557 Responses to Midweek 31 August 2022

  1. Guest Who says:

    Raisin Brane meets a multi millionaire multi house owner, like many colleagues.

    #CCBGB

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Name of donor: Liverpool Football Club and Athletic Grounds Limited
      Address of donor: Anfield Road, Liverpool, Merseyside L4 0TH

      Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two matchday tickets and hospitality, value Ā£700

      https://www.theyworkforyou.com/regmem/?p=25909

      ……………..

      Name of donor: Unite the Union
      Address of donor: 128 Theobalds Road, London WC1X 8TN

      Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Ā£4,716.66 to cover the costs of my annual 2020 newsletter and other correspondence with constituents

      Date received: 12 February 2021

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  2. Up2snuff says:

    TOADY Watch #1 – non-mixed mixed doubles pairing presenting so I guess a certain bias would be front and centre

    Mishal and Amol, or the Editors of the day, decide that a last minute report into the Chinese Government’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims in XinJiang Province should be ‘an item’ on TOADY today. Did the presenting team declare an interest? I did not hear any such declaration. Nevertheless … calls were made for this and that via the programme. Chance of anything really being done: close to O, I guess.

    Questions not asked: What are criminality rates in XinJiang Province? Are they higher in XinJiang Province than in other Chinese mainland Provinces? Have there been any incidents of terrorism in XinJiang Province? I wonder why our non-mixed mixed doubles pairing presenting TOADY did not ask?

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  3. Fedup2 says:

    The rough gas storage facility has been licenced to hold gas again . But the owner – centrica – is being coy about when it is going to start operating ā€¦. I wonder if centrica is looking for an even more expensive gas price to make more money – I would – itā€™s not a charideeā€¦..
    But itā€™s an example of where privatisation went a bit too far – itā€™s a national strategic asset and should be state owned – like water and power ā€¦.

    Plod and the army can be privatised on the condition they donā€™t turn on the British people ā€¦. Which plod appears to be in the process of doing ā€¦

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  4. MarkyMark says:

    This morning Michael Gove laughed off the suggestion heā€™s planning an imminent return to Fleet Street, insisting on the Today Programme heā€™s ā€œdefinitely planning to stay in Parliamentā€ and wonā€™t be stepping down any time soon.
    order-order.com

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  5. Fedup2 says:

    Not a great one for wimmins ( men are b stards )hour – but they had that Brenda hale for ex chair of the chicken Supreme Court on .
    What a shallow lawyer she is . Her interpretation of the US Supreme Court reversing Rowe v Wade suggests to me she didnā€™t study the judgement – I did . All it does is refer the legality of killing babies back to the States of The Union – not decided by the Federal law .
    To me that is more democratic – but the. Brenda hale was nt big on democracy – see brexit ā€¦.

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  6. pugnazious says:

    Nicky Campbell is talking to Keir Starmer…..apparently, Campbell stated as fact, not a question, the Corbyn 2017 manifesto time has come…it is tailored for our time now. [Oh dear…Lefty FT man on to say the Tories just don’t care about the poor]

    Hmmm…well…it all sounded lovely…and ‘populist’…spend, spend, spend…it was essentially Corbyn standing on a street corner handing out wodges of cash to all and sundry. How does the BBC never call Corbyn ‘populist’? Aren’t all politicians ‘populists’? They tailor their manifestos to what they think people will like and vote for…what will be ‘popular’. To the BBC only right-wingers are ‘populist’….a term they use as a dog-whistle labelling, libelling, the ‘populist’ as Far-Right.

    Corbyn’s manifesto would be a permanent presence…day in day out these policies would be implemented whereas what is happening now is a one-off emergency for a situation that will end eventually…do you cut off your arm to deal with a broken bone or do you treat it, put a cast on it and remove it when the arm is fixed. Corbyn would cut the arm off.

    Starmer declared that the Tories were a shambles and totally divided….Campbell said nothing even as Corbyn supporters were ringing in in droves to denounce Starmer and his policies.

    Starmer accused the government of being short-term and only coming up with instant fixes…we need long-term fixes…and then accuses them of not dealing with the cost of living crisis right now. Campbell said nothing…..not even to inform us that the Chancellor had just been to the US to work out an agreement for future energy security and inflation…..

    ‘The UK Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has arrived in the United States for talks on how to tackle the spiralling cost of living.

    During what could be his final week in the job, Mr Zahawi is meeting US banks and officials to seek “international solutions” to soaring costs.

    Labour has criticised the trip, saying he should be focusing on the UK. ‘

    Labour criticises whatever the government does…..too short-term, not looking to the long-term…or too long term and not dealing with the crisis now.

    Starmer doesn’t want a hard-border in NI….‘For reasons we all understand we cannot have a hard-border’.

    Hmmmm….there’s a lot packed into that anodyne little statement as he went on to say that the government had destroyed trust and respect by challenging the Protocol.

    Trust and respect?….the EU, Irish government, and the BBC, used the threat of unleashing the terrorist IRA to blackmail Britain into signing up to the Backstop and a border in the Irish Sea. Starmer’s anodyne little statement is a continuation of that threat…we all understand that if there is a hard border we will unleash the IRA….and that is quite acceptable.

    Apparently the IRA’s terrorism isn’t the problem…a hard-border is. No denouncement of threats of IRA violence to force their will upon a democratic government…but the BBC will express outrage at what it calls the ‘Insurrection’ on Jan 6 where the only person to die was an unarmed woman shot by a policeman….to no outrage from the BLM mouthpiece BBC. IRA terrorism good, Trump supporters bad who can be murdered at will.

    Yet another fine BBC ‘interview’ where the real story is glossed over and the truth suppressed.

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  7. Zephir says:

    I hear Bill Turnbull has shuffled off this mortal coil aged 66

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  8. Thatcherrevolutionary says:

    I’ve come to the conclusion that our Government are actively encouraging and supporting the mass importation of unskilled third world/Eastern Euro young men.
    I’ve heard various theories ranging from them replacing police when our indigenous coppers refuse to baton or attack their own, to a WEF/UN army all in place for when civil disorder kicks off.
    I believe the truth is a combination of the two.

    Our wee town in rural Scotland has had approx 25 very dark skinned Africans deposited here in the last month. A couple seem to have secured employment at a care home, but the other seem to congregate in the town centre outside Costa smoking and drinking coffee, whilst ogling the female populace.

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    • JohnC says:

      I think the phrase is:

      ‘Minimum wage cheap labour who will do the shit jobs English people refuse to do because they get nearly the same in benefits to stay at home.’

      Of course the theory breaks down completely in real life when they bring their culture with them and think crime and violence are perfectly normal ways to get what you want.

      Londonistan : coming soon to a major city near you.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      This is the system that is now disintegrating before our eyes, thanks in no small part to the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act which ā€“ as Boris Johnson is belatedly discovering ā€“ makes this stinking rump of a Parliament impossible to dissolve without its own consent.

