The problem with the NHS? It’s a funding issue, not millions more patients, and ‘some say’ the NHS is being deliberately run-down by the Government. Car sales down? It’s because of ‘uncertainty due to Brexit’. Trump? A sex attacker just like Harvey Weinstein, an allegation made repeatedly on the Today show without a word of dissent. Want to fly to America after Brexit?….not a chance…all flights will be grounded….#duetobrexit [rest assured it’s not the BBC’s job to scaremonger the presenter tells us…however….lol].
Any more BBC bias? List it all here….
Sunday Express.
“”TV star Noel Edmonds sparks migration row: Am I alone in feeling Britain is FULL, he asks””
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/634451/Britain-full-Noel-Edmonds-tweet
Yes, we indeed need a few rows.
“Britain is FULL” – Oh dear, that won’t go down well in tv la-la land. It’s tantamount to hate crime. He’d better watch his back.
He made this comment back in March 2016, so no-one remembers it now. Sadly.
That was ages ago. Could be why we don’t see much of him on the telly these days…
Fred
Will we hear examples of trumpaphobia at the Golden Globes today on Al Beeb ?
Toady headlines:
1. May will make her cabinet more ‘diverse.’ Great news – Khan is a very diverse mayor and that has really helped with his ability to do the job, which is kind of the most important thing. Loads of robbery, terror and stabbing but who cares when the person letting it all happen has brown skin? What definite evidence has ever been given that ‘diversity’ brings a net benefit? None whatsoever yet they preach as if its benefits were as obvious as sunlight. In reality it brings division, a parallel legal system which reduces many to second class citizens and enriches lawyers and bureaucrats.
2. A female journalist has resigned, ostensibly over unequal pay though I am often suspicious of ulterior motives; the ‘equality’ card can be played to mask mistakes. How absolutely fascinating for all of us; someone well-paid wants to be paid more. Other well-paid trougher women are hash tagging in solidarity with her! Let’s pray she can get through this.
3. An insight into a Guardian journalist who has recently died who was noble and truthful. I imagine half of us might think him a pompous champagne socialist but it’s not like the BBC are obliged to be impartial.
4. Women are not treated as well when they have a heart attack. Sad news of course, but there are countless ways in which male health is taken less seriously than women’s which are never mentioned: five times more likely to be in prison; four times more likely to be homeless; far more likely to have drug or gambling addictions; four times more likely to commit suicide – what a harrowing statistic; and of course we on average live about five years less which suggests that ultimately men might not have the better deal.
Non-stop agenda. An ultra narrow, PC, SJW vomit-a-thon where they talk about themselves to themselves and to hell with the majority of listeners.
A very good summation of the programme, though I’ll have to take your word for some of the elements as I switched off after a while – again! A non-stop agenda, indeed.
It is like a parody of itself. If we on this website tried to do a spoof running order to parody them we could not do it any better than they do themselves.
The journalist turned down an offer to increase her £135,000 salary by £45,000. She is being treated absolutely terribly – how could she possibly survive on just £180,000 a year plus perks? I promised myself I would not cry but I have actually broken down and wept at what this brave woman is going through.
Do they not think how distasteful this is when most people are off to do unglamorous jobs for a fraction of that wage?
Beeb
It’s an excellent example of how out of touch the bubble dwellers are – politicians and journos with snouts in the public trough. I bet if you asked the people in my local poundshop or using something called a ‘bus’ ( which is not a tax paid taxi) whether £180000 is a lot of money I think I can guess the answer. Declaration – I am not a socialist and am what al Beeb would describe as ‘an extreme right winger’ – swivel eyed – as they like to say .
BB,
“What definite evidence has ever been given that ‘diversity’ brings a net benefit?”
Evidence shows it is quite the contrary actually!
Toady watch
The Fine China al Beeb presenter Ms Gracie – presents Toady today – 12 hours after resigning from her real job- nice timing Carrie . I’m guessing a good few over paid al beeboid change managers had their Sunday night spoilt by her move.
Any way – we had a beauty of a moment where Humph ( £650 000 pa minimum ) had a non interview with ms Gracie because presenters cannot interview each other .
Now don’t get me wrong – I could care less who gets what – I think they’re all overpaid with taxpayers cash . The reason I highlight this is in the hope that such trivial incidents will ultimately destroy al Beeb in its current form.
Ms Gracie is going to be interviewed on Wimmins Hour later today. I’m a chap so I’m a bit excluded by their constant fixation with genital matters and how do I get a divorce / married and is pippa better that the other one. Priceless
End line – as I listen Humph is chatting to someone called marriella on one of their dodgy lines so they can pull the plug when they want to for ‘technical reasons ‘ in the way they normally to with mr Farage and those not toeing the albeeb line.
Humph called the lady a ‘star’ to which she took exception and asked if Humph is a ‘star’ – he said ‘no’ and apologised . Mari watsname got away with saying she was on probably a tenth of what Humph is on.
Let’s hope this al Beeb turning on itself is a sign of a coming end.
Dr. Andy must surely have tongue in cheek at this difficult time?
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/gender_balance_on_have_i_got_new?
I have a somewhat cynical view of this….She just wanted a change of life style and this move suited her..If she was so fed up with the BBC why not just leave and get snapped up by some other Broadcaster. This is the argument the BBC give for over paying their presenters.. or perhaps she had them by the balls and played it…with the salary issues as the squeeze
Exactly – it is much easier to go out in a blaze of glory citing issues of ‘equality’ rather than mention that you don’t like your current job all that much or are not very good at it.
I hate how any member of a protected group is not interrogated properly; it is accepted that their argument by nature of coming from the mouth of an angel is incapable of being in any way impure.
She cannot be that annoyed if she is still working for them. You don’t storm out of your work whilst giving two fingers to management then just move to a different department.
It smells very fishy to me.
MODERATOR / ALAN
If you are doing a start the week blog please cut and paste or link the Toady stuff so others will readily see it ta.
Good to have my prejudices about Hollywood stars as a bunch of pretentious, self obcessed, self validating swiss bankers confirmed by Aunty.
Toady was reporting on the Golden Globe awards. Apparently everyone was wearing black. If you were there you may have asked yourself was it Holocaust Remembrance Day? Maybe the anniversary of the Twin Towers Destruction?
Nah – It was to remember all the money and fame obcessed starlets who went into an industry that is famed for the “casting couch” and surprise , sirprise some were sexually abused by Harvey Starbanger – (or whatever his name was). Of course it s not right but it really is time this assorted collection of tosspots got over themselves. Maybe they should chat to a few Yazdy women if they really want to know about sexual abuse is about.
Off to work now, rant over!
On that entity Twitter, some media yesterday gushed that the Outrage is the new PR Ladies of Act were going to ‘out’ still as yet unmarked Harveys.
Some of a more cynical bent opined it was simply to nudge up ratings for a navel-applauding borefest and nothing of the sort would happen.
And lo, the frocks of colour looked absolutely fabulous.
Hope the bbc team covering it were suitably sombre.
Guest
Never really understood this sex business – girls with egos want to use their sex : attractiveness to get a job which makes them famous and rich and desired .
Yet when men try it on they all stay silent until someone suddenly says something about it being wrong .
