The End of The World/start the week 15th April 2024

At least as we perish in a thermo nuclear war we can be comforted with no further need to pay for the TV licence . Why not cancel yours in preparation for the Final Event …?

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314 Responses to The End of The World/start the week 15th April 2024

  1. Althepalerp says:

    SO Trump is in Court for paying so called Hush Money.
    Isn’t he the victim of Blackmail?

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Prince Andrew laughs – no sweat – just have a BBC interview and talk about being in Pizza hut!

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      • Fedup2 says:

        From the DT on emir Robinson

        STARTS Nick Robinson has said he “should have been clearer” during an interview with Lord Cameron after a row over the BBC presenter’s claim that Israel had “murdered tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians”.

        The corporation faced criticism after Robinson, a Today programme presenter, put the claim to the Foreign Secretary towards the end of their exchange on BBC Radio 4 on Monday.

        He subsequently said he was not expressing his own view, “let alone the view of the BBC”, following the criticism.

        In his final question to Lord Cameron, he said: “Isn’t the real risk of where we are now that western governments appear to back Israel the moment that Israel is under attack, but when Israel attacks and murders tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians, we say the words but we do almost nothing?”

        Lord Cameron replied “I don’t think that’s right at all. Actually, over this weekend and into this week, people can see that the truly malign actor in this region is Iran, a country that has launched a state-on-state attack, as you put it in your introduction.

        “And it’s this country, Iran, that is backing Hamas in Palestine, that’s backing Hezbollah in Lebanon, that’s backing the Houthis in the Red Sea.”

        Following criticism of his remarks, Robinson wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “There’s been some controversy about words I used when I was interviewing the Foreign Secretary David Cameron on the Today programme about Israel this morning.

        “My final question was about the perceived ‘morality’ of the Government’s position – in particular the ‘risk’ that their position could ‘appear’ to look like active support for Israel when it is under attack, but nothing other than words ‘when Israel attacks or murders tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians’.

        “I should have been clearer that I was not expressing my own view, let alone that of the BBC, when I used the words ‘murders’.

        “In this 15-minute long interview, I asked the Foreign Secretary why ministers had supported Israel militarily, why they didn’t go further and support Israel in confronting Iran, why they weren’t tougher in confronting Israel over Gaza and ended with that question about the perceived ‘morality’ and the ‘risk’ of how the Government’s position ‘appears’. It was a lengthy and detailed exploration of the policy choices made by the Government.”

        According to the Hamas-run health ministry, more than 32,000 Palestinians have been killed and over 74,000 wounded in Gaza during the conflict, but the terror group’s figures are unverified and do not differentiate between civilians and combatants.

        Rishi Sunak said this month that there had been “too many civilian deaths” in Gaza, while maintaining that Israel has the right to defend itself.

        Stephen Pollard, the editor at large of the Jewish Chronicle newspaper, claimed Robinson had asked a “shocking question, even for the BBC”. He wrote on X: “Murders? It’s one thing to accuse Israel of not taking enough care over civilians. But murder? Deliberately seeking to kill Palestinian civilians?”

        Nicole Lampert, a journalist and broadcaster, said: “The BBC’s Today programme just lies here – dangerous lies. Israel has not deliberately ‘murdered tens of thousands’.”

        A survey commissioned by the Jewish Chronicle in December found that more than three-quarters of Jewish people thought the BBC’s coverage of the Gaza conflict was biased against Israel.

        The broadcaster has faced criticism since its refusal to describe Hamas as terrorists in the wake of the Oct 7 massacre, although it now states in its reporting that Hamas has been designated as a terrorist organisation by the Government.

        In response to allegations of bias, a BBC spokesman said the organisation “holds itself to high standards of impartial reporting and rejects the suggestion that we are biased against Israel”.

        The BBC has previously said: “The conflict is a challenging and polarising story to cover, and we are dedicated to providing impartial reporting for audiences in the UK and across the world. Our own audience research shows that BBC News is considered the most impartial provider for coverage of the conflict.”

        The BBC was contacted for comment.ENDS

        HOW MUCH MORE EVIDENCE IS NEEDED TO SHOW THE ANTI ISRAEL STANCE OF THE BBC – if Robinson isn’t fired ?

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        • Eddy Booth says:

          “Willie Limond: Former British champion dies aged 45”
          https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/68802314

          “Limond was found in an unresponsive state in a car in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, on 6 April and was taken to Monklands Hospital, where he died. Police Scotland say there are no suspicious circumstances.”

          Just treated as one of those things these days.

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        • MarkyMark says:

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          “Etched in stone outside the BBC’s headquarters in London, George Orwell’s quotation on the sanctity of free speech serves as a daily reminder to the hundreds of journalists who work for the Corporation.

          But Left-wing activist and musician Billy Bragg has sparked fury by claiming the famous words – ‘If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear’ – make him ‘cringe’ and have nothing to do with liberty.”

          https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8513859/George-Orwells-defence-free-speech-outside-BBCs-HQ-makes-cringe-says-Billy-Bragg.html

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        • pugnazious says:

          Can well remember Victoria Derbyshire on 5 Live stating that British troops were murdering civilians in Afghanistan….she was of course talking of accidental deaths during firefights….’collateral damage’.

          It’s just indicative of the BBC mindset….what they really think slips out every now and again.