      Once again, it is the failure to learn from historical parallels that is so shocking. A very similar act ā€“ that ‘Parliament could only be dissolved with its own consent’ ā€“ was passed in 1641. And it had the same effect.

      Then only Cromwell and his troops could get rid of the Rump Parliament. Now an immediate repeal of the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act is vital for the restoration of parliamentary sanity and good government.

      But that, alas, would be asking turkeys to vote for Christmas.

      The result of all of these errors of commission, omission and downright ignorance is that we have gone back to the Crisis of Parliaments of the 1620s.

      Relations between Government and Parliament have broken down.

      Our enemies ā€“ I mean of course our EU ‘partners’ ā€“ laugh at our divisions and profit from them.

      Above all Parliament is paralysed and, rather than helping to govern the country (its proper task), makes it ungovernable.

      History ā€“ real history and not Macaulay’s myth ā€“ has a simple and terrible lesson: Parliaments that obstruct good government rather than facilitate it do not last very long.

      ‘This’ ā€“ to repeat as history itself is doing ā€“ ‘is the Crisis of Parliaments. We shall know by this if Parliaments live or die.’

      https://www.dailymail.co.uk/columnists/article-7439625/DAVID-STARKEY-says-Parliament-succeeded-thwarting-voters.html

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    • Wild Bill says:

      Replying to Thatcherrev,
      Same here in South Cumbria, black men used to be a rarity, theres a fair amount wandering around now and they appear to have money for Greggs etc.

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  9. theisland says:

    We are still giving the EU nearly Ā£10bn per year as a result of Treezer’s ‘Divorce Bill.’

    https://facts4eu.org/news/2022_sep_eu_greed

    “For the UK still to be paying the EU Ā£10bn per year demonstrates the nature of the EU beast. It also shows the damage inflicted on the country by the anti-democratic actions of the pro-Remain majorities in the Houses of Commons and Lords,” who continue to bleat ad nauseam that this is what we voted for.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Welcome to the Hotel California
      Such a lovely place (such a lovely place)
      Such a lovely face
      Plenty of room at the Hotel California
      Any time of year (any time of year)
      You can find it here

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  10. Thoughtful says:

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11167231/Female-snooker-star-calls-trans-competitors-banned-sport-Jamie-Hunters-win.html

    A trannie has apparantly won a snooker tournament in America and the wimmin or at least one sore loser has turned the hate volume up and said trannies should not be allowed to compete against wimmin in snooker.

    Now I’m not particularly a proponent of the game, but it doesn’t appear to require a particular amount of physical strength, and is more skill based, and what effectively is being said here is that after years of the wimmin claiming to be equal in every way to men, is a blatant admission that wimmin are not as strong as men, but that they are not as skilled nor as intelligent.

    What is going to come next? NO gathering around a game of draughts without certain wimmin demanding the superior male is handicapped to make it fair for her?

    No mixed game of any kind possible between the sexes because the men are clearly better than the women?

    Lets be clear, whatever its promoters say snooker is a game not a sport, just like darts is, and snooker is even less physical than darts. There is a danger of the wimmin protesting too much here.

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    • JohnC says:

      I enjoy these stories because they show just what a complete farce it all is. Same as I enjoy it when maxi posts here because he shows just what complete, shameless hypocrites the BBC are by employing their own internet trolls.

      The simple fact is that if women were actually equal to men, they would not need special rules to force it.

      Nature evolved women to take care for the family while males went out to hunt the food + protected them against other males.

      You can’t declared thousands of years of evolution as invalid just because you don’t like it.

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      • maxincony says:

        JohnC,

        ā€œSame as I enjoy it when maxi posts hereā€¦ā€

        Nice of you to say so, John.

        Must say, I do enjoy living in your head rent-free; not much to look at from the outside but so spacious!

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        • JohnC says:

          As usual maxi, you missed the point completely.

          You seem to have a very high opinion of your own intelligence – I wonder how you reconcile that with being nothing more than a bottom-feeder forum troll – generally regarded as the dregs of the internet.

          I think in much broader terms than one insignificant lefty activist.

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    • MarkyMark says:

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    • Wild Bill says:

      Thoughtful, from DM comments,
      Men are taller, have a greater hand span, no boobs, exposure to snooker when younger, greater upper and lower body strength. Men have stronger bones than women. When men gain strength and size, their bodies often develop more fast-twitch muscle fibers than slow-twitch muscle fibers. Fast-twitch muscle fibers are used for sports that require speed, timing and hand-to-eye coordination. Anyone who has played snooker would realize that playing a deep screw shot (for example) requires all of this, and women find it more difficult to play these shots on a snooker table. Its the same with darts. The top men players use fast-twitch to flick the wrist and send the darts on a flatter trajectory than any top woman player would be able to do consistently. Men have better spatial rotation skills than women. Studies show that men are better at both small and large scale spatial tasks.

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  11. pugnazious says:

    Apparently Boris was a liability to the Tories….Campbell ‘I wonder…’

    LOL…it was the BBC that made Boris into a ‘liability’.

    Boris was relentlessly attacked and besmearched by the BBC….it ran a virulent campaign to destroy people’s trust in him, his reputation and character.

    Gutless Tories, backstabbing Remainers and cynical anti-Boris MPs took the opportunity to get rid of him…..using the Media’s portrayal of him as justification. A man with an 80 seat majority was deposed by a deluded, despicable, deplorable bunch of idiots who must now regret their great insurrection fomented and conspired by an unprincipled and unscrupulous media.

    The BBC now hypocritically, having caused it, is criticising the government for division and lack of action in dealing with the cost of living crisis…whilst not admitting that the cost of living crisis is something it has worked for….its undiluted support for the extremist, if not terrorist, Extinction Rebellion which demands the end of fossil fuels right now, immediately, which would in fact be worse than what is happening now, shows just how dangerous the BBC is…its naive, simplistic solutions to climate change are deranged, dangerous and deluded….the BBC is spreading extreme alarmism and fear without any idea of what the end result will be….but we are being given a glimpse right now of what that future as demanded by the BBC could be like…..just a lot worse. The BBC of course makes no connection between what Extinction Rebellion demands and what life is like now…with its ‘warm banks’, rationing and industry shutting down en masse and unemployment sweeping the country…..that only mass planting of magic money trees, ie eye-watering borrowing, will solve….a one-off will be bad enough but the greens and climate fanatics want this as a permanent way of lving.

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    • Thoughtful says:

      Gutless Tories otherwise known as ‘Tories’ ! All of them are cowardly and gutless and they have been for a hundred years !

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      • Fedup2 says:

        Not sure Iā€™d call Margaret thatcher gutless – but give all MPs a payrise anyway – right thoughtful ā€¦. ?

