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  1. MarkyMark says:
    May 21, 2023 at 7:42 pm

    As the G7 leaders sent a strong message to Russia by inviting Volodymyr Zelensky to Hiroshima, another rival was also on their minds – China.

    British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said China posed “the greatest challenge of our age” in regards to global security and prosperity, and that it was “increasingly authoritarian at home and abroad”.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-65662720
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    Rishi Sunak walks away from leadership pledge to close China-backed Confucius Institutes
    Government spokesman says it would be “disproportionate” to shutter the education centers.
    https://www.politico.eu/article/rishi-sunak-walks-away-from-leadership-pledge-to-close-confucius-institutes/
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    “the greatest challenge of our age” …. Rishi Sunak walks away from leadership pledge to close China-backed Confucius Institutes

    “the greatest challenge of our age” …. Rishi Sunak walks away from leadership pledge to close China-backed Confucius Institutes

    “the greatest challenge of our age” …. Rishi Sunak walks away from leadership pledge to close China-backed Confucius Institutes

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    • Dickie says:
      May 21, 2023 at 9:07 pm

      Must be a lot of people in the UK hoping the G7 China policy will not impact our Chinese takeaways😂😂😂

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  2. MarkyMark says:
    May 21, 2023 at 7:43 pm

    The end of Ukraine aid is rapidly approaching. Reupping it won’t be easy
    The Pentagon could run out of money for weapons by midsummer.
    https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/15/ukraine-aid-is-drying-up-and-the-white-house-is-under-pressure-to-send-more-00096767
    ……………….
    “Russia will feel when we have a counter-offensive,” he replied.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65662563

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  3. MarkyMark says:
    May 21, 2023 at 7:51 pm

    Chinese comedian arrested after joke about army
    Published
    3 days ago
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-65637208

    A Chinese comedian who told a joke comparing the behaviour of his dogs to a military slogan has been arrested.

    The company that hired Li Haoshi was also fined 14.7m yuan (£1.7m), and Mr Li could face time in prison.

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    SEND MORE AID T O CHINA!

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    “We will never allow any company or individual use the Chinese capital as a stage to wantonly slander the glorious image of the PLA [People’s Liberation Army],” said the Beijing arm of China’s culture ministry.

    The size of the fine to the company which booked him was so large that there is speculation that stand-up comedy could be virtually wiped out in China following fears of similar punishment in the future.

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  4. MarkyMark says:
    May 21, 2023 at 8:09 pm

    HA HA HA HA HA!

    “Rishi Sunak to meet ethics adviser over Suella Braverman speeding claims
    Published
    4 minutes ago”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65659053
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    ethics adviser
    ethics adviser
    ethics adviser

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    1,860,000
    Theresa May, Former UK PM earned £1.86 million in her 2 years since leaving Downing Street, figures show

    500,000
    Barry Gardiner defends donations worth £500,000 from Chinese agent

    400,000
    Matt Hancock, who lost the Tory whip after it was announced he would be appearing on the ITV programme, is still being paid as an independent MP and is rumoured to have been paid £400,000 to appear on the I’m a celebrity.

    315,00
    Boris Johnson earns £315,000 for 30 minute speech and ‘fireside chat’ in United States

    65,040
    Chuka Umunna Advisory Board of The Progressive Centre UK think tank (also known as Global Progress)

    20,000
    Jeremy Corbyn Labour party leader accepted up to £20,000 (about $27,000) for appearances on the Iranian state broadcast network Press TV

    18,450
    Keir Starmer £18,450 from Harper Collins as an advance payment for a book.

    15,000
    Boris Johnson Accommodation for a private holiday for my partner and me, value £15,000 Destination of visit: St Vincent and the Grenadines

    10,000
    Jeremy Hunt £10,000 from Citigroup Centre for speaking at an event on 9 March 2021. Hours: 4 hrs. Fee paid direct to charity. (Charity not mentioned)

    5,822
    Nadhim Zahawi MP promises to repay the part of £5,822.27 expenses claim for second home energy bills that relates to electricity for stables

    2,200
    MPs to get £2,200 pay rise from April for ‘dramatically increased’ duties last year

    1,950
    Philip Hammond accepts £2,000 watch from Saudi sheikh, despite ban on donating expensive gifts

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    ethics adviser
    ethics adviser
    ethics adviser

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  5. JohnC says:
    May 21, 2023 at 8:10 pm

    Continue from Mark:
    Rishi Sunak to meet ethics adviser over Suella Braverman speeding claims
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65659053

    Here the BBC go again. Article after article to put pressure on a Tory MP who they want to get rid of.

    I’m not even sure what she has done wrong. We have been told several times now :

    ‘Labour and the Lib Dems want the PM’s ethics adviser to investigate whether she breached the ministerial code.’

    But we are not told what ‘code’ she is supposed to have broken.

    As far as I can make out, her ‘crime’ is trying to arrange a private speed awareness course. It’s absolutely insignificant. If you are offered this course, you only just broke the speed limit anyway. In no way did she try to avoid her guilt or cheat anything at all.

    Contrast it with what The Guardian arse-cheek are comparing it with:

    ‘The then Labour MP for Peterborough Fiona Onasanya was ejected from parliament by a recall petition after being found guilty of perverting the course of justice in 2018, by lying to avoid a speeding fine.’

    ‘Lib Dem minister Chris Huhne resigned from the coalition cabinet in 2012 and ultimately served time in prison over an arrangement in which his wife, Vicky Pryce, had taken speeding points on his behalf 10 years earlier.’

    They are absolutely and completely not comparable at all. And how inconvenient for the arse-cheek that none of the actual criminals are Tory.

    This kind of thing is why the Leftist MSM – particularly The Guardian and the BBC – disgust me so much. They are dirty, ethically-barren far-left activists cynically hiding behind a false veneer of virtue-signalling and hypocrisy.

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  6. StewGreen says:
    May 21, 2023 at 8:21 pm

    Mariana won’t tell you that MSM is a major source of disinformation
    .. The Independent put up this grand story
    Do they now think it’s false ?
    Well this is the second archived version
    https://web.archive.org/web/20230519023232/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/nyc-bellevue-hospital-karen-citibike-leave-b2340246.html
    If you click through to the third version captured
    You’ll see that instead of keeping the story and adding a correction note, they have made the page auto-forward to their America stories index page

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  8. tomo says:
    May 21, 2023 at 9:52 pm

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  9. tomo says:
    May 21, 2023 at 10:05 pm

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  10. tomo says:
    May 22, 2023 at 9:10 am

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