343 Responses to Weekend 4th December 2021

  1. Dover Sentry says:

    If wimmin believe that they are superior to men, why don’t England women take on Germany men? Oh, is there a difference? How about rugby?

    Farce.

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    • Guest Who says:

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      • Up2snuff says:

        Guest, the BBC seem to rely – especially on R4 (which is all I have experience of these days) – on cheapo ‘Get in touch’, non-investigative, non news-gathering non-journalism. William Crawley was at it this morning on the Sunday Programme: “What is your favourite Christmas song? Do get in touch with us via the web-site, Twitter or Facebook to let us know.”

        Banal.

        For the ‘Millennial Generation’ I guess. Amusingly, he let us know who would be ‘in the chair’ next Sunday. It was Ed Stewart*. Ed Stewart has been dead five years! William Crawley’s brain has obviously been deadened by BBC output.

        * Think he meant Ed Stourton.

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        • Guest Who says:

          I doubt that 1% of their ‘reporting’ staff ever budge from the cubicle gardens at W1A.

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          • Guest Who says:

            Make that 99%.

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            • Up2snuff says:

              Probably 75% is a fairer number. Lyse has been in Kabul with the Taliban in charge and the country full of guns. Brave. OAP John Simpson is still racking up the air miles. Sopes is back in the UK but some lass is reporting in his place. Someone has been kicked out of Moscow: Sue Rainsford?

              And don’t forget Kuenssberg, Naughtie and another female of Scots origin live in Scotland at least part of the week. The Montacutie lives way out west..

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    • Jeff says:

      Think about women’s boxing, which I simply won’t watch. Gruesome…

      Tyson Fury could “realign”…or what ever it’s called… return to the ring using the name “Tanya” and continue his career as women’s undefeated world heavyweight champion (The Gypsy Queen) until he’s a hundred and ten.

      Sorry (ahem) I mean until “she’s” a hundred and ten.

      Cough…

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  2. StewGreen says:

    9pm BBC1 : You Don’t Know Me ep 1/2
    drama about a black guy who seems totally guilty of murdering another black guy but who is totally innocent

    BBC Radio London “It’s based on Imran Mahmood’s novel and today he became our latest Listed *Londoner*.”
    https://twitter.com/BBCRadioLondon/status/1467479549780934660

    BBC Radio Merseyside
    “It’s based on the novel of the same name by @imranmahmood777 who is *from Liverpool*”
    .. https://twitter.com/bbcmerseyside/status/1467214623816388609

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    • StewGreen says:

      Yes I get it that he was born in ‘Pool and moved to London
      but it is a bit ironic.

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  3. Guest Who says:

    Could be worse than that, Jim.

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    • StewGreen says:

      People like Ash don’t grass
      that’s why it’s difficult to prosecute grooming gangs.

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      • Guest Who says:

        It is one of those ‘loaded’ words.

        Looking at the thread, it seems very Vile Show, where it is entirely legitimate to dob in anyone not liked on anything trivial if they are the wrong sort.

        But woe betide the stoolie betraying the sacred trust of a community that operates on the basis laws are only for those who are gainfully employed.

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  4. Guest Who says:

    Trajectory seems promising.

    https://i.ytimg.com/vi/reZm_PBDlPc/hqdefault.jpg

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  5. Guest Who says:

    All of mine were fine.

    Much explained.

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  6. StewGreen says:

    Saturday lead local radio news and local BBC TV news was a sermon
    “Here is a local pregnant woman who didn’t get vaccinated
    to warn you to get vaccinated”
    mother “we survived but it was quite scary”

    I bet the government arranged for each region to have a similar local mother on.

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  7. Guest Who says:

    Terminology is all.

    https://isthebbcbiased.blogspot.com/2021/12/introducing-bbcs-harry-farley-update.html

    Mike Wendling of BBC Disinformation Unit ‘protects his tweets’ too.

    Thing is, it is often simply utilising censorship in defence of propaganda or flat out ly… inaccuracy.

    All under the benign gaze of Franny, Timmeh! , OFCOM, dcms and Nads.

    It would be good to have all, or any explain why. Especially from a national broadcaster with a poor record in easing community relations in service of agenda.

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  8. StewGreen says:

    Radio 4 trailer : “living with prejudice”
    promo for series 2 of their lunchtime Windrush generation dramas.
    On everyday for the next 2 weeks

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  9. Guest Who says:

    BBC Papal Straight to Air #PRasNews

    They like this one. Apparently.

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  10. Dover Sentry says:

    If and when the BBC collapses, what organisation would ever employ Vine and his mates for a comparable salary? Any?

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    • StewGreen says:

      Vine of course has two daily jobs on Channel 5

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      • harry142857 says:

        Vine and his wife are also directors of Jelly Vine Productions (the same one he made his daughter a shareholder) that don’t actually seem to produce anything. Could get his company to charge the BBC and C5 directly thus avoiding income tax and national insurance. Nice work if you can get it, living in a nice £2.0million house (as at 2008) in Airedale Avenue, North London.
        Doesn’t have 10% of the personality as funnyman brother Tim.

