501 Responses to Midweek 31 May 2023

  1. Zephir says:

    This is your BBC:

    They find this new story 6000 miles away :

    “China: Footage of women attacked in restaurant sparks outrage

    It has led to an outcry on social media and re-ignited debate about gender violence in China.”

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-61770925

    And yet ignore a muslim beating a woman for her race, left to other news sources to report:

    https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/shocking-attack-woman-punched-unconcious-17796485

    “Shocking attack as woman punched unconscious in ‘Coronavirus rage’ racist incident

    Police have launched an investigation as Meera Solanki was attacked after she stepped in when Chinese friend was told: “Take your f***ing coronavirus back home!”

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  2. andyjsnape says:

    bBC does an interview with Schofield
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65780307

    “Questions have been raised about ITV’s handling of the situation, how much bosses knew of the affair, and whether its own investigation went far enough”

    For a moment I thought the bBC was on about Jimmy Saville!

    The whiter than white broadcaster feels its above the Jimmy Saville scandal but has the audacity to quote above

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    • Scroblene says:

      And Stuart Hall, Rolf Harris…

      77th Anniversary of the Beebolid’s Dream today! I wonder what the original founders would think about the scandals their ‘successors’ have brought to broadcasting?

      All those little undermanagers running about the studios, popping in and out of dressing rooms and cupboards and NEVER doing anything about the hidous stuff these ‘slebs’ were up to right under their noses!

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      • Zephir says:

        Morning Scroblene,

        Central London yesterday, and whilst up and down the escalators looking at the posters the distressing experience of how desperate everyone is to make a “musical” ( or more likely a bunch of gay people singing out of tune ) to just about ANYTHING be it a book or a film or a story or even a band biography.

        My opinion is, like the rap idiots they have no artistic merit or ability which is proven through no original ideas but like vampires steal anyone else’s art.

        But, maybe I was tired and emotional whilst on the last escalator, I have decided to produce:

        Led Zeppelin, the musical,

        a bunch of unemployable, anorexic queers reliving the wonders of Madison Square Gardens, Earls Court and Knebworth through song and dance

        Its winner

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  3. Zephir says:

    Luvvies in the bbc and “producers” in theatre land are all hoping this just goes away

    Meanwhile, the whiter than white bbc postulates

    “Harvey Weinstein: Hollywood reflects on MeToo impact as new trial begins”

    And further

    “Here are all the famous people Jeffrey Epstein was connected to”

    https://www.businessinsider.com/famous-people-jeffery-epstein-money-manager-sexual-trafficking-connected-2019-7?r=US&IR=T

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    • MarkyMark says:

      American financier Jeffrey Epstein (L) and then-real-estate developer Donald Trump (R) pose together at the Mar-a-Lago estate, Palm Beach, Florida, 1997. Davidoff Studios/Getty Images

      Jeffrey Epstein was known for jet-setting with the likes of Bill Gates, President Bill Clinton, and Prince Andrew.

      Wall Street billionaire Leon Black paid Epstein at least $50 million in consulting and other fees, The New York Times reported.

      Epstein was found dead of an apparent suicide in a Manhattan jail on August 10, 2020, as he awaited trial on charges of sex trafficking minors.

      Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories.

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  4. Zephir says:

    If you have a jewish name ….

    A co incidence ?

    I’m changing my name to Clinton, I could visit Epsteins love island numerous times and sexually assault my interns and NO questions asked

    my new name Teflon Clinton

    By the way Trump, apparently touched someones bottom, remember that, you won’t be allowed to forget

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  5. Flotsam says:

    I recently encountered a woman dressed in a burqua in a shop in South Cheshire. Although I’ve seen women dressed in burquas in the street in cities, it’s the first time I’ve been in close proximity to someone dressed that way. As far as I”m concerned I feel it’s an alien concept, an importation of a culture totally inappropriate to life in Britain. I’m also insulted by the reasoning that I am not fit to look upon that woman. Why any woman should want to be subjected to being hidden in that way is beyond me. The BBC and MSM need to call this out but won’t due to woke PC.