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        • Thoughtful says:

          “He subsequently said he was not expressing his own view, “let alone the view of the BBC”, following the criticism.”

          So whose words were they then? Hamas, Hezbollah or some other Muslim Islamist group?

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  2. Guest Who says:

    https://x.com/bbcnews/status/1779891912717004853?s=61
    What to know about Trump’s hush-money trial

    Getting Sopes back to keep it balanced?

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  3. taffman says:

    “Standoff continues as MPs prepare to vote on Rwanda bill”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68815191
    The present farcical government have failed to defend our nation ! “Stop the Boats “, Stop the Tories.
    Reform promise “ZERO TOLERANCE ATTITUDE
    TOWARDS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.”
    “https://biasedbbc.tv/blog/2024/04/14/the-end-of-the-world-start-the-week-15th-april-2024/comment-page-2/#comment-1287097

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Theresa May identified mass immigration as one of the big problems in 2015 …. Theresa May did nothing.

      Theresa May also used the words enough is enough after a terrorist attack …. Theresa May did nothing.

      Theresa May said we are leaving the EU … Theresa May did nothing.

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      • Ian Rushlow says:

        So, at least she was consistent in what she did 🙂
        That’s a rare quality in a politician.

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      • pugnazious says:

        She also told us no deal is better than a bad deal…at least she did something….she swapped that around and then told us a bad deal is better than no deal….and the BBC tells us that Boris was a unique and perfidious liar who, with the racist, misogynist, lying dictator Trump, heralded in the ‘post-truth era’ after that golden age of honest, truthful politicians like Blair and Campbell[and the thousands of others]

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  4. Thoughtful says:

    The total idiocy of our insane political elites and their ‘Green’ agenda laid bare:

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    • MarkyMark says:

      If the plastic self identifies as NON-Binary-Plastic it can save the planet!

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  5. Up2snuff says:

    TOADY Watch #1 – and Nick is in trouble for being a ‘toadie’

    Another BBC Oops! From the DT: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/15/nick-robinson-clarifies-claim-israel-murdered-palestinians/ I listened to that interview and Nick Robinson’s on air claim must have passed me by. As an excuse, I am so used to the BBC’s bias in favour of Hamas and the Palestinians as well as UN/WFP/UNRWA that I missed it it. Will OFCOM investigate and censure the BBC?

    I expect not.

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  6. atlas_shrugged says:

    Mark Steyn in fine form:

    So, if you’re one of many Canadians, of whatever “gender”, waiting months for a specialist to attend to your prostate, it might be quicker just to get a “vaginal cavity” punched in the middle of your perineum and see whether that does the trick.

    https://www.steynonline.com/14194/both-of-the-above-er-below

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  7. Guest Who says:

    Slight notes of ‘special ingredients’ to this.

    https://x.com/bbcscotlandnews/status/1779917650904101149?s=61
    ‘Brexit food charges will eradicate my cheese shop’

       2 likes

    • Zephir says:

      Well at least we will get a repeat of the Cheese shop sketch for free, should be worth a visit soon…

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  8. Fedup2 says:

    As might be predicted – although the guardian reports on the overt bias of emir Robinson on the today programme today – it doesn’t allow comments – could it be that his fan club would fully support him . ? Dump that licence

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  9. Zephir says:

    “BBC forced to apologise after playing 70s hit song during report on Iran attack. A BBC spokesperson said they “apologise for the error” after the lyrics “oh yeah” were heard playing during a bulletin addressing the Iran crisis.

    Ladies Night, a hit song by Kool & the Gang, was played as a spokesman for the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) discussed the weekend’s attempted strike during the 5pm bulletin on BBC Radio 2.

    As Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner launched into an attack on the Iranian state, the lyrics “oh, what a night” were heard playing in the background.”

    https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1888664/bbc-mistake-iran-attack-israel

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  10. Zephir says:

    BBC crisis as sick days quadruple after staff buckle under stress
    Sick days quadruple to 16,000 as staff feel strain of working for Corporation.

    Workers at the BBC were absent last year for 15,751 days – equating to an average of 40 people missing because of stress, anxiety or depression every day. This compares to just 4,135 days being lost to stress in 2013.

    The broadcaster said there were six members of staff on its payroll who did not do a single day’s work last year because of the effects of stress, depression or anxiety.”

    https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1888251/bbc-crisis-sick-days-staff-stress

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    • atlas_shrugged says:

      > six members of staff on its payroll who did not do a single day’s work last year because of the effects of stress, depression or anxiety.

      I may know of one of them. Often seen rambling zombie like through the village complete with facemask – cos they are vulnerable.

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    • Lunchtime Loather says:

      “six members of staff on its payroll who did not do a single day’s work last year” … was one of them Huw Edwards?

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  11. Zephir says:

    New report finds China accounts for astonishing two thirds of global coal power capacity. China is currently constructing 20 times the amount of coal power capacity compared the rest of the world as it accounts for two-thirds of global supply.

    A report by Global Energy Monitor found that China contributed roughly 32 gigawatts (GW) to the growth of net coal capacity last year, which stood at 48.4 GW.

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  12. pugnazious says:

    This is why employment tribunals [and coroners courts, inquiries, judges and similar] are essentially corrupt as they nowadays seem to pander to the wokeist and stupidest beliefs and values, changing how the world operates whilst having no democratic mandate to do so…enormous power but no responsibility or accountability for their decisions.

