472 Responses to Midweek 4th October 2023

  1. harry142857 says:

    Sorry, first.

    Speechless šŸ¤

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    • BRISSLES says:

      Don’t apologise – just revel in the glow that comes with being top of the heap šŸ™‚ My birthday is nearly at an end, so I’ll finish it off with riding shotgun with you Harry !

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      • Scroblene says:

        Many Happy Returns for yesterday, Brissles!

        I wish I was 21 again…!

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      • Up2snuff says:

        I agree with Brissles! Happy Birthday for yesterday, Brissles, and don’t get singed by the 39 candles on the cake. Don’t apologise, harry142857, it is great to see another name at the top. Is it your first ‘First’?

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        • BRISSLES says:

          Thank you chaps. Aah 39, if only. Having suffered the indignities a few years ago of being in the line of fire of Barbara Cartland’s white Peke breaking wind at one end, and snoring at the other, then I consider myself to be very special!

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Happy non-birthday to everyone – we are all winners! No one is special.

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  2. Dickie says:

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  3. tomo says:

    A civil case, no victim, no jury

    NYC-fraud.jpg

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    • tomo says:

      The gag order tactic was predicted weeks ago by many observers.

      The goon judge and AG are probably annoyed that they didn’t get to deploy their actual planned tactic.

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    • atlas_shrugged says:

      Shakespeare was right:

      Dick the Butcher: 2 Henry VI , IV, ii

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  4. Thoughtful says:

    The hopeless inept RINO speaker Kevin McCarthy has been ousted fromhis position as a result of him caving in to Bidens demands for more squandering, and the Left are not happy !

    https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/03/us/mccarthy-gaetz-speaker-news

    Far Right Far Right Far Right !

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  5. tomo says:

    Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine: Factcheck

    Facts are stubborn things, and “official” propaganda is still propaganda

    ROBERT W MALONE MD, MS
    3 OCT 2023

    https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/nobel-prize-for-physiology-or-medicine

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  6. Fedup2 says:

    I havenā€™t seen the BBC Londonistan news for a long time – but it hasnā€™t changed much – stabbing murder in jartown this afternoon – 16 year old dead in Edmonton yesterday – normality .
    But the mayor wants to ban something – not perfectly decent cars- but knifes with blades . Anything sharp . Pointed things ..
    So go out and buy knives people – before the emir bans you ā€¦.
    You can imagine the conversations the 14 year old ferals have about the best cost effective blade to have – no so much about the qualities of the current emir ā€¦

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  7. G.W.F. says:

    Degree in Magic, Univ Exeter. All helps with Diversity

    ”Prof Emily Selove, course leader, said: “A recent surge in interest in magic and the occult inside and outside of academia lies at the heart of the most urgent questions of our society.

    “Decolonisation, the exploration of alternative epistemologies, feminism and anti-racism are at the core of this programme.”

    The course will be offered in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies.

    Prof Selove said: “This MA will allow people to re-examine the assumption that the West is the place of rationalism and science, while the rest of the world is a place of magic and superstition.”

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-66981924?at_campaign_type=owned&at_ptr_name=facebook_page&at_medium=social&at_format=link&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_link_type=web_link&at_link_origin=BBC_News&at_link_id=4F1E33B6-61C5-11EE-AF07-36A778A687CD&at_bbc_team=editorial%5Bimg%5Dhttps://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F_hgQ1Kx5FTw%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg&tbnid=UrmcTHFs0KJuOM&vet=12ahUKEwjbzoL37dqBAxW4micCHcBeDrgQMygZegUIARCGAQ

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    • tomo says:

      ā€Prof Emily Selove, course leader, said: ā€œA recent surge in interest in magic and the occult inside and outside of academia lies at the heart of the most urgent questions of our society.

      ā€œThis MA will allow people to re-examine the assumption that the West is the place of rationalism and science, while the rest of the world is a place of magic and superstition.ā€

      ā€œDecolonisation, the exploration of alternative epistemologies, feminism and anti-racism are at the core of this programme.ā€

      sheesh

      Practical ouija and organic chicken haruspicy courses are optional course modules?

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    • MarkyMark says:

      ā€œThis MA will allow people to re-examine the assumption that the West is the place of rationalism and science, while the rest of the world is a place of magic and superstition.ā€

      2017 ….

      How do we start to decolonize science? @0:10

      ā€œThrough the black magic, witchcraft you are able to send a lightning bolt to strike someone, Can you explain that scientifically ā€¦ ā€ @0:50 ā€“ one of the speakers

      ā€œItā€™s not trueā€ ā€“ audience member

      ā€œI need to address you directly (audience member who says witchcraft does not work). When we started this we agreed on certain house rules. By you doing that (arguing) you are disrespecting that sacredness of this space. I would like you please first to apologise ā€¦ā€ ā€“ another speaker

      https://biasedbbc.org/blog/2017/10/18/mid-week-open-thread-129/comment-page-4/#comment-874895

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  8. Terminal Moraine says:

    The west doesn’t need to re-examine its assumptions, it already knows its magical traditions from neo-Platonism and Hermeticism through to Agrippa, John Dee, Dion Fortune etc etc.

    But Emily, whose works include ‘The Portrait of AbÅ« l-Qāsim al-BaghdādÄ« al-TamÄ«mÄ«’ and Sirāj al-DÄ«n al-SakkākÄ«’s magic handbook ‘Kitāb al-Shāmil wa-baįø„r al-kāmil’ is here to promote Islam as an exotic fancy to naive and easily seduced punters.

    As is the BBC.

    https://arabislamicstudies.exeter.ac.uk/staff/selove/

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Has voodoo been misjudged? {bbc.co.uk aug2017}
      While many African traditions and cultures are under threat from modern life, there is one which is holding its own ā€“ voodoo. It has suffered from a bad press internationally but is an official religion in the West African country of Benin. ā€¦ The Regional High Priest (special person, no complaints allowed, special privilege) of Voodoo Daagbo Hounon is presiding over the dayā€™s rituals. ā€¦ With the government supporting it at home and the descendants of slaves embracing it abroad (Government backing suggests it will not survive on itā€™s own merits?), the ancient voodoo tradition has found a place in the modern world, where other African belief systems are often struggling for relevance.

      http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41048840

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    • kingkp says:

      What we are witnessing is merely the logical conclusion of the syncretism of Neo-platonic-hermetic-kabbalism that took hold in the 15th century in Europe and was sold to the masses as the ‘Rinascimento’ and ‘The Englightenment’. The fact the masses have never heard of Marsilio Ficino, Pico della Mirandola, Giordano Bruno, or any of the rest, and the direct influence they have had on their lives, proves that the black magicians have achieved their goal. The grand delusion is in full swing. Rudolph Steiner warned us of the return of Ahriman but as the masses mask and queue up to receive their death shot, it is the sane among us warning against the dangers who are considered to be the insane ones. You have to take your hat off to them. They are masters of the black arts.
      ‘Sicut secretam Magiam a nobis primum ex Orphei hymnis elicitam, fas non et in publicam explicare’.

