651 Responses to Midweek 2 February 2022

  1. G.W.F. says:

    Following the media tradition of referring to Tommy Robinson as Yaxley Lennon every time he is mentioned, then the same should apply to Whooppee Goldberg, real name Caryn Elaine Johnson

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  2. vlad says:

    Here’s the launch of a Christian anti-feminist book called Ask Your Husband.

    I’ve no idea if it’s any good but the title alone should make Beeboids’ heads explode.

    I wonder if they’ll review it on one of their arty-farty art shows?

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  3. tomo says:

    BBC Press Office charm offensive this morning….

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  4. tomo says:

    oh, my …

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Segregation of the humankind?

      Canadian PM Trudeau Shares Call to ‘End White Supremacy’ After Somali Refugee’s Terror Attack {.informationliberation.com 02oct2017}
      ‘Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded to news of a Somali refugee’s terrorist attack in Edmonton by sharing a call to “end white supremacy” and insisting “our diversity is our strength.” ‘

      … earlier in the same Universe …

      Trudeau (I’m a feminist) hails “ (Muslim) sisters upstairs” at sex-segregated mosque

      https://biasedbbc.org/blog/2017/10/02/start-the-week-open-thread-144/#comment-870583

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    • Guest Who says:

      One can only assume BBC Press and Justin share Perfect Curve for their PR advice.

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    • StewGreen says:

      The reply to Trudeau
      – Here’s a video of the time a member asked them to unanimously condemn blackface
      See how they refused –
      https://twitter.com/TheRealKeean/status/1488661095925514241

      “Wow his response to a massive worker uprising
      is to call them racist and a bunch of other meaningless insults”

      some replies DO support Trudeau
      but almost every quote tweet is against him

      @patcondell tweets
      “This tweet is pure evil. Nothing he says here is true.
      Mr Blackface is completely detached from reality.
      Canadian working people should no longer be under any illusion about how much they are hated by the people who govern them.”

      @jordanbpeterson tweets
      Trudeau said “Together, let’s keep working to make Canada more inclusive.”
      How can anyone sane string these two sentences together ?

      ===
      Another reply to Trudeau
      Did you just empty the Woke smear bag & dump it in this tweet?

      ·

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      • StewGreen says:

        A lot of Trudeau’s tweets get ratio-ed
        and the reply standard is “honk honk” to signify people know that he is clown world

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  5. tomo says:

    Twitter blocking likes and re-tweets …

    – has to play into the Civil Service’s advice to government wrt BBC promotion of “this sort of thing”?

    Whithall-Trannies.jpg

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Today is Trans day of Remembrance, when we remember those who have lost their lives due to anti-transgender violence.

      We need to end bigotry and discrimination, provide more mental health support and tackle hate crime.

      #TDOR
      12:07 pm · 20 Nov 2021·Twitter Web App

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    • digg says:

      Which means we are all paying for it!

         3 likes

  6. Fedup2 says:

    I thought i would get some news

    So what better than RT

    RT leads with a leaked position document between NATO and Russia

    Then talks of the French Government decision to dissolve a ‘ muslim council ‘ on the ground that it has been taken over by foreign muslim countries ….
    Youd almost think theres an election coming in 70 days … seems the French media are a bit less reluctant to tell the truth about islamic take overs of parts of France .

    After that came coverage of the Canada protests …

    Maybe – dear reader – its worth a look at the state backed RT – before it is taken down ….

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  7. dafydd says:

    Sally ”thick as pig sh-t” Nugent interviewing Gove this morning regarding leveling up but of course we quickly get onto Boris and his Saville comment to Starmer.

    She asked Gove shouldn’t the PM appologise, Gove replies ”NO”, long pause, ”why not” she says. Then he has to point out to the window licker that at the time he was in charge of the CPS and as such the buck stops with him. Then Gove he has to remind the window licker that the BBC argument regarding Partygate is the fact that although the PM didnt attend any of the parties he was in charge at Downing Street so has to take full responsibility for what was going on, over to you Widow licker.. BBC Hypocrisy at its best

    Interview ends and the poor window licker is either scarlet with anger or embarrassment, who sodding well cares, she got what she deserved.

