Midweek Thread 3rd March 2021

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Busy time – The UK budget and the Scottish First Minister appearing before the Salmon inquiry . BBC narrative – whatever the government does is never enough and the SNP can do no wrong .

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  1. Fedup2 says:
    March 5, 2021 at 7:20 pm

    C4 news – isn’t that great ? They got a leaked email from the foreign office discussing cuts to overseas aid ( tax giveaways ) to various failed statelets ….

    … apparently public opinion strongly favours such cuts – to a policy created to make politicians feel good about themselves whilst spraying billions of pounds of taxpayers cash around …….
    …. maybe divert some of the money to something useful at home – say cutting the huge public debt or digging up cycle lanes ……..

    By the way C4 News dug up a failed Tory MP Rory Stewart to justify giving away our money as well as a Tobias Elwood Far Lefty Tory to argue for giving our ( borrowed ) taxpayer cash away ….

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  2. Northern Voter says:
    March 5, 2021 at 7:30 pm

    I was reading the Express on line, and noticed a piece about Naga Munchmybunch, was getting a reaming about the way she had interviewed a Tory Minister this morning. Anyway, at the bottom of the piece were comments. The one that caught my eye was “Naga, a poor showing for the BBC’s diversity quotient” Made my day.

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  3. Fedup2 says:
    March 5, 2021 at 7:35 pm

    Subha Nagalakshmi Munchetty-Chendriah Yaxley Lennon

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    • Northern Voter says:
      March 5, 2021 at 8:35 pm

      I’d put that in but I’d get RSI and have to visit the anychess.

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  4. StewGreen says:
    March 5, 2021 at 8:03 pm

    BBC is obsessed with victimhood, saying “women are oppressed”
    I looked at this week’s Waterstones book charts top 10

    – Paperback Fiction : ALL FEMALE except Matt Haig at #1

    – Hardback Fiction : 7 Female , 3 male

    – Paperback Non-Fiction : 7 Female , 3 male
    – Hardback Non-Fiction : 6 Female , 3 male
    Wokes dominate Non-Fiction : Bill Gates climate book, Obama biog
    =====================

    Netflix have a new drama about Mary Anning the top Victorian-era fossil hunter, who happened to be a woman.
    .. TVland isn’t happy with there being no record of her sexuality, so they have made her a lesbian.

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  5. Banania says:
    March 5, 2021 at 8:07 pm

    Paxman himself doesn’t come across as any more attractive for those remarks.

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  6. Up2snuff says:
    March 5, 2021 at 8:17 pm

    I’m listening to Any Questions and it is becoming obvious that the 1% pay rise for nurses is being used by the Left to attack HMG. No-one is considering the poor PR aspect of the Government’s actions. Hancock has walked into an unnecessary row. The Govt is missing Dominic Cummings.

    Will anyone on the Panel stand up for the taxpayer? Almost certainly not. Will anyone remember the general public including non-tax paying children who have had to save the NHS twice? What about their sacrifice?

    Everyone on the Panel is paying lip service to the wonderful NHS without considering its failings through the Pandemic. I’m starting to think the best thing for the Conservative Party will be to lose the next General Election. It will teach the whole country what austerity is really like!

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  7. StewGreen says:
    March 5, 2021 at 8:19 pm

    Trending : the Jolyon mob think they have got a gotcha against Boris
    .. “He lied to parliament so he must resign”

    #1 Boris lying is to be expected
    #2 It’s about that almost non-crime of declaring Covid contracts within 2 weeks instead of 3 or 4
    He in reply to a question had stated that they had been declared within the 2 week limit.
    IMHO it’s rather minor NOT the gotcha they think it is.

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  8. Dover Sentry says:
    March 5, 2021 at 8:36 pm

    Anybody anywhere stated that they regret voting for Brexit? No?

    Amazing! I’m sure the BBC will cover this anytime soon… 🙂

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  9. Northern Voter says:
    March 5, 2021 at 8:43 pm

    I’ve noticed that the Brussels Bogus Corporation now start their interrogations with “can you defend”, whatever they want to catch the interrogatee out with.

    Well BBC
    1 Can you defend not mentioning the pounds strength against the euro?
    2. Can you defend never having anything good to say about Brexit?
    3 Can you defend the arse licking of the left, that you carry out with great alacrity any chance you get?
    4 Can you defend the absolute crap you put out about climate change?

    Can anyone add to this list? I have feeling it could be never ending!

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    • taffman says:
      March 5, 2021 at 9:05 pm

      How about, Can you defend Robbing the poor to give to the Rich with a Telly Tax ?

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    • Fedup2 says:
      March 5, 2021 at 9:39 pm

      Northern

      I raised this earlier in the week – context – the government has defended its’ decision to …( do something the BBC doesn’t like )
      Very often it’s a penny share ‘research group ‘ comprising of a 20 year old student with a computer …

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  10. StewGreen says:
    March 5, 2021 at 8:48 pm

    New Covid data
    trend continues
    236 people recorded as dead
    still higher than most countries, but once cases are high it takes time for deaths to fall.

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    • Up2snuff says:
      March 5, 2021 at 9:39 pm

      Stew, the BBC are very late in updating their Covid stats page.

      I wonder why?

      Always seems a bit suspicious, as though someone is casting around for some more cases.

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  11. taffman says:
    March 5, 2021 at 8:54 pm

    \\’Racist’ Welsh YouTube channel removed//
    “But it was accused of using “foul” and “unacceptable” language during an investigation by BBC Wales’s Newyddion S4C programme and had its YouTube accounts removed on Tuesday.”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56280227

    All because Al Beeb Wales says so.
    How many of you readers have heard “foul” and “unacceptable” language on Al Beeb ?
    How many of you readers are still paying the telly Tax?

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  12. taffman says:
    March 5, 2021 at 9:11 pm

    Not Al Beeb, but is Talk Radio becoming Anti Woke, because I heard that Penny Spencer has been replaced by Kevin O’Sullivan? If true, how long will it be before they poach Nick Ferrari from LBC?

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  13. StewGreen says:
    March 5, 2021 at 9:35 pm

    London courts had a day of fines for illegal parties organised during Covid mostly in November
    Bromley woman & her sister Shanika Stephenson-Gordon
    And in Dagenham : Bianca-Valerica Ciochina,
    The first woman’s name is Islamic, the second ‘s is a Romanian name

    The other people in the report seem disproportionately of foreign origin.
    https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/pair-face-trial-over-allegedly-175604033.html

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  14. taffman says:
    March 5, 2021 at 9:37 pm

    “Brexit: Government relaxes more trade rules between GB and NI”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-56294309
    Top “Comments” appear from from Rejoiners ?

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  15. Fedup2 says:
    March 5, 2021 at 9:40 pm

    New thread up – and we are ‘migrating ‘ which is news to me so don’t ask ….

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