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  9. Richard Pinder says:

    Ministry of Trust

    The Ministry of Trust is the ministry of propaganda. It is responsible for any necessary falsification of historical events. As well as administering “trust”, the ministry spreads a new language amongst the populace called Newspeak, in which, for example, “trust” is understood to mean statements like 2 + 2 = 5 when the situation warrants. In keeping with the concept of doublethink, the ministry is thus aptly named in that it creates/manufactures “trust” in the Newspeak sense of the word. The three slogans are: “WAR IN UKRAINE IS PEACE,” “FREEDOM IS RIGHT WING,” and “YOU WILL OWN NOTHING AND BE HAPPY.” There is also a large part underground, probably containing huge incinerators where documents are destroyed after they are put down memory holes.

    The Four Eyes (TFE) is a useful idiot alliance comprising Television Newspeak International (TNI) lead by the British Brainwashing Corporation (BBC) and controlled by the Office For Censorship, Obfuscation & Manipulation (OFCOM) a government agency of the Ministry of Trust (MOT).

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  10. BigBrotherCorporation says:

    Nick Robinson says less people are interested in the news – fair enough, but what has that got to do with GBNews specifically?

    If they’re not interested in the news, then they’re not going to be watching GB NEWS are they?

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  11. andyjsnape says:

    Anyone for a Right Wing Revolt..

    Speaker Kevin McCarthy: US House of Representatives votes to oust Republican leader
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66990984

    How nicely this would have been “reported” if it was the left

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  12. andyjsnape says:

    PS has the bbc finally caught up?

    Ros Atkins on… Why Hunter Biden is in trouble
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-67000932

    Just a few lines to the bbc report, no not lines of drugs! Very little on the webpage, wonder why the bbc hasn’t gone on and on about this, usually it will go on and on for days and information overload if it doesn’t like someone

    The video states “We are seeing evidence of coruption unheard of before” – bbc then states “We aren’t seeing evidence of coruption like before”?? The bbc thinks is knows best and the left wing sheep will follow, because the bbc said

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  13. Fedup2 says:

    Iā€™m going to break my own rule – below is a cut and paste of a piece in the Daily Telegraph by Comrade Nick Robinson of BBC ā€˜fame ā€˜ – enjoy – or else ā€¦.
    STARTS
    In one of my favourite scenes in Monty Pythonā€™s Life of Brian, John Cleese heckles Brian, whoā€™s preaching from a soap box, with the memorable words, ā€œHeā€™s having a go at the flowers now.ā€ I know just how Brian feels. In the past week, I have been heckled from both Right and Left, who shouted in unison on social media and on The Telegraphā€™s comments page words to the effect that, ā€œHeā€™s having a go at the listeners now.ā€

    What stirred their anger was my reporting of the fact ā€“ and yes, dear reader, it is an observable, measurable and global fact of media life ā€“ that a growing number of people now avoid news all or, at least, some of the time.

    A recent Oxford University Reuters Institute report found that the number of people taking a strong interest in the news has dropped by around a quarter in the past six years. Less than half of people around the world ā€“ 48 per cent to be precise ā€“ are very or extremely interested in the news. Thatā€™s down from almost two thirds ā€“ 63 per cent ā€“ in 2017. Here at home the proportion who are engaged with news is lower than the global average, at just 43 per cent. Reuters found that more than four in 10 ā€“ 41 per cent ā€“ sometimes or often actively avoid the news in the UK.

    Unsurprisingly, it is the most divided and partisan countries where there are the highest number of news avoiders. Japan and the US have the most folk saying they did not consume any news at all in the past week from traditional or online sources (TV, radio, print, online or social media). One in eight Americans are labelled ā€œdisconnectedā€ by the researchers. The figure here is around one in 11 (9 per cent). In Finland, itā€™s one in 50.
    The irony is that the reaction of those angered by what I didnā€™t actually say illustrates the point perfectly. Those who posted on The Telegraphā€™s comments page argued that the real problem with the Today programme was that it was ā€“ delete where applicable ā€“ too negative, too gloomy, too woke, too Remain, too disrespectful. On Twitter (or X as we are now supposed to call it) those of a somewhat different political disposition insisted that the same programme was ā€“ in their words, not mine ā€“ too cowed by the Tories, too pro-Brexit, too unwilling to challenge the lies of ministers.

    I have no doubt that in the years after the most divisive political issue of my lifetime ā€“ Brexit ā€“ there are some listeners to Today whoā€™ve switched off for the reasons listed above. Whatā€™s true of Brexit is also true of other contentious debates on sex and gender, race, climate change and much more besides. It would be amazing if that were not the case. I also have no doubt though that news avoidance is a phenomenon which is real and matters whether you love the nationā€™s most influential news programme, loathe it or, like many listeners, love it and loathe it at different times on the same morning.

    News avoidance affects all news outlets. Yes, even The Telegraph. Some find the news itself too depressing ā€“ whether itā€™s about war, floods or earthquakes. Some people find what they see as the endless arguing too much for the start of their day. Many complain of feeling out of control ā€“ whether theyā€™re listening to reports about climate change or controversies about Jeremy Corbyn or Boris Johnson or Donald Trump. A few choose to switch off news and switch on instead something less challenging and more restful ā€“ from classical music to that funny podcast or a programme about gardening.

    This phenomenon exists alongside a growing trend for people to consume ā€œnewsā€ that reinforces a view of the world which they already have. Those dubbed ā€œcentrist Dadsā€ listen to Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewartā€™s podcast, The Rest is Politics, and agree that the Conservatives have lost the plot. Many whoā€™ve switched to GB News probably agree that itā€™s the London establishment and the liberal metropolitan elite who have let people down.

