341 Responses to Midweek 10th July 2024

  1. JohnC says:

    Nato vows ‘irreversible path’ to Ukraine membership
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c29d03574zdo

    Good God – what are these people playing at ?. Even if Ukraine ARE going to join, telling Russia like this is madness. Now they cannot stop until they have got everything they think they need.

    It’s clear that the USA want to escalate this war. After allowing Ukraine to use their most advanced weapons to attack anywhere in Russia (and the reality is that USA are supplying the weapons, identifying the targets then actually programming the weapons to hit them), they have now ensured Russia will go to a proper war footing and they won’t stop until they reach the Dnipro river.

    Meanwhile the F16’s will be supplied and I’m willing to bet they plan store them in a NATO country to stop Russia blowing them up. Of course Russia will not tolerate this and will attack them wherever they are once they are used in combat.

    Who would have thought we would have to depend on Trump to save the world !!!. Just look at what 4 years of Democrats has done. And we are about to repeat it ourselves with Starmer.

    This is what the Left do and have always done. Common sense and the real world take second place to the bizarre theory world in their heads. God help us all.

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    • Lucy Pevensey says:

      John C

      A shame we have to wait another 4 months to find out if Trump will be The POTUS again.

      Reported 5 days ago , Putin

      “The fact that Mr. Trump, as a presidential candidate, declares that he is ready and wants to stop the war in Ukraine, we take this completely seriously … I am not, of course, familiar with possible proposals for how he plans to do this. This is the key question. But I have no doubt that he means it sincerely, and we support it (the idea of ending the war).”

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      • JohnC says:

        I read he plans to give Ukraine everything they need to defend themselves against further Russian gains. But if they use them to take the offensive, he will stop supplying them.

        Which basically means Russia keep what they have got. But in the real world, nobody is going to take it back from them now and the long term is either Russia take as much as they think they need or we start World War 3 to stop them.

        I’m sure everyone knows this but they want to take out as many young Russian men as they can first to cripple it for the immediate future. Of course they are doing the same to Ukraine but they don’t care about that as long as it’s not Americans doing the dying. It’s all part of the future world order.

        China next.

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  2. andyjsnape says:

    bbc very upbeat on Labour government reporting, everything is perfect

    bbc will be happy as its a chance with the labour government to get us back into the EU. Although this reporting has gone very quiet, and i’m sure is happening in the background, and beeb will try to convince us all that Labour are doing a brilliant job and trust them 🙁

    bbc reports:-
    “Welsh Secretary Jo Stevens will be visiting Tata Steel in Port Talbot, where she’s due to make an announcement on the Transition Board (established to support those affected by a proposed transition to low-CO2 steelmaking)” – Tata steel employees will be really pleased that thousands are loosing their jobs to “green”, and all the support they will get while on the dole!

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  3. Fedup2 says:

    Today
    Listening to the news – a ‘reporter ‘effectively reads out a Labour press release from lizzie Liz Kendall who is now the minister for getting the feckless to work – 9.2 million who could work with 2.8 million on the sick .

    The bbc reporter had no contrary view …

    Then there is the far left Sarah smith – who – with everyone else – has just discovered their false president is mentally ill . Even a democrat congressman has now told him to step down .
    In a democracy – with a fair election process – mr trump need do nothing further – and just count his majority by the million . But Obama is in charge – the system is corrupt.

    It seems Biden is to do a Real Press Conference today – Thursday – with Real Questions such as ‘you’re great mr president – aren’t you ?’….

    No one is going to ask – ‘why didn’t we see this before ?’ Maybe they should read sites like this

    BTW – Uk GDP grew by 0.4% in May – who cares ? That dolt Sunak probably thought he ll win an election on that …

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    • JohnC says:

      By ‘real’, do you mean the usual ones where the questions are pre-approved and he has a handout with pictures of the ‘random journalist’ he has been told to pick out next ?. After which he walks off-stage like C3PO ignoring all the questions.

      Not a chance on Earth they will ever let him be asked unprepared questions and answer off-the-cuff like Trump does. And there will be someone with a finger on the ‘kill’ button to shut the whole thing down instantly on a word from some person in charge (very probably Obama) if things start to go wrong and Joe starts ad-libbing.

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    • Scroblene says:

      I’m sure that the whole scenario with Biden was started months ago, just to draw the attention away from the fact that the Democrats will do everything to get Mr Trump away from the presidency. Even the Supreme Court stuff stinks.

      You can almost smell the choreographers working on the script to get Michelle or someone just as awful in pole position.

      The Kackler is in on the charade, and will ‘gracefully’ step aside for anyone whom Oh bama wants to stand.

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  4. friend of yogi bear says:

    WHAT A SURPRISE…

    “Wild eyed wes”STREETING, who is anxious to exaggerate his task at the NHS. Today has announced that the NHS is broken (so rather than just getting on with the multitude of obvious things that must be done) he has commissioned an “Independent “report.
    Independent in the sense that a LABOUR peer who did a report on the NHS for Gordon Brown years ago , will conduct this Independent report no doubt highlighting that it’s independent ,just in case anyone would be so stupid to think that a LABOUR peer might not be independent.
    My bet is that it will say that only somebody as utterly fantastic as “wes” can fix this…and the tories are crap and always will be .
    In five years time ,at the calling of the next election, people will be saying the NHS is broken.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Friend
      Build more prisons build more hospitals build more houses …
      … I’ve got an idea – since NHS people spend so much time in corridors – just build corridors ….

