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The BBC missed the Covid numbers on Tuesday and they are three hours late today. Is there something going on with Covid stats at the BBC? Perhaps Marianna could spring into action to make sure we are not being misinformed.
I rather suspect that job titles such as disinformation reporter will be redundant at the Beeb sooner rather than later as the powers that be recognise them for the propaganda they actually are.
9pm On Channel 5 ‘National Treasure, National Disgrace: Savile, Harris & Hall.’
.. why is Yasmin Alibhai-Brown featured giving her opinion ?
9:55 PBS doco about the Christchurch mosque attack
Ah 10:25pm YAB says she received a letter from person who had been a kid when Stuart Hall visited her school
and he had invited her to visit the studio, where he plied her with champagne and raped her.
The prog is claiming sexual assault is all about power
..probably true
Now saying that #MeToo is bring the end
and that it was caused by patriachy men being in complete control
and women being told to “suck it up”
I think I disagree, things were changing before MeToo
And the godlike status of these guys played a big part, these guys were really special they lived a magical life, and those around them too, and didn’t want that to end , and if it meant turning a blind eye .that’s what they did.
YAB will always find a story to suit. She seems to have lost the gig as a paper reviewer, so is hawking herself out to any channel to top up the pension.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10672327/New-Ofcom-chairman-Lord-Grade-praises-Laurence-Fox-criticises-regressive-BBC-licence-fee.html
Well worth a read.
The bbc have appionted themselves to hold power to acount which is the responsibilty of the oppoositon party NOT the bbc
One and the same Zephir!
On March 4th 2022 Peshawar “Suicide bombing attack kills at least 56 in Shiite mosque in Pakistan”
“A suicide bomber struck inside a Shiite Muslim mosque in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar during Friday prayers, killing at least 56 worshippers and wounding 194 people, hospital officials said.”
How come I’ve never even heard of that attack ?
There was a BBC story
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-60617108
In the BBC Twitter thread almost all the replies are from Pakistan/India
.. https://twitter.com/BBCWorld/status/1499750062867595265
Things not in the news unless one has a Chinese wife, Russian minisiter for foreign affrairs and EU head now in China for meeting with Xi Ping
Kamala and Joe “wheres dat Bahraine wass a passport innit dam president shit himself again”
Watching the BBC news I notice a shift in tone regarding UK energy. All the stuff going on has brought the total insanity, stupidity and national suicide of bowing down to the green nutters into focus.
People are having a foretaste of what living green will mean for everybody.
What Greta? Oh sorry I thought you said something!
Good point, Digg!
Also, it’s pleasing that most of those irritating vegan, prohibition ads are not around much these days, as the stupid ideas of veganuary, dryanuary etc., are fading into…
…’It’s Easter soon, let’s all get to eat loads of meat, and get as pissed as a fart’!
Biden doing that weird thing he does when he wants to sound tough, or Presidential… or something: shouts in his angry old man way and bangs tables.
(Reminds me of Grampa Simpson)
Would be funny if it wasn’t so bloody serious for the World.
He has to go ASAP.
It’s April 1st in Germany ..and looks like the gas is still flowing
Putin is saying phase 1 countries must open Russian rouble bank accounts on Friday
And I guess when new contracts come up they must start paying in roubles
I wonder if the existing dollar contracts go on for years
You can’t go around ordering payments for existing dollar contracts to be now paid in roubles, cos that is changing the price.
But then Putin has the gas and Germany has the demand.
The gas is on a 3 day contract period starting April 1st Payment is on a monthly basis.
Germany condemn Russian gas supply blackmail…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-60923158
So… the Western world are perfectly within their rights to confiscate assets of any Russian citizen anywhere in the World regardless of their actual implication in the Ukraine war but if Russia decides enough is enough they are are*oles eh?
Not forgetting that to appear greener than green to the rest of the World, the Germans have been importing Russian gas at the expense of their own carbon energy production for a long time.
I think the expression is hoisted by their own petard!
Egg on face time I think!
Double standards at work here.
I think Putin is far cleverer than the EU and the West (or more accurately their media) assume.
Agree, these sanctions seem to have unintended consequences too
“The Ruble Regains 100% Of Its Loss After Russia Invaded Ukraine, Why?”
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/ruble-regains-100-its-loss-after-russia-invaded-ukraine-why
LMAO at the stupidity of the German government, who even whilst the are calling out their predecessors for Green fantasy land are in the same green tinged bubble themselves, and even now as they are facing utter ruin, they are so stupid that they are still taking coal fired power stations off line.
You just couldn’t make this stuff up, they really have left the path of sanity and need locked up in some asylum for the good of themselves and everyone else !
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/04/01/germany-continues-shutdown-of-power-plants-despite-growing-energy-crisis/
If bureaucrats meddle … well, that’s one thing – if they lie, cheat, use public funds to defend their lying, cheating and obstruction …
That’s something else… some Green power well and truly fouled up…. courtesy of The Environment Agency
The BBC are on the press release circulation list – I’m willing to bet they’ll sit on it….
btw – the EA spokesperson’s assertions in the article are about as honest as their officials have been for the last 12 years.