    Let me be clear, competition is good and healthy. I donā€™t want to see any news organisation shut down. I do, however, think we need to be wary of what we have seen happen in the United States ā€“ a polarisation of the media which exacerbates and inflames already deep political divisions. Itā€™s a phenomenon which has destroyed that once great democracyā€™s ability to have a grown-up rational debate about the policy choices it faces. An overwhelming majority of Conservative activists get their ā€œnewsā€ from Fox News. Liberals from MSNBC or CNN. There are, as a result, no shared facts which can act as a foundation for a rational disagreement ā€“ yes, ladies and gentleman, a civilised, adult disagreement and not a ā€œtoxic rowā€ or a ā€œbitter and damaging splitā€. The tyranny of online likes and shares driven by those three-letter words ā€“ WTF, LOL or OMG ā€“ tempt intelligent people to indulge in attention-seeking outrage or wild conspiracy theories.

    I grew up in a Telegraph-reading household. Like many, I loved its comprehensive and intelligent news coverage, the sport and the features. For others, it is the crossword, the obituaries or the foreign news that attract. I am still a subscriber. I didnā€™t read it as a child ā€“ and I donā€™t now ā€“ because it reflects my views or tells me what to think. I read it because, at its best, it reports the news I want to and need to know.

    And you know what? That makes me ā€“ and probably you ā€“ typical. Reuters found that only around one in 10 people ever comments online or on social media. That is another fact we all need to keep at the front of our mind. The people who post angry comments should be listened to and heard but we should not make the mistake of treating them as if they are representative of most readers, listeners or viewers of news.

    Talking of facts, there is one other worth dwelling on. Despite all the increased competition ā€“ which is, by the way, good as people now have a world of choice unimaginable for those of us brought up with Radio 4 alone ā€“ the BBC remains the most trusted news brand in the UK.

    Itā€™s true that in recent years, as politics has become more divisive and the media more fragmented, the number saying they trust the BBC has fallen, but 61 per cent of people told Reuters this year they do trust the BBC. Itā€™s also true that the Today programme has lost some listeners but our audience is five times the size of our nearest competitor and 25 times that of our newest one.

    That said, we are anything but complacent. In the past year alone, we have committed to co-presenting 100 shows a year from outside London; hugely energised our social media presence; launched The Today Debate with Mishal Husain; and, from this Thursday, The Today Podcast, a weekly, in-depth analysis with me and Amol Rajan.

    Those of us who work at the BBC and believe in the value of broadcasting news and discussions that are insulated from commercial pressures and the views and prejudices of owners, politicians or those who heckle online donā€™t claim to be pure or to always get things right. We can and always must do better. We do, though, insist that impartial broadcasting ā€“ whether at the BBC, ITN or Sky ā€“ has served and still serves this country well.

    One thing we ā€“ I ā€“ would never do is have a go at the listeners, or even the ex-listeners, whose noise occasionally dwarfs their numbers. ENDS

    COMMENT Comrade Robinson includes a number of graphs in the abovd piece but Iā€™m not technically able to reproduce them .

    As for the piece itself – the comments section wouid cheer any reader of this site up bigly . One said ā€˜he is just dying to tell us tractor production is up 5%ā€™ which summaries the Comrade Robinson mindset totally .

    At the moment PBS is running documentaries about the history of Russia . There is a segment where Stalin sent the countryā€™s ā€™grain as exports to pay for industrial growth this starving millions to death . Comrade Robinson reminds me of someone who would see that as a good thing ā€¦..

    But why wouid comrade Robinson. put this out now ? Does the penultimate paragraph give it away ? Is it the growth of GBNews upsetting ā€˜the msm ecology ā€˜ . ?

    Always notice the absences – GBN news – Times thingybob gets no mention – just a paranoid defence of his Far Left Anti White Anti British pro EU pro Islam Anti Judeo Christian evil woke kidult organisation .Damn him damn his BBC .

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  14. Fedup2 says:

    Pug – I published the full piece below as I didnā€™t spot what you wrote – your observation is better than mine . Thanks . Fuming .

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Dickie – thank you for putting that up – I forced myself to read it because I care less for US politics unless it is about a way of getting the True President back in the Oval .

      The suggestion that the US ( Obama Biden ) might do a false flag job in Ukraine / Russia to big up their war is troubling . And attacking that nuclear station could affect us – like Chernobyl did ā€¦..
      Obama must look at the map and see how far Ukraine is from his homes and think ā€˜nothing we do in Ukraine can affect us ā€˜ – and ā€˜screw the Europeans ā€˜ ā€¦.

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  15. tomo says:

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Shock horror – ā€˜democrat judge biased against trump – shock ā€˜ā€¦
      US political trials dragging that poor country down ā€¦

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      • tomo says:

        Elaborate and highly contrived lawfare being tried to barge a political opponent off the field of play – but with the added spice that they’re going after his house(s) and bank account.

        This is getting into Venezuelan-Bolivarian revolutionary territory – one acquaintance in Caracas had a family member whose apartment (in the family for several generations) was purportedly seized by a small mob of uniformed armed goons sporting Gran Polo PatriĆ³tico emblems for judicially unapproved counterrevolutionary activity and a party official installed a day later.

        ā€˜Democrat judge biased against trump’ is only, imho, the teensy tip of a crazy iceberg – the Democrats are apparently OK with storming+ looting retail outlets, releasing seriously bad criminals on bail and studiously ignoring the in-your-face blatant corruption in the highest offices of state.

        Hugo Chavez must be mightily amused in hell….

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        • tomo says:

          How long until there’s toilet paper riots in NYC and the Mexicans build a wall to keep Yanquis out?

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      • MarkyMark says:

        UK IS FINE!

        “Labour MP received Ā£500,000 in funding from Chinese Communist agent
        Barry Gardiner said he kept security services fully informed, after MI5 warned MPs they are being targeted by Beijing.”
        https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/barry-gardiner-mi5-mps-chinese-labour-b976606.html

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  16. JohnC says:

    Dead soldier suffered relentless sexual harassment – Army report
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66982160

    So I read this front-page, top-headline news article for the world at the BBC and immediately assumed this was a widespread issue where she was abused by multiple men everywhere she went.

    But when you sift through the extreme misandry and the desperate attempt to cram as much empathy into it as they possibly can, you realise it was just one bloke who was obsessed with her. No rape are any such thing involved : he sent her lots of text messages.

