345 Responses to Start the Week 29th January 2024

  1. tomo says:

    The escaped monkey up to no good?

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  2. Fedup2 says:

    Not bbc …. The mail is carrying footage of a ‘volunteer plod ‘ in Oxford istan street londonistan telling a lady that she cannot sing ‘church songs ‘ outside church grounds . There is an ‘exchange of views ‘ with said WPC sticking her tongue out at the camera filming her .
    Watching the footage – the WPC sounds like a foreigner – Eastern European maybe – so defaulting to that soviet ‘no’ so familiar to them ….
    This incident follows on from the one last week where a WPC told a pianist at King’s Cross that he could not play the piano / film her ….
    The standard of plodding is in terminal decline – best avoided …

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    • Guest Who says:

      Power tripping. Look at MPs with one brain cell between them.

      Going to be fun when Labour gets in and the Flying None Tranny Squad are let loose.

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  3. tomo says:

    moonbat.jpg

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    • Guest Who says:

      Monbiot would be running an asylum in Russia back in the day, for Stalin.

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      • Terminal Moraine says:

        No matter how many words he churns out Monbiot truly embodies the adage: “Still not getting it”.

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      • Richard Pinder says:

        The Soviet Union resigned from the World Psychiatric Association in 1983 in the wake of Western allegations the government used mental hospitals to hold dissidents and regularly abused the science of psychiatry for political ends.

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  4. Zephir says:

    “Of those accused, ten are believed by the Israelis to be members of Hamas, while seven were also labeled as teachers, a clerk, a social worker, the storeroom manager and other employees for UNRWA schools.

    A school counselor from the south of Gaza is believed by Israeli intelligence to have teamed up with his son to abduct an Israeli woman. Around 250 people were taken hostage the day of the attacks.

    The social worker, from central Gaza, is alleged to have given out ammunition, coordinated vehicles and retrieved a dead Israeli soldier and brought him back to Gaza. “

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    • Fedup2 says:

      I wonder if they are still alive …?

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      • Mrs Kitty says:

        Knowing what they do I’m praying that they’re not, unfortunately I believe some may be.

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    • Guest Who says:

      https://x.com/hillelneuer/status/1751955667035025729?s=61

      Maybe Lammy can mediate between ‘just a few’ and… well… he has met them over tea.

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      • MarkyMark says:

        “BREAKING: The “few bad apples” line pushed by the UN has just been obliterated. The Wall Street Journal front page is reporting that an estimated 1,200 Unrwa employees in Gaza are actual “operatives” of Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and about half have close relatives who belong to the Islamist terrorist organizations, according to Israeli intelligence estimates shared with the U.S. government.

        The report said 23% of Unrwa’s male employees—the agency has a total staff of 12,000 in Gaza—took active part in the Hamas organization’s military or political framework, a higher percentage than the average of 15% for adult males in Gaza. “

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        • Fedup2 says:

          Islam encourages deceit and exploiting the enemy’s weaknesses / humanity – you can see it the BBC as well …
          I bet the BBc won’t be covering this very much – back to swearing parrots …

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          • Guest Who says:

            It’s going awfully well.

            https://x.com/daveatherton20/status/1751958700292555208?s=61
            Mohammed @KozbarMis is a Met Police adviser, appears to be the Chair of Finsbury Park Mosque & a member of the London Muslim Communities Forum.
            He endorsed Dr Wahid Shaida, leader of the proscribed Hizb ut-Tahrir, by liking a tweet where he said he’ll continue his work for the proscribed terror group.

            Fairly soon the ones with no whip will be getting their special forces irrespective of majority views.

            Wonder what colour shirts they will choose, to match their eyes?

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            • MarkyMark says:

              Fri 27 Jun 2008 00.01 BST
              Britain’s leading Muslim police officer sues Met for discrimination
              ¡ Decision follows crisis meeting with Blair
              ¡ Black police association calls for intervention

              https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jun/27/race

              Ghaffur is not only the most senior Muslim and Asian officer in the country, he is also one of the UK’s most senior officers.

