539 Responses to Midweek 22nd November 2023

  1. tomo says:

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  2. Thoughtful says:

    Friend has been telling me about the goings on in Ireland the Oligarchy (AKA the WEF) have been hushing up.

    For instance, have you heard that a gay couple of men were beheaded for being gay by migrant Islamists?
    Women sliced up in the street and no news reports.

    There were a string of these utterly sickening attacks which have never been reported because the media is owned and operated by the Olgarchy who own everything.

    (USA) The richest 1% own 35% of that countries assets, the wealthiest 10% own 70% remember that the government owns pretty much all of the rest with the bottom 50% owning just 2.5%

    It’s easy to see that a corrupt and dying country like America, making laws which not only benefit the ultra rich in terms of tax, but which at the same time encourage donations to politicians as well.

    And so the wealthy transfer their assets into charitable fronts such as the Gates foundation which they can control and use as a vehicle to promote fantasy land views, because they are so detached from the reality of ordinary people. It’s a re-imagining of Marie Antoinette, and the French revolution as some ‘Far Right’ mob.

    Gates might be fabulously wealthy, but he alas is not alone, and there are plenty of those who are guilt ridden about just how much they have and see the evil WEF as a way to give something back.
    It’s nothing new of course, there have been benefactors in the past such as Andrew Carnegie who built and funded many libraries, but todays philanthropists are more misanthropists heaping misery onto ordinary people and making their lives worse instead of better, and when they complain they have their media subsidiaries smear the peasants as “far right”

    Many of these individuals see themselves as a part of an exclusive club which acts to the same end, and even if one individual doesn’t own everything, they might as well do as their friends own the important pieces of the puzzle they might not.

    And now we have the Oligarchy buying up farmland, having already seen them trying to ban others from using the farmland they own in countries like Holland.

    There is a theory that these oligarchs are deliberately destroying the West in order to buy assets cheaper than they should be. We was Los Angeles completely cleared of the drug addicted filth littering the streets for Chairman Xi’s vists and it is suggested that could be done just as effectively once again when commerical real estate prices have fallen enough and the Oligarchs have bought it all up for themselves.

    Same with farmland ban the famers from farming it and buy it cheaply (as Blackrock have in Ukraine) then when food is in short supply rack up the prices and reduce the population.

    It’s a dystopian view of the future, but it’s very possibly the way it’s going to be if we are not careful.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      1400+ raped kids …. 0 arrests at the time.

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    • tomo says:

      Thoughtful

      In Ireland I heard tales of dark deeds…. many to do with rural robberies where the perps were eastern European and inflicted gratuitous injuries on their victims – the extents of which were suppressed by the corporate media.

      As with many things in Ireland I usually check on blogger Head Rambles.

      There was a bit of an incident up in Dublin yesterday.

      It started when a bloke attacked some kids with a knife injuring several, some seriously. The attack only stopped when a Deliveroo driver hopped of his bike and belted the attacker with his helmet. But for that, things could have been a lot worse.

      The reason for the attack remains a mystery.

      Now, word spread on Anti-Social media that the attacker was an immigrant. I assume this was because the chap was noticeably different [i.e. black?]. We were immediately informed by the Law that the attacker was Irish and had been living here for some years. In other words, he was an immigrant albeit not a recent one.

      Feelings are running high in some quarters about the immigration situation and obviously the anti-immigration mob saw their chance and started to stage a protest. However this took place in Dublin’s inner city northside; and area known for a drop of lawlessness. The local low life saw their chance for a bit of a mill with the Gardaí and came fully armed with bottles, bricks and fireworks. The Gardaí were there in sufficient numbers to handle a protest but not equipped to deal with a full scale riot.

      The low life had a grand time, smashing shop windows, looting and setting buses, trams and cars alight. This was rampaging thuggery pure and simple and at this stage was fuck all to do with immigration. That was just an excuse.

      There was one salient point that the mob didn’t realise though. I refer to the Delveroo rider who quite possibly saved to kids’ lives. But for him other children could have been attacked or even killed.

      He is a Brazilian immigrant.

      Irony indeed?

      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67519418

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  3. Non Snowflake says:

    Apologies if this observation has already been mentioned, but I seem to recall that when the black, drug-dealing, violent criminal George Floyd died, the resulting rioters were treated with kid gloves by the MSM, lots of sympathy, fake news etc etc.