I think it says more about their morality than the morality of creatures like Harvey winething. I suppose they were out blacking each other at this meaningless party
I believe ‘out person of colouring’ is the new…. hue and cry.
The bBBC are treacherous traitors and should be closed down.
This is their latest “question”
This is what they want to happen….
“At the heart of any modern democracy is the idea that leaders are elected to govern. But with 2018 starting without two European governments in place, the question might be do we actually need politicians?”
How is this “News”?
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-42570823
Dystopian
It’s not news..It is some smart a.se at the BBC thinking they are asking a clever question – a better one would be why has Merkel ended up like this?
Anyone else having issues with Biasedbbc website falling out?
Dystopian, James,
It is a clever question. The liberal left have seen how democracy can get out of hand and the plebs can vote for Populists , politicians who might do what the people actually want. So perhaps the best way to run society from the liberal left point of view is to avoid elections and democracy altogether and have it run by a self selecting bunch of bureaucrats. Of course these people would always be of the liberal left and operate in much the same way as the EU commission does. They can appoint their liberal left chums to plum jobs for life and constantly give themselves huge pay rises all without the silly, stupid people ever even knowing let alone being able to do something about it by voting Populist.
One of those little giveaway moments on Toady this morning, where the bias is not only revealed but acknowledged!
On the subject of Carrie Gracie, who if I recall correctly was actually PRESENTING Today this morning. Humphries could not interview her directly about it (editorial guidelines) so instead, another BBC presenter, one Mariella Frostrup came on.
She talked in terms about the BBC being a beacon for all that is “right and just and fair”.
She then said……”as an old socialist, I……”
So that is ‘right and just and fair’ through the eyes of an old socialist then, yes? One whose views are continually presented as if impartial.
How very impartial. Not.
‘Canada: Iranian pro-freedom protesters praise Trump for standing with Iranian people, say “shame on Trudeau”
Another headline you won’t see anytime soon on islamo-fascist Trudeau loving beebistan.
I guess pretty-boy Trudeau was too busy having his hair done and nails manicured for his next photoshoot standing next to some murderous imam to bother speaking up for the brave Iranians getting slaughtered for freedom.
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/01/canada-iranian-pro-freedom-protesters-praise-trump-for-standing-with-iranian-people-say-shame-on-trudeau
An old man has died.
But not any old man. The ex editor of the Guardian. From 1975 to 1995. Peter Preston.
Such news represents in BBC la la land a full scale, monarchy level, obituary and eulogy.
So on Toady we had Alan Rubbisher brought on to deliver them.
Still, I suppose when the house newspaper and source of so much of their ‘information’ has something to report, top billing is essential.
The BBC. They look after their own……
But a fitting epitaph considering it is the Graun…
Sluff,
Perhaps the gun carriage is warranted?
Not strictly biased BBC, but then again not entirely disconnected.
Over at the Golden Globes, the smug, sanctimonious luvvies are all wearing black to show solidarity with victims of ‘abuse’ in Hollywood. Now it seems incredible to believe that absolutely none of them knew what had been going on these past years. Perhaps their bank managers can explain the years of silence, before the recent sudden uprising in anguish.
I came across the following quote by the great Sir Nicholas Winton, the wartime kindertransport arranger. It really puts the luvvies who knew, but stayed silent, in the hole where they belong.
Quote
There is a difference between passive goodness and active goodness, which is, in my opinion, the giving of one’s time and energy in the alleviation of pain and suffering. It entails going out, finding and helping those in suffering and danger, and not merely in leading an exemplary life, in a purely passive way of doing no wrong. ~ Sir Nicholas Winton
Not strictly biased BBC, but then again not entirely disconnected.
Over at the Golden Globes, the smug, sanctimonious luvvies are all wearing black to show solidarity with victims of ‘abuse’ in Hollywood. Now it seems incredible to believe that absolutely none of them knew what had been going on these past years. Perhaps their bank managers can explain the years of silence, before the recent sudden uprising in anguish.
I came across the following quote by the great Sir Nicholas Winton, the wartime kindertransport arranger. It really puts the luvvies who knew, but stayed silent, in the hole where they belong.
Quote
There is a difference between passive goodness and active goodness, which is, in my opinion, the giving of one’s time and energy in the alleviation of pain and suffering. It entails going out, finding and helping those in suffering and danger, and not merely in leading an exemplary life, in a purely passive way of doing no wrong. ~ Sir Nicholas Winton
The ‘Globes’ reverted to type and had hideously white actors winning the majority of the awards.
Outrageous or maybe the best talent this year was given a gong and not subject to quotas.
But ‘The Crown’s Claire Foy was robbed; best drama on the box, not made by the BBC.
Al Beeb’s news headline page has highlighted a big picture of Opera Windsock winning the ‘William Thallberg the IV”s award for being not white. Quelle surprise!
BBC talking about it’self AGAIN, 2 progs in a row on R4
9:45am : Daily book : “The BBC is a British institution unlike any other, and its story during the Second World War is also the story of Britain’s people”
10am : Carrie Gracie speaks to Jane Martinson about her decision. (Just resigned as the BBC’s China editor citing pay inequality with male colleagues.)
(You’ll have to catch up later ..cos no doubt you’ll be listening to Emma Barnett bang on about the same issue on R5 , or will you be watching Victoria Victim on BBC2 ?
Strangely the 5-Live phone in today is about Football )
BBC silence is golden.
https://order-order.com/2018/01/08/bbc-silences-resigning-gracie/
Apparently.
BBC is now a parody of its own impartiality … FYI @BBCCarrie who can’t talk about @BBCCarrie on #r4today can talk about @BBCCarrie on @BBCWomansHour at 10am. Hope that’s clear {twitter}
Martinson: “Do you think men should have a pay cut to make it more equal?”
Gracie: “I do think salaries at the top are unacceptably high
… but I don’t have the information to say this or that has to happen”
She’s the BBC’s expert on China yet she cannot context her own salary, with other such jobs funded by the British public.
\\ outside the industry, it’s hard to see a massive public outcry over this
when the BBC China Editor earns more than UK’s ambassador to China. //
Montage of both today’s Carrie interviews
BTW funny how we probably don’t know the names of the 2 men and 0.06 women who died at work last week. ..as happens every week.
It’s official … the Western world has no real problems anymore … just pay differences, hooray! Terrorism has ended. Poverty has gone. Politicians are honest. Savile never happened …
I bet you can’t guess what issue £100K/yr Amol Rajan is covering today
(He’s replacing J Vine for these 2 weeks)
Maybe they can get in Lord Donut, Ali Campbell and Ken Clarke to ‘analyse’ with James o’Brien?
Maybe Mishal can run a tally?
BBC Katty Kay?
Wonder how much ‘This is terrifying.’ cost the TV Tax Payer per letter typed by BBC’s Katty Kay?
No actual news in the title – just a statement of drama. Save money and just type ‘OMG!’ all the time …
“This is terrifying.” – Katty Kay
Richard Black eh? Would he count as part of the quota?
The org he works for does look like a front for big green hedge funds
..might you BBC staff act like that anyway.
Working at home so had the pleasure of listening to Wimmins House as an honorary Wimmin.
I feel heat broken for poor Carrie – al beeb only offered to up her pay from £135 to £185 000. Oh the humanity – as many here say .