    ‘It is racist to say someone is playing the race card at work, a tribunal ruled.

    Implying that an ethnic minority colleague is raising bigotry without foundation is an act of discrimination itself, a judgment concluded.’

    The BBC naturally delights in reporting this case of racism and oppression of an incredible person…a sad loss to the Army…

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67697653

    There’s a long narrative about how badly the poor chap was treated before they get to the meat and potatoes….

    The guy is Black, he is rastafarian and was allowed to wear dreadlocks in uniform, he joined very late aged 37 and was age 53 when the incident occured…and he didn’t have his ID card with him as he tried to enter an army barracks and was in civilian clothes.

    He claims it was racist for the guards to not believe he was in the army…although they seem to have made extensive efforts on his behalf to confirm his identity….not good enough apparently.
    If a person[white or black] rocked up at a barracks with dreads, looking like someone’s grandad and not having an ID card not one gate guard in the country would believe he was in the Army….nothing to do with race….and he would be stopped until his identity could be confirmed.

    It is 100% definite that he played the race card here complaining that his treatment was somehow racist….but if he’d been white he would have been treated the same….so the tribunal talks out of its backside…their decision was a poisonous mixture of ignorance, stupidity and ideology.

    The Army should appeal, if possible, such a ridiculous and toxic decision….especially as it has allowed the BBC free rein to go on to portray the army as the next worst thing to the KKK with endless tales of woe from the poor lad/grandad.

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    • Thoughtful says:

      I have friends in Law and some who are magistraits, they say that the media reports have made them wonder if they have reported the same case.
      They also say if you weren’t there to hear the case and have to rely on hearsay then you can’t understand how a verdict was arrived at.

      Remember the media are there to manipulate you.

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  13. Zephir says:

    “Sydney church attacker ‘is boy, 15, who stabbed bishop during YouTube livestream’: Police address rumours child ‘had fingers cut off in revenge’ before being detained as riot breaks out after city is rocked by second stabbing in 48 hours”

    The attacker was seen smirking at horrified onlookers as he was pinned down after wounding the bishop and several worshippers.
    ‘Police have initially spoken to the young person again, his injuries are quite severe in his hand,’ he said, adding: ‘He’s fairly upset and very distraught.

    ‘He’s asked to speak to his parents at this stage and we’re making arrangements with his parents to make contact with him.’

    AC Holland added: ‘Police are obviously making sure that that young person is safe and, and obviously with the action of the parishioners and obviously the local community, there was concerns for his safety.”

    FFS

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13310213/The-smiling-stabber-Second-mass-stabbing-Sydney-48-hours-shocks-Australia-sparks-riot-grinning-attacker-wounds-bishop-pinned-worshippers-20-miles-mall-bloodbath.html

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    • moggiemoo says:

      Yes, it’s obvious that the safety of some knife wielding thug bastard is more important than those that would potentially be murder victims.

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    • kingkp says:

      So ask yourself this. Who is bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel?
      https://www.the-sun.com/news/11095768/bishop-mar-mari-emmanuel-sydney-what-happened/

      “The church leader gained prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic, amassing a large online following. The church leader is known for his popular TikTok channel. Also, as of April 2024, he has 290,000 followers on the church’s Facebook page.”
      Indeed he does have a massive following. But what was it this man was saying during the plandemic? He was constantly admonishing the Australian Government for the tyranny they imposed on the local population. He was and is a vocal opponent of the stabs. He is a very troublesome priest for the authorities. I followed him from the very beginning. His reach on Tik-Tok is a particular worry to the criminals in Government there and elsewhere in the West because billions of young subscribers there can listen to what he has to say. And what he has to say is essentially rebellion against the current regime and the satanic agenda.
      Ever read the ABC Murders by Agatha Christie? I can tell you the boys in the Aussie intelligence services have. Perhaps the attack in Sydney a few days ago makes even more sense when viewed from this perspective. After all everyone is now saying the motive was religion. It wasn’t. It was political.

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  14. tomo says:

    Mrs Balls

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    • Terminal Moraine says:

      Misogyny and strength in diversity everywhere, but never the twain shall meet. There’ll be some serious book fiddling going on to get Yvette’s 50% reduction.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Nick Ferrari on LBC : Have you taken yours (refugees) yet Yvette?

      Yvette Cooper: No that’s what I said, because the government has said…

      At least Sturgeon can take comfort that she is not alone here, with both Sir Bob Geldof and Stan Collymore thought not to have taken refugees despite their own promises. In fact, even the Archbishop of Canterbury is yet to house a refugee family despite pledging to let them stay in a cottage on the grounds of Lambeth palace. However, a Lambeth Palace spokesman says that they ‘hope to have an update soon’ and insist that the offer ‘still stands’.
      It’s been six months, Nicola Sturgeon. Where are your refugees? {spectator mar2016 paywall}

      https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/03/its-been-six-months-nicola-sturgeon-where-are-your-refugees/

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  15. Fedup2 says:

    Tomo – isn’t she wonderful ? The death penalty will be introduced – but only for men victimising women . The labour government will lead a campaign against the existence of men – quite rightly – castration at birth might be something for a public inquiry.
    Pixie is gonna be good value as Home Secretary – with those eyebrows working overtime ….

