255 Responses to Start the Week 11th September 2023

  1. MarkyMark says:

    EU Germany sucking on Putins pipe of peace.

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  2. MarkyMark says:

    19 October 2022, received approx. £97,000 for a speaking event from Apax Partners LLP, 601 Lexington Avenue, 53rd Floor, New York, New York 1002255. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 4 November 2022)

    29 November 2022, received approx. £107,600 for a speaking event from World Travel and Tourism Council, 65 Southwark Street, London SE1 0HR. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 9 December 2022)

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    Mrs Theresa May
    The Rt Hon Mrs Theresa May is the Conservative MP for Maidenhead, and has been an MP continuously since 1 May 1997.

    £97,000 for a speaking event from Apax Partners LLP

    £107,600 for a speaking event from World Travel and Tourism Council

    When Theresa May became prime minister in July 2016, she promised to stand up for working families who were ‘just about managing’. The so-called ‘JAMs’ are people from working families who worry about paying their mortgage, the cost of living and getting their kids into a good school.7 Jun 2019

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  3. JohnC says:

    Images of men released in Brixton stabbing appeal
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66767450

    lol – The BBC aren’t much help in the appeal for witnesses who saw a man who murdered another man by stabbing him in plain daylight. I for one never saw this story on the UK front page.

    Why did they just bury it to regions do I hear you ask ?.
    You know why of course.

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    The agenda is far more important to the BBC than anybodies life.

    And why did they wait a week to release it ?.

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    • G says:

      A “Refugee” from the No-Go areas of the Projects in France. AKA, a French citizen acting out common place behaviour in France?

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  4. Thoughtful says:

    https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/11/bank-of-england-bond-sales-creating-a-selling-gold-at-the-bottom-moment.html

    Columbia Threadneedle’s analysis suggests that the pace of bond sales is 70% faster than that of the U.S. Federal Reserve and around twice the rate of the European Central Bank.

    “It’s unclear to us why the Bank has been so hasty. The fast pace of these sales has been pushing down on gilt prices, it’s been worsening the losses for the taxpayer, and worse, it crystallizes what would have been paper losses into a drain that the U.K. Treasury has to make good,” Mahon said.

    “Selling bonds on this scale has never been done before, nor has it been tried when bond markets have had to digest the ramifications of both high inflation and substantial rate hikes,” he said in a video blog last week.

    The BOE is crystallizing massive losses as a result of the sales, which are being backstopped by the U.K. Treasury. In late July, the central bank estimated that it would require the Treasury to indemnify £150 billion ($189 billion) of losses on its asset purchase facility (APF).

    I have to say that whilst I amnn always in favour of the UK government saving money or spending less, I cannot accept these greedy evil Socialist Tories attacking those on sickness or disability benefit, whilst they choose to house illegal migrants in luxury accommodation, and pay their mates masssive amounts during covid, give billions to Ukraine, and then bail out the bankers.

    This is just not right, the poor should not have the pittance they receive cut so the rich can receive tax cuts in the run up to an election.

    Britain is in a real Socialist mess brought about by corrupt Socialism, people in power raking off huge sums from the taxpayer and no one asking questions about it.

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  5. Thoughtful says:

    Here’s anm enigmatic tale which clearly has more to it which we are not being told for some strange reason.

    It concerns a BBC personality, ex public schoolboy and Labour party councillor Matty Lock who has sadly died aged just 19 years old.

    He appears a typical BBC type white male privately educated and Socialist to the core. Several facts are reported about him, including the rather expensive public school he attended and his love of gadgets, but what is not reported is the cause of death which is extremely strange.

    Normally if someone is ill or suffers some sudden fatal medical episode it is no issue to report it, so clearly something untoward must have happened.

    The condolences must obviously lie with his family but it is an odd case which clearly has a lot more to come out.

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  6. MarkyMark says:

    £107,000 HA HA HA HA HA ha ha ha h

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  7. MarkyMark says:

    BBC MAIN PAGE.

    RuPaul’s Drag Race UK series 5 cast: Meet the queens battling it out for the crown
    The wait is over: RuPaul’s Drag Race UK is back, with a cast of delectable queens ready to bring sweet surprises to BBC Three.

    Samuel Spencer
    11 September 2023

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/7e067af1-455f-4ad7-85d8-8d56679e45c6

    ……………………………….

    Though Aitkenhead notes that RuPaul picked his next words “carefully,” his answer wound its way to saying that he “probably” wouldn’t have admitted a transgender woman like Peppermint — an iconic New York City performer who made the finals in season nine after coming out as trans on the show — if she had already started gender-affirming surgery.

    https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/3/6/17085244/rupaul-trans-women-drag-queens-interview-controversy

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  8. StewGreen says:

    Sunday BBC local newsPR had a very short item
    “local councillor says onshore wind is a bad thing for Lincolnshire”

    Then a long elaborate item “People have a long history of taking the knee”
    … That sounds like a huge distortion of history.

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  9. JohnC says:

    Just browsing to see what I could learn about the murder of Shakira Spencer (in London) and stumbled across this:

    Most Wanted
    https://crimestoppers-uk.org/give-information/most-wanted?SelectedCounties=12&

    So from the 14 people who are ‘Most Wanted’ in London, 12 are BAME !!.

    In West Yorkshire (Manchester) and in the Midlands (Birmingham) it’s 6 out of 7 in both.

    Our 3 major cities.

    This is an appalling statistic. Yet nobody ever mentions it as a problem. Least of all the BBC who are totally Londoncentric.

    Same as how many males who murder others and are ‘too young to be legally identified’ are almost always black.

    It’s this kind of left-wing agenda-based hypocrisy and gross double standards which mean we cannot trust anything at all the BBC tell us as being the whole truth.

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  10. digg says:

    Channel 4 news had a long item with an interview with an illegal immigrant whining about conditions on the barge.

    He had his back to the camera throughout, not sure why as who the hell could identify any immigrants?