              ………………………

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              • vlad says:

                That is why the police and armed forces should never recruit minorities. It usually ends in tears. And in case of conflict, whose side would they be on when a certain religion demands total loyalty, trumping all other allegiances?

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        • tomo says:

          How very dare you

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  5. tomo says:

    This is getting weird

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  6. tomo says:

    Trump jury verdict vs. bent judge….

    Judge-is-a-cunt.jpg

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  8. tomo says:

    “black actors should be able to play Winston Churchill”

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  9. Terminal Moraine says:

    Has anyone come across the The Cloward-Piven strategy? From 1966 but it feels relevant these days. From Wiki —

    “It is the strategy of forcing political change leading to societal collapse through orchestrated crises. The ‘Cloward-Piven Strategy’ seeks to hasten the fall of capitalism by overloading the government bureaucracy with a flood of impossible demands, amassing massive unpayable national debt, and other methods such as unfettered immigration thus pushing society into crisis and economic collapse by overwhelming the system.

    Michael Reisch and Janice Andrews wrote that Cloward and Piven ‘proposed to create a crisis in the current welfare system – by exploiting the gap between welfare law and practice – that would ultimately bring about its collapse and replace it with a system of guaranteed annual income. They hoped to accomplish this end by informing the poor of their rights to welfare assistance, encouraging them to apply for benefits and, in effect, overloading an already overburdened bureaucracy.'”

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  10. tomo says:

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  11. tomo says:

    The caricature lefty slob O’Brien at it again…

    It’s a standard tactic in biased media – good to see it being called out for once.

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  12. Richard Pinder says:

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    Operation Lone Star is lead by the Texas Military Forces (TXMF) and supported by the National Guards of 25 other states. The rebel forces are lead by Commander-in-chief Governor Greg Abbott and Adjutant general Major General Thomas M. Suelzer from the rebel headquarters at Camp Mabry in Austin Texas. The rebel forces have already blocked federal agents from access to areas in Texas.

    After the United States Armed Forces, Texas Military Forces are the most capable, mission-ready forces in the United States. They include infantry, paratroopers, special forces, armoured cavalry, field artillery, communication, cyber, intelligence, support, medical, engineering, civil affairs, and weapon of mass destruction response units totalling over 23,000 service members. It also maintains a fleet of manned and unmanned aircraft with strike, reconnaissance, and transport capabilities, a fleet of rotorcraft, and a fleet of riverine watercraft. It maintains a statewide network of garrison, training, and monitoring installations. It maintains command and control through shelter and mobile tactical operations centres.

    Texas Military Forces with the help of the national guards of 25 other states are fully capable and well prepared to take on the demoralised vaccine injured federal forces at Fort Bliss in El Paso Texas.

    The First American Civil War began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces opened fire on the Union-held Fort Sumter.

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  13. tomo says:

    yup-allah-works-in-mysterious-ways.jpg

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    • vlad says:

      Shameful but not surprising.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      ISLAM IS VERY TOLERANT …

      On 9 September 2006, BBC News reported that the Muslim boycott of Danish goods had reduced Denmark’s total exports by 15.5% between February and June. This was attributed to an approximated 50% decline in exports to the Middle East. The BBC said, “The cost to Danish businesses was around 134 million euros ($170m), when compared with the same period last year, the statistics showed.”[72] However, The Guardian newspaper in the UK said, “While Danish milk products were dumped in the Middle East, fervent right-wing Americans started buying Bang & Olufsen stereos and Lego. In the first quarter of this year Denmark’s exports to the US soared 17%.”[73] Overall the boycott did not have a significant effect on the Danish economy.[74]

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_cartoons_controversy

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “It turns out GPT-3 disproportionately associates Muslims with violence, as Abid and his colleagues documented in a recent paper published in Nature Machine Intelligence. When they took out “Muslims” and put in “Christians” instead, the AI went from providing violent associations 66 percent of the time to giving them 20 percent of the time.”

      https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/22672414/ai-artificial-intelligence-gpt-3-bias-muslim

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  14. tomo says:

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  15. MarkyMark says:

    20 mph thinking with a male cervix!