    The resulting rioters from yesterday in Dublin on the other hand are being smeared, insulted and threatened by the MSM and politicians etc.

    Talk about double standards.

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    • Ian Rushlow says:

      If they didn’t have double standards, they wouldn’t have any standards at all…

      #MSM-JUST-OBEYING-ORDERS-FROM-ABOVE

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    • Thoughtful says:

      Fiery but mostly peaceful

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    • JohnC says:

      And they still have not admitted that the pretext they had for doing it – that the stabber is an Algerian immigrant – is actually true.

      On the contrary, the BBC have actively tried to sow disinformation that he wasn’t.

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  4. Guest Who says:

    https://newatlas.com/aircraft/gravity-head-tracking-firearm/?

    Seems expensive. When is Hamas getting its next diplomatic pouch from Iran?

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    • Zephir says:

      I’d check Argos first, then Amazon, but always check if made in China, will take 8 weeks to arrive and generally blow up within two weeks

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      • G says:

        Zephir,

        Just to mention as of interest:
        Needed to renew the breaker on my generator. Unusable for constant shutting down and low amperage. Finally tracked a breaker down in China. Ordered and I volunteered to paid extra $ to get it shipped quickly.

        Ordered Tuesday (this week) posted in China Wednesday. Fedex advise delivering before 1800 today.

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        • Zephir says:

          And you believe that ?

          18:00 is the date not the time, probable 18 march

          if it does not catch fire before then like my external storage drive did losing me 10 years of photos

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  5. JohnC says:

    Just look at the quote the BBC have published from someone called ‘Mohammed Khatib’. I’m simply stunned:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67504657

    “We would have liked this to happen without the hostages taken by Hamas,” he told me, “but without them, Israel would not let these people out.”

    So it’s Israels fault that Hamas took hostages ???. Make no mistake : if they weren’t taken hostage, Hamas would have murdered them with all the others.

    Perhaps you should have put that extremely important point in your article Lucy. Shame on you.

    This is the BBC reporter who wrote this appalling article:

    lucy-williamson-1fee5f6b

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    • Zephir says:

      Wheres your f@cking Burkha Mrs bbc gobshite ?

      Oh, sorry forgot, you get to wear what you like over here,

      and by the way what the f@ck are you doing a mans job for ?

      Oh sorry, forgot you have rights over here

      do you have a girlfriend ? gay friends ? don’t even go there you wouldn’t last 10 minutes in Gaza

      Ever been raped ? then its a stoning for you for adultery

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    • Guest Who says:

      Lucy is deffo a clone.

      Maybe one of the first, if you like your anthropological asides.

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  6. Zephir says:

    Here we bloody go again, its civil war simply, as so many warned from Enoch Powell onwards:

    “Fears of Tommy Robinson and ‘Jihad’ mob clash at weekend march as cops issue warning
    Hizb ut-Tahrir will once again take the streets of London and fears are mounting they will once again call for jihad.

    This will come just one day after a radical Islamist group that sparked terror across the Jewish community after calling for “jihad” and demanding “Muslim armies” liberate Palestine, are set to hold their first march in London since their inflammatory demonstration last month.

    According to the Metropolitan Police as many as 500 Hizb ut-Tahrir demonstrators will engage in a “static protest at the Egyptian embassy”, at the same time as a march organised by the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign of 100,000 people in central London tomorrow.”

    https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1838663/jihad-palestine-march-london-met-police

    https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1838663/jihad-palestine-march-london-met-police

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    • Up2snuff says:

      Zephir, if Tommy Robinson is wise he will stay away from central London at the weekend.

      If I recall correctly, Hizb-ut-Tahrir are a proscribed organisation in the UK and Tommy Robinson will let the Metropolitan Police prove Suella Braverman correct in her article for the Times newspaper. Tommy doesn’t want to give the Met or the BBC or the rest of the media the chance to ‘Dublinise’ him.

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  7. Zephir says:

    As Thin Lizzys Phil Lynott remarked onstage at Hammersmith Odeon

    “any girls here with any Irish in them ?”

    “Any girls like a bit more Irish in them ?”

    Bring on the Irish as the English are just standing and watching clutching their pearls, with some notable exceptions, who are regularly vilified by ALL in the MSM.

