the picture and I couldn’t tell what it was about apart from petrol & maybe cars, or lawnmowers, or ill-advised barbecues. SLOPPY AND MISLEADING”

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      • Al Shubtill says:
        May 28, 2016 at 1:03 am

        Strong the dark side in this one is.

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      • deegee says:
        May 28, 2016 at 9:23 am

        Reread the article, Zero. collectively speaking, save a billion gallons of petrol a year? Is it referring to the United States, as Obama was; Great Britain, presumably the BBC’s target audience or worldwide as the collective you? In what way was this clear?

        “I just looked at the picture and I couldn’t tell what it was about apart from petrol & maybe cars, or lawnmowers, or ill-advised barbecues. SLOPPY AND MISLEADING” The headline was misleading. I never mentioned the picture.

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    • Grant says:
      May 28, 2016 at 7:14 am

      Deegee,

      “How will the BBC cope in 8 months ? “. They will either have a love-in with Hilary or a hate-in with Trump. Either way the BBC will continue to spew out the same old bullshit.

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  12. Philip_2 says:
    May 27, 2016 at 11:06 pm

    Remain camp’s Stuart Rose is Spamming the UK with Richard Bransons ‘Mugshot!’
    I didn’t believe it myself when Richard Branson suddenly started popping up everywhere in my browser window. As someone (guess who) had (paid) to override my ‘AdBlocker’ function on my browser extension. I am quite tech savvy and I know how they would do this – but I have never seen it done so ‘brazenly’ by google without a search tag (and bypassing ad blockers).

    You can pay (bribe developers) ad blockers to let your add through but its not widely reported. I don’t have one I have TWO Ad blockers. And I was being spammed using Google Ad Syndication by ‘infiltration’ means (like a virus) —so somebody is spending a LOT (LOTS) OF MONEY on PRO EU ADVERTISING – at a time that the Government itself is supposed to be observing ‘purdah’ restrictions. Of course the ‘remain’ camp may distance itself from Cameron, but its not that far away from EU funding either.

    I wonder where they got that much money from. (It would normally cost £££ millions) to mass target the UK with this much spam. I am sure Richard Branson does not realise that he is being abused as part of the remain group as a ‘pin up boy’ by Stuart Rose (think plunging M&S lingerie) and his remain camp.

    The Remain Camp are using Google Syndicated Content and using it to follow page EU rankings, EU forums and EU searches that link to the EU referendum in all aspects. (Incredibly they are using THE SAME AD (of Richard Branson). Obviously nobody else wanted to do it. It even appeared on the BBC website (it was previously reported on ‘Order-order’ and a complaint raised at the BBC by an MP).

    This is from TPA website on the suppose GOV supposed ‘purdah’ restrictions:
    ‘Commenting on the calls for the Cabinet Secretary to remove material from government websites skewing the EU debate once the purdah period kicks in, Jonathan Isaby, Chief Executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said:’…

    “It’s bad enough that the Government has already spent more than £9 million of taxpayers’ money on leaflets and websites skewing this important debate. But it would be outrageous in the extreme if the Government were to continue using taxpayer-funded websites to promote one side in the referendum once the purdah period kicks in.
    “Any material giving one camp an unfair advantage in this final 28 days of the campaign should be removed from government websites so that the referendum can be fought on a level playing field. If not, it is clear that the government would be flying in the face of established election rules and conventions at the expense of hard-pressed families.”    


    So I wonder if the REMAIN CAMP independently funded by Richard Branson himself entirely? If so why is he the pin up boy for the whole show? And why is he Spamming himself all over the internet like a fool?

    http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/government_websites_must_respect_purdah_rules_in_eu_referendum?mc_cid=c5ef0dfdc3&mc_eid=e87189a5ad

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    • Rob in Cheshire says:
      May 28, 2016 at 1:22 am

      I got another Remain leaflet this morning. On it, it had photos and quotes from Martin Lewis, who has already said he does not want to be involved in their campaign, the mad abortionist woman in charge of the Royal College of Midwives, and Richard Branson, who thinks the EU is great for the little people, but for himself would rather live in a Caribbean tax haven. I presume they are the best Remain can come up with, in which case roll on Independence Day.

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      • Guest Who says:
        May 28, 2016 at 7:35 am

        Is this leaflet another BBC editorial integrity fact checking may not have time to go near too?

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    • Grant says:
      May 28, 2016 at 7:17 am

      Is Stuart Rose still alive ?

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  13. Guest Who says:
    May 28, 2016 at 7:36 am

    Seems nicely balanced.

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  14. Dover Sentry says:
    May 28, 2016 at 8:24 am

    And what an interesting pair Miliband & Corbyn turned out to be in their tour of the little people.

    I mistook them for a divorced gay couple.

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    • Grant says:
      May 28, 2016 at 8:47 am

      LOL ! I bet it would be a laugh a minute. I could not imagine being in the company of 2 more boring people.

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    • Guest Who says:
      May 28, 2016 at 9:18 am

      The celebrity threesome, albeit subject to injunction in the uk, does not bear thinking about.

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  15. Lock13 says:
    May 28, 2016 at 9:06 am

    Harrabin what a dick. So Nana Munchrugger introduces his piece with a lie ‘… with temperatures raising around the World ‘ (that might be due to Summer Nana though still bloody cold every night) . Apart from that no warming Nana. Then on comes Roger, opening your fridge causes Global Warming as the fridge then has to use extra energy to cool itself down again, the bloke is utterly bonkers looks like a horrible little weasel. Roger people who lie end up having terrible lives .

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    • Grant says:
      May 28, 2016 at 9:17 am

      Lock13,

      Harrabin is a total wanker.

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    • Dysgwr_Cymraeg says:
      May 28, 2016 at 9:26 am

      He then set about making statements that disprove the laws of thermodynamics.
      Simply because he has no scientific knowledge he totally fails to understand the bollocks he spouts.

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      • Dover Sentry says:
        May 28, 2016 at 9:34 am

        ….and every time the fridge light comes on, a kitten dies.

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      • Grant says:
        May 28, 2016 at 9:40 am

        DC,

        Harrabin has no background in science. He is totally ignorant of these matters. Did I say that he is a wanker ?

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  16. Grant says:
    May 28, 2016 at 10:12 am

    Classic BBC website shite. ” How will Brexit affect Premier League ? “. FFS !!!!!

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