288 Responses to Weekend 29 January 2022

  1. Up2snuff says:

    The BBC were in a real tizzy in the Noon Friday News bulletin on R4. Would the Sue Gray Report be published at all? Would it be published in part? Would the PM try to alter it? Had the Metropolitan Police asked for parts of it to be withheld? I think we would all like to know if there were any BBC journalists at any of these Downing Street Parties gatherings. And also, will the Police be interviewing Laura Kuenssberg and Pippa Crerar and other staff at the BBC and Daily Mirror?

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  2. digg says:

    One can only hope that when the partygate nonsense fizzles out that Boris will turn his attention to the BBC who have “supported him so magnificently” throughout and kick their butts into “subscriber” space.

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  3. StewGreen says:

    Neil Oliver on Canada

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  4. Nibor says:

    Radio 4 six thirty pm The News Quiz .

    As expected , not funny .

    As expected , not one jibe against the dementia sufferer Biden , but one against : ;:; Ex president Trump .

    It was about Ukraine. The bit of the world where the stumbling clot leader of the free world says Putin could take some of the Ukraine because he ,Bumbling Biden ,doesn’t know how to deal with with a small incursion.
    And the BBC implies Trump is in Putins pocket!

    Trump brought a lot more peace to the Middle East. Biden brought the Taliban to rule Afghanistan.

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  5. G.W.F. says:

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    • StewGreen says:

      BBC police drama : LGBTXY-Z Cars 😉

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    • Yasser Dasmibehbi says:

      GWF apologies, but there is a longer version of this which shows the comedian really struggling with his humiliation. I hadn’t seen this before but it is pitiful to watch. I think people should see it though.
      You’ll see what I mean.

      https://youtu.be/UMHtqOqNLH0

      I shared it around as soon as I found it. A very nice but very left friend of mine in Northern NZ couldn’t understand if it was a parody or not or if BBC1 really existed. Here is my explanation, as I have been away from the UK for a number of years I have may have got a few details wrong but am open to correction. (excuse Typos)

      Dear Katy,

      ‘BBC One’ exists.

      Quite clearly you are a trifle confused. Allow me to explain.

      Book burning was a practice carried out by the Nazi’s on books and authors they did not like.This was a bad thing!
      These days it takes the form of banning, boycotting and threatening of authors and publishers that the Left mob don’t like including such people as Shakespeare, Dickens, Orwell and anybody who has written anything at anytime that diverges from the woke narrative. This is a good thing! It’s okay when the Left do it, donchya know?
      The burning event takes place at the world famous George Floyd stadium in Islington. It used to be called the Aung San Suu Kyi Arena after the Burmese freedom leader another hero of the Left, until it was discovered that she didn’t like Muslims enough thereby deemed unworthy of their fawning devotion and it was renamed in honour of the career criminal and addict George Floyd. The stadium is situated in an area of London called Islington, famous for it’s production of Champagne Socialists, and, you will be pleased to know, is made completely from non-existent materials.

      The comedian who you see, is undergoing a self-criticism course. He told a funny joke somebody, somewhere at some place in time was offended by it, possibly even before it was written. But that doesn’t matter! Nor does it matter if most people in the crowd have never heard it. The main point is that the man obviously doesn’t understand why he is evil or why his words are so shocking to any self-respecting member of the Stasi.

      Z Cars was a police drama a few years back and was very popular with the viewers. We now know that this was a bad thing!
      It was not inclusive! LGBTXYZ Cars has replaced it and reflect our new values where thought crimes and speech crimes take up most of police time, quite rightly, and old fashioned crimes like burglary, rape and murder are not a priority.

      Race-Bait is a popular programme among progressives. It is a combination of old time witch hunting and musical chairs. The panel call out a racist each week but never know when they may be caught so the object is to keep accusing in more extreme ways over ever more minor incidents and that way you won’t end up as Racist of the Week.

      Emily Maitlis has her own show on in which she can denounce anybody and everything she likes, and is allowed to get things wrong be exceedingly prejudiced (to non woke people, of course) be exceedingly rude and get facts wrong and not face any criticism or get the sack. The name of her programme is ‘news speak’ and must not under any circumstances be confused with the Orwellian term ‘newspeak’ from his novel 1984. Oh no no no no no no, nothing remotely like it!

      As for the self-flagellating middle-class liberal rally, I know you have been on many like this so you need no explanation.

      I am sure you enjoyed the dancing Greta at doomsday gardens, a pity the clip wasn’t longer she might have sent the crowd into ecstasy by screaming “How Dare You” in to the mic.

      The reference to Gary Lineker needs explaining as you do not like sport (because it gives men pleasure). Gary was a top Soccer (not as bad as rugby) player who has made a name for himself outside the sports field by doing two jobs. Firstly he gets a huge salary from the BBC for making woke statements on a wide range of political issues which he doesn’t have a clue about and secondly by advertising potato chips on commercial TV stations. One of the things that Gary has actually done is to give shelter to a refugee! The situation in UK is that they have been subjected to a decade of mass immigration and the majority of Brits said, “Enough, we’ve done our bit” This was shocking to the Wokerati who said Britain had not taken in enough. We need more and more they said from, platform, stage and pulpit and the good people of Britain weren’t really good people but horrible, nasty, racist plebs. The denunciations went on and on and the shamed people of Britain felt bad about themselves until one day some misfit had the temerity to ask a number of these shouting celebrities how many they had taken in. This was unfair because many of these people only had three or for luxury properties why should they be doing their bit? However the question was repeatedly put to them and it was quietly explained that they would be quite happy to share these properties but, er, they wouldn’t. They explained that the immigrants would not be happy there. Social workers (and who knows better than them) had told them so, and they would be much happier living in the streets amongst working people and others lower orders. So the preaching celebs continued on with their sweet happy way not practicing what they were advocating. Gary, however was the exception, he took in a grand total of one refugee. I’m sure that’s not true about making him live in the garage in fact Gary is probably building him his own minaret even as we speak.