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  8. Kaiser says:

    bbc reporters complain of bias

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/23/bbc-own-reporters-accuse-it-of-favouritism-towards-israel/

    anonymously to al Jazeera

    lmao

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  9. JohnC says:

    Oh the joy on the BBC news page at the release of the hostages. Everyone is friends again and Hamas are not that bad after all.

    Except of course it’s only 13 Israelis and 11 totally innocent Thais. There are around 216 others still being held hostage by the Hamas terrorists. Which is not being mentioned at all. I bet there are a lot of the ‘ignorant masses’ thinking all the hostages have been released.

    Not such good news when it’s in context.

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  10. JohnC says:

    West Midlands Police: Force in special measures over sex offender failings
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-67518400

    The BBC clearly don’t like reporting this story.

    ‘The PCC and chief constable said they completely disagreed with the decision.’

    ‘Mr Cleverly said the leadership failure was the reason the force had been placed into special measures.’

    No information at all given for the actual reasons. I wonder what they could be. There may be a clue in that the force ‘covers Birmingham, Wolverhampton, the Black Country and Coventry’.

    Now what is special about that region I wonder …

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    • Zephir says:

      Ooh ooh, I’ve got this one erm….

      “I’ll have to hurry you ”

      erm, Gary Glitter ? no, no Jimmy Saville ? no, Stuart Hall ?

      “I’m sorry you’re out of time, the answer is hundreds of muslims raping white schoolgirls”

      Now, your starter for 10:

      Who stabbed a five year old in Dublin ? and we warn you, no ethnicity is relevant to the answer, so forget his surname.

      But, we will make an exception for any answer that involves O Neil, O’Shaunessy or possibly O’foggerty

      Buzzzz

      Oh the student with a headscarf and the Palestinian flag?

      Islamophobia ?

      Correct, 50 points

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  11. MarkyMark says:

    ‘I thought climate change was a hoax. Now I’ve changed my mind’
    Published
    14 hours ago

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67483064

    “Sarah Ott spent years believing climate change was a hoax, influenced by friends at church in the US south and a popular right-wing radio host.”

    We listened to Rush Limbaugh, a radio host known for his controversial opinions on topics such as race, LGBT rights and women, and I would hear him every day for two hours.

    Only much later did I learn that the material was twisted and taken out of context.

    ……………………………

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  12. MarkyMark says:

    Does BBC have reporters in China? HA HA HA HA! HOliday in China with the BBC holiday programmes!

    “BBC bbc.co.uk (or bbc.com) bbc.co.uk (or bbc.com) News and broadcasting English 2014, 15 October to present[36] Blocked”
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_websites_blocked_in_mainland_China

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  13. taffman says:

    I see that Nissan are going to build new cars in Great Britain despite “Brexit”.

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  14. atlas_shrugged says:

    Not one of Hamas biggest fans:

    I do not think this speech will be screened on the bBC

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  15. Guest Who says:

    https://x.com/maitlis/status/1727992817622921402?s=20
    Genuinely can’t work out which is me any more. #veryroyalscandal

    Surely it’s the one blotto out of her tiny mind stumbling out of a mutual fluff awards party with her baps in her Jimmy Choos?

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  16. Zephir says:

    I think the bbc may be biased

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  17. Guest Who says:

    What BBC Verify does hunt down is bizarre..

    https://x.com/O_Rob1nson/status/1727991075418120236?s=20
    This TikTok with more than 250,000 views doesn’t show lots of dead Israeli soldiers.
    The image is AI-generated. You can see disappearing hands or missing facial features + the bodies further away just look too hazy to make out anything.

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  18. Guest Who says:

    Simpo on form getting noticed.

    https://x.com/nickdixoncomic/status/1728036407585751387?s=20
    Doesn’t mention the stabbing. Blames climate change.

    Normal day at the BBC.

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  19. Guest Who says:

    Normally this would be one for BBC Verify…

    …or Jon Don, or JezBo…

    https://x.com/dancohen3000/status/1728067708485267956?s=20
    Israel broke the ceasefire as soon as it started, opening fire on civilians trying to reach their homes

    Given they are being used they might get interested. Who knows?

