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  1. StewGreen says:
    November 20, 2022 at 6:13 pm

    Team Joe Lycett “There are no benefits to colonisation, you didn’t bring them civilisation, less barbarism and life improving technology” #WhiteManBad

    Team Joe Lycett “”Oh the Qatari customs towards gays are barbaric, Fifa must force them to change”

    Lycett is actually acting Fifa to be the colonial master of Qatar.

    Lycett is £10K down
    He says Beckham is £150m up
    I don’t know what Beckham does with his money
    so of it could be going towards genuine charitable good
    .. and he may want to keep that secret.

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  2. Guest Who says:
    November 20, 2022 at 6:28 pm

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  3. Guest Who says:
    November 20, 2022 at 6:37 pm

    BBC finessing as only bbc can.

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  4. MarkyMark says:
    November 20, 2022 at 6:42 pm

    UK’s Prince Charles received $3.2m from former Qatar PM: Report. The Sunday Times reports there was no suggestion that payments for the prince’s charity over a four-year period were illegal.26 Jun 2022
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  5. MarkyMark says:
    November 20, 2022 at 6:42 pm

    Qatar ban the western exports of beer and homosexuality.

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    • Fedup2 says:
      November 20, 2022 at 10:01 pm

      I think the qatar footy thing has got the makings of really showing up the relationship between the wokes and the medieval false religion of Islam …. And if it damages the BBC along the way so much the better …

      .. let’s hope the footy doesn’t get in the way ….

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  6. Guest Who says:
    November 20, 2022 at 6:46 pm

    Neat summary of W1A’s finest.

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    • MarkyMark says:
      November 20, 2022 at 7:14 pm

      Dear Winston Smith at the BBC,

      I am unhappy with the BBC’s output and would like to stop funding Gary ‘£1.75m’ Lineker’s wages who has raced ahead to the top of the BBC made up gender pay gap.

      a) Please let me know how I can stop paying the BBC via the TV Tax (under threat of prosecution) but still use SKY TV.

      b) Can you create a BBC programme to tell the public how they can stop funding you.

      c) Can I get a reduction for my BBC TV Tax due to having to help improve your News Service with the complaints below?

      CAS-4987700-SY1FTF : BBC NewsWatch says boredom with pro-Brexit march.

      CAS-4963895-3HKGDN: Tommy Robinson: Are you reporting on him?.

      CAS-4844672-N8FDYY: Update on the MP Expenses 2009 scandal in 2018.

      CAS-4939547-J71Z1V: Here’s hoping Ireland do the right thing G.Lineker.

      CAS-4937378-YKMWBJ: BBC not reporting ‘Day of Freedom’ March 06may2018.

      CAS-4906141-BFJQL0: I take offence that presenters promote their books.

      CAS-4892811-C820SC: I am offended that I have to pay the BBC TV Tax.

      CAS-4824332-633N1P: What happened in Italy was not covered …

      CAS-4933135-ZV3V7F: The omission is the most powerful form of lie …

      Many Thanks.

      https://biasedbbc.org/blog/2018/07/18/midweek-and-t-robinson-thread-18th-july-2018/comment-page-4/#comment-931124

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  7. Guest Who says:
    November 20, 2022 at 6:51 pm

    The mood is so captured.

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  8. Northern Voter says:
    November 20, 2022 at 6:52 pm

    Mrs Voter was listening to Classic FM this morning, I was peeling the veg for lunch, anyway they reported that Twitter was allowing DJT to twit again. They reported that the storming of Congress on January 6th was carried out by pro Trump supporters. Where’s the far right gone?

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  9. Guest Who says:
    November 20, 2022 at 7:00 pm

    This weekend has turned out more interesting than I thought.

    Especially on Masteritter.

    Anyhoo… knees up!

    The comments are… varied.

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  10. Concrete sea says:
    November 20, 2022 at 7:05 pm

    Taking the knee is so yesterday, apparently. The Football Association is trying to get clarification over whether captains will be booked if they wear the OneLove Armband in matches in the World Cup. Not exactly sure what this wonderful all healing armband is but it sounds good and I want one.
    I hear there will be some football soon, but it may be a rumour.

