290 Responses to Start the Week 3 July 2023

  1. Dickie says:

    think most people would agree with this “rant”:

    https://tapnewswire.com/2023/07/i-guess-thats-why-they-call-it-les-bleus/

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  2. Dickie says:

    An article which Goebbels would have been proud of:

    https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1787115/putin-nuclear-disaster-europe

    Alternative media – Brian Berletic (The New Atlas)

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  3. MarkyMark says:

    Douglas Murray guffaws at Joe Biden introducing a new word to the English language

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  4. Flotsam says:

    ULEZ proceedings in the High Court today.
    The legal basis for ULEZ has already been established with that one off ludicrous, unproven case where a child died of asthma claimed to be due to car exhaust pollution.
    The application will therefore fail, the precedent has been set. More junk science.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Yes – I whole city suffers because of a woke cycling coroner …

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  5. andyjsnape says:

    SCO summit: Putin says sanctions making Russia stronger
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-66094385

    The bbc seems to think the whole world evolves around the West

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  6. Johnda says:

    Bbc news on tv two days in a row . Lead item problems at a refuge centre in Israel. No mention on any other website and mentioned lower down on some newspaper websites .
    Is this more proof of anti Israeli bbc.
    Let’s defund them now .
    By the way I don’t watch the news my wife does. Honest

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  7. Terminal Moraine says:

    BBC analysis on France: “France riots: Why do the banlieues erupt time and time again?”

    I read the whole article, laden with stats such as €60bn in public spending over 20 years, but with 3x the unemployment rate and 57% of kids still in poverty…. the upshot is it’s all a mystery.

    So why do they erupt time and time again? The writer has no idea. The usual level of penetrating insight we’ve come to expect from our £5bn broadcaster.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66071455

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  8. tomo says:

    Wikipedia “not for profit”

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    • Fedup2 says:

      People really donate to that ?

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      • tomo says:

        £1 here , £1 there …. no problem with that.

        I do have a BIG problem with their cultivation of sh1ts like eco-loon William Connolly torturing thousands of entries for his own self-gratification.

        Somebody seems to be milking it….

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      • Up2snuff says:

        Fed, I used to but not now and no longer.

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    • Guest Who says:

      Always intrigued how so many are entranced by the virtuous certainty that not making a profit is not achieved in ways that are designed to mainly benefit those running it.

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      • tomo says:

        UK “not for profits” are a cesspit that should be pumped out.

        ecoloons / mad billionaires and lefty nutters seem to predominate as accounting rules are lax to start with and afaics simply aren’t enforced.

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      • Guest Who says:

        Currently an ‘accused of’, charities can be interesting too.

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  9. Eddy Booth says:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-66093457

    “Are Russian proxies being placated in Balkans, asks committee chair
    Liaison Committee chair Sir Bernard has interjected to ask the PM if he is confident that pro-Russian proxies in the Balkans aren’t being appeased by the international community.

    The PM says he doesn’t believe that is the case and says there is a robust stance against proxies, including groups like the Wagner mercenary group operating in Africa.”

    Government got their proxy war in full progress and they’re talking about phantoms in the Balkans…
    Accuse the other side of that which you are guilty🤡

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  10. Terminal Moraine says:

    Has this been posted already? “Far-right parties on the rise across Europe”. Apparently this is down to —

    1. dissatisfaction with mainstream politics
    2. centrist parties adopting right wing slogans to ‘steal voters’
    3. far-right parties moving towards the centre

    So it’s all understandably representative and centrist then. But still the far-right bogeyman must be invoked, for without it we have a nothingburger of an article.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66056375

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  11. Guest Who says:

    How long before the bbc gets in Kev Maguire?

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    • Guest Who says:

      Also wondered how Dulwich College fared with teachers offering thoughts on past pupils’ personalities.

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      • Rob in Cheshire says:

        Is that why nine other banks will not give him an account?

        Total BS and misdirection.