So what’s it to be biaseers? Hunger Strike or wearing black in sympathy with her obvious suffering . Declaration – i could only dream of earn half of her basic .
Fedup2
Have some sympathy – surely she ( and the others, male and female) deserve more than the Prime Minister..after all their jobs are so demanding in comparison….I think they should all quit in protest and as I said earlier go grab a job at the same salary (and pension) in a private company – after all they will be snapped up being as talented as they are..
Having a cynical day listening to R4..
James
Me too on the cynicism – I just managed to switch off Wimmins Hour after poor Carrie had been interviewed – they were just getting back to the menopause . Maybe if they had a men’s Hour – apart from spending most of the time talking about fiddling – they could do some education about the difference between telling a lady she looks nice or sexually harassing her .
I think the white heterosexual British male will be on the endangered species list if al beeb gets its way . Attenbough wil be doing programmes about this rare creature
No wonder so many people are fu..ed up
BBC generates its own news, but as per order-order.com above, does it cover the facts or use the power of omission?
Ms Gracie said she left her role as editor of the corporation’s Beijing bureau last week, but would return to her former post in the TV newsroom “where I expect to be paid equally”.
“where I (Gracie) expect to be paid equally” – expect or demand? Why not demand that the wages are lowered and the remainder goes to the cleaning staff or younger journalists? Think of the BBC children!
“CZECH PRESIDENT MILOS ZEMAN: “There are 100 million MORE Muslim migrants in Africa trying to reach Europe”
What? A head of state speaking the truth?
“And the culture of these migrants is totally incompatible with European culture. Yes, Islam does have a place in European history – as a violent ideology that tried to conquer Europe several times and was driven out by real men. Now, in Europe, the girlymen of the Left are rolling out the red carpet for them.”
http://barenakedislam.com/2018/01/07/czech-president-milos-zeman-there-are-100-million-more-muslim-migrants-in-africa-trying-to-reach-europe/
I believe Trump is asking for nominations for The Fake News Awards,
“most corrupt & biased of the Mainstream Media”
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/12/28/donald-trump-committee-asks-supporters-award-king-fake-news-trophy/
“Which story was the FAKEST of Fake News in 2017?”
When I first saw all those hot babes in black at the Golden Globes, I thought perhaps they were mourning their sistas being murdered by the islamo-fascist regime in Iran. Or perhaps the thousands of girls raped by islamo-rapists in good old Blighty.
Or were they mourning the strange death of Europe?
Or had there been an islamo-terrorist attack in Hollywood itself? O.M.G. !!
In fact it’s much worse: apparently some horrible ‘men’ have been using casting couches for purposes other than casting. Well I never!
We must demand a national day of mourning, forthwith.
And may I just say, Girls, you look FAB-u-lous, absolutely fabulous. OMG.
Black suits you, why don’t you try some empowering burqas next year? (You’ll soon be forced to anyway.)
The Golden Globes 2019
I’m waiting for the Lily Allen tweet explaining that it doesn’t matter that all these actresses were raped by Harvey, because if he hadn’t done the deed “they wouldhave been raped or abused by somebody else”.
RJ – Wow is Lily Allen pathetic! We knew she was but that insane statement takes the biscuit. No, the whole f’ing McVities digestive factory.
For anyone who hasn’t read the Lily Allen story the Breitbart report starts with these paragraphs:
“Pop singer Lily Allen has claimed Muslim grooming gang victims could have been “raped or abused by somebody else at some point” if the gangs were not active in the UK.
Ms. Allen also claimed that there is a certain “type” of rapist who attacks their stepdaughter and is 100 per cent “British white” during a discussion about Muslim rape gangs and immigration on Twitter.
Recent research by counter-extremism think tank Quilliam found that 84 per cent of grooming gang members are of ‘Asian’ origin, with founder Maajid Nawaz characterising them as “British South-Asian Muslim men”.
But when questioned about this reality, Ms. Allen sought to divert attention to the sexual crimes of others, and insisted the problem of sex abuse is so bad the victims of grooming gangs would have been attacked even if the gangs did not exist.
“Actually, there’s a strong possibility they would have been raped and abused by somebody else at some point. That’s kind of the issue,” she tweeted, after a user asked her if the young victims would have been abused if the perpetrators had not been allowed into the country.”
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/01/06/lily-allen-apologises-after-saying-grooming-gang-victims-would-be-raped-by-somebody-else/
Lilly Allen is an anti white racist. If she had said the same things about ethnic minority groups she has said about white people she would have been in prison by now.
Her self loathing is perfectly understandable, she hates herself and makes it very easy for everyone else to do the same.
Thanks for the context RJ. That stat of 84% of grooming gang members being Asian muslim is bad enough, but consider that the muslim pop of UK is only about 5%.
So 5% of the pop committing 84% of the gang rape/grooming is HUGE.
Whatever our mentally challenged Lilly says.
Admittedly the telephone number salaries banded about at the BBC is obscene, the fact that being able to ‘read’ and follow an auto cue is rewarded with wages higher than a brain surgeon or the prime minister is insane. However, if equal pay is decreed between men and women at a high pay level, then hopefully it should find its way down the food chain.
I say this because back in the 70’s I did exactly the same job in estate agency as my male colleague. Both of equal age, we were on a par when it came to valuing and listing properties, and we both had a company car. However, he was on a salary of almost £3,000 per year more than me (if I remember I was on around £7,000 and he was on almost £10,000 ). When I questioned the disparity, I was told by the boss that if my colleague were to marry he would have a family to provide for !!! Sod the fact that I could get married to, – but then, it was accepted that my husband would have to ‘look after me’ when the expected babies arrived. The babies never arrived, and I did get married, but my wages remained throughout my career in various occupations, well below those of my male colleagues.
My first job paid 13p per hour, my female co-worker received 17p because she was a year older. However I had to carry two bags against her one ‘because she was a girl’.
In later years I found that my boss had approved a travel allowance for one of his team but for no-one else, including myself even though our journeys to work were identical. His excuse was that ‘he had a big house to renovate’.
Didn’t female bank workers have to resign once they got married (1970s?)?
Jim, that rule ended long prior (probably during WW2) to that but, depending on area of work within a bank group, the rule that married couples were not allowed to stay in the same domestic banking branch (or same Bank if a sole branch of overseas bank) continued into the 1970s.
@Brisseles These days it’s upto us to negotiate the best salary we can whether we are man/woman.
Each individual has a different value to a company, and part of that value is future loyalty.
In the past weren’t male salaries higher as a kind of “future loyalty bonus” ?
ie the boss would be thinking about 5 years time
So if the year was 1965, he would say to X “you owe me loyalty cos I’ve looked after you since 1960”
Now in 1960 person Y might say to the boss “I want £10K as well”
..and the boss might say ” I don’t believe you’ll be here in 5 years time so I am not going to invest in this ‘future loyalty bonus for you’ ”
I think if he applied that rule to Person Y as an individual and not cos she was a woman..I think that is OK.
Now imagine if Person Z is a man but not able to guarantee future loyalty say cos it’s pretty sure he’ll have to leave to take over the family estate , then he should not be able to negotiate that ‘future loyalty bonus’
Now if Person Y as a woman said “Listen I am not going to leave, have children or end up caring for a parent soon’ then she should be able to negotiate the ‘future loyalty bonus’
…………………..