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    • Zephir says:

      Also the highly likely probabilty that this was required because the males of a certain culture are unable to control themselves

      Maybe also here in victorian times to a much less limited extent but they are here and now so at least 100 years behind the rest of the world

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  6. andyjsnape says:

    Probably most of us have seen the Sky Australia news of when Biden often makes gaffs and also falls, but today and a 1st the bBC has actually bothered

    US President Joe Biden trips and falls at Colorado event
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65783589

    Guess this was in the public domain and they couldn’t “ignore” reporting it

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  7. JohnC says:

    Phillip Schofield says his career is over following affair
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65775251

    Just after I accepted I could not see anything more pathetic than Schofields ‘coming out’ on the sofa, he has to go and top it with this BBC interview.

    Why is it all these people run straight to the BBC ?. They absolutely cannot resist any kind of ‘victim’ who is in the gutter to milk for every drop of emotion and empathy they can wring out of it.

    It’s gutter level, cheap stuff and as far from actual journalism you can get.

    No doubt the BBC will give itself an award for doing it.

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  8. Zephir says:

    It has been commented on many places from people unfortunate enough to work with or meet, what a nasty, bullying monster that Schofeild was, well before he was “outed” as such.

    Almost as bad as the Cilla monster, the most horrendous person you could come across, notorious amongst the poor airline staff that had to deal with her

    “Is Cilla Black the most unpleasant person in showbiz?

    “I saw Cilla having a go at a sales assistant in Harrods back in 1999, barked at her for daring to look her in the eye, swore a few times and called the girl a wage **** or words to that effect, black is a vile miserable git, no wonder her Bobby allegedly strayed during the marriage.”

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    • JohnC says:

      The majority of them are like that. Those kind of people are the only ones who can rise to the top in the nasty, spiteful, back-stabbing world of showbusiness.

      It’s a cesspit of greedy, shallow, utterly self-centred people. Exactly like the BBC.

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  9. taffman says:

    Can we trust the BBC news?

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  10. Zephir says:

    So, the middle class wankers that go to Glastonbury after it stopped being a rock festival all have amnesia after all chuckling and dancing with Rolf Harris doing Stairway to Heaven.

    Never mind, they still have their yappy little dog and the share prices in marxist Ben and Jerries anti Trump ice cream are doing well.

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  11. Zephir says:

    BTW I am not anti dog, I am dognostic, just tired of them bloody everywhere as a fashion accessory for those that have no minds of their own

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  12. AsISeeIt says:

    Lefty papers want to talk about every deviation but sandbagging edition

    The left-leaning freebie advertising sheet the Metro is our crowd pleaser par excellence this morning.

    You can tell their target demographic – just look at the top section of the frontpage: Fantastic festivals for under £100 – yep, it’s the youthful summer music festival crowd… and what do the youth like to chant at the festivals…? Why, it’s: “F*** The Tories!” of course.

    And so it is that the giveaway corporate advertiser publishes a big picture of Boris Johnson beside the screamer headline: See you in court – Bojo in the dock? That’s Christmas, birthday and Glasto all come at once for our recent uni-indoctrinated anti-Tory youth: Government takes its own Covid inquiry to judicial review over Johnson’s WhatsApps – runs the sub-header.

    Their attention duly grabbed, the youngsters won’t be up to date with the latest news line: ‘Nothing to hide’ Boris Johnson is happy to share files but Cabinet Office disagrees (Metro)

    Publish and be damned! Or so we’re told the Duke of Wellington declared in response to reports he had a dalliance with one Harriette Wilson – a notorious courtesan of the time. Courtesan – there’s one for the teenagers – think Love Island stars

    By the way, the freebie Metro grabbed BBC attention. The boys and girls over there promoted the freesheet to number one in their online press line-up today. Of course they did. Not every day can be a grown up Guardian day.