      The names of the soccer teams have been changed slightly eg Queens Park Rangers = Trans Park Rangers

      I hope things have been made clear to you now.

      I have distributed the video to all my friends and don’t expect to have any left tomorrow morning

      D

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  6. digg says:

    The reprehensible and twisted Trudeau has described the Huge caravan of truckers protesting and which is probably the biggest protest in Canada’s history as a fringe minority….sooner or later this must end in violence as these blind elites continue to ignore the clear messages coming at them. The message is “enough of your lying crap, we are done with it get out of the way or we will take you out”.

    The Western World has become infected with slugs like Trudeau but I believe they are running out of road and a massive reckoning is coming and it will come from the common man not the ineffectual politicians jockeying for position and honours.

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    • richard D says:

      And now, a couple of ‘famous’ woke Canadian has-beens, firstly Neil Young and now Joni Mitchell, have absolutely no problem with Mr ‘Waste-of-Space’ Trudeau, their Prime MInister, conveniently having to be in COVID isolation rather than meeting representatives from a 43-mile long protest convoy, and his condemnation of these Canadians exercising their their rights, freedoms and values, because, they are apparently, from his viewpoint, ‘undermining the rights, freedoms and values of Canada ‘.

      So now Young and Mitchell are demanding that Spotify remove a right-wing journalist/podcast, Joe Rogan, because they don’t like what he says….

      ….listen, snowflakes, if you don’t like what others are saying, then don’t be cowards and try to get them cancelled….front up, create your own podcasts/blogs, and generate multi-millions of subscribers by putting forward your own cogent arguments.

      Nah – thought not – much easier to try to get woke liberals to demand cancellation of someone whose views you don’t agree with.

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    • Anti-BBC_Yank says:

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  7. digg says:

    If you have any respect for the BBC ask yourself why they are refusing to report on the massive column of truckers protesting in Canada, a phenomenon unknown in recent history and why they are not reporting on the thousands of police officers in the USA attending the funeral of a murdered white police officer, after all they were all over the bloody Floyd case. It speaks volumes. It’s a can of worms that they can’t bury for ever and I hope it bites them in the arse in due course. Eventually the the truth will out and hopefully sink the whole stinking ship that is the BBC.

    We need a truly unbiased National Broadcasting service that reports the news not their own take and position on it which is what we have right now.

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    • digg says:

      When a national news service like the BBC starts to choose what to report and what not to report they have lost the right to objectively report the news and they have become simply a political agency.

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  8. digg says:

    The BBC are doing what they do best, shite headline hunting for the left!

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  9. Nibor says:

    Boris Johnson might be at fault . He would have to go .

    The senior civil servants will also be at fault . They will have to go .
    And while we’re at it , a total overhaul of the civil service bureaucracy, bringing openness and accountability.
    No more lies and obfuscations from them .
    A new contract which makes them sign up to endeavour to work in the British people’s interest , not their own , the EU’s or any globalist ideology. No more Gramscians working in any civil service office .
    An overhaul of their pay structure and no early retirements with huge pensions .
    And no knighthoods, gongs or anything like that – unless it can be proved any one of them went well over and above his pay grade to give outstanding value to the British taxpayer.

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  10. tomo says:

    The BBC are still suppressing the Canada trucker thing.

    – and – imho attacking anybody who’s voiced support for the protest.

    A NASA rocket crashing into the moon has now been repurposed…

    Musk-Rocket.jpg

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  11. StewGreen says:

    Viva Frei #TruckersForFreedom2022 media update
    .. https://youtu.be/LmDkSQO5zeo

    50 min audio update from convoy organisers
    https://twitter.com/TheRealKeean/status/1487157517994057734

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  12. taffman says:

    “Mike Lynch: Priti Patel approves extradition of Autonomy founder”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60178089
    How about deporting over 30,000 of the illegal invaders that landed on our shores last year?
    The present Tory government has left this country in a very vulnerable state given the present situation.

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  13. StewGreen says:

    AP “Ottawa police fortify forces for truckers protest”

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    • StewGreen says:

      People are doing this multiscreen thing where they are rebroadcasting Ottawa live video camera bloggers all on one screen
      https://youtu.be/W6gUtBU91gI
      I found them by searching on Ottawa and filtering to “Live now”

      BREAKING: Trudeau Liberals partially close bridge to Ottawa due to “planned protest” this weekend

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  14. taffman says:

    More Global Warming ……………
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-60177979

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  15. StewGreen says:

    CBC Framing : “Concerns mount as protest convoy approaches Ottawa”
    “CBC has received information of intended doxxing of MPs addresses”
    https://youtu.be/-SQgy71jZ1w

    “Comments are turned off.”

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  16. taffman says:

    Could the £ to Euro be at the highest level for two years ?
    Anything on Al Beeb ?

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  17. tomo says:

    I’m guessing the rule linked below will be used against the Canadian truckers

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  18. tomo says:

    upping the ante?

