Seems I am first… so a bottle of fizz is called for…
Meanwhile the BBC are up to their usual filthy, anti-Israel antics… So forget the hundreds of innocent Israeli’s butchered by the Hamas thugs, its just one of those things…
Digg – hey come on – you really have got to hand it to the Islamic Hamas terrorist propaganda unit ( aka the BBC ) to put a story out like that … – next will be ‘iDF bites head off kitten – alleged ‘….
BBC bored if Gaza and Ukraine now – they’d rather report on ‘elderly presidential contender falling over on stage’ …
I’ve read this several times and though the senator is named checked several times, not one mention that he’s a democrat, but managed to get in that Trumps a republican
Bias by omission as usual
The article started with rentagob Jesse Philips talking about the intimidation she suffered during the election campaign. She was pushed close by adherents of a certain peaceful religion whose prime interest is warlike conditions thousands of miles from her constituency. Several other Labour candidates suffered similarly ( but whisper it quietly)
This migrated into an interview with Brendan Cox whose wife was killed by a Far Right sympathiser. Got that? Far Right. He continued the discussion about MP intimidation. Now to be fair, in his position, one has to have huge sympathy.
But just to show that the Left are quickly forgiven by the BBC for their sins , here is a piece from the BBC webshite itself from February 2018.
Quote
The husband of murdered MP Jo Cox, Brendan Cox, has quit two charities he set up in her memory after allegations of sexual assault were made public.
Mr Cox denied assaulting a woman in her 30s at Harvard University in 2015 – but admitted to “inappropriate” behaviour while working for Save the Children.
End quote.
There was one cursory mention of David Amess and no-one on hand to remember him.
In all of this extended article, a word beginning with M with 6 letters was never mentioned in the context of this intimidation of parliamentary candidates..
The contortions the BBC is willing to make in order not to show either the Left or a certain religion in a bad light is a wonder to behold.
Whichever way the current situation of this country is weighed up, there is only one solution. A harsh solution. The root of all existential problems whether it be, housing, NHS, those who are imprisoned etc etc.
Send ’em back.
Like Sweden, how long will it be before the nettle is grasped?
Talking of Sweden… there’s a short, info-free report on the BBC website, written in such a cryptic manner that alarm bells are ringing. ‘Two Brits* missing in Sweden as bodies found in car’. That would be a burnt-out car by the way, and the Swedish police are investigating it as a double murder.
What can it mean? A couple of innocent British tourists are visiting Malmo and tragically end up in the wrong place at the wrong time? Possibly, we don’t know at this stage. Malmo has some interesting tourist sites, but it has a dark side than inevitably comes with diversity. More than a third of its population is foreign born, with large numbers from the Middle East. It is one of Europe’s most violent and dangerous cities. Drug gangs fight over turf, with attacks by machines guns, bombs and hand grenades. Parts of the city are no-go areas for the authorities.
So yes, tourists do visit. But so do non-British ‘Brits’ who are involved with drugs, criminality and gangs. This is a story to watch, although details might be few and far between.
Sweden now part of NATO … “Birmingham boy killed in grenade explosion in Swedish apartment
This article is more than 7 years old
Yuusuf Warsame, eight, was visiting family in Gothenburg when projectile was thrown into flat in possible gang-related attack”
Messages from the phone showed he supplied almost 14 kilos of cocaine worth more than £1m, and quantities of cannabis to various associates during the weeks before his arrest.
Bladdy Johnson has been sniffing around DJT – the DT has the fat Old Etonian telling Trump to keep supporting Zelenski. I wonder what Johnson expects from Trump ….. About time somebody called BJ out, now that official diplomacy doesn’t require public politeness?
“14 October 2022, received £276,130 from the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB), 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 750 Washington DC, 20004-2608 US, for a speaking engagement. Transport and accommodation also provided for me and two members of staff. Hours: 8 hrs 30 mins. (Registered 04 November 2022)”
23 November 2022, received £215,275.98 from Televisao Independente, S.A. Rue Mario Castelhano, no40, Queluz de Baixo, 2734-502 Barcarena, Portugal, for a speaking engagement at CNN Global Summit Lisbon. Transport, food and accommodation provided for me and two members of staff. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 07 December 2022)
Columbus Ohio
Seems mile away from the Republican conference
homeless guy was having an altercation
He had a knife in his hand, didn’t drop it immediately
cops shot to kill
Seems like a reliable witness.