    Then we get ‘”It is almost certain this was a causal factor in her death,” the report found.”

    But tucked in a few paragraphs down, we get:
    “Whilst this behaviour ended the week before her death, it appears that it continued to affect her and had taken a significant toll on her mental resilience and well-being,”

    So what else was going on here ?. OK – It was ‘a’ causal factor’. What were the others BBC ?. Are we supposed to think it is perfectly reasonable for a normal person to kill themselves just for this ? – particularly after the harassment had ended. Why not just quit ?. Anything should be better than suicide.

    And why did it end BBC ?. Did the Army take action after all but you don’t want to tell us ?.

    As usual, I’m quite certain there is more to this story which we are not being told. It’s not the ‘widespread’ Army issue the BBC want us to think, it was one obsessed bloke which happens everywhere.

    Bottom line is that the BBC feminist activists absolutely hate any male-dominated institutions and want them destroyed.

    Lets take a look at who wrote it:
    Judith Burns:
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    Naresh Puri:
    Can’t find a picture of Naresh, but found a forum where someone described him as ‘a middle class communist’.

    June Kelly:
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    This brings up something which has been bothering me since Alex Belfield got put away. White males are no longer judged by the ‘crime’ they commit, they are being judged on the empathy-value of the victim.

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    • StewGreen says:

      John that’s not true
      I just heard a brief report, first they mentioned the obsessed boss
      then they mentioned another bloke who had abused her in some way , found guilty his punishment was to write an apology letter to her.

      “… the way the Army had dealt with her complaint of a sexual assault by another of her seniors a few months before. This happened late at night in a bar at an Army training centre.
      “She said he put his hands between her legs and tried to grab her from around the neck. She shouted: ‘Get off me, Sir’…”
      A colleague complained not her
      The report says: “The chain of command took the incident seriously, but the evidence suggests that the correct reporting process was not followed. As a result, the discipline advice was based on a version of events from which certain key details appear to have been accidentally omitted.”

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      • JohnC says:

        Ah yes – I see that down the middle of the very lengthy article:

        One man tried to grope her once ‘late at night in a bar at the Army training centre’. Something which happens all the time everywhere when young, not-so-intelligent males are out getting drunk.

        Again a symptom of sleazy men in general, not the ‘widespread abuse’ aimed at the entire Army the BBC are trying to make it.

        My point here is that the BBC emphasis on this story is utterly lopsided and following their specific agenda as opposed to really being concerned about women being sexually assaulted.

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  17. taffman says:

    ā€œWe’ve been too squeamish on migration, says Suella Bravermanā€
    She is telling us ā€˜the bleeding obviousā€™ ā€¦.
    Then ā€œstop the.boatsā€ !

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  18. JohnC says:

    Speaker Kevin McCarthy: US House of Representatives votes to oust Republican leader
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66990984

    I’m not interested in what the BBC might have to say about this in the slightest. Their coverage of politics in the USA is totally lopsided.

    But what did get my attention was this:

    ‘Mr McCarthy was supported by 210 Republican lawmakers but eight voted against him in Tuesday’s vote, joining all Democrat members.’

    So every single Democrat voted for him to be removed.

    What kind of democracy is that ?. It’s what I expect to see in a third-world dictatorship. They were clearly instructed how to vote.

    Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, a left-wing Democrat from the north-western US state of Washington, told reporters before the vote: “Let them wallow in their pigsty of incompetence.”

    How absolutely typical of a nasty, spiteful Lefty full of hate. And because the BBC saw fit to report it without any criticism, I’m quite certain they fully support what she said.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      JohnC – I made a mental note that the Federal Government might really shut down in 45 days if a speaker canā€™t be agreed – no federalobama government sounds like a good thing ā€¦

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  19. tomo says:

    Net Zero energy reforms

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  20. tomo says:

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    • Sluff says:

      As mentioned before, just Marxists trying to bring down market economies and Western European civilisation.
      Mass immigration of predominantly young male Muslims who do not speak English is a very very convenient tactic to achieve their long term objective. Give it a few days and theyā€™ll be sitting down halting motorway traffic.
      Just Stop Marxists.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Manchester Arena bomber was rescued from Libya by Royal Navy
      This article is more than 5 years old
      Salman Abedi, who killed 22 people in a suicide attack last year, was saved from civil war in 2014

      https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/31/manchester-arena-bomber-was-rescued-from-libya-by-royal-navy

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Baby names: Olivia top for girls as William makes way for Muhammad {bbc.co.uk 20sep2017}

      Let us not forget that ā€˜Muhammadā€™ gets a special (privileged) page on the internet, no other name is given one ā€¦ The popularity of the name Muhammad/Mohammed/Mohammad {ons.gov.uk}
      ā€œBut in the Muslim community the name Muhammad or one of its variations is very dominant as it is traditional to name baby boys after the prophet of Islam out of respect and honour for him.ā€

      ā€“ Dominant is an interesting choice of word for the name Mohammed?

      I guess the name Mohammed will not be increasing in China ā€¦ China Bans List of Islamic Names, Including ā€˜Muhammadā€™, in Xinjiang Region {bloomberg.com apr2017}

      ā€“ I cannot find a story about China banning names on the BBC Ā£3.5bn News Service ā€˜Xinjiang banā€™(does show beards,events and veils banned).

      https://biasedbbc.org/blog/2017/09/20/mid-week-open-thread-125/#comment-867942

      http://visual.ons.gov.uk/the-popularity-of-the-name-muhammadmohammedmohammad/

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  21. Sluff says:

    Has someone died? Has there been a tragedy? Is the King gravely ill ?
    These were my first thoughts this morning listening to Toady. The funereal tone, the hushed tones. What on earth has happened?

    Then it dawned. They are to cancel the second phase of HS2.
    And with Rick Knobson to discuss impartially were two interviewees. And guess what? Both want to build HS2 in full, irrespective of cost. Cost. Not mentioned at all.

    The BBC. World leaders inā€¦ā€¦absolutely nothing.

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  22. StewGreen says:

    The tyranny of the minority

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Back in the 1940s, the philosopher Karl Popper came up with something called ā€œThe Paradox of Tolerance.ā€ It goes like this: If everyone is tolerant of every idea, then intolerant ideas will emerge. Tolerant people will tolerate this intolerance, and the intolerant people will not tolerate the tolerant people.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “The Abilene paradox is a collective fallacy, in which a group of people collectively decide on a course of action that is counter to the preferences of most or all individuals in the group, while each individual believes it to be aligned with the preferences of most of the others.[1][2] It involves a breakdown of group communication in which each member mistakenly believes that their own preferences are counter to the group’s, and therefore does not raise objections, or even states support for an outcome they do not want.