That’s an incredible story, Tomo!
Like you, I suppose the green bureaucrats will let it all fester until their pensions get up to enough to retire at fifty, then pass the whole lot onto the next lot to bugger up.
I bet the BBC will bin it|
Scrob
Not such an incredible story to some of us. It’s happening from government down to local council level. It usually involves collusion with other ‘trusted’ bodies and cover-ups.
“When public bodies behave in this way it ultimately erodes public trust and confidence in the services they provide.”
Remember all the crocodile tears the media and the BBC cried about Mexican ‘kids in cages’ under Trump?
You don’t hear about them now, despite there being a lot more kids in a lot more cages under Biden.
Kamala at it
Dat dam good speche innit
Another Kamala “word salad”
Curiouser and curiouser. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
Off with their heads.
31st March 2022
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You may have heard in the media a recommendation to provide your meter readings on 31st March before the new Price Cap comes into effect on the 1st April. Just as a reminder, this isn’t necessary for customers who have a smart meter or are on a Fixed Price tariff.
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Safe online whilst getting mugged, off to the petrol station later with a couple of credit cards
Thanks extinction rebellion, mummy and daddy will have the Range Rover waiting for your holiday trip
The suppliers are all over the place with what they say they want with this – manual readings or no manual readings. They wish they knew.
Yesterday eon.next (our supplier) were criticising calls for supplying them with meter readings, saying it was unnecessary – that smart meters would deal with it, and that the extra demand was taking down their websites.
We have a “smart” meter so ostensibly didn’t need to take readings. But I do anyway, every couple of weeks for monitoring purposes and did so again last night at midnight.
Logged onto the website at midnight to supply the readings, and what did it say? It said that they were having trouble connecting to my “smart” meter, and would I supply a manual meter reading.
What a shower.
(Side note: How smart is a meter to which you cannot connect over your LAN and interrogate/monitor/download history for analysis? Not remotely smart. As dumb as the old ones, or worse. A farce. When questioned about this, they say that the data is theirs, not ours, and so they have no obligation to make that data available. Typical corporate arrogance.)
Think on the plus side – when the Climate Lockdowns and energy rationing starts, your ‘smart meter’ won’t be one of the ones turned off!
An extremely valid concern.
I always marvel and wonder at how Orwell saw all this coming back when he did in 1948/49. I suppose it must have been apparent then too, if one chose to look. Just before my time.
“Energy price cap: Bill shock for millions as rises hit”
Well, bang goes Bo Jo’s green bubble and green levy.
This country has tons of coal laden with gas beneath, that is without touching ‘fracking’. Al Beeb will not be happy though.
Meanwhile the first m’K Show post Groper will be a holding to account tour de force…
“So what you are saying is, glorious beacon of hope, is that under Labour none of this would have happened and I for one will hand you my vote now…”
I may have asked you this before, Taff, but would coal-washing become viable now? It wasn’t cost-effective some years ago, but with prices these days, the removal of some elements of coal from slag heaps and workings might just work!
Surely the greens couldn’t complain?
If I have asked you before, please forgive the lapse…
I would suggest the filthy hippies be forced to wash the coal.
Today watch
I used to look forward to 1 April as much as 25 December – a date which used to be called ‘Christmas ‘ but has been banned to ensure community safety and cohesion .
Anyway – back to “today “- there is a mystery – Where have all the Green Crap Nazis Gone: ?
Today is full of single mums with 15 kids moaning about having to dump their Sky package so that they can fuel up the 4×4 to drive to the fuel bank .
Now I know the above is poor ‘humour ‘ – chris rock ( who) but I think it is deserved ….
The BBC has gone on and on and on about Green Crap – the mental Scandinavian teenage girl has been up on that pedestal – cop this and cop that
But now ? Fuel bill that fuel bill this . When will the first ‘cost of living riot come ? Will it be when the price of Netflix goes up again ? Or when the next price hike comes ? Or when the Bank of England puts up interest rates again -? ( MPC not due to meet until May – too late ) which will result in another interest rate rise …. Promise . …
Anyway – back to ‘Today “- Armageddon – online meter reading sites crash because of Martin Lewis – people lighting fires to save on the gas … freezing temperatures – suffering .
The answer ? There is no political will by anyone to do anything as a short term or even a long term remedy . Nut nut keeps delaying his ‘energy strategy ‘ because the wife keeps re writing it . Labour thinks a windfall tax – when there’s no win will solve it all It’s just crap .
Solution – elect me . I will start fracking – opening up the North Sea – building more power stations – importing more coal and oil – chopping down. Trees as fuel – there will be free food – I will cut taxes on fuel – the 5%vat on gas/ electricity will go tomorrow – I will ban the NHS having non ‘front line’ jobs and ban ‘diversity officers in all public bodies ‘…..job done ….