I would like to see the bodycam and I would bet anything the guy made some movement towards them despite being told to stop.
If they are close and he is holding a knife, that’s enough grounds.
But once they do open fire, they don’t hold back. They all join in. I expect they’ve seen enough of their own get stabbed to know not to take any chances.
Hoping someone could help. A year or two ago I remember seeing a video made I think by a teacher in Devon.
This suggested there were multiple shooters of JFK (I think 7). He also went on to suggest this was a conspiracy between the Mafia, CIA, and the Rockefellers and other powerful groups meeting in Texas.
What was also interesting about the video is the suggestion that the US backed pre WW2 Germany because of their use of slave labour.
So the film was outing the industrial-military complex and suggesting this was the reason behind the assassination.
I would be very grateful if someone had a link to this film. I have searched and searched but I guess yewwwtoob is not going to help.
Based on numerous eyewitness reports, as well as forensic evidence, I am quite sure that shots were fired at President Kennedy from behind, from the book depository, and from the front right, the grassy knoll.
I think the plot was cooked up by the CIA. They felt that JFK had let them down over Cuba, and was going to let them down over Vietnam. So they thought they were acting in the best interests of the USA. Others may disagree.
It was not a very difficult operation. President Kennedy was guarded by just nine Secret Service agents. His motorcade was officially deemed to have ended when it entered Dealey Plaza, and so there were no police officers stationed anywhere on this large public square. The assassin, or alleged assassin, was soon killed and unable to explain why he did it.
Just when you think the BBC cannot stoop any lower in their desperation to scrape as much empathy as possible from a situation without any regard for context or ethical responsibility, we get this article from ‘Fergal Keane’.
Fergal does ‘Panorama’ and in the middle of all the savage murder and killings going on, this low-life scumbag focusses on this one because the victim has Downs syndrome. And the entire article is from his mother. With no other evidence. And I don’t believe for one second she said what the BBC said : it’s just leaning too much to the standard ’empathy’ line these BBC scumbags want. I think Fergal took the basics of what she said then wrote all the empathy parts in himself.
He doesn’t mention how this story just happened to find it’s way for his mother to be in a position to ‘tell the BBC’ either.
The giveaway is this:
‘Muhammed’s brother, Jibreel, is haunted by what he found when he returned to his home’
I suspect that is the only picture Fergal has of Jibreel. Because that is a hole in the wall which Hamas use to move from house to house. Fergal doesn’t mention that because it places Hamas at the scene. One might wonder why Hamas didn’t take care of they boy later after Israel applied first aid. It would not surprise me in the least if Hamas finished him off then directed his mother to a BBC reporter to make this story.
It seems to me that they must have had other people (local Muslims) do the ‘interview’ then pass it to Fergal after translation to rewrite it use for this piece. Which is why the whole thing reads disjointed and curiously lacking on actual credible detail. I don’t think he ever met or spoke to her.
While researching Fergal, I found a place open for comments about something else he did. One was:
‘The question is why did Fergal Keane make such a subjective distorted programme 19 years later in the middle of the Palestinian Israeli conflict?’
‘Is Fergal Keane deliberately trying to inflame further unrest and hatred? It was a deliberate attempt to stage a TV trial of Israel’s democratically elected leader. The BBC is not a court. The tragic massacres were thoroughly investigated, and the BBC is ignoring the findings of tribunals in the U.S. and Israel. Please can the BBC ensure its journalism becomes more objective.’
Of course it had other comments like:
I would like to congratulate the BBC and Fergal Keane on presenting an objective, factual report of the tragedy in Lebanon.
By
Wissam Hussain
London
Thank you to Fergal Keane and the Panorama team for your courage and honesty in reporting the facts in spite of the immense pressure and the false accusations of anti-Semitism that the BBC came under
By
Nabil Tarazi
Stoke Poges, Bucks
Well done BBC and excellent work Fergal Keane.
By
Nadeem
London
If Keir Starmer wants to build over a million houses ( remembering nett immigration is 650,000 per year) then he will need a lot of builders, Brickies, sparkles, chippies, plumbers, even dare I say it, gas engineers. Shock. Horror. He might even have to build some new roads.