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  5. Fedup2 says:

    Oh god – starmer /obama have been spouting about the ‘special relationship ‘ – the lie – a relationship so special that the UK cannot get a trade deal with the US and when the chips are down the US cares less about its eastern aircraft carrier …

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  6. Fedup2 says:

    Today
    It’s ok – if you go to prison you only have to do 40% of your time – so if you kill 3 people with a cross bow you ll get 1 for the price of 3 …
    Just another example of the effect of enlarging the UK population by millions of third world dross of various complexions

    BTW – apparently the cost of a cell is £600 000 a go – I’d love to see the maths of that …

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    • JohnC says:

      Just as I would like to see how each illegal being sent to Rwanda was going to cost £1.8 million.

      I’ll guarantee the vast proportion of that will be in ‘admin costs’ such as lawyers. All ‘NVA’ – ie ‘non-value added’ meaning that nothing they do actually contributes something to the end result.

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      • Fedup2 says:

        Maybe they could outsource prisoners to countries with a bit of space – or their home nation or where theit ‘people’ come from ?

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  7. Flotsam says:

    Labour keep talking about building millions of houses. I’ve heard, Smarmer or Reeves saying that they will restart house building under Labour. Curious that, under the Blue label Party every city, town and village has housing developments being built. I’ve driven around every corner of Britain and never seen so much building going on, already.

    I’m far from sure that Building companies will want to flood the market with new properties or be forced to build more with land taxes, even if it were possible.

    The talk from Reeves is expanding the economy with house building but property is an internal market and an inflated one at that. Real growth comes from manufacturing and exporting.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “Consider this, I give this example. If immigration continues at the levels it has average over the last ten years. Britain will be adding 10 million people to it’s population in the next 20 years. That means building a new house roughly every seven minutes. Now, we currently have no leadership from the Liberal Democrats, Conservative or Labour Parties saying they are going to do anything to change that course. @5:56 … if any party wishing to get into power doesn’t address this they are committing political suicide….@10:30″ {youtube – Douglas Murray – oct2015}

      link is dead xxxhttps://youtu.be/bAh1-EbqaUw?t=5m56s

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    • MarkyMark says:

      104 genders to go up to 600 – UK Is winning the gender war!

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    • WiganCookie says:

      Who is going to build all these new houses?

      Do we have to import more “engineers”, “plumbers” and “brickies”?

      If so, we will need to build more new houses, Who is going to build all these new houses?

      Do we have to import more “engineers”, “plumbers” and “brickies”?

      If so, we will …………………….

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      • Fedup2 says:

        Wigan – that was my implication . And it’s also the trouble with politics – even with the will and money and labour – the amount of time needed to turn this stuff around goes well beyond one term ….
        And the pressure to raise money by borrowing or taxing isn’t going to make the reds very popular by 2029 when there won’t be much to show for the ‘investment ‘.

        BTW – this isn’t my party political position – it’s just the way it is as I see it . And I don’t see the reds getting much traction out of ‘we haven’t done anything but give us another 5 years so we can raise your taxes again ‘…

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        • WiganCookie says:

          When will BBC Verify start to check what Labour is proposing, and what is needed to get these proposals, or are they only investigating those who are now in opposition?

          Labour will be okay for the next 2 years, they can blame the last Blue Liebour government, i.e. NHS is broken, prisons are broken, schools are broken, etc, etc.

          Year 3 will be the challenge when they have to stop the blame game and get results.

          if Liebour push through the new planning laws quickly this may help but the local elections will see a lot of Liebour local councillors being kicked out of a job.

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    • Lucy Pevensey says:

      Flotsam,

      Regarding the new housing developments, I’ve witnessed quite an increase as well, in many different parts of England & Wales. I haven’t been to Scotland since about 2019. It always makes me wonder who they are for.

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    • BRISSLES says:

      FLOT this is something everyone is discussing. No village, town or city is untouched by endless housing estates springing up, so what the f..K are they talking about ?
      Also developers are land banking for future developments when they are given the green light at such times when land prices are through the roof, and in turn more profit on their 5 bed executives.

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      • Scroblene says:

        I guess that Labour will foist their ‘requirements’ off to the Local Authorities, in effect, letting them/telling them to build more council houses – or to be done by Housing Associations.

        London and the other big cities will be awash with these places for all the immigrants – and the released prisoners. The ghettos are already forming as we speak.

        Decent housing developers will have to provide many more affordable places everywhere, and the planning authorities will see to that.

        I’d be sorry to see the likes of Berkeley Homes go away. They could just keep to very small developments, which aren’t as profitable, but it may be the only way!

