397 Responses to Midweek 19 October 2022

  1. Jeff says:

    So, this is how democracy works in modern Britain…

    We have a new Chancellor that wants to lower taxes… Sacked…

    We have a new Home Secretary that wants to lower both legal and illegal immigration…Sacked…

    The Conservative Party spent most of the late summer electing a new Prime Minister…Sacked…

    Dishy Rishi is now front runner for the top job.

    So, the idea is, just keep putting Rishi forward until he becomes PM.

    British democracy, 2022…

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    • Eddy Booth says:

      It’s like Father Ted – Mrs Doyle wheels her trolly into the room, with offers of refreshments.
      Try refusing a nice cup of tea and see what happens..

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  2. taffman says:

    Why the Welsh Ashambles aka as the Senedd should be scrapped ……………..
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-63326966

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  3. Terminal Moraine says:

    Penny Mordaunt for PM? From a 2018 joint speech with Bill Gates (who’s also written the foreword to her book “Greater: Britain After the Storm”):

    “… our global food system is failing us […] The threats to our food supplies from droughts, floods and other climate shocks are increasing. Emerging food crop and infectious livestock diseases threaten human, animal and plant health globally. Migration and conflict magnify the challenges for our humanitarian system […] Science and technology has a vital role to play in meeting these global threats, and can transform development challenges into opportunities.”

    Quite prescient, and sure does tick those ‘global problems need global solutions’ boxes. With Sunak ready to usher in a CBDC I wouldn’t rule out these two lurking in the shadows ready to pull some strings or be pulled themselves.

    https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/penny-mordaunt-speech-at-edinburgh-university-with-bill-gates

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  4. StewGreen says:

    Buried away in the local newspaper in a tiny column, the Saltfleetby gas field has been reopened up reconnected to the grid and production step up to 5 million cubic feet per day, investment costs have already been repaid.
    “Saltfleetby pumping out revenue equivalent to £1000 an hour 🤔 hour after hour 🤔 take care of the grands and the millions take care of themselves”

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    • tomo says:

      Yep … that’s one to keep away from the limelight – as is the Dutch gubbermints obstruction of the massive unexploited gas field offshore there.

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  5. StewGreen says:

    Local ITV NewsPR for some reason the opening graphic was a big mural of of a black youth on a computerised wall.

    Then wads of anti Truss stuff
    Very heavy on Vox pops as if that is news
    “Here we are on the street, people hate the evil Tories
    Now let’s look at our Facebook page ..lots of comments about the evil Tories”
    ..had to switch the sound off

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  6. Zephir says:

    I am not on this twitter thing, can anyone confirm the howls of outrage and demands for the sacking for gross misconduct for that foul mouthed biased bbc bastard for calling a government minister a c@nt ?

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  7. tomo says:

    Who’s picking up bills for Just Stop Oil and The Conservative Environment Network?

    Aileen-Getty.jpg

    Chris-Hohn.jpg

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    • Thoughtful says:

      And who are they?

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      • tomo says:

        Aileen Getty from California (clue in the name and location)

        Chis Hohn from London (billionaire hedge fund bloke whose motives are less clear)

        There are more – but these two were the easiest to trawl up this afternoon.

        I just looked at the banners and the custom converted paint ejecting fire extinguishers + branded clothing they’re using – JSO must have got a promotional company contracted to put it all together for them = ££££££.

        XR have full timers getting £400/ week JSO have been more careful with their computer files / leak proof security….

        Grass roots movement ?

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  8. Up2snuff says:

    This will be repeated on the Midweek Thread ….

    TOADY Watch #1 – I cannot believe my ears ……..

    Did I hear right? In the 6.40 a.m. Newspaper Review and later inb conversation with Ian Blackford MP (SNP) have I just heard JustRemainIn Webb suggest that people should take to the streets to demand a General Election? If so, that is disgraceful. The Director-General should take action. The BBC are out of control.

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    • Yasser Dasmibehbi says:

      “The BBC are out control” Have you just worked that out?!!

      What’s beloved Boris going to about it on his return? When he has finished giving more money to the Ukraine to fight for Biden’s war I mean. Not to mention giving his support for more plans to bring about net zero. Will he bring back loyalist supporter Nadine and back her online safety bill?
      Or will he do something like stopping the boats?

      What is the point of hailing the return of Boris Notgoodenough when he has clearly revealed himself as utterly useless to man and beast.

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      • Up2snuff says:

        No. It just fitted the post at that point.