    Gove as brilliant as ever..

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    • richard D says:

      Having pointed out this hypocrisy yesterday – I’m glad there are those who aim to take up the cudgels.

      They especially ought to go individually after all the Labour and Liberal politicians who were last week drumming out, in lockstep, phrases like ‘ the government, like a fish, rots from the head down’….

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  8. NCBBC says:

    The vaccine does reduce deaths due to covid but also increases secondary deaths due to the vaccine,

    https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/02/the_covid_narrative_is_falling_apart.html

    This does not include the deaths that have occurred as hospitals were closed. Cancer and other treatments were suspended.

    The final death toll has yet to come out.

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  9. dafydd says:

    ..and to reiterate what i said above. This has just appeared on Guido Fawkes

    https://order-order.com/2022/02/02/boris-doubles-down-on-starmer-savile-attack/

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Boris – conservative after eating cake and being found out! HA HA HA HA!

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      • dafydd says:

        …confused by your comment…explain

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        • MarkyMark says:

          Just that Boris has only suddenly attacked the BBC and sent the Navy to the channel after being found out that he had cake and partied (like a sane man) whilst everyone was locked up and being tracked by drones by police for going out into the countryside.

          Before this Boris was quiet happy as a left looney green peace loving border free guy.

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          • dafydd says:

            ..the point im trying make is the fact that the BBC and Labour seem to thrive on Hypocrisy..

            The BBC and Labour make an allegation but when its pointed out to them that the beloved Starmer behaved in such a way its deemed as ok….

            We just dont have impartiality on the BBC…Is this not the point of this site to point out such observations..!!

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  10. StewGreen says:

    Front groups do selective PR
    Open Democracy is a George Soros front

    Titles like “Stop Hate” is #AmbushNaming
    done by orgs that aim to CREATE HATE against their political opponents
    Such orgs are usually rooted in Labour/SocialistWorker
    The Hatey No Hopers are connected to Labour
    Stop Funding Hate and the Campaign for Ending Digital Hate are offshoots

    Lawfare is bullying, warfare against opponents funding is bullying too
    It is not upto bullies to police the funding of orgs like GBnews
    Rather society polices orgs by the law
    If an org hasn’t broken laws, they shouldn’t be punished.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Today
      BBC Radio 4, Monday 13 December

      In an item about the rise in infections caused by Omicron and its impact on the NHS we said: ‘NHS England says between 20 and 30 per cent of critical care beds are occupied by Covid patients…. three quarters of those haven’t been vaccinated.’

      We also said that the ‘vast majority’ of those in critical care are unvaccinated.

      In fact, the most recent figures from the Intensive Care and National Audit Research Centre (ICNARC) show that 51% of intensive care patients in England with Covid in November were vaccinated and 48% were not.

      15/12/2021

      https://www.bbc.co.uk/helpandfeedback/corrections_clarifications/archive_2021/

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    • Mrs Kitty says:

      @ StewGreen I find that these groups are useful as they point out companies that I want to support.

         5 likes

  11. Thoughtful says:

    Another day in Manchester and the headlines are of two players from the two top Premier league clubs both Black, both accused of raping women.

    https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/manchester-united-footballer-mason-greenwood-22956102

    https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/manchester-city-player-benjamin-mendy-22956431

    Doesn’t take a genius to see the connection, and yet in an oppressive country where double think is the law, it is a natual logically connection you are not allowed to make.

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  12. MarkyMark says:

    We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.” – Winston Churchill

    “We shall GIVE THEM the beaches, we shall GIVE THEM the landing grounds, we EAT CAKE IN in the streets, we shall HIDE in the hills; we shall ALWAYS surrender TO THE EU UNELECTED GOVERNMENT OR CHINA OR WHOEVER GIVES BARRY £400K.” – Boris Johnson (made up)

    https://biasedbbc.org/blog/2018/06/27/midweek-open-thread-27-june-2018/comment-page-2/#comment-926140

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  13. MarkyMark says:

    Order-order do a sorry story for Boris ….