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  11. Guest Who says:
    November 20, 2022 at 7:09 pm

    But it has snagged Stevo Fry and that Bonkers old blonde…

    Oh, I see what he means.

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    • MarkyMark says:
      November 20, 2022 at 7:12 pm

      “It’s now universally accepted that the press is parti pris (a preconceived view; a bias).” {youtube} – Christopher Hitchens circa1993

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  12. MarkyMark says:
    November 20, 2022 at 7:16 pm

    ‘The story of Congo is…the story of Africa’ – a look at when and how slavery began in Africa and the impact of the subsequent Atlantic slave trade.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p033w54k

    slavery began in Africa

    slavery began in Africa

    slavery began in Africa

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  13. MarkyMark says:
    November 20, 2022 at 7:19 pm

    Qatari poet freed after three years in jail for reciting poem allegedly insulting emir
    This article is more than 6 years old
    Rashid al-Ajami was originally sentenced to life in prison in 2012 after clip of poem recital was posted on YouTube

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/17/qatari-poet-freed-after-three-years-in-jail-for-reciting-poem-allegedly-insulting-emir

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  14. MarkyMark says:
    November 20, 2022 at 7:22 pm

    Article 263 further states that the circulation or production of symbols, slogans or drawings that might offend the Islamic religion will be punished with one year of prison or a fine of 1000 riyals ($275).

    Internet censorship of peaceful expression of religious views has been reported in the country with the state blocking sites that contain content perceived as anti-Islamic. The law also prohibits, in vague terms, publication of texts provoking social discord or religious strife.

    In addition, Qatar’s Law 11 of 2004 incorporates Sharia law into various offences, including apostasy. Article 1 states:

    “the provisions of Islamic law for the following offenses are applied if the defendant or victim is a Muslim:

    1. The hudud offenses related to theft, banditry, adultery, defamation, alcohol consumption, and apostasy.
    2. The offenses of retaliation (qisas) and blood money (diyah).”

    Qatar has apparently not imposed any penalty for this offense since its independence in 1971, though it remains on statute.

    https://end-blasphemy-laws.org/countries/middle-east-and-north-africa/qatar/

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  15. MarkyMark says:
    November 20, 2022 at 7:27 pm

    Police Arrested Floyd a Total of 9 Times, Mostly on Drug and Theft Charges

    https://www.snopes.com/news/2020/06/12/george-floyd-criminal-record/

    At 6-foot-7, Floyd was identified as the “the largest” of the six suspects who arrived at the home in the Ford Explorer and had pushed a pistol against Henriquez’ abdomen before looking for items to steal. (Nothing in the court documents suggests she was pregnant at the time of the robbery, contrary to what memes and Owens later claimed.) He pleaded guilty in 2009 and was sentenced to five years in prison. He was paroled in January 2013, when he was almost 40 years old.

    BBC News Channel, Friday 23 July 2020

    We referred to George Floyd’s death as occurring during an encounter with white police officers. The officer who knelt on his neck is white, but two of the other three involved are not.

    01/03/2021

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

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  16. MarkyMark says:
    November 20, 2022 at 7:29 pm

    BBC News Persian, 19 October 2018

    In 2018 BBC News Persian published an article (in Persian) which used an inappropriate word to refer to homosexuality. This word should not have been used and the article has now been corrected. We apologise for the offence caused.

    11/02/2021

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

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  17. Eddy Booth says:
    November 20, 2022 at 7:57 pm

    Zero idea what’s Happening
    But nice to see Marcon get a resounding slap👍

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  18. Guest Who says:
    November 20, 2022 at 8:14 pm

    Oooo… bbc gets its own #accusedof

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    • StewGreen says:
      November 20, 2022 at 10:44 pm

      Ofcom says it is happy with it’s decision to permit BBC to run a new online Dance music Radio channel.
      The commercial channels have gone to court
      saying that in some ways legal procedure was not followed
      eg BBC didn’t give Ofcom the correct info
      that the channel is to be cross subsidised by given concert content from Radio1
      etc.

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  19. Northern Voter says:
    November 20, 2022 at 9:01 pm

    May I ask a question of our erudite bloggers, if we do have to pay into this kitty for reparations, can we offset our contributions already paid in foreign aid?