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  16. tomo says:

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    • Rob in Cheshire says:

      Yes, it seems “allahu akhbar” is Arabic for “you are a vaccine denier, the vaccines are safe and effective.”

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    • MarkyMark says:

      He came in a dinghy and had hoped to be a footballer but now this dream has been squashed?

         5 likes

  17. tomo says:

    If the politicians don’t act, the people will.

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    • JohnC says:

      Found a BBC article on it here:
      Spread of gang violence wrecks Sweden’s peaceful image
      https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67342368

      They do their usual trick of concentrating on what was done, not who did it and why.

      And near the end they actually try to infer it’s because Swedish people are racist.

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      ‘Libaan (left), pictured with a youth worker, says he feels excluded from Swedish society’
      Libaan, by the way, is a ‘former criminal’ according to the BBC. Most definitely not a criminal now. He’s lovely and good.

      An inferrence which is totally contradicted by the real truth they slip in somewhere in the middle:
      ‘Detectives suspect some of the latest violence has been organised by criminal leaders based in other countries, including Turkey and Serbia.’

      So we have a complete lack of any demographic to show who is doing all the violence and a direct inferrence it’s all because Swedes are racists. Simply amazing.

      All of this has happened because of the Leftists like the BBC. Their hands are soaked in blood for protecting those who did it. Same as Gaza.

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  18. JohnC says:

    State Department: US still pursuing hostage deal, obstacle is Hamas
    https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-797278

    While the latest hostage deal appealed to many of Hamas’s demands, their rejection of it shows they do not want a resolution.

    US Spokesperson:
    “There’s a deal on the table that would achieve much of what Hamas claims it wants to achieve. And they have not taken that deal,” Miller said. “Now, they can speak for themselves about why they haven’t taken that deal. But the bottom line is they have rejected it.”

    Nowhere to be seen on the BBC.

    There’s the truth of it. THAT is why so many ‘innocent’ Palestinians are dying. Hamas WANT them to be killed so people like Bowen can write their disgusting pro-Muslim, anti-Jew rhetoric. The trick (as usual) by those like him is to focus on the victims, not the cause.

    The BBC (and MSM in general) never go near telling us this. They are inferring all the blame is on Israel. This is all so sick, I can scarcely believe it. Why are the BBC protecting the terrorists ?.

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    • Rob in Cheshire says:

      The sad fact might be that there are not many hostages left. How many can have survived for six months in the hands of Hamas?

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      • JohnC says:

        I can’t even begin to imagine the horror of what they have experienced Rob. Especially the women.

        What a shame they didn’t get Bowen instead so he could experience first hand what those he protects are really like.

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  19. Zephir says:

    Regarding Mrs Balls above.

    I had a car crash just outside the houses of Mr and Mrs Smith and Mr and Mrs Balls.

    I was fortunate enough to be pulled out of the wreckage by the Smiths.

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    • JohnC says:

      Ah .. I just listened to that at the weekend from a recording of a Kenny Everett radio show Zephir.

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      • Zephir says:

        But its the way I tell ’em

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        • Scroblene says:

          After listening to ‘The Smiths’ for a couple of hours, you’d be cutting your throat though…

          Blimey, they were just miserable all the time!

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  20. JohnC says:

    Sydney church stabbing treated as ‘terrorist act’
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-68823240

    Oh dear – just when the BBC thought they had dodged a bullet.

    Let’s compare the coverage for this one with the stabbings at the mall.

    This one is argueably much more significant because it represents a global ideology and affects society everywhere in the world. It’s not just a one-off gay escort with mental problems.

    Why am I sure it will be bare facts only and they will try very hard to divert the reader to the other one with links ?.

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    • JohnC says:

      Just reading through that article in a bit more detail and there is not one single piece of information which tells me what religion or what motivation this terrorist had.

      And as they have already classed it as a terrorist attack, they most certainly know.

      Once again they are protecting Muslim terrorists. You can be 100% certain that if he was far-right or a Jew stabbing Muslims it would be in the headline.

      What’s even worse is that the BBC would argue that it is right not to tell us because it does not help their multicultural agenda. One might think that after 50+ years of it and they still have to do this that they might have realised the ‘multicultural society’ has completely failed. Those who came to join it did it for the money and to get out of the shitholes of THEIR countries. They never did have any desire to ‘integrate’. In the ultimate act of irony, they consider us infidels to be inferior to them.

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    • andyjsnape says:

      Hello JohnC

      bbc often can’t bury “news”, when the video is all over facebook and in the public domain

      Why does the likes of the bbc promote muslims/islam – when its unlikely terrorists attacks are by Christians on muslims

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      • JohnC says:

        Quite right Andy : I suspect the BBC would much rather people read their ‘sanitised and controlled’ version of a story than the uncensored versions on social media where we can actually find out what real people think about it.

        I’ve pointed out several times on here where the BBC have blurred out people so we can’t tell that they are black or Muslim when the same picture is on other news sites without being censored.

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  21. Zephir says:

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  22. JohnC says:

    Trump trial: Dozens of jurors rejected as they say they cannot be impartial
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68671733

    I am watching in amazement as the BBC continue to report these persecutions against Trump as if they are entirely normal and everything is right and proper.