If bosses didn’t care about loyalty they might in the 1960s just never hired any men, and just employed 100% women cos it worked out cheaper.
I wonder if as a maths exercise what would happen if a corp calculated the COST of employing people..the full lifetime cost….say for train driver or teachers.
Some people would leave the job after a few years, and others stay until retirement
Some would have been forced to retire at 60, whilst others didn’t have the opportunity until 65
Some would die young and some continue to take a pension until 100
I’m guessing that that say often in the past a company company had trained a man who worked for 30 years while for the same job in the other shift they’d had to train 2 or women over 30 years
Stew (after reading your analogy a few times !) I can see your point, and of course 40 years ago we were on a different planet re wages, nevertheless being female it still bloody rankled that I was being penalised for the future probability of me leaving to have babies, so it wasn’t worth upping my pay grade. As it turned out I was with the company for 23 years, and if that wasn’t ‘loyal’ I don’t know what was. Sadly back then, we got what we were given, and it wasn’t done to even ask for a pay rise, seeing as how it was reviewed every year.
@Brissles Thanks for the discussion
..that is the way we drill down to get truth
Instead of lefty discussions where they immediately shout labels at you ..thus closing down open discussion.
What do you think about the idea that in the 1960’s it was cheaper to employ women
Why did your office employ men if they are so expensive ?
health tourist has racked up Britain’s biggest ever unpaid NHS bill after leaving a hospital with a debt of more than £530,000.
The unnamed patient, who is from outside the EU, received treatment from a Manchester hospital last year.
Hospital bosses have cited ‘patient confidentiality’ and have not revealed which country they are from, their age or gender.
It comes as health tourism continues to cost the NHS around £2billion a year after doctors up and down the country provide treatment for non-EU residents.
The latest incident means the Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was left with a debt of £532,498.
Freedom of Information laws has revealed that the figure is £30,000 more than the previous highest health tourist debt.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5244525/Health-tourist-racks-Britains-biggest-unpaid-NHS-bill.html
There is nothing on the BBC about this at all despite their claiming that the NHS is under pressure because of underfunding. If May wanted to do something about this she could easily require all non EU visitors to have travel insurance before visiting the UK but she’s like a rabbit in the headlights, scared to do anything in case the left say boo!
She could also force NHS administrators to pay the costs of operations carried out on those not entitled to them if it can be shown that they knew and approved the expenditure.
Thoughtful
The taxpayer losing at least £2 000 000 000 through NHS fraud is not important . Carrie Gracie and some American who likes touching up starlets Is important .
Funny innit
I am so tired of Theresa May and politicians and empty words and the vacuous media …
“Because when immigration is too high (no figure given), when the pace of change is too fast, it’s impossible to build a cohesive society. It’s difficult for schools and hospitals and core infrastructure like housing and transport to cope.” – Theresa May – Conservative Conference – 2015
Mass immigration leads to difficultly for core infrastructure to cope – Theresa May 2015 – RIGHT WING?
Mass immigration leads to difficultly for core infrastructure to cope – Theresa May 2015 – FACIST?
Mass immigration leads to difficultly for core infrastructure to cope – Theresa May 2015 – FAR RIGHT?
Mass immigration leads to difficultly for core infrastructure to cope – Theresa May 2015 – HATE CRIME?
MM,
“I am so tired of Theresa May and politicians and empty words and the vacuous media …”
Just say out loud, “Enough is enough” and it’ll all go away………..
The problem should be sorted out properly, but until then the quick fix would be to take £2billion per year off the foreign aid budget and give it to the NHS. It would remove the NHS’s incentive to find a long term solution, but all the foreign aid troughers would be demanding action – so the BBC would be would have dailt items on Toady demanding action.
RJ, another justification for, at least, going part-way on that would be:
‘As between three and five million* Foreigners are no longer foreigners outside the UK but here with us, we will take a quarter/third/half (choose fraction) of the Foreign Aid budget and give it to the NHS to deal with all health needs.’
Assuming that many who come here as some form of migrant (refugee, asylum seeker, economic migrant, student) and may well choose quite legitimately to stay, one of the first priorities would be to ensure they are treated equally.
There is no point in the UK virtue-signalling to the world with a Foreign Aid budget that is proportionately one of the highest in the world, if then all of its inhabitants suffer from a shortage of provision. The logical thing to do is to net off ‘virtue’ with ‘ home need’. To reduce the whole of the UK to a health basket case merely to look good in the eyes of some abroad is illogical.
[* guesstimated net inward migration to UK to date in 21st century.]
Up / RJ
One day after we are all gone ( assuming the world is still about) someone will wonder why a government would borrow money to keep benefits afloat then give £13 000 000 000 away overseas each year for no gain to the British taxpayer – particularly those queueing it treated in the third world international health service .
As a Mr Powell once said “we must be mad”
Yes, Captain. I have to agree. May you Live Long and Prosper.
(Sorry, am still in pointy ear mode.)
“There have only been two groups of people in recent years who have tried to blow up the British people. The IRA and Islamists. And one of the very few things that links them is the support of Mr. Corbyn.” @17:53
Mark
1940-Jerry bombs Britain
2020-Jerry governs Britain
Who said violence doesn’t pay?
Shock horror in a production of Aladdin in the UK the extra used are not 100% ethnic-Asian
“Disney has admitted “browning up” dozens of white actors for Asian crowd scenes in the live action version of its animated classic
“The company says it resorted to darkening white people for roles requiring skills that could not be readily found in the Asian community, such as stunt men, dancers and camel handlers.”
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/genie-brown-up-some-extras-for-aladdin-z9s922xb3
So what happens when Bollywood produce a version of Dunkirk?
They’re going to hang out the washing on the Radcliffe Line.
BBC web-site currently showing a Carrie Gracie headline ‘I could not collude in unfair pay – Gracie’
I trust some other BBC female presenters will follow her example. My favoured nominee? Carolyn Quinn. Followed by Laura Kuenssberg.
I am going to have to move from popcorn to salary sti… celery sticks…
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/950351240822755328
“NEW: BBC staff told that anyone who has indicated support for Carrie Gracie, or tweeted an opinion about BBC pay, can no longer present any segments on BBC pay.” … really?
The thread is worth reading.
Luckily for them and the bbc, what the bbc says is seldom what gets done.
Linked tweet was from Times guy
\\ NEW: BBC (NEWS) staff told that anyone who has indicated support for Carrie Gracie,
or tweeted an opinion about BBC pay,
can no longer present any segments on BBC pay. //
On a more seri… less flippant note, I have been giving some thought to all this public sector pay negotiation lark.
Railway companies can do what they like so long as it is between them and their customers, so simply handing over more on demand is of no concern to me. Labour asking doctors what they would like, being told and doing so is.
Then we come to the BBC, of no concern to me financially any more, but I enjoy this blog so worth discussing.
IIRC the BBC fought tooth and nail, as a public sector organisation, to keep high end salaries secret.
One (of many excuses) was this market rates confidentiality thing.
But best I can judge it was, is and will always be what agents ask for and can swing, or who has other ways of getting bosses or HR to bump them up the ranks. Or both. Black dresses a must.