Back to Toady
Our Justin is in Hungary because there is a general election on Sunday . He was eager to tell us the EU has sent monitors to see if the election is fixed – or to ensure it is fixed to get rid of orban in favour of an approved non populist ( unpopular ?) president ….
Justin was quick to set up the narrative for a ‘stolen election ‘ exactly the way the BBC didn’t do it for the US election .
Justin sounded pretty disappointed that Ukrainian refugees are being warmly welcomed and helped by Hungary – not on script because the BBC declares Hungary as ‘not nice ‘.
I think our Justin will be playing war correspondent in a Kiev hotel next week – it’s his turn to tune up the CV ….. Martha must be next – bees in a war zone ….
By the way
I have only found one April Fool story so far – and will declare it later in the day . I would ask that none are declared until after the traditional midday water shed …
Update
I’ve decided to set up a fraudulent website where you send me £9.99 via PayPal and I tell you how I can cut your fuel bills by ten percent and save £159.00 a year …
And they thought things were bad in 1969, plus ca change
https://youtu.be/q3-b3ViNTMI
Phew…
Ramadan 2022: How Premier League football is evolving to help Muslim players
By Shamoon Hafez
BBC Sport
Shamoon a lad’s name, lass or a tranny in the dressing room?
Islamocreep.
Every day, a little more.
Cheered on by the BBC.
4 Stages of Islamic Conquest:
https://civilusdefendus.com/civil-defense/4-stages-of-islamic-conquest/
STAGE 1: INFILTRATION
Muslims begin moving to non-Muslim countries in increasing numbers and the beginning of cultural conflicts are visible, though often subtle.
First migration wave to non-Muslim “host” country.
Appeal for humanitarian tolerance from the host society.
Attempts to portray Islam as a peaceful & Muslims as victims of misunderstanding and racism (even though Islam is not a ‘race’).
High Muslim birth rate in host country increase Muslim population.
Mosques used to spread Islam and dislike of host country & culture.
Calls to criminalize “Islamophobia” as a hate crime.
Threatened legal action for perceived discrimination.
Offers of “interfaith dialogue” to indoctrinate non-Muslims.
Full back for Bradford Disunited?
Former Chief Constable of Leicestershire is found dead hanging in his garage aged 55 just two weeks after retiring.
Belfield says he suicided without leaving a note
.. well that doesn’t mean it was suicide.
A commenter claims another Former Chief Constable died in his own pool, recently.
I don’t find such a story.
I know it is April 1, but if another goes down in their super yacht after bing hit by another’s Lear… it will look suspicious.
Be interesting if the girls from BBC and Sky leap on this one.
Maybe Laura, BS, Kay and Beff too.
Reckon Dapper and Slapper might fence sit a bit on this until they suss the wind direction. This usually can be assed by hijab numbers in placard waving section.
Woot! And they are off! Magic Grammpy has hit the rainbow crossing running… with… yes… ‘standing in solidarity’. Does the twerp ever move?
***
Today is #TransDayOfVisibility, a day to celebrate trans and non-binary people, as well as raise awareness of the discrimination many face in their communities and around the world.
We stand in solidarity with them and commit to fighting for a truly inclusive society.
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At least Slick can catch him, but Fick Ange in them boots…?
BBC ….
Drag Race UK vs The World winner: ‘Drag Race helped me find my queerness’
*Spoiler: This piece reveals the winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK vs The World.*
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/b9a86f60-0ddb-40bf-905a-c011cad9c78d
BBC …. T he BBC is under fire for only allowing people from ethnic minorities to apply for a trainee position working on shows including Springwatch. The broadcaster is advertising a one-year, £17,810 trainee production management assistant role with the position “only open to black, Asian and ethnically diverse candidates”.20 Jun 2021
If true… unsurprising..
Noting date.
She has moved up the list of Mishal’s Howling Hags now BS has legged it.
They all have found the perfect niche for their professional, ideological, financial, promotional and activist ambitions.
That niche is the BBC.
This is Luton, in England, when paki land won a cricket match
Ahmadis suffer vicious persecution around the world. The main source of fuel for that persecution is in Pakistan, but what happens in Pakistan does not stay in Pakistan.
I know that from my experience in the Yorkshire market town of Batley. In August 1985, when I was 11 years old, my parents organised an inter-faith meeting in the town hall. It was interrupted and disturbed when, according to West Yorkshire police, more than 1,000 extremists, led by Pakistani hate preachers funded by the Pakistani state, were bused in from around the country. The mob brutally attacked my English mother and my father, a dermatologist; my eldest brother and I; and a Welsh Ahmadi schoolteacher who was with us. My first cousin, a GP, was by chance driving through the market town that day. He saw the mob and saw his family and friends being attacked, so he stopped. He was recognised, pulled from his vehicle and savagely beaten up.