    ‘Sixty of 96 potential jurors were quick to say in the New York court that they could not be impartial.’

    I guarantee to you that virtually ALL those 60 said that because they are biased AGAINST Trump. And these are the honest ones : the real Lefties will keep quiet because they think the ends justify the means.

    Not a chance in hell he can ever get a fair trial after all the publicity against him from the likes of the BBC – even if the Judge wasn’t also biased in the extreme.

    It’s a farce right up there with the kind of thing the Nazis did until they got absolute power. The BBC should be questioning whether he could possibly get a fair trial but they aren’t. They have utterly failed any ethics they still pretend they have.

    And it’s this one again : the girl who was on anti-depressants at 17:
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    In conjunction with this one:
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    What a complete and utter joke the BBC has become.

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  23. JohnC says:

    Hannah Gutierrez-Reed: Rust armourer sentenced to 18 months for Halyna Hutchins’ death
    https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68819796

    ‘Involuntary manslaughter is the killing of a human being without intent of doing so, either expressed or implied.’

    I cannot see how there is any way Baldwin can escape being guilty of involuntary manslaughter considering he is the one who fired the gun. And he has blatantly lied about it by saying he didn’t pull the trigger – but it seems nobody in the MSM cares about that because they never mention it.

    Could their sympathetic reporting have anything to do with the fact Baldwin is also a left-wing activist and Trump hater by any chance ?. And a nasty piece of work – but then they all are.

    Baldwin is also another good example of just how corrupt the American legal system is now. His bully-boy lawyers got the original charges dropped. And the MSM kept quiet because he’s one of them.

    It’s all just Karma to me. He’s getting what he deserves.

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  24. Zephir says:

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  25. andyjsnape says:

    Israeli war cabinet meets to discuss response to Iranian attack
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68820959

    By someone called Ido Vock, and calls himself a Senior Journalist at the bbc

    Looking at his LinkedIn profile, he’s probably mid 20’s

    https://uk.linkedin.com/in/idvck

    Pathetic, the most he has ever done is around 3yrs at the New Statesman, and only a few months previously everywhere else

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    • JohnC says:

      I’ve highlighted his rubbish before Andy.

      This is the modern BBC : very, very average ‘journalists’ who got a job at the BBC for agenda/quota reasons. The trouble is, once they are employed they have to use them because all the good ones who didn’t match the quotas have gone.

      The management solution to the problem is clearly a political commisar team who decide the stories and what the content is to be, then the idiots take that direction and arrange it in the BBC style they have been taught. The end result is very, very average.

      Luckily the quality of their output doesn’t matter one bit. People have to pay them by law no matter what they do.

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      • andyjsnape says:

        I wonder how the ex British broadcaster will evolve over the next 10-20years, probably what we see now is nothing compared to the future of its output

        Presumably by then we will have a muslim pm and all the “values” that will bring to British society

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    • MarkyMark says:

      About
      I am a Senior Journalist at the BBC, based in London. Before that, I was a staff writer at the New Statesman, reporting on European politics and society from Berlin. My work has also been published in publications including the Financial Times, the Guardian, VICE and Haaretz.

      My reporting has taken me to countries including Germany, Poland, France, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Finland covering war, migration, protest movements, elections and more. As a journalist, I work across a variety of formats, including writing for the web and print, hosting podcasts and presenting video segments.

      As a political analyst, I have appeared on major broadcasters and have chaired panel discussions with elected officials, policy professionals and experts. I speak French fluently.

      https://uk.linkedin.com/in/idvck

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  26. Scroblene says:

    Linked in is getting a bit like Wikipedia on steroids Andy and John!

    I was on their facebook sort of platform, pretty well from the start, and still get offers from all sorts of nutters despite being retired many years, and even stating it in my final post there!

    Looking at this bloke’s stuff, it’s clear that he’s filled up every little position he’s held, or article he’s written, to bloat a very mediocre career so far. It’s all leftie based, but with the UCL funded visits and research, he should soon qualify for a foreign ‘job’, probably taking over from some of the old harridans who just hang around in W1AA until their pensions get super-taxed!

    As you say, his stuff is probably ignored but I did notice some sort of connection with David Miliband, so what does one expect!

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  27. Zephir says:

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  28. Zephir says:

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    • JohnC says:

      That is so true.

      The education system, the civil service, the BBC, the UN, and virtually all the ‘human-rights’ charities are thoroughly infiltrated by Leftists now.

      And none of them have actually compete or deliver anything to get their money.

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      • Scroblene says:

        Spot on John!

        In the dying months of Gordon Brown’s failed leadership, as well as still ‘trying’ to deal with the catastrophic economic fallout caused by Blair, he created countless ‘charities’ in his own image, to muster as many lefties as possible, to continue the mayhem when he was kicked out!

        Sadly, most of them are here still, and people like Miliband ran off to do the same overseas too!

        Gravy trainers never need to do any work or even get results, they’re an ongoing parasitical infection of all that achievers in the private sector have to graft for. I’m even considering cancelling future money to go our own favoured charity, although it does a great job. One of the reasons, is that a friend here posted that once an organisation gets its claws onto any free money, it’ll persist and challenge for every penny it can get.

        I don’t want my executors having to deal with all that when they have better things to do!

        (I cannot remember who mentioned this, but thank you whoever it was)!