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  20. Jeff says:

    Now look, I know that a lot of people are fretting about the latest immigration figures, so I thought I’d try to look on the bright side. Now, let me see…

    Okay, let’s take the negatives first…Housing. If you’re looking for a property I honestly wouldn’t bother. There are now so many foreigners pouring in you’ve got more chance of winning the lottery. If these people have family…and most do… they are immediately put at the top of the housing list. And if they come in illegally, they are immediately put up in 4 star hotels. Brilliant…

    Hospital, GP and dental waiting lists. Yes, I concede, it’s not good and this isn’t a great country if you have a serious medical condition, need a hip replacement or just have raging toothache…but we’re always told that “our NHS” would collapse without them. Look at all those highly skilled brain surgeons washing up at Dover and Deal. We need these people!

    But… if you’re looking for positives, look at crime. This country used to pride itself on its law and order. We were a peaceful and largely peace-loving nation. Americans and our fellow Europeans looked askance at how well behaved we were. Not any more. Those days have gone…and good riddance say our leaders. There’s never been a shorter waiting list to be stabbed, raped or mugged.

    You know, I’ve got a feeling you’re not buying this…

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  21. Scroblene says:

    I reckon Beeboids must have a few quandaries on their furry little paws at the moment…

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-67518501

    This was one of the most invasive progs of the eighties, and of course, was an independent company’s work…

    So, what will they make of all this then…?

    Er-hem – lefties, fighting lefties, fighting – er – themselves, and getting several pairs of bi-sexual knickers into twists!

    Perhaps they need some sort of counselling, or advice on how to be a National Broadcaster – surely there’ll be several people here who could advise?

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  22. Dickie says:

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  23. Zephir says:

    World economic forum:

    “Here’s why Africa is the world leader in digital and mobile banking”

    https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/11/africa-digital-mobile-banking-financial-inclusion/

    and plenty more complete and utter shite

    My take:
    “here is why the vast majority of UK benefit fraud is committed by Nigerians”

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  24. Zephir says:

    Here is why, the vast majority of rapes in Denmark are committed by Somalians…

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  25. Zephir says:

    This is racist… where are the white people ?

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

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  26. Zephir says:

    Rape at the national level, number of police-recorded offences, in per 100,000 inhabitants[12][additional citation(s) needed] Total count Rate per 100,000 population
    Country/territory 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
    Kenya 1440 1365 1291 876 735 847 4.1 3.8 3.5 2.3 1.9 2.1
    Mauritius 53 40 38 64 77 69 57 51 4.3 3.2 3.0 5.1 6.0 5.4 4.4 3.9
    Mozambique 102 64 46 41 47 44 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
    Uganda 0 549 732 750 599 1536 619 709 2.0 2.0 2.6 2.6 2.0 4.9 1.9 2.1
    Zimbabwe 3858 4997 4790 4967 4762 3186 30.6 39.7 38.1 39.6 38.2 25.6
    Cameroon 451 555 592 580 447 2.7 3.2 3.4 3.2 2.4
    Algeria 723 630 376 495 836 812 2.3 1.9 1.1 1.5 2.5 2.4
    Morocco 618 453 475 1063 1215 1130 1507 2.1 1.5 1.6 3.5 3.9 3.6 4.8
    Sudan 1189 2.9
    Botswana 1754 1865 88.5 92.9
    Lesotho 1797 1878 1777 85.3 88.3 82.7
    Swaziland 785 849 72.1 77.5
    Guinea 92 1.0
    Senegal 301 159 167 416 710 693 2.8 1.4 1.5 3.5 5.9 5.6
    Sierra Leone 135 79 2.5 1.4
    Bahamas 87 72 135 118 109 78 27.2 22.2 41.1 35.4 32.2 22.7
    Barbados 68 24.9
    Grenada 23 22 30 31 57 32 22.4 21.4 29.0 29.9 54.8 30.6
    Jamaica 695 668 25.5 24.4
    Saint Kitts and Nevis 16 15 30.9 28.6
    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 66 87 50 60 36 54 28 60.8 80.0 45.9 55.0 33.0 49.4 25.6
    Trinidad and Tobago 305 334 259 317 236 247 23.3 25.4 19.6 23.9 17.7 18.5
    Belize 48 44 30 21 17.1 15.3 9.8 6.7
    Costa Rica 576 600 543 485 1685 13.8 14.2 12.6 11.1 36.7
    El Salvador 1185 1140 756 681 19.6 18.8 12.3 11.0
    Guatemala 363 314 289 318 385 401 2.9 2.5 2.2 2.4 2.8 2.9
    Mexico 13650 13550 13894 14199 14078 14850 14993 13.0 12.7 12.9 13.0 12.7 13.3 13.2
    Nicaragua 1322 1524 1829 24.4 27.7 31.6
    Panama * 629 771 792 855 713 809 996* 19.8 23.8 24.0 25.5 20.9 23.4 28.3*
    Argentina 3154 3264 3276 3367 8.2 8.4 8.3 8.5
    Bolivia 1137 1137 1437 1596 1989 2587 12.4 12.2 15.2 16.6 20.4 26.1
    Chile 1658 1845 1974 2034 1980 2233 10.4 11.4 12.1 12.4 11.9 13.3
    Colombia 1188 2627 3347 3379 3380 3540 3149 2.8 6.1 7.7 7.6 7.5 7.8 6.8
    Ecuador 1488 1246 1499 1484 22.9 9.4 11.2 10.9
    Guyana 62 117 8.2 15.5
    Paraguay 387 359 6.6 6.0
    Peru 5991 5721 6268 6569 7208 7560 6751 22.3 21.0 22.7 23.6 25.6 26.6 23.5
    Suriname 186 223 38.2 45.2
    Uruguay 297 327 8.9 9.8
    Bermuda 36 43 56.6 67.3
    Canada 531 587 565 570 528 490 471 576 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.7
    United States of America 93883 95089 94347 94472 92999 90750 89241 84767 32.2 32.3 31.8 31.5 30.6 29.8 29.0 27.3
    Kazakhstan 1583 1584 1514 1298 10.4 10.3 9.8 8.3
    Kyrgyzstan 296 278 298 271 300 303 303 314 5.9 5.5 5.9 5.3 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.9
    Tajikistan 53 54 56 47 55 36 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.5
    Turkmenistan 37 36 27 27 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6
    Hong Kong 70 92 99 96 107 105 136 112 1.0 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.9 1.6
    Japan 2472 2176 2076 1948 1766 1582 1402 1289 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.0
    Mongolia 386 378 320 314 355 354 332 342 15.5 15.0 12.6 12.2 13.5 13.3 12.2 12.4
    Republic of Korea 5899 6321 12.7 13.5 13.6
    Brunei Darussalam 24 26 24 28 6.9 7.3 6.6 7.6
    Philippines 3084 2918 2962 2584 2409 2585 5813 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.0 2.7 2.9 6.3
    Singapore 110 103 124 118 2.7 2.5 2.9 2.7
    Thailand 5071 5308 5152 4641 4676 4636 7.6 7.9 7.6 6.8 6.8 6.7
    Bangladesh 1121 1162 7.8 7.82
    India 3542 4026 4721 5045 5446 5368 5484 0.32 0.35 0.41 0.43 0.46 0.44 0.45
    Maldives 2 1 5 9 0.7 0.3 1.6 2.9
    Nepal 191 210 0.7 0.8
    Sri Lanka 1378 1432 7.1 7.3
    Armenia 3 9 15 7 5 15 15 11 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.4
    Azerbaijan 49 25 44 35 34 25 35 16 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.2
    Bahrain 19 27 25 17 21 36 2.9 4.0 3.4 2.1 2.3 3.4
    Cyprus 32 41 39 29 19 34 27 3.2 4.0 3.8 2.8 1.8 3.2 2.5
