283 Responses to Start the Week 8 January 2024

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  2. Zephir says:
    January 9, 2024 at 5:21 pm

    The miserable far left in a nutshell

    even the baby in the background has had enough

    https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1c5318b6287040e28f95ee2d599a13510807af42/0_33_6048_3628/master/6048.jpg?width=620&dpr=1&s=none

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  3. Guest Who says:
    January 9, 2024 at 5:23 pm

    There’s no such thing as an impartial media gob who has seen action at the BBC.

    https://x.com/mayoroflondon/status/1744758807182348443?s=61

    Safe haven in the JO’bsworth studio, protected further by ensuring no one unapproved can ask questions.

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  4. Zephir says:
    January 9, 2024 at 5:28 pm

    Yeh, free school meals, a bit of porridge will prevent all this:

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    • Guest Who says:
      January 9, 2024 at 7:44 pm

      There is such a thing as a fully costed Labour pr campaign. Every red bozo is tweeting.

      https://x.com/preetkgillmp/status/1744751397071892732?s=61
      Today I will be voting for @UKLabour’s plan to rescue NHS dentistry.
      In Bham Edgbaston, 71% of dental surgeries aren’t accepting new adult patients.
      Labour will deliver 700,000 more appointments a year, all paid for by scrapping the non-dom tax status.

      Some in the comments have questions about the Nondom tree. And Sh*thole city population boom demands on services.

      The BBC meanwhile has none, but roars in…

      https://x.com/bbcnews/status/1744800885073383581?s=61
      MP’s mum ‘pulled out teeth’ over lack of NHS dentist

      It would be embarrassing if it were not so tragically dangerous.

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  5. tomo says:
    January 9, 2024 at 5:40 pm

    well, what could possibly go wrong?

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  6. Zephir says:
    January 9, 2024 at 5:46 pm

    And these deluded people say:

    the world will be better if it were run by black people and women

    The results are all pouring in and it does not look good

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  7. Zephir says:
    January 9, 2024 at 5:53 pm

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  8. Zephir says:
    January 9, 2024 at 5:54 pm

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  9. Zephir says:
    January 9, 2024 at 5:57 pm

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  10. Thoughtful says:
    January 9, 2024 at 6:25 pm

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  11. Emmanuel Goldstein says:
    January 9, 2024 at 6:25 pm

    If I was one of these post office people who were accused of taking money but the fault was the computer system I would have very quickly done this.

    At the start of every month I would have a book where I would write down every transaction I made from selling a stamp to taking a sum of money for some payment or other. Just as if it was in a corner shop, as well as the till, also keep a written account.

    If the auditors then accused me of losing money I would present them with my book of transactions and ask them to show where the money is missing.
    Put simply, if I sold £50 of stamps I could show the £50 being taken in and the stamps taken off the stock.

    I can’t understand how there have been tens of thousands of £’s unaccounted for.

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    • Thoughtful says:
      January 9, 2024 at 7:06 pm

      Let me just say that surely you must have seen the queue of people for pensions or benefits? There are just too many transactions and many of them leave no trace.

      You open with a balance of cash and stock and it goes from there.Depending on the office there can be a lot of transactions in a time period without a break.

      Because the system is automated there isn’t always a paper record.

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  12. friend of yogi bear says:
    January 9, 2024 at 6:32 pm

    The situation has developed since my post about “Ed Davey” and his status as a potential ,significant victim of the Horizon post office scandal. Mrs Vennells has announced that she no longer thinks her CBE is something she should have.

    Let’s hope everybody realises that Sir Dead Davey is a victim and that nobody starts any nonsense regarding his Knighthood . Let’s be clear ,he simply must have earned it, after all it was awarded for Public and Political service, whatever that might be. We don’t want any trouble makers suggesting he should be stripped of his title.
    Just imagine if those postmasters put their heads together and started a petition similar to the one that seems to have influenced Mrs Vennells.
    Goodness knows they might even be able to use the horizon computer system to kick the whole thing off, voting online is the way to go……what am I thinking, that could never work.
    Anyway let’s hope everybody sees sense and does nt suggest Ed has done anything wrong , short of failing to ask “Even tougher” questions than he did…

    Oh ! and in an election year let’s remember that famous liberal war cry to its supporters ” Go home and prepare for Government”

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    • Zephir says:
      January 9, 2024 at 6:50 pm

      Go home and prepare for Government”

      and lock your daughters up

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    • Fedup2 says:
      January 9, 2024 at 7:30 pm

      I can see a sort of spider gram thing of all the individuals and organisations who bare some guilt for the whole post office horror —- there are a lot of players ….

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    • Docmarooned says:
      January 9, 2024 at 7:49 pm

      Good old Ed – a man of principles – eh! His principles would not allow him to return his knighthood. It does beg the question as to WTF he was ever knighted. Certainly was not for doing a decent job. Not one of these grifters in government deserve a honour.

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  17. G.W.F. says:
    January 9, 2024 at 7:28 pm

    The BBC’s wildlife programmes have turned off viewers with their gloomy take on climate change, one of its presenters has admitted…

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/09/bbc-wildlife-shows-turn-off-viewers-gloomy-climate-crisis/

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    • Guest Who says:
      January 9, 2024 at 7:57 pm

      Or….. forgetting to do nifty BBC Bristol stuff involving… wildlife?

      Disney is of course remaking ‘Old Yeller’, with a Tosa Inu puppy in the lead role throughout.

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  18. Square-Eyed says:
    January 9, 2024 at 9:03 pm

    Another petition
    https://citizengo.org/en/212660-demonetise-bbc?tcid=113216626
    Maybe if we shout loudly and long enough someone in Government will listen and take action.
    Or perhaps we need a dramatised documentary on television after twenty years, “Mr Fedup Versus the BBC.”

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  19. Fedup2 says:
    January 9, 2024 at 9:43 pm

    Square – what a great idea – I’m often mistaken for George Clooney so maybe get him in for the part rather than tiny Toby Jones … not sure who would play the evil DG – maybe Idris …

    And now it’s time for the midweek thread …

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