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  29. Zephir says:

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    • DYKEVISIONS says:

      Great Film…here is what would happen at W1A if Al Beeb was not funded by the Telly Tax..!

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    • JohnC says:

      That’ so true as well.

      If it’s a Muslim terrorist the BBC tells us to feel empathy and compassion for the victims. Who did what and why is hidden from us.

      If the far-right did it then the BBC tells us to feel revulsion and disgust at the person who did it. We get pictures of him stood near a swasticker and a history of the things he posted on social media. What pushed him over the edge to do it is hidden from us.

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  30. andyjsnape says:

    Unemployment jumps as UK jobs market stalls
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68820103

    Who would of thought it,. after all the christmas temporary jobs, and this happens every year!

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  31. Thoughtful says:

    BBC’s ‘covert surveillance’ operations and TV detection equipment used to catch suspected licence fee evaders are ‘struggling to keep up’ with technological changes

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13313249/BBCs-covert-surveillance-operations-TV-detection-equipment-used-catch-suspected-licence-fee-evaders-struggling-technological-changes.html

    What a shame, I’m sure we’re all very sorry for them failing in their attempts to extort money from the innocent, but I was under the impression that the technology was like the old detector van – completely bogus and non existant?

    “Critics of the current licence fee funding model say the review indicates how ‘outdated’ and ‘unenforceable’ the current system is.”

    We all know that !

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  32. tomo says:

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Just Stop “Just Stop Oil” protests coming soon!

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      • moggiemoo says:

        I fail to understand why these ‘protesters’ aren’t followed home and given a thorough kicking. Then blocking any ambulance coming to help them.

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  33. tomo says:

    Not the worst but looks like Home Office out harvesting low hanging fruit and playing out over compliant media….

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  34. Guest Who says:

    Ex Graun Pompous Ass proclaims…

    https://x.com/michaelwhite/status/1780120420932268264?s=61
    You’re not thinking straight, Stephen, you’re not alone. I greatly sympathise over cynical 7/10, but a prolonged, brutal assault on crowded Gaza in pursuit of two contradictory goals amounts to murder, however Netanyahu choses to dress it up. Existential disaster for Israel?

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  35. Fedup2 says:

    You know when you scan across a newspaper and have to reread the headline because it looks ‘mad’? Well there is one in the DT today about the need for the UK to have an ‘iron dome ‘…
    Immediately I had the image of the RNLI ‘intercepting ‘ dinghies and bringing 3rd world vermin to the benefits office ….
    …. Some might argue that an Iran style missile attack on London might improve it a lot …..

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    • Deborah says:

      Sorry Fed, I was trying to understand this headline, top of the page on DM website. I was wondering what the Markle was going to do with the 50 jars she had received. Thought it wasn’t good for her ozempic waist line.

      “Meghan Markle unveils first product from new lifestyle collection American Riviera Orchard with 50 influencers sent her strawberry jam – including fashion designer Tracy Robbins and Argentine socialite Delfina Balquierl”.

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  36. tomo says:

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    • Fedup2 says:

      I’m surprised the democrats in New York haven’t put president trump into one of those cages they use for drug dealers . And it seems he will have to be in court for at least 2 months ……

      … the desperation the democrats are showing to prevent him campaigning and getting elected really is something ….. perhaps they are worried that the vote count won’t be as fixed as last time ….

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      • JohnC says:

        I think they are worried that they have to be a lot more careful this time Fed as everybody will be watching closely.

        What I am a bit stunned about is how obvious all of this is to disrupt his presidential campaign as much as possible is. It’s as blatant as you can get.

        Yet everyone in the media – especially the BBC – completely ignores that and carries on as if everything is absolutely normal.

        The West is so totally out of balance now, it needs to be pushed over before it can be straightened out. I’m hoping Trump is the one to do it.

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        • Scroblene says:

          I just have this saving grace that the Republicans are going to be just as savvy as the Democrats were, when the last election was fixed!

          There are so many items on lots of stations, websites and also YouTube, which explain how it was done, and I’ll bet next week’s beer money on the systems being looked at very carefully, and used for the Future President Trump’s success!

          ‘Jodrell Bankers’ I know in the US still think that when The Donald was elected, the country became ‘divided’!

          Of course, they’re blind and stupid as well as ignorant of the futile efforts of a senile old git in the WH, doddering about at the whim of Bamalam and Willy Clinchton!

          I’m so looking forward to the shenanigans come November, and you can bet the week after’s beer that there will be a fabulous result for all normal citizens!

          And you can bet the week after, the week after’s beer that the Beeboids will have an emotional meltdown, hopefully when the cameras are on them, so we can see another po-faced re-run of the Brexit result in all its glory!

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          • Fedup2 says:

            Scroblene – I’m not so sure … the justice department and the msm are so in bed with the democrats – they are the democrats – that no amount of evidence produced by Trump will beat Obama –
            I suppose the only question is whether Biden dies before November …. And who the next puppet is …I’ve still got my 20/1 on Michelle ….

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    • MarkyMark says:

      UK has a selected PM – not elected!

      Eat out to Help Fraud out with Rishi!

      “Shahid Naseeb Ahmed, 42, tried to falsely claim around £138,840 from the Government’s Eat Out To Help Out Scheme (EOTHO) and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS).