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    • MarkyMark says:
      November 20, 2022 at 9:28 pm

      Coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP), commonly known as “black lung disease,” occurs when coal dust is inhaled. Over time, continued exposure to the coal dust causes scarring in the lungs, impairing your ability to breathe. Considered an occupational lung disease, it is most common among coal miners.

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      On 22 March 2020, 7-year-old Emily Grace Jones[1] was stabbed at Queen’s Park in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, while riding her scooter and died shortly afterwards.[2][3] Eltiona Skana, a 30-year-old Albanian woman unknown to the Jones family, was arrested on the scene and later charged with murder.[4][5]

      Skana pleaded guilty to the lesser included offence of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility on 6 November 2020. After a trial at Minshull Street Crown Court from 26 November to 4 December, the charge of murder was withdrawn by the prosecution and the jury was directed to formally return a not guilty verdict for murder.[6] On 8 December, she was given a life sentence, with a minimum term of eight years, for the conviction of manslaughter.[7] On 26 January 2021, Skana’s minimum sentence was increased to 10 years and eight months, with the presiding judge stating the previous minimum sentence had been “calculated in error”.[8]
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      The British government paid out £20m to compensate some 3,000 families that owned slaves for the loss of their “property” when slave-ownership was abolished in Britain’s colonies in 1833.7 Oct 2021

      ……

      https://taxjustice.net/2020/06/09/slavery-compensation-uk-questions/

      The British government borrowed £20 million to compensate slave owners, which amounted to a massive 40 percent of the Treasury’s annual income or about 5 percent of British GDP. The loan was one of the largest in history.

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  20. MarkyMark says:
    November 20, 2022 at 9:32 pm

    Nick Clegg, President, Global Affairs

    https://about.meta.com/media-gallery/executives/nick-clegg/
    Sir Nick Clegg is President, Global Affairs at Meta. He joined the company, then called Facebook, in 2018 after almost two decades in British and European public life. Prior to being elected to the UK Parliament in 2005, he worked in the European Commission and served for five years as a member of the European Parliament. He became leader of the Liberal Democrat party in 2007 and served as Deputy Prime Minister in the UK’s first coalition government since the war, from 2010 to 2015. He has written two best-selling books, Politics: Between the Extremes and How To Stop Brexit (And Make Britain Great Again).

    twitter.com/nickclegg

    We’re committed to keeping people safe and making a positive impact.

    Our technologies connect people all around the world, creating opportunities and giving a voice to billions. We’re taking action to keep our platforms safe and inclusive for everyone.

    Zuckerberg tells Rogan FBI warning prompted Biden laptop story censorship

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-62688532

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  21. tomo says:
    November 20, 2022 at 9:51 pm

    Genuinely pretty huge if the headline claim holds up. Rochelle Walensky’s been looking increasingly uneasy (flutters of panic even) for months….

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    • tomo says:
      November 20, 2022 at 10:27 pm

      The stewgreen “Too Wow to be true” rule has to be invoked?

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      • StewGreen says:
        November 20, 2022 at 11:20 pm

        Of course it is too wow to be true
        and NO “Data Showing 18 Million Vaccine Injuries in America”

        The article says there is data
        “about 800,000 reported being hospitalized by their COVID vaccination.”
        from an App sample size of 10 million.

        The magazine then says that scaled up across the whole population would EQUATE to 18 million. ie 8% of valid population.

        Is 800K correct ?
        Is it 1 count per person per vax
        Or is it double counting ie a person visiting 2 hospitals for help on the first and 2 hospitals on their second is counted as 4 hospital visits.

        The claim is so hyperbolic it can be true
        cos at 8% everyone would be directly be related to someone who’d been hospitalised fir vax injuries.

        People do die from vax side effects, so you’d guess that many more got sick
        but 8% doesn’t seem possible
        0.8% or 0.08% more likely.

        “a court ordered it to do so following a lawsuit by the Informed Consent Action Network”
        What court ? the article doesn’t say
        American Liberty Report News seems Mickey Mouse

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  22. Guest Who says:
    November 20, 2022 at 9:57 pm

    Need one ask?

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    • Fedup2 says:
      November 20, 2022 at 10:03 pm

      Good luck to the national team tomorrow – let’s hope they beat the millionaires wearing England shirts …..

      Time for the Start the Week Thread …

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