        And itā€™s possible thar we might get a Conservative government next week – or maybe not ā€¦

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        • Thoughtful says:

          I was under the impression the blessed Margaret was deceased and now rolling in her grave ?

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          • Fedup2 says:

            You described them All as gutless – dead or not ā€¦ and wonā€™t mention Churchill ā€¦

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    • G says:

      Pug,

      In other words, “Marxism”. That philosophy has been relentlessly practiced since the likes of, ‘That Was the Week that Was’ first came on air.

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    • Doublethinker says:

      In my view If I give Boris marks out of ten on the key issues he did badly. I resent the way the Blob got rid of him and I am certain that party gate was a set up. But Boris was not a good PM but then we ave had six bad ones in a row before him.

      My score sheet

      Brexit. Initially 8 out 10 , given the fact we were hogtied by Remainers, but lack of using the freedom it gave to us has after three years reduced this to 6.

      Immigration 0 out of 10 . Absolutely hopeless. Made things worse than ever.

      BBC 1 out of 10 . Had the opportunity to decriminalise non payment of the LF but darenā€™t do it.

      Net Zero . 0 out of 10. Never told us that he intended to wreck our lives on the spurious alter of greenism.

      Some of the above mess might have been forced on him by the civil service blob but if so he ought to have made it clear to the public that the officials were anti democrats and gone to the country on a ā€˜who rules , democracy or unelected bureaucratsā€™ election.

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  12. Zephir says:

    Bloody stupid charity adverts, now it’s adopt a dolphin, have they seen the size of my bath ?

    Considering the barking dog down the road, I have gone for the adopt a snow leopard, that’ll give it something to yap about.

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  13. StewGreen says:

    British Science Festival event
    “Making of the Modern Dad”
    Two female speakers, plus a man from Switzerland.
    https://britishsciencefestival.org/event/making-of-the-modern-dad/

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Join Anna Machin (University of Oxford), Kate Ellis-Davies (Swansea University) and Pascal Vrticka (University of Essex) as they explore the changing role of fathers from an evolutionary anthropologist’s, social psychologist’s and social neuroscientist’s perspective.

      ….

      ā€œAsylum seeker who raped a young woman on a night out to celebrate her 18th birthday after pretending to help her is jailed for 14 years

      Mohamed Amin, 39, preyed on the 18-year-old after seeing her drunkenly leave a Cardiff nightclub ā€

      Mohamed ā€¦ Muhamed ā€¦. Muhammed .. so good his name is becoming more popular by the hour in maternity wards around the world ā€¦

      Muhammad replaced William in the top 10 boysā€™ names for England and Wales in 2016, compared with 2015.

      https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/bulletins/babynamesenglandandwales/2016

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    • StewGreen says:

      My point was the photo ..they defaulted to BAME not white.

      Another lecture
      “There are currently just under 600,000 children in the UK who are either homeless or at risk of homelessness”

      That sounds like a Micky Mouse number
      You get that when they make the metric very broad. eg counting people who live in a house/flat as homeless
      I’m guessing UK has about 10m under 16s , some will live in Grandma’s house, some on a friends sofa, some in refugee hotels and very few will actually be living in tents or on the streets.

      with the “the CHAMPIONS project art exhibition.
      Fusing storytelling and street art, it shares lived experiences and childrenā€™s artistic interpretations of what makes a home a safe and healthy”

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      • MarkyMark says:

        The Home Office has lost track of more than 600,000 foreigners who should have left the UK, according to a report that lays bare Britain’s ā€œshambolicā€ border checks.29 Mar 2018

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      • MarkyMark says:

        “at risk of homelessness” – surely that is everyone?

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      • MarkyMark says:

        Anti-natalists: The people who want you to stop having babies
        By Jonathan Griffin
        BBC Trending

        Published
        13 August 2019

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      • maxincony says:

        StewGreen,

        ā€œMy point was the photo ..they defaulted to BAME not white.ā€

        Thankfully the people giving the lecture are not in possession of a skin colour and so can be referred to as ā€˜peopleā€™.

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    • StewGreen says:

      11am Tuesday 13th minoritised people in the legal system (official title : How Do We Belong)
      Vijay Patel Building, Lecture Theatre 4.05, De Montfort Uni

      Note the building name

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  14. digg says:

    There are obviously some pretty powerful Muslims embedded in the left wing press. The Guardian denotes about ten articles to Shamima Begum and why she should return to the UK this morning.

    This is a plot and gradually by inserting obviously fake information such as the Canadian secret service connection they are setting up the scenario to have her return.

    This is not news reporting it’s activism on behalf of the Muslims.

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    • Rob in Cheshire says:

      I am sure she will be coming back. Sorry to say that, but she was born in Britain, She was not born in Bangladesh, and has never been there. She does not hold Bangladeshi citizenship, and the Bangladeshi government, quite reasonably, have said she will never be granted it.

      The Home Secretary at the time, Sajid Javed, a man who has cocked up every job he has ever had in government, erred in law by removing her British nationality when she had no other nationality. He was grandstanding. I am sure she will win her case, and be brought back to Britain. We can only hope that the full force of the law will then be brought to bear on her. Only joking.

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      • moggie63 says:

        She’ll definitely suffer back here. They will probably only give her a 3 bedroom house, instead of 4, and only Ā£125k in benefits. She will rue the day.

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      • G.W.F. says:

        Begum went out with thousands of others, helped by allies such as Canada to bring down the Syrian Government. Time for her and other heroes of our deep state to return with suitable rewards.

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  15. G says:

    Putin to the World/World Economic Forum. A mere year ago, article dated 28th January 2021.

    If you can believe anything that comes out the mouth of Putin, it may be interesting if only for its contradictions.

    https://www.russia-briefing.com/news/russian-president-putin-s-speech-at-the-world-economic-forum-complete-english-translation.html/

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “Vladimir Putin: You know there are things of an absolutely fundamental nature such as our common culture. Major European political figures have talked in the recent past about the need to expand relations between Europe and Russia, saying that Russia is part of Europe. Geographically and, most importantly, culturally, we are one civilization. French leaders have spoken of the need to create a single space from Lisbon to the Urals. I believe, and I mentioned this, why the Urals? To Vladivostok.

      I personally heard the outstanding European politician, former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, say that if we want European culture to survive and remain a center of world civilization in the future, keeping in mind the challenges and trends underlying the world civilization, then of course, Western Europe and Russia must be together. It is hard to disagree with that. We hold exactly the same point of view.”
      https://www.russia-briefing.com/news/russian-president-putin-s-speech-at-the-world-economic-forum-complete-english-translation.html/

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  16. StewGreen says:

    R4 12pm YouAndYours meets the entrepreneur show
    Woman who sells Afro Hair Products “Afrocenchix”
    “My heritage is Ghanaian Dutch”
    Rachael Twumasi-Corson

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  17. StewGreen says:

    Local presenter is bragging that he plugged the Paul Heaton gig
    and now callers say they have bough Ā£66 worth of tickets

    …BBC DOES do adverts.