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/whall/?id=2020-03-12a.177.0&s=islam+batley#g195.0
Awful.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60949791?
That said, noting this is a JezBo special headed ‘points to’ citing a ‘bbc investigation’.
His ‘investigations’ and those of the BBC have in the past relied on less than impartial, or indeed competent sources.
Marianna could check if she ever gets off only checking stuff the bbc likes the answers to.
Almost zero of JezBo’s ‘story’ stands up in its current form.
Looking at stuff does not count as an investigation, especially when the ‘crime scene’ is from a fog of war active location.
Look at the complexities…
Since when did ‘who, what, where…’ turn into a ‘report’ based on what Sergei says?
Ram a piissing dam again forget Easter
What next a bbc database of underage white schoolgirls
Shanghaied
Carry On star Kenneth Williams – like many notable comedians of his era – was a troubled soul. He harboured grand pretentions of a serious theatrical career, and yet from the point of view of the British public, he was only seen to excel at the outrageous low humour of the saucy seaside postcard form. He found a certain niche for himself as a regular in the popular celebrity TV chat shows of the time and as a guest of BBC Radio 4’s Just a Minute.
A cherished humourous moment of mine – comedy, like popular music, is a fleeting thing of the moment – was when presenter and quiz chairman Nicholas Parsons handed to Kenneth the Just a Minute subject title of “Blowing One’s Own Trumpet” – naturally, according to the rules of the game, requiring of the contestant a monologue without hesitation, repetition or deviation. “Kenneth, will you speak for us, for just a minute, on the subject of blowing one’s own trumpet” Following that cue our Kenneth delivered, in his unique faux-plummy nasal tones with his frequent reversions to mock-cockney, suggestively, to the delight of the studio audience, imparting his opening statement “Personally, I like doin’ it! I think the world should know…!”
On the subject of blowing one’s own trumpet – leaving aside the obvious innuendo – Mr AsISeeIt was of course not the only commentator (if one may claim that rather elevated-sounding sobriquet for one’s modest observations hereabouts) who warned how the mistaken elite policy of Lockdowns would eventually and inevitably have to be dearly paid for by tax rises and economic recession and state dependency for the masses. One could argue that Lockdown – or quarantine of the healthy – was the ultimate victory of the Big State… the Welfare State, writ larger than ever.
And now just listen to how our Left-wing media pretend to cry and whinge at the consequences…
‘April Cruel Day‘ puns the Daily Mirror: ‘Households hit as worst attack on living standards starts today‘ – and now, here beginneth the litany: ‘Energy bills up. Council tax up. National Insurance up. Water bills up. Stamps up. Broadband charges up.‘
The Guardian’s limited audience are middle income creatures of institutions and of bureaucracy – so it is they tend to highlight the aggravation and process rather than the direct economic pain: ‘Millions rush to minimise energy bills on eve of Bleak Friday‘ – moreover, just like their sister organ the BBC, they do like to coin and to propagate talking points and sloganised ways of thinking for the use of the Left – hence “Bleak Friday”
The previously and notably coronaphobic ‘i’ newspaper would scarcely blame needlessly protracted periods of Lockdown stagnation for our present economic denouement: ‘Anger at Sunak as the cost of living crisis hits home‘ – oh dear, he was once the Tory’s golden boy, that’s when he was handing out unearned, borrowed, furlough payments hand over fist.
With Easter approaching, one supposes it was inevitable that we would be told: ‘Egg farms face collapse as war feeds into rising costs… Hundreds of British egg farms are at risk… after Russian invasion of Ukraine‘ (FT) – please, someone tell me that’s an April Fool’s gag.
‘Eggpocalypse now!‘ – says the Daily Star which highlights the worrying knock-on effects: ‘Egg shortage threatens our biscuits and cakes‘
The FT is pleased as punch that: ‘Banks to disclose emissions estimates‘ – never mind the bloody carbon, how about my local high street HSBC branch – already providing no counter service to customers – is due to close its doors forever come August?
From Hongkong and Shanghai Bank to: ‘Shanghai surprise‘ – as the FT’s Datawatch feature tracks: ‘Ships waiting to load or discharge‘ – turns out congestion at the Chinese port is up five fold compared to the same period last year: ‘Analysts suggest the rise in Covid-19 cases may have led to shortages of logistics staff‘ – let’s hope we’re immune this time around – from both the Chinese disease and the Chinese-style of remedy.
Our press sense that something is awry but have their habitual problems with numbers: ‘Andrew in £750,000 “scam case” mystery‘ (Daily Mail)
Whereas: ‘Duke took £1m from Turkish “fraudster”‘ (Telegraph)
The formerly patriotic Times, one time newspaper of record, delights in a frontpage photo of a household cavalryman in full ceremonial uniform in Hyde Park whilst rehearsing for the Queen’s Jubilee… falling from his horse.