      A common phrase relating to the Abilene paradox is a desire to not “rock the boat”. This differs from groupthink in that the Abilene paradox is characterized by an inability to perceive the views of others, or to manage agreement.[3]”

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

      “On a hot afternoon visiting in Coleman, Texas, the family is comfortably playing dominoes on a porch, until the father-in-law suggests that they take a [50-mile (80-km)] trip to Abilene for dinner. The wife says, “Sounds like a great idea.” The husband, despite having reservations because the drive is long and hot, thinks that his preferences must be out-of-step with the group and says, “Sounds good to me. I just hope your mother wants to go.” The mother-in-law then says, “Of course I want to go. I haven’t been to Abilene in a long time.”

      The drive is hot, dusty, and long. When they arrive at the cafeteria, the food is as bad as the drive. They arrive back home four hours later, exhausted.

      One of them dishonestly says, “It was a great trip, wasn’t it?” The mother-in-law says that, actually, she would rather have stayed home, but went along since the other three were so enthusiastic. The husband says, “I wasn’t delighted to be doing what we were doing. I only went to satisfy the rest of you.” The wife says, “I just went along to keep you happy. I would have had to be crazy to want to go out in the heat like that.” The father-in-law then says that he only suggested it because he thought the others might be bored.

      The group sits back, perplexed that they together decided to take a trip that none of them wanted. They each would have preferred to sit comfortably but did not admit to it when they still had time to enjoy the afternoon.”

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  23. AsISeeIt says:

    Heartfelt, Braverman, The Status Quo and long Covid B*****ks in The Secret Diaries of Patrick Vallance (Aged 13Ā¾) edition

    Move over Meghan and Harry… don’t you know we’re busy rehersing the Blairite 90s – so it’s a big heartfelt welcome back to the frontpages for our very own… Posh and Becks

    Enduring Love: David Beckham admits in a new Netflix documentary that his marriage to Victoria almost ended in the early 2000s… (Times); Victoria: My pain over David’s ‘affair’ (The Sun); Me, David and aftermath of that ‘affair’ by Posh see pages 2 & 3 (Daily Mail) – come on Harry, you know what you’ve gotta do to get that Netflix contract back on track

    One descerns three distinct categories of headline news reports this morning. Celebrity puff. Empty promises. And targeted political hit-jobs.

    Let me elucidate

    Posh and Becks naturally fall into the pidgeon hole labelled celebrity puff. As of course does the Times featured would-be latterday British emblematic metaphorical super couple Idris Elba and Dame Helen Mirren. He fronts the feature: Warning you could be a workaholic – and she: Beauty rules after 50? Forget them (Times2)

    The Daily Express United with the people of Ukraine – purports also to affect a soppy sentimental local flag-waving patriotism with: Princess Kate’s heartfelt gesture… see pages 2&3

    But we only need turn to the Mirror frontpage to discover the motive for Kate’s (Mo Farah’s) Mobot borrowed gesture (or was it Welsh footballer Gareth Bale’s trademark?*): Heartfelt Kate and Wills in Windrush tribute

    *Tottenham Hotspur star Gareth Bale has this week made an application to the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) with the aim of securing a trade mark for his ā€˜Eleven of Heartsā€™ goal celebration. An independent tribunal is now expected to make a decision within the next 60 days as to whether Bale should be allowed to trademark the celebration gesture. The Welshman makes a heart sign with his hands when he scores a goal (Daniel Draper, Partner at Farleysā€™ Solicitors Commercial Department, June 2013)

    Ah, Windrush… the founding myth of our dearly beloved multicultural Britain. Now we can at last forget 1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England, Comprising All the Parts You Can Remember, Including 103 Good Things, 5 Bad Kings and 2 Genuine Dates – is a tongue-in-cheek reworking of the history of England. Written by W. C. Sellar and R. J. Yeatman and illustrated by John Reynolds, it first appeared serially in Punch magazine, and was published in book form by Methuen & Co. Ltd. in 1930. (Thank you Wiki)

    Introducing…

    Windrush and All That: A Memorable History of England, Comprising All the Parts You Can Remember, Including 103 Good Black Things, including Stone Henge and some nifty Tudor Trumpeting, plus legendary Herbalists Mary Seacole and Bob Marley, 5 (probably) Black English Kings and Queens, 5 Bad White Things (make that 105) and 2 Genuine Dates – is a tongue-in-cheek reworking of the history of England. Written by The Macpherson report on Stephen Lawrence and Labour’s 2010 Equality Act and illustrated on a relentless daily basis by DFS and Getty Images, care of the BBC

    But we digress. Where were we? Ah… Empty Promises as sub-genre of news headlines

    Sunak: I’ll change the status quo (Telegraph) – too late, mate. Rick Parfitt died in 2016, Alan Lancaster the original bassist died last year.

    PM: I’ll tear up rule book on ’30 years of broken politics’ (Daily Express) – 30 years? Let’s just do the maths – despite: Maths cash unspent… Research has revealed that more then a third of funds allocated to prime minister Rishi Sunak’s numeracy program in its first year was handed back to the Treasury unspent (FT) – which news in brief in itself sounds like an old fashioned maths problem – if a third of funds allocated to prime minister Rishi Sunak’s numeracy program are handed back to the Treasury in the first year unspent – calculate how many illegal small people allocated evenly to each constituency will it take overturn the Tory majority?

    Doing the maths… 30 years ago was 1993…

    Meat Loaf topped the music charts with “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)”

    Forgive me but I’m reminded John Major was PM in 1993 but his affair with Edwina Currie had ended in about 1988.

    Category three headline types are the full-frontal broadside political hit-jobs

    The Labour-supporting Mirror of course: Today the PM will blame our country’s problems on the ‘political system’ But remind us Rishi… how many years have the Tories had to fix Britain? 13 Unlucky for us – and frankly, the Labour-centric red top has a valid point.

