474 Responses to Midweek 7 June 2023

  1. Deborah says:

    Well I can see which side the BBC is on in the Harry case. The BBC happily reports that Harry said that hacking was done on an industrial scale and for his whole life. Trouble is as far as I understand it, he never produced any evidence. Sophie R highlighted that Harry had found a tracking device on Chelsea’s car and how for the wicked Royal Family it was ‘business as usual’. Without doing a word for word analysis like Craig at ITBBCB to give the full explanation, it was so very obvious the angle was, poor Harry.

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    • Guest Who says:

      Producing evidence is so last journalism.

      Even when you know full well the facts don’t serve, there are ways.

      For instance, make the headline a question.

      https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2023/06/07/no-bbc-tornadoes-are-not-getting-worse/

      Rather sweetly, a commenter suggests send BBC Veni Venal Verify on it.

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    • moggie63 says:

      You have to feel sorry for Harry, it can’t be easy being thick.

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    • Doublethinker says:

      Will Harry get his deserved humiliation over this? I doubt it . At best The judge will let him down lightly and so even in defeat Harry will claim victory and Woke MSM will back him up.
      Worse given that this is only a civil and not a criminal case the judge has a lot of leeway , the judgement is based not on ‘beyond reasonable doubt ‘ but only on ‘the balance of probabilities’. So if the judge is sympathetic to Harry and want to demonstrate his Wokist credentials he can easily find in Harry’s favour despite Harry’s poor showing and lack of proof.
      Our system of law isn’t what it was , it has become politicised and the liberals are in control. The impartiality of judges can no longer be taken for granted.

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      • MarkyMark says:

        EXCLUSIVE: Perverted Saudi prince ordered his entire staff to strip naked at his Beverly Hills mansion’s pool and said: ‘I want to see some naked p****,’ court papers claim
        Prince Majed Al-Saud, 29, is being sued by three female staff members over allegations of sexual assault at his rented $37m home in Los Angeles
        The son of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah – who died this year – has been cleared of felony sexual assault but faces misdemeanor charges
        Fresh court documents seen by Daily Mail Online claim he ordered his entire household to strip naked so he could see ‘naked p***y’
        Alleged that he had male aide break wind in his face to order and that he was also pleasured by the man – gay sex is punishable by death in Saudi
        By RUTH STYLES FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

        PUBLISHED: 13:02, 26 October 2015 | UPDATED: 13:17, 26 October 2015

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  2. Guest Who says:

    Also BBc, when things are going la forme du poire:

    “Golly, that’s all we have time for” (usually returning once the guest has left and it is safe to continue the trashing).

    https://notthebee.com/article/what-privileges-do-straight-white-men-have-that-you-dont-have

    As a straight white male, I really hope she finds her true niche as a BBC N. America researcher.

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    • tomo says:

      NYT … they can’t even bring themselves to say sorry for employing Walter Duranty – their record reporting from Ukraine is simply abysmal.

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  3. digg says:

    Both the BBC and The Guardian pointing fingers at Tory council decisions for Woking Council’s fall into bankruptcy.

    Not mentioned in either is that it is the best part of 10 years since the Tories effectively controlled the council and that it has been under Lib Dem or Independent control ever since in which time it has embarked on a variety of “green” follies costing Woking tax payers millions.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-17495388

    The £44 million scheme includes….

    “Environmental measures included the planting of nearly 1,000 saplings and the creation of ponds, meadowlands, bat boxes, and habitats for voles and newts, to encourage wildlife back to the area, the council said.”

    Just more lying by omission…..

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  4. tomo says:

    Juan Brown does the dam …

    So a single guy in northern California can shame the UK’s state broadcaster’s 2000 ‘journalists’ reporting of the dam attack.

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    • Up2snuff says:

      tomo, if that dam was so critical to Ukraine it appears to have been remarkably undefended. The dams that the Dambusters attacked with Barnes Wallis’s Bouncing Bomb toward the end of WW2 were better defended and the Lancasters and their crews had to fly through heavy flak and machine gun fire.

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  5. Dickie says:

    Zelenskys favourite piece of music. Interesting comments of on youtube

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  6. Dickie says:

    Long read. Probably too difficult for the airheads at the BBC to get their heads around it. Marijuana Spring must be pulling her hair out.

    https://deepdivewithleeslusher.substack.com/p/rubble-and-rhetoric

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Ending … “Otherwise, it will be all too obvious that Ukraine lost a generation of its young men—as well as its sovereignty—all on a fool’s errand for foreign elites who will incur no personal cost for having orchestrated the calamity. “

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  7. MarkyMark says:

    “The shock deal that golf’s traditional tours have agreed with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) – which bankrolled the breakaway LIV series – is a stunning example of the shift in power that the kingdom’s investment in sport is bringing about.

    Under its ruling crown prince, the country’s multi-billion pound interest in sports through acquisitions, hosting and sponsorship is now well established.”

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/65837770

    ……………….