    Georgia 52 62 141 167 156 100 84 82 1.1 1.4 3.1 3.8 3.5 2.3 1.9 1.9
    Israel 1319 1223 1291 1270 1243 20.4 18.5 19.1 18.4 17.5
    Jordan 78 110 1.5 2.0
    Kuwait 98 108 125 137 120 119 4.5 4.8 5.3 5.6 4.7 4.5
    Lebanon 39 19 1.0 0.5
    Palestinian Territory 85 98 105 2.5 2.8 3.0
    Oman 132 183 5.2 6.9
    Qatar 11 13 1.7 1.8
    Syrian Arab Republic 131 97 135 112 125 156 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.8
    Turkey 1604 1638 1694 1783 1148 1071 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.6 1.6 1.5
    United Arab Emirates 44 52 62 72 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5
    Yemen 95 95 125 158 176 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.8
    Belarus 432 386 483 353 336 240 218 4.4 3.9 4.9 3.6 3.5 2.5 2.3
    Bulgaria 611 529 403 310 225 262 246 211 7.8 6.8 5.2 4.0 2.9 3.5 3.3 2.8
    Czech Republic 646 687 596 530 637 529 480 6.3 6.7 5.8 5.2 6.2 5.1 4.6
    Hungary 535 267 264 206 215 214 228 246 5.3 2.6 2.6 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.5
    Poland 2322 2176 1987 2001 1827 1611 1530 1567 6.1 5.7 5.2 5.2 4.8 4.2 4.0 4.1
    Republic of Moldova 272 297 280 268 281 306 264 368 7.0 7.8 7.4 7.2 7.7 8.4 7.3 10.3
    Romania 983 953 1013 1116 1047 1016 1007 4.5 4.4 4.7 5.1 4.8 4.7 4.7
    Russian Federation 8185 8848 9222 8871 7038 6208 5398 4907 5.6 6.1 6.4 6.2 4.9 4.3 3.8 3.4
    Slovakia 233 224 200 174 182 152 142 4.3 4.1 3.7 3.2 3.4 2.8 2.6
    Ukraine 1048 964 924 993 878 880 758 635 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.1 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.4
    Denmark 472 562 475 527 492 396 400 8.8 10.4 8.8 9.7 9.0 7.2 6.4
    Estonia 107 121 179 153 122 160 124 81 7.9 9.0 13.3 11.4 9.1 11.9 9.2 6.0
    Finland 573 595 593 613 739 915 660 818 11.0 11.4 11.3 11.6 14.0 17.2 12.4 15.2
    Iceland 69 51 75 72 87 68 78 23.8 17.4 25.3 23.9 28.5 21.9 24.7
    Ireland 370 409 451 371 357 348 377 479 9.2 10.0 10.8 8.8 8.3 8.0 8.5 10.7
    Latvia 123 319 251 129 93 100 69 78 5.3 13.8 10.9 5.6 4.1 4.4 3.1 3.5
    Lithuania 278 260 265 253 200 164 149 208 8.1 7.6 7.8 7.4 5.9 4.9 4.5 6.3
    Norway 706 739 798 840 945 944 998 938 15.5 16.1 17.3 18.0 20.0 19.8 20.6 19.2
    Sweden 2235 2261 3787 4208 4749 5446 5937 5960 25.0 25.2 41.9 46.3 51.8 59.0 63.8 63.5
    United Kingdom 794 900 975 922 908 821 884 15.7 17.7 19.1 18.0 17.7 15.9 17.0
    Albania 49 40 41 39 34 24 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 0.7
    Andorra 2 2 0 1 2.5 2.4 0.0 1.2
    Bosnia and Herzegovina 39 40 44 35 29 46 1.0 1.1 1.2 0.9 0.8 1.2
    Croatia 213 165 142 187 162 188 129 141 4.8 3.7 3.2 4.2 3.7 4.3 2.9 3.2
    Greece 231 240 177 182 185 232 213 215 2.1 2.2 1.6 1.6 1.6 2.1 1.9 1.9
    Italy 2744 3734 4020 4513 4.7 6.4 6.9 7.6
    Malta * 11 13 7 17 10 19 12 11* 2.7 3.2 1.7 4.1 2.4 4.6 2.9 2.6*
    Montenegro 8 11 1.3 1.8
    Portugal 392 338 365 341 305 314 377 424 3.7 3.2 3.5 3.2 2.9 3.0 3.5 4.0
    Serbia 89 115 105 123 111 72 0.9 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.1 0.7
    Slovenia 70 87 58 55 97 57 79 63 3.5 4.4 2.9 2.7 4.8 2.8 3.9 3.1
    Spain 2140 2102 2530 2437 2051 1578 4.9 4.8 5.7 5.4 4.5 3.4
    Republic of North Macedonia 93 103 4.6 5.0
    Austria 687 678 700 710 693 779 875 8.4 8.2 8.5 8.5 8.3 9.3 10.4
    Belgium 2850 2944 3029 3194 3232 3126 2953 2991 27.7 28.4 29.1 30.5 30.7 29.5 27.7 27.9
    France 10408 10506 9993 9784 10132 10277 10108 17.3 17.3 16.4 15.9 16.4 16.5 16.2
    Germany 8766 8831 8133 8118 7511 7292 7314 7724 10.6 10.7 9.9 9.8 9.1 8.8 8.9 9.4
    Liechtenstein 0 1 4 2 1 3 0 0 0.0 2.9 11.5 5.7 2.8 8.4 0.0 0.0
    Luxembourg 40 44 57 8.6 9.2 11.7
    Monaco 1 3 2 2.8 8.5 5.7
    Netherlands 1700 1800 2485 2385 2095 1920 1850 1530 10.5 11.1 15.2 14.6 12.7 11.6 11.2 9.2
    Switzerland * 547 573 646 639 648 612 666 543* 7.5 7.8 8.7 8.6 8.6 8.1 8.7 7.1*
    Australia 6382 6343 6378 29.7 29.0 28.6
    New Zealand 994 1183 1143 1130 1128 1129 24.0 28.3 27.0 26.4 26.1 25.8
    South Africa[17] 46647 48259 94 95.9
    Solomon Islands 170 65 79 61 56 37.2 13.8 16.4 12.3 11.00