What it seems to be nothing at all to do with is talent. Or if it is old birds are still bounced and the saviour of Kabul is still on the top bracket. And Amol gets primed for Newsnight and Kamal the Harding slot. Jasmine to take over as DGette.
Martin Bashir is handed Religious Pope without any looking elsewhere or, it seems, even internal advertising, because he wanted to sniff Sarah Palin’s undies. Or something. All of which in any other company, public or private, would bring the world crashing around them.
So basically the trusted, transparent, fair and impartial BBC never has been, isn’t and never will be.
But remains, as ever, unique.
There is an obvious solution to this gender pay gap at the bbbc.
The wimmin should go into work today and tell their bosses that they are now men.
This is totally in line with the extreme pc bbbc and they cannot deny these wimmin who have decided they are now men.
This can work in the whole of the Country. All wimmin need to do is say they are men.
This, we are constantly told, is perfectly acceptable. In fact, if you don’t accept it it’s a hate crime (or if somebody else thinks you don’t accept it, it’s still a crime)
Even easier to sort out, men working for the bBBC should say they wish to be reassigned as ‘women’, thereby reclassifying their salary as women’s pay. Shouldn’t be too difficult because most of them are already aligned to, and behaving like women. ‘Oooooooh, all the black on show, how marvellous’ ……says it all really.
I wish to be reassigned as Mishal Husain.
I have a chart and am prepared to make comparisons.
Manny
But the Trannies would still pose a bit of a problem.
If men are more expensive to run than women why not just go for the cheaper option. We all like a bargain you know, and none of us like to pay more than we have to for anything. That’s how free enterprise works and it has to be said, when looked at alongside other systems it shines.
With a sickening predictability, R4’s WATO ended with a gurgling halfwit by the name of June Sarpong cooing and billing over Oprah Winfrey and speculating about the prospect of her as POTUS.
Well… she’s not just black but she’s a wimmin as well, innit? And I’m sure not one of us can think of a single more important qualification for high office than either of these.
That is how low the BBC has sunk.
Ch4 got excited too.
Did not go well.
And that picture just about sums up this entire situation. They knew and kept quiet because they benefited from it. When the wind changed, they changed their tune – because they benefited from that, too.
More Oprah Weinstein photos
To be fair, there are reasons why Harvey Weinstein probably never hit on Oprah Winfrey. About 300 lb of reasons at a guess.
“I believe the vote for Brexit was the greatest ever vote of confidence in the project of the United Kingdom. … in the greatest Parliament on Earth.” – Kemi Badenoch
“Kemi Badenoch’s maiden speech in the Commons” 19jun2017
I didn’t watch the absurd Marr’s absurd interview with the absurd Treezer (I had some important paint to watch dry) but apparently he said something like, ‘If I’d had my stroke now during this NHS crisis, i wouldn’t be here talking to you now’.
No doubt this was meant to be his killer line that would reduce her to tears at the very thought of the terrible loss to humanity.
In fact I suspect it took her every ounce of self control not to air-punch and shout Yippee!
Vlad
As we all know Mr Marr’s remark was aimed not at Mrs May so much as at the viewing public, with the inference that the PM and the Conservative Government are to blame for all the ills of the N.H.S. and if only we had the good sense to vote a Socialist Government into power all would be well.
Call me a cynic but I really believe that if government were to double the N.H.S. budget it would only be a short time before we would be hearing that the N.H.S. was starved of funds.
Everyday life in Sweden…………….
Coming to a town or city near you soon.
G
This film shows the problem of ‘the road to hell being paved with good intentions “eh? When a state acknowledges or accepts that there are areas in does not control then it will lose . The remedy is a drastic one but has to be done – however many get killed during the deportation.
Coming to a town or city near you soon? It’s already here mate. But don’t you love the heroic old Swede at the end who drives his mobility scooter into the savage muslims?
No doubt he’ll get done for hate crime.
From the minerals expert re China tanker crisis
“BBC on form this lunchtime” /sarc
“Why all the fuss about oil pollution from the Iranian oil tanker off Shanghai?
The ship is carrying highly flammable condensate, not crude oil.
No high molecular tars, all flammable, potentially explosive low molecular hydrocarbons.
Potential to cause sea surface pollution – near zero
(only the fuel used for ship propulsion may be a problem). .
Stew, you may need to differentiate between condensate (part distilled?) and the light crude (aka Brent oil) which you can tip straight from the ground into your deadly diesel car, if you have one and drive away. I thought TWatO report suggested it was the latter. Since you are here, how toxic is oil straight from the ground? The BBC is describing it as toxic. Truly toxic would not be safe to touch or to be near. Obviously, a stomach full off the stuff or a lung full of its mist might do you no good, but I recall people coming into contact with various extracted crudes without harm.
FakeNews or FalseNews or a modern careless use of the word ‘toxic’ from the BBC?
Stew, looks like we’ve had an effect on the BBC Radio News! In the 6pm Bulletin they now got rid of the contradiction and used condensate only.
Interesting side issue: the Iranians used not to have any oil processing plants, thanks to sanctions from a US led coalition. Former President Obama lifted the sanctions, IIRC, so did this mean that a hurriedly constructed refinery in combination with an Iranian vessel is potentially causing – according to the BBC – an environmental disaster?
Rough justice?
Anyone from the BBC mentioning Obama?
No. I thought not.
Most vilified segments of society .. Hollywood, Foreigners and the Press.
“Meryl Streep: Martyr or Moron? (2017 Golden Globes Speech)”
How predictable. Ticks two boxes. Her silence until it was fashionable to speak out will be brushed under the carpet.
Sounds just like the BBC …
The BBC, who blocked her groundbreaking investigation from airing and spent the next few years attempting to destroy her reputation, are reporting that she died of “complications from a stroke.”
Acknowledging her life was under threat during the time she was investigating Savile and BBC elites, MacKean said her conscience left her no option but to pursue the truth and expose the culture of pedophila. The mother of two children believed it was her duty..
Liz MacKean is the second high profile BBC journalist to die in suspicious circumstances after attempting to expose the truth about the pedophile ring operating in the upper reaches of the establishment. Jill Dando, former Crimewatch host, also tried to alert her bosses to the pedophile ring at the BBC, warning that “big name” stars were implicated. {libertytoday aug2017}
Somebody must know something about this evil, corrupt paedophile ring. I can’t wait for the day the truth comes out and their ivory towers come crashing down.
Maybe Oprah knows something and will speak out once it is fashionable.
A new day is on the horizon? mixed metaphors which make no sense – perfect for politics !
A new horizon is on the day. A day for new horizons. Horizons are in the day. Tomorrow will come no matter what, with or without us. Tomorrow is tomorrow just as today is today.
Enough is enough …. followed by no action.
JimS
Good to hear an unmistakably male vocalist again rendering a singable song. This is the kind of song that will re-emerge from time to time over the coming generations and the kids will believe that they’ve discovered something new. Unlike the wailing, unmusical twaddle that is spewed out from today’s mass media. Unless of course BIG BROTHER really does succeed in his mission to cut us off from our history. You Tube offers an excellent service here.