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    • atlas_shrugged says:

      Build More Houses …

      OR

      Build More Debt
      Build More Fields of Concrete
      Build More Flash Flooding
      Build More Sewage Overspills
      Build More Traffic Congestion
      Build More Water Shortages
      Build More A&E Queues
      Build More Banlieues – St Denise is a ‘model’ town
      Build More Ponzi Victims

      Above ALL …

      Build-Back-Debtor

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      • Scroblene says:

        There hasn’t been a new reservoir built for over thirty years.

        I think the one in East Kent has been proposed for more like forty!

        All the main services have never looked ahead, especially under Labour, when they had the chance to actually do something back then! Perhaps they preffered to spend the money on benefits for the feckless…

        And, also, would you get on a train powered by windmills? (I know I said that before, but I rather like the expression)!

        Might even say it again next week…

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  8. AsISeeIt says:

    When England went down to a football defeat and the media focus was on a black player our BBC cried foul: Media criticised for use of Saka image in England defeat…”divisive” choice of using a photograph of Bukayo Saka to illustrate England’s defeat by Iceland (BBC)

    In revealing evidence of media over-correction after their telling off, the Labour-supporting Daily Mirror couldn’t resist a reference to goal scorrer Olli Watkin’s winning blackness: Pass the Dutchies! Olli Watkins celebrates his late winner last night

    The Mirror there punning on both Holland and: The Jamaican Dutchie or Dutch pot is a heavy iron pot that is used to prepare many traditional Jamaican dishes (a rare citation hereabouts for Dutchpot Restaurant, your destination for authentic Caribbean food and cocktails, Caribbean Dutch pot, Wah Gwan)

    cf. Pass the Dutchie by Musical Youth 1982

    This generation
    Rules the nation
    With version
    Music happens to be the food of love
    Sounds to really make you rub and scrub

    Pass the Dutchie ‘pon the left hand side
    Pass the Dutchie ‘pon the left hand side

    This track was a major hit, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart, and in at least five other countries. It peaked at 10 in the United States and sold over 5 million copies worldwide, was itself a sanitisation for the kids of the roots reggae classic Pass the Kouchie a 1981 Jamaican hit for the Rasta-influenced Jamaican harmony trio The Mighty Diamonds. This song was based around Rastafarian use of cannabis via cannabis pipes.

    KOUCHIE: bowl of a chalice or chillum pipe (A debut hereabouts for Nice-up.com Rasta/Patois Dictionary)

    Pass the kutchie ‘pon the lef’ hand side
    Pass the kutchie ‘pon the lef’ hand side
    It a go bun, it a go dung, Jah know

    [The Mighty Diamonds]

    Now that the nation is nicely chilled out – as dripping wet liberal Tory Dave Cameron would have it: David Cameron’s ‘chillaxing’ hobbies revealed in new biography (Guardian) – ah, cool, the ultimate limp-wristed Tory wet dream come true – a nice write up from the Guardian (‘This article is more than 12 years old’ – ain’t it just)

    However: Cameron ‘not chillaxed over referendum loss’… The Remain campaign, which Mr Cameron backed, lost by 51.9% to 48.1% (BBC, November 2016)

    The Mighty Diamonds… but how the mighty are fallen

    The dreadful restoration of David Cameron… The former PM embodies the very worst of the technocratic politics that reigned before Brexit… If any more proof were needed that Rishi Sunak is a bloodless technocrat cosplaying as a political leader (Spiked, November 2023)

    As I was saying, now that we’re all chilled out in the interim between football matches…

    The ever-excitable Daily Mail: Crossbow Horror

    Times: Bills will soar to clean up water firms’ financial mess

    They do say politics is showbiz for ugly people – and so movie actor heart throb comments on the waning Democrat star: Clooney urges Biden to stand down as world leaders meet (Telegraph)

    With a daunting finale versus Spain coming up one tends to think Southgate should take a leaf out of Sir Keir’s play book and get his excuses in early: Starmer: ‘shocking’ prisons crisis is worse than I feared (Guardian)

    While we’re thinking cullinary headlines – pass the Dutchie from the Mirror is at one end of the scale – trust the Gruan to make about the most bougie football pun imaginable: Holland-daze… Watkins puts England in dreamland – on yer eggs, son! I envisage Ollie as being more a McDonald’s egg McMuffin sort of chap, but hey-ho

    And finally, I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again – How’s that Net Zero workin’ out fo’ yer?

    BP raises oil forecasts… has raised its projections of demand for oil and gas in another sign that the clean energy transition has slowed. The forecast increased more that 5 per cent on last year (FT)

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  9. MarkyMark says:

    “Sabrina Cohen-Hatton has gone from rough sleeping as a teenager to visiting the Prince of Wales in Windsor Castle to give him advice on tackling homelessness.”

    HA HA HA! Wonder which of the 20 houses she went to? HA HA HA HA HAH

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1weg5en21wo

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    • Lucy Pevensey says:

      Mark,

      I’m willing to bet that none of them are full of young adult male conquistadors.

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      • MarkyMark says:

        Lucy – the cleaners and slaves who look after the properties are all migrants from invade lands? HA H AHA

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    • BRISSLES says:

      I think he knows all about that. Didn’t his mum once take him and Harry to see people sleeping in cardboard boxes ?