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  16. MarkyMark says:

    Laurence Fox has lost a High Court libel case with two people he called paedophiles on social media.

    The actor-turned-politician was sued by former Stonewall trustee Simon Blake and drag artist Crystal.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68132377
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    Stonewall forced to clarify tweet which said two-year-olds could be transgender
    The LGBT charity suggests nurseries are not doing enough to help very young children ‘recognise their trans identity’

    Jack Hardy
    25 July 2022 • 8:47pm

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/07/25/stonewall-forced-clarify-tweet-said-two-year-olds-could-transgender/

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Sad news – hope the damages are not much … but the costs … ugh …. Lost country …

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      • Thoughtful says:

        The judgement is amazing as the judge has said that it is not possible to define what a “racist” is. In other words as I have been saying for some time now, there’s no such thing as ‘racism’ because no one knows what it is and the word has no real definition. Now that has legal validity it is possible to state with certainty there is no such thing as ‘racism’.

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      • MarkyMark says:

        Lawerance canm apply for a Cervix from Stonewall and demand they call him MRS in court! Then MR! Then MRS! Then MR! Then MRS!

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  17. Zephir says:

    @ Tomo

    Russians have indeed produced some beautiful music, especially church music but also they seem very depressed, probably the vodka..:

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  19. Zephir says:

    By the way did the Bob Marley film not have a ginger haired Scot playing him ?

    Or a Chinese actor ?

    What is good for the goose etc

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  20. MarkyMark says:

    King Charles III avoids death by avoiding the NHS!
    HA HA HA HA HA!

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    • Richard Pinder says:

      BBC Verify ‘Fact Check’: No, the Queen was not killed by that wonderful “Safe & Effective” jab.

      The Queen and Prince Philip were vaccinated by a household doctor at Windsor Castle on Saturday 9th January 2021. The Queen said. “Well once you’ve had the vaccine, you have a feeling of, you know, you’re protected”. On 16 February 2021, Philip was admitted to King Edward VII’s Hospital as a “precautionary measure” after feeling unwell. On 23 February, it was confirmed by Buckingham Palace that Philip was “responding to treatment” for an infection. On 1 March 2021, Philip was transferred by ambulance to St Bartholomew’s Hospital to continue treatment for an infection, and additionally to undergo “testing and observation” for a heart condition. He underwent a successful procedure for his heart condition on 3 March 2021, and was transferred back to King Edward VII’s Hospital on 5 March 2021. He was discharged on 16 March and returned to Windsor Castle. The Queen and Prince Philip were then vaccinated for a second time with the Pfizer shot on Wednesday 31st March 2021. Prince Philip then deteriorated and died nine days later on Friday 9th April 2021 at Windsor Castle. Because of the development of a bruise emanating from the vaccination site on the Queens right arm, and suspecting that Philip was killed by the jab, the Queen refused the third jab in November of 2021. But then there were fears for her health when she caught Covid, testing positive on Sunday February 20 2022. The Queen said the virus left her “very tired and exhausted. The Queen refused advice to wear gloves to hide the bruise which had reached her right hand, revealed in her last ever photograph. Refusing to wear gloves to hide the bruise was the Queen’s last act of defiance against those who wanted to keep it secret. The Queen died at 3.10pm on Thursday 8th September 2022. Dr Douglas Glass certified the late monarch’s cause of death as “old age”. “Old age” on the Death Certificate prevented an autopsy to find the precise underlying cause of death.

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  21. Guest Who says:

    https://x.com/bbcnews/status/1752019855652364360?s=61
    Radio 1’s Big Weekend: ‘Luton is now officially cool’

    As quoted in the BBC.