BBC-Trending = Narratives that BBC WANTS to be trending
BBC Narrative manufacturing tricks
“Disney defends darkening skin in Aladdin.”
Peak SJW? This might be a contender for the crown.
Another story of vital importance to every man, woman and child in the country. Some claim it is because a Disney discriminate against ‘diverse’ performers! Nothing to do with the ever-changing cut and thrust of film production, where often changes must be made at the last minute and filmed as fast as possible. No – this is clear evidence that Disney are literally Hitler.
It shows how little racism there actually is that they have to report on nonsense like this.
Yes, I noticed this article also. From what I can gather the bBC has now invested in reporting the News as dictated by social media. In this case complaining about how time constrained filming uses people at hand in which to keep costs down . As an example of their editorial control the article in question has this to say on the matter:
Many within the industry have criticised producers for not recruiting people with Pakistani, Indian, Bangladeshi or Arab heritage.
Then further down the very same article says this:
There were whitewashing claims in July 2017 after a non-Arab actor, Naomi Scott, was cast in Princess Jasmine’s role in the film. Scott, who’s of British and Indian heritage, will star alongside Egyptian-Canadian actor Mena Massoud as Aladdin.
Now if the bBC, is so angry about not having the right quota of non-white people set in a Middle eastern setting, can somebody please explain why the very same idiots complaining , have no problem telling me that a black Hermoine Granger , A black James Bond or even a black spider man isn’t racist.
Perhaps this pair should have applied for the vacancies? It might of kept them out of trouble?……………………..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-42607043
And they must have thought they’d ticked all the right boxes…
It’s so difficult these days not to be racist, n’est-ce pas?
Has H&M not realised the BBC ‘never apologise’ route is best?
The precedent set here of course makes reviewing BBC pages all the more of a worthwhile challenge.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-42601830/golden-globes-stars-use-speeches-to-call-for-change
Interestingly, on the Home Page it is ‘The Biggest Moments from the Golden Globes’, but maybe got changed following threats from Oprah’s people?
I find the artwork at the top of the bBC newbeat twitter site racist as its doesn’t conform to the % of non-white people in the UK. (And whats with the drugs on the left-hand side)
https://www.ecstasydata.org/view.php?id=1389
https://www.ecstasydata.org/view.php?id=5491
Roland ,
I tried to post this one but had techy issues ( being an idiot ) anyway – some one in that company must have a great sense of humour and it’s pretty astonishing that the garment went on sale . I suppose it’s stab proof .
Roland Deschain
Racism isn’t just the prerogative of the white man you know. It’s common among all races. It’s just that the white man isn’t permitted to be racist but everyone else is, and that’s how it is.
So much popcorn.. so few belt holes left…
There’s a feel-good story on the Beeb’s website at the moment about ‘La Poste’ – the French postal service – now taking on the job of being rural social workers, with the example shown of a 96-year-old woman who lives alone in Normandy having a 30 minute visit once a week.
I bet they won’t be offering the same service in Seine-Saint-Denis, where the French courier Chronopost have announced it will no longer deliver to because the area is too dangerous: http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/11/20/french-postal-service-refuses-deliver-troubled-migrant-suburbs/
Tim Marshall came up with a novel thesis on today’s Daily Politics. “We all hate Trump and so cannot analyse his policies properly, We cannot understand why Americans support him”. No dissent from Joke O’Burne et al.
Usually, there would be feigned outrage at the suggestion that the BBC was biased and was as prone to visceral hatreds and prejudices as the lower orders watching the Font of Truth.
ID,
I was surprised he went unchallenged especially when he suggested that the way Trump is portrayed in our media doesn’t correctly reflect the real opinion of him in America. Where it actually matters.
Steve Hilton, ex Cameron aide and seemingly ex friend, follows the same narrative in an article in the Mail Online today, about a recently aired Fox interview, well worth a quick read.
He doesn’t say anything we don’t know about both Trump and Obama but it takes a channel like Fox to allow him to say it so brilliantly simply.
ID
During the US Presidential Campaign in 2016 Donald Trump promised that if elected he would “keep ’em guessing.” That seems to be his policy so it’s small wonder the Left hate him. They can’t get a handle on him. I think the best way to understand him is to judge him by results and not by what he says.
Just my opinion.
As it has been pointed out by many on this blog the bBC is unable to call a spade a spade unless of course if he is white. Instead of stating the bleeding obvious, we have had Islamic terrorists called:
Misguided criminals, Plumbers, carpenters, charity workers and of course.innocent , well today Dominic Casciani has rolled out a new line:
Same with the story below … 02aug2017 ….
Please note that headlines in stories matter for internet search engines. The title has a higher weighting than content. ‘Three Musketeers guilty of planning UK terror plot‘ {bbc.co.uk 02aug2017} is a side story, a stronger title is ‘Birmingham,UK Islamic Terrorist Plot – 3 found guilty with Pakistani ties‘.
Muslim x 0 ; Islamic x 0 ; Terrorist x 3 ; kafir x 1 ; koran x 0
“They had tried to join an al-Qaeda training camp in Pakistan (tried? how long where they gone? who else went with them?). However, when they arrived back in the UK they were arrested and in 2012 both pleaded guilty to engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts.”
… so trained in Pakistan, then finished their training in the UK prisons? …
“Since they’ve come out of prison, they’ve been inspired by the Daesh ideology. (after prison or in it? Some clarity please.)
“They shared lots of material regarding that ideology (what books? from where? name the books!), lots of very violent material, they were trying to encourage others to join them on that journey. (when in prison? where? how long?)”
Pounce – I’m no expert but from the above pic their body language suggests to me that the romance has gone out of their, erm, romance.
Vlad
Is that surprising. Would YOU want to wake up in the morning and find either of them lying beside you?
Thanks to all here who have supplied links to other sites with accurate, relevant information on terror acts worldwide. I’ve been having some fun analysing the beeb’s output in relation to all this (nothing new here, but I do like detail).
On the Derby bomb plot page, if you click related topics > UK terror trials, it brings up a page of similar incidents. Except they all are oddly airbrushed of words relating to the religious, geographical or ideological provenance of such terrorists and acts of terror. There are several articles, but only two videos on the page:
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Video 1: “How long to hold terror suspects without charge” is a historical look at the legal aspects of detaining suspects. It kicks off by mentioning the first laws introduced between ’74 and ’89 were aimed at tackling ‘Northern Irish related terrorism’. Ok. Strangely (predictably) it then goes the entire rest of the video without mentioning the religious, geographical or ideological provenance of any terrorists or acts of terror since ’89.
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Video 2 features the brother of a man killed in the Manchester Arena bombing who has ‘received abuse from right-wing extremists’. He says he gets a lot of messages asking “how he is not angry with the religion that killed his brother”. 5 Live’s Emma Barnett responds with “how does that hate make you feel?” Deftly (and immorally) attributing questions with hate.
His reaction to the question-askers: “you’ve taken an extremist attack, and then you’re mapping it to your anti-Muslim feelings. It’s just straight-up racism”.
My response to the beeb’s coverage: “You’ve taken multiple attacks over years and decades with repeated, clear links to a violent religious ideology, and then you’re mapping it to your Disneyland anti-discriminatory feelings. It’s just straight-up bullshit.”
(Thanks for letting me get that off my chest, I needed that.)
