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  1. taffman says:
    June 27, 2021 at 3:52 pm

    Sajid Javid wants return to normal ‘as soon as possible’
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57627708
    Lets hope for our health sake he does a better job in that post than he did when as Home Secretary ?
    How many illegals did he send back ?

    Here is a warning message from Migration Watch that the present Home Secretary should take heed of ……………..
    “The population hitting 67 million for the first time is a sobering milestone. It comes after two decades of rapid growth – over four-fifths of which has been driven by immigration. This unprecedented increase is the main reason for the housing crisis, congestion and the gobbling up of green space. Increasing pressure on services and communities is why six in ten UK adults want immigration to be cut. The government cannot duck responsibility for its failure to deliver on promises to reduce damaging immigration levels any longer.”………………
    https://www.migrationwatchuk.org/press-release/641/migration-watch-comment-on-ons-mid-year-population-estimates

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    • theisland says:
      June 27, 2021 at 3:58 pm

      There were 194 dinghy invaders at Dover yesterday.
      Aided and abetted by the border farce.
      71 so far today.

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  2. Fedup2 says:
    June 27, 2021 at 5:05 pm

    Taffman
    Nut nut likes to be surrounded by incompetent fools to make him look good and not be a threat. It will take more than an illegal grope for the next cabinet minister to go .

    Not much honour around that cabinet table either

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    • taffman says:
      June 27, 2021 at 5:09 pm

      Fedup2
      Well the Tory MPs better take note because it may be their jobs next in the future general election.

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  3. Fedup2 says:
    June 27, 2021 at 5:15 pm

    There is no credible opposition Taffman – they win by default – unless the economy is in full recession in 3 – 4 years time

    If I recall a 1% interest rise doubles the interest repayments HMG has to pay each year – £40 billion to £80 billion …

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    • taffman says:
      June 27, 2021 at 5:26 pm

      “unless the economy is in full recession in 3 – 4 years time”
      May be, just may be that is Bo Jo’s plan . To wreck the economy so badly that there will be offers by the EU to rejoin on the promise of financial aid for the UK?
      Why else are we slow in getting back to normal?

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      • Fedup2 says:
        June 27, 2021 at 5:43 pm

        No – the EU would be in an even bigger mess – if the strain doesn’t diminish it further by then – the Dutch have a fall out with Hungary because Hungary won’t promote queers ….

        For the Dutch it’s a requirement …

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  4. tomo says:
    June 27, 2021 at 5:38 pm

    Things the BBC won’t Show part of an extensive ongoing series

    It might be a deep fake…..

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  5. StewGreen says:
    June 27, 2021 at 5:57 pm

    7pm Countryfle
    – mother and son farming duo Andrea and Hector Meanwell. diversifying to make ends meet.
    – Their neighbours to find out how they are working to protect this beautiful landscape and the animals which call it home.
    – Northern Ireland young naturalist Dara – as he takes a group of young eco warriors out on a nature adventure.
    (Actually a plug for his book)

    – the worrying rise in attacks on livestock by dogs off the leash.

    That list seems short so they’ll be banging on about other things as well
    ..their photo comp and some other things

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  6. Guest Who says:
    June 27, 2021 at 6:03 pm

    Bless.

    #CCBGB

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  7. StewGreen says:
    June 27, 2021 at 6:04 pm

    Football and Formula 1

    BBC2 7:30pm Glastonbury Festival stuff
    BBC4 old docos, maybe something good

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  8. StewGreen says:
    June 27, 2021 at 6:29 pm

    7:45pm Radio : Tale from Trinidad
    just happen to pick a lesbian one
    “Jade Anouka, a young teacher wrestles with her dating apps in her search for Miss Right….”

    Their DH Lawrence drama earlier also seemed to have lesbianism

    The book show actually doesn’t have a black author this week
    Instead it’s a white South African one
    “Amor, the youngest daughter of the white Swarts family overhears her father vowing to Amor’s dying mother that he will handover a house on their land to their Black maid, Salome”
    (That sounds like a cottage, which is possible
    .. not the main house, which is a kind of false promise the ANC used to make)

    Yesterday’s R4
    – drama ..even though it was supposed to be about the Hapsburgs
    they made a Muslim man the main character
    He was wise and peaceful
    whereas the white characters are either weak, or evil and scheming

    Profile : Another Nigerian writer ..
    but the twist .. she said “my feeling is trans women are trans women”. She was branded transphobic

    Is there a rule that every London black person gets to be on Desert island Discs at the end of their career ?

    BTW The food prog was London Indian people
    “From Mumbai childhood to pioneering London ”

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  9. Fedup2 says:
    June 27, 2021 at 7:03 pm

    BBC news

    Thought I’d drop in for more tales of amorality – but the BBC is big on a lady who knocked some cyclists of their bikes in France …
    ………not so much news about the Muslim terrorist in Germany who murdered 3 women with others still serious ill….

    Funny that .

    Meanwhile – announcements on covid restrictions to be made tomorrow – methinks it might be put back to August the 34th – maybe 2023…

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    • Up2snuff says:
      June 27, 2021 at 7:23 pm

      Fed, LOL, that’s a good one. On the other hand, could Hancock have been engineered out of the way just to have a SoS for Health who again looks at data, not at dates? I’ve assumed it was probably Gina who made sure she got her man but could it have been Bojo? Apparently the appointment of the new SoS for Health was approved by Princess Nut Nuts, so the BBC told me at 7 a.m. this morning.

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      • Fedup2 says:
        June 27, 2021 at 7:43 pm

        I am a bit taken aback by the BBC publishing bits of the MOD papers that were handed to them – which presumably some drunk MOD type left on a bus .

        If the papers were about catering arrangements fair enough -but it was a discussion of HMS Angrys ‘ holiday trip in the crimea and whether to upset putin on not

        And it looks like putin has used the smersh cameras in all smoke alarms and amazon echos to dump a cabinet minister …

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  10. Up2snuff says:
    June 27, 2021 at 7:15 pm

    BBC WEB-SITE Watch #1 – why are they so ignorant of the imaging business at the BBC?

    After all, it is part of their everyday life. Cameras, digital still capture, digital moving image capture. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-china-57603023

    They have to spoil this clip by adding the sound of a motorised film SLR to the shutter release moment of a digital mirrorless camera taking still images. The Leica, by the way, was reknown even in the days of film for its whisper quiet shutter noise. With a digital Leica (the photographer was obviously not operating a wind on lever) it is even more quiet.

    Did you know you can trust the BBC? Not anymore – they are fakers – worse than the worst ever newspapers. Another Martin Bashir moment by the BBC.

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  11. Zelazek says:
    June 27, 2021 at 7:28 pm

    The story about the police shooting a man in Milton Keynes. From the reported comments of a neighbour the incident seems to have involved a gay couple who had a baby. The baby was injured, one of the gays shot the other dead, then the police arrived and shot the remaining gay dead.

    I have had to piece together what happened myself because it is not obvious from the way the BBC report it. They are reluctant to spell out the facts on their website. A clear case of bias and downplaying a negative story about one of their favourite minorities.

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  12. Guest Who says:
    June 27, 2021 at 7:46 pm

    BBC has a poll.

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  13. Fedup2 says:
    June 27, 2021 at 9:56 pm

    New week new thread

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