    Basically, he likened conditions to 18th century prison ships and claimed being on the ship was affecting his mental health.

    He had so bloody obviously been coached by the get rich quick weasel immigration crash for cash level pseudo lawyers that it was painful to watch.

    Two points, if the shit hole he left was so bad, how in gods name can a free room, meals and board on a ship with Wi-Fi, gyms, canteens etc, and free access to come and go as you like possibly be worse?

    The C4 lady sucked it up like a hoover, pained, sympathetic expressions etc.

    We are being taken for fools in this country and there are very few politicians who dare to come out and say it and get these greedy demanding leeches out of our country ASAP which is what needs to happen in the name of fair play.

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    • moggie63 says:

      The illegal immigrants are welcome here, it’s us that aren’t.

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    • BRISSLES says:

      Just watched that pain in the arse Femi Nylander taking up space in the GBN studio. He is clearly invited just to wind everyone up with his rantings on how the white population are all rampant racists. Now he’s banging on about reparation. It’s the likes of him that makes most mildly unassuming Brits racist against tw..ts like him. We’re so awful but he’s still here, no doubt pulling benefits and GBN fees while posing as an author.

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  11. Dickie says:

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  12. Althepalerp says:

    New York city going down the pan.
    Democrat mayor, and democrat president.
    Sanctuary city.

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  13. Thoughtful says:

    shocker and this isn’t being reported in any of the media. so many people are going to be blindsided when it all goes boom.

    Worse though are the loons not realising EU land is as bad as it is and believing it’s the UK suffering on its own as a result of Brexit because the media isn’t reporting the appalling economic news from there.

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    • Eddy Booth says:

      If a video has “this” in the title it’s usually click bait😃

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      • Thoughtful says:

        It’s not click bait and it might be an idea to give it a watch before calling it such.
        And yes Gammon genuinely is his real surname, he is an investor of several years, worth around $25 million and now living in Medellin in Colombia, which I took the trouble to look up, and today is a completely different place since the cartels were removed and the USA moved heavily into fentanyl and away from cocaine.

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    • StewGreen says:

      Some guy calling himself George Gammon The Rebel Capitalist

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  14. DamonJ says:

    Radio 3’s annual Christmas carol competition was launched today. Listeners are invited to write a tune for a ‘festive’ poem about…you guessed it…climate change. 5 judges – three black – will chose the winner. How BBC is that!

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2DyKdGZ7KZJVnsjKhD41q6h/radio-3-carol-competition-2023

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    • StewGreen says:

      2021 BBC said “straight white men, no thankyou”

      but in 2023 the white male judge Daniel Hyde is married to the British soprano, Sarah Connolly
      and the white female married Jonny McGeown in 2014

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    • G says:

      DamonJ

      “Make a hole there”. Addressed to a group of people normally in a line. An Americanism/military expression simply relating to make room for someone else to join the line/group. The reality of the photo is, blacks constitute 50% of those chosen to display by the BBC whereas, they constitute no more than 3/4% of the population.

      BBC using a JCB to, ‘make a hole’.

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  15. digg says:

    The rotten BBC threw everything they could against Cliff Richard on unproven sex slurs.

    Tonight they run with a no doubt BBC paid for “who do you think you are” with Boy George who actually went to prison for a serious sex assault against a male.

    Guess which one was a Christian!

    The BBC always stand behind their own and demonstrating they can try to make you or break you depending on whether they agree or not with your lifestyle.

    Rotten to the core!

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  16. Eddy Booth says:

    North Korea’s Kim Jong Un is visiting Russia at Vladimir Putin’s invitation.
    Looks like by train.
    Bizarrely the legendary BBC Verify team is on the case, bless them… challenging themselves to try and follow his locomotive as it chugs along. 🚂

    “Due to North Korea’s secretive nature, tracking the train is very difficult.

    The BBC Verify team is monitoring satellite images of the route for signs of the train, with the most likely point to see it as it prepares to enter Russia.

    As we explained in our earlier post, Kim’s train will need to change its wheels at the North Korean border station of Tumangang – so it can run on Russia’s tracks.
    Based on the speed of the train and the distance it needs to travel, we believe Kim’s train could arrive at the border tomorrow morning.

    If this turns out to be correct, it is possible BBC Verify will obtain a satellite image of the train as its wheels are being replaced.

    However, the timing will be down to luck.

    If the train is delayed, the moment could be missed.

    Another factor is the weather. Satellite images are taken from space and if the weather is cloudy the ground can be completely obscured.
    We will be keeping our fingers crossed.”

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world
    23:02 11 Sep

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    • andyjsnape says:

      Hello Eddy

      Hope this isn’t a non-green compliant diesel train, maybe the likes of the bbc could do a report on it

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    • JohnC says:

      They are desperately trying to establish ‘BBC Verify’ as the oracle of truth and fact for all news. No doubt they will then use it when it suits for their agenda-topics such as anything to do with Trump.

      Unfortunately the extreme low-grade of the staff they have ended up with due all the racist and sexist quotas, they have made the whole thing into an amateur sixth form school project.

      The worst part is that these kidults have no clue what idiots they are making themselves look.

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    • Doublethinker says:

      Surely the BBC will be impressed that Kim chose the environmentally friendly train over the CO2 spewing aircraft. If only the other world leaders and environmental evangelicals followed his example.

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    • Terminal Moraine says:

      “… it is possible BBC Verify will obtain a satellite image of the train as its wheels are being replaced.”

      Bung another £100 on the licence fee, this is dynamite analysis.

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  17. Richard Pinder says:

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    BBC informs North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, that he is at Khasan railway station in Russia.

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    • BigBrotherCorporation says:

      Interesting, so the back end of Kim’s train was still in North Korea, when he arrived at the station in Russia?