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  10. MarkyMark says:

    Leader of the free world – possibly.

    ec8968d1-827d-4c2c-be0c-d7788eecf909-8095a0ac-7802-4655-855f-66e705d5db90

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    • Fedup2 says:

      I take it obama won’t turn up because he is too busy running the country … is there a starmer – Obama picture yet ?

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      • MarkyMark says:

        Barack-Obama-and-Ed-Milib-011.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none

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        • Scroblene says:

          President on the left, (literally), “Yup, you’re buying a great bridge! And it’s green, which is what you ordered”!

          “Let’s shake on it”!

          Idiot on the right, (not literally), “Ooooh goodeee! Wait till I tell my brother”!

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  11. MarkyMark says:

    HOLDING POWER TO ACCOUNT … HA H AH HAHA …c4318e5c-ff26-463e-83e3-1b1398dfdcc3-ecd922aa-a43d-4a0b-b01e-04b221b3382b

    …. HOLDING POWER TO ACCOUNT ……….

    Beth Rigby returns to Sky News after three-month ban for breaking Covid rules at Kay Burley’s birthday
    The broadcaster was removed from air after attending Kay Burley’s birthday bash
    https://inews.co.uk/news/media/beth-rigby-returns-sky-news-three-month-breaking-covid-rules-kay-burley-birthday-904106

    …….. FOLLOWING THE RULES ………….

    The broadcaster was removed from air after attending Kay Burley’s birthday bash

    ……… TELLING EVERYONE ABOUT THE RULES ………….

    The broadcaster was removed from air after attending Kay Burley’s birthday bash

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Well it looks like sir Gareth is a certainty – the england term posing on the door of number 10 Mohammed street next week – after having been dismantled by a proper ( Spanish ) team .

      Spanish shirts will be selling well in Glasgow …

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  12. Lucy Pevensey says:

    Does anyone remember when Toby B Liar was first elected and telly comedians became unfunny overnight?

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    • MarkyMark says:

      The Party is just about to begin.

      ““The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
      ― George Orwell, 1984”

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    • popeye says:

      Jeremy Hardy (The News Quiz) boasted that he would never make fun of a Labour politician – and he kept his job! Says it all about the BBC

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  13. Fedup2 says:

    The reds are setting up a ‘sovereign wealth fund ‘ – this isn’t the state surplus which normally becomes a ‘wealth fund ‘ – this is borrowed taxpayers ‘ money which will incur growing interest debt ….
    But as she always says – thr red chancellor worked at the Bank of England tea bar …

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    • MarkyMark says:

      ‘sovereign BOTTOMLESS TAX PAYER PIT fund ‘

      ……………………….

      In April 2020, the Health Secretary announced that over £13bn of NHS debt would be written off and converted to public dividend capital (PDC). This was part of a wide range of financial measures the Government brought in for health and social care during the current pandemic.

      £13bn
      £13bn
      £13bn

      https://www.health.org.uk/publications/reports/what-the-13bn-debt-write-off-means-for-the-nhs

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    • non-licence payer says:

      Fedup, there will be a bit of tax payer pump priming then they will invite (demand) the private pension funds to provide the bulk of the cash.

      There will be no bail out when the daft idea fails and they will have created round 2 of Equitable Life.

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  14. Doobster78 says:

    Absolute belter from the BBC Radio 2 news at 11am.

    Kier Starmer says that overcrowding in Prisons is worse that he thought (boo hoo) so will look at start releasing prisoners who have served 40% of their sentence , which the newsreader says, is the same Policy as the Tories would have had.

    Brilliant, so this policy isnt all cuddly and rosey in BBC world so lets blame it on the Tories even though its Labour acting on it NOW.

    They are filth who cannot hide their bias.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Bet the islamic terrorists are looking forward to freedom ..

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      • MarkyMark says:

        Jail toilets face away from Mecca
        Facilities in a prison are being built so Muslim inmates do not have to face Mecca while sitting on the toilet.
        The Home Office said two new toilet blocks are being installed as part of a refurbishment at Brixton jail in south London.

        http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4926114.stm

        Thursday, 20 April 2006, 10:10 GMT 11:10 UK

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  15. Doobster78 says:

    Compare and contrast

    to

    https://x.com/BethRigby/status/1810981333985861905

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  16. MarkyMark says:

    Money buys power – “Tech millionaire Zia Yusuf replaces Tice as Chairman. One of Reform’s largest donors, Yusuf played a role in the Reform ground campaign at large-scale rallies.”

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  17. MarkyMark says:

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  18. friend of yogi bear says:

    IT’S JUST A THOUGHT…

    I don’t buy into the theory that “Braraka barma” is running the US.

    His eight years in power did not go well , he was a significant disappointment to so many and that is one of the main reasons the US. ended up with Trump in the first place.
    For all his striding around being “cool” he seemed hopeless at doing anything of consequence. Occasionally he would pull a serious face and announce “something must be done” but usually failed to do anything…..Why would he want to be secretly in power? , he is not a man who has any ideas of his own , he has proved that many times over.
    Poor , pathetic Biden was passed over as a candidate in 2016 , when he might have had a legitimate expectation of his party’s support and surprisingly ,there is not and never has been much discussion of that inescapable fact.

