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  1. Guest Who says:
    November 22, 2022 at 7:52 pm

    Not bbc, but given how all these mass ‘debates’ are usually structured, from guests to selected speakers, it is interesting when things veer from platforming broadcast opinion to pertinent questions, it all falls apart.

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    • Guest Who says:
      November 22, 2022 at 8:07 pm

      A proper debate hosted by a properly informed, impartial broadcaster would be… novel.

      Until then…

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      • MarkyMark says:
        November 22, 2022 at 8:25 pm

        Telford?

        It revealed more than 1,000 girls had been abused over a 40 year period, and that agencies blamed victims for the abuse they suffered, not the perpetrators, and some cases of exploitation were not investigated because of “nervousness about race”. The report made 47 recommendations for improvement by agencies involved.

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      • MarkyMark says:
        November 22, 2022 at 8:27 pm

        “The longer the Conservatives are in power, the longer patients will wait.”

        NHS treatment waiting times rise under Labour
        Colin Brown
        ,
        Deputy Political Editor
        Wednesday 05 March 2008 01:00

        https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nhs-treatment-waiting-times-rise-under-labour-791334.html

        Patients are waiting longer on average for NHS treatment than they were in 1997, despite the billions of pounds poured into the health service since Labour came to power.

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      • Guest Who says:
        November 22, 2022 at 8:28 pm

        Snafu.

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      • Fedup2 says:
        November 22, 2022 at 8:30 pm

        The kind of deceit shown by this red labour creature reminds me why I will never vote for them . The NHS is just another area of life 12 years of Tory control has failed to address .
        Even the incompetence shown during the Chinese virus failed to give an opportunity for change – the medical mafia are still there and still running things for their personal advantage – not the patients …..

        I was shocked that of all people – comrade Simon Jenkins – writing in The Guardian today – says it is time for the professional unions – medical – legal – teaching – be squared up …. But won’t happen …

        There’ll be no difference if red Labour get control – and they’ll just spend 4? Years blaming blue labour for failure ….

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    • MarkyMark says:
      November 22, 2022 at 8:20 pm

      NHS staff performing TikTok dance routines to keep morale high
      This article is more than 2 years old
      Staff treating Covid-19 patients at a hospital in Leeds got over 50,000 views for TikTok dance

      https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/apr/09/nhs-staff-performing-tiktok-dance-routines-to-keep-morale-high

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    • Northern Voter says:
      November 22, 2022 at 9:03 pm

      I see the doctor is that hard up he has to wear scrubs, could that be where the money is going, providing off duty clothing for anychess staff.

      When I moved to France, I was shown a house that was obviously a holiday home some one was flogging off. All the furniture was covered with anychess marked sheets.

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  2. MarkyMark says:
    November 22, 2022 at 8:20 pm

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

    May Bulman
    Social Affairs Correspondent
    Thursday 29 March 2018 16:39

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/home-office-immigration-visa-out-stay-lose-track-uk-people-customs-control-a8278966.html

    600,000 people

    ….

    Glasgow population 593,24538

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  3. Guest Who says:
    November 22, 2022 at 8:21 pm

    Hopefully no moppets with pulmonary issues downwind.

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    • MarkyMark says:
      November 22, 2022 at 8:24 pm

      Natasha Walter
      @Natasha_Walter
      Forthcoming book: Before the Light Fades, August 2023. Founder & ex-director
      @4refugeewomen
      . Author of Living Dolls, A Quiet Life @NatashaWalter@mastodon.green
      Londonnatashawalter.co.ukJoined February 2012
      3,586 Following
      8,947 Followers

      ….

      Natasha Walter is the author of two non-fiction books, The New Feminism and Living Dolls: the Return of Sexism. She has worked as a journalist, columnist and reviewer for the Guardian, the Observer and the Independent, and is the founder of the charity Women for Refugee Women.

      ….

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  4. MarkyMark says:
    November 22, 2022 at 8:22 pm

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  5. MarkyMark says:
    November 22, 2022 at 8:48 pm

    BBC Trudeau News Drop … when no one cares …. will be replaced by other news by the morning … nice … timing is everything.

    Mr Trudeau’s political rivals also noted this is not Mr Trudeau’s first ethics violation.

    In December 2017, the federal ethics commissioner office found that Mr Trudeau’s luxury trips to the Aga Khan’s island in the Bahamas violated four conflict of interest rules.

    Mr Trudeau, his family, and some senior members of the Liberal Party vacationed on the island owned by the philanthropist and spiritual leader in 2016.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-49349884

    https://biasedbbc.org/blog/2019/08/13/midweek-open-thread-14-august-2019/comment-page-2/#comment-1006690

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  6. MarkyMark says:
    November 22, 2022 at 8:54 pm

    Dawit, who did not want us to show his face, has fled Eritrea in eastern Africa

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-63663980

    Many asylum seekers entre the UK via perilous boat journeys across the English Channel

    Dee Allen, director of Hatters Hotel in Skegness, twice refused Home Office requests to house asylum-seekers

    Chantelle Kelly believes the country is not in a strong enough position to support asylum seekers

    Back in the shelter, Dawit delivers a message for the people of Skegness and the wider population.

    He says: “Just be friendly to us. You do not know our situation. It is not our fault that we are here.”

    …………..

    It is not our fault that we are here

    It is not our fault that we are here

    ……

    How many Muslims are in Eritrea?
    In a 2016 report by Aid to the Church in Need, that organization estimated around 50 percent of Eritrea’s population adhered to Islam, and 48 percent followed Christianity, with all remaining religions accounting for two percent.

    ……
    You will also notice this (immigration) is a one way street. Not once in my adult life have I heard anybody say that the thing that Eritrea (Africa) needs most is an injection of Welshmen. They could do with some Welsh cooking or singing. ” Douglas Murray {@7:24 youtube}

    https://biasedbbc.org/blog/2018/02/09/weekend-open-thread-176/#comment-898348

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  7. MarkyMark says:
    November 22, 2022 at 9:14 pm

    The pandemic appears to have spared Africa so far. Scientists are struggling to explain why
    Antibody studies suggest large numbers of infections have occurred but the death toll remains low
    11 AUG 2020

    https://www.science.org/content/article/pandemic-appears-have-spared-africa-so-far-scientists-are-struggling-explain-why

    Although Africa reported its millionth official COVID-19 case last week, it seems to have weathered the pandemic relatively well so far, with fewer than one confirmed case for every thousand people and just 23,000 deaths so far. Yet several antibody surveys suggest far more Africans have been infected with the coronavirus—a discrepancy that is puzzling scientists around the continent. “We do not have an answer,” says immunologist Sophie Uyoga at the Kenya Medical Research Institute–Wellcome Trust Research Programme

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  8. Fedup2 says:
    November 22, 2022 at 9:35 pm

    Time for the new thread people ….

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