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      • Flotsam says:

        There’s absolutely zero possibility that Coutts disclosed any information about Farage. You couldn’t rule out an employee I suppose, unlikely though.

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    • tomo says:

      His family members also had their accounts terminated iirc….

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Can they talk about the BBC and how it is eroding freedom to see the world as it is …

      Remember when the BBC report on events you might have to look a bit deeper ….

      “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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  12. Guest Who says:

    Beff has been wetting her knickers over this exchange… however…

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    • Rob in Cheshire says:

      Chris Bryant also misled parliament when he said Nigel Farage had received £500k from RT, but he’s not apologised for that, and I doubt he ever will.

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  13. Guest Who says:

    Who to trust? The BBC, or…

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    • Dickie says:

      Surprised the fires haven’t been attributed to climate change

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Due to Brexit?

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Why we need to control immigration
      But before I do that, I want us to remember why it’s important that we do control immigration. I believe there are three main reasons: its effect on social cohesion, on our infrastructure and public services, and on jobs and wages.

      First, social cohesion. The debate around immigration often focuses on its economic costs and benefits, but the social consequences are often ignored. This is a big mistake, because not only is the social impact significant and important in itself, it’s often what bothers the public the most.

      As Martin Wolf, the chief economics commentator of the financial times, says: ‘The desirability of sizeable immigration is a matter more of values than of economics. It is not a choice between wealth and poverty, but of the sort of country one desires to inhabit.’

      https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/home-secretary-speech-on-an-immigration-system-that-works-in-the-national-interest

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  14. JohnC says:

    Seven hurt in Tel Aviv attack as Israel’s raid on Jenin continues
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-66085089

    No question at all about who the BBC are supporting here. The terrorists.

    Some Palestinian scumbag got out of a car and tried to stab as many innocent civilians as possible until someone shot him.

    Reading the BBC ‘live report’, it’s got every supportive quote from the terrorist leaders praising him and potraying Israel as the villains.

    The main headline on the BBC news front page has the caption:
    ‘Palestinian militant group Hamas calls the “heroic attack in Tel Aviv a “natural” response to Israel’s operation in the West Bank.’

    Quotation marks aplenty in that one. But anyone just reading the headlines is being told the terrorist was a hero.

    Hamas are officially recognised as a terrorist group. The BBC should have called them such in that headline. Instead they have deliberately given them credibility.

    Meanwhile Israel are going after actual terrorists. Not civilians. There is absolutely no comparison to them and someone attacking civilians with a knife. That man should have been absolutely vilified by the BBC. Instead he is being described as a hero.

    There is no doubt after this. The BBC support Muslim terrorists.

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  15. JohnC says:

    Aidan Mann: Tragic street death of talented tattoo artist
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-66086730

    And here we have it again. An item on the front page which has absolutely nothing to with news – but is a blatant lengthy empathy piece with no point whatsoever except for some over-emotional BBC female to try and rake up as much sentiment for a now absolutely typical BBC article.

    The story is a tattooist who got stabbed by a schizophrenic 18 months ago. There is no reason at all to run this story now except to virtue-signal just how much empathy they have for poor victims.

    Here’s some of the things she writes:

    Flick back to Zen Black’s Facebook page and you’ll see his final video, posted at Halloween.

    He had organised a raffle with a suitably ink-based prize.

    He has long blonde hair and a gentle smile.

    He does a little mock bow as he announces the winner – having drawn the ticket from his motorcycle helmet, of course.

    “Growing up he was amazing, he had a smile for everybody.”

    ‘Aidan Mann was described as “amazing”‘

    This is all that the vast majority of BBC ‘journalists’ are good for now. I can only presume they keep writing this stuff because they can’t be given anything which involves actual journalistic talent.

    Here’s the author of this one. Whatever she is being paid, it’s too much.

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    All it does for me is highlight how they brush any stabbings in Londinistan right under the carpet because they don’t fit the agenda. The BBC are the worst kind of hypocrites.