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  19. MarkyMark says:

    Miliband overrules officials with immediate North Sea oil ban
    Energy Secretary faces dispute with oil companies as he seeks to block exploration

    By
    Jonathan Leake
    11 July 2024 • 11:04am

    …………….

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-59248858
    Ed Miliband: It’s a climate emergency…we need to declare it

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    • Fedup2 says:

      I do wonder what happens to any politician when they get infected with green crap ? I mean – is it ‘the lady wife ‘ – are there secrets that could come out ?

      Blighty needs money – oil brings money – no windfalls if there’s no oil – and it has to get imported …. Just mad …

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    • Guest Who says:

      Milipede might have dropped Starmer, and his necklace of adoring media mic holders, right in it with this. Not bad within a week.

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  20. andyjsnape says:

    Braverman sparks outrage after LGBTQ+ flag comments
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6p28g8qy3eo

    OUTRAGE! You can tell which side the bbc is on

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    • Guest Who says:

      Outrage can burn slow until it needs to explode.

      https://x.com/vigilantfox/status/1811056137640530235?s=61
      We’re in the midst of a trust crisis in the world of media, which is because so many in the legacy media have lied in order to preserve left-leaning narratives.

      Especially with those who have made trust their core foundation, now collapsing like a Milipedian wind turbine.

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      • G says:

        GW,

        “We’re in the midst of a trust crisis in the world of media, which is because so many in the legacy media have lied in order to preserve left-leaning narratives.”

        In support of your assertion above, the BBC just broadcast a US past advisor to Clinton (both), saying that Kamala Harris is now the go-to replacement for Biden…………”……..she’s very competent and, ARTICULATE…..”. That individual should be automatically banned from any future contribution to the BBC and their “Fake News” department should issue an apology.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Heterosexual exclusive club?!

      “Ms Braverman, MP for Fareham and Waterlooville in Hampshire, criticised the flying of the Progress Pride flag at the Home Office in comments that some found offensive.

      Designed in 2018, the flag was created to represent people of colour in the LGBTQ+ community, as well as the trans community and those living with HIV/Aids.”
      Ms Braverman, MP for Fareham and Waterlooville in Hampshire, criticised the flying of the Progress Pride flag at the Home Office in comments that some found offensive.

      Designed in 2018, the flag was created to represent people of colour in the LGBTQ+ community, as well as the trans community and those living with HIV/Aids.”
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6p28g8qy3eo

      In her speech, she said: “I couldn’t even get the flag of a horrible political campaign I disagreed with taken down from the roof of the government department I was supposed to be in charge of.”

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “Braverman in spat with Badenoch over ‘breakdown’ jibe”

      Two bold men fighting over a comb (tory party) **
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg3eqy1r5q0o

      ** sexist hate crime joke alert!

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  21. Guest Who says:

    The side the BBC is on has sunk even lower.

    https://camera-uk.org/2024/07/11/bbc-twos-newsnight-provides-a-platform-for-disinformation/?
    Despite the heads up that Loach’s politicised choice of earrings should have given to the Newsnight production team, Derbyshire failed to challenge either her predictable employment of the ‘genocide Joe’ slur used by both the far-Left and the far-Right or her promotion of disinformation concerning content published at The Lancet

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  22. MarkyMark says:

    You have 10 days to buy Amazon Prime!

    “Troops would run out of ammo within 10 days if Britain were to become directly involved in a war, recent war games have demonstrated, a former defence minister has claimed.26 Mar 2024”

    ……………

    Ukraine war: Western allies say they are running out of ammunition – BBC News

    “BBC once say Russia run out of ammunition 9 month ago”

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  23. MarkyMark says:

    “News reports indicate the Pentagon has sent an estimated 300,000 155mm howitzer shell rounds from War Reserve Stock Allies-Israel, maintained in Israel since the 1980s, to the Ukrainian military to counter Russia. The Israel-based stockpile, which Israel can access during emergencies, was sent out of the country to offset the reduced capability of domestic munitions production in the U.S. ”

    https://www.army.mil/article/274905/munitions_for_ukraine_observations_and_recommendations

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  24. Fedup2 says:

    It’s gonna be a banco holiday when Spain wins the euros – according to the current PM

    … at the end of the article there is a notice from The Guardian . I thought I’d read it – here it is –

    ‘This is what we’re up against
    Teams of lawyers from the rich and powerful trying to stop us publishing stories they don’t want you to see.
    Lobby groups with opaque funding who are determined to undermine facts about the climate emergency and other established science.
    Authoritarian states with no regard for the freedom of the press.
    Bad actors spreading disinformation online to undermine democracy.”
    ***
    I think there needs to be crowdfunding – to stop The Guardian

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  25. MarkyMark says:

    China poisoning the wells? HA HA HAH

    “A consortium of lenders to Thames Water’s parent company, Kemble, is made up entirely of foreign banks, including the Bank of China and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China – both of which are owned and controlled by the Chinese state. Dutch bank ING and Allied Irish Bank are also part of the creditor group.4 Apr 2024″

    ………………

    This once-idyllic spot, described in a local Cotswolds guide as a ‘haven’ of ‘breathtaking serenity’, is facing a rising tide of sewage that is, literally, flooding the area.