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  19. Zephir says:

    Funny these highly paid wurld klass gernaliss at the far left racist pro muslim bbc missed this one, I wonder why ?

    “Rape victim is blackened with soot and paraded through a jeering crowd in India after being gang raped and tortured in revenge for rejecting a teen boy’s advances”

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10453447/Mother-one-20-attacked-crowd-Delhi-India-gang-raped-tortured-Video.html

    But they can find this instead:

    “Who is the militant Hindu priest who has been arrested over a vitriolic speech he gave against Muslims last month?
    he has been accused of making deeply offensive remarks against women and minorities”

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-59952851

    Of course being gang raped and abused is obviously NOT deeply offensive in bbc world, if its muslims doing it, as so many schoolgirls in the UK are finding out.

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  20. Zephir says:

    “How CAN this be a green scheme? It’s some of Britain’s most fertile land – yet there’s a plan to cover 2,800 acres of it with ugly solar panels… locals are in uproar but, thanks to the mania for Net Zero, there may be precious little they can do

    Locals are in uproar and fearful of living next to giant ‘timebomb’ batteries
    The miles of solar panels are planned for luscious lands near Newmarket ”

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10454063/Its-Britains-fertile-land-theres-plan-cover-2-800-acres-solar-panels.html

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  21. Zephir says:

    The madness continues from the twisted liberals in the US

    NYC councilman condemns Democrat who expressed condolences to family of alleged police killer

    Kristin Richardson Jordan faced criticism from peers after offering sympathy

    Councilwoman Kristin Richardson Jordan, who represents the home area of slain Officer Jason Rivera, previously equated the law enforcement system with slavery.

    https://www.foxnews.com/media/democrat-nyc-councilwoman-condolences-slain-nypd-officers-shooting-suspect-republican-response

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  22. Zephir says:

    South Carolina university admissions counselor says Republican applicants are part of an ‘oppressive group’
    A university spokesperson said the counselor was reassigned from her role

    “Unless you ACTIVELY DENOUNCE the white supremacy and misogyny, etc., within your party, you are going out of your way to identify with an oppressive group,” Rozman said.”

    https://www.foxnews.com/us/south-carolina-university-admissions-counselor-says-republican-applicants-oppressive-group

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  23. Zephir says:

    Pregnant man, pregnant person emoji coming to Apple iPhones
    Apple’s version of new emoji were released Thursday as part of iOS 15.4 beta

    https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/pregnant-man-emoji-apple

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  24. Guest Who says:

    Those ‘suggested for you’ posts on social media are always a hoot.
    —-
    Bloomberg Opinion

    The BBC is popular at home and has burnished Britain’s standing in the world. But its uniqueness is coming to an end.

    https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-01-28/the-bbc-is-dead-long-live-the-bbc?

    —-
    I tend to wonder who pays for these ‘suggestions’.

    20 reactions on 20 hrs.

    Bbc level.

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    • Zephir says:

      @GW

      “burnished” indeed, the phrase regarding polishing a turd springs to mind in this regard

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      • Guest Who says:

        Tarnished by ideological self censorship.

        If Nads or anyone reads anything…. H/t Sisyphus

        https://isthebbcbiased.blogspot.com/2021/12/new-year-open-thread.html

        I’ve been having a strong sense of déjà vu for much of the day. It began with the 12.00hrs bulletin on the BBC News Channel when they trotted out Sarah Olney (fortunately, my trusty shield was recently burnished) to condemn the planned increase in NI contributions – apparently, because of Brexit, it’s particularly important to encourage growth of business in new areas…

        At this point, a well-informed and impartial interviewer might have pointed out that, 1. we have the fastest growing economy in the G7; 2. that more foreign capital was invested in the UK in the last quarter than in any EU country and, 3. that Liz Trus’s globe-trotting has been bringing spectacular results, either in the shape of fully-signed trade deals or commitments in outline to be signed at a later date – it is expected that we shall become members of the CPTPP in 2022. No mention of any of this up to 12.20, when I had to go out, but the subject had changed by then – tip for BBC: try reading Guido Fawkes.

        Mention of Brexit brings me to my strongest feeling of déjà vu: the non-appearance of the Gray report has knocked the Beeboids for six; it’s clear that they thought that today was the day when Brexit would be avenged and the tumbrils, particularly one with Boris in it, would roll; Emily Maitlis and Laura Kuenssberg had probably learned to knit specially for the occasion and the BBC’s fridges were crammed with Champagne. Wind on to the 6 pm News, and, oh joy! oh bliss! – I haven’t seen such dejected faces since Dimbleby announced the Referendum result. Looks as though Brexit derangement syndrome is about to be replaced by Boris Derangement Syndrome.

        ****
        Blatant propaganda backed by censorship is not news.

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        • Guest Who says:

          Meanwhile, BBC News continues with its selections…

          “Willow is settling into the White House with her favourite toys, treats and plenty of room to smell and explore.” 🐾

          Likely the seat in the Oval Office is a rich source of olfactory intrigue. Hope the new Presidential Prop Pooch does not go butt sniffing..

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  25. Zephir says:

    Wokes in a nutshell, as succinctly described by the fragrant Ms Lumley:

    Piers Morgan backs Joanna Lumley over rant at people claiming sadness is ‘mental illness’
    PIERS MORGAN has defended Dame Joanna Lumley’s claims that people are too quick to brand all sadness as “mental illness”.