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  18. andyjsnape says:

    American bully XL dogs: Girl hurt in attack wants breed banned
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-66780321

    Imagine how much compensation this Romanian girl will get

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  19. taffman says:

    Who voted for mass immigration ? Who voted for Net Zero? Who voted for the present prime minister ?
    Do our MPs take orders from ‘foreign operators’ ? How many of you pay the Telly tax?
    So many questions .

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    • Doublethinker says:

      Taffy,
      I agree. The time has come for us to reject the LibLabCon coalition and the laws that they pass. Direct action rather than the ballot box is being forced upon us. What use is the ballot box if there is only one party on the ballot?

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      • taffman says:

        For those ancient Brits, who are fed up of The BBC and are fed up of living in a ‘One Party State’, there are alternatives ……………….
        https://www.reformparty.uk/reformisessential
        https://www.ukip.org
        https://www.reclaimparty.co.uk

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        • Solomon Grundy says:

          Don’t forget https://www.loonyparty.com/

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          • taffman says:

            Solomon Grundy
            If you have already read the three manifestos of the parties that I quoted, you would agree that the “loony party” are already IN Government ?
            That’s why we in Blighty are ‘sleepwalking’ into self destruction.

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            • Solomon Grundy says:

              Taff,

              First past the post voting means only one of two political parties ever achieves power.

              For a protest party to get even a single seat in parliament will only happen if the MP was previously elected as a member of the main parties.

              The Wikipedia page for UKIP has:

              “UKIP gained its first MP when Conservative defector Douglas Carswell won the seat of Clacton during an October 2014 by-election.[80][81] In November fellow Conservative defector Mark Reckless became UKIP’s second MP in a Rochester and Strood by-election.[82][83] In the 2015 general election, UKIP secured over 3.8 million votes (12.6% of the total), replacing the Liberal Democrats as the third most popular party, but only secured one seat,[84] with Carswell retaining his seat and Reckless losing his.[85][86]”

              In the very unlikely scenario of Reclaim, Reform or UKIP getting a couple of seats, how will these MPs implement their manifestos? (And before you ask, I have not read any manifestos of any party and have no inclination to do so.)

              I’m not ‘sleepwalking’ into self destruction. I’m wide awake.

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              • taffman says:

                Solomon
                Then please do enlighten the rest of us so that we don’t ‘sleepwalk’ into destruction , where will you place your X?

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                • Solomon Grundy says:

                  #VoteAnyoneButLibLabConGreen

                  … or if there are no other candidates, spoil the ballot paper.

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                  • Fedup2 says:

                    Vote for the ‘no government ‘party ….I’m happy to vote for some local right wing independent to save his deposit ….

                    … my Tory MP turned into the member for Chinese wngars….

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                • kingkp says:

                  You don’t vote your way out of tyranny.

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  20. tomo says:

    Iraq invasion of Kuwait in the news….

    New court action in London

    Watching this with some curiosity.

    Any statement from BA has to be seen with the fact that British Airways tried to put the BA crew’s incarceration onto their annual leave entitlement in mind…

    A company I worked for that had people in Kuwait tried to not pay a freelancer who was captured in Kuwait with a company guy.

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  21. JohnC says:

    Female surgeons sexually assaulted while operating
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-66775015

    Just look at this article. It’s pure misandry. I’m not saying the women are liars – but the article is chock full of totally unproven accusations presented as facts.

    And the reporter actually puts his own picture in it again !. Another BBC narcissist. But look at him : even more of a boring looking geography-teacher Lefty than the one I put up the other day:

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    ‘Health correspondent James Gallagher speaking to “Anne” who was subjected to non-consensual sex by a senior surgeon when she was a trainee’

    This ‘Anne’ had let the surgeon walk her home then clearly took him in to her room – but the BBC omit telling us that bit. We have to infer it.

    But reading it more carefully, we discover:

    ‘There is a nervousness to talk openly. Judith asked that we use only her first name. She is now an experienced and talented consultant surgeon.’

    So how long ago was this ?. 10 years ? 20 years ?. The BBC write it as if it just happened. Not sure who told the BBC she is ‘talented’ – they clearly added that bit themselves.

    ‘Registered surgeons – men and women – were invited to take part completely anonymously and 1,434 responded. Half were women:’

    These voluntary surveys are absolutely flawed : those who were abused in some way are far, far more likely to respond.

    And as I see this report is by academics, I always look to see if we are given specific names for contact details. Because that always means the whole thing is looking for funding. And there they are:

    ‘Prof Carrie Newlands, consultant surgeon from the University of Surrey.’

    ‘said Dr Christopher Begeny, from the University of Exeter.’

    And take a look at the other contributor, ‘The Working Party on Sexual Misconduct in Surgery (WPSMS)’
    https://www.wpsms.org.uk/members.html

    13 members. All women.

    This ‘report’ is more like an episode of Panorama. Total lop-sided misandry.

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    • BigBrotherCorporation says:

      Strikes me as one of the easier BBC ‘issues’ to resolve.

      I’m pretty certain all operating theatres are rigged with CCTV these days, as a precaution against being sued by patients/patients’ relations. If they aren’t they really ought to be, and it is not as if CCTV systems aren’t dirt cheap and easy to install – every shop in the country has at least half a dozen cameras to watch the shoplifters helping themselves (not that they can do anything about it, and the police don’t give a toss, CCTV evidence, or not).

      “So, Ms Boobarella, when exactly did Mr Gropy touch you inappropriately?”

      “It was immediately after he removed Mr… sorry I mean Ms Smith’s testicles, he turned and wiped his bloody hands on my breasts.”

      “Let’s take a look at the footage, shall we….”

      Solved. Next…

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      • Fedup2 says:

        I think the medical mafia might only make the cameras record when it’s in their interest …don’t forget to clap ..

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    • G says:

      BBC,

      Not only that important point but,

      “Female surgeons sexually assaulted while operating”.

      Imagine trying to sexually assault a female surgeon whilst wearing all the garb they are festooned with including gloves etc………………

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      • JohnC says:

        G, I think the definition of ‘sexual assault’ these people use these days will be any ‘unauthorised’ contact at all.