    According to Thames Water’s official live map, which tracks ‘discharges’ from storm overflows – outlets from the sewers designed to expel excess rainwater and sewage during wet weather – wastewater has been discharging in Milton-under-Wychwood for 46 hours at the time of writing.

    …………………….

    “Poisoning the well,” an accusation rooted in the 14th century Bubonic Plague, blames Jews for purposefully spreading disease. As the Black Death spread across Europe, Jews were accused of spreading the disease through public drinking wells. Thousands of innocent Jews were murdered in response.

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    • Rob in Cheshire says:

      Don’t have nightmares.

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    • gb123 says:

      I was half expecting to see David Cameron pop up as he seems to wheedle his way in to anything to get power and glory.

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  26. MarkyMark says:

    Another Committee has been created – HA HA HAH A!

    “An independent investigation of NHS performance in England has been ordered by the new health secretary.”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckdgjjd12qgo

    It comes as the latest waiting time figures for the NHS show the backlog for hospital care has gone up again, hitting 7.6 million.

    14 years to formulate a plan – create another committee to oversea the committee of committees.

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    • Guest Who says:

      They might need to get Baroness Shambolic in on this one if they need fingers pointed anywhere other than with those actually responsible.

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  27. Terminal Moraine says:

    12th century cathedral on fire in Rouen. Probably just another ‘accident’ (it was also undergoing restoration), to add to the hundreds of others in France.

    In May this year Rouen’s only synagogue was set on fire by an Algerian immigrant with a molotov cocktail.

    I expect MSM will not dwell on it long.

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  28. Terminal Moraine says:

    BBC News — “Greek basketball star Giannis Antetokounmpo is to become the first black athlete to bear the flag for Greece at the Olympics […] Antetokounmpo’s parents emigrated to Greece from Nigeria. For the first 18 years of his life, Antetokounmpo could not travel outside Greece and was effectively stateless, having no papers either from Greece or Nigeria.”

    No papers… in a 2019 article on the NBA player: “Greek government policy gave them no right to stay, but the family had no desire to leave… ” Even the BBC referred to this as ‘illegal’ migration. Five years later and that word is being erased out of existence.

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    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce4qg37g75go

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “If you use the language rules that your ideological opponent demands that you use, you cede (give up) the territory to them.” – {youtube – Jordan Peterson}

      Migrant …. “a person who moves from one place to another in order to find work or better living conditions.”

      Dreamer … a migrant with better dreams than anyone else.

      Irregular … a migrant that is different to those who live in the place they are heading.

      Undocumented .. a migrant who destroyed their documents for some reason.

      Iranian Migrant .. a migrant leaving the wonderful world of Tolerant Islam to live in the Intolerant Western World.

      ‘groomed’ …. There were examples of children who had been doused in petrol and threatened with being set alight, threatened with guns, made to witness brutally violent r*pes and threatened they would be next if they told anyone. Girls as young as 11 were raped by large numbers of male perpetrators. {Jay report}

      Racist…. a word to hide 1400(estimate) child rapes over 16 years in 1 Town.

      Islamophobe …. a word to stop you getting angry when 22 are murdered at a concert and your Prime Minister calls these people LOST.

      Hate Crime .. words to stop you hating the government and leaders.

      Brexit …. a word to describe racists and Islamophobe and people who like to hate things that are stupid.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Diversity is our … “According to racial equality activist Richard Lapchick, the NBA in 2021 was composed of 73.2 percent black players, 16.8 percent white players, 3.1 percent Latino players of any race, and 0.4 percent Asian players. “

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      • Lucy Pevensey says:

        MM,

        “Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.”

        “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.”

        “The real action is in the enemy’s reaction. The enemy properly goaded and guided in his reaction will be your major strength.”

        – Saul Alinsky
        Rules For Radicals

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        • MarkyMark says:

          His goal was to create a guide for future community organizers, to use in uniting low-income communities, or “Have-Nots”, in order for them to gain by any effective, non-violent means social, political, legal, environmental and economic wealth and power.[2]

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

          “Lest we forget at least an over-the-shoulder acknowledgment to the very first radical: from all our legends, mythology, and history (and who is to know where mythology leaves off and history begins— or which is which), the first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom — Lucifer”

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  29. Lucy Pevensey says:

    The US House has passed the SAVE Act, which would require proof of citizenship to vote:

    Republican Yea 216 Nay 0
    Democratic Yea 5 Nay 198

    It goes on to the Senate next. If it passes in the Senate Biden already said he would veto it (If he remembers what it is). If he vetos, it goes back to house and senate and he can be over ruled by 2/3.

    Why this wasn’t already law is beyond me.