    In the video itself, Dame Joanna tried to draw the distinction between struggling with serious mental health issues and feeling sad.

    She said: “When somebody dies and you grieve, that’s what being a human is. You’re not mentally ill. “And I think it also is awful to people who really are mentally ill, or are properly, clinically depressed, for everybody to say they’ve got to have some special treatment.

    “Everybody’s claiming the mental illness bandwagon and I think that’s wrong. And although, much derided, the stiff upper lip and not blubbing and trying to get on with it…

    But still they whine:

    “Owen Bartholomew wrote: “I’m sorry but until you go through it you don’t understand it! The feelings you have are uncontrollable and everyday life is a challenge. I’ll listen to a trained professional instead of Joanna Lumley on mental health.”

    https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1557318/piers-morgan-joanna-lumley-mental-illness-sadness-twitter-news-latest-update

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    • Guest Who says:

      It’s when slebs get involved it all goes to a place of warmth.

      I see one more medical/mental ‘reveals’ in the media from some fading starlet desperate for coverage I will exhibit bulimic symptoms.

      No idea what Mrs. Smiff gets up to in her colorful sex antics, but seems her going full skunk anansie is news.

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  26. Zephir says:

    A short story for you all:

    EXCLUSIVE: ‘Peter Dinklage just put seven of us out of a job!’ Dwarf actors’ fury at Disney for canceling seven dwarves from Snow White remake because the woke multimillionaire Game of Thrones star said they were offensive

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10449549/Dwarf-actors-slam-Peter-Dinklage-canceling-seven-dwarves.html

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    • Guest Who says:

      Maybe he can play that Cake Obsessed ITV flounce reporter’s husband in a mash up of American Pie and a ‘based on a story reportedly heard by Laura’ docuhitjob to be called ‘Journalists Can Do The Funniest Things’ Or ‘There’s Something About Paul’s Hair’?

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    • Emmanuel Goldstein says:

      He’s probably feeling Grumpy.

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      • Zephir says:

        A woke Grumpy is probably enjoying being felt

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        • BRISSLES says:

          I’m sad to read that Dinklage has gone ‘woke’. I thought he was the only one worth watching in the Game of Thrones, he has a great voice, great comedic timing and these attributes took away the distraction that he was of limited stature.

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    • africamike says:

      Babylon Bee did something on this. It’s hilarious!:

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  27. Guest Who says:

    Prospect asked some folk to prop up the bbc.

    https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/essays/how-to-save-the-bbc

    🤣

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    • Guest Who says:

      Also got a subscription message. Ironically.

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      • Fedup2 says:

        Guest who – well I went to your ‘prospect ‘ link – edited by the ex editor of the guardian and scanned all of those asked to ‘comment ‘ – no dissent – they all love the BBC – it’s not biased – it’s fine ….

        … all snouts in the trough I guess – including the tick box Muslim

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  28. Doublethinker says:

    Peter Hitchins said recently in the John Anderson pod cast ( well worth listening to for a centre right world view) that after the fall of USSR the Marxist Leninist strategy underwent fundamental change. They realised that defeating capitalism on the economic front wasn’t something that they could ever achieve so they decided to adopt Gramscian tactics and pick of cultural institutions slowly changing the culture of the West to one in which their ideas became dominant.
    The culture war has been the active front in the war against capitalism for three decades but it is only in the last of those decades that the centre right has realised this and much ground has been lost .
    I suspect that many users of this site intuitively understood this long ago . We were among the first to do so and to realise that the BBC was spearheading the cultural Marxist Leninist attack in the UK. Our resistance to the BBC attempts to wreck our nation’s culture may not succeed, it is truly David v Goliath , but at least we are awake to the enemy strategy and doing our best to rally the resistance.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Double – I wish sites like this one were more widely known – I would be more than happy to have more troll contributors to delete if we could expand numbers –
      – although the number of TVLicence disappearing as much testimony ….

      I can’t see how public bodies can be disinfected . Someone here mentioned that the civil service is in need of reform post covid – but it would take civil servants to do it – so can never happen …

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      • Doublethinker says:

        I think that after the struggle to implement Brexit , which is in serious danger if Boris is taken down, and the success of the resistance to President Trump, the imposition of EU approved technocratic government in Italy and the throttling of the Greeks ten years ago, there is ample evidence that we live in a post democratic age. The people can vote for whomever they wish but their governing elite just follow the same globalist path regardless.
        The globalists are as yet reluctant to openly show that democracy is dead and to rule us by use of force. Instead they seek to pretend that democracy is alive and well and to mislead us or frighten us into compliance. In the UK we saw the use of fear tactics over Brexit which failed , but probably made the result closer than it otherwise would have been. We have been persuaded to accept the ludicrous notion that mass importation of millions of Muslim third worlders was a good thing. We have have seen fear used to achieve compliance over Covid but there is growing push back. Fear is also being used over Climatearmageddon.
        But I think the elite have bitten off more than they can chew over global warming measures. Once people see the true immediate cost to them of what is proposed they will be unwilling to accept it no matter how muchpropaganda the MSM pump out. Will the elite be prepared to impose their will by force? Will scales fall from the eyes of the people so that they realise democracy is dead and that globalists are trying to control them? What will the people do then , live on their knees or Stand up and push back?
        Things are getting interesting.