        On Boris:
        At least you know what you are going to get; haphazard, spur of the moment, ‘bigging up Britain’, lots of grandstanding and if you have Rishi in No.11 you are going to get the opposite. Someone thoughtful, competent, knowledgeable, responsive yet responsible.

        Dream team?

        May be.

        Certainly puts the wind up the LeftMob and they don’t like it up ’em, they don’t, Cap’n Mannering.

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        • Up2snuff says:

          PS:
          Yasser, I forgot another of Boris Johnson’s shortcomings, ‘driven by the media’. Please add to list!

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    • Guest Who says:

      “Might you call people out onto the street ?”

      A question from meeshall Hussain to Rachel reeve – 0821 Friday morning ”

      This is rather key. Did both say it?

      Are there audio/twitter quote grabs out there?

      If so THE BBC needs to answer some questions not to OFCOM, but the public.

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  9. Fedup2 says:

    Up2
    Yes the ‘take to the streets ‘ line is being mentioned on the BBC and Twitter – a lot – people are ‘entitled to protest ‘ it seems …
    …. Because there is no control on the BBC it can go as far as it wants …

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  10. Scroblene says:

    I thought the BBC were against ‘taking to the streets’? Well that was their line when President Trump decided to find out how the Democrats won illegally!

    Perhaps it was a different BBC then!

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    • Up2snuff says:

      Scrobie, you spotted it. Of course LeftMob are not afraid of being called hypocrites and having their inconsistencies pointed out to them. That probably was Liz Truss’s big mistake.

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  11. Guest Who says:

    Cue BBC ‘must be getting it about loopy QC’ outrage.

    Battered fox week soon?

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  12. Up2snuff says:

    TOADY Watch #2 – Stop hiding behind that excuse, Rachel Reeves.

    Rachel Reeves MP (Lab), Shadow Chancellor, (ex-Bank of England btw) is invited on after Kevin Hollingrake MP(Con) has done an excellent job in interview with JustRemainIn Webb. Oh, that Hollingrake interview takes place after Beeoid Webb has spoken with Beeboid Mason. I don’t know why the BBC bother with inviting contributors onto the TOADY Programme. Why don’t they just talk among themselves. Save studio engineer time and money: why not make the TOADY Presenters redundant and put up an omni-directional microphone above the BBC water cooler and coffee station?

    Meanwhile HarshMistress Mishal has a cosy chat with Rachel Reeves MP, Shadow Chancellor although she does press Reeves a couple of times about Labour plans and their manifesto. Rachel Reeves had already run through a list of how bad it was for the people of Britain. She then hides behind the “We don’t know the Treasury figures now. Until the Election is called Labour will not have access to the Treasury figures.” Had I been interviewing Reeves who was now hiding behind the excuse “We will publish our Manifesto when the General Election is announced” I would have said: “What you said about how bad it was for the people of Britain is just untrue then? You don’t really know.”

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    • Flotsam says:

      “Save studio engineer time and money: why not make the TOADY Presenters redundant and put up an omni-directional microphone above the BBC water cooler and coffee station?”

      You mean put the microphone above the water cooler at Labour HQ…….While XR activists glue themselves to the cooler.

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  13. digg says:

    It’s beginning to look like the BBC are going to have to reassemble their “Get Boris” swat team all over again!

    Get your popcorn ready!

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    • G says:

      I’m really looking forward to Boris and Carrie resuming the Green thing. If he’s got any sense, in view of the turnover of PM’s he’ll reduce the programme to achieving net 0. Just imagine no petrol/diesel cars sooner than 2030…………….. (Ha, ha)

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  14. digg says:

    The tone and presentation at the BBC used to be set and controlled by a few powerful Mandarins at the top of the organisation, now like many other companies they have gradually relinquished this to the middle and lower tier activists, diversity officers and social engineers amongst their presenting and production staff. So instead of a corporate flavour to their output which tended to be even-handed it has become the latest coffee bar grudge-fest forced into it by the hordes of semi-Marxists that they have handed it over to.

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  15. dafydd says:

    BBC Starting to panic with regards Boris returning.

    Now publishing less than flatering polls suggesting most dont wont Boris back..Mmmmm..!! Not the polls ive seen today, one stated that 72% wanted him back

    BBC Now starting to dig out the habitual Boris haters.

    But best of all is the shear panic in Starmers voice and comments at the thought of Boris coming back when interviewd on the BBC

    Yes i would love Boris to come back but im also a realist, the establishment wont allow it, by hook or by crook

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  16. Guest Who says:

    Everyone knows exactly why THE BBC does this, why they don’t care and how farcical it is.

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