        The Left keep changing the definition of words so they cover things way beyond what their literal meaning is.

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  22. AsISeeIt says:

    Time to put this one to bed edition

    In soap news The Sun shouts at readers: Brian: I’m Out Of Enders… Telly favourite Brian Conley has abruptly quit East Enders… A row with the BBC soap’s executives has led to his exit

    Comic Brian Conley was fomerly best known for ITV’s The Brian Connelly Show, a popular sketch series featuring, among other comedy characters, his favourite creations: Nick Frisbee and Larry The Loafer, a send up of the BBC’s Gordon the Gopher, sidekick to Phillip Schofield on the programme The Broom Cupboard – this is admittedly old news and it’s been quite some time now since our Philip has come out of that broom cupboard.

    But I digress. Conley’s character Nick Frisby wasn’t at all suited for children’s television presenting, most notably because of the constant pain he caused Larry by hitting him with a club, leaving him shaking and squeaking in pain. When the audience “aww”ed, Nick would impatiently reply “It’s A Puppet!”, which became Conley’s trademark crowd pleasing catchphrase.

    Which segueways nicely to…

    President Biden, 80, in Hanoi where his press secretary cut him off mid-sentence and jazz music interrupted a rambling speech in which he made apparently mistaken reference to a John Wayne film (Times) – He’s A Puppet!

    This is significant. A frontpage of the Times of London suddenly makes a full-frontal attack on the mental competency of the Democrat president. Since the 2019 campaign the mainstream corporate media in the English speaking world have covered for the geriatric Biden’s obvious and increasing demetia.

    Since we’re featuring comic catchphrases…

    …his press secretary cut him off mid-sentence and jazz music… “Nice!”

    We recall that Fast Show comedy sketch Jazz Club presenter with the beatnik bowlcut hairdo. John Thompson who played the Jazz Club presenter as a cross between Whispering Bob Harris and Roger Moore was uniformly enraptured by every discordant racket performed on the show and in every cut away from the band would exclaim: ‘Nice!’ or ‘Grrrrreat’

    The president, 80, visited Vietnam as he circumnavigates the globe in just five days. And his 26-minute press conference, which started an hour late, featured a string of strange incidents. At one point he said: “I’m just following my orders here”… Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre then stepped in and said: “Thank you everybody. This ends the press conference.” But some would say the damage had already been done by this point. (Daily Express)

    Now our Joe Biden has made his bid for a comedy catchphrase of his own: “‘I tell you what, I don’t know about you, but I’m going to go to bed.”

    To our own Basil Fawlty and his infamous line: “Whatever you do, don’t mention the war!”

    MPs told: Don’t Mention The ‘Spy’ (Daily Mail)

    Well, our media has mentioned it once – but we think they’ve got away with it: Britain ‘cannot afford to cut ties with China’, despite spying row (Telegraph)

    Which is a fascinating insight into how come we’re presently at war with Russia – afterall, we’ve made China just too economically important to the west: BMW delivers boost to car industry with Mini cash… £600mn to produce the electric Mini in Oxford… based on a system developed by BMW and China’s Great Wall Motor… the German owner plans to import batteries from Europe or China (FT) – I’m guessing, in the event, it will be the latter.

    The UK car industry has seen output fall 40 per cent since the pandemic ( FT )

    Or, more accurately : The UK car industry has seen output fall 40 per cent since the pandemic Lockdown (Mr AsI’s edit )

    Speaking of significant mainstream frontpage policy u-turns – the Rishi Sunak loyalist Daily Express has quietly run down the Ukraine flag on the masthead and on Rishi’s failing small boats policy has exposed how French police are taking the piss: Britain’s deal with France to end Channel crossings can never achieve its aims… Party time: Off-duty French police officers drinking at the Be Happy bar in Calais

    Pay the French – failure. Rwanda – failure. Barges – failure. We wonder whether Rishi has any other distraction tricks left up his sleeve? Sleeve… La Manche…? Nevermind.

    The media do love a survey. Our NHS is so busy doing surveys it’s a wonder the medics working there have any time left to treat the patients: One in three medical students plan to quit the NHS… the largest survey of its kind shows (Guardian); One in six who see GP ‘don’t need to be there’ (Telegraph); 1 in 3 female surgeons assaulted by a colleague… The study, the largest of its kind… anonymous online survey… (Times)

    Rubiales departure a win for Spain’s women’s team (BBC) – one can’t help but reflect this ‘victory’ is somewhat akin to a football club side winning the Charity Shield as a nice little token addition to add to the trophy cabinet alongside their FA Cup or League victory.

    I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again – radical feminist politics is not a bug of the ladies soccer game – it’s a feature.

    So we have supposedly collapsing school buildings – and then we have actual collapses: Morocco earthquake: ‘We need help from whomever will give it’ (BBC); Wilko to close remaining 300 stores with 12,500 job losses as rescue fails… Biggest collapse since Debenhams (FT)

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Morocco earthquake: ‘We need help from whomever will give it’ = allah?

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      • JohnC says:

        I wonder if they ever wonder to themselves why Allah has made the world such that the infidels have all the good things and they are the ones who have to come here to try and get what we have.

        The power of brainwashing I suppose.

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        • BigBrotherCorporation says:

          A test of faith? Only those worthy of paradise and an unending supply of young virgins (both male – ghulam, and female – houri) are prepared to risk their lives in jihad, fighting us kafir dogs.

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        • MarkyMark says:

          Allah gave the Arabs mass oil – yet mohammed failed to mention it until it was found by western science.

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          • BigBrotherCorporation says:

            Easy. Another test of faith, Allah gave his followers oil, but first he let the kafirs discover it and attempt to horde it for themselves, so that the faithful could prove their devotion by defeating the kafir, and earn their right to paradise in the process.

            Allah likes to test his people, but promises eternal bliss for those who fall fighting for him and the faith.