    The Beeb like the youthful ‘i’ newspaper for their second choice favourite this morning. In the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love – according to Alfred Lord Tennyson. Over there at the ‘i’ their mind is on anything but straight sex – I guess that’s why their frontpage doesn’t want to mention the Labour MP with a zipper problem (this pithy phrase was once employed about Bill Clinton): Men, this is why your marriage is unequal even if you’re doing chores; Gay British military veteran reveals homophobic abuse; My life in a throuple

    Love is in the Air – so sang Aussie John Paul Young back in 1978

    Crackdown on Westminister sex pests amid fresh scandal… Labour removing the whip from Geraint Davies MP for Swansea West… it was claimed that he had invited a 19-year-old party activist to his hotel room… he was also reported to have “boasted” of bringing sex workers onto the estate… (Times)

    As we draw a veil… or should that be throw a bucket of cold water… over all that? Moving quickly on…

    The Daily Mail contends not everyone is 100% on board with either the gayness or more likely the throuple: Schofield’s wife ‘furious’ at his lies about lover – Come again!? Weren’t we told previously she was very supportive…

    Phillip Schofield: Wife Stephanie supports presenter’s ‘brave step’… It follows her husband’s announcement last week that he was “coming to terms with the fact that I am gay”. (BBC February 2020) – oh how quickly the prevailing wind may change

    Over to the Urban Dictionary for a primer on this next one: Sandbagged: The act of undermining someone else’s opinion subtly, yet in a public area, to make him/her appear foolish.

    Re: the frontpage photo in the Times: President Biden was helped back to his feet after falling over at an airforce graduation ceremony in Colorado. He appeared to blame a sandbag for his stumble.

    I’m reminded of that old Jasper Carrott routine where he would read out those ridiculous excuses people wrote in their car insurance claims – such as the classic: “I was driving along the road and this tree came out of nowhere and crashed into my car”

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    • Fedup2 says:

      “My life in a throuple? “ hell that’s a new one … oh I lead such a sheltered life …

         13 likes

      • Zephir says:

        Freebie Metro, Metro Freebie says it all, really

        A bit like the socialist worker ( Absurdity RE worker) placards that all suddenly appear with the same text, colour and dimensions at every anti whatever protest

        Isn’t that strange

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    • moggie63 says:

      “I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I haven’t got”, “I had been driving for 40 years when I fell asleep at the wheel”, wonderful stuff. “I saw a sad faced, slow moving old gentleman as he bounced off the bonnet of my car”.

         11 likes

  13. Johnda says:

    Bbc have a breakfast program on tv which mrs dba watches this morning it’s all about some one called scofield and a master inerviewer (not) why all this fuss and why bbc are covering it. What bad news are they hiding

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    • andyjsnape says:

      Hello Johnda,
      Thats Scofield who didn’t even work for them. As you say bad news, I wonder what it is

      Maybe too many dinghies invaders they dont want to mention – that would be news

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    • MarkyMark says:

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  14. Zephir says:

    At least the Vikings stood up and fought and we knew what we were up against

    and the Saxons

    and the Angles

    and the Normans

    etc etc

    our latest arrivals ? are welcomed by the marxist far left home office most likely in a concerted attempt to destroy an elected governmetn

       23 likes

    • MarkyMark says:

      1 Libyan in 22 lost in manchester.

         8 likes

      • Zephir says:

        Lets hope the libyan govt get hold of him first

           7 likes

        • MarkyMark says:

          2018 … A reminder from Libya …..

          Gaddafi wants EU cash (£4bn) to stop African migrants {bbc.co.uk aug2010}

          “Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi says the EU should pay Libya at least 5bn euros (£4bn; $6.3bn) a year to stop illegal African immigration and avoid a ‘black Europe’.

          ‘We don’t know what will happen, what will be the reaction of the white and Christian Europeans faced with this influx of starving and ignorant Africans,’ Col Gaddafi said…

          He told them that Islam should become the religion of Europe and gave them free copies of the Koran, after he had lectured them for an hour on the freedoms enjoyed by women in Libya.”

          https://biasedbbc.org/blog/2018/06/10/start-the-week-open-thread-11-june-2018/comment-page-2/#comment-922325

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  15. Guest Who says:

    BBC TNI partner likely to get any engagement?