    OUR NEW OVERLORDS ….

    ………………..

    Saudi crown prince asked Boris Johnson to intervene in Newcastle United bid
    This article is more than 2 years old
    Mohammed bin Salman warned of damage to Saudi-UK relations if Premier League refusal not ‘corrected’

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/15/saudis-asked-boris-johnson-to-intervene-in-newcastle-united-bid

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  8. digg says:

    The BBC Great British Sewing Bee, once an innocent mildly entertaining fashion competition….

    Well I just happened to drop onto the start of the latest episode and lasted all of 60 seconds….

    The competitors appeared and it looked like the cast of Billy Smarts Circus complete with bearded lady.

    Utter, utter nonsense, diversity indoctrination posing as innocent entertainment.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      The Great British Sewing Bee’s Patrick Grant strongly believes King Charles is a style icon: ‘He sends a really important message’
      Comment
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      Emily Bashforth
      Thursday 4 May 2023 8:08 am

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  9. Dickie says:

    Talk about a circus and pure theatre:

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  10. digg says:

    You might just notice a trend in BBC reporting today..

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-canada-65835239

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65837317

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-65827664

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65633082

    They just want everyone to cower down and give in to their brave new World I think… Time they were eliminated for the mental health of normal and sane people in mankind.

    I think they should put MS Spring on the case to save humanity in the UK by investigating BBC childish misinformation posting out utter lying crap…

    Just F off BBC you are a bloody joke!

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Millions breathing hazardous air across North America

      Hot weather: New health alert as weekend temperatures to hit 30C

      Lewis Capaldi: Why more musicians are prioritising mental health

      Climate change is harming my mental health

      ………………..

      Obama and the Beach House Loopholes
      Although Hawaii has laws meant to preserve disappearing shorelines, beachfront property owners have been able to bypass them. That’s what happened at an expansive coastal estate officials say the Obamas will live in.

      by Sophie Cocke, Honolulu Star-Advertiser Aug. 15, 2020, 6 a.m. EDT

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  11. StewGreen says:

    Clownfish ..previously mentioned here is the topic for Beebwatch

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  12. StewGreen says:

    Australian vid used the BBC Multiculturism poll
    as if it’s new ..actually ut was 2015

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    • Fedup2 says:

      I wonder if Owen will be a minister in the coming labour government …
      …… I bet any ‘survey ‘ the BBC does now would nt show multiculturalism as a complete failure by 95% of respondents…. Can I add to it please ?

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  13. Richard Pinder says:

    A GOOD DEATH

    The midazolam & morphine “Mass Murder” of April 2020: https://ugetube.com/watch/a-good-death-jacqui-deevoy-ickonic_mbVzww3HAB6o35v.html

    The disappeared & censored 3 April to 30 April 2020 “Mass Murder Protocol” of the NICE rapid guideline NG163 can be obtained from John Dee: https://jdee.substack.com/p/the-iatrogenesis-hypothesis

    On 17 April 2020, Conservative MP Luke Evans asked Health Secretary Matt Hancock whether the NHS had enough syringe drivers, midazolam and morphine to be able to provide a “good death” for patients (a crude euphemism for euthanasia) during the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee. French company ‘Accord Healthcare’ had just sold two years worth of midazolam to British wholesalers at the request of the NHS in March 2020. There was a huge spike in the prescription of midazolam hydrochloride in GP practices across NHS England in April 2020.

    This was the cause of a massive spike in deaths in April 2020. NOT caused by Covid-19.

    The full story: https://unlimitedhangout.com/2022/11/investigative-reports/covid-19-mass-formation-or-mass-atrocity

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  14. andyjsnape says:

    We pamper again to “Activists”

    LGBT+: Metropolitan Police chief apologises to Peter Tatchell over past failings
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65840770

    For past failings

    I would like the Romans to apologies for past failings, and loads of money given out to black people for the slave trade, but hey move on it was the past

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  15. Fedup2 says:

    Today
    Celebrating plod – which apparently have ‘attended ‘ all domestic burglaries in the last year . They got some management clone chief plod on .

    The chief plod said they hadn’t solved more burglaries but maybe one day they will – meanwhile they will double their twitter squad and internet monitoring staff to catch naughty thoughts and words ( this may or may not be a fib )

    I laughed at this piece because it demonstrated how plod lost it … ‘investigating ‘crimes and talking to victims – revolutionary …

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    • Scroblene says:

      I guess the insurance companies just love Plod when all they get is a crime number and have to fork out the dosh on an email!

      No wonder premiums are going through the roof!

      When we were burgled a few years ago, all we got was a visit, a couple of ‘Ho hums’and a number to call!

      I could easily have got them to find out who’d done it and given them a few quid to get everything back…

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  16. Fedup2 says:

    Today
    The US correspond and daughter of a dead labour leader excited as she reports yet another political trial of the True President ….
    Seems like the Democrat Department of Justice is just lining up political trials against a candidate for the presidency .