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    • Doublethinker says:

      Lucy,
      I think that the Dems have a majority in the Senate and so there will be No vote.
      The reason why the border has been thrown open is to let in as many potential Dem voters as possible . They reason that migrants vote for them and not Republicans. but things aren’t going quite as straightforwardly as the Dems imagined.
      The existing US citizens of Latino and Black origin who obtained their voting rights by the long lawful process are resenting those rights being given to anyone who has just turned up illegally and they are turning against the Dems and supporting Trump in growing numbers.
      The latest info is that over 50% of Latinos and 30% of blacks support Trump. This will ensure that he wins in November unless of course it’s another fixed election.

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  30. Lucy Pevensey says:

    Christian Calgie, The Express

    “The Labour Party is pushing through its manifesto commitment to ban new drilling for oil and gas in the North Sea in a move that will delight party activists and should horrify the rest of us.

    It will drive up domestic energy bills and leave us totally exposed to the next energy shock. Even Labour-backing unions are up in arms at the move.

    Worse, it will do absolutely nothing to slow climate change, because the UK will be just as dependent on fossil fuels as before. The only difference is that we will have to source even more from overseas.

    Yesterday, I warned that green energy geek Miliband was plotting to destroy the English countryside by covering it with onshore wind and solar farms.

    Today, he has set out to destroy the nation’s finances, starting with our balance of payments.
    In the 2022/23, the most recent for which figures are available, the UK government generated £10.57 billion of revenues by taxing North Sea oil.

    The North Sea still has plenty of capacity, but from now on, it will slow to a trickle. And this will cost us a fortune.

    Don’t miss… BBC Today presenters accuse Ed Miliband of being ‘in hiding’ from interviews

    https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1881267/Ed-Miliband-hiding-net-zero-Labour

    It didn’t seem like much of a challenge but they’ve only posted a short outtake.

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  31. MarkyMark says:

    “You’ll be able to capture the attention of web users and search engines alike, thus improving your site’s traffic and ranking. The .Black domain name offers an exclusive platform for showcasing the richness and diversity of Black culture, enabling you to express your identity and values digitally.

    https://www.active-domain.com/dot-black

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  32. tomo says:

    ooh-err missus

    the knives are out – it’s at labourheartlands

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    elsewhere

    5 phone calls and 90 minutes on hold over two days to change an NHS appointment – in the end could only leave a voicemail, – no email, I ain’t clapping

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    • Fedup2 says:

      No email – no audit trail – no evidence – medical mafia …
      Job share Tuesday and Wednesday – 9 – 2 work life balance – working away from office – on customer care course… your call is very important – bad words will not be tolerated – suck it up …
      World beating ….

      If you know the extension number of the person you are calling – you shouldn’t ..

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      • tomo says:

        yup….

        That particular hospital has administrators that in a sane world would be out on their ear.

        Decades of serious f-ups and near wholly dysfunctional admin.

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    • kingkp says:

      “It was founded in July 1973, principally by American banker and philanthropist David Rockefeller, an internationalist who sought to address the challenges posed by the growing economic and political interdependence between the U.S. and its allies in North America, Western Europe, and Japan. The leadership of the organization has since focused on returning to ‘our roots as a group of countries sharing common values and a commitment to the rule of law, open economies and societies, and democratic principles [aka corporate fascism]’.
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilateral_Commission
      “We are grateful to the Washington Post, the New York Times, Time Magazine, and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost 40 years……It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subjected to the lights of publicity during those years. But, the world is more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government. The supernational sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the national auto-determination practiced in past centuries.”
      ― David Rockefeller

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  33. friend of yogi bear says:

    A MOMENT TO REFLECT…

    It’s been quite a week, the announcement of the new Labour Govt cabinet left my head spinning. Are these the best people they can put together…..and today I understand it all..Yes , in that moment when Keir Starker stated ,he had just spent time with Joe Biden and thinks he is fine…..the penny dropped..so Keir thinks Joe is fine….Let’s all remember that pearl for the next five years..A good slogan, “Keir thinks Joes fine”.
    It explains so much , today and for always. Ho-hum.

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  34. Fedup2 says:

    Friend
    In fairness starmer cannot say any thing other than joe is ‘ok ‘….
    But in the first week
    Destroyed the oil industry
    Increased dependency on oil imports
    Put up water bills as much as 44%
    Told prisoners they are being released
    Abandoned deportations
    Imported unelected people to the cabinet

    Not bad so far ….

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  35. Up2snuff says:

    STARMER LABOUR GOVERNMENT Watch #1 – “education, education, education” inflation, inflation, inflation

    Well, the glow did not last long! I was shopping in a well known store recently, (no names no pack drill) and I found one product that I wanted had increased in price by 43%! Another that I could have bought had increased in price by 25%. Offsetting that was a product that I used to buy but do so no longer, was a fall in price of 10%.

    Better keep that Cost of Living tab on the web-site going, BBC.

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  36. Doobster78 says:

    FFS Reform UK . Less than one frigging week and you give the MSM an open bloody goal to have another pop .

    Ben Habib been shunted out and not happy . Instead of saying nowt for the good of the party , he’s singing like a canary, giving the MSM all the ammunition they need.

    When will they f ing learn 😡 Infuriating infighting already .

    Surely to god , could have been handled better !!!!