Terminal – I know that’s not your main point, but if you want something even approaching a true tally of muslim terror attacks, this site monitors them scrupulously: https://thereligionofpeace.com/
(If you’re wondering, the number of fatal attacks since 9/11 is 32,344 and counting. Number of victims? Hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions. But shh, don’t tell the beeb.)
Thanks vlad — yes I have visited that site after seeing it on a post here (maybe it was you?). It makes for tough viewing for sure. I’m also grateful for drawing attention to the rapid disappearing of terror-related news by moving articles to the bbc online basement.
Sadly that’s all I’ve come to expect from the beeb nowadays — serving up tedious celebrity twitter outrage while it shovels real news under an increasingly bulbous carpet
Terminal Moraine
You could say it was ‘normalisation of terrorism’ ?
taffman, normalisation of terrorism indeed… but get your gender-specific pronouns wrong and you’re a deviant in need of corrective treatment.
You really couldn’t make it up.
Unless you’re in MSM, in which case you just do
“Europe must ‘get used to’ deadly terror attacks”
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4541268/BBC-presenter-says-Europe-used-terrorism.html#ixzz53dkPJkh1
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/bbc-reporter-under-fire-saying-10496504
Our great country is full of appeasers .
Our government’s cry should be British Lives Matter !
Islamic Attacks in last 30 days …
Date / Location / Deaths / Injured
2018.01.07 Syria 23 18
2018.01.07 Afghanistan 3 8
2018.01.06 Iraq 3 1
2018.01.06 India 4 2
2018.01.06 Nigeria 11 6
2018.01.05 Yemen 3 0
2018.01.05 Nigeria 17 33
2018.01.05 Somalia 1 2
2018.01.05 Iraq 1 11
2018.01.05 Iraq 22 0
2018.01.04 Egypt 4 2
2018.01.04 Afghanistan 3 0
2018.01.04 Pakistan 2 0
2018.01.04 Afghanistan 20 27
2018.01.04 Egypt 1 0
2018.01.03 India 1 0
2018.01.03 Nigeria 14 1
2018.01.03 Iraq 1 0
2018.01.03 Egypt 1 0
2018.01.03 India 1 0
2018.01.03 Afghanistan 2 4
2018.01.03 Iraq 2 4
2018.01.02 Iraq 3 0
2018.01.02 Kenya 5 3
2018.01.02 Nigeria 3 0
2018.01.02 Uganda 1 0
2018.01.01 Nigeria 17 9
2018.01.01 Egypt 2 1
2018.01.01 Nigeria 3 0
2018.01.01 Afghanistan 1 2
2017.12.31 Syria 20 50
2017.12.31 Germany 0 1
2017.12.31 Afghanistan 5 0
2017.12.31 Philippines 1 7
2017.12.31 Philippines 2 16
2017.12.31 Afghanistan 18 14
2017.12.31 Cameroon 1 30
2017.12.31 India 5 3
2017.12.31 Somalia 2 5
2017.12.30 Nigeria 25 0
2017.12.30 Nigeria 5 5
2017.12.29 Afghanistan 2 0
2017.12.29 Syria 1 0
2017.12.29 Egypt 9 9
2017.12.29 Iraq 3 4
2017.12.29 Egypt 2 0
2017.12.28 Cameroon 1 0
2017.12.28 Egypt 2 0
2017.12.28 Afghanistan 41 84
2017.12.28 Egypt 6 2
2017.12.28 Nigeria 6 17
2017.12.28 Kenya 2 0
2017.12.28 Mali 3 0
2017.12.28 Iraq 80 0
2017.12.27 Afghanistan 6 0
2017.12.27 Russia 0 13
2017.12.27 Afghanistan 1 14
2017.12.27 Afghanistan 1 0
2017.12.26 Iraq 17 0
2017.12.26 Philippines 1 0
2017.12.26 Somalia 2 0
2017.12.25 Afghanistan 6 3
2017.12.25 Iraq 4 0
2017.12.25 Nigeria 4 0
2017.12.25 Nigeria 6 5
2017.12.25 Afghanistan 5 0
2017.12.24 Iraq 7 0
2017.12.24 Nigeria 6 3
2017.12.24 Iraq 2 0
2017.12.24 Pakistan 3 0
2017.12.24 Afghanistan 7 3
2017.12.24 Afghanistan 3 7
2017.12.24 Syria 1 0
2017.12.23 Cameroon 1 0
2017.12.22 Cameroon 2 0
2017.12.22 USA 0 1
2017.12.22 Nigeria 4 10
2017.12.22 Afghanistan 6 9
2017.12.22 Pakistan 3 0
2017.12.22 Pakistan 2 2
2017.12.21 Mali 1 0
2017.12.21 Afghanistan 4 6
2017.12.21 Australia 1 18
2017.12.20 Iraq 1 2
2017.12.20 Somalia 2 0
2017.12.20 Iraq 2 4
2017.12.19 Syria 3 8
2017.12.19 Pakistan 1 0
2017.12.19 India 1 0
2017.12.19 Saudi Arabia 1 0
2017.12.18 Pakistan 1 0
2017.12.18 Afghanistan 2 29
2017.12.18 Mali 1 0
2017.12.18 Afghanistan 1 0
2017.12.18 Egypt 1 2
2017.12.17 Pakistan 11 57
2017.12.17 Iraq 3 0
2017.12.17 Afghanistan 2 2
2017.12.17 Afghanistan 1 2
2017.12.17 Afghanistan 11 5
2017.12.17 Afghanistan 1 5
2017.12.16 Iraq 90 0
2017.12.16 Nigeria 4 0
2017.12.16 Afghanistan 18 0
2017.12.16 Yemen 4 0
2017.12.16 Gabon 0 2
2017.12.15 Somalia 1 0
2017.12.15 Iraq 2 6
2017.12.14 Somalia 18 15
2017.12.14 Afghanistan 18 6
2017.12.14 Pakistan 2 1
2017.12.13 Iraq 50 0
2017.12.12 Somalia 1 0
2017.12.12 Pakistan 2 0
2017.12.12 Cameroon 1 0
2017.12.12 Iraq 1 0
2017.12.12 Iraq 2 20
2017.12.11 Nigeria 4 12
2017.12.11 Mali 6 0
2017.12.11 India 2 1
2017.12.11 Iraq 1 0
2017.12.11 Afghanistan 3 5
2017.12.11 India 1 0
2017.12.11 Nigeria 4 7
2017.12.11 Somalia 1 0
2017.12.11 USA 0 3
2017.12.11 Cameroon 2 0
2017.12.11 Cameroon 1 0
2017.12.11 Nigeria 2 0
2017.12.10 Nigeria 10 0
2017.12.10 Israel 0 1
2017.12.09 Pakistan 1 0
2017.12.09 Afghanistan 2 0
2017.12.09 Afghanistan 3 2
P.S as a side-project: type Islamic State into a search engine and note how in the results only the beeb has to place it in quotation marks, and also continually prefix it with ‘so-called’.
This charming couple were planning a “devastating” terror attack in the UK using a homemade bomb. And possibly the highly toxic Ricin.
Luckily our most trusted broadcaster is relatively relaxed about the whole thing, giving the story a small mention on the sidebar of its Home page, and no picture or names.