And if that genre of sarky, ironic, pratfall, anti-establishment, journalism floats your boat, or conversely, like me, if you perhaps reflect on it as more a symbolic state of the nation note and feel as though the battle is probably lost and now we might as well smile on the gallows… go to the Daily Star for your: ‘Free Animals doing funny stuff pullout‘
I notice over the past several days the methods the media has used to distract people from the true horror of what is coming later in the year.
Will Smith’s trivial black on black violence in a different country has become the headline news in a bid to distract people from the really important news which hasn’t been reported at all.
The important news is the impending famine, and the unavoidable fact that although energy bills are high now, they are set to double again come October when the cap is removed again.
They haven’t even reported that gas prices rose 15% yesterday, and although the did report Putins threats to cut off the gas, they haven’t followed up with any news about what the hopelessly Socialist EU intends to do about it.
All we here can do it to hopefully keep each other informed of the news no matter how awful it is because sure as hell the media isn’t going to!
Thoughtful: “They haven’t even reported that gas prices rose 15% yesterday”
Don’t think so. That would be a 43p/therm increase to 331. The price went up by only about five points and it has lost that gain this morning; currently @293.35. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business/market-data
Went for interview last week, my CV was perfect, 12 years of doing this kind of work, four national awards, which puts you in the top 2.7 % of civil engineering projects in the country. so was a little confused, now I get it:
https://e2k9ube.cloudimg.io/s/cdn/x/https://edienet.s3.amazonaws.com/news/images/full_43661.jpg?v=30/03/2022%2021:27:00
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-30/european-gas-jumps-as-germany-activates-emergency-energy-plan
Benchmark gas futures jumped as much as 15% after the German government initiated the first phase of its strategy, signaling the potential for the supply situation to deteriorate.
TOADY Watch #1 – the BBC’s BIG CONCERNS are shelved (but only temporarily)
BBC BIG CONCERN #1: Global Warming and Climate Change
BBC BIG CONCERN #2: Foreign Interference in other nations’ democratic elections
Both are off, pronounced OFF!, the BBC’s agenda today but I suspect they will make a comeback when it suits the BBC to do so. JustRemainIn Webb has travelled all they way to Budapest from Camberwell or Bath (his other home) expending much CO2 and helping to cause Global Warming and Climate Change all on his own. Unfortunately the Global Warming is not ‘very’ in the UK right now and JustRemainIn has managed to turn the dial on the UK’s Climate in the wrong direction.
Typical BBC!
As the BBC were very concerned – to the point of apoplexia – over the alleged and possible foreign involvement and interference in the 2016 US Presidential Election is slightly surprising that the BBC has interfered in the Hungarian Election taking place this weend, not just once but twice! James Naughtie was sent on a CO2 creating journey to Budapest a fortnight ago. The thought occurs that had the BBC been more organised in their interference in the Hungarian election they could have saved some CO2, but not money, by keeping James Naughtie in Budapest. Permanently.
The big surprise from TOADY is that the BBC already has a Correspondent in Hungary. His name is Nick Thorpe and he speaks Hungarian. What a waste.
Typical BBC!
PS: Thorpe’s Wiki page is worth a read.
What does first trans MP mean for LGBTQ people?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-60943012
Anyone bothered
Toilet battles?
The major feature on the BBC’S internet sports page
is on the World Cup draw for MENS football.Why
is this? Surely one of the other five major
features Women’s cricket, Womens
. football, Women’s tennis, Women’s golf , and Womens’s
boxing should of taken pride of place.
The BBC media outlet mostly has women news presenters,
women reporters, women politic presenters etc etc. Why
make a major sports feature on some MENS football
competition?
As I seeit
“Sarky, ironic, pratfall, anti-establishment, journalism floats your boat, or conversely, like me, if you perhaps reflect on it as more a symbolic state of the nation note and feel as though the battle is probably lost and now we might as well smile on the gallows”
Economics rules all, it may take some time but will prevail, I am getting quite firm indications that Somalia’s tourist industry might be struggling, as for finding a 4 star hotel in Pakistan, Trip Advisor can’t help, but have some entertaining reviews, if you are a bioligist with a specialism in microorganisms.
Pakistan: man sentenced to death for blasphemy on Facebook
Taimoor Raza was found guilty of insulting the prophet Muhammad during an argument on social media with a counter-terrorism official
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/11/pakistan-man-sentenced-to-death-for-blasphemy-on-facebook
GreenBlob news
Ecotricity boss Dale Vince steps down”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-60941251
“The founder of green energy firm Ecotricity has announced plans to step down as its CEO to pursue politics.
Dale Vince said he would “pass the baton” to a new owner with the financial means to develop the company.
He said he intended to keep Forest Green Rovers and would continue plans for the EcoPark development.
Mr Vince said it was the right time to step away from “his life’s work” to instead focus on driving policies that would get England to net zero.”
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“Oil protest: Arrests made as Exxon Mobil suspends operations”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-60951403
“Six people have been arrested after a campaign group targeted fuel terminals in a protest against oil.