    The coronaphobic left-leaning ‘i’ still hasn’t recovered: Johnson called long Covid B*****ks” The secret diaries of Patrick Vallance – (Aged 13Ā¾): I will help the poor and ignorant. After hearing the disgusting noises from No10 last night, I have also vowed never to drink alcohol. Boris got the dog drunk on cherry brandy at the party last night. If the RSPCA hear about it he could get done… There’s only one thing more boring than listening to Covid Inquiries , and that’s reading my curated edited texts. I have a problem. I am an expert science intellectual, but at the same time I am not very clever.

    The left-leaning ‘i’ hit job is, naturally: Braverman’s hardline job application to become Tory leader

    Clearly our Suella has been sent out there on Rishi’s orders to make these noises.

    I can guess what he told her. To borrow from Kipling: You’re a Braverman than I am, Gunga Din!

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “Enduring Love: David Beckham admits in a new Netflix documentary” David and Victoria Beckham have reportedly landed a Ā£16million deal with. The couple, worth Ā£769m, will appear in a fly-on-the-wall series, centered around 45-year-old David’s life, with a camera crew following him around.29 Oct 2020

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Considering that valance was meant to be leading a national fight against the Chinese / us. Virus I wonder where he got the time to write diaries ? Same with any ā€˜[personalityā€™ doing a big job at a big time ā€¦. Maybe they were not working so hard after all ā€¦.
      In the future I reckon theyā€™ll look at the gimps who were telling us what to do each day ( Hancock ) and wonder how we all fell for it and ā€˜complied ā€˜ – the answer was ā€˜fear ā€˜ā€¦

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  24. StewGreen says:

    Mr WGAP says YouGov polls seem rigged
    so their new 15 minute city poll is not believable.
    ..https://youtu.be/dOSC2iZasuY

       6 likes

    • MarkyMark says:

      NEOM | What is THE LINE?

         3 likes

    • tomo says:

      You Gov polls subjectively seem to synchronise “coincidentally” with policy announcements.

      – often too close for comfort.

      Anybody noticed that some supermarket muzak soundtracks have reduced in volume and have NHS “public health” messaging ? Not continuous but there …

      It’s like an earworm.

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      • MarkyMark says:

        Comment “Most people do support having a post office, a supermarket and a doctors surgery within 15 minutes. They don’t support barricading off streets, car journey quotas and fines”

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “Credibility of Diane Abbot’s Maths.”

      …………………………

      Nadhim was born in Baghdad to Kurdish parents in 1967. Under threat of persecution from Saddam Husseinā€™s regime, his family immigrated to the UK when he was 9. He grew up in Sussex and was educated at Kingā€™s College School in West London and University College London where he studied Chemical Engineering.

      In 2000 he founded YouGov, a leading market research company which has since become famous for the accuracy of its political polling. Having started life in an office in Nadhimā€™s garden shed, YouGov now employs over 400 people on three continents. He floated the company on the London Stock Exchange in 2005 and was named Entrepreneur of the year by Ernst & Young in 2008.

      In January 2010 he stood down from YouGov to run for election as Member of Parliament for Stratford-on-Avon. Upon winning the seat, Nadhim was elected to the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee, which scrutinises the impact of government policy on business.

      https://www.zahawi.com/about-nadhim

      * famous for the accuracy of its political polling
      * famous for the accuracy of its political polling
      ………………………

      This article is more than 9 years old
      Tory MP Nadhim Zahawi admits taxpayers paid power bill for his stables
      This article is more than 9 years old
      MP promises to repay the part of Ā£5,822.27 expenses claim for second home energy bills that relates to electricity for stables

      https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/nov/10/nadhim-zahawi-admits-taxpayers-electricity-stables

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  25. MarkyMark says:

    “Sunak: Iā€™ll change the status quo (Telegraph) ā€“ too late, mate. Rick Parfitt died in 2016, Alan Lancaster the original bassist died last year.”

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  26. MarkyMark says:

    Memories …..

    How the Coronavirus Created a Toilet Paper Shortage
    Many attribute the shortage to disruptions in the supply chain. But it’s actually a result of panic-buying, according to Dr. Ronalds Gonzalez, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Forest Biomaterials.

    May 19, 2020 Andrew Moore 2-min. read

    https://cnr.ncsu.edu/news/2020/05/coronavirus-toilet-paper-shortage/

    Although the country is slowly reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic, thereā€™s one household item you may still find missing on grocery store shelves: Toilet paper.

       4 likes

  27. MarkyMark says:

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  28. Up2snuff says:

    TOADY Watch #1 – Nick Robinson is very annoyed ….

    … that Rishi Sunak is preventing him travelling quickly to Manchester United’s home games. What is never, ever, mentioned in ‘the HS2 debate’ is that you will have to be a millionaire or ‘be travelling on exes’ to be able to afford tickets to ride on HS2. The fares will have to cover the operating costs and they will be massive, unless the line is regulated for fares or is nationalised or NutsZero is abandoned in its entirety or the Ukraine war ends.

    Never mind, Nick. Just console yourself with the thought that travelling from Islington to Euston will take just as long as getting to Birmingham, never mind Old Trafford, unless you jump into a BBC provided car with driver at each end.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Up2
      The piece by Robinson from the DT I have put up have some wonderful comments attached to it . I sometimes forget how deluded people can be – inside their metro world ā€¦. Particularly that thing about some people not being interested in news ā€¦. The reason for the decline in listeners – when we know -here – that the BBC anti British far left Group Think propaganda is the reason – people like him ā€¦

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      • Up2snuff says:

        Fed, the Beeboids have a particular mindset (which is why those in the know šŸ˜‰ refer to them as Beeboids) of entitlement, authority, liberal/FarLeft/HardLeft inclination and ‘holding Government to account’ that drives them to get up early for vast salaries funded by the TellyTaxpayer.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      2.1 Travel by Rail
      All rail travel should be booked through BBC Travel & Delivery, including Eurostar travel
      arrangements.
      First class travel is not permitted, unless exceptionally, to accompany on screen talent or clients.
      ** we are all equal comrades

      Click to access bbc-expenses-policy-sep-2021.pdf

      First class travel is not permitted, unless exceptionally, to accompany on screen talent or clients.
      ** we are all equal comrades

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      • Up2snuff says:

        MM, I think some of the Beeboids (Senior Editors) and TOADY presenters have the luxury of a car and driver picking them up at 3 a.m. and whisking them in to W1A. As you say, we are all equal comrades. I recall one or two of the TOADY presenters giving the game away on the car to studio privilege. Then Just RemainIn Webb mentioned this year in print (newspaper or BBC web-site) that the joy of being on holiday was not getting up at 3 a.m..