    “With child maintenance, a vastly expensive Lulu Lytle flat refurb, and a major pay cut since losing his Telegraph column, Boris’s time in No. 10 has been wracked with fiscal worries. It now seems it could get much worse for the PM.” order-order

    … MAYBE LOOK AT HIS EXPENSE CLAIMS – KNOWN EXPENSE CLAIMS….

    Employment and earnings
    Payments from Hodder and Stoughton UK, Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DZ, via United Agents, 12-26 Lexington St, London W1F 0LE:
    20 January 2021, received £1,471.64 for royalties on book already written. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 05 February 2021)
    10 March 2021, received £742.60 for royalties on book already written. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 25 March 2021)
    31 March 2021, received £2,397.09 for royalties on book already written. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 16 April 2021)
    21 April 2021, received £1,468.23 for royalties on book already written. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 11 May 2021)
    1 October 2021, received £1,396.93 for royalties on book already written. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 21 October 2021)
    Payments from HarperCollins UK, 1 London Bridge St, London SE1 9GF, via Rogers, Coleridge and White Ltd, 20 Powis Mews, London W11 1JN:
    23 April 2021, received £482.66 for royalties on books already written. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 11 May 2021)
    10 November 2021, received £277.81 for royalties on books already written. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 06 December 2021)

    https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/10999/boris_johnson/uxbridge_and_south_ruislip#register

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  14. MarkyMark says:

    Boris is struggling over at order-order.com … might be fined …

    Name of donor: Mr David Ross
    Address of donor: private

    Nature and value of benefit in kind (or amount of any donation): accommodation for a private holiday for my partner and me, value £15,000

    Destination of visit: St Vincent and the Grenadines

    Dates of visit: 26 December 2019 to 5 January 2020

    Purpose of visit: private holiday.

    (Registered 27 January 2020)

    https://www.theyworkforyou.com/regmem/?p=10999

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  15. Fedup2 says:

    I saw a BBC programme last night – i thought it might be ‘ intelligent ‘ . They put it on ‘peak time ‘ 2100.

    It was called “The decade the Rich Won”.

    Surely a marxist wet dream right ?

    So i watched it – it started with BBC envy about the top x percent owning y percent of the wealth of blighty .

    It got to 20 minutes of 60 before comrade corbyn popped up …

    Then i realised this was a history programme – it must have been made pre covid and the BBC had to decide whether to broadcast it or dump it .

    Apparently it was in 2 parts and this thing was the 2nd of 2.

    I wonder what the people who watched it thought ? Apart from being a marxist labour broadcast in peak time i couldnt see what it bought to the current table –

    But i guess the socialist higher tax rate BBC groupthink loved it .

    BTW- i am not wealthy – but careful with money ..

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    • digg says:

      I started watching that too….I honestly thought it was a Labour or Marxist Party Political Broadcast until the end…

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  16. JohnC says:

    I see reports of another remainer MP – Tobias Ellwood – is set to demand Boris resigns. Clearly this is all about Brexit and nothing to do with the parties.

    Seems certain that someone behind the scenes is dangling carrots in front of remainers if a remainer PM can be installed.

    All of these people – and particularly the BBC – are traitors. The last election results proved beyond any doubt that the people want Brexit.

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    • theisland says:

      Ellwood is a nasty piece of work.

      @VeteransBritain May 2020
      “Pro-EU Tobias Ellwood MP makes a brazen attempt to put the UK under EU Common Security and Defence Policy by saying we should go in with the EU on Galileo — for which the policy is an entry condition as he knows.
      Makes bogus claims about a ‘defenceless’ UK, plus US and China.”

      I notice @VeteransBritain have not tweeted since last October. Does anyone know why not?
      However arch-Remainer Angus Lapsley is back up and running @ALapsleyFCDO as if leaving Top Secret British security files at a bus stop had never happened.

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  17. MarkyMark says:

    The circus starts will Boris give us some Bread with the circus …

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  18. tomo says:

    The Home Office says there are currently 25,000 migrants being accommodated in hotels.

    Doesn’t mention Dominoes Pizzas

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    • MarkyMark says:

      3 years ago …

      Home Office loses track of more than 600,000 people who should have left country, finds immigration watchdog
      UK border checks branded ‘shambolic’

      May Bulman
      Social Affairs Correspondent
      Thursday 29 March 2018

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  19. G says:

    “Levelling UP” plans. Transfer from the rich to the poor? A grand Socialist/Communist plan if ever there was one.