So… where will those of us who already have houses find brickies, sparkles, chippies, plumbers, and gas engineers when we need repairs? A lot of them are already working on HS2.
A mate down the road needs a new gas boiler. He contacted seven people recommended as installers by the manufacturers. He got one reply and one quote.
Stand by for lots of inflation for house repairs. Which will be hidden by the government. And the BBC.
Do they do degrees in ‘tradesman studies’?
Starmer is a typical lawyer and politician. He thinks if he says something should be done, it will somehow happen. It won’t. His old dad sounds like a far more practical man.
‘BBC correspondent Frank Gardner explains the key elements you need to include in a TV news story to tell it well’
A fine explanation for the usual identikit useless dross we get served up, such as reporters standing outside in pitch black night telling us what we already know and lamenting the hard times of a ‘randomly selected’ member of the public.
‘I’m teaching my kids to be better losers than me’ – nope, not a quote from Gareth Southgate or Vaughan Gething… this was an opinion piece by Vogue Williams in the left-leaning poundshop junior Guardian that is the ‘i’ newspaper: Three years ago my husband and I played a tennis match and I beat him – I still bring it up – calm down luv
I love winning – I think everyone does – but that’s not to say I win all the time. I started my career as a model… (humble brag – as the teenagers would say) …and I got turned down for more jobs than I got. When I lived in Australia I was cast on Dancing with the Stars and soon realised people of my height don’t always make the best dancers.
Sometimes… these segueways…
Zara: My Strictly ordeal (Sun); Show scandal fallout… Strictly new regime… BBC chaperone pledge as TV star Zara opens up over ‘abuse’ (Mirror) – remarkably plaudits for best headline to this strictly tabloid celeb tale, however, go to the Times: Now it takes three to tango
The gynaeceum that is BBC news staff dance past this story with their double whammy headline for the day’s newspaper headlines: Southgate resigns and Starmer ‘to take brakes off’ building (BBC)
The online BBC news page could hardly completely side-step all mention of it: A timeline of how the Strictly saga has unfolded (BBC) – now, like many hereabouts I’m sure, I’m bored and couldn’t care less that Graziano has been ordered to Foxtrot Oscar from the show
But on the other hand… I would have thought that the lady celeb professional dance teaching partner would inevitably have been somewhat of an admixture of a besequined, tight trousered and dashing (very possibly gay) hunk and a regimental drill sergeant. Given the tight timescale (to go along with the tight pants) think of a cross between Lionel Blair and that lemon squeezer-hatted US Marine bloke out of the Vietnam movie Full Metal Jacket
In a statement on Instagram, [Graziano Di Prima] said he “deeply regrets” the events leading up to his departure and acknowledged that his “intense passion and determination to win might have affected my training regime” (BBC)
Meanwhile, the left do seem to love a cuddly loser who didn’t win – the left-leaning Metro: Dear Gareth… we really are thankful for everything you’ve done; The Labour-supporting Mirror: Man of honour… Fond farewell; the leftist Guardian‘The honour of my life’
Interestingly, the more conservative leaning titles remain dubious – more closely reflecting fan reaction: The regime obsequious Express genuflects to royalty on this one: William pays tribute to ‘class act’ Southgate; the mildly conservative, selling England by the pound Telegraph thinks it best we outsource: Oliver Brown The FA must look beyond our shores for a world-class manager – Sven-Göran Eriksson… Fabio Capello… that went well (sarc)
The Daily Star as is often the case, is off in cloud cuckoo land: If not Klopp we’d settle for Pep. Thank you – poison chalice anyone?
There’s an axis of evil abroad. A three-sided warmongering alliance. The old neocons, the globalist corporate interests and lefty former peaceniks. Read; Telegraph, FT, Guardian
Johnson asks Trump to stand by Ukraine (Telegraph)
Ukraine aid thrown in doubt… Trump’s choice of Vance as deputy fuels European fears for security ties (FT)
Likewise sentiment in the Gruan: Fears in Europe reignite over Vance
All we are saying – is don’t give peace a chance
And finally
Lies that led to downfall of a fantasist nurse (BBC)
Don’t say they’ve finally sussed the Mary Seacole story is a fraud?