    I guess yanks are too thick to realise this or believe the lies pushed by CNN / BBC

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  17. tomo says:

    Canada wildfires: Millions advised to mask up due to intense smoke

    Not difficult to imagine who came up with thius and why.

    Paranoid, moi?….

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  18. Fedup2 says:

    Must be tough on smokers having competition to expose non smokers to the fumes …. Time for a lundun smog reference …?

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  19. JohnC says:

    Just doing a bit of research about what’s going on with Ukraine and there are two major pieces of news which – according to google – the BBC are not reporting at all.

    First Ukraine have launched a major attack in Donetsk and have suffered big losses. Apparently they have experienced the same result when trying to move lots of tanks that Russia suffered with at the start.

    Second, Iran have announced a hypersonic missile. Clearly as part of the deal with Russia to supply all the drones. This is not news until they use them on Israel which has a high chance of leading to another war in the Middle East.

    Meanwhile the BBC is still making a huge meal about the effects of the blown up dam. Given that thousands are being blown to pieces every week in the war, a few people being displaced by flooding is utterly insignificant. But of course there’s no empathy to be had with that.

    Tucked in the middle of it all is the real story of the much hyped ‘counter offensive’ being hidden from us:

    ‘Away from the disaster in Kherson following the breach of the Kakhovka dam, the MoD assesses that heavy fighting is ongoing in multiple sections of the frontlines.

    “In most areas Ukraine holds the initiative,” the update says, but it also says Russian troops are “likely still being ordered to return to the offensive as soon as possible”.’

    Why don’t you put your ‘verify’ team on that BBC. The truth is all over the internet. What a joke.

    How convenient this dam gives a distraction from the fighting. I no longer trust my government and I absolutely don’t trust the BBC to tell me the truth.

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    • Scroblene says:

      If only the Beeboids had some of the quality and stamina of Kate Adie over there, the whole bloody war would be finished by now!

      Interesting comment on Wiki: –

      “Adie was appointed Chancellor of Bournemouth University on 7 January 2019, succeeding Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers.[33] In her address, she warned postgraduate journalism students that confirming information and verifying news sources were critical in the current climate of fake news. She stressed the importance of personally verifying news sources. “Getting your person there is an absolutely standard lesson… news is not news without verification. …If you only have the station cat to send, send them!””

      The Beebonic Plague just starts another yapping shop with ‘Vilify’!

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      • JohnC says:

        It’s clear the BBC are only reporting what Ukraine government officials tell us – and they have shown that they are at about the same level of rhetoric as North Korea.

        I have not seen any attempts by the BBC to counter or correct any of the ridiculous things they have been saying. Nor have I seen ‘without providing any evidence’ in the more outrageous headlines (such as shooting down 100% of missiles, including 6 hypersonic) as I have several times for the Russian government.

        It’s lies (mostly by omission) and complicit misinformation on a scale I never thought I would see in this country. It reminds me of the WW2 newsreels.

        I wonder if the BBC decided to do it themselves or have been instructed by our government.

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  20. Fedup2 says:

    Looks like the outgoing PM has gone to the states to arrange for his Green Card to be renewed and get US citizenship . I’m sure he will bung the bidens for the family passport . I’d bet on it .
    Rashid is apparently having a public love in with the false president Thursday night – at least the media will be ‘tame ‘ apart from the BBC who will ask about nut nuts ‘ ‘dishonours ‘ list ….

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    • Scroblene says:

      Maybe he could ask how the Bidens’ laptop strangely disappeared, so that when he gets back here, he can do the same with Bojo’s…

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  21. Fedup2 says:

    BBC News
    The woke commissioner of the met plod has apologised to queers . Isn’t that nice ?

    Maybe the woke commissioner will apologise to everyone let down by plod – maybe we can expect an apology every day .

    STOP PRESS – sad new. Caroline Mucus is to stand down from being the only green crap MP – the animal free ermine awaits … and her cats of course …

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    • Scroblene says:

      If there are still any normal people in Brighton, I presume there will be a sigh of relief …

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  22. andyjsnape says:

    I can’t believe real people actually don’t like the bBC

    https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.bbc.co.uk

    🙂

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    • JohnC says:

      8,500 reviews and 93% are 1 star 😂

      Perhaps the verify team should investigate.

      The BBC hate information sources which are not under Leftist control.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Comment “One star because they use actual words and avoid the made up words……real words we can agree on the meaning of them that’s about it. Except of course BBC has a problem understanding what a woman is…whahaha journalists who misunderstand half of the globe’s sex. My 5 year old knows better….BBC has no content that matters. No journalists who matter, no one cares about the British BS Coorporation.”

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  23. AsISeeIt says:

    Britain will take the lead in tackling the threat posed by artificial intelligence (Telegraph)

    What is the threat, precisely?

