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  1. MarkyMark says:
    March 17, 2023 at 1:35 pm

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  2. Dickie says:
    March 17, 2023 at 1:36 pm

    Ukraine conflict conveniently distracting from the Covid scamdemic:

    https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/strange-case-of-the-banned-cures-for-covid/

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  3. Zephir says:
    March 17, 2023 at 1:44 pm

    Diversirty, doncha just love, it , even when they get to the top of their profession, they enrich us all with their class

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  4. Zephir says:
    March 17, 2023 at 2:11 pm

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  5. Loobyloo says:
    March 17, 2023 at 3:19 pm

    Off topic, except for it’s not made by the BBC as it’s a fairly fair and unbiased documentary, I watched Netflix’s MH370 documentary last night. Three interesting theories, especially the last, involving the USA and the FBI. Who could ever imagine that they’d be involved though…a bit far fetched?🙄

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  6. MarkyMark says:
    March 17, 2023 at 4:12 pm

    The Taoiseach, on a rooftop just across a lawn from the US Capitol, joked about the fact that he interned in the last year of the Clinton presidency “when parents might have had cause for concern about what happened to interns” in the city. Varadkar made the comment just two hours after meeting Hillary, and after he had confirmed the Clintons would visit Northern Ireland next month to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, which Bill Clinton was pivotal in securing. The Irish press has gone to town on the clanger.
    order-order.com

    ^^ KEEPS JOB
    ………………………

    Pat Sharp – loses job

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  7. MarkyMark says:
    March 17, 2023 at 4:13 pm

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=lineker&d=news_ps

    Lineker thought he had special BBC Twitter agreement – agent

    ……………….

    The Vision of the Anointed (1995) is a book by economist and political columnist Thomas Sowell which brands the anointed as promoters of a worldview concocted out of fantasy impervious to any real-world considerations.[1] Sowell asserts that these thinkers, writers, and activists continue to be revered even in the face of evidence disproving their positions.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vision_of_the_Anointed

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  8. Philip_2 says:
    March 17, 2023 at 4:34 pm

    The BBC has lost its place as the national broadcaster’

    Exclusive poll finds 91pc of over 10,000 Telegraph readers back abolishing levy, with many claiming it is ‘regressive and out of date’

    https://i.postimg.cc/zv3V11z2/tele-graph-tv-license-out-of-date.png
    ‘The BBC has lost its place as the national broadcaster’

    In light of the news on Friday that the licence fee could rise by £13 next year, the backlash intensified further.

    In the wake of the row, an exclusive poll by The Telegraph has found that 91 per cent of over 10,000 readers agree that the BBC should scrap its mandatory licence fee, which is currently set at £159 a year.

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/17/bbc-has-lost-place-national-broadcaster/

    All in all it sounds as if Gary Lineker has put in for a BBC pay rise (and will surely get it). Hopefully his BBC Sports comrades will ensure they all get “less” and a redundancy notice. Cringe as they get a shared SMUG reflection that they have ‘saved’ the planet (again). Move over Greta!

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    • MarkyMark says:
      March 17, 2023 at 5:00 pm

      ‘I no fit read until 18, now I be professor for Cambridge University’

      https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/articles/c3gvdr99rgqo

      One man wey no fit read or write until im be 18 go become di youngest ever black professor for di UK Cambridge University.

      Dem diagnose Jason Arday wit autism and global development delay for im early years, and im no fit speak until im be 11 years old.

      Now, di 37-year-old dey set to become professor of sociology of education for di prestigious university.

      Although im no fit tok, di young Jason dey always question di world around am.

      “Why some pipo dey homeless?” im remember dey wonder “Why war dey?”

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  9. theisland says:
    March 17, 2023 at 5:33 pm

    A virtually empty chamber and the response from Will Quince MP was appalling.
    https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/14fc636d-178b-4c0d-9390-605cee77a845

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    • MarkyMark says:
      March 17, 2023 at 5:37 pm

      JCVI ‘largely opposed’ to Covid vaccination for children under 16
      This article is more than 1 year old
      Exclusive: Members of government’s expert committee disagree with politicians and Jonathan Van-Tam

      Coronavirus – latest updates
      See all our coronavirus coverage
      Rowena Mason and Jessica Elgot
      Sat 7 Aug 2021 07.00 BST

      https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/aug/07/jcvi-largely-opposed-to-covid-vaccination-for-children-under-16

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    • MarkyMark says:
      March 17, 2023 at 5:52 pm