            From what I’ve read of it, that is a pretty large part of what the koran says. Personally, I have nothing at all against Muslims, but it should be recognised that in its pure form, Islam is not a religion which is prepared to compromise, you’re either a member of the faith, pay a tribute tax to those who are, or are the enemy to be destroyed – if you don’t like it, then you have three options: convert, pay up, or die.

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  23. JohnC says:

    Kim Jong Un enters Russia in bulletproof train for Putin talks
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-66757311

    Why on earth does this need a ‘live update’ ?

    I think the BBC have realised how useful this trick is for agenda topics against the Tories and Trump so they have set up a dedicated team to be ready whenever the chance arises. And they have to been given something to do.

    One thing is for sure : the USA (and us) are driving China, Russia and North Korea closer together. Not content with splitting our own society down the middle, they are now doing the same to the whole world.

    What could possibly go wrong ?.

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    • andyjsnape says:

      Hello JohnC

      The bbc feels left out

      “Destination unclear as Kim enters Russia

      Steve Rosenberg

      BBC Russia editor

      When a world leader goes abroad, the visit is normally announced well in advance. Journalists usually know when, where, what is going to be happening.

      But “normally” doesn’t seem to apply to Kim Jong Un.

      Moscow and Pyongyang only confirmed his Russia visit yesterday – but without mentioning where exactly he’s heading, or where his talks with President Putin will be held.

      The initial rumour was Vladivostok. It made sense. That’s where Vladimir Putin is right now for the Eastern Economic Forum. It’s also where Kim Jong Un came in 2019.

      But state TV in the Russian far east has reported that Kim’s train has left Ussuriysk in the direction of Khabarovsk. A different direction!

      In short: final destination still unclear.”

      What ashame the bbc isn’t being told Anything, who can blame them

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  24. MarkyMark says:

    Send migrants to Bulgaria?

    Urgent: Saving Bulgaria’s Small Villages
    Centuries-old houses, lush greenery, friendly neighbors. If this is your idea of the average small Bulgarian village, you might be right. But if you want to experience life in one of these villages first-hand, hurry. Because the Bulgarian towns and villages as we know them might be dying out.

    BY GALINA GANEVA
    23 AUGUST 2022 BULGARIA/TRAVEL & FOOD
    https://3seaseurope.com/bulgaria-small-villages/

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  25. JohnC says:

    Incredible moment White House staff abruptly end Biden’s rambling Vietnam press conference mid-sentence and cut his mic
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12502853/Joe-Biden-mic-cut-rambling-speech-Indians.html

    This is a big story and quite disturbing to watch this man who has a huge budget which he can personally dish out to anyone in Ukraine he likes without any checks or balances.

    It proves beyond any doubt that the President is not in charge. And it proves the President is simply incapable of being allowed to speak without careful supervision – and someone behind the scenes has the power to cut him off instantly if they see fit.

    It’s reported in many places – but as usual it is NOT reported by the ‘impartial and unbiased’ BBC. Absolutely disgraceful.

    As always, I can’t begin to imagine what a big story the BBC and MSM would make this if it were Trump.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      YOUR COMPLAINT:

      President Trump’s 100 Days President Biden’s 0 Day 

      Dear Winston Smith in the Records Department of the Ministry of Truth,

      You covered President Trump’s 100 Days and then produced a Beyond 100 Days to hold power to account.

      Why have you not done the same for President Biden to hold power to account?

      ‘Omission is the greatest form of lie.’ 

      ———-

      Thank you again for contacting us,

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

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  26. Fedup2 says:

    They are all getting ready for obamas 4th term ….

       12 likes

    • Guest Who says:

      Given the likely origin of the round that did most lethal damage to his near relative, maybe a blessing.

         5 likes

  27. andyjsnape says:

    Laura Kuenssberg: Inside the high-stakes soap opera that led to political chaos
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66755345

    Political chaos – aided and created by the likes of the bbc. With speculation as “facts/news”

    Only kuenssberg of German origin could come up with a report like this

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Democracy is messy – let’s end democracy……

      “We lost our minds.” That unforgiving assessment is how a former government official who had one of the most important jobs in Britain, sums up the huge political turbulence that engulfed the UK between 2016 and 2022. It was, as she sees it, a collective meltdown in a country previously known for stability.

      That period began with a referendum that tore up the status quo that had governed the country for 40 years and ended with the departure of the fourth prime minister in six years. It included two general elections and a global pandemic that pushed the machinery of government to the edge.
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66755345
      ……………

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    • Terminal Moraine says:

      Enjoy the ordered calm of a Blair/Davos/Starmer rule coming in 2024, the perfect antidote to the “State of Chaos”.

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  28. G says:

    “Vigilantes replace the Police”.

    Slipping inexorably in that direction. Inexorably. Got to be.

    About 0745 on ‘Toady’ we heard from a CEO of a leading High Street chain. No new ‘dance steps’ here though. Moaning about the growing threats from gangs of feral youths simply and blatantly stealing in groups. Next step? Knifings if any employee attempts to intervene. We’ve all seen the videos on YT. Predominantly black youth but, hush hush don’t mention that ! CEO’s solution? Pay the Police £600,000 (I hope I’ve got that right – don’t wish to provoke the resident Troll who patrols the postings seeking minor inaccuracies to highlight his superiority) to do what they should be doing in any event.

    Here’s a thought though. The Police have, no doubt, been warned about appearing racist in any way. So that’s probably the main reason they are not interested in dealing with basic street crimes like theft. So maybe, CEO lady should reconsider hiring a vigilante group other than one which has no incentive to become the next ‘intrinsic’ ‘deep seated’ racist group.

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  29. JohnC says:

    BBC BREAKING NEWS:
    Government may have broken law over sewage – watchdog
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66778409

    What kind of anti-government claptrap is this ‘hot’ article ?.

    Make it ‘breaking news’ when they HAVE broken the law BBC.

    And even then, nobody will be that interested for this topic considering everything else going on.