The arrests were made at three sites in Thurrock, Essex Police said.
Oil company Exxon Mobil has temporarily suspended operations at three other terminals due to a series of co-ordinated “small protests”.
Campaign group Just Stop Oil said it had blocked 10 “critical” sites including in Birmingham, Hemel Hempstead and Hythe in Kent.
Operations from these locations had been halted, Exxon Mobil said.
BBCsoutheast tweeted about XR at Heathrow , but the tweet disappeared before my eyes
and the story now points to the general story
(checking I see there is an action at a depot NEAR Heathrow, rather than at it)
Seems the XR PR is coordinated with The Independent and the BBC
How can I cut my energy bills?
According to Citizen’s Advice there are some simple things you can try.
Check your thermostat: Turning your thermostat down by just one degree can save you about £65 a year. Only lower it to a temperature you feel comfortable at – as a guide, many people find this is between 18-21 degrees.
Keep the heat in: Check your home for any gaps in the doors, windows and floors. Blocking any holes where you could get a draught could save you around £30 a year. If you’re renting, ask your landlord to ensure your home has good insulation.
Turn off anything you’re not using: Turning your appliances off instead of leaving them on stand-by could save about £40 a year. Turning off lights when you’re not using them – even if it’s just off for a few seconds – could save £14 a year. Consider using LED lightbulbs, which cost less to run.
If you’re struggling to afford your energy bills, you might be able to get support from the government or your energy supplier. The first step is to call your supplier and ask them if they offer any grants to help with your energy bills.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60932732
Marky – you forgot re assigning £159 from an anti British Far left broadcasting monster to your gas or electricity company …
My favourite saving method is not boiling too much water and replenishing the kettle straight after use to transfer excess heat to cold water …. But I am a tea ‘ coffee addict …
Burn your TV – save £159 and keep warm.
MM, not leaving a TV on standby, in fact cutting through the mains cable (to sever the mains plug) and putting it in the loft or shed or garage and cancelling your TV Licence is a great way of saving £159 a year. You will need to go online or spend a quid on a stamp to let TV Licensing know that you do not need a Licence any more.
BBC woke Radio 5 Live this Morning. In the run up to the World Cup draw later today. Lots of interviews of Quatar spokespeople. The repeatedly asked question was about LGBT rights in Quatar, very little about football. The interviewers kept banging on obsessively about LGBT rights. The Quataris must have concluded that all Britons are gay or trans, it was excrutiatingly embarrasing.
Migrants building a state-of-the-art stadium for the 2022 football World Cup in Qatar are abused and exploited – while FIFA makes huge profits.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2016/03/qatar-world-cup-of-shame/
BBC’s obnoxious Jeremy Bowen providing advice on how Ukrainian civilians can best attack tanks etc with Molotov cocktails.
4 Mar 2022
https://mobile.twitter.com/BowenBBC/status/1499668674940133378
“Where to throw a Molotov cocktail. Guide for Ukrainian volunteers Kyiv shows weak spots in Russian armour, viewing hatches and air inlets.”
Today: BBC’s Jeremy Bowen is outraged about civilians getting shot, after stopping near a Russian tank on 7th Mar…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60949791
Ukraine war: Gruesome evidence points to war crimes on road outside Kyiv
Switch on bingo : maximumum tickboxes from Radio4 Woman’s Hour
“Ramadan is causing lots of food waste”
presenter Anita Rani “And half of Muslim families are having problems providing food this Ramadan cos of the Cost Of Living Crisis*”
* TM BBC
Oh my Global Warming report
We had a blanket of snow over night, sun came out, but now snow hail is pounding down.
Covid: Nurses’ boss wants life assurance scheme extended for NHS staff
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-60943913
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hrewsbury maternity scandal: NHS trust blamed mothers as hundreds of babies died avoidably, report finds
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/shrewsbury-maternity-scandal-nhs-trust-b2046871.html
New Electric Cars Are Less Reliable Than Petrol or Diesel Models, Survey Suggests. A consumer poll indicated that 31% of electric car owners reported a problem with their vehicle in its first four years.2 Mar 2022
https://www.google.com/search?q=are+electric+cars+reliable&rlz=1C1GCEU_enGB929GB929&oq=are+electric+cars+reliable&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i512l3j0i22i30l6.6060j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Al Beeb interview two talking heads about the economy . Both are remainers but not introduced as such . Brexit gets bashed , naturally.
BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast
BBC Radio 5 Live, Wednesday 3 January 2018
During a phone-in on the programme a contributor, Danielle Tiplady was introduced as a staff nurse. We should have established and made clear on air that she was a political activist.
08/01/2018
https://www.bbc.co.uk/helpandfeedback/corrections_clarifications/corrections_2018/
FREE HOLIDAYS?
Name of donor: Universidad de Guadalajara
Address of donor: Juárez 976 Col. Centro CP44100
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, £900; accommodation for four nights, £298; total value £1,198
Destination of visit: Mexico
Dates of visit: 1-5 December 2021
Purpose of visit: Participation in the Guadalajara International Book Fair.