      The Honorable gentleman
      21:40
      specifically referred to the efficacy of
      21:42
      the MRNA covid-19 boosters and it’s
      21:45
      important Mr Deputy speaker to put on
      21:46
      record that all of the vaccines used in
      21:49
      the UK covid-19 vaccination program
      21:51
      program have been through a rigorous
      21:54
      approval process the UK has some of the
      21:57
      highest safety standards in the world
      21:58
      and the independent medicines and
      22:01
      Healthcare products regulatory agency

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    • theisland says:
      March 17, 2023 at 7:50 pm

      Note: AB’s speech has now been removed from YouTube but you can still watch it at the end of the parliamentlive.tv link above (I’m not sure for how long though).

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      • atlas_shrugged says:
        March 17, 2023 at 11:18 pm

        You know it is a conspiracy when virtually all the MPs leave the chamber.

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  10. tomo says:
    March 17, 2023 at 6:06 pm

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  11. Guest Who says:
    March 17, 2023 at 6:41 pm

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  13. Flotsam says:
    March 17, 2023 at 7:05 pm

    OfI know we’ve done Lineker to death this week but he’s still in post thumbing his nose at the BBC management and the licence paying public.

    My guess is that the vast majority of the public knew little or nothing of Lineker’s previous infractions. This debacle will have drawn a lot of attention from those that didn’t know the gobshite pleased himself with his vacuous anti government posts and didn’t know he earned so much for reading out hackneyed rubbish on MOTD. All is clear now, that and the fact he opposes the Government taking control of immigration, something the vast majority of the public, and indeed football fans, support.
    I’ll be very interested in the MOTD viewing figures. Apart from Leicester fans I don’t see much support from most football fans.

    There is an interesting bias in MOTD to top of the table teams. Apart from top of the table teams certain teams feature heavily almost regardless of position in the table. You know what teams I mean. I think this has a lot to do with the heavy commercial interests involved in the Premier League. There is a lot of understatement when it comes to the football authorities. The MOTD team keep criticism of the Premier League, the FA etc to a minimum for obvious reasons.

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    • moggie63 says:
      March 17, 2023 at 7:57 pm

      I’m not a fan but I am from Leicester and would happily see him used as the bait in a drag hunt.

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  14. Thoughtful says:
    March 17, 2023 at 7:10 pm

    Bank collapse under way again $500Bn wiped off share values up to now today, and Gold surging.

    For anyone who took my advice and bought Gold you must be pretty glad you did now.

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  15. Flotsam says:
    March 17, 2023 at 7:14 pm

    Covid Vaccines news

    I’ve had Covid this week to add to my fractured rib misery. I’m not vaccinated, silly me, some might say. However my wife got Covid some days earlier as did an elderly person, both vaccinated. Being elderly and suffering from co-morbities, and under constant medical care she has had a full program of vaccines.

    Not only was Covid picked up by them but was passed onto me. Vaccines don’t look too useful do they?

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  16. digg says:
    March 17, 2023 at 8:26 pm

    The ICC have indicted Putin with War Crimes so must be feeling pretty chuffed along with Zelensky who has probably been the prime mover in this action.

    Of course the ICC has no jurisdiction in Russia so it’s a symbolic gesture and in my opinion will probably cost thousands (who know maybe millions) more lives than otherwise as Putin can only respond with much more brute force now as he has nothing to lose and must win at any cost.

    Probably the first time such a move has been made while a conflict is still going on. Hence has a hint of desperation and wishful thinking about it.

    Keep poking that bear but bear in mind he might just drop a million mega ton nuclear warhead on The Hague out of the blue in response.

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  17. vlad says:
    March 17, 2023 at 8:39 pm

    The BBC is proud to announce that the police are to crack down on racism, sexism and homophopbia in their own ranks.

    Oh dear. While there is indeed a problem in the police, namely that they spend too much time virtue signalling about woke causes instead of catching crims, street gangs and child groomers among certain communities, I fear we can now expect even more diversity training, CRT, lgbtq rainbow coloured squad cars and painted fingernails.

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  18. Fedup2 says:
    March 17, 2023 at 9:17 pm

    Time for the weekend thread ..

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  19. Fedup2 says:
    March 17, 2023 at 9:24 pm

    Seems like Muslims being convicted of plotting terrorist attacks is now as common as plod being convicted of sex crimes …..

    They were so eager to make plod ‘diverse ‘ that they destroyed it in the process …. Clever stuff ….

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