    Tell you what, let’s see the Socialist multimillionaire Rishi Sunak be the first to dip his hand into his pocket. He is thought to have a net worth of £200 Million. His wife is a Billionaire. To have made all that money, he clearly took advantage of a ‘Levelling Up’ scheme somewhere in the World when he was younger. How else could he have risen to achieve the secondary ‘Play thing’ role of Chancellor?

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    • MarkyMark says:

      BBC Gender Pay Gap – goes upwards not downwards.

      ALL BBC CLEANERS TO BE PAID SAME AS GARY LINEKER.

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  20. StewGreen says:

    Constant Gaslighting by politicians
    R4 The Lancashire County council bus guy Charlie Edwards (Tory)
    “when we took over 5 years ago the bus subsidy was just £2m
    we massively increased that to £7.5m”

    Right but 6 years ago the bus subsidy was £7m
    and some £1.50 bus journeys were subsidised by £24 PER JOURNEY cos there so few passengers on the bus.
    https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/call-keep-ps7m-rural-bus-lifeline-road-2678417
    (I’m pretty sure the pensioner bus pass subsidy is provided on top by central government)

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    • StewGreen says:

      The presenter didn’t mention that same councillor was in news yesterday on a different topic.
      “Lancashire councillor defending PM Boris Johnson says ‘everyone broke rules’ ”

      ideally buses should have zero subsidy and the market control prices
      but I guess there are some situations.
      eg one might sell a prime hospital site for £100m Move the hospital and then subsidise buses so people can get there.

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  21. Guest Who says:

    As Jez doubtless will get dug up again as a model of probity.

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  22. andyjsnape says:

    The bbc tries to relate to the worlds population in its “reporting”

    But as the worlds population has its own ideas, and it (bbc) doesn’t really relate to most foreigners, and just alienates the British that put up with it and most likely pay the tv tax

    For example.. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-60212092

    how many people are actually bothered in the above link, other than the 23,000 who work for the bbc

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  23. Guest Who says:

    Award winning mum. Apparently.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      At the same time, people with albinism have also been ostracised and even killed for exactly the opposite reason, because they are presumed to be cursed and bring bad luck. The persecutions of people with albinism take place mostly in Sub-Saharan African communities, especially among East Africans.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      White face like Trudeau?

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    • Guest Who says:

      Interesting that the main picture does not scream ‘Asian’ as much as all the names, some of which have been changed, do.

      Maybe Ms. Nagesh had help from a colleague with other sources?

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    • StewGreen says:

      AFAIK there are about 3 times as many non-white doctors as there are non-whites in the community.

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    • JohnC says:

      Oh the irony of the BBC describing anyone else as ‘riddled with racism’.

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  24. digg says:

    The Whoopie Goldberg spat illustrates the whole problem with the screaming race baiters.

    The Nazis were not racists because the 6 million people they exterminated were white.

    So Jewish people are not a race, just some other white honkies.

    And what other characteristic do Jewish people share to rub the Nazis up the wrong way then other than their Jewish race?

    It’s like saying that the Jewish people who died had no right regard themselves as an oppressed race because they were white.

    So suck it up and get over it white folk!

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  25. MarkyMark says:

    HA HA HA! The government has not ran out of money yet ….

    Bosses from two energy companies have told the BBC the government (YOUR MONEY!) is planning to reduce energy bills for all households (ALL HOUSEHOLDS?) by about £200, to ease the impact of a dramatic rise in the cost of gas in recent months ( DUE TO GREEN ENERGY OR RUSSIA?).

    Targeted support for those most in need will also be extended. (BY HOW MUCH?)

    The Treasury is putting the finishing touches to a £5-6bn loan package for firms, enabling them to reduce bills.
    (MONEY GOES TO FIRMS – HA HA HA HA)

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60228235

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  26. G says:

    I’m reliably told by my “Worlds Most Trusted Broadcaster” that Priti Useless objected to Cressida Dick being given the extension of her role for two years. My view? ‘Appallin’, absolutely appallin’.