    Who decided to run this article with such importance ?. And how did they get into the position to do it ?.

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  32. Terminal Moraine says:

    I see it’s surgeons now who must be dismantled on account of a toxic culture. Another day, another institution to subvert. Sigh. Meanwhile BBC report that Dave and Central Cee’s track has been named UK song of summer 2023. Please don’t listen to it (I did). A sample of lyrics:

    “Now this gyal wan’ me in her uterus, fuck it, I’m rich, let’s do it (Fuck it)
    I love chillin′ with broke bitches, man book one flight, and they’re all impressed (alright)
    I′m in the G63, the car hug me like a friend through twist and turns
    Man livin’ for nyash and dyin′ for nyash
    It’s fucked, don′t know which one’s worse, I’m fucked”

    The BBC says the song is about “partying with plenty of girls”… and is “a playful, knowing track that indulges in rap clichés while acknowledging their absurdity.” Just cliches, a bit of summer fun — not like the “kiss that shook global football” which required the usual media onslaught to get a toxic white man sacked. That wasn’t playful, it was abuse, and thank god he could now face criminal charges and up to 4yrs in prison. Compare the fawning attitude towards misogyny in black culture with the puritanical hysteria when whitey steps over the line.

    If I was Rubiales’ advisor I’d have told him to black up and make a drill record about his kiss, the BBC would be all over that.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66749112

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  33. Flotsam says:

    Anyone know where operating theatre fetish gear can be bought?

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  34. andyjsnape says:

    Shoplifting an epidemic, says John Lewis boss
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66784250

    Ten retailers will spend about £600,000 on the project, which will use CCTV pictures and data provided by the shops to get a better understanding of shoplifters’ operations.

    What a waste of money

    Saw a programme the other day on youtube, and the security guards were catching the offenders. Please dont do it again, was the outcome. And the security guard even helped the shop lifter to her car, due to the fact the lady was on walking sticks! What next, help her with the ill gotten gains too?

    Honestly there is no deterrent

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  35. Philip_2 says:

    BBC found AXE-ing ‘expensive’ local radio…
    “An outgoing BBC radio host angrily hit out at the organisation during her last live broadcast, labelling the Corporation as “ageist and ablesist”. BBC Radio Norfolk host Sophie Little presented her radio show Treasure Quest for the last time on Sunday after the show was axed after 15 years… “The BBC’s mission, as defined by Royal Charter, is to act in the public interest, serving all audiences…” she said.

    And she was also ‘edited out’ of her own BBC ‘podcast’! No rants allowed at the BBC…!

    https://www.aol.com/news/listen-bbc-host-sophie-little-064256417.html?guccounter=1

    But she seems to not know that the ‘official’ planned policy of the BBC is to fixate on TV rather than the tail pipe local radio. This is because they cannot claim ‘more money’ for radio as its ‘included’ in the TV license and they need every penny…

    They have to get the ‘message’ across. Save the planet, Drugs are ‘really’ good for you, particularly if your a child and ‘TRANS’, castration and mutilation is ‘popular’ etc.

    Meanwhile at BBC towers other favoured Radio 2 get the big BUZZ (on ‘approved’ recreational drugs as used by Vets on race Horses). I read in today’s Daily Mail.

    BBC Radio 2 presenter Michelle Visage has revealed that her husband and daughter have been undergoing regular ‘Ketamine therapy’, using horse tranquilisers., a ‘popular’ illegal drug for ‘ravers. The Former Strictly Come dancing judge (age 54) is married to David Case. She goes on to recommend the ‘treatment’ to the former ‘RuPaul Drag Race ‘Artiste’ (also on BBC) – explains the treatment to avoid ‘depression’ (since leaving the EU no doubt). ‘Its very trendy in LA’, she explains and that she ‘never takes drugs’ (no doubt just the odd ‘snort’ of Cocaine, Cannabis Oil and Horse tranqilisers), and its a ‘game changer’, she says, as its ‘so good’.

    EDEN Confidential (page 31) Daily Mail this Tuesday.
    Could not find the page link online. May appear elsewhere (just not on the BBC Radio).

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    • StewGreen says:

      The treasure hunt progs on BBC local radio
      were a good public service
      providing free PR for local events.
      As their system is to travel around a circuit of local events that day.
      You do need to pay 2 studio staff and 2 radio car staff.
      Also obvious BBC commercial station could do the same thing

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  36. TrickCyclist says:

    I saw the Biden debacle on YouTube last night (was it on television too?).
    I wondered if anyone else has made the connection with the Oscars, when a winner’s speech overruns or they say something inappropriate, the orchestra starts playing to shut them up. I suppose that’s the level we’re at with politics and the msm now.

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  37. Fedup2 says:

    Listening to the world at one – it ( the BBC) seems not to want British people to get better State Pensions – Lady Brooke – age 57 – thinks the ‘triple lock should be ended – I wonder what BBC pension she will get ?
    Also – someone called William billy Haig also thinks the state pension increase is ‘unaffordable ‘. Billy Haig is 62 . I think he was both MP and Leader of the Opposition for some time – so his parliamentary pension will be ‘substantial ‘ on top of the bungs he gets as a peer .

    To hear rich people talking about effectively cutting the pensions of people without public funding seems rich to me …

    Obviously there was no opposition view – from – say – Age Uk .

    Declaration – I am not on a state pension …..yet …

    Meanwhile Britain is nt wasting as much money as it should feeding the world – according to the ‘give me ‘ UN Marxists …

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    • moggie63 says:

      When I reach retirement age, in the near future, I’m going to black up and go shoplifting. It’s the only way I’ll be able to eat.

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  38. Fedup2 says:

    World at one – 2

    Paul fotheringham – the chairman of the plod superintendents union wants the Home Secretary to be quiet about woke poison and get on the pro queer – pro green crap pro lefty infection in the UK . He spoke in chlorine – not English – lots of tick box approved language which will take his career upward – no opposition ‘challenge ‘ of course . ‘Challenge ‘ was a word this plod used about 4 times in 3 minutes – pure managementeez,….