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    • Guest Who says:

      Only for approved clientele.

      Wait until the next Climate in Need for activists like Lisa struggling to afford London townhouses.

      ***
      Ā£3.50 to train climate activists

      I’m writing to you today because we are behind on our fundraising goal for the Global Trainings Week. But before I ask you to donate, I want to tell you about my own experience with 350 trainings and how I ended up working here. Let me explain:

      I used to work for organisations focused on many different causes and was nervous to commit myself entirely to the climate crisis because it felt too big and scary. I didn’t think I’d see the results in my lifetime. But I had a complete change of heart after I attended the Global Just Recovery Gathering which featured many different trainings provided by 350 and partners.

      After participating in amazing sessions on intersectionality, organising strategy and storytelling I felt so inspired and empowered that I ended up with a burning desire to devote myself to the fight for climate justice.

      So when I saw a position at 350 that felt like a perfect match for me, I literally jumped at the opportunity to be part of this movement full time.

      The Global Trainings Week is all about inspiring and empowering even more people by providing support, coaching and guidance to climate activists. So if you’ve been waiting for the right moment to make your first contribution, this would be the perfect time:

      Can you make your first Ā£3.50 contribution to support the Global Trainings Week? Your donation will help train young people around the globe to grow into their voice as climate activists.

      I’ve always identified as an environmentalist, but I became a climate activist when I realised that the change we need is not going to happen unless all of us get involved in whatever way we can.

      I’m amazed at what our relatively small team of staff across the world can achieve. And I think one of the things 350 does best is support the entire climate movement with knowledge and wisdom through these great interactive training sessions that we are well-placed to provide.

      Your support today will help supercharge the whole climate movement by empowering the next generation of activists to stand up and fight back. Can I count on you today, Rube?

      Please make a contribution today so we can grow our climate movement and train activists all over the world.

      Thank you for chipping in today. It means so much to all the activists here in Europe and around the globe.

      With excitement and gratitude,

      Lisa for the 350.org team

      ***
      Well, excited Lisa, forking over money so you can learn to glue yourself to something for BBC Eco editor cameras is a low priority currently.

      So jog on.

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      • MarkyMark says:

        STOP FOSSIL FUELS.
        BUILD 100% RENEWABLES.
        We are standing up to the fossil fuel industry to stop all new coal, oil and gas projects and build a clean energy future for all.

        https://350.org/

        Keep carbon in the ground.
        Help build a new, more equitable low-carbon economy.
        Pressure governments into limiting emissions.

        Itā€™s warming.
        Itā€™s us.
        Weā€™re sure.
        Itā€™s bad.
        We can fix it.

        https://350.org/science/

        ………………..

        An overwhelming 97% of scientists agree that climate change is being caused by human greenhouse gas emissions. There is no meaningful debate about the basic science of climate change.

        ………………………..

        The worldā€™s longest burning fires: Chinaā€™s unseen story
        Coal extraction remains a higher priority than putting out China’s huge underground coal fires
        https://chinadialogue.net/en/energy/6296-the-world-s-longest-burning-fires-china-s-unseen-story/

        …….

        When the Three Gorges Dam was built, 39 trillion kilograms of water from the Yangtze River built up behind it to 175 meters above sea level. This altered the Earth’s moment of inertia changed ever so slightly, causing the rotation to move more slowly.27 Mar 2014

        ….

        Every day, around three million litres of sewage is emptied into the Ganges ā€“ and only about half of that has undergone any kind of treatment. The river’s waters are so dirty that it’s considered one of the most polluted waterways in the world.20 Jan 2022

        https://350.org/science/

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  18. Tabs says:

    The BBC News website has a Have Your Say on

    Ovo Energy boss proposes plan to stave off household bill crisis
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62742303

    Usual top comments are calling for socialism. I see the BBC have quoted the private consultancy company ‘Cornwall Insights’ yet again as the Oracle of future prices.

    I posted a comment about the BBC keep giving them free advertising and that a bit of transparency would be nice. My comments usually get removed before going live anyway but now I’m banned from viewing the comments. If I log out I can click on the comments button but if I logged back in I cannot view comments.

    This is a disturbing new low in the BBC dictating not only what people can say on the Have Your Say but now dictating what I can read.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      x1080

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    • Flotsam says:

      You’ve experienced the near future. The internet allowed a degree of freedom of speech for a while but between the big players and a deluded population, questioning MMGW, net zero, BLM, LGB etc is not allowed. I posted yesterday about our little local site and the boating forum stopping any discussion.
      I am surprised this site/blog is still online.

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      • Fedup2 says:

        Flotsam – I agree – every day this site is still up is a plus – but I think itā€™s only a matter of time ā€¦

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      • MarkyMark says:

        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

        Protest in Pakistan against social media
        Blasphemy is a sensitive charge in conservative Muslim Pakistan, where even unproven allegations can trigger mob lynchings and violence. Photograph: Faisal Mahmood/REUTERS
        Sune Engel Rasmussen in Kabul and Waqar Gillani in Islamabad
        Sun 11 Jun 2017 11.22 BST

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      • Zephir says:

        I am still fascinated by the boat forum, do they have an “abandon ship” button instead of “log out” ?

        Do all comments have to be “above board” ?

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    • andyjsnape says:

      Hello Tabs

      My comments are often delayed, think they have me on a watchlist

      Based on your experience, and what the likes of the bbc allow – you sometimes feel the majority who comment agree with the bbc point of view, but I think a lot of people have just given up on commenting

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      • Wild Bill says:

        Andy, I was blocked from commenting on Guardian opinions months ago, just because they didnt like my comments.
        I have now noticed even the DM seems to be blocking me, something is going on.
        This blog will be shut down soon probably.

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  19. G says:

    The National Debt:

    “In November 2021, the UK National debt amounted to Ā£2.59 trillion and was increasing at over Ā£5,000 per second.”

    Take a look at the synopsis here:

    https://www.politics.co.uk/reference/national-debt/

    And, in all honesty, ask yourself whether the Government will actually be stepping in to protect the public from outrageous energy bills and bailing them out again without ‘Doing a Turkey’ and demanding the public hand over gold, savings and property?