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Former Speaker John Bercow claimed Ā£1,000 taxi fare
      Published
      14 January 2020
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51109296

      Former Commons Speaker John Bercow spent Ā£1,000 on a taxi fare and Ā£12,000 on leaving parties for staff in the run-up to his retirement.

      Mr Bercow, who stood down before the election, also spent Ā£7,000 on a US visit in his final months in the job.

         5 likes

  29. G says:

    Was everyone else as impressed as I was with the Braverman speech yesterday?

    My overall conclusion was, however did Rich Sunak and his bosses in Davos/Beijing, approve the Braverman speech? Still, what was said was said and I wholeheartedly approve of her giving notice to the ECHR that we will be withdrawing our representatives and finance for its support in due course. Bravo! I say.
    My word, what is going on? To instruct our representative to the United Nations to withdraw our formal support for the UN Migration Compact is unbelievable! You know the treaty ā€“ signed up to by our own PM at the time, Treason May, without any direct recourse to the public of this country or any to-do or publicity. Signed with a flourish which, at the time, struck me as signalling, ā€˜two-fingersā€™ to the British public. In comparative secrecy to boot. Hopefully Treason will swing for this at some point in the future.
    Braverman went on to explain, the first cargo vessel carrying thousands of illegal migrants will dock in Calais during the first week of December 2023. This will give the French sufficient time to arrange Four-Star hotels to accommodate the returning illegal migrants.
    But more was to follow. I also welcomed the stern and formal notice to the French (ā€œour European friendsā€) that from the 1st November 2023, we will be enforcing our border by awaiting arrivals of rubber boats at the mid-point and shoving them back into French waters. And, and, and, to call the French Navy on the VHF and telling them to come and pick the ā€œRefugeā€™sā€ up and escort same back to France. Wow! Braverman has sure grasped the simplicity of solving the problem.
    Oh! sorry. I had dozed off at some point in the speech and started a parallel dream. Sorry, it was all a lovely dream ‘all good things must come to an end’ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ā€¦

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Braverman went on to explain, the first cargo vessel carrying thousands of illegal migrants will dock in Calais during the first week of December 2023. This will give the French sufficient time to arrange Four-Star hotels to accommodate the returning illegal migrants.

      ……

      Dover MP Natalie Elphicke told the Commons that the BBCā€™s ā€œshocking reportā€ contained the ā€œbreath-takingā€ 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

      ā€¦.

      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 asā€”this is breathtakingā€”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 Governmentā€™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:

      G
      I was gonna say – the only comment about braverman was that she didnā€™t mention the ECHR at all . I cannot see the point of watching any blue labour crap – apart from getting the popcorn for Sunak s fairwell speech .

      Does anyone really think they will do anything Conservative – yet alone Right Wing in the last 12 months before their welcome demise ā€¦?

      Even ids – with Farage last night – majority 3500 looked like a man packing his bags . He will be replaced by a mouthy far left female Pakistani Muslim ā€¦. Which is what almost happened last time ā€¦.

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  30. MarkyMark says:

    11.7 million employee jobs were furloughed through the scheme, at a cost of Ā£70 billion.
    At the end of the scheme, at 30 September 2021, 1.16 million jobs were on furlough, which was 4% of eligible jobs. 21% of employers had at least one member of staff on furlough.
    23 Dec 2021

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  31. MarkyMark says:

    WE HAVE LOTS OF MONEY TO WASTE – IT’S ALL FREE …..

    “Scathing report blasts ā€˜unimaginableā€™ Ā£37bn cost of coronavirus test and trace system
    No measurable evidence that scheme made difference in slowing progress of pandemic, cross-party committee finds

    Andrew Woodcock
    Political Editor
    Wednesday 10 March 2021 07:21

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/coronavirus-test-trace-dido-harding-report-b1814714.html

       4 likes

  32. MarkyMark says:

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  33. tomo says:

    The full Jacinta?

    – “Turkmenistan, here we go” ?

    the quantity of illicit tobacco is already at an all time high as far as I can see.

    I’ve been cynical about invoking the WEF bogeyman – but this is rather in your face – let’s see what happens later today.

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    • G says:

      We may have to think again. Burning at the stake will emit ‘smoke’. Can’t have that.

      Police: ‘Go and burn the PM elsewhere’.

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  34. tomo says:

    hmmm… very Turkmenistani….

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    • JohnC says:

      That’s how it started with Alex Belfield who said from the start they would take him off air eventually.

      And of course they did worse to Tommy Robinson. His video was an excellent eye-opener about how ‘the state’ deals with people it wants to silence.

      Now they want rid of Fox. So he is being harassed by police hoping he decides to keep his mouth shut.

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    • MarkyMark says:

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    • Fedup2 says:

      WOW – IS THIS TODAY ? Is this real ? Is he arrested ? Is there a warrant ?

      Update – seems itā€™s about his support for killing ULEZ cameras ā€¦.. only the current woke met plod would waste time and resources on this nonsense ā€¦.
      Who says the police are not political ā€¦.. and they expect support ā€¦. Avoid

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      • G says:

        Fed,

        I hear the crime of ‘Conspiracy’ mentioned.

        Conspiracy?

        “…..if a person agrees with any other person or persons that a course of conduct shall be pursued which, if the agreement is carried out in accordance with their intentions either:
        a/ will necessarily amount to or involve the commission of any offence or offences by one or more of the parties to the agreement, or
        b/ would do so but for the existence of facts which render the commission of the offence or any of the offences impossible, he is guilty of conspiracy to commit the offence or offences….”

        I don’t know the facts but prima facie (got to get that in) seems the police are ‘flying a kite’. Any good A level (for the moment) Law Student should be able to deal with this.

        Tommy Robinson signals.

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        • Guest Who says:

          I cannot believe the CPP, police, media and activists would be so dumb to fall for it (ok, now, I could) or him smart enough to set it up (maybe some clever folk lurking) but if this backfires like it seems it might on this basis… oh, boy.

          Have Rayner, Pneumoboobs, Dr. Shola, Vile etc pitched in anyway yet?