    We describe three such main ways misused narrow AI serves as a threat to human health: through increasing opportunities for control and manipulation of people; enhancing and dehumanising lethal weapon capacity and by rendering human labour increasingly obsolescent (BMJ Global Health)

    Point one: control and manipulation of people… if our government is genuinely worried about that, then how come they are busy building the infrastructure for: The digital pound: A new form of money for households and businesses… Unlike crypto assets and stable coins, the digital pound would be a central bank digital currency or CBDC – sterling currency issued by the Bank of England and not the private sector. (Gov.UK)

    Opening the door to complete centralised: control and manipulation of people – do we see the paradox?

    Lockdowns, BBC, CDU & Ofcom, anyone? Secret unit stored Covid texts (Telegraph)

    Next up… online voting? Who will control and manipulate that?

    How about this brand new State control and manipulation lever: Emergency Alerts is a UK government service that will warn you if there’s a danger to life nearby. In an emergency, your mobile phone or tablet will receive an alert with advice about how to stay safe. (Gov.UK)

    Sunak to tell Biden UK can lead on AI… Prime Minister determined to make London centre for international regulator (Telegraph) – I thought we were supposed to have voted to escape one overbearing supranational regime of regulation – so as to ‘take back control’ ?

    How about we openly discuss and legislate for our own set of AI regulations – if that’s what we agree we need – and before you say ah, but the internet knows no boundaries… so Rishi you really think the likes of Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are going to sign up to your pet regulations that you’ve gone into a huddle with the US & EU to cook up? Pull the other one – it’s got mobile phone emergency alert bells on

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    • Fedup2 says:

      BBC going big as usual on NHS shortages – this time it’s radiographers . It doesn’t explain what happens to trained radiographers .
      My guess if they are pretty low in the NHS hierarchy and get flogged to death by the rest of the medical mafia – which ensures not enough are selected and trained and then blame the government for their own failings .

      Add to this the attraction of private medicine or overseas jobs which I bet pay much better – with better conditions ….

      … but we never got any of the above – instead we got the human interest story of a lady with breast cancer which is apparently worse than it should be because of delayed and missed routine tests .
      This might have made ‘good ‘ ‘compassionate ‘ radio but I didn’t help with the issue .

      Declaration – before anyone accuses me of being nasty my mum had breast cancer – so I know what it means … men get it too ….
      Lucky they didn’t talk about men and prostate cancer …

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      • Guest Who says:

        But think of Lizzo flying in by Lear to get her free blubber pills.

        Or maybe Mishal will fly out to her with them if she’s too busy.

        The bbc are good like that.

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      • tomo says:

        Radiographers?

        Diagnostic scans should be running on a 3-shift 24/7 basis – a £5 million piece of kit that runs 9-5 with sporadic skeleton weekend cover and in some cases weeks waiting seems absurd.

        – especially when “you can get one tomorrow if you go private”

        Consultants at my local NHS seem to have set up their own practices and are obviously working the waiting lists…

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        • Fedup2 says:

          Tomo
          Guess what ? Almost a BBC apology . It turns out that the ‘breast cancer lady ‘ the BBC had rollout ( why?) is a victim of the Welsh NHS – not the English one as advertised …. Funny they left that bit out – maybe it’s for BBC Verify to investigate ‘why ‘….
          Naughty BBC .

          Also – it seems the woke met plod commissioner is going queer in solitary with the queer ‘community ‘ …. Mind out for the STIs mate ….

          … it looks like the MSM has decided not to report the daily criminal convictions – disciplines of plod …. Funny that …

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          • MarkyMark says:

            “It is growing (gang r*pe culture), there’s no doubt about that. A large amount of the growth in my view is about raised awareness.” – Cressida Dick @1:40 {youtube}

            “I don’t think this was a phenomena (gang r*pe culture) that was invented in the last few years. It really wasn’t. It’s been part of our society probably for centuries and centuries and centuries. It’s hard to really know exactly what is really going up and what is changing. ” – Cressida Dick @2:38

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Barack Obama: Brexit would put UK ‘back of the queue’ for trade talks
      This article is more than 7 years old
      US president, visiting London, says ‘part of being friends is being honest’ as he lays out perils of leave vote in EU referendum

      https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/22/barack-obama-brexit-uk-back-of-queue-for-trade-talks

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    • MarkyMark says:

      UK can be ‘Saudi Arabia of wind power’ – PM
      Published
      24 September 2020
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-54285497

      Mr Johnson said this was a technology he “barely believed was possible, but I am now a complete evangelist for”.

      Mr Johnson said the UK’s greenhouse gases were 8-10% down in 2020 on previous years. But added: “The bad news is we’ve achieved that by sustaining an appalling economic shock in the form of coronavirus.

      ……………..

      China is building more than half of the world’s new coal power plants
      Some 176 gigawatts of coal capacity was under construction in 2021, and more than half of that was being built in China

      By Adam Vaughan

      26 April 2022

      https://www.newscientist.com/article/2317274-china-is-building-more-than-half-of-the-worlds-new-coal-power-plants/

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    • Up2snuff says:

      AISI, this morning – again – the BBC are not displaying fully the front page of the Telegraph: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-65840212 I get a teeny bit suspicious when that happens or a front page is rendered so fuzzily by the BBC that it is unreadable. It just so happened that I needed some supplies and so I went out of my way to check the DT in a shop to see if there were items there unfavourable to the causes that the BBC loves. Sure enough, there were two articles, that could be said to be slightly unfavourable to Labour, and – no doubt – the BBC.