       8 likes

  16. Guest Who says:

    BBC TNI partner and folk who say things outside.

       8 likes

  17. Zephir says:

    RE asylum seekers

    apart from 99% of the benefit seekers

    The other lot, country at war, running away, what used to happen in this country for desertion ?

    It rarely happened, but it was despised, unlike the purple haired wimmin now welcoming cowards to this country

    If we ever get into a war situation again , will it be our kids fighting and the arabs running somewhere else ?

    Of course if there was ever a situation where it was possibly ISIS invading, I strongly suspect there would be a damn site less moderate muslims around here

    Their moderation would disappear as fast as 13 year old schoolgirls run when near a taxi rank in Bradford.

    Or Luton

    or Oxford

    Or etc et etc

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    • MarkyMark says:

      1985 … Ahmadis suffer vicious persecution around the world. The main source of fuel for that persecution is in Pakistan, but what happens in Pakistan does not stay in Pakistan.

      I know that from my experience in the Yorkshire market town of Batley. In August 1985, when I was 11 years old, my parents organised an inter-faith meeting in the town hall. It was interrupted and disturbed when, according to West Yorkshire police,

      more than 1,000 extremists, led by Pakistani hate preachers funded by the Pakistani state, were bused in from around the country.

      The mob brutally attacked my English mother and my father, a dermatologist; my eldest brother and I; and a Welsh Ahmadi schoolteacher who was with us. My first cousin, a GP, was by chance driving through the market town that day. He saw the mob and saw his family and friends being attacked, so he stopped. He was recognised, pulled from his vehicle and savagely beaten up.

      https://www.theyworkforyou.com/whall/?id=2020-03-12a.177.0&s=islam+batley#g195.0

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  18. Fedup2 says:

    Today
    Look I know I’m out of touch – so someone help me . The bee lady interviews Dame Dinage . Dame Dinage runs some ‘culture committee ‘ in their parliament club .

    Dame Dinage is to ‘hold an inquiry ‘…. Into Phil Schofield .

    The bee lady did her parrot act asking ‘why are MPs getting involved ?” Maybe x4 in all .

    Dame Dinage thinks the scholfield thing is very important . I was at a loss . Now as I understand it the Schofield thing is about 2 queers indulging in acts which are now legal – but he told fibs to people .there is no criminality – no allegation of crime ….
    ……yet day after day it goes on . Look can we go back to something important like that girl who was good in ‘suits ‘ ? Or whether suella did her speed driving course ? … or whether a red labour MP ‘touched some one up? despair is never far away …

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  19. Zephir says:

    And, for the amusement of all on here:

    “Analysis: A new Home Office report admits grooming gangs are not a ‘Muslim problem’

    20 December 2020

    The study finds no credible evidence for a far-right stereotype that has spread widely in the media, writes Dr Ella Cockbain (UCL Security & Crime Science) in an article co-authored with Dr Waqas Tufail for The Guardian. “

       13 likes

    • moggie63 says:

      Of course they’re not a Muslim problem, it’s not Muslims being groomed. How about white, underage, vulnerable girl problem? Does that clear up the confusion in their minds?

         18 likes

      • Zephir says:

        The other lie being perperating in clear sight here:

        “a far-right stereotype that has spread widely in the media, ”

        its called “news” by normal people, they can see what is in front of their eyes

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  20. Zephir says:

    The government has told you this is not true

    https://ibb.co/3vhYvxL

       8 likes

    • Zephir says:

      Oh, and by the way probably the first time you click on the link above it will tell you a “bad gateway” for some insidious reason

      click again and you will see what they wish to hide

         4 likes

      • moggie63 says:

        I went straight to the page.

           1 likes

        • Zephir says:

          Enrichment, we are spoonfed

          Just an example, cars

          E type jag

          67 Mustang

          Nissan GTR

          Various Ferraris and Porche

          And, from the middle east ……..

          tumbleweed

          Oh yeh..immigration lawyers, mentored by Blairs wife and Starmer

          Enrichment Labour style

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          • MarkyMark says:

            We improve lives and communities by helping all levels of government, the private sector and philanthropies tackle their biggest challenges

            https://www.bi.team/

            https://www.bi.team/partner/cabinet-office/

            In our previous blog, we shared three key insights about how people perceive coronavirus risk.