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  22. Fedup2 says:

    Presumable News black out on French farmers fed up with green crap – docility seems to have been bred into the British – apart from choo choo driving comrades …

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  23. Richard Pinder says:

    Both censored by the BBC. ‘Operation Lone Star’ is lead by the Texas Military Forces (TXMF) and ‘Operation Starve Paris’ is lead by the French Farmers.

    Paris has only got Three Days of Food. French Farmers Begin “Indefinite” Tractor Siege of Paris to Protest against the anti-food policies of the globalist elite: https://dailysceptic.org/2024/01/29/operation-starve-paris-french-farmers-begin-indefinite-tractor-siege-to-protest-crippling-net-zero-policies-as-its-warned-city-only-has-three-days-of-food/

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Richard – presumably the US thing is led by the Feds to lock up more ‘threats ‘ capitol style ….

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  24. Fedup2 says:

    Now that Charles Windsor has had his prostate treatment I’d hope he would now campaign or patronise prostate charities for the cause …
    After all – he already talks out of his a++

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  25. Guest Who says:

    https://x.com/gbnews/status/1752012004183663036?s=61
    ‘It’s a no-brainer’: Scrap TV licence fee and introduce new ‘tax’ for all households, says TV boss

    #ccbgb

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  26. Fedup2 says:

    Mail reports on Islamic knife attack in Golders Green this afternoon on Jewish target – seems arrested without physical injury – will it be ‘mental issues ‘? Or will ‘mr Mohammed ‘ be charged ?

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  27. Zephir says:

    The lie of “asylum seekers” laid bare, yet again….

    “One of men charged over mass knife brawl at Bournemouth College campus ‘involving two rival gangs of Afghan and Romanian people’ is resident of seaside hotel that houses asylum seekers.

    Another bloody Mohammed

    “Mohammed Dawood, 24, was arrested following the street fight in Bournemouth”

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13018781/One-men-charged-mass-knife-brawl-Bournemouth-College-campus-involving-two-rival-gangs-Afghan-Romanian-people-resident-seaside-hotel-houses-asylum-seekers.html

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  29. pugnazious says:

    BBC is pretty reluctant to link environmental measures to the Farm protests……here we get merely the word ‘sustainability’…you’d think they were trying to downplay or ide the reality….and ‘sustainable’ is chosen as a positive word,a good thing…..

    ‘Why Europe’s farmers are taking their anger to the streets’
    ‘Across Europe, tens of thousands of farmers have downed tools, mounted their tractors and taken to the streets.

    They were already struggling with the cost of living crisis and they have now come out in force to air their grievances, from the European Union’s sustainability policies to the effects of the war in Ukraine.

    In France, farmers have blocked large stretches of motorways, creating a crisis for new Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, who travelled to a farm in the south-west to offer a string of measures in a bid to soothe their frustration.

    Some of their concerns, such as burgeoning bureaucracy, have a national character; others point to wider issues, including the increasing cost of farm diesel, late payment of EU subsidies, or competition from imports.’

    And again in a later report…same drill…

    ‘The agricultural sector has always viewed with suspicion measures brought in by the EU to revamp its €55bn (ÂŁ47bn) Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and make it more sustainable. More than 70% of that money is spent on direct payments to farmers as a safety net.

    The revamp includes an obligation to devote at least 4% of arable land to non-productive features, as well as a requirement to carry out crop rotations and reduce fertiliser use by at least 20%.

    Many farmers have long argued these measures will make the European agricultural sector less competitive against imports. ‘

    The blame lies almost entirely with green, environmental, net zero targets which aim to reduce farmland, reduce food production, especially meat, and reduce the number of farmers. It’s a massive attack on farming but you’d hardy know from the BBC’s almost disinterested reports.

    And when they do mention green policies it’s to praise and promote them……

    ‘Could green policies benefit farmers?

    We’ve been hearing from some farmers who say that regulations on agriculture, particularly environmental ones, will “cripple” the sector and livelihoods.