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  29. Fedup2 says:

    Am I missing something ? As an armchair lawyer – I’ve been trying to figure out what the number 10 party thing is about . But the MSM is just facilitating false rage and emotional propaganda by various types …

    Assumptions –
    1 everyone interviewed will be ‘lawyered ‘ via their unions ,
    associations .

    2 Mrs nut nut will be at the centre of it all

    3 plod has come to the party ‘late ‘ – having been told by Gray that’ evidence’ may have tampered with leading to a more serious investigation of ‘perverting justice ‘

    4 any ‘party ‘ offences are out of time so no one can be prosecuted for it is any breaches of Chinese virus regs are found

    Number 3 doesn’t seem to get mentioned much and I wonder if I am wrong .

    Those who don’t like nut nut and his lefty government will find stuff to support their view – those supporting him will find their solace . But I think the vast majority of the public – who the MSM are desperate to manipulate for the fight to rejoin the EU – will just roll their eyes and be concerned about ‘real world ‘ issues of how much inflation and taxes will be hitting them .

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    • Zephir says:

      Police persuing what is (or was) liable for a £100 fine, about the same as a parking ticket

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    • Deborah says:

      Yes Fedup, I see the whole of partygate as about Brexit notwithstanding Cummings. There are senior civil servants who want revenge because they won’t be going to Brussels with all the parties, maybe doing a couple of years tax free and generous pension, and of course mainly from the South East where there were few Brexit supporters. Add to the mix the Mays, the Hunts etc who are only too delighted to see Boris fail, we can see the toxic mix a birthday cake can bring.

      I am disappointed in Boris myself, but nothing to do with parties. I am still hoping he realises the trouble Princess nut nut has brought him, and keeps her out of the office.

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  30. Guest Who says:

    Harking back to when most of the BBC decamped to SA for Mandela’s wake in the 5* coast hotels.

    I think one Ch4 type popped up to the Congo to check on their Prius battery delivery.

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    • Guest Who says:

      Also that underemployed new Oz ‘reporter’ and team got fairly close to Tonga to take pictures of pretty sunsets from the beach in Fiji.

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    • Thoughtful says:

      I think the bigger question here is how is it possible for a plane which the government already owns, and presumably employs the pilots to cost £500K in what must solely be fuel, landing fees, and a little food and drink?

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      • Beltane says:

        Fuel, landing fees, food and drink, cabin staff, aircrew, sundries: £57,248.00

        Extramural payments to civil servants in failed attempt to prevent ‘leaked’ details of flight: £442,752.00

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        • Fedup2 says:

          On GBNews Steyn was ranting about the cost of this . But then a more grown up presenter – alistair Stewart last night delivered the truth …

          … there is a streak in Steyn which will lead him to the exit door soon …

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          • Doublethinker says:

            He messed up on this one right enough and Stewart was far better on the facts and analysis .

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  31. Fedup2 says:

    In the real world the BBC would be hammering the government about coming rises in fuel bills . In the DT it is reported that a firm has modelled what the OFGEM price limit thing will be when announced of 7 Feb . It is a 48% increase on variable tariffs .

    Yet ending the 5% vat is no being discussed – and there seems no dialogue between the public and government about this coming hike in energy prices .

    Do I detect the influence of Mrs nut nut again wanting to keep all those green crap charges on the cost of power – and no domestic sources ( oil and gas ) ? I reckon so .

    Maybe it is as simple as keeping nut nuts reproductive parts happy …
    Ps – the BBC will be desperate for sad stories of ‘fuel poverty ‘ whether true or contrived – as well as the oh so better efforts of other countries to help mitigate these prices … but they would wouldn’t they …?

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  32. AsISeeIt says:

    Ukraine: Boris Johnson to call Vladimir Putin and visit region‘ – says the BBC: ‘He would “reiterate the need for Russia to step back”, No 10 added… Russia – which has denied it plans to invade Ukraine – has placed about 100,000 troops, tanks, artillery and missiles near Ukraine’s border.

    In reality, how interested and capable of robustly defending British interests abroad do we think our government is?: ‘Army to cut 1 in 4 infantry soldiers’ (‘i’ newspaper) – not so much, apparently.

    They used to say when Stalin was asked whether the Pope would be allowed a place at the peace table he replied: “How many divisions has he fighting?

    The ‘i’ newspaper does present for us the serried ranks of: ‘Best crime dramas to watch‘ – so you can sit back and enjoy the fictional diverse team take on the bad guys.

    Sadly, in the the real life world of the female-led crime busters: ‘Outrage at police over No10 probe shambles. Cressida Dick was under fire last night for a “facical” intervention in the Partygate row that risks leaving the Government in limbo for months‘ (Daily Mail) – this is rather typical – the media and opposition (but I repeat myself) relish the notion of Boris being reported to the cops and push for a police inquiry, then they get upset when the plod move in their mysterious plodding ways.

    The avowedly anti-Brexit FT are most impatient and rather frustrated that Boris may yet get off the hook: ‘Met accused of “stitch-up” over Gray’s delayed partygate report

    Our media, having trashed the reputation of one tennis star who stepped over the line – the now decidedly persona non grata: ‘Novak Djokovic… faces new questions about the Covid-19 test he used… To add to his woes, his rival Rafael Nadal moved closer to surpassing his 20 grand-slam record‘ (Times) – meanwhile having relentlessly served up a young girl to the hoi polloi as a super-celebrity new national treasure: ‘Emma’s stalker hell: I’m not safe in my own home‘ (Daily Mail) – too much publicity too soon? Meanwhile one remains unsure whether that home be Toronto, Bromley or one of her folks’ homes of Bucharest or Shenyang?