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  27. Zephir says:

    Maybe we can counter the bbc racists as indigenous people not stabbing, or bombing, rioting. looting. mugging and rape ?

    And any counter to that, I live in a village that never, ever encounters that behaviour.

    For what reason ?

    Go figure as they say

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  28. AsISeeIt says:

    Predictably, under a European-style PR system, the ‘centre-right’ party gangs up with the left to shun far-right parties and lock them out of power.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67517742

    Wilders Dutch vote: Centre-right VVD rules out role in cabinet… The biggest party in the former Dutch government has ruled out a role in the next Dutch cabinet, after anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders’ dramatic election victory.

    In a blow to Mr Wilders’ hopes of a majority, centre-right VVD leader Dilan Yesilgöz said her party needed a different role, after losing 10 seats.

    I’m afraid even under a PR system it still won’t enable any nationalist conservative breakthrough into government.

    Our best chance in the UK is to replace the current Tory rump party and retain first past the post.

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  29. Zephir says:

    @ AsISeeIt

    The next election will be irrelevent, if our ( edited – self pleasuring ) stain weak government allows racists to parade around London every weekend, as they will AGAIN tomorrow and charge the tax paying workers for muslim racists to chant about Nazi values

    the next election will be won on the streets when the far right muslim c{@nts get sent back to their shit hole where their police have no qualms about kicking the shit out of them

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  30. Fedup2 says:

    Zephir – I’ve edited the word you used which sounds like ‘bank ‘ into another form . No offence – I agree with your view ….. we need a new party …. Soon …

    BTW it seems that those parading around tomorrow will have a fair number of teachers NHS parasites , BBC and other civil servant types …. …

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  31. Fedup2 says:

    Pug – it’s a bit like the Irish football team full of blokes from saaaf lundun who play in the championship – and have dual nationality …

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  32. Fedup2 says:

    The local Dagenham man who got himself killed by the police yesterday has been named as Giedrius Vasiljevas…..

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  33. Mustapha Sheikup al-Beebi says:

    This evening, I heard a Radio 4 advert for the return of the series “Poetry Please.”

    The three named poets were … drum roll … Benjamin Zephaniah (Black, Left-wing) Jackie Kay (Black-White mixed race, lesbian but managed to have a child while in a relationship with Carol Ann Duffy) and Jeanette Winterson (White but lesbian, lefty, etc).

    Good to know that, in these uncertain times, some things do stay the same.

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  34. JohnC says:

    This hostage deal reporting by the BBC is starting to annoy me big-style.

    First they tell us Hamas only took hostages because Israel would not release the prisoners otherwise as if it’s all Israels fault.

    Now we learn people like this:

    She was arrested in 2015, when she was 16 years old, and sentenced to eight and a half years in jail for a knife attack on a border police officer.

    are being traded for totally innocent civilians kidnapped by terrorists.

    And the BBC are not making that context clear whatsoever. On the contrary : they are making out everyone is happy and everything is just great.

    Meanwhile 214 other hostages are living in tunnels in fear of being used as human shields by Hamas.

    ‘Palestinians celebrate’
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    What I am seeing on the BBC is wrong on just about every level of decency I can imagine. But the Left only care about one thing : their own ideological agenda.

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  35. Up2snuff says:

    BBC WEB-SITE Watch #1 – the BBC demeaning women?

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67484100
    Could the BBC be in trouble for this? I think it demeans women. I object!

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  36. Fedup2 says:

    Pug – pretty desperate propaganda really isn’t it ? That phrase I hate ‘ it is what it is ‘ comes to mind ….

    I’m putting up the new thread – but apparently ‘comic relief ‘ is supporting Hamas ….

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