            First, a sizable minority still don’t appreciate that coronavirus is an airborne virus, which leads them to underestimate the role of ventilation.

            …………..

            David Cameron’s ‘nudge unit’ aims to improve economic behaviour
            This article is more than 12 years old
            Cabinet office team will look at how to create environments that help people choose what’s best for themselves and society
            https://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/sep/09/cameron-nudge-unit-economic-behaviour

            persuade citizens to behave in a more socially integrated way.

            persuade citizens to behave in a more socially integrated way.

            best for themselves and society = uk gov demands you change

            persuade = control

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  21. Guest Who says:

    Wing Commander Springster flying Verify Squad to take them out?

       14 likes

    • tomo says:

      Guest Who

      Absolutely … the Green blob hardly does it justice – the ideological equivalent of Japanese knotweed imho.

         8 likes

    • MarkyMark says:

      Who funds Just Stop Oil?
      According to its website, most of the funding for Just Stop Oil comes from the Climate Emergency Fund – a US network set up in 2019 to fund climate activism.

      The Climate Emergency Fund, is in turn part-funded by Aileen Getty, a US philanthropist whose grandfather was petroleum tycoon J Paul Getty.

      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63543307

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  22. tomo says:

    reeee…

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    • Fedup2 says:

      I guess ‘Chris ‘ is related to Obama …?

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      • Scroblene says:

        Barry B and Billary,
        Both together in perfect harmony,
        Side by side on their keyboard
        Writing Biden’s policy…

        (With apols to Sir Paul and Stevie W)!

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  23. Guest Who says:

    BBC TNI The Hill ‘reports’…

       6 likes

  24. Guest Who says:

    BBC TNI partner got an LGBTSR2 Editor?

       8 likes

  25. Guest Who says:

    This explains Lammy.

    In a fun way.

       11 likes

    • Fedup2 says:

      So easy to damage a ‘brand’ eh …. ?

         3 likes

    • MarkyMark says:

      Jeremy Hunt: everyone will be paying more tax after autumn statement 2022

      Everyone. Everyone. Everyone.

      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

         2 likes

  26. digg says:

    Never have so many owed so little to so few….

    https://www.foxnews.com/world/united-kingdoms-raf-filtering-out-useless-white-male-pilots-in-diversity-push-report

    If this story is even half true The UK is finished as a military force.

       19 likes

  27. Dickie says:

    US weather tampering and chemtrails. Look up to the sky and note the difference between contrails and chemtrails from aircraft flying overhead:

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  28. Dickie says:

    Following in the footsteps of Laura Goonsberg:

    https://tapnewswire.com/2023/06/bbc-talk-to-andrew-tate/

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  29. MarkyMark says:

    How the BBC let Jimmy Savile get away with it – even in death
    The Corporation burnished the serial abuser’s celebrity, then turned on the reporters who tried to unmask him. Why?

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/bbc-let-jimmy-savile-get-away-even-death/

       5 likes

  30. G says:

    Migration Watch’ Petition to “Cut Immigration”.

    https://cutimmigration.co.uk/petition/

    > 31k signatories within a week. Seems to me the majority of the population are not rushing to sign. Probably, like me, they’re convinced that, apart from war and pestilence, it ain’t gonna change immigration. Why waste time. The sooner the country hits rock bottom, the sooner it might (BIG might) start to recover and we can safely ship many of the illegals out.

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    • G says:

      Like busses. All coming together at once.

      Another Petition to halt the granted freedom for the WHO to take over medical control of this country.

      https://petition.parliament.uk/signatures/134344374/signed

      Probably another one having little effect while politicians World-wide are being controlled by the WEF/China.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      HA HA HA HA ! You think they will do anything?