    Talking of sad saps wanting to get close to female celebrities… or not…

    We’ll skip over, giving a wide berth to: ‘Amanda “farting” ordeal‘ in this morning’s Daily Star. This story has the whiff of stale old news about it: ‘AMANDA Holden farted right in the direction of Ashley Roberts’ face in a particularly stinky start to the day. The Britain’s Got Talent judge, who recently starred in the Champions series, was back in the Heart FM radio studio for her morning programme when she just couldn’t stop herself from breaking wind‘ – despite covid, despite social distancing and despite masks? Not to worry, this was pre-covid (Sun September 2019)

    I’m sorry to say this now seems to be a thing: ‘Woman who sold farts for £740 a pop spills the beans on business secrets‘ (Daily Star 6 January 2022)

    Let’s attempt to clear the air with the Guardian: ‘Ten perfect vegetarian dinners

    Moving quickly on…

    They reckon there’s a thing termed “gaydar

    Ben Wishaw “Sometimes with straight actors playing gay parts, I think: I don’t believe you”‘ (Guardian) – I know what he means. When I saw Jodie Turner-Smith play Channel 5’s Anne Boleyn I thought: I’m going to have to suspend my disbelief a bit here: ‘Why the Controversy Over a Black Actress Playing Anne Boleyn Is Unnecessary and Harmful‘ (a rare appearance hereabouts for the academically pretentious and left-leaning Smithsonian Magazine)

    Then when Denzel Washington was cast as Macbeth in the recent Joel Coen Shakespear movie, I knew I would have to get used to the look of the ancient Scots Thane of Cawdor, but a degree of artistic licence is allowed, right, Ben Wishaw?

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    • Mrs Kitty says:

      If they ever remake E.T. I’m ready to complain, “only a true Extra Terrestrial should play E.T.” It’ll be out of this world.

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      • Fedup2 says:

        Mrs K – thank you for no spoiler ….

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        • Zephir says:

          Betting “she” will be dark green rather than light green

          and not using the cycle lane and holding up all commercial flights whilst meandering about the sky

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  33. Zephir says:

    The bbc are constantly trumpeting about holding power to account and yet with their power to vilify this one and jewish kids under attack on Oxford street, they take no resposibility at all, the hypocrisy of it all:

    ‘Why has no one been made to pay for almost ruining my life?’ Sir Cliff Richard was so traumatised by sex abuse lies he feared it would kill him… now he shares his fury that police chiefs and BBC bosses still haven’t been held to account for his torment”

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10453543/Sir-Cliff-Richard-no-one-pay-ruining-life.html

    In the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal, the police began investigating allegations of abuse against Cliff — and kicked off with a spectacular raid, filmed for the TV news from a helicopter.

    The allegations have since been shown to be completely untrue — and, of course, Cliff knew all along they were a lie, but nonetheless felt utterly humiliated.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      I’ve worked out the end game of the party thing – Mrs nut nut will have to resign her position of ‘prime ministers official spouse ‘ – a position which is traditionally held by someone who is ‘close to the prime minister ‘ .

      This constitutional position is made without formal selection and ‘some say ‘ Whealds power without accountability supporting the view that we live in a tyrannical false democracy …..

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  34. StewGreen says:

    PJW on Neil Young and his controlling wife

       11 likes

    • Zephir says:

      I am not surprised, I recall he objected to a music festival and got it banned on “his land” back in the day

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    • Nibor says:

      There was a group called Crosby, Stills and Nash , and when Young was out of jail for drug offences, Crosby, Stils ,Nash and Young .

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  35. G.W.F. says:

    Nothing from the BBC on the Canadian truckers. Probably waiting to put a story out about them being waaycists and white supwemacists
    Enjoy

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  36. Zephir says:

    or antifa and blm running wild rioting and vandalising during covid restrictions

       12 likes

  37. StewGreen says:

    FooC used to include lots of deep insights, you don’t get from short news bits
    but these days it’s rather shallow.
    Reporters talk, but they are not saying anything

    Ukraine : James Waterhouse
    “found local people sometimes fearful, but also rather stoical in the face of this threat.”
    rather empty report

    Germany : Jenny Hill explains Germany is holding back against Russia,
    that is in part because of the country’s history, and specifically the Second World War.”
    Apart from her mentioning the new gas pipeline, her report was rather empty.

    Romania Jean Mackenzie : Groomed children continue to be coerced into a life of prostitution – hundreds every year, it seems.
    Groomers hang around school playgrounds, get girls then traffick them abroad.
    Spoke to Andrea who had been told he loved her, led into drug addiction.
    Police say the girls go voluntarily so they can’t do anything.
    Andrea had escaped but was then taken back by the traffickers.

    Cameroon : Nick Cavell
    hosting football’s Africa Cup of Nations.
    Stadium was supposed to be capped at 80%, but actually was 100% full
    People inside didn’t know 8 people had died at the gate crush, right through till the players had left.
    The reporters did get a message and saw signs : abandoned shoes, seemed only they knew.
    The stadium was brand new for the match.