    But the EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy argues that the proposed changes to farming practices will overall have positive effects on farming businesses, as well as reducing the environmental impact of the sector. ‘

    That’s utter rubbish…..it will decimate the farming industry…and ironically trash food security and force Europe to import more food making them reliant on foreign suppliers, ones who may not have the same environmental and ethical production methods.

    The BBC thinks they may be ‘positive effects’ because it wants there to be fewer farms and farmers, no fertilisers and no animals….it’s a positive thing to destroy farming. They’ve got no idea how they’ll feed us but the planet will be saved. Farmers estimate that green policies will reduce food production here by 50%, some say up to 75%, we’re all going on a diet….or to war as society breaks down when the famine kicks in.

    Just remember this is all being forced upon you…’they’ have decided you will eat less meat and there will be fewer farms…and no cars or planes….few jobs as industry and capitalism is shut down….just lots of ‘commissars’ ensuring you’re undying devotion to the cause.

    Contrast the BBC effort with the Mail’s which puts environmental policies front and centre of the protests….

    ‘In recent weeks there has been a slew of protests in France, a major agricultural producer, by farmers angry about incomes, red tape and environmental policies they say undermine their ability to compete with other countries.

    The agriculture workers are protesting for more protection against rising production costs and for an end to green net zero policies that they say are putting them out of business.

    The government, wary of seeing the protests escalate and with an eye on European Parliament elections in June, has already dropped plans to gradually reduce subsidies on agricultural diesel and promised to ease environmental regulations.’

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    • tomo says:

      It’ll be fun if young Gabriel has to perform a Cresson style helicopter escape from les fermiers mĂŠchant.

      I can see their point though from talking with a farmer I’ve known for 20 years in SW France last year. The extra bureaucracy diverts from a lot of work, the fuel prices are taking the piss and translate into higher prices in regional supermarkets while farm gate income has, as I understand not been rising at the same rate as costs.

      My mec has handed the farm over to the kids and he chuckles a bit when they gripe to him about things they ignored when growing up….

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    • Zephir says:

      Here we go, NOT the lying bbc:

      “Operation Starve Paris: French farmers begin ‘indefinite’ tractor siege of the capital as it’s warned the city only has THREE DAYS of food.

      In recent weeks there has been a slew of protests in France, a major agricultural producer, by farmers angry about incomes, red tape and environmental policies they say undermine their ability to compete with other countries.
      The agriculture workers are protesting for more protection against rising production costs and for an end to green net zero policies that they say are putting them out of business.

      The government, wary of seeing the protests escalate and with an eye on European Parliament elections in June, has already dropped plans to gradually reduce subsidies on agricultural diesel and promised to ease environmental regulations.

      Similar farming disputes have been taking place in other EU countries, with tractors on the move in countries including Germany, Italy and Spain.”

      https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13018123/Farmers-Paris-France-cities-today-latest-protest.html

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  30. Thoughtful says:

    A description of Fascism, but from the point at 32 minutes, how propaganda was used in Nazi Germany – it’s chilling how close it is to todays propaganda

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  31. Guest Who says:

    https://x.com/stevenedginton/status/1752031211214536761?s=61
    Robin Aitken, a former BBC journalist, said: “These guidelines illustrate just how embedded DEI ideology is in the BBC. The rules act as a mechanism to maintain screen out anyone who is sceptical of this novel doctrine of diversity and inclusion.” Read👇

    Bet they all have to shop at Iceland too.

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  32. vlad says:

    Islamist attacks Jews in Golders Green. Radio silence at the BBC.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Wait till someone torches a mosque …

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    • pugnazious says:

      Police must have taken a long time to get there as he’s managed to change clothes completely.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      In other news BBC say ““We were doing 40,000 steps a day for 10 days, and it was 49 degrees,” the former Great British Bake Off winner says of the trip to Mecca with her husband Abdal and three children – sons Musa, 17, and Dawud, 16, and daughter Maryam, 12.11 Oct 2023”

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  33. Guest Who says:

    Looking at who, bbc?

    https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1752033682528018768?s=61 Legacy media controlling what subjects they write about is by far their biggest lie, as they can ignore important matters and inflate minor ones.