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  35. MarkyMark says:

    “Rishi has finally confirmed heā€™s scrapping the northern leg of HS2, claiming it will free up Ā£36 billion to reinvest ”

    order-order.com


    HA HA HA! It’s already spent – HA HA HA free up HA HA HA HA!

    “Ā£36 billion to reinvest” – it’s in debt!

    HA HA HA HA

    ……………………….

    Keir Starmer claims Labour is party of ‘sound money’ as Tories send the pound plummeting
    Starmer will use his conference speech today to drive home the message that the Tories cannot be trusted to run the economy.

    https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/keir-starmer-claims-labour-party-28086977

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  36. Fedup2 says:

    Sunak speech ā€˜ long term decisions for a brighter future ā€˜ – very Stalinist no ? BBC cut to a sleeping dog while he goes on about raising the smoking age – crap ā€¦

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    • MarkyMark says:

      ā€˜ long term decisions for a brighter future ā€˜ – green cards for everyone to migrate to USA!

         2 likes

  37. G says:

    “Cost of national debt hits 20-year high”.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67002195

    The financial woes are far from over. A country with a Ā£6.1 Trillion debt overall.

    Seem to recall an expression? Something to do with a fat lady and singing………….

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  38. Eddy Booth says:

    “Shiney Row: Man dies in suspected American bully XL attack”

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-67004053

    “Residents said they saw paramedics working on the man’s badly injured throat in the aftermath of the attack.
    Det Ch Insp Angela Hudson, of Northumbria Police, said there was no wider threat to the public and those involved were “known to each other”.

    I would also continue to ask people not to speculate about the incident online, including on social media, while inquiries are ongoing”

    I speculate this attack is caused from people now being very wary/ afraid of these dogs, which causes the chav owners to get annoyed and feel aggressive – because they’re getting ‘funny looks’.
    Dog picks up on all this, and decides to kick off.
    Going to happen again and again.
    Muzzle then all from today as there clearly is a wider threat to the public

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  39. Fedup2 says:

    Not the BBC

    Listening to the outgoing PM – I thought I was listening to Starmer – apparently he is going for ā€˜change ā€˜ and hasnā€™t been in power with his pals for 13 years .

    Genuinely surprised about the HS2 thing – thought heā€™d kick it to the long grass ā€¦. But itā€™s not gonna get votes is it ?

    I didnā€™t hear anything on green crap ( good ) nor anything about energy independence or Ukraine – although I did join 10 minutes in .
    No orator is our rishi – and not much more to write about ā€¦. Roll on the red labour love in ā€˜prepare for governmenf ;..

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  40. Fedup2 says:

    Fox arrrsted for ā€˜conspiracy to damage ULEZ cameras ā€˜ . I would never condone such an act . All protests must be banned ā€¦

    Iā€™m off to buy something called ā€˜vapes ā€˜ before they banned too ,..

       9 likes

    • MarkyMark says:

      But Gary Lineker and Chris Packham say protesting is RIGHT!

      Gary Lineker is slammed as a ‘hypocrite in the highest order’ for defending Just Stop Oil protesters after eco-clowns stormed Wimbledon court and threw jigsaw pieces
      Controversial BBC Sport presenter Gary Lineker defended Just Stop Oil protests
      Eco-clowns disrupted two matches at Wimbledon’s Court 18 on Wednesday
      READ MORE: All that security, for what? Just Stop Oil activists storm Wimbledon
      By CHRIS MATTHEWS

      Published: 02:11, 7 July 2023 | Updated: 09:25, 7 July 2023

         6 likes

    • atlas_shrugged says:

      7. The accuser and the accused shall always appear face to face before any Officer; that both sides may be heard, and no wrong to either party.

      https://www.gutenberg.org/files/17480/17480-h/17480-h.htm

      Gerrard Winstanley: The Laws of Freedom
      The Digger Movement

         2 likes

  41. MarkyMark says:

    POLICE TO ARREST BBC PRESENTER…. ????

    Chris Packham and the eco militants: BBC Springwatch presenter discusses blowing up oil pipeline with green campaigner and praises ‘highly-intelligent’ protester jailed for bringing M25 to 40-hour standstill in new documentary
    BBC star Packham spoke to ‘How To Blow Up A Pipeline’ author Andreas Malm
    By MATT STRUDWICK

    PUBLISHED: 19:16, 20 September 2023 | UPDATED: 07:56, 21 September 2023

       10 likes

  42. MarkyMark says:

    order-order.com comments
    “OT Laurence Fox’s house has just been raided by a large number of cops.”

    “Are they going to make him shag her.. itā€™s only fair”

       8 likes

  43. MarkyMark says:

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  44. MarkyMark says:

    Laurence Fox arrested for supporting Ulez camera vandalism
    Suspended GB News presenter said on Tuesday he was ‘happy to be detained’ for taking down cameras alongside vigilantes

    By
    Fiona Parker
    4 October 2023 ā€¢ 12:32pm

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/10/04/laurence-fox-police-search-ulez-gb-news-cameras/

    WAS HE “‘happy to be detained’ for taking down cameras alongside vigilantes”?
    OR JUST “was ‘happy to be detained'”?

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  45. MarkyMark says:

    Rishi Sunak
    Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister’s Office of the United Kingdom

    https://www.weforum.org/people/rishi-sunak

    https://www.weforum.org/about/world-economic-forum

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  46. MarkyMark says:

    ‘WILL ā€˜stop the boatsā€’

    Rishi Sunak has suggested that the English Channel crossings problem is too ā€œcomplexā€ to allow him to fulfil his promise to stop the small boats by the next general election.
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rishi-sunak-small-boats-braverman-b2396623.html

       3 likes

    • G says:

      MM,

      “ā€˜WILL ā€˜stop the boatsā€ā€™

      My reply to Rich Sunak?

      ‘Come next election, WE WILL stop you’.

         4 likes

  47. MarkyMark says:

    ā€˜Son of pharmacistā€™ ….. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1Rkr6nUg2s

       1 likes

  48. MarkyMark says:

    UK – now – and the future.

    Teacher who showed his pupils a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed is still in hiding a year after fleeing his home due to death threats
    The Batley Grammar School teacher is still in hiding a year after the lesson
    The image of the Prophet Mohammed was shown during religious education
    The 30-year-old teacher was cleared of misconduct but he still has not returned to his home or work
    By MARK HOOKHAM FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY

    PUBLISHED: 22:12, 26 March 2022 | UPDATED: 23:41, 26 March 2022

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