    Senegal : Lucinda Rouse
    She lives above the apartment of a local political king pin
    doesn’t she realise that he’s probably a gangster ?
    She calls him the landlord, but then mentions him driving her to the agency to pay her rent, surely he could just put the money in his pocket.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Stew – yes – to repeat what I said – I think last Saturday – it is either a nothing or a woke advert for third word ‘give me s ‘ or lefty or ‘ Islamic propaganda

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  38. Eddy Booth says:

    Covid: Posts claiming only 17,000 died of virus ‘factually incorrect’
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/60145237

    A misleading claim that “only” 17,000 people in England and Wales have died of Covid has been circulating online. The UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) has stepped in to correct the record – but not before the false claim went viral.

    123038803-ian-mattfowler.jpg

    Matt Fowler lost his dad to Covid-19 in April 2020. Ian Fowler was 56 at the time of his death, and lived with type 2 diabetes – which his son said had a “minor, barely perceptible impact on his life that he controlled with his diet”.
    But the suggestion that “only” 17,000 people in England and Wales have died of Covid – a figure arrived at by removing from the data anyone with a pre-existing health condition – completely discounts the deaths of people like Ian.

    umm I’m seeing his gluttonous lifestyle, that gave him type 2 diabetes, was what really killed him, not Covid.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Newsround
      CBBC Channel, Tuesday 8 June 2021

      In a segment about vaccine approval for 12 to 15 year olds, a contributor claimed that the Pfizer vaccine is “100% safe”. This has been removed from the online article and video: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/57435861
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/helpandfeedback/corrections_clarifications/archive_2021/

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Today
      BBC Radio 4, 20 July 2021

      An interview with Lord Sumption about civil liberties contained statistics which were not challenged at the time.

      He said that ‘the virus has not killed over 100,000 people’ and that a large number have died with Covid but not of it.

      In England and Wales more than 120,000 death certificates have recorded Covid-19 as an underlying cause of death according to figures collated by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

      Lord Sumption said that for older people, ‘at the age which they had reached, they would probably have died within a year’ anyway.

      Life expectancy before the pandemic for an 80 year old was 9 years for a man and 10 years for a woman.

      Lord Sumption said that ‘it’s a matter of hundreds and not thousands’ of deaths of people who were not in highly vulnerable groups with serious comorbidities on their death certificate.

      By the end of March 2021 the ONS says almost 16,000 deaths in England & Wales had been caused by Covid in cases where there were no other underlying conditions recorded on the death certificate.

      03/08/2021
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/helpandfeedback/corrections_clarifications/archive_2021/

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  39. Fedup2 says:

    I don’t get this – I’m sure GBNews checked and rechecked those figures ….
    ….. the age – fatness – and race of those who died is also not in the public domain – and I for one reckon they never will – although maybe less corrupt countries might do some real numbers in a few years ….

    The public inquiry will be as true as an American election …

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  40. Fedup2 says:

    You may recall an assault on two orthodox jewish men in the week in londonistan N17 .
    The 18 year old charged pleaded not guilty on Friday and was remanded in custody until 3 March ….to appear Wood Green CC

    It made the BBC local news …

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  41. Emmanuel Goldstein says:

    Just out of interest, does anybody know if the winner of the Womens Singles in Australia is a woman.

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    • Lefty Wright says:

      Manny
      Without doing a physical examination who knows?
      But if Ashleigh ain’t a woman then her male fiance is in for a hell of a shock.

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  42. BRISSLES says:

    Er, its only 2 weeks ago that all hell broke loose about the possibility of a Chinese Spy – Christine Lee, having access to government business. What’s happened since ?

       23 likes

    • Fedup2 says:

      Bris
      We’ll comrade Barry Gardiner is continuing to tweet like someone who is not in the pay of the PRC – but you might imagine the responses ..
      But the MSM have been told not to push it ( by the chinese ) so the wont…

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    • Zephir says:

      The trouble with Chinese spies is, you catch one but an hour later you want to catch another one

      Chin chin

      China: if you are listening could you send us the Gray report please, unredacted ?

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  43. Zephir says:

    Detectives launch murder probe after woman in her 40s is stabbed to death on suburban Birmingham street

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10454807/Detectives-launch-murder-probe-woman-40s-stabbed-death-Birmingham.html

    And the MSM are banging on about a silly woman who tried to interfere in the arrest of a 15 year old with a knife, refused to co operate with police. refused to provide her name, and the police said some hurty words.

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    • Thoughtful says:

      Silly woman? Read Eastern European migrant professor and extreme Leftist activist who just happened to be carrying card which explained peoples rights after being arrested, intervened in the arrest to such an extent she got herself arrested – takes some doing.

      refused to co-operate with Police in any way at all, and according to several different officers had some pretty serious personal hygene issues.

      But then she is a far left extremist so the reaction of the media is enitrely understandable.

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  44. Zephir says:

    Just what we did not bleeding need,

    give this lot an inch and they take a mile, what about protection for pedestrians on paths shared with cyclists without them shouting at you to get out the way???

    https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/01/29/14/53519481-10454809-image-a-64_1643465307828.jpg

    ‘The day cyclists took over the roads’: Drivers vent their fury as bike riders take to middle of the road and ride two-abreast to take advantage of new Highway Code rules – then take to social media to mock motorists”

    Motorists have complained about cyclists deliberately hogging the centre of the road, causing pile-ups of traffic behind them, after the rules came into force today.

    Steve Bulley, the vice president of the Dorchester Chamber of Business, said a group of cyclists stayed in the centre of the road for eight miles.

    He vented: ‘The day cyclist took over the roads. This lots refused to let cars past for 8 miles looking back and laughing. #cycling #HighwayCode #selfish.’