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  34. Sluff says:

    BBC1 6 pm news. Main first feature.
    Boy dies on cross channel rubberised ferry.
    Arrived from Syria via Libya, Tunisia, jail in Libya (returned from Tunisia-no problem for them), Italy, France, then attempt to UK.
    Brother is already here. After 2 years can still speak barely any English. Parents in Syria wanted him to make journey hoping they would get asylum and then the parents could come over too.
    Are you feeling sorry?
    Nope, me neither.
    But the BBC very obviously wants you to get out your hankies and then keep the doors as wide open as possible,
    Execrable.

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  35. pugnazious says:

    ‘”He would reach Britain and reunite with his brother and soon after would bring his mother and father. That was the whole point of them leaving, so his father could seek medical treatment abroad,” said the man, who asked us not to reveal his name.’

    Hmmm….so not an asylum seeker but a scammer wanting to use the NHS.

    The BBC has spent a huge amount of time, effort and money to cobble together a sob story about illegal migrants dying in the Channel….naturally it’s our fault….and they’re desperate to escape the dangers of Syria.

    Apparently Britain just doesn’t take many Syrians and there is no easy way of applying for asylum unless you get to Britain…and it’s only a trickle who make it….

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68084466

    ‘A small number are also granted entry via resettlement schemes and Home Office statistics show that, in the year ending September 2023, about 325 Syrians were permitted to enter this way. ‘

    Since 2011 over 20,000 Syrians have been granted asylum…and there is a scheme to take them directly from Syria [as there is from Afghanistan]….from 2015….

    Click to access 170711_Syrian_Resettlement_Updated_Fact_Sheet_final.pdf

    ‘On 7 September the Prime Minister announced an expansion of our existing Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme. Through this expansion, we expect to resettle 20,000 Syrians in need of protection during this Parliament. This is in addition to those we resettle under our Gateway and Mandate programmes, and the thousands of people who receive protection in the UK under normal asylum procedures.’

    ‘Through the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPRS), we are working closely with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to identify those most at risk and bring them to the UK.’

    So Syrians do not need to take the dangerous route to Britain via illegal trafficking.

    Just another lie from the BBC….however you shouldn’t judge the asylum seekers….they’re just really desperate….

    ‘How should Obada’s story be judged?

    Many people will be inclined to criticise his parents and family for risking the life of a child on such a dangerous journey. Others, not least those with direct experience of life in war zones like Syria, may argue that it is a measure of the family’s desperation that they took such a step.’

    How should the story be judged?…..as said….it was clearly a scam to get his father and mother over here and then get free NHS treatment….but good of the BBC to promote their story.

    Oh and yeah….the UN says….

    ‘What is a bogus asylum-seeker?

    There is no such thing as a bogus asylum-seeker or an illegal asylum-seeker. As an asylum-seeker, a person has entered into a legal process of refugee status determination. Everybody has a right to seek asylum in another country. People who don’t qualify for protection as refugees will not receive refugee status and may be deported, but just because someone doesn’t receive refugee status doesn’t mean they are a bogus asylum-seeker.

    Let us remember that a bogus asylum-seeker is not equivalent to a criminal; and that an unsuccessful asylum application is not equivalent to a bogus one – Kofi Annan’

    Pretty sure those Syrians were bogus.

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    • Lucy Pevensey says:

      Puggy,

      I’m quite certain The UN is bogus.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “Hmmm….so not an asylum seeker but a scammer wanting to use the NHS.” INTERNATIONAL national HEALTH SERVICE

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    • moggiemoo says:

      “There is no such thing as a bogus asylum-seeker or an illegal asylum-seeker.”

      An asylum seeker who enters a country illegally is, by definition, an illegal asylum seeker. The UN really should learn to speak English properly.