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  37. MarkyMark says:

    Keir Starmer says Joe Biden ‘on really good form’
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9x8w9pxwllo

    We have arrived …

    “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
    ― George Orwell, 1984

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    • tomo says:

      One can imagine that somebody who didn’t take the knee might’ve given a more nuanced account and avoided direct compliments to the git shambling around the White House.

      embarrassing

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  38. MarkyMark says:

    ‘Russia now is like 1984’: Inside a Russian dystopian library
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckrr1k1xl0lo

    If the billboards in Ivanovo are to be believed, Russia’s really going places.

    “Record harvest!”

    “More than 2000km of roads repaired in Ivanovo Region!”

    “Change for the Better!”

    In this town, a four-hour drive from Moscow, a giant banner glorifying Russia’s invasion of Ukraine covers the entire wall of an old cinema. With pictures of soldiers and a slogan:

    “To Victory!”

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    “The situation now in Russia is similar to Nineteen Eighty-Four,” librarian Alexandra Karaseva tells me. “Total control by the government, the state and the security structures.”

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  39. tomo says:

    I missed this first time round

    W-T-A-F

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  40. Fedup2 says:

    Being out of the loop – is it true that NATO has said Ukraine will join one day ?
    If true – surely it gives putin even more drive to take the whole country ? Surely boots on the ground is what matters and Russia has a lot more of them and they are bigger …
    Firing off million £ missiles won’t win a war will it ?

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  41. wwfc says:

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  42. digg says:

    What nasty lying snakes lefties are….

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9x8w9pxwllo

    Starmer covering the obviously senile Biden’s arse simply because he’s another global leftie.

    How many years of this squirming and lying have we got to take from this tin-pot Government in bed with the BBC?

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  43. Lucy Pevensey says:

    I had concerns about this just before the election.

    Tech millionaire Zia Yusuf replaces Tice as Chairman.

    That’s why Habib is out. I thought it was a bit strange that this Charismatic man came out of nowhere campaigning for Reform just when they “needed” to prove they weren’t “racist” or “far right” They’ve handed power to the savage left.
    They will be hounded all the more now. Not less. No amount of Muslims and ethnic “minorities” in the party will ever be enough to stop the Marxists from accusing them.

    Reform is over for me. They won’t get my vote again.
    A tech millionaire, ex-Goldman-Sachs “all faiths” Muslim bought the party. Same pattern as the rest of them.

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    • JohnC says:

      Really ? – I think that is a bad move.

      The problem with putting Muslims in positions of power has nothing to do with their skin colour or the man himself. I’m sure he is a very decent individual if you meet him on the street.

      The problem is Islam. It’s a form of brainwashing. Never underestimate it’s power on even the best of people. It’s what lets a man hack another man’s head off with a knife and truly believe he is right to do it.

      I would like to know his HONEST views on Hamas before making any decision. I think this is a very bad move and as he is Reforms biggest donor, it has a whiff of corruption about it. Nigel has his good points but – like all politicians – he is definitely no saint.

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  44. Yasser Dasmibehbi says:

    The decision to change deputy leader to a MP is understandable, however, there is more to this than meets the eye, one thinks.
    This has been handled very badly. Ben is very popular with the membership. He was a huge asset during the campaign. If the announcement had been followed with a new appointment for him then that would be different. But it seems more like. “shove off, Ben we don’t need you anymore, we’ve got new friends now”
    Farage has learnt nothing about running a party.

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  45. Lucy Pevensey says:

    From David Vance on X

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    • JohnC says:

      Even this is outdated.

      I’ve noticed the BBC are sometimes avoiding ‘Left’ now and are using the word ‘liberal’ instead.

      Another command from the BBC elite social engineering commissars who direct the clones. I wonder who they are.

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  46. atlas_shrugged says:

    The president of the USA President Parkinson has just introduced the President of Ukraine as President Putin.

    The world is in safe hands.

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  47. Sluff says:

    Miss S was watching tv and they showed the NATO summit where sleepy Joe gingerly sat down next to SirKeer.
    Without thinking much she just said ‘ he’s got jaundice’.

    And I must admit, he did look a funny yellow colour.
    Blocked bile duct? Liver problems?
    Just thought I’d mention it.

       9 likes

    • atlas_shrugged says:

      Maybe President Parkinson should fill out a VAERS report:

      https://vigilantnews.com/post/bidens-neurodegenerative-syndrome-consistent-with-covid-19-vaccine-injury/

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    • JohnC says:

      They’ve been giving him a spray-tan Sluff to try and make him look younger. And God knows what drugs they are giving him now. He’s like some spaced-out creature from mars. Every single thing about the POTUS is now being faked.

      That meeting confirmed I am living in a different universe to the MSM. It was absolutely awkward with no chemistry whatsoever and both men were as far away from what I would expect as the leaders of the USA and UK as you can get. Yet the MSM are fawning over it as if they were ‘as one’.

      Joe was only partly there and Starmer was and empty shell devoid of charisma. Neither are fit for purpose IMHO.

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  48. Lucy Pevensey says:

    Donald Trump is The Orange Man, it won’t work for Biden 🙂

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