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  24. tomo says:

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  25. Charlie Farley says:

    Not BBC …..TalkTv , my MP Bob Seely who’s on the Foreign Affairs Committee , JHB interview…Bob says that Ukraine must win and we will send more money and weapons and that Russia destroyed the Dam ! ……he ignores my comments and emails on this and the Dinghy Invaders…he’s another total waste of space Tory ….but then aren’t they all in Government

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Zelenski has got the begging bucket out for the dam thing – we could send them a lot of dinghies …. And third world ‘manpower ‘…

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      • MarkyMark says:

        When a community gets clean water for the first time, it’s the start of something truly life-changing.
        Right now, millions of children around the world like Aynadis in Ethiopia don’t have clean water to drink, decent toilets to use or good hygiene to protect themselves. Without these basics, breaking the cycle of poverty is just a dream.

        https://www.wateraid.org/uk/donate/donate-to-wateraid-today?id=RA/TPP/01A&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&gad=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw-IWkBhBTEiwA2exyO4GnbZ_aJ6f4BSXgF061ocHoaBqveNuRv58RQzS40nkN9047M5E6ZRoChNcQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

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      • Ian Rushlow says:

        Rather than the current bogus deal with Rwanda which, if it ever happens, simply results in us swapping Middle Eastern/South Asian invaders for Rwandan (read: Congolese) migrants needing expensive medical care, we should be laying down the law to the Zelensky puppet. Here’s the deal: any assistance from the UK is conditional upon Ukraine taking in our unwanted guests. Let’s say at the rate of 1 guest for every £10K of aid. And applied retrospectively to February 24th 2022. Such a deal would be highly beneficial to Ukraine, who have lost more than a third of their population since the break-up of the Soviet Union, and whose men are currently dying in droves (described in Western media as ‘Fantastic victories by Oceania over Eurasia in Spring Offensive’). As the unwanted guests currently being enticed to Britain are all young men of fighting age, they will be a great asset to the Ukrainian military, plus they will benefit themselves enormously by living in a society with traditional masculine values rather than in the effete West.

        According to this report, the UK has committed £4.6 billion in military aid to Ukraine, which equates to 460,000 of our unwanted guests.

        Click to access CBP-9477.pdf

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        • MarkyMark says:

          “And that’s why we’re investing £5 billion more in our world-beating armed forces over the next two years and increasing our defence spending to 2.5% of GDP so we can continue to be a world leader when it comes to defence and keeping our country safe.”

          https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/joe-biden-gdp-anthony-albanese-ben-wallace-ukraine-b2299401.html

          Significant sums of the promised new money will be swallowed up by replenishing ammunition stockpiles handed to Ukraine and work on the Aukus project to develop nuclear-powered submarines for Australia.

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        • micknotmike says:

          Morning Ian,
          It’s a good plan, I’ll grant you that. Here’s my reservation though. As the “developed” western european countries continue their suicide by inviting feral savages by the thousand, a significant “White flight” will occur to the former east. This is happening already with people selling up and buying new homes in Poland and the former East Germany, for example. What hope for the white race if they send their unwanted invaders to the few countries which will still be civilised to some level in, say, fifty years time, effectvely poisoning the only remaining clean wells before they get there?

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          • Up2snuff says:

            micknotmike, yes, flight for whites locations need considering but as I read MM’s excellent post @ 9.16 a.m., I nearly replied that I thought that applied pretty much to the whole of the African continent, top to bottom. Then I thought, hang on a mo, there are countries in Africa with clean drinking water, sewerage systems and toilets; OK, there might be rural areas where that doesn’t apply.

            Er, what could possibly differentiate those countries from Ethiopia? Ummh, aaah, countries like Zimbabwe, Botswana, Malawi and South Africa?

            Oh!

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        • MarkyMark says:

          1 Migrant In 2 MPs out

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  26. Fedup2 says:

    Vintage Toady

    A Caroline mucus love in followed by Pete Tatchell on the woke met commissioner apologising to queers … surely the next item must be something on coloured folk as victims – maybe of sexual diseases …

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    • MarkyMark says:

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    • G says:

      There’s “…Turning Up…..” and actually doing anything. You can imagine answering the door to the coppers and overhear a radio message they are receiving : ‘Urgent matter elsewhere, leave what you are doing immediately’. That’s “Turning up” for you.

      Easily see where this nonsense is going. Anybody trusting the law?

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      • MarkyMark says:

        A burglar broke into our house last night…
        I didn’t fight back, I just put the red laser dot on his forehead and the 3 cats did the rest.