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  27. Guest Who says:

    You can take Pesto out of the BBC, but you can’t take the Kool Aid out of the boring test.

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  28. Fedup2 says:

    Not directly BBC – but the rumour that another blue labour MP was going to cross the floor hasn’t come to pass – maybe we have seen the high watermark of overt condemnation of nut nut –
    – and the red Labour Party hasn’t called a vote of confidence to flush out nut nuts’ enemies ( remainers ).

    Perhaps they are waiting for the outcome of the plod inquiry – date unknown
    Followed by the full Gray inquiry – date unknown …maybe in the run up to the 2024 election ….?

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  29. MarkyMark says:

    Ellwood told Sky News earlier that the Conservative Party was “slipping into a very ugly place”

    80 seat majority – 0 conservative policies in 2 years.

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  30. StewGreen says:

    Local news
    – Levelling up ..first Gove Clip
    – Diana Johnson clip
    (Yesterday she was on the news about Partygate from 9am to 2pm)

    – Mason bailed … (48 hours of detention suggests they have a case)

    – Energy prices announced tmw expected £700 rise
    BBC Simon Jack “treasury will provide LOANS to energy retailers to reduce rise by £200”

    – PRasNews for Wind industry
    “to celebrate the Humber renewables industry a replica of the Spurn Point rail landship will go on a tour of the region’s rail stations.”
    FFS all it was, was something like kids make up
    take a trolley stick a mast on it, and then hang a sheet off it.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “treasury will provide LOANS to energy retailers to reduce rise by £200”

      LOAN VALUE – £800 – PASSED ON £200 (Admin fees apply)

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  31. MarkyMark says:

    Tobias Ellwood … ha ha ha ha…..

    Payments from Al Jazeera Satellite Channel Ltd, the Shard Level 16, 32 London Bridge Street, London SE1 9SG, for interviews:
    1 June 2021, received £434. Hours: 1.5 hrs inc. prep time. (Registered 01 September 2021)
    17 June 2021, received £416. Hours: 2 hrs inc. prep time. (Registered 01 September 2021)
    13 July 2021, received £90. Hours: 1 hr inc. prep time. (Registered 01 September 2021)
    5 August 2021, received £83. Hours: 2 hrs inc. prep time. (Registered 01 September 2021)
    19 November 2021, received £500 from News Group Newspapers Ltd, 1 London Bridge Street, London SE1 9GF, for an article for the Sun Newspaper. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 22 November 2021)

    https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/11437/tobias_ellwood/bournemouth_east#register

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  32. s.trubble says:

    Under the cloak of PartyGate Ms Krankie ( where’s yer other half)!!?

    has tasked a unit of Civil servants to ” Go Forth and produce the 2 nd white [paper ) for Independence….or “freedumb” as we now call it in Brigadoon.

    No doubt bBC Scotland ( £32 million white elephant) will soon hail the gallant work of the seditious rebels.

    Questions , however, are being asked

    * can a devolved administration direct a group of civil servants
    to draw up a fictitious plan to support another bout of Referendumry)?

    * why are taxpayers funds c £700k being allocated to this juvenile
    action.

    * are those selected being fuelled with chemical substances and continuous playing of BraveHeart

    Its beyond a joke now …..however, the joke is on the Scottish Taxpayer who are witnessing eye watering sums of money disappearing into SNP black holes solely due to its incompetence.

    As they said in Local Hero…there are 2 g,s in BU**er Off

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  33. richard D says:

    I just saw an article on a US (???) blog page reporting that hospitalisations of cannabis users in Scotland (described recently as the drug death capital of the world) have risen by 74% since the decision to universally simply warn those caught in possession of the drug, rather than conducting further actions with the possibility of prosecution.

    I tried looking for further information in the main Scottish Newspapers, but had to resort to the source in the blog, the ‘Sunday Post’ (don’t laugh – I remember it used to be the most widely read newspaper in the world, per head of population in the publishing country !)…. but couldn’t find any reports – not really surprising considering that they really don’t like reporting anything which might reflect badly on the SNP. Same results searching for information on the BBC – nada.

    But hey – eating cake – now there’s a real national health hazard the BBC can get its teeth into.