Tanya Nasir claimed this picture of her as an Army medic was taken in Kenya – it was a lie (BBC)
I really hope the FA sign up another suitably mediocre manager to produce suitably mediocre losers’ football – but no doubt he /she / it will be inclusive and woke and an under achiever (cheap) .
In our time Gareth will get his gong – starmer will probably make him a labour peer ….for not having won anything ….
“We want to double down on our commitment to Ukraine,” Mr Lammy said, as dragonflies swooped over a tranquil lake and a pair of majestic eagles circled overhead.
“Following a meeting with President Zelensky and his counterpart Defence Minister Rustem Umerov, Mr Healey said the UK would provide more artillery guns, a quarter-of-a-million ammunition rounds and nearly 100 precision Brimstone missiles.” https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cne4wypn23wo
“Ukrainian officials stated publicly in March 2023 that it needs 20,000 artillery shells per day for its roughly 300 Western-made artillery systems to support its ground operations effectively. At best they have received enough shells to fire 9,000 per day,”
Some years ago there was a furore over ‘complicated’ train ticket pricing. Apparently it was just so confusing.
Labour will solve this problem. They are re-nationalising the railways. Which means all prices will either be equally high or else funded by non-travelling taxpayers.
So in future it will cost a lot more to visit …….errr…..illegal immigrants living in their brand new houses built on green belt.
It’s what the voting public wants. Apparently.
Although we already have a nationalised railway system in all but name. The previous government had to step in and take over many failing rail franchises. And plenty of those which remain private are also ‘nationalised’, it just so happens that it’s the French, Italian and Hong Kong governments that own them, rather than the British government.
The then Prime Minister was about to sign-off the move when mandarins said: “You do know that this means nationalisation?” – so the story circulated among railway bosses goes at least.
Truss ultimately did an about turn on the idea to protect her principles.
Fares Fair was a public policy advocated by the Labour Party administration of the Greater London Council (GLC), then led by Ken Livingstone. The policy of low public transport fares was implemented in 1981, but was later ruled to be illegal in the courts and rescinded the following year.
“Mr Sikorski said he looked forward to “a more pragmatic approach” from Britain to its relationship with Europe and said the two ministers had discussed “some creative ideas of how to further that”.”
‘Five big problems the Starmer Government has to fix’ says the BBC in full lecturing mode. Is stopping immigration and sending them back one of the five? What do you think? Have a guess.
What is the subject of your complaint? No mention of Rishi “UK exporter of energy” News
Hello,
This is big news, we will soon have cheaper bills and even export energy to other countries but none of your BBC news picked this up. “UK to become a net exporter of electricity.” (c) Rishi Sunak 11.06.2024 https://youtu.be/3CNThBxJjm4?t=2368#Conservative Party launch manifesto
It does beg the question why isn’t the UK doing this already or why aren’t we after 14 years of Tory power we in a position to sell energy or why haven’t Labour go the same policy?
Plus how is this going to be achieved? This is big news missed by the BBC.
Thanks, Mr.H
Feminist T-shirts worn by politicians allegedly made in sweatshop conditions
This article is more than 9 years old
Mail on Sunday says Fawcett Society T-shirts worn by Miliband, Clegg and Harman made by female workers paid 62p an hour
Guest – I wonder who listens to those podcasts ? Presumably it’s lefty disciples of mad Al? The BBC is forever Pushing their podcasts – but again – who listens ? And I wonder if they have to ‘obey ‘ in theory BBCOFCOM rules – actually – as I write I realise how dumb I am …
Rylan: How to Be…
How to Be in the Spotlight – Rylan explores the good, the bad and the ugly of what it’s like to be thrust into the public eye – with those who’ve lived to tell the tale.
The young assassin who tried to kill Trump must have been very naive if he thought that he would be allowed to live after he got his shots away no matter what they told him.
Eg , guest – the YouTube is covered in ex secret service people who cannot believe the behaviour of the current crop .
How Obama Biden is going to cover up either the conspiracy or incompetence will be some to see . Presumably they ll deflect and blame president trump ..
Gaddafi wants EU cash (£4bn) to stop African migrants {bbc.co.uk aug2010}
“Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi says the EU should pay Libya at least 5bn euros (£4bn; $6.3bn) a year to stop illegal African immigration and avoid a ‘black Europe’.