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10454809/Cyclists-middle-road-drivers-POWERLESS-stop-new-Highway-Code.html

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    • popeye says:

      Surely they too come under the Highway Code requirement to ride “with due consideration to other road users”. Methinks the Old Bill needs to prosecute a few to remind them

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  45. StewGreen says:

    Live now on Gettr TR from Telford
    https://gettr.com/post/pra8hy1aa0
    pre https://gettr.com/streaming/pr9avr1fed

    Youtube Stream .. https://youtu.be/rzqoS4eHu8Y
    His black mate has been speaking extensively
    and reminding people of TR’s original campaign Black and White Unite
    TR was on stage with Nicole at 3pm ..you can wind the stream back.
    then they played a song then TR spoke at 3:05pm

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  46. Nibor says:

    BBC people ,

    If you don’t know the difference between a loan and a tax , SHUT YOUR MOUTHS .
    Just because a lefty pressure group says a new ruling about repaying student loans is equivalent to a tax , and of course you never question this nonsense, DOES NOT MEAN A LOAN IS A TAX .
    Forget the intricacies about the amount , when repayment is due , inflation etc , not all ex students have to repay for a start .
    Secondly they do not have to take out the loan to go to university. Admittedly it’s difficult for the vast majority not to , but it is not compulsory, they can live off their parents , a firm , crowd fund or any other loan .
    Your licence fee is a tax , or are you so stupid you think it’s a loan ?

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    • Up2snuff says:

      Spot on, Nibor.

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    • StewGreen says:

      I disagree there
      The government gives students a GIFT of FREE university classes
      Then they can go off abroad or never get a good job and they’ll end up paying NOTHING for their university classes.
      Or they can get into the economy and rise up the pay scale
      Then your university class TAX come in
      until you have paid in what the GiFT cost in the first place, then your tax rate drops down to normal.

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  47. StewGreen says:

    Before the start of the Telford film one of the speakers referenced the antifa demonstrators behind the crowd.
    ‘What type of people come to protest an anti-chid-rape film ?’

    The BBC London historian tweeted
    “#Telford – Great turn out against the fascists! Do one #TommyRobinson.
    Victims don’t need you grifting on their pain”
    Twitter pics show the antifa lot, with their normal preprinted posh signs.

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    • G.W.F. says:

      Stew Green
      Remember the trade unions. They were set up to defend and promote the interests of working class people.
      So they have been busy in Telford protesting against the anti child rape film

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  48. Guest Who says:

    Seems noted BBC expert virologist and Thoracic surgeon has not spoken in Vain.

    “Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives,” the Canadian singer said in a post on her official website.

    Asked if she actually said that, her PR spokesperson told The BBC that Timmeh! rules apply.

    Alllegedly.

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  49. Guest Who says:

    BBC News about a Nazi camp guard.

    “We were told that those who were “unworthy of life” had to be killed.”

    This comment may have summed it up…

    The TVL Capita training manual?

    Remember pensioners, when that ‘officer’ in the hoodie and Primark jeans turns up to ‘investigate’ your every room, supported by PC Brain and her Sgt Jobsworth, they are only obeying orders.

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    • Zephir says:

      How many of the bbc favoured minority agree with the camp guard ??

      bbc are enablers in this matter

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  50. G.W.F. says:

    A Finnish MP is on trial for quoting the Bible in a tweet.
    Yes, we know it upset the LBGTB people.
    Here is the BBC report Like the rest of the media the BBC fail to tell us what she quoted. It seems that there is a universal block on quoting or even giving chapter and verse for the quote.
    Even the free speech defending Spiked did an article defending the MP but carefully avoided repeating the wicked words from the Bible

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60111140

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “Even the free speech defending Spiked did an article defending the MP but carefully avoided repeating the wicked words from the Bible”

      ‘Devastated’ Batley teacher ‘fearing for his life’ as he goes into hiding after Prophet Muhammad cartoon row
      He is said to be an emotional wreck and is terrified about returning to Batley
      https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/devastated-batley-teacher-fearing-life-20282177

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    • Philip_2 says:

      Just like to add that the Police hate crime squad in UK Wales – are locking up also those who object to the new gender identity…

      Some of the concerns are serious and upsetting to parents and girls who are being badgered to accept those as ‘normal’. Its the BBC dream of equal child abuse for all…

      Sign the petition here

      But is also a factor in the US where Biden is pushing this across the states as a new ‘equality’ law even though its not got any support democratically. Its clear Agenda of the left to abolish and punish families for not being ‘progressive’ enough..

      Biden has pushed the button ‘global reset’, all change.
      Examples: USA
      a 26-year-old biological male who identified as female after being taken into custody to serve two years in the female section of a juvenile facility after pleading guilty to child molestation…
      read here

      And of course Stonewall (being run from Brighton) of all places is rolling out proposed legislation that nobody voted for. And never will….

      Happening here in the UK:
      UK Schools and Nurseries Record ‘Self-Declared’ Gender Instead of Biological Sex. The UK Department for Education is under fire for recording children’s “preferred gender” rather than their biological sex on the national school census.
      read here

      And of course peadophiles will be renamed and added to the list very soon. LGCTYQRSSZZTP

      Even the Olympics is tarnished.
      https://www.theblaze.com/news/it-s-definitely-awkward-because-lia-still-has-male-body-parts-upenn-swimmer-says-team-members-uncomfortable-having-lia-thomas-in-the-locker-room

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