(Registered 01 March 2022)
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/10133/jeremy_corbyn/islington_north#register
Definitely not paid enough …
Who is Barry Gardiner? Labour MP links to ‘Chinese spy’ Christine Lee, China and £500k donation – explained
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said the British are ‘too obsessed with James Bond 007 movies’ and rejected claims Christine Lee is a spy
An oil company has temporarily stopped operations at four fuel terminals amid a series of co-ordinated protests.
ExxonMobil UK, one of the country’s largest privately-owned underground oil pipeline distribution networks, said it had shut down four of its sites.
Campaign groups Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion said they had blocked 10 “critical” sites including in Birmingham, London and Southampton.
How before someone ‘offs’ one of these people because plod is too busy making tea for the ‘protesters ‘- panic buying beckons ..for those who can afford a couple of pints ..
Marky
C’mon, be honest: If you were that driver, you’d really love to wouldn’t you…………………
… Spin round and reeve away!
Starmer wants Carrie Johnson named if fined for parties
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60952767
bBC give it a rest
Carrie is a man now? Self identified!
Strange that a ‘due process’ lawyer like Starmer wants to subvert the kind of law he supports in order to do damage nut nut .
Maybe he should produce some popular policies if he wants votes …. Or have a shadow cabinet which is not a tick box joke – right Ange..?
UK International Climate Finance (ICF) plays a crucial role in addressing this global challenge. Three government Departments (DFID, BEIS and Defra) have responsibility for investing the UK’s £5.8bn of ICF between 2016 and 2021.
Our ICF delivers in the national interest, delivering all 4 aims of the UK aid strategy:
strengthening global peace, security and governance
strengthening resilience and response to crises
promoting global prosperity
tackling extreme poverty and helping the world’s most vulnerable
If we do not tackle climate change, it will undo the progress made globally to meet the Sustainable Development Goals. We directly support the goals on climate action and affordable and clean energy, as well as indirectly supporting many others.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/international-climate-finance
Happy April 1st.
Energy bills have gone up over 50%, council tax is rising, national insurance has gone up, water bills are up, and even VAT on eating and drinking has gone up from 12.5% to 20%. The next year is going to be a long, hard slog for ordinary people. It’s almost unbelievable, therefore, that the news of MPs getting a £2,212 pay rise today hasn’t been more prominent.
Previous IPSA-foisted pay rises have forced MPs to publicly condemn the move and promise to pay it to charity – this time only a couple have. While Guido’s previous call for MP pay to be linked to the country’s economic performance were rejected by IPSA, it is plainly unacceptable for any MP to try trousering this latest handout in light of current conditions. Guido’s not doing an April fools this year – the taxpayer is already being played for one. order-order.com
So what, they are the worst paid in the Western World, if you take this attitude then why pay them at all? Let the Chinese Saudis Ukrainians and the Russians pay them for the influence they want which is pretty much what is happening anyway.
The next time you complain about Islamisation I will remind you that you are all in favour of it via the Saudi Qatari Kuwati, Abu Dhabi Khazakstani sponsorship of MPs because you are too miserly to pay them the going rate !
Who are IPSA ? How much are they paid ? Who decides ? Let me guess – politicians …..
Then Prime Minister David Cameron publicly criticized the move, saying “I don’t think this was the right decision”, having previously criticized such a move as “simply unacceptable”, given the rest of public sector pay had been capped for the duration of the parliament.[4] Cameron, however, defended MPs accepting the rise, assuring them “the right thing to do is to be paid the rate for the job”. The 10% pay rise was controversial as the rest of the public sector pay had been capped at 1% per year.[5] Some MPs stated that they would not accept the pay rise but instead transfer it to charities.[6] IPSA announced further pay rises of 1.3% and 1.4% to MPs’ salaries in line with average earnings within the public sector as determined by the Office for National Statistics in 2016 and 2017 respectively.[7][8]
In March 2017, IPSA had to apologise to MPs after accidentally publishing information about MPs’ staff and their salaries on the internet.[9]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Parliamentary_Standards_Authority
Friend’s of politicians!
Just checked – one on the board is an ex Lib Dem MP – the other a lawyer ( thus amoral ) and wiki says he got a 2.2 in law at Exeter – maybe I should be on ipsa as I got a 2.1 ____at a better place than Exeter …but I refused to join the masons .
https://www.theipsa.org.uk/who-we-are
Chair
Richard Lloyd
CHAIR
Chief Executive
Ian Todd
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Board Member
Helen Jones
BOARD MEMBER
Board Member
Will Lifford
BOARD MEMBER
Board Member
Sir Robert Owen
BOARD MEMBER
Board Member
Lea Paterson
BOARD MEMBER
…
Helen Jones
I employ my husband, Mike Vobe, as Senior Parliamentary Assistant.