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  20. MarkyMark says:

    “It is a moral crime to give money to support your own destroyers.”
    …..
    2022 In one of his last speeches as PM, Boris has just confirmed the government will cough up Ā£700 million for the planned Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk. Confirming the sum trailed in the Sun last night, Boris insisted he was ā€œabsolutely confident it will get over the lineā€ with the new investment:

    ā€œNo more national myopia, no more short-termism, letā€™s think about the future, letā€™s think about our kids and our grandchildren, about the next generation. I say to you with the prophetic candour and clarity with one who is about to hand over the torch of office, I say: Go nuclear, go large and go with Sizewell C.ā€

    He also took one last swipe at Blair and Brown for inaction on energy security: ā€œGee thanks, Tony. Thanks, Gordonā€. He also attacked those ā€œwho think hydrocarbons are the only answerā€ ā€“ something that could be interpreted as a side swipe at his pro-fracking potential successors. Go nuclear, go largeā€¦

    order-order.com

    ……………………

    2016 … HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday she wanted her security advisers to help review a delayed nuclear power investment from China – a source of diplomatic tension – as she arrived for a G20 summit.
    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-g20-china-britain-nuclear-idUSKCN11A0GN
    ………………..

    CONSERVATIVE?

    …………….

    2017 Former British Prime Minister David Cameron to spearhead $1 billion China infrastructure fund
    https://www.businessinsider.com/david-cameron-to-help-lead-china-infrastructure-fund-2017-12?r=US&IR=T

    …………..

    “It is a moral crime to give money to support your own destroyers.”

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  21. Terminal Moraine says:

    Missile Watch: BBC article a couple of days ago on the retaking of Kherson (left) used the same image from another report at the end of July. Is it related to the projectile that carefully dropped itself through a Ukrainian kitchen ceiling earlier in the year? We deserve to know.

    Something about the jaunty angle of impact and the fact it seems to be the tidiest explosive weapon I’ve seen makes me suspicious.

    WLNKfdC.jpg

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    • Guest Who says:

      The collection of UX Ordnance as illustrated by The BBC will form a truly awesome museum one day.

      Plus of course the chimney stack.

         2 likes

    • Tabs says:

      The bathroom photo is interesting. Ceiling plasterboard cannot stop the missile but a 15mm chipboard cabinet shelf can!

         3 likes

      • Zephir says:

        Even basic Tom and Jerry will inform one that the hole has to be roughly the shape and size of what can throught it

        Unless it is just an industrial strength nasal hair removal tool for big nosed, very hairy people.

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  22. Terminal Moraine says:

    A drowning in Northern Ireland of two teenagers that was high on the BBC news pages this week. A tragic accident but compare / contrast this article with the level of emoting the 87yr-old in the wheelchair who raised money for charity and got stabbed to death received.

    “They were both such good boys, there was not a fault about them. They were always so well mannered, so respectful, and always put others before them, they were so selfless.”

    “People from the city’s Indian Keralan community gathered in the Waterside area of Derry today to remember them.”

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-62731336?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

       5 likes

  23. Zephir says:

    Someone mentioned a certain Eagle song above, in line with my theory that there is very little new in the world, what does the following 1969 effort remind you of ?

    A certain hotel in 1976 ?

       8 likes

  24. Guest Who says:

    Phew.

    Though Ed might need another patsy excuse for what gets non Labour pols quietly forgiven as others are hounded out jailed.

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  25. Fedup2 says:

    What is it about politicians ? Nut nut criticises Blair for failing to build nuclear power stations – but if putin hadnā€™t turned the taps off would anyone be thinking about Uk energy independence ?

    No

    There is no long term planning for the basic capability of the UK to function – instead there are hair brain schemes like HS2 ā€¦
    For the record HS2 does not affect me personally but in terms of priority – itā€™s down the list a long way ā€¦.so much rail outside londonistan needs basic help first ā€¦

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  26. Philip_2 says:

    Many people think Climate Change is all about the global climate (according to the BBC) but its a total side show. The big tent is The Great Reset That involves fake pandemics, fake vaccines, food shortages and worse.
    The last push for global Marxism across Western Nations. Not China, Not Russia, but the EU is there, no matter what, this is happening now.

    At the World Economic Forum meeting last November, Klaus Schwab, the founder, and chairman of the WEF, Henry Kissinger, heads of state, and other billionaire power brokers determined that by 2030, the little people ā€œwill own nothing and be happy.ā€ Todayā€™s guest explains that these ideologies…

    Food shortages are being planned next. The UK, is daft enough (under Boris) but insert Cameron, Clegg, Starmer or Liz Truss and the same focus is compliance by 2030. Compliance leading directly to food shortages.
    i.e. ban on Nitrogen Fertilzers and CO2 taxes on ALL agriculture (Not just Holland and Canada, this is the net-zero Agenda at work.

    https://equity.guru/2022/07/29/canadian-fertilizer-ban-explained-are-farmer-protests-coming/

    And all the while, China and Russia benefit. You have to ask, WHY and the video above explains a lot. Why BBC promotes a GREEN agenda. When, its global communism at work linked to the WEF.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Trofim Denisovich Lysenko (Russian: Š¢Ń€Š¾Ń„ŠøŠ¼ Š”ŠµŠ½ŠøсŠ¾Š²Šøч Š›Ń‹ŃŠµŠ½ŠŗŠ¾, IPA: [trɐĖˆfŹ²im dŹ²ÉŖĖˆnŹ²isəvŹ²ÉŖtɕ lÉØĖˆsɛnkə]; Ukrainian: Š¢Ń€Š¾Ń…ŠøŠ¼ Š”ŠµŠ½ŠøсŠ¾Š²Šøч Š›ŠøсŠµŠ½ŠŗŠ¾, romanized: Trokhym Denysovych Lysenko, IPA: [troĖˆxÉŖm deĖˆnÉŖsowÉŖtŹƒ lÉŖĖˆsɛnko]; 29 September [O.S. 17 September] 1898 ā€“ 20 November 1976) was a Soviet agronomist and biologist. He was a strong proponent of Lamarckism, and he rejected Mendelian genetics in favour of his own idiosyncratic, pseudoscientific ideas later termed Lysenkoism.[1][2]

      In 1940, Lysenko became director of the Institute of Genetics within the USSR’s Academy of Sciences, and he used his political influence and power to suppress dissenting opinions and discredit, marginalize, and imprison his critics, elevating his anti-Mendelian theories to state-sanctioned doctrine.[3]

      Soviet scientists who refused to renounce genetics were dismissed from their posts and left destitute. Hundreds if not thousands of others were imprisoned.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trofim_Lysenko

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    • Thoughtful says:

      He got it all wrong as usual, he’s not hild in any high regard generally and as he says he didnt even know anything about the WEF or who Klaus Schwab is.

      I’d like you to consider this though Suppose for a moment Schwab is not actively conspiring to bring about anything but merely predicting what is about to happen, and if that is the case then he is pretty much on the money.

      Thanks to the idiocy of Obama / Biden pissing off the Saudis because of their refusal to be as woke as they are, the Saudis have moved to the protection of Russia not America.

      Post war the Bretton Woods agreement was that Saudi would sell their oil in USD in exchange for US protection. It appears that agreement is now over.

      Saudi says it is ‘considering’ (read that as decided) to sell oil in Chinese Yuan as China is its main customer, and have also joined the BRICs nations.