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  27. MarkyMark says:

    Genocide
    Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part

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    Genocide is an internationally recognized crime where acts are committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. These acts fall into five categories:

    Killing members of the group
    Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group
    Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part
    Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group
    Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group

    Genocide
    Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part

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  28. MarkyMark says:

    USA does not interfere with local politics …

    Barack Obama has warned that the UK would be at the “back of the queue” in any trade deal with the US if the country chose to leave the EU, as he made an emotional plea to Britons to vote for staying in. 2016

    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/22/barack-obama-brexit-uk-back-of-queue-for-trade-talks

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  29. MarkyMark says:

    Dutchman’s opinion of the BBC

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  30. Guest Who says:

    BREAKING.

    As of now, tragic. Who targets kids? We shall see. Or….

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    • MarkyMark says:

      SAINT-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY, France (Reuters) – Knife-wielding attackers interrupted a French church service, forced the priest to his knees and slit his throat on Tuesday, a murder made even more shocking as one of the assailants was a known would-be jihadist under supposedly tight surveillance.

      https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-hostages-idUSKCN1060VA

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    • MarkyMark says:

      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]

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Emily_Jones

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  31. MarkyMark says:

    “Every one of the world’s leading economies, including all the countries that make up the G20, is failing to meet commitments made in the landmark Paris agreement in order to stave off climate catastrophe, a damning new analysis has found.”

    ………………..

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/sep/15/governments-falling-short-paris-climate-pledges-study

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  32. G says:

    The, ‘Dicing & Slicing’ of the UK population is accelerating. 20mph limits introduced in Wales from September. I understand that a petition against was withdrawn by the Welsh Government when it reached 18000. That’s the ‘New’ democracy for you. They’re recklessly doing whatever they want come Hell or High water.

    I wonder what would happen if the public took a leaf from Just Stop Oil’s playlist. In the Welsh situation, driving slowly and legally in and around the Welsh Parliament in their thousands. Mobility scooters included. Maybe even the car park where the members park their cars. Indeed, around those voting for the limit’s personal residences. Round and round we go at 5/10mph. After all, a max 20 mph includes 1 – 20 does it not?

    I could see many ways of practically making life difficult for the Marxists.

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  33. Guest Who says:

    Impressive spin.

    Maybe the BBC could get in Jeremy Corbyn who is still active in advocating all landlords are evil.

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  34. Guest Who says:

    The surviving members of Steps have turned up at BBC Breakfast to offer Civil Engineering advice on dams.

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  35. Guest Who says:

    BBC should just go.

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  36. Guest Who says:

    Could, possibly…

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Reference CAS-7170772-H0N5Z7

      Dear Mr H,

      Thank you for contacting us about the BBC News website. We note and appreciate your concerns.

      We know that not everyone will agree with our choices on which stories to cover, or how much coverage each story is attributed across our output. Our news editors make these complex decisions, based on the editorial merit of all the stories at hand.

      We accept that not everyone will agree with each decision, however, we can assure you these decisions aren’t indicative of bias.

      We have highlighted in our reporting that Labour MP Barry Gardiner has received over £420,000 in donations from Christine Ching Kui Lee’s company over 5 years. I have provided links to some of this coverage below:

      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-61271058
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59990451
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59984380

      We are of course free from any political influence or agenda.

      We do value your feedback about this. All complaints are sent to senior management and we’ve included your points in our overnight report.

      These reports are among the most widely read sources of feedback in the company and ensures that your concerns have been seen by the right people quickly. This helps inform their decisions about current and future content.

      Thanks again for taking the time to get in touch.

      Kind regards,

      BBC Complaints Team
      http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints

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  37. MarkyMark says:

    The Conservatives donor boon comes courtesy of Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Mansour, who donated £5 million to help “very capable Prime Minister” Rishi win a full term. Graham Edwards and Amit Lohia also each gave £2 million. The figures will come as welcome relief to cost-cutting CCHQ, as the party took out a £2,000,000 line of credit in December. Labour’s figures won’t be so reassuring for the party and their prawn cocktail offensive. 62% of their donations came from trade unions and public funds…

    order-order.com

    ….

    HSBC faces accusations that it helped to enrich senior Egyptian political and business figures now at the centre of corruption investigations.

    Former Egyptian housing minister Ahmed el-Maghrabi and his cousin, former transport minister Mohamed Mansour, are shareholders in the parent company of Palm Hills, which is Egypt’s second-biggest listed developer. Mansour’s brother is Palm Hills’ chairman.

    https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2011-05-01/hsbc-under-fire-over-its-role-in-controversial-egyptian-land-deals

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Any one chucking money at the blue labour lot now much be mad unless it’s for a gong in the Rashid Richi ‘dishonours list ‘…connections connections ….

      I’m guessing Mrs Rishi is in the States sorting the accom out for the end of 2024 ….