…
‘We don’t know what will happen, what will be the reaction of the white and Christian Europeans faced with this influx of starving and ignorant Africans,’ Col Gaddafi said…
…
He told them that Islam should become the religion of Europe and gave them free copies of the Koran, after he had lectured them for an hour on the freedoms enjoyed by women in Libya.”
Aug 2010 … fast forward … Nov 2016
Migrant crisis: Turkey (Erdogan) threatens EU with new surge (EU Tax Payers are paying Erdogan £2.6 billion) {bbc.co.uk nov2016}
“Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned that he will let hundreds of thousands of migrants travel on to Europe if pushed by the EU.
…
‘Listen to me: these border gates will be opened if you go any further,’ he warned the EU on Friday.”
Sluff – why did they (NGOs?) burn the rubber boats (environmentally a bad idea) when they could just rip a hole in the middle to sink it?
TOADY Watch #1 – what are the presenters worried about?
Lots of mentions this morning of NIMBYs objecting to the widescale housing developments planned by the present Labour Government, re the King’s Speech as he opens the new Parliament today. What are the Beeboids worried about? The destruction of the green-belt? The inevitable lack of infrastructure, roads, hospitals, power stations, doctor’s surgeries, schools? The Beeboid’s seven bed, semi-mansions in beautiful countryside in the Cotswolds?
Or will the NIMBYs object to a Beeboids ‘Buy-to-Let’ empire being expanded by several homes.
The interests of existing residents are of no importance compared with the interests of immigrants with no allegiance to this country apart from its benefits system.
Flotsam, for sure. And we care about the inevitable lack of infrastructure, roads, hospitals, power stations, doctor’s surgeries, schools that came with the ‘Prescott Plan’ of the previous Labour government.
Wildlife TV presenter Chris Packham wins four-year battle to stop plans to build 5,200 homes on acres of ancient woodland near his home
Controversial plans were earmarked near Bishopstoke and Fair Oak, Hampshire
Eastleigh Borough Council says it will remove the scheme from its Local Plan
Mr Packham was a fundamental part of the campaign against ‘eco-vandalism’
But a bitter four year campaign by locals and Mr Packham claimed the plans would destroy protected woodlands, greenfield habitats and damage rare species.
A secret pleasure – reading the latest scam scheme by the emir of londonistan to fleece taxpayers . This time it’s a ‘driveway tax’ because rainwater is running off the -er – ground .
I suppose TFL will put up their own drone fleet or satellite to measure the size of every drive in londonistan and send the bill .
I remember – some time ago – replacing my little front garden with somewhere to park and paying a fee to the socialist council for a ‘dropped curb ‘ so glad I did it because the charge is now in the thousands and I have somewhere to park the car the emir made me sell …
Meanwhile those ULEZ cameras are still coming down ..
77 brigade note intro file re dropped curb hostility …
Has anyone else noticed how calm and tranquil the BBC’s UK political coverage has suddenly become?
It’s quite remarkable. No more s***stirring, no more discord. Reverential government treatment on Toady..
If I didn’t know any better, I’d swear the BBC is fully supportive of our new Labour government.
Proof? The Welsh Labour leader resigned yesterday over a donation scandal after 4 of his ministers resigned. It was second on the news after the resignation of a footie manager !
And today? In-depth analysis? Interviews? Scandal?
Not a peep. It doesn’t even make it to ‘also in news’ on the webshite.
Amazing.
Just had a scan of the BBC’s ‘corrections’ page and think I might check it regularly from now on.
This one caught my eye:
BBC London
23 May 2024
‘In a report on BBC London we wrongly described an incident outside a London cinema as a vigil. We should have been clear it was a protest and we apologise for this. The correct description has been used in our online report. We clarified this on the following night’s programme.’
It tells me precisely nothing. Which always pricks my interest at the BBC because they are ALWAYS hiding something.
So it took a bit of sleuthing to find out what they are talking about and it was this :
Watch: BBC describes pro-Palestine protest outside London cinema as a ‘vigil’ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/24/bbc-pro-palestine-protest-outside-london-cinema/
‘The broadcast was met with criticism online from those who said the BBC had shown “horrendous bias” in its coverage.’