      2012 … “Two and a half years ago, the coalition government was formed, and we made a clear promise to the British public. After thirteen years of uncontrolled mass immigration, this government would reduce and control immigration.” – Theresa May 2012

      2015 … “Because when immigration is too high (no figure given), when the pace of change is too fast, it’s impossible to build a cohesive society.” – Theresa May 2015

      2018 … “Over the years, overall, immigration has been good for the UK. It has brought people with different backgrounds, different outlooks here to the UK,” – Theresa May 2018

      https://memory-holed-news.blogspot.com/2023/05/this-government-would-reduce-and.html

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  31. Zephir says:

    When not indulging myself in classic rock, I have a soft spot for musicals (NOT) but never mind:

    You say tomato I say tomayto

    You say potato I say potayto

    You say ITV,

    I say BBC..

    you say peadofile, everyone knew

    I say inappropriate buggering of a vulnerable youngster whilst lying to your wife , everyone knew

    sorry that just does not scan

    back to the drawing board

    in fact LETS CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF

    And for the chorus:

    WE HAVE A 25 YEAR OLD TO TO FACT CHECK EVERYTHING

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  32. Zephir says:

    Spring was born on 21 February 1996.

    Spring undertook work experience at The Guardian and Private Eye

    After graduation, she applied for various journalism programmes including at the BBC but was not successful.

    Senior news reporter for The Guardian Alexandra Topping suggested that Spring contact various BBC journalists that she admired. Emily Maitlis replied to Spring and gave her an opportunity to work on Newsnight. By the end of 2018, Marianna had co-produced a video for Newsnight, on protesters from across the French political spectrum joining the Yellow vests protests|Gilets jaunes]].

    March 2020, she was appointed the BBC’s first specialist disinformation and social media reporter

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    • Zephir says:

      There may be an old saying

      “knowing which side your bread is buttered on”

      or who is paying your large unwarranted salary when it comes to riots in Paris ?

      As above:

      “Marianna had co-produced a video for Newsnight, on protesters from across the French political spectrum joining the Yellow vests protests”

      Holding power to account Spring ??? or very quiet ?

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  33. vlad says:

    Thank you Phillip Schofield for kicking off Pride Month with a bang!

    The BBC are revelling in their competitor’s discomfiture, but can’t resist giving it a woke spin:

    “Schofield told the BBC’s Amol Rajan homophobia was a factor in people disapproving of the relationship”

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65775251Thank you

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    • Zephir says:

      “people disapproving of the relationship”

      might be your wife and family ? is that homophobia or just not approving of coming home after having gay sex and joining the marital bed ? is that homophobia ?

      Or getting your young boyfriend preferential treatment whilst you browbeat your “minions”

      Is that homophobia ?

      Or Islamophobia

      Or racism

      ~Or my kids got Autism

      Or my kids ADHD

      or you are transphobic

      or any other bloody excuse for being a C”’

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    • MarkyMark says:

      27 years a heterosexual slave.

         5 likes

    • Terminal Moraine says:

      Heavyweight journalist Amol Rajan is in serious mode — half his article is an extraordinarily self-obsessed take on how the BBC go about approaching such ‘sensitive’ issues.

      “What did BBC News want from the interview? To get to the truth, by applying scrutiny. This task was made significantly more delicate by his clearly very highly charged emotional state […] When an interviewee presents themselves in this way, there is a tension between a duty of care to the individual and a duty of care to the truth.”

      Total media narcissism. How’s that Eric Gill statue repair going Amol?

      https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65783331

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      • Docmarooned says:

        Rajan himself is a truly talentless narcissistic cretin. What hold does he have with senior bBBC management.

           10 likes

      • G says:

        TM,

        “Heavyweight”? Impossible. He comes over more of a spiv, Arthur Daly type to me.

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  34. Terminal Moraine says:

    Another on team Verify who no doubt still believes the quaint idea that the BBC is speaking truth to power.

    Frappuccinos with extra irony all round.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Paul Myers
      @PaulMyersBBC
      BBC open source specialist and trainer. Currently, a journalist with the BBC News Verify Team. Opinions are my own. Link/RT is not an endorsement.
      linktr.ee/paulmyersbbcJoined September 2009
      2,445 Following
      8,942 Followers

      …………….