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      • MarkyMark says:

        Britain’s Prince Charles. An investigation has found that a Saudi tycoon allegedly received knighthood by the royal family after he made generous donations to The Prince’s Foundation, a charity established by the Prince of Wales, The Sunday Times and Daily Mail reported on Sunday.20 Sept 2021

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  38. Guest Who says:

    Luckily, nothing to report.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Family spot actual news on BBC website.

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    • moggie63 says:

      I’m happy enough with this. In all my years I have seen precisely 1 snake and that was 30 or more years ago.

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    • Mustapha Sheikup al-Beebi says:

      The Derwent? I thought it was Downing Street for a moment there.

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      • MarkyMark says:

        “Gentlemen! I too have been a close observer of the doings of the Bank of the United States. I have had men watching you for a long time, and am convinced that you have used the funds of the bank to speculate in the breadstuffs of the country. When you won, you divided the profits amongst you, and when you lost, you charged it to the bank. You tell me that if I take the deposits from the bank and annul its charter I shall ruin ten thousand families. That may be true, gentlemen, but that is your sin! Should I let you go on, you will ruin fifty thousand families, and that would be my sin! You are a den of vipers and thieves. I have determined to rout you out, and by the Eternal, (bringing his fist down on the table) I will rout you out!”

        https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/692163-gentlemen-i-too-have-been-a-close-observer-of-the

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    • Docmarooned says:

      On what planet is this newsworthy unless it was an anaconda grabbing the Springster.

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  39. MarkyMark says:

    order-order.com comment … deep ….

    “In the grand theater of modern society, the age-old ploy of “bread and circuses” takes on new dimensions, leaving the masses spellbound and bereft of critical thought. The mesmerizing dance of mindless entertainment and media manipulation continues to unfold, with a satirical flair that would make even the wittiest of jesters proud.

    Oh, behold the marvels of our time! As the screens flicker with reality shows showcasing the intellectual prowess of dancing celebrities and the domestic dilemmas of scripted families, the masses eagerly surrender their cognitive faculties to this mesmerizing spectacle.

    Who needs intellectual stimulation when we can feast upon a buffet of scripted drama and carefully edited confessions?

    The trivialities of life take center stage, and the masses are left to revel in a state of blissful ignorance.And let us not forget the virtuous mainstream media, ever so committed to informing the public… or so they claim. With an air of righteous authority, they regale us with breaking news about the latest wardrobe malfunction, while burying genuine issues of substance beneath the rubble of sensationalism. Oh, how they peddle shallow narratives, expertly tailored to maintain the status quo and appease their corporate overlords. In this circus of information, truth becomes a slippery eel, elusive and malleable to suit the whims of those pulling the strings.

    But fear not, dear spectators! For in this age of satire and irony, we possess the power to break free from the chains of mindless diversion. We can rise above the trivialities that consume our attention and seek knowledge beyond the glittering façade. Let us sharpen our wit and hold the media accountable for their complicity in this grand charade. Let us demand genuine journalism, untainted by sensationalism and corporate agendas.With a pinch of sarcasm and a dash of skepticism, we can challenge the puppeteers of our time and expose the theatrics of bread and circuses.

    Let us reclaim our critical thinking, dissect the absurdities of our culture, and hold up a mirror to the farcical nature of our society.

    In the realm of satire, truth emerges from the cracks of comedic critique, illuminating the path towards a society that values intellectual engagement, substantive discourse, and the dismantling of the shallow distractions that keep us docile.”

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  40. Dickie says:

    Summit to think about:

    https://tapnewswire.com/2023/06/tories-are-toast/

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Disillusionment with the British Tories is heating up.
      Speak to anybody and everybody around the British Tories right now and they’ll all you the the same thing —they are utterly disillusioned and fed up.
      Cultural conservatives complain about the onslaught of mass immigration and the failure of the Tory party to stop the Woke tide in the institutions.
      https://tapnewswire.com/2023/06/tories-are-toast/

      ………………………….

      Dover MP Natalie Elphicke told the Commons that the BBC’s “shocking report” contained the “breath-taking” disclosure of free French public bus services being used to ferry migrants from camps to Dunkirk beaches.

      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-63229010

      ….

      Today the BBC journalists Michael Keohan and Colin Campbell released a shocking report on the channel crossings. It showed people smugglers selling their wares brazenly in the migrant camps and many children living in unsafe and dangerous conditions, as well as—this is breathtaking—a free French public bus service that migrants can use to travel directly from the camps to the Dunkirk departure beaches. Will my right hon. Friend allow a statement on the issue of tackling the small boat crossings and the Government’s response in their work with France?

      https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2022-10-13a.258.0#g262.1

      SACK THEM ALL!

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      • Fedup2 says:

        Marky – there was a piece in the DT about how the red labour agents – unions – charities – NHS – councils – have huge expectations of the Starmer regime – with his 150 – 200 majority .
        But I repeat my thesis that the disappointment they will experience will be huge in relation to their expectations . There ain’t no money – even the stealth taxes won’t fill the gaps in interest repayment or pressure on the currency …

        Bung in high interest rates and a recession and we ( they ) face tumultuous times – even more than recent times ….