So that’s it. A totally deliberate, dishonest report in favour of their own agenda and the only punishment is to print a correction which makes no reference to the lie they told.
This is exactly how they work : they keep pushing the boundary of their bias until they go too far and there is a big backlash like this. So then they pull it back a bit and let that be the new boundary. Then they do it again and again. Each time the boundary is just a bit further out.
This farce where the BBC are their own judge and jury is ridiculous. GB News would have had OFCOM straight onto them.
“We want to double down on our commitment to Ukraine,” Mr Lammy said, as dragonflies swooped over a tranquil lake and a pair of majestic eagles circled overhead. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cne4wypn23wo
“Since the Cold War, European countries and the United States have progressively scaled down their munitions manufacturing capabilities. As one example, in 2013, Finland was on the brink of shutting down its only gunpowder manufacturing facility, despite its reputation as a model in Europe for robust national defense and military preparedness. ”
Finland officially joined the alliance exactly one year ago today after receiving unanimous approval from the member states, as is required to join the alliance. Sweden became NATO’s newest member in March.4 Apr 2024
Not BBC but German press — Compact Magazine is shut down by the gov. Web site is down. Interior minister Nancy Faeser:
“The magazine is the mouthpiece of the right-wing extremist movement, inciting unspeakable hatred against Jews, people with an immigrant background and our parliamentary democracy. Our ban is a major blow to the right-wing extremist scene. It shows that we are also taking action against the people who are inciting hatred, encouraging the use of violence against refugees and migrants and seeking to overthrow our democratic state. The message we are sending is perfectly clear: We will not tolerate any efforts made to define who belongs in Germany or not based on ethnicity.”
🇩🇪 Extraordinary scenes in Germany as police raid the home of Jürgen Elsässer, the publisher of the right-wing Compact Magazine, and remove various belongings from his residence outside Berlin.
Germany's interior minister has placed a blanket ban on the entire publication.
There is a proposal to build a solar farm on a few acres of precious Cheshire farmland about half a mile away from where I live. We were recently leafleted with a pamphlet inviting us to a open day to show us what they will build, no word of anything that might be described as a consultation. There seems to be an assumption that they will be allowed to build it. I was heartened to find a couple of comments in our local web site:
“Solar farms and wind farms are not as green as you might think. They are just a blot on the landscape. No sun no power, no wind no power, and when the wind is a little strong they have to be turned off!”
“What a shame we have another one of these installations being allowed to go ahead. This takes away more land that can be better used for farming and to cut down on imports. The products used in solar and wind farms are not recycleable and will all have to go to landfill eventually, not that green. The faster they move to nuclear the better.”
China, the world’s biggest renewable equipment manufacturer, will set up a recycling system for ageing wind turbines and solar panels as it tries to tackle the growing volumes of waste generated by the industry, the state planner said.17 Aug 2023
DJT is still at risk…. as are any “non approved” figures …..
This is Robert Evans. He maintains close ties with antifa terrorists and terrorist groups. In 2022, he was given the threatening demands by Jane's Revenge to publish following an attack in Wisconsin. In effect, he acted as an unofficial spokesman for the terror group. Jane's… pic.twitter.com/RTaxFAI81j
BBC not happy – it wants breeders knocking out more than 2 kids to have unlimited tax subsidies – so far the reds have decided not to dump the limit – yet – but i think we can expect a BBC campaign plus some second rate loser footy player ……
“lawfully sacked for writing tweets which criticised government policies.” {bbc.co.uk aug2019} – the death of freedom of speech.
1765 …. **In a republic worthy of name, freedom to publish one ’s thoughts is a citizen’s natural right.** They may use a pen or their voice, and should not be prevented from writing any more than speaking …That is the law in England, a monarchical country, where people are freer than elsewhere because they are more enlightened. – Voltaire, Republican Ideas, 1765
2018 … In addition to reporting hate crime, please report non-crime hate incidents, **which can include things like offensive or insulting comments, online, in person or in writing**. Hate will not be tolerated in South Yorkshire. Report it and put a stop to it #HateHurtsSY – UK South Yorkshire Police, 2018
1765 … **In a republic worthy of name, freedom to publish one’s thoughts is a citizen’s natural right.**
2018 … **which can include things like offensive or insulting comments