      Dear Marianna Spring (BBC wages paid under threat of prosecution),

      As I’ve had to look at your BBC news and use other sources to determine that your news is not news but selective editorial opinion I’d like to request that I have a refund for the last 4 years plus get the BBC free from now on.

      Please let me know how I can go about this as I am willing to create a full list of articles that I’ve had to investigate plus time taken for me to check your fact checker whilst realising that the BBC intentionally removes news rather than incorrectly report on it, uses images to sway opinion or misleads with the main titles hoping no one reads the full article.

      ‘Omission is the greatest form of lie.’

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

      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 …

      CAS-6005141-S1V9D1: Not seen a report on the UK Governments Covid19 

      Let me know how to go about resolving the issue of paying for something that wastes my time as I have to check each story rather than rely on its accuracy.

      Cheers,
      M
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/helpandfeedback/corrections_clarifications

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “How do you feel that statement sits following the chorus of public disapproval that BBC Verify has faced?”

      “I listen to any criticism.”

      “Agreed.
      George Orwell would not pay the license.”

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  35. Terminal Moraine says:

    As I flicked R5 on last night to hear another discussion about the ‘systemic’ sexism women face daily, I reflected on how it is that the Guardian’s Nick Cohen’s antics are still being blanked by that paper and the BBC.

    From the Standard: “Guardian bosses under fire over sexual harassment claims against top writer […] Mr Cohen’s reputation was ‘widely known’ to the extent that some female colleagues used a different entrance to a pub near the office ‘to avoid being groped by him’… ”

    Guess the #MeToo movement doesn’t apply when it’s one of your own.

    https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/guardian-media-group-investigate-nick-cohen-sexual-harassment-complaints-b1084988.html

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    • Zephir says:

      Amazing, the nastiest people I have encountered in the workplace in 40 years WITHOUT EXCEPTION have been the wimmin

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  36. Dickie says:

    German enthusiasm for jib jabs

    https://www.eugyppius.com/p/as-enthusiasm-for-the-vaxx-falls

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    • MarkyMark says:

      As enthusiasm for the vaxx falls ever lower & millions of unwanted doses expire, the German press discover that maybe big pharma & their political enablers are not our friends after all

      ………………..

      A great many journalists, bureaucrats, politicians and ordinary people were complicit in the excesses of the past several years, and as the policies of the pandemic continue to sour, they’ll do anything but talk about it. This more than anything is the reason for the deafening silence surrounding all of these matters. What critique there is will increasingly attach itself to isolated matters, such as school closures, and to specific initiatives in which few participated directly, such as the buying of vaccines. They’ll do everything they can to assign blame in those few areas, where they can’t be blamed themselves.

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  37. Dickie says:

    According to Tobias Ellwood, we are at war with Russia. Any parliamentary debate on this issue? Is the public aware? Has the BBC verified?

    https://tapnewswire.com/2023/06/sas-active-on-russian-soil-colonel-douglas-macgregor/

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  38. Zephir says:

    The far left seem to love their wars, Blair was a particular fan

    A stunning silence from them when it comes to demanding talks or peace in Ukraine

    Of course when its Israel being bombed, that’s another matter

    Their alleged love of those fleeing terror leaves a sour taste when they are hanging flags for one side in a war and clapping and cheering at every opportunity with the bbc as cheerleaders

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  43. Zephir says:

    But. always remember, Trump touched someones bottom once, or something or other

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  44. Zephir says:

    New York Post:

    “Kamala Harris described as a ‘bully’ and ‘soul-destroying’ boss ”

    https://nypost.com/2021/12/06/kamala-harris-described-as-a-bully-and-soul-destroying-boss/

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  45. Zephir says:

    Washington Examiner:

    “To staff, Kamala Harris is a clueless bully who refuses to do her homework”

    https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/to-staff-kamala-harris-is-a-clueless-bully-who-refuses-to-do-her-homework

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