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    • Guest Who says:

      There’s always the Graun.

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      • Rob in Cheshire says:

        Brexit lives rent free in their heads. It’s a beautiful thing.

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      • Richard Pinder says:

        ‘Allo Allo’ spoke to core differences between Britain and European neighbours. which were that the French and British Airmen were funny but united in a war against a United Europe under reluctant and funny Germans.

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        • MarkyMark says:

          “Why did the French go into it (European Union) then?”

          “To protect their inefficient farmers from commercial competition.”

          “That certainly doesn’t apply to the Germans?”

          “No,no,no. They went in it (EU) to cleanse themselves of genocide and reapply themselves for admission to the human race.”

          Yes Minister explains the EEC (EU)

          https://biasedbbc.org/blog/2018/10/10/midweek-thread-10-october-2018/comment-page-2/#comment-946624

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          • Fedup2 says:

            Marky – come on put up the Chinese bribe MP one you do ….
            ………. But seriously – the foundation of the treaty of Rome was that iron and steel thing the original 6 ? Had in place to stop the krauts building panzers again after the Royal Engineers put their factories together again to build beetles ….

            The ‘ever closer Union ‘aspiration on the face of the treaty of Rome should have been the thing that always kept us out – but Heath lied and deceived us into their Common Effing Market … and the rest is ….Farage … ..

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  16. digg says:

    I see the bank who ditched Farage is trying to fumble together an excuse now they realise they are not going to get away with what they did, in my view for purely political spite without a big pile of poo backlash.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66097039

    It’s time these corporates reigned in their junior staff who abuse their positions by taking political activist actions.

    I wait to see the outcome with interest.

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    • Emmanuel Goldstein says:

      I wonder what would happen if Farage said he has decided to identify as a wimmin and went to his bank to open an account.
      Would they support the lgbtetc or would they deny him/her an account.
      He could then take them to whoever the lefties use to claim discrimination if he is refused an account.

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      • Guest Who says:

        Ex BBC staff are especially good value when they refer to stupidity.

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        • Guest Who says:

          I just spent minutes scrolling the comments in the post thread. Were it now for that limit thingie I’d follow every one… they are stripping him to the bone like a flayed carcass in a piraña pool, with facts.

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        • StewGreen says:

          I just passed a Barclays branch, there’s a sign that says
          “No UKIP, no Conservative voters, No dogs”

          Richard Bacon’s father in law was the chairman of Barclays Bank for years

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        • Fedup2 says:

          It’s a pity banks are able to cloak themselves with ‘privacy of the client ‘ stuff in order to prevent anyone putting the jigsaw pieces together of exactly who – in each bank – came up with the policy and idea to cancel anyone .
          However – surely the policy itself must be ‘public ‘ . How bacon is able to declare there was no collusion between banks is a ‘thing ‘ in itself .

          As I’ve said here before – it’s not about Farage – it’s not about whether the person is of the left or right straight or queer – coloured or white – all should be able to rely on the service of a bank if they are law abiding ….
          Arbitrary decisions to ‘cancel’ just cannot stand … we seem to be moving into very dark times very quickly … but am I over reacting ..?

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      • Zephir says:

        Free panty liners if he pleads period poverty.

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  17. StewGreen says:

    “Hull “New exhibition about Clive Sullivan , the first BLACK man to …”

    both BBC and ITV local newsPR are giving it extensive coverage

    It is about 2 months since their last Clive Sullivan items.

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  18. Guest Who says:

    https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2023/07/03/this-woman-was-a-popular-liberal-account-on-twitter-she-also-never-existed-n2625263?

    Golly. Very blonde. And pretty.

    “She seemed too stupid to be taken seriously, even though “she” had a viral series of tweets. Marsh established herself as a liberal account that got eyes, though many were undoubtedly hate clicks. ”

    Maybe a TNI ‘reporter’?