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  11. Guest Who says:

    Has anyone checked on Justin, Matt and… Marianna?

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    • Scroblene says:

      Didn’t that bloke break down and cry like a baby on TV when someone found out he was shagging another bird?

      Just asking for a friend!

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  12. Thoughtful says:

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10277275/BBC-invested-150million-Chinese-state-owned-companies.html

    Opps! Oh the hypocrisy when it comes to them and their own money eh!

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  13. Fedup2 says:

    Just seen the GBNews weather – it has great detail including motorway and A roads on the map . But how did a thought arise that some one some where is planning to put cycle lanes on motorways – 2 lanes only – 50mph speed limits – road works for ever and ever .

    Maybe it’s because my London borough is clogging up by the week …

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  14. StewGreen says:

    Countryfile ends “Next week we’ll have a top class celloist”
    ..well who do you expect the BBC to choose ?

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason of course

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  15. Fedup2 says:

    The story of the 6 year old boy who has tortured to death by his ‘parents ‘ continues to run . Is it some sort of guilt ? They want to review the hefty sentences . They was a nation wide review .
    None of this is provide protection for the other children who will / are – suffering and dying in similar conditions . Will any individual bare any responsibility for the death ? No . The mail published details of the head of the social services department who has taken her hefty pension and pay out .

    Meanwhile the 2 parents are still alive – the prison service doing a fine job …

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    • Dover Sentry says:

      If this tragedy related to Muslim parents, the BBC would have buried the story long ago.

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      • Fedup2 says:

        I don’t think there would have been a ‘story ‘…Dover …I’m sure so much of what those third worlders get upto never sees the light of day …

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  16. Banania says:

    Don’t forget, Euclid was a Ghanaian, etc, etc..

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  17. taffman says:

    “Covid: Wales ‘braced’ for ‘thousands’ more Omicron cases”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-59534056
    “Thousands” Fear, fear, fear!
    So two jabs aint any good , or is the stock getting to the end of its shelf life?
    Follow the money .

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  18. taffman says:

    “Senedd must become more family-friendly, politicians say”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-59479979

    its just a glorified bureaucratic council chamber , a total waste money that has done very little for taffland.
    Get rid of the Senedd I say .
    Simples .

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  19. taffman says:

    “Wales’ health minister, Eluned Morgan, said anyone who tests positive for coronavirus will need to self-isolate regardless of their age or whether they had been double-vaccinated.”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-59482041
    So the first two don’t work then ?
    Will the Booster jab work as it came out before the arrival of Omicron?
    Follow the money.

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  20. taffman says:

    “Second homes: Young people living in tents and caravans”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-59404863
    While Dinghy Divers live in 4 Star Hotels .
    Disgusting !

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    • Eddy Booth says:

      Terrible state of affairs, BBC usually ignore it and go on aabout out food poverty..

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  21. taffman says:

    “Trump social media firm says it has raised $1bn”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59538590
    Al Beeb are worried , Very worried.
    Note the propaganda photograph put up

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  22. taffman says:

    Who will ‘Go’ first Peppa or Biden ?

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  23. tomo says:

    Where are the BBC’s anti-capitalist warriors when you need them?

    These two were right next to each other on Twitter….

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    not unrelated

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    • StewGreen says:

      @Tomo, shares can fall as fast as they rise

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      • tomo says:

        @StewGreen

        I look at Tesla and wonder….. ;-/

        Omicron and “boosters” haven’t hurt pharma – let’s put it that way…

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    • Eddy Booth says:

      Omicron is supposedly weak variant, so maybe time to have chickenpox style parties, to get everyone some level of natural immunity.

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  24. StewGreen says:

    @BBC100women used licence money to make a fancy video tweet, which has 1 like
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    Fact #9: We will have a number of documentaries and programmes airing throughout the season
    – including one where the world’s first hijab-wearing supermodel
    meets US fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger
    to talk diversity.


    and And our Gender and Identity reporter, Megha Mohan,
    follows Samoa’s first female leader Fiamē Naomi Mata’afa,
    and other female leaders and activists in the Pacific Islands,
    to ask how they can save their people.

    ..Save people from what ?
    I suppose the BBC believes Climate change will take the islands in 10 years etc.

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  25. digg says:

    Conservative current activities:

    1. Tackling the virus.
    2. Coping with the economic repercussions.
    3. Trying to come to terms with a sour and hateful French President.

    Labour current activities:

    1. Trying to dig up a shit show over a Government Christmas party 12 months ago.

    Says it all!

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  26. digg says:

    Listening to R4 on the drive North about some (largely black) space experts talking about space and stuff.

    The guy said words to the effect “So will space development be a along the same lines of rich, white supremacy that we see on Earth?”

    Hate to say this but if they find life out there he might soon be dealing with green bug-eyed with zappers lives matter!

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  27. taffman says:

    Message to the BBC.
    “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.”

    Are there any Tory supporters or voters on this site ?

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  28. tomo says:

    NOT YouGov

    rogan-fauci.jpg

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  29. Fedup2 says:

    It’s start the week thread time …..

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