Permit me to rectify that omission.
Munir Mohammed and Rowaida El-Hassan.
Touchingly, we are told they ‘met on a dating site’. Ah, how sweet.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news
Vlad
Al beeb will conceal these would be mass murderers beneath the meaningless Carrie Gracie show – next up al beeb will ban anyone talking about the ban on her supporters – which should disqualify the majority of beeboids from doing the noos. No great loss – RT time.
Update on our Casanova terrorist and his sweetheart: in the space of a few short minutes they’ve been disappeared from al beeb’s Home page sidebar and are now demoted down the page to a section called Full Story. Let’s see how long till they’re moved off the front page altogether.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news
Vlad ,
I wonder if there is any independent organisation which records this rapid downgrading of important events by al beeb?
If there is a “mo” involved they dump it even quicker .
Vlad – story gone off the website – bbc reported mobbed by meerkats now most viewed .,
This is what you get when you mix 1400 years of incestuous marriage with an ideology of murder. Let’s import as many as we can.
As Juncker said – English will become less relevant …. feel the jackboot come down on the larynx …
Iran bans English from being taught in primary schools {bbc.co.uk 08jan2018}
Iran has banned teaching the English language in primary schools, calling the subject a “cultural invasion”.
The education ministry “envisages strengthening Persian language skills and Iranian Islamic culture of pupils at the primary school stage”, its secretary told state media.
Is Oprah Winfrey running for president? asks the beeb ecstatically.
It’s only a wet dream in the mind of an editor at this stage, but imagine the coverage she’d get from the beeb if she were to run.
She ticks every single box: Black, tick. Woman (what’s the singular of wimmin?), tick. Feminist, tick. Democrat, tick. Celeb, tick. SJW, tick. Fat, tick. Constantly fighting the fat and sharing her losing battle with the world, tick, etc etc.
Imagine how ‘impartial, fair and balanced’ the beeb would be if it came down to Trump vs. Oprah.
Vlad ,
Wouldn’t it be great ? With Hillary as Vice President – in so many ways.
I think it might be better if there are three awards – female – male – and other . Like the forms one gets these days . I don’t follow foreign countries like America too closely but is suppose CNN , the other meeja will get on board the black woman for president gig . Would guarantee a Trump second term – if they haven’t killed him by then
Would that be the same Oprah Winfrey fawning over Donald Trump in this 1988 interview?
Funny how times change.
I look forward to the balanced, fair and in all ways admirable BBC broadcasting that little extract. I’m sure they would like to show how correct Trump was in his assessment of the then trade imbalance.
With Winfrey as POTUS and the Abbopotamus as PM the BBC’s dream would have come true.
Now I need to find the mind bleach.
…and the West would be well and truly f****d.
vlad, Oprah (Democrat) v. Trump* (Republican)? Could be interesting.
[*That is Ivanka, not her Dad, Donald. As pitched by the Grauniad today – BBC sure to follow?]
Farage is now on LBC talking his Barnier interview
..LBC prevented photos and separated his LBC off into the other side of the glass
#WalkAway #WalkAwayMrsMay
Public Relations people don’t even try to hide that they do News-creating
You may have noticed this segment dropped into your LOCAL ITV news at 6:10pm
not a product advert, but rather a 7 minute advert-for-narrative
A narrative that ‘electric cars are great’
“TV News” = a platform for pushing brainwashing narratives at the general public
18:10pm Electric-car-Narrative newsvert dropped straight into ITV regional programmes
#1 Yorkshire Studio : Smiley autocue reader :”And one thing that’s taking off is electric cars …there were only 3,000 sold in our last year, but green orgs say blah blah…”
#2 Flick to centralised news item that all ITV regions are viewing at the same time (about 4mins)
And straight away comedian and EV crusader Robert Llewellyn is on making wacky claims
‘Oh electric cars are way cheaper than cars 2-3p when petrol is 20p *
..only thing is range anxiety ..people think they are going to run out in the middle of nowhere, but that is impossible cos the computer gives you plenty of warning ….’
* Those figs are ridiculous ..If full life cycle was economic every fleet would be all electric, but they aren’t so that makes you think
#3 Then back to local studio Matt Price
– Mentioned lack of charging points range
– End with Norway hype ..failing to make context clear that actual EV sales fell as people are now preferring hybrids
Last year a friend bought a 2011 model electric car from the manufacturer’s main dealer.
She now finds that its range on a full charge is down to 30 miles so she is going to trade it in for a petrol-powered car instead.
Torches, drills, laptops, cars.. the batteries always let you down.
Them Germans they’ve solved the electric vehicle problem
Yeh same Germans who are just about to abandon their 202 Climate Targets
http://notrickszone.com/2018/01/07/german-post-electric-delivery-vehicles-falter-lose-power-mid-delivery-route
https://cliscep.com/2018/01/08/germany-to-abandon-climate-target
Carrie Gracie on C4 news full of herself, telling us how good she is at her job. If anyone listened to her co presenting the Today programme this morning they may have a different opinion. Local radio standard at best.
Carrie hasn’t got the voice or the modulation for the TOADY Programme. She wasn’t as bad or distracting as some, but I still found myself listening to her voice instead of what she was saying.
The strange thing is that her voice seemed different to me to her ‘China voice’. Do I recall correctly that she came back to the UK for cancer treatment? Maybe the chemo has affected her breathing or voice in some way. Maybe the engineers haven’t set her up with a comparable set of tweaks for the TODAY studio to those when used over the air or satellite links from China? Now we may never know.
What I’m also still wondering is whether there is general disquiet in the TODAY ranks. Could it be the final straw for Carrie was the new Chief Editor from Fleet Street getting shoehorned into the job at George Osborne-like rates, while the other Editors (some of whom are female) who did not get the nod for the move up to the top job are earning considerably less than Sarah Sands AND less than their equivalent male colleagues?
She had cancer before she went to China. Up until 2011 she was anchor on BBC News with Simon McCoy, then she disappeared from our screens. Months later it was revealed she had been treated for cancer, and it was after that that she was assigned to China. Personally I think she is one of the better journalists who does know her stuff, unlike some of the the lippy glossy glamour girls who sit in front of the auto cues.
Brissles, thanks for that correction.
Probably points toward the TODAY studio and/or what the engineers are setting. That said, her reports from China were relatively short compared with getting up close & personal with a TOADY mic for three hours.
Agree that she was supremely qualified for the China job and was good. The BBC have lost an asset there. And on her qualities above those of the eye-candy. I did notice, however, the recent makeover that she had had in the pics used this week. (For the job hunting?)
I feel a great deal of sympathy for Carrie. Who hasn’t gone to their boss asking for a raise and been offered a measly £45,000 extra? She was right to tell him to stuff his job and quit, especially as she still seems to be working there.
Only on the BBC…
Wasn’t it nice of Edith to have some “actor” read Oprey’s speech from the Golden Balls on PM?
From the way Edith was going on about it I expected a modern day Gettysburg Address – it wasn’t. It was just more of her tedious; SJW; anti-White s**t stirring.
A future presidentess? FFS! It will be a very long time before we see another Magic Negro / Negress occupying the White House.
Al
That could depend on the breeding habits of the combatants.