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    • StewGreen says:

      Erica Marsh has become one of the most consistently viral left-wing voices on Twitter, gaining more than 130,000 followers for her hyper-liberal opinions on the biggest flash points in American news.

      A German PR man has denied being behind it
      @michaelzachrau

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  19. Up2snuff says:

    TWatO Watch #1 – do you blame the Government, do you blame the Government?

    I came in late to TWatO, as the Montacutie asks Sajid Javid, former Secretary of State for Health, repeatedly, after he agrees to be interviewed about the NHS “Do you blame the Government?”. Someone (Sajid Javid?) has called for a Royal Commission into our National Health Service and its future affordability.

    BBC agenda? What BBC agenda? © former PM, James Callaghan.

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  20. StewGreen says:

    Local BBC newsPR is asking about petrol prices
    Who do they bring on for an interview ?

    Greenpeace guy Paul

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  21. Guest Who says:

    And why bBC TNI media globally are trying to help their guy Sleepy.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Presumably Obama will get fed up with the Supreme Court making unapproved decisions and stick half a dozen democrat muppets on it ….

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  22. Guest Who says:

    https://mattiasdesmet.substack.com/p/the-uns-digital-first-responders?

    “Melissa Fleming, head of global communications for the United Nations, also described its function in a podcast: to detect and neutralize “misinformation” and “fake news” on social media as quickly as possible by countering it with “accurate, reliable information”.”

    By 20yo bimbos in cubicles?

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  23. Fedup2 says:

    Wednesday is apparently the 75th anniversary of ‘our NHS ‘ – the term the BBC uses when referring to it . I’d prefer ‘the’ NHS

    . The NHS killed my dad through negligence – and I witnessed the inconvenience my mum was in her 80s – after a life time of work – when she developed dementia . They couldn’t wait for her to die .
    So if you love the NHS dear reader – good for you . But some of us do not . Personally I’d see as much of it sold off as possible – and the medical mafia treated how they deserve to be £ treated £…
    But that’s just me ….

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    • Up2snuff says:

      Fed, I think the NHS staff want it to be privatised. They will all be given shares in the privatised NHS, Drs and Consultants receiving most of them, and will then be able to be ‘regulated’ by a Commissioner OFHEALTH, with a growing staff. The Commissionerand their staff are all highly paid at taxpayers’ expense.

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    • StewGreen says:

      Remember the NHS has always been partially private
      eg every GP surgery is not government, but rather privately owned
      just like dentists and opticians are

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  24. Fedup2 says:

    Up2
    I think that’s a great idea – the government can keep a ‘golden share ‘ until some US or Arab outfit buys it – then there can be a tiered system based on whether you’ve ever paid for it or not –
    Good quacks can be rewarded – the rest fired …

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    • Up2snuff says:

      Fed, I think golden handcuffs – not golden shares – are what Government needs to keep Doctors working for ‘our’ NHS. 😉 🙂

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  25. tomo says:

    Knicker nickers?

    Maybe they can find a bonkers judge to opine on s/h underwear?

    knicker-nickers.jpg

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    • Kaiser says:

      blokes have never bought underwear for their partners ??

      nope never been done , ever

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      • StewGreen says:

        Replies say : No one is FORCED to steal from washing lines
        You’ve always been able to use mail order catalogues etc.
        or just go into a shop nd say it’s for your wife.

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  26. Up2snuff says:

    TWatO Watch #2 – Sarah keeps a score, just like Mishal

    The Montacutie announce the car ramming into seven pedestrians in Tel Aviv with three seriously injured, maybe one dead? The attacker, a Palestinian, was shot dead by an armed passer-by. Brings a whole new meaning to the Biblical parable of The Good Samaritan. The Montacutie is keen to tot up, not the number of Jews injured or killed but the number of Palestinians from Jenin killed in the past three days.

    Sarah then talks over a female spokesperson for the Israeli military, not have the courtesy to let the Colonel finish her answers to Sarah’s questions.

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