        There is already a strong smell of decay in the air as sunak lies his way through the next 12 months … and I get the vibe that they know they’ve had a good innings and will run off with as much corrupt money / positions they can .

        There is no one showing anything like the strength needed to return and be a Conservative PM …. 80 majority ? WTF .

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  41. Terminal Moraine says:

    Annecy stabbing & the BBC live reporting: “There’s nothing on the suspect’s record that the police have to suggest a history of violence or of affiliation with Islamist groups.

    But of course, the question on everyone’s minds will be whether there is some kind of religious connection with this. We just don’t know.”

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    • JohnC says:

      Watch carefully now to see how quickly the BBC change it to be all about the victims and flood us with empathy articles.

      The motivation behind what this evil monster has done will be absolutely avoided. Most likely we will just be told he has mental issues.

      Compare that with the research they do for the background of far-right murderers.

      The BBC write:
      ‘Suspect does not have known Islamist links’

      ‘which suggests that at this point in time, they’re not thinking that this was an act that was inspired by Islamist terrorism.’

      That’s BBC weasel-speak to make you think it’s not about Islam. But in fact they mean ‘not inspired by ISIS’ and it still may well (indeed probably) have been done in the name of Islam.

      That’s a classic BBC ‘lie by inference’.

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      • Terminal Moraine says:

        John, I fear it’s going to be worse than that:

        BBC report: “Police have confirmed that the suspect is a 31-year-old Syrian, who had refugee status in Sweden […] He also told police he was a Syrian Christian.”

        annecy.jpg

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        • MarkyMark says:

          Remember how the BBC report news … terrorist is victim …

          “I am not kidding. @BBCNews website leaves the impression the Syrian suicide bomber as a victim in a ‘German blast’.” – Tarek Fatah 24jul2016

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  42. MarkyMark says:

    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]

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Emily_Jones

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  43. Fedup2 says:

    I wonder if the French will take the latest Muslim attacker to the coast and put him in a dinghy with the rest ..?

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  44. Emmanuel Goldstein says:

    Unlike all our virtue signalling politicians I don’t want us (UK) to be World leaders in AI, to be leading the World with green technology, to be at the front of the race to remove all our energies that are considered not green, to lead the world with wind power, battery technology, electric cars and all the other crackpot schemes which are destroying our economy.

    I want us to be normal, slower moving and have a sensible considered approach to future energies.
    I definitely don’t believe in the constant ‘end of the world’ warnings from the green loonies (and those involved in making the green energy toys)
    These include crackpot things like 20mph speed limit everywhere, 15 minute cities, shutting down farms, ulez etc and getting as many people as possible crammed onto this Island of ours.

    Politicians, go back to doing minimalist management and stop trying to look good to others by trying to outgreen them. We, the majority, don’t want it.
    You can do environmental things such as cleaning up pollution if you want to look good but leave the big things alone because you ALWAYS muck them up, think HS2 for a recent example but there are so many more.
    Get some nuclear power plants built for a start.

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  45. Terminal Moraine says:

    Who knew that yesterday was World Food Safety Day? Another UN project getting promotion from all the likely sources. Public sector and NGOs must surely have something better to celebrate, or maybe not…

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Over 90 percent of Sri Lanka’s farmers had used chemical fertilizers before they were banned. After they were banned, an astonishing 85 percent experienced crop losses. Rice production fell 20 percent and prices skyrocketed 50 percent in just six months.20 Jul 2022

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Born in the Eritrean city of Asmara, Dr Tedros graduated from the University of Asmara with a Bachelor of Biology, before earning a Master of Science (MSc) in Immunology of Infectious Diseases from the University of London, a Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) in Community Health from the University of Nottingham and an Honorary Fellowship from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

      Following his studies, Dr Tedros returned to Ethiopia to support the delivery of health services, first working as a field-level malariologist, before heading a regional health service and later serving in Ethiopia’s federal government for over a decade as Minister of Health and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

      As Minister of Health from 2005 to 2012, he led a comprehensive reform of the country’s health system, built on the foundation of universal health coverage and provision of services to all people, even in the most remote areas.

      Under his leadership, Ethiopia expanded its health infrastructure, developed innovative health financing mechanisms, and expanded its health workforce. A major component of reforms he drove was the creation of a primary health care extension programme that deployed 40 000 female health workers throughout the country. A significant result was an approximate 60% reduction in child and maternal mortality compared to 2000 levels.

      As Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2016, he elevated health as a political issue nationally, regionally and globally. In this role, he led efforts to negotiate the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, in which 193 countries committed to the financing necessary to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

      Prior to his election as Director-General of WHO, Dr Tedros held many leadership positions in global health, including as Chair of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, Chair of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, and Co-chair of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Board.

      After taking office as WHO Director-General on 1 July 2017, Dr Tedros initiated the most significant transformation in the Organization’s history, which has generated a wide range of achievements.

      https://www.who.int/director-general/biography

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