    ….. earlier some UN parasite who apparently has been ‘dealing with poverty ‘ for 40 years wants the UK to feed the afgees and anyone else with a ‘give me ‘ website . I felt ill …

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  39. Northern Voter says:

    Senor Scrobolene, I was late reading yesterday’s posts and came across your post regarding your 3 car drive and two out door sockets.

    You do realise that you may be on to a winner (to use the verbiage prevalent on the biarsed BBC.) Get yourself a wandering lead and rent out the three parking spaces as charging bays for EV’s. Charge 4 times the asking price for electric. Jobs a good un as we say oop north.

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  40. MarkyMark says:

    Sleepy Joe Biden lived up to his name at a press conference in Vietnam yesterday, as he told reporters “I’m going to bed”. Clearly not coping well with jet lag, The President’s rambling rant went on:

    “As a matter of fact, I think it’s l-less likely to cause that kind of- conflict. I don’t uh… anyway, I just think there are other things on leaders’ minds. and they r-respond t-to what’s needed at the time. l-l-look. nobody. likes. having… celebrated… international meetings. if you don’t know what you want at the meeting. If you don’t have a game plan. He may have a game plan, he just hasn’t shared it with me. I don’t know about you, but I’m going to bed”.

    The Leader of the Free World, everyone…

    order-order.com

    ………………………………….

    OUR COMPLAINT:

    President Trump’s 100 Days President Biden’s 0 Day 

    Dear Winston Smith in the Records Department of the Ministry of Truth,

    You covered President Trump’s 100 Days and then produced a Beyond 100 Days to hold power to account.

    Why have you not done the same for President Biden to hold power to account?

    ‘Omission is the greatest form of lie.’ 

    ———-

    Thank you again for contacting us,

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

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  41. MarkyMark says:

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  42. MarkyMark says:

    Shoplifting has become an “epidemic” in the past year, the boss of John Lewis, Dame Sharon White, has told the BBC.

    She told the Today programme the retailer had seen offences double over the past 12 months.

    Dame Sharon White has called for a royal commission into Britain’s High Streets
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66784250

    …………………………..

    David Lammy MP says absent fathers ‘key cause of knife crime’
    Published
    3 October 2012
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19815831

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  43. JohnC says:

    Government may have broken law over sewage – watchdog
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66778409

    Following on from my comment last week about when a politcal article is opened for comment, all of a sudden it is flooded with similar child-like spiteful leftists who I am now convinced are a troll famr due to the similarity of them all.

    Here’s the 3rd from top comment:

    ‘Is anyone really surprised that the most corrupt and lawless government in British history is “once again” breaking the law?

    As for the “regulators”… their only purpose it seems, is to increase profits for these criminal water companies.

    Nationalise…. Now’

    495 upvotes, 37 downvotes.

    Cased closed I think. Of course none of the ‘BBC Verify’, ‘Marianna-Liar’ or any other of their ‘selective fact checking’ related outfits will go anywhere near it.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Owned by China?

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    • JohnC says:

      And after that article being swamped by the ‘spiteful children’, we get this one:

      Angela Rayner cautious about committing Labour to pension triple lock
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66784528

      This is completely different and is what we generally see in normal HYS comments.

      Comments are clearly written by adults and the upticks are mostly against the BBC/Labour line by roughly 3:1.

      And this one from a ‘normal’ spiteful Lefty:

      ‘And while you’re all distracted about the triple lock, you’ll all be working until your 75 if the Tory’s get into power again.’ gets 134 upticks to 131 downticks. Totally different from the other topic.

      It proves beyond any reasonable doubt that some kind of troll farm is being directed to swamp specific articles.

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  44. Richard Pinder says:

    Climate change could cause Parliament or the US Congress to catch fire. If so, then there are plans to suspend the constitution and declare a ‘state of emergency’ suspending all civil liberties, including habeas corpus, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, the right of free association and public assembly. The climate emergency will require the passage of an ‘Enabling Act’ to enable the government to ban populist movements such as democracy, ‘Brexit’ and ‘Make America Great Again’. Opponents of the ‘Enabling Act’ will be have their bank accounts suspended until they are arrested and imprisoned for believing in conspiracy theories about the cause of the fire.

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    • JohnC says:

      A very interesting video which describes it as it actually is.

      What kept coming into my mind as I watched it was the cool, common sense and information-based speech by the senator compared to the absolute meaningless tosh we get from the BBC along with the incredibly child-like, spiteful comments and ridiculous upticks we see in the inevitable HYS they open up for it.

      Ukraine is lies on a massive scale. I would not have believed it was possible in modern times if I hadn’t witnessed it.

      The HYS are worth reading to see what happens to anyone who does not join in calling Putin ‘Putrid’ or implying all Russians are ‘orcs’ : they are visciously attacked by the mob and denounced as Russian trolls. This happens in the DT comments exactly the same. In their world, if you don’t support the USA/Ukraine then you must support Russia. I don’t support either – but I think the USA carry the most blame for starting it.

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      • BigBrotherCorporation says:

        I don’t agree absolutely with everything this senator said (I feel Putin brought some of the actions of the West upon himself, rather than them all being a result of American paranoia and greed), but I appreciate that most of what he said is 100% factually correct, and that he presented a clear and concise argument in an honest and straightforward manner.

        To my thinking, he is 100% correct in stating that this proxy war in the Ukraine (it IS THE Ukraine) is a waste of resources and human life, and we should, from the start, have been angling for a negotiated settlement. This would, obviously, involve some kind of compromise with Putin, and giving him at least some of what he wants, some of which, logically should belong to Russia anyway (and no, I am not a Russian bot, or Putin lover!)

        This is how diplomacy OUGHT to be carried out… but, isn’t.

        This is how politics OUGHT to be sorted…. but, isn’t.