      His claims were for the Merchants Hotel in Back Piccadilly in Manchester, between April 2020 and August 2021. He was the sole director of the hotel at the time of the claims.

      Under the EOTHO scheme he falsely claimed £61,165 and from the CJRS he falsely claimed £51,708. Further false claims were stopped when HMRC became suspicious.”

      https://www.cps.gov.uk/mersey-cheshire/news/hotel-owner-jailed-fraudulent-eat-out-help-out-claims

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  37. Fedup2 says:

    Seems like new smart meters are to have ‘surge pricing ‘ which I think is a terrible idea – everything gets turned off from 9pm to 10pm and all the house work done at the weekends – ugh …

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  38. tomo says:

    Reef doom wall to wall today

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  39. AsISeeIt says:

    A long time ago in a middle eastern country far, far away edition

    Plus extra fashion news in this sustainability special

    Can we NOW outlaw Iran’s terror forces in UK? – demands the excitable Daily Express

    No, says the formerly patriotic Times: PM rejects mouting calls to ban Iran group

    As I recall, Bertie Wooster didn’t always take the advice proffered by his loyal lackey, Jeeves

    Not that the faddish (formerly ‘United with the people of Ukraine’) highly strung Daily Express properly fits the mould of that constant reliably sensible gentleman’s man servant creation of PG Wodehouse – Reginald Jeeves.

    Although, leaving aside the diplomacy: Keeping diplomatic links is vital, says Sunak (Times) – in sartorial matters our Adidas Samba tennis shoe wearing, overly tight suited, trousers too short Rishi could cetainly do with the wardrobe advice of a good valet…

    Bertie Wooster constantly irks Jeeves by defying his advice. “Not THOSE socks, sir!” “Jeeves, lavender socks are all the rage now!” Jeeves shudders…

    Mr AsI is something of a connoisseur of those awkward and media narrative-busting little juxtapositions of closely placed yet clashing headline features.

    A little too proximate for comfort beside the Times report: Rishi Sunak has rejected calls to proscribe Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps – we’re teased by Times2 magazine’s Sathnam Sanghera: The day I asked Salman Rushdie about the fatwa

    There’s one for the teenagers: A long time ago, on Valentine’s Day, 1989, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, declared Rushdie’s novel “The Satanic Verses” blasphemous and issued a fatwa ordering the execution of its author and “all those involved in its publication.” (The New Yorker) – a long time ago…?

    For a moment there I was unsure whether that was simply a literary flourish or a call to forgive and forget – I’ll give David Remnick a pass since he titles his column: The Defiance of Salman Rushdie. After a near-fatal stabbing—and decades of threats—the novelist speaks about writing as a death-defying act.

    Good to see our MPs gainfully and usefully employed at this moment of multiple crises, economic, diplomatic, cultural and social: MPs to vote on smoking ban for Generation Alpha… some of the world’s toughest anti-tobacco laws… born since 2009, the UK’s first smoke-free generation in a major public health intervention (BBC) – because our government’s last major public health intervention went so spiffingly well and that’s put our NHS in such tip top form – if only there were some expert forum, some form of independent public inquiry that could look into that

    How’s that Net Zero workin’ out fo’ yer?

    Tesla cuts 14,000 jobs… worldwide EV slowdown (FT) – I’m oddly reminded of those Duracel battery bunny adverts from days of yore as so many toy drummer rabbits would slow down and conk out

    Sometimes these segueways write themselves

    A fine example of corporate capitalistic investment opportunism here: US private equity firm Blackstone is close to acquiring the site in north-east England that had been earmarked for a battery factory. It plans to build one of Europe’s largest data centres. (FT)

    Data centres have become the backbone of our interconnected world, facilitating the seamless flow of data and information. However, their energy-intensive nature has raised concerns about their environmental impact, sustainability and energy supply security. (EU Science Hub)

    So much for this bold statement of intent: Blackstone, the world’s largest alternative asset manager, invests in companies with innovative solutions to tackle climate change and energy transition (A welcome debut hereabouts for Sustainability Magazine – let’s quote this source while it’s still around – what a shame it would be if with battery cars rapidly going out of fashion Sustainability Magazine had to fold)

    Mr AsI likes to pull the leg of the formerly serious Times of London over its frontpage convergence with – and often remarkable similarity to – the Manchester Guardian.

    This morning the populist tabloid Sun The People’s Paper closely mirrors, or perhaps is mirrored by (depending on your perspective) the red top Daily Mirror The Heart of Britain

    Both titles go with a pair of big audience pleasing performers – the Mirror actually including a cameo pic of: Hosts Ant and Dec – beside their iteration of the shared promotional glamour shot: Judges Amada Holden & Alesha Dixon BGT – Britain’s Got Talent – if you can believe such a thing

    It’s as though Chris De Burgh suffered double vision when he caught sight of his Lady in Red

    Alesha went with a scarlet minidress in leather with thigh high boots (bonus lower bottom portion of our girls’ outfits as revealed in The Sun) – while our Amanda preferred her frock in that red latex rubber look (thigh high side split skirt and vertigo-inducing high heels)

    Return of TV talent show – suggests the suggestive Sun

    That’s your judges, now meet the star witness…

    Karen McDougal, a former Playboy model – shows a leg on the cover of the formerly serious Times: …claims she had a ten-month affair with Doanld Trump, can testify at his criminal trial in New York

    Let’s close, not with a calm down dear, but to show some respect to the fairer sex with a well said, luv

    Lucy Mangan The key to happiness? Low expectations (left-leaning ‘i’ newspaper – preparing us for our in-coming Starmer government perhaps?)