      This would mean the end of the USD being the world reserve currency and if that happens the USA will collapse under the weight of debt it can never possibly repay amid hyper inflation.

      The whole of the West will suffer the same fate in this scenario it will indeed be a Great Reset, and you will indeed own nothing in real terms although I can’t see people being happy about it.

         14 likes

    • maxincony says:

      Philip_2,

      ā€œThe last push for global Marxism across Western Nationsā€¦ global communism at work linked to the WEFā€

      Yeah, right. Because what the tax-avoiding mega corporations and global banking industries (who support the WEF) really want, is less Capitalism and more Marxism.

      So obvious when you think about itā€¦

         2 likes

  27. andyjsnape says:

    The public relations and ad firms refusing fossil fuel clients
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62303026

    Fits the bbc agenda

       5 likes

    • StewGreen says:

      FF companies like Shell/BP are also big investors in solar and other mickey mouse energy schemes

         4 likes

  28. MarkyMark says:

    PR – is not good for the environment?!

    Then in 2019, Ms Ventura’s feelings started to shift when she decided to certify her business as a so-called “B Corp” organisation. This is a global certification scheme whereby firms aim to meet the best possible social and environmental standards.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62303026

    She says that more and more firms in her industry will have to follow suit – if they wish to attract the best staff.

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  29. MarkyMark says:

    Victimhood pays dividends ….

    An official inquiry will find that the mayor of London wrongly ousted Cressida Dick as commissioner of the Metropolitan police, the Guardian has learned.

    The findings come from a special commission conducted by Sir Tom Winsor, the former chief inspector of constabulary, after Dickā€™s decision to resign in February.

    A draft of the government-ordered report finds that Sadiq Khan did not follow due process and that Dick was unfairly treated, branding the mayorā€™s actions and decision-making as ā€œirrationalā€ and ā€œunreasonableā€.

    A furious Khan is consulting lawyers, and believes the report to be biased and factually flawed. The report also says the mayorā€™s treatment of Dick was ā€œoppressiveā€, and that she was placed under unfair pressure.

    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/aug/26/sadiq-khan-wrongly-ousted-cressida-dick-as-met-police-chief-draft-report

       6 likes

  30. Guest Who says:

    BBC getting vague on stuff again.

       6 likes

    • MarkyMark says:

      The plan is widely opposed by asylum experts, including the United Nations’ refugee agency.

      ……………….

      Germany to pay for migrants to go home
      Migrants will receive training, employment and social benefits, minister says.
      https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-to-pay-for-migrants-to-go-home-gerd-muller/

      …………..

      The Danish plans involve an initial screening of asylum seekers for vulnerability, before they are transferred to a third country, which could be Rwanda. Their asylum cases will be processed there. If they are recognized as refugees, they will be settled there.7 Jun 2022

      ….

      BBC … The plan is widely opposed by asylum experts

         9 likes

      • Zephir says:

        Whats bloody asylum got to do with anthing regarding these liars ?

        Do they not fancy their chances with 12 year old Rwandan girls ?

           4 likes

    • Northern Voter says:

      Witch doctors!

         5 likes

    • tomo says:

      Bollocks

      “A medical charity”

      While conditions in detention should be humane – the service portrayed in the annual reports looks streets better than some NHS GP practices provide…

      – and no mention of malingerers or peeps playing the system.

         8 likes

    • StewGreen says:

      “Doctors say”, “Scientists say” is OPINION
      not FACT

         6 likes

      • tomo says:

        I doubt it’s even actual MDs

        Just a cubicle chimp trying to add “gravitas” credentials…

           2 likes

  31. Thoughtful says:

    I would urge people to watch this despite how long it is. What the politicians and their bankers are up to regarding the currency and what you can do to protect you and your family.

       5 likes

    • Fedup2 says:

      Thoughtful – 53 minutes – the suggested solution – buy gold – came in at 48 minutes .

      I wonder when the film was done -? I notice it has 3 million views so Iā€™m guessing before Ukraine ā€¦.

      Irony is – next week the new PM is going to order massive currency creation to pay for energy subsidies ā€¦.

         4 likes

  32. micknotmike says:

    Well the bbc have issued a uselessly blurred cctv clip, showing the suspected shooter in the liverpool case. He is described by Detective Chief Superintendent …. …. as “Slim, 5ft 7in, dressed in black”. He goes on to point out that anyone shielding the suspect is guilty by association and will also be duly sentenced. Fair enough.
    I would like to know what ethnic group this suspect belongs to. It’s important because it’s number one on the features I’d use for identifying him. The DCS doesn’t mention this. I’m no expert on the law, but if he and his fellow twerkers know what colour the suspect is and aren’t letting on for upsetting “They who must not be mentioned” then there’s a case for withholding information, I reckon. Maybe, of course, he has passed on this snippet, and the bbc have decided not to let it go further. Either way, it stinks.

       14 likes

    • MarkyMark says:

      EErXZ1bWkAIy7sS.jpg

         5 likes

    • StewGreen says:

      Using that video is like saying the police are not trying to find the bloke.
      Twitter points out a logical person would have used a still, instead of a useless blurred video.

      It also signals to the gang, “we don’t have any proper CCTV”

         7 likes

    • tomo says:

      With all the video enhancement software that’s out there – one wonders at the utterly shite CCTV footage we’re shown when trying to ID perps…

         8 likes

  33. Kaiser says:

       4 likes

    • MarkyMark says:

      Jonas Ohman is founder and CEO of Blue-Yellow, a Lithuania-based organization that has been meeting with and supplying frontline units with non-lethal military aid in Ukraine since the start of the conflict with Russia-backed separatists in 2014. Back in April, he estimated that just “30-40%” of the supplies coming across the border reached its final destination. But he says the situation has significantly improved since then and a much larger quantity now gets where it’s supposed to go.

      https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine-military-aid-weapons-front-lines/

         1 likes

    • maxincony says:

      Also from Paul Joseph Watson,

      ā€œI care about white people and not sand nigger Paki Jew faggot coonsā€

         2 likes

  34. pugnazious says:

    Wato producing a fine fest of indigestible junkfood for thought today.

    I think we can see the BBC narrative on Boris from now on….his legacy is junk….and that’s the message we were served up today at lunchtime.

    One of the BBC’s very own was given the task of dissecting Boris’ legacy and of course the conclusions weren’t in his favour as you might expect from an organisation that hates everything Boris stands for…what we got was a breathlessly tawdry listing of Boris’ supposed failures and all compounded by his wicked side-kick Nadine Dorries who also came in for a kicking, no coincidence she is culture secretary and has critical thoughts about the BBC….a very slanted attack on her meant to discredit her and anything she does…all part of the BBC’s campaign to silence its critics and make them seem scheming, untrustworthy and insincere…motivated by sinister dark forces to do down the brilliant BBC.