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/regmem/?p=10319
Fee of £75. Hours: 15 mins. Fee paid to my constituency party. (Registered 16 November 2011)
https://www.theipsa.org.uk/who-we-are/karen-walker
Call for proposals for China’s green finance programme
The BEIS ICF has allocated up to £2 million for technical assistance activities in green finance in China through an open, competitive call for proposals.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/china-green-finance-call-for-proposals
The BEIS International Climate Finance Technical Assistance programme aims to support and incentivise China’s transition to a more environmentally sustainable growth model through green finance, and contribute towards the goal of developing a commercially-driven and sustainable global market for green finance.
27/03/2022
BBC News
Online, 26 March 2022
We have amended an article on the BBC News online site in Bristol about endometriosis to make it clearer to the audience how the condition affects women. The article was updated to remove an inaccuracy where we described symptoms as causes. Also, specifically, the word ‘people’ was replaced with the word ‘women’, and we removed the phrase “who are assigned female at birth”.
27/03/2022
Reference CAS-7142101-K6K5V5
BBC racism in action, again
“Oscars: What Will Smith’s slap says about him – and us”
It tells the world you, the BBC are a racist apologist that condones violence if it is undertaken by a black man in front of millions of people on camera.
It tells children watching that violence is acceptable even in the workplace and the bbc will condone it, and seek to excuse it if undertaken by a black man.
You, are racists.
the BBC News Website.
We note and appreciate your concerns in relation to the article “Oscars: What Will Smith’s slap says about him – and us”, by Chelsea Bailey.
I’ve reviewed the relevant article for you. Its purpose was to highlight the recent altercation between Will Smith and Chris Rock at the Oscars and to analyse the incident in context with the impact of violence in contemporary culture.
Early in the piece, Chelsea raised the point that Smith’s bust-up with Rock “could derail” the former’s life, and that Rock’s tactless joke, Smith’s violent reaction, and the fact that the award show continued without consequence sparked furious debate about what it means to “protect women”, and American culture’s apparent comfort with violence, thereby drawing attention to negative consequences of the incident.
Chelsea went on to highlight views of those who found the altercation alarming, such as director Judd Apatow, and also reported that Smith had “tearfully apologised to the Academy” for the altercation. She also included points-of-view from psychologist and minister Rev Dr Jacqui Lewis, who stated that she didn’t want “violence to be the response to violence”, and radio host Lenard McKelvey, who said that he personally didn’t like seeing altercations like Smith and Rock’s “between two black men”, later adding, “that’s still another human on the end of that slap.”
Audiences expect a degree of analysis from our correspondents based on their knowledge in the field, coupled with the ability to contextualise a subject, offer observations which may be in the minds of the public, and present in an appropriate manner.
That said, it is inevitable that not everyone will agree with certain elements of our reporting, and we’re sorry to hear that you were unhappy with the manner in which this piece was presented. We assure you that was never any intention to cause offence, and that we are mindful, at all times, to cover topics with sensitivity.
Please also be assured that we do value your feedback in this area. All complaints are sent to senior management and we’ve included your points in our overnight report.
These reports are among the most widely read sources of feedback in the company and ensure that your concerns have been seen by the right people quickly. This helps inform their decisions about current and future content.
Many thanks, again, for taking the time to get in touch.
Kind regards,
Simon Fallaha
BBC Complaints Team
http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints
Simon Fallaha
Fallaha (Arabic: فلاحه) is found most frequently in Saudi Arabia. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
The word derives from the Arabic word for “ploughman” or “tiller”.
“Audiences expect a degree of analysis from our correspondents based on their knowledge in the field”
Well, there’s a problem right there, you are meant to be a news service.
If I require knowledge in the field I’ll talk to a bloody farmer.
“knowledge in the field” – activists!
I can’t recall the last time a bbc free range, dolphin friendy vegetarian trans friendly journalist interviewed a farmer for his views on halal
Might be on Countyfile back catalogues somewhere.
More likely on Crimewatch missing persons (check the barn and the pig food).
TOADY Watch #2 – the BBC’s other BIG CONCERN
Gender and sexual equality led the News at 6 a.m. I guess. I did not wake until 6.11 a.m. and it was the first item after the 1st April Cost of Living Crisis (pls see my EwanYores Watch later) with no Business Editor, new boy Business Correspondent Economics Editor, Economics Correspondent Dharshini to be seen … er, I mean heard.
If you ask me, the BBC has a bit of crisis all of its own: the Getting Highly Paid People to Turn Up To Work And Do It crisis. You would think on a day like 1st April it would be ‘all hands on deck’ to make sure the BBC do not get spoofed as they famously have in the past. Much was made by the Bee Lady, I think, of the fact that the PM changed his mind twice on legislating against ‘Gay Conversion Therapy’. I guess the Beeboids are hoping that the PM will change his mind on fracking, burning coal and seeking new oil and hence gas reserves in the North Sea.
No, of course not. How silly of me!