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    • StewGreen says:

      Richard it shows up on a Twitter search
      “the number of users being hospitalised because of psychiatric issues has climbed by 74% since 2016 when police began warning those caught with the drug for their own use.”
      .. from 1,191 to 2,067

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      • richard D says:

        Yup, stewgreen, thanks for that, the tweet refers to the ‘Sunday Post’ article I mentioned in my original post….. can’t track down anything else, regarding an issue I think needs to be widely made visible.

        I’m afraid I am not a Twitter user, though.

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  34. StewGreen says:

    Repost from Cliscep
    “Climate change: The science briefing that convinced Boris Johnson”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60203674
    “A slide show that Prime Minister Boris Johnson says helped convince him on climate change has been revealed for the first time.
    released after a freedom of information request by UK climate website Carbon Brief

    (FFS that’s The Greenblob’s main PR agency along with Futerra ..so the BBC item is #PRasNews)

    From the BBC article:
    \\ He has also described it as his “road to Damascus” on climate
    – a phrase from the bible meaning a turning point in someone’s life.//

    I am so glad the BBC’s Climate Editor explained to us what the meaning of that is, or honestly none of his readers would have known.
    Please. Do not patronise us.

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    • tomo says:

      Just in case any of Justin’s minions or Justin are out checking their coverage and happen upon this – a short message – GFY.

      I see that story has the pranged container ship Ever Given in the sidebar without mention of the BBC blaming sulphur pollution on it when the SO₂ came from Mount Etna a few thousand km upwind…

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  35. MarkyMark says:

    Stupidity on all sides can be fought when we ask for the definition of the words used.

    “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. And we know that for people in low-paid jobs, wages are forced down even further while some people are forced out of work altogether. … So there is no case, in the national interest, for immigration of the scale we have experienced over the last decade.”

    Theresa May as Home Secretary // Speech to the Conservative Party Conference – in full / 06.10.2015

    “Free Education” – Free? Do you mean available to everyone rather than without cost or payment. Because someone will have to pay by taxes or effort.
    “For the Many, Not the Few” – who are the few you’re excluding in this statement, who are the Many and who are the Few? Please give some examples from all the political parties and ordinary people.
    “Enough is Enough” – what is enough and if it happens again will it be “More than Enough”? Has there been enough freedom of expression on internet.
    “Stop the War” – do you mean all wars including those by other Nations, how can you get them to stop ‘wanting’ war? Here I am thinking of North Korea who train their children to hate all except North Korea to the point where the state controls all TV and rewrite maps of the world.
    “Do you think those who didn’t vote should be included in the final EU Referendum Result?” – if so does this apply – “Leave the EU” + “Happy Either Way” @65% “Remain in the EU” @35%
    “Strong and Stable” – weak and unstable is the alternative, by strong do you mean a majority and stable means inflexible?
    “More Diversity” – when is enough? Is more 50% or 99%? Which of these sounds better? “Gradual Diversity ala Douglas Murray” vs “Disruptive Diversity ala Merkel”

    https://biasedbbc.org/blog/2017/06/27/suicide-isnt-painless/#comment-848403

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  36. StewGreen says:

    The MoL prog basically said stats depend on which time period you CHERRYPICK
    So for the same situation one person can claim record growth
    whilst another cherrypicks a different start date and thus makes a claim which is the opposite.

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  37. Fedup2 says:

    Watching PMQs I thought it interesting that it wasn’t until toward the end that Sir Desmond Swain stood up and asked the PM what the score was with Ukraine….

    I really don’t see what relevance the Ukraine has to the party thing . What a wasted question . I mean – what’s the worst thing that can happen ? Global nuclear war ? Will that be used by the tories to delay the Gray Report Again ?

    BTW PMQs was followed by the Parliamentary Eulogies to the late Comrade jack dromey – I know it’s in bad form ‘ taste but watching it you could see that parliament is just a game – and they are all in the same swamp … nobody mentioned expenses….
    ……….I was wondering if Mrs jack dromey – Harmon claimed the funeral on expenses ….( although I bet the MPs have a scheme for it to be paid for if you die on the job )….