    Is it really acceptable that the BBC uses its enormous resources and influence to attack its critics in this way?…

    How many programmes, like Dimbleby’s on Tuesday, can the BBC wheel out that are clearly intended purely as pro-BBC propaganda? How may times will we also hear the same but slipped into other programming under other guises…such as Wato did today where all we heard was a BBC voice with no other contributions from fans or haters?

    Still…could be worse…there’s Mariella Frostrup on Times Radio who did a fine impression of a stuffed horse as she soaked up, and nodded along in total agreement to, complete rubbish about renewable energy and the evils of nuclear power. Although it was Times Radio it is pretty much the same attitude the BBC has….just one narrative…the science is settled….and how we deal with things is settled as well…nuclear is bad…and that’s of course a huge problem when all the media is onboard with the lies…surely if anything the BBC is there to buck the orthodoxy and question it hard….but instead it too is fully and absolutely onboard with the climate change con.

    We had Dr Paul Dorfman on from the Nuclear Consulting Group which you might think was an official but neutral body that might advice government but is actually a self-selecting group of like-minded souls who seem more opposed to nuclear than for it…..this indicating the likely direction of travel and advice…

    ‘Greenpeace Environmental Trust supports Nuclear Consulting Group’

    But from the name you might conclude otherwise and so when Frostrup wheels in its Chair you would assume you’d get a rational discussion…but you’d be wrong.

    Nuclear power, we hear, is wrong…we don’t need it and it will not save us. If the wind doesn’t blow and the sun doesn’t shine it’s no good hoping to get power from nuclear because…erm…well…I don’t know…you just won’t…it won’t be there to provide any energy. So there! Not only that but it’s more expensive and far too long term a solution as the top of the NCG’s website makes out….

    ‘Windpower is three times cheaper than nuclear’

    Guessing they’re no fans of nuclear even if it actually does provide energy when the wind dosn’t blow and the sun doesn’t shine….don’t listen to the NCG.

    Is there anybody out there in the MSM asking questions? What do we pay the licence fee for if not that?

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  35. MarkyMark says:

    A new United Nations report says China has carried out serious human rights abuses in its western region of Xinjiang, using arbitrary detention, forced labour and forced sterilisation against the mostly Muslim Uyghur people. China denies the claims, and has urged the UN not to release the report – with Beijing calling it a “farce” arranged by Western powers. We explain who the Uyghur people are and we hear a conversation amongst Uyghurs.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w172yg1q0skbb8t

    …………….

    Barry Gardiner defends donations worth Ā£500,000 from Chinese agent
    The Labour MP said Christine Lee appeared to be ā€˜operating as a legitimate person in the UKā€™.
    Amy Gibbons
    Thursday 13 January 2022 20:23

       2 likes

  36. StewGreen says:

    ITV local NewsPR
    Now item which is PR for open water swimmers, but halfway they went on to other people who urged caution.

    The item never mentioned that all the rivers are supposed to be full of sewage .. according to lefty activists.

       9 likes

    • MarkyMark says:

      Pakistan is today the world’s fourth most polluted country. Air pollution shortens the average Pakistani’s life expectancy by 4.3 years, relative to what it would have been if the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline was met.

         4 likes

    • digg says:

      The Lefty media which is headed up by the BBC only ever attack when there is a link to anything government or big business.

      Hence all our seas are thick with humans turds thanks to fat cat private water companies etc.

      I live on the coast in Hampshire and I have never, ever seen anything sewage-like in the seas around here.

      Itā€™s just lies and slagging for political purposes.

      The BBC are incapable of joining the dots. i.e, the BBC produce NOTHING whatsoever to contribute to society in any way but at the same time act like they bloody own it all.

         11 likes

  37. digg says:

    The Guardian running with a tacit support article of some ā€œuniversityā€ researchers in Cambridge who are trying to prove that Cannabis users are just normal folkā€¦.

    https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/sep/01/cannabis-researchers-say-its-high-time-to-drop-lazy-stoner-stereotype

    I have two personal experiences with association with regular cannabis users.

    First a lady partner who was a regular cannabis user from a young age. She suffered ridiculous paranoia episodes when her temper would create havoc. I terminated the relationship when she hit me when I was asleep using a baseball club which resulted in several broken ribs.

    Secondly I moved into a terraced house where the neighbours were heavy cannabis users. It was a family of around six adults all of whom had cannabis sessions in their garden numerous times a day. Neither the father or the mother worked and none of their four children, all cannabis users did anything outside the home including working. So thatā€™s six adults supported by society including no doubt rent and all expenses who had been rendered into zombies by cannabis.

    I have no idea why these so-called professor scientists want to whitewash cannabis use, in my opinion from first hand experience I know full well it is an evil and insidious practice. Not to mention the mayhem caused by cannabis dealing gangs of which there are at least two in our road, regularly raided by the police.

    I can only assume there are a number of ā€œrecreational usersā€ on the Guardian staff and within the ā€œuniā€ folk to make this story into an advert for legal cannabis use in society for their own purposes.

       20 likes

  38. Philip_2 says:

    BBC loophole leaves Chris Packham free to praise hunt saboteurs
    Countryside Alliance launches petition to stop what they call the ā€˜gaslightingā€™ of viewers by letting the presenter dodge impartiality rules

    (from DT today)
    ” Chris Packham is free to praise hunt saboteurs because he isnā€™t a full time BBC employee.

    The wildlife presenter and conservationist tweeted approval for anti-hunting activists who last month disrupted a grouse shooting excursion attended by Ian Botham, the former England cricketer.

    …The BBC has strict rules around impartiality for those working in news and current affairs, but it is understood that Mr Packham, who is contracted to work on science and natural history projects and does not work for the BBC exclusively, is not bound by them.

    On Thursday the Countryside Alliance launched a petition ā€“ since signed by over 3,000 people ā€“ calling for the BBC to change its rules so he is covered, accusing the BBC of ā€œgaslightingā€.

    I remember the BBC uses the exact same excuse when Jimmy Saville exploits were discovered. And only last week Gary Lineakar was given free rein to ‘pout-forth’ on any topic he chooses – because he is directly paid by the BBC – and is a ‘favoured’ BBC employee. So either way, if the BBC approves, you can do what you like and you get BBC support and they look the other way (with approval).

    In reply to the DT: (in article)

    “A BBC spokesman said: ā€œAs we have said before, impartiality at the BBC is sacrosanct and we have established strong and clear guidelines for social media use.

    ā€œAnd as a piece of context, Chris is not exclusive to the BBC, isnā€™t a factual journalist and isnā€™t speaking as a BBC presenter.ā€

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/09/01/bbc-loophole-leaves-chris-packham-free-praise-hunt-saboteurs/

    And all paid for by the TV taxpayer!