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  36. Lunchtime Loather says:

    The wonderful Talking Pictures channel showed “The Day The Earth Caught Fire” film earlier this evening. Happened to be on that channel when I turned on my TV, and I couldn’t work out why the BBC were showing their News in black and white. I then realised it was more truthful and accurate than anything the BBC would try to tell me.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Lunchtime – please don’t mention ‘talking pictures ‘ it’s a secret haven as yet undiscovered by BBCOFCOM – which would instantly ban it for something ….. 😎

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  37. pugnazious says:

    The irony…we must respect diversity, be tolerant and inclusive….just not at the BBC itself…

    ‘BBC staff told not to hire candidates who are ‘dismissive’ of diversity ‘
    ‘A recruitment policy document says applicants should be asked to “explain what diversity and inclusion means to you and, should you be successful, what opportunities do you see for you to promote, celebrate or encourage diversity and inclusion in your role?”

    The guidelines, used in a major non-editorial department of the BBC, tell recruiters: “Don’t hire [candidates who are] unsuited to the organisation” if they are “dismissive or derisory of diversity and inclusion and surrounding topics”.

    Managers are also directed not to offer jobs to candidates who show a “lack of interest in learning more where no evidence of education and understanding of diversity and inclusion was given”.’

    So you can join the BBC but only if you have exactly the same views and opinions as the institution does. Inclusive or exclusive?

    ‘Commenting on the recruitment guidelines, a BBC source said: “The BBC is not a welcoming place for those with conservative opinions. Management talks about diversity without embracing diversity of thought.

    “The place that I have given years of my working life, and that I sincerely cherish, currently feels captured by Left-wing activists and is unable to deliver on our core principle of impartiality.

    “Hiring on the basis of adherence to diversity and inclusion ideology excludes most conservative-minded people, and indeed much of the population.”

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  38. Fedup2 says:

    Seems that the outgoing CEO of C4 – 0ne Alexandra Mahon is to sell the London HQ. Everyone is to work from home . The new HQ will be on the isle of Sheppy or perhaps Islamabad …

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  39. Thoughtful says:

    It would appear the explanation for the US base in Jordan being succesfully attacked is that the dopey Americans mistook the incoming drone as one of their own.

    Maybe this is an attempt to save some face, as no respectable military base should allow this to happen.

    Other theories are suggesting a Gulf of Tonkin incident when the Americans either attacked themselves or it never happened at all, but is used to justify an attack on an enemy.

    Most military aircraft including drones use a system called IFF (identification Friend or Foe) which the broadcast to prevent friendly fire shooting them down, or misidentifying a hostile drone.

    https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=Drones+IFF

    The explanation that they mistook it for one of theirs is a little difficult to believe.

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  40. tomo says:

    Looks like the US DoJ is after intimidating House of Representative law enforcement officials…

    Kinda makes sense if you figure they are out to derail any impeachment hearings for Hunter & Joe Biden, Alejandro Mayorkas and other shits who’re overdue some comeuppance – the Congresspersons need the law enforcement people to do their jobs….

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  41. tomo says:

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    • Fedup2 says:

      After swerving Iowa and New Hampshire they’ve sent Biden to Carolina – presumably to assess how he will behave in public = they have the answer .
      So joe is to be ‘retired ‘ either with a bullet or an accident or sudden illness ….. with the sympathy vote going to … whoever – the election is fixed ….
      I guess it’s unlikely that Americans will see much more of Joe ..

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  42. tomo says:

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    You can be sure the BBC’s Wendling, Zurcher et al have already had briefings.

    https://www.racket.news/p/is-the-electoral-fix-already-in

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  43. tomo says:

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  44. JohnC says:

    Georgie Purcell: Nine News Melbourne’s doctored image of MP causes anger
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-68137013

    Front-page, World news no less – according to the BBC.

    And why would the BBC be so keen to push this totally insignificant story in front of all their readers ?.

    ‘Ms Purcell is the youngest woman in the state’s parliament and has frequently called out the treatment of women in Australian politics.’