    After that came little Gove telling us that the blue Labour Party has discovered there is somewhere outside the M25 – his opposition is Lisa Nando s who was so bad as shadow foreign secretary that they gave the job to lammy

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  38. andyjsnape says:

    K Starmer net worth? anyone guess

    https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/1444028/keir-starmer-net-worth

       3 likes

    • Fedup2 says:

      Only £8 million ? For a barrister ? The rest must be ‘off shore ‘ in a family trust …

         6 likes

  39. tomo says:

    Trudeau’s out “exchanging word salads” with the faithful

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  40. richard D says:

    ……and Guido (H/T) enters the fray about Mr Starmer’s leadership qualities – remember, the thing he claims Boris is bereft of….

    A direct quote from Mr Starmer during the Labour leadership election, which he won, based on his ‘qualities’, goes as follows…

    “Hear me out: I had 8,000 staff for five years as the director of public prosecutions. And I acted, I hope, in the right way with them, which is when they had victories I celebrated victories on their behalf, I picked up awards on their behalves. When they made mistakes, I carried the can. I never turn on my staff and you should never turn on your staff… I will carry the can for mistakes of any organisation I lead.”

    So, step forward the man who was ultimately responsible for the non-prosecution of Jimmy Saville….

    What’s the betting the BBC will weasel-word this the wrong way ?

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  41. infoquest says:

    Sorry if its already on here……….. Fact checking the BBC Fact checkers – https://dailysceptic.org/2022/02/02/joe-rogan-is-right-that-mrna-vaccines-are-gene-therapy-and-other-ways-the-bbcs-fact-check-fails/

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  42. Dobyns says:

    Words fail me …

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  43. dafydd says:

    Dobyns….

    More telling for me were the remarks underneath regarding the PM’s press conference in kiev and the first question asked by the BBC reporter, did you read the comments…wow

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  44. taffman says:

    “NI Protocol: Irish Sea border checks to end at midnight”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-60236169
    We should have got out a long time ago.
    Brexit was voted for in 2016.

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  45. Zephir says:

    Home Office reveals the taxpayer is stumping up £1.25million A DAY to house 25,000 asylum seekers and refugees

    Last month it was revealed migrants were staying in four-star hotel rooms at £125-a-night paid for by British taxpayers as the country braces for spiralling energy bills amid a cost of living crisis.

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10467995/Priti-Patel-blasts-absolutely-wrong-Emmanuel-Macron-migrant-deaths-claim.html

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  46. digg says:

    The Guardian tell us that The BBC are to rerun Dickens Oliver Twist in a new production to be called Fagin.

    https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/feb/02/oliver-twist-given-new-spin-in-bbc-prequel-to-charles-dickens-novel-dodger

    Yes you guessed it… the urchins are forced to live off the equivalent of food banks. (Marcus Rashford gets a mention) Fagin becomes the equivalent of Robin Hood, a kind witty man, and suitably de-semitised just trying to protect the children from the horrid upper classes (probably all Tories) and surprise, surprise…. Nancy is played by a Pakistani girl.

    Quote: “As Fagin says, ‘If we don’t rob we can’t eat and if we can’t eat we’ll starve and we’ll die’. It’s a survival instinct; he’s not a greedy man who wants money in the way you’ve seen in the past.”

    So don’t expect any pick-pocketing tutorial scenes. They are probably all going to be Big Issue sellers.

    The writers said they took Dodger to the BBC as they thought it chimed with the organisation’s mission to inform, educate and entertain.

    The only character they don’t mention is Bill Sykes the malignant, violent, thief and murderer, maybe they couldn’t persuade Yaxley Lennon to take the part?

    Sorry Mr Dickens, they have taken your gripping and perceptive story with all it’s appropriate moral themes of the time and a window into London at the time and turned into a bloody Dr-Who-look-a-like shit-show.

    Drip, Drip, Drip…….

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  47. StewGreen says:

    Trailer for 6:30pm ITV news “As pressure grows on the prime minister to resign”

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  48. StewGreen says:

    ITV local news “Now as part as our LGBT Month programming
    We’re talking about abuse that minorities can experience”

    One guy talked about the LQBTi community (i= intersex)

    Then UK Black Pride graphs.

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