        This is how news OUGHT to be presented…. but, isn’t.

        This is how political documentaries OUGHT to be presented… but, aren’t.

        This man, or one like him should be in the White House, NOT the senile fool who currently is.

        Someone like him should be in Downing Street too, NOT the billionaire, snake oil, salesman who currently is, or the greasy, indecisive, weak, yes man who soon will be.

        This is maturity, everything else IS petty, immature, spiteful, ill educated, and ultimately, self-destructive (AKA ‘woke’).

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        • Charlie Farley says:

          What’s been missing right from the start of this has been the absence of the “Stop The War ” protests that used to be so common 🤔…….have they mutated into ” Just Stop Oil ” ?

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  45. Up2snuff says:

    TWatO Watch #1 – A NHS nurse with three jobs! I wonder what she earns?

    Unfortunately Sarah did not ask. Time is long overdue for BBC presenters and for BBC journalists to become a whole lot more curious instead of putting up ‘vox pops’ that may be spinning a yarn. For example, iirc, a newly qualified nurse working in the NHS is on about the average wage for the UK. Let us assume this woman is not working three full-time jobs (near impossible) although in one job I had, I got to see time sheets for colleagues and some Managers and Senior Managers, in certain specific circumstances would at month end have done the equivalent of working two jobs.

    So let us assume this nurse does a thirty-five or forty hour week for the NHS and two part-time jobs of up to fifteen or seventeen hours each. She will be paid by the taxpayer about £35,000 (she didn’t sound very young) for the nursing job and will earn £7,500 to £8,500 for her two other jobs each year. Let us assume an income of £50,000 a year. A little bit more and you start to bump into higher rates of Income Tax.

    Questions Sarah could and should have asked:
    Does she work for the NHS in London? (Does she get a London weighting to her NHS pay?)
    Does she live in London?
    Does she have a mortgage on a property?
    Is she married?
    Does she have children?
    If she and her husband are separated, does her husband support her and any children?

    I suspect this interview may have been a little misleading but it had some immediate hilarious consequences.

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    • StewGreen says:

      NHS PENSIONS are huge, aren’t they ?

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      • Up2snuff says:

        They are, Stew. And do I recall correctly that NHS nurses are now forced to go to University to train but they have their University fees paid for them by the State which is another way of saying ‘the taxpayer’?

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        • StewGreen says:

          I met a OAP today who has £100/day spending money
          and that is largely due to his long dead wife who was an NHS nurse
          the system for some means the pension simply diverts to a living spouse.
          Before tax his pensions are £50K plus

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Up2
      I did notice the ‘3 jobs ‘ nurse ….. and the absence of inquiry into exactly what these were . I guess 1 might be as an ‘agency ‘ nurse doing the same job in the same hospital for more pay and caring even less – in the remaining time I thought she might be on a union job and probably in excess of £80 k – an MP ?

      As for the ‘triple lock ‘ I think the term ‘triple ‘ and ‘lock’ are about to develop an alternative new meaning …

      Don’t forget to clap

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  46. Up2snuff says:

    TWatO Watch #2 – Oooops! The BBC really need to remember something.

    Such as the previous item where a NHS nurse with two additional jobs could not afford the-cost-of-living-crisis that the BBC and the Labour Party have invented for us. Suddenly the discussion moved on to the Triple Lock for the State Pension. Sarah and her Editors and researchers really should have changed the running order. Apparently William Hague, a failed Conservative Party leader, has written a newspaper article for, I think, the Times on the future unaffordability of the State Pension.

    Rishi Sunak, a currently successful Conservative Party leader (he may not be, come 2025) has committed his Government to the State Pension Triple Lock in the summer just past. I have to declare an interest here: as an OAP I am grateful for any increase in the State Pension, especially the effects of the Triple Lock. But in Sarah’s discussion with Mel Stride MP, the Work and Pensions Minister, Sarah was determined to say that the Triple Lock was unfair on younger generations because of its unaffordability and the fact they would be funding it. At which point Sarah neatly pulled the BBC carpet in the TWatO studio from under her feet and chair and promptly rolled herself up in it by observing that the Triple Lock is high right now because of the bonus that NHS nurses have received to end their strike.

    Oooops!

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  47. JohnC says:

    House of Representatives to open Biden impeachment inquiry
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66779228

    Hooray. A definite contender for a front-page ‘Live Update’ with a different headline every day.

    Mind you, so was the massive EU corruption case ‘Qatargate’ and the BBC buried that immediately.

    Here’s where that is now:

    Qatargate: Uncertainty over continuation of investigation
    https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/09/11/qatargate-uncertainty-over-continuation-of-investigation_6132930_4.html

    ‘he threat seems real. So much so that, on September 4, Frédéric van Leeuw, head of the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office, commented very explicitly on the situation. “In 10 years, I’ve never seen so much pressure on a case,” said the senior judge. “There are leaks everywhere, foreign judges contacting us and sometimes even wanting to interfere in the investigation. There are also attacks against [the first] investigating judge and his family, which I think is a disgrace.” Van Leeuw also referred to bots used for smear campaigns on the internet and “financed by states, including those targeted or cited in this case.”‘

    Nothing whatsoever about it on the BBC.

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    • JohnC says:

      They have indeed opened a ‘Live Update’ on the topic – and look what they have written right at the top:

      ”Unserious people’ – Senator hits out at inquiry

      Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, dismissed the impeachment inquiry on Tuesday, saying House Republicans were opening the probe “even though they admit they have no reason to open an impeachment inquiry”.

      Republican-led inquiries into President Biden have not found any concrete evidence of his misconduct.’

      How do the BBC know they haven’t found any concrete evidence ?. That part is given as fact : not as what the senator said.

      Completely opposite tone to their Trump articles as of course it was 100% certain it would be. I recall the Democrats had SIX committees at one time – all of which were just searching for a reason to impeach Trump. I didn’t find that out from the BBC.

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