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  40. JohnC says:

    Sydney mall attack: Confronting pro-Kremlin troll on false claims Jewish student was killer
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-68822846

    Marianna-pants-on-fire is back.

    Here she is trolling social media searching oput anyone who suggests anything she can highlight as ‘misinformation’ no matter how obscure or how many people actually believed it.

    Here she is using a lot of words to dismiss a couple of claims (specially selected from thousands) about this attack : one conveniently by someone pro-Putin and the other claiming the attacker was a Muslim.

    She even ‘debunks’ one claim that he was an incel with:
    ‘his father said that his son had “wanted a girlfriend” and that had had “no social skills and was frustrated out of his brain”.’
    What Marianna ? – he was a 39 year old gay prostitute !!!.

    It seems this stupid, stupid woman is sitting at her desk all day reading everything on twitter looking for individual cases she can use to write pointless articles like this. She makes a point of telling us she messages people who write them and they don’t respond.

    It’s completely pointless. Trolls will post their spite because they enjoy to do it (don’t you maxi). Cherry picking a couple of topics every few months is like asking 100 people if they think we should keep the license fee and only printing the responses which say yes. It has no context whatsoever.

    But most unfortunate is that as Marianna was concentrating on the racists falsely suggesting it was a Muslim, a real Muslim was busy with real terrorist stabbing attack not far away. Which proves the speculation was actually warranted.

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    • JohnC says:

      Goodness me, this tripe from the liar is on the BBC world news front page !!.

      Amazing what the BBC will turn a blind eye to when it suits them.

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  41. tomo says:

    conspiracy!

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  42. MarkyMark says:

    Sanction UAE?

    “Abdullahi Halakhe, senior advocate for East and Southern Africa at Refugees International, told Middle East Eye: “The UAE has worked more than any other country to stifle the emergence of democracy in the region.

    “They have funded regimes in Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Libya and are now supporting the RSF in Sudan. Chequebook diplomacy works for them.””

    https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/sudan-uae-war-arms-trade-rsf

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  43. MarkyMark says:

    Send more aid to China – it is still a developing country.
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  44. Foscari says:

    There was an interesting “feature” on the Londonistan
    programme on the BBC. Asad Ahmad told us that a group
    of Muslims who had been invited to 10 Downing Street on
    Eid were upset that Rishi was not there to greet them.
    Apparently they all had badges or emblems on them to
    let him know that they supported Hamas. But Asad told us that
    they were discreet about it.
    Maybe Sunak had more important things to worry about at
    the time . Like the forthcoming attack on Israel by Iran.
    BUT may by now he should realize that Islam is all but the official
    religion of the UK. The BBC for one except this,

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  45. BRISSLES says:

    Just for info. Haven’t posted of late, Cataract op has made eyesight a bit squiffy (it’s usually the Scotch responsible !) And a watery eye through specs with one lense is truly not a great look. I’m told once the other eye is done by end of June, it will all be fine. Yeah right.

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  46. Fedup2 says:

    I’m trying to find a bookie to get odds on the Israeli response to Iran – they won’t want to kill ordinary people – or maybe anyone at all – so I suppose the utilities will be the mail target – as well as where drones are made / stored …but it will have to be good TV for the Israeli public ….

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    • Thoughtful says:

      Sergei Shoigu Russian defence minister sent a message across to Tont Blinken in the US warning that if Israel attacks Iran Russia will attack Israel.

      Of course we don’t know what form that would take but Israel would struggle to attack Russia in revenge.

      After the global hawk was downed by Iran and the US under Trump killed General Sulemanyi Iran responded with a rocket attack close to US bases injuring some US troops, but at that point the US drew a line under it and there were no further exchanges.

      This in my opinion is how Israel would be best advised to react. No further retaliation, tell the people the Iranian attack was a failure and de-escalate.

      As your title for the blog is “end of the world” I’d rather that didn’t happen just yet.

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      • Fedup2 says:

        If Israel – Iran don’t do the job this time – it will happen sometime – and I think – within current years —- ….i just hope the war stays local … but the speed of spread might be too much to control …

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  47. Terminal Moraine says:

    Yesterday was the 5th anniversary of the Notre Dame fire. Today this in Copenhagen at the old stock exchange. The news agencies will now be working to unjoin any dots that the plebs might be starting to form in their minds.

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  48. Fedup2 says:

    The Muslims who took one of the bestist schools in England to court over the right to pray – lost .

    No prayer of any sort is allowed . The Muslims wanted to use their ‘practices ‘ to dominate the ground and staff .. go find your own schools …. I hope the appeal wins too …. But somehow I think the woke judges will weaken …

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  49. MarkyMark says:

    3 teachers hide in the basement as Muslim kids demand to pray ina non religious school – ha ha haha!

    Rishi – free speech for all **

    ** terms and conditions apply.

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  50. andyjsnape says:

    Why has the weather changed again?
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/cz5d3xd8v7zo

    climate change
    climate change
    climate change

    Sounds like a build up to reporting on CLIMATE CHANGE

    or just because it always has

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