    Same reason as always. Activism.

    Let’s see the extent of this heinous crime against women which deserves world attention:
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    Another top-class effort from this one:
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    Good to see the BBC aren’t wasting license-fee payers money employing anyone useless just because they are the right kind of activist.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Sometimes when I see people covered in tattoos I want to ask ‘why ?’ But most other times – personally – I just think ‘ugh ‘ – but different strokes for folks I suppose….

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  45. AsISeeIt says:

    From nasty party to evil plotters and back again edition

    Honorary calm down dears are awarded this morning

    Former Tory home secretary, our hush puppy wearing inveterate cigar smoker Kenneth Clarke: …refuses to back Rwanda bill in Lords… risked pushing the UK towards an “elected dictatorship” (Telegraph) – so says the unelected peer Lord Clarke of Nottingham

    Still, at least this wet old Tory wins a decent write-up from our left-leaning media – which is what Tory politics is all about since Dave Cameron, right?

    Yasmin Alibhai-Brown – I was wrong about the House of Lords (the ‘i’ newspaper our pound shop Guardian)

    Political lesson one – like a tramp has no fixed abode, the left have no fixed principles – if an institution does their bidding then it’s cool. If conversely an institution, be it the US Supreme Court or the UK House of Lords, is ever seen to act in the conservative interest then it’s evil and needs reforming.

    Speaking of evil…

    Another honorary calm down dear goes to the Guardian: Badenoch and Gove on Tory group Evil Plotters… Conservative WhattsApp group called Evil Plotters

    Political lesson two – the left have no sense of humour – they don’t – or don’t want to – get the jokes

    Speaking of ‘nasty parties’ – some of these news segueways write themselves…

    I refer of course to the meaning as implied by the urban slang term ‘nasty‘ – which is pretty much the opposite of the OED definition

    Nasty – An expression of approval or impressment with regard to a person’s actions or ability. “Shit dawg! them chess skills are mad nasty, yo!” “Jessica acted nasty in the bedroom.” “Damn, that girl is nasty!” (Thank you Urban Dictionary, that’s quite enough. We get the point)

    Rashford’s 12hr tequila party before calling in sick (The Sun) – we begin to see how young Marcus relates so well to our modern school kids.

    He passed out at 3am… Cup axe after bender… missing training following two days boozing in Belfast (The Sun) – we ask would a free school dinner work as a hangover cure?

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  46. JohnC says:

    The astute BBC reader will realise the story about the shooting down of the Russia transport aircraft was been suddenly dropped like a stone.

    Which of course means it did have POW’s on it, Ukraine did shoot it down and they can’t find anything to blame Russia for.

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  47. JohnC says:

    UK considers recognising Palestine state, Lord Cameron says
    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-68137220

    Put your feet up Dave and don’t bother.

    You and your mate Sunak will be out of a job in a few months. No bad thing considering nobody voted for either of you to do the ones you have now.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      David Cameron had arrived in China with a plan to secure money for a $1bn UK-China fund that was set to make the former prime minister a rich financier and cement ties between London and Beijing.

      One of his fundraising targets during trips in 2017 and 2018 was China’s sovereign wealth fund, the China Investment Corporation. Cameron wanted CIC to invest hundreds of millions of dollars, said people familiar with the matter.

      The details of Cameron’s attempt to raise money from an arm of the Chinese state are part of the baggage he has brought into the heart of the UK government after his surprise appointment as foreign secretary.

      https://www.ft.com/content/c1adc439-1847-4229-8e7c-486dccf6f5b9

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      • Fedup2 says:

        I think he ll take plenty of empty baggage with him to fill up with his £ retirement fund …. But I think the Chinese can see a lame duck when they see one ….

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  48. Guest Who says:

    Portuguese?

    https://x.com/jakewsimons/status/1752106023026901375?s=61
    Meet hero shelf stacker Bruno Teixeira who used a broom to fight off the Golders Green knifeman

    Lucky the Met were not on scene initially.

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