    The metropolitan BBC does not like Countryside Alliance!
    You can sign the Countryside petition against the BBC presenter antics here:
    https://www.countryside-alliance.org

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  39. Fedup2 says:

    Looks like the decline of GBNews has begun as it is ā€˜shaking up ā€˜ its programmes -and letting mouthy kidults run it into the ground pity – Murdock will own it in a year –
    betcha

       7 likes

    • BRISSLES says:

      Well, lately when there is the double women hosts for To The Point in the mornings its more like Loose Women with the hosts chatting between themselves. I thought that the “sitting in for….” was due to summer hols, but most of the hosts either do a 3 day week or do double shifts in the day for several days.

      The on the wall rota spread sheet must look a bloody mess !

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  40. StewGreen says:

    about 4 days ago EarthX-TV took over over Channel 79 (used to be That’s TV
    Seems to be wall to wall Climate propaganda
    .. Ofcom allows that ?

       9 likes

    • digg says:

      Funded by WEF no doubt. They will do everything they can to put humanity under a yoke chokehold as then they will be the ultimate rulers of the planet.

      Make no mistake, sooner or later common man will need to take up arms against these monsters.

         8 likes

  41. Fedup2 says:

    Can you imagine the conversation between mr and Mrs nut nut about saving Ā£10 by buying a different kettle ? That should be the epitaph to the sheer loon that Boris Alex Johnson turned into – just go full labour Boris – youā€™ll feel better ā€¦

       13 likes

  42. StewGreen says:

    “West aims to price cap Russian oil exports”
    … sounds very King Canute

       5 likes

  43. digg says:

    The Halifax Building Society TV ad making a big thing about providing mortgages that are homing Asian families. They fail to balance this with any mention of the massive number of indigenous UK people who are homeless or canā€™t even dream of having a mortgage.

    No interest in that end of the market I guess as no profit there for their shareholders but happy to virtue signal support for immigrants.

    Sickening that we have so many traitors in our society now!

       20 likes

    • gb123 says:

      I was asked to do a survey on banks recently. The questions were on Halifax, HSBC and Barclays. More than half the questions covered diversity, inclusion, equality, net zero and climate change. They seemed to be trying forget the bit about banking and finance. This highlights a major issue in our institutions and, why they are failing. The focus on being good at what they are supposed be there for is missing.

         4 likes

      • Ian Rushlow says:

        There was a poster from the HSBC at a local bus shelter during the Spring. It featured two ethnic men looking each longingly, with the slogan ‘Love is Love’. No references to banking or financial services whatsoever. Presumably HSBC is short for ‘Homosexuality Seems Better in Colour’.

        Don’t forget the insults issued to customers by the Halifax during the Summer ‘personal pronouns’ campaign. If you have accounts with them or their subsidiaries (MBNA, Scottish Widows etc), it’s not too late to move them. Remember, revenge is a dish best served cold.

           5 likes

  44. taffman says:

    Question : Is half of our Government a Sock Puppet ?

       6 likes

    • MarkyMark says:

      No – 100%.
      Labour MP received Ā£500,000 in funding from Chinese Communist agent
      Barry Gardiner said he kept security services fully informed, after MI5 warned MPs they are being targeted by Beijing.

         0 likes

  45. BRISSLES says:

    Where’s Up2 ??

    I’m lurking to see if he’s ready to pounce for the Weekend thread lol !

       5 likes

  46. StewGreen says:

    De Montfort University (Leicester Poly)
    Minimal white males in the 50 faces on their home page
    .. one old mature student, 1 primary school boy & 1 male graduate
    https://www.dmu.ac.uk/home.aspx

       8 likes

    • tomo says:

      Leicester Poly was a dump in the 1970s and I doubt that’s changed any…

         7 likes

      • moggie63 says:

        I graduated from Leicester Poly in the mid 80’s and, at the time, it had a decent reputation for producing well trained vocational graduates. As a uni it’s ranking has gone into free fall and the student demographic makes it look like a suburb of Beijing.

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  47. tomo says:

    If it ain’t on the BBC it never happened…

       11 likes

  48. Cooper_Man says:

    Not the BBC, but a truly terrifying speech from the dementia patient installed into the White House tonight – looked like the set had been designed by Leni Reifenstahl, all black and red – and Biden basically declared war on every Republican voter by declaring them all to be a ‘clear and present danger.’ Dangerous times in the U.S. with this administration.

       15 likes

    • Fedup2 says:

      Cooper man

      Difficult to assess the mindset of the Obama mafia running the old man . Ok – itā€™s a standard soviet propaganda technique to accuse the enemy of the very thing they are doing – such as using violence – corrupting elections – but to go out in a formal presidential address maybe misreads the room .

      I know Americans have a big thing for politicians wrapping themselves in the flag but old joe hasnā€™t exactly enhanced the image of America – even the thickest yank must realise running from afgee was shameful .

      The bbc – of course – makes the approved noises .

      I wonder if the speak was the process of laying a smoke screen to cover the coming theft of elections in a couple of months ā€¦..
      How will the Republicans react ?

      It would be useful for the Democrats to sacrifice the lives of a couple of their caste ā€¦ letā€™s see.

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      • theisland says:

        Starmer in the HoC on Biden’s ‘victory’:
        “a new era of decency, integrity and compassion in the White House” (11/11/2020)
        “a victory for hope over hate, and a real moment for optimism in the US and around the world” (20/1/2021)

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      • Guest Who says:

        Thick yanks.

        Amazing country. Truly diverse. Coast to coast like going from London to Ankara.

        So, hard working farmers to, if I read my Indy correctly, also warning of an understaffed NHS, a West Coast preoccupied with voters presenting a particular part of their anatomy to the sun.

        Doubtless emulated on the rooftop of W1A as staff catch the last rays of Droughtageddon.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      c3e8ad8b-da63-57d8-3d02-b7351d4b6841?t=1610958499000

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  49. Zephir says:

    More fun in the Congo

    “Yet another day in Lawless London: Mob are caught on camera beating 19-year-old woman as she lays in the street

    Footage shows a young woman being attacked by a group of people in London
    The woman is unable to defend herself as she is assaulted by around 10 people
    The Metropolitan Police said the 19 year-old was taken to hospital afterwards”

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11169359/Mob-caught-camera-beating-19-year-old-woman-lays-street.html

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    • MarkyMark says:

      https://www.london.gov.uk/questions/2017/0322

      What did you mean by your recent statement that terror attacks are “part and parcel of living in a big city” and how did you come to this conclusion?

      Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Thank you for your question. The statement you refer to is from my visit to New York in September last year. While I was in New York the city suffered a terror attack which injured 29 people. The day following the attack I met with the Mayor of New York and visited community groups and faith leaders and discussed the very serious threat of terror in big cities. We must be under no illusion about the scale of the threat we face. What I said – and I hope this fits into 140 characters – is, ā€œPart and parcel of living in a great global city is you have to be prepared for these things. You have to be vigilant. You have to support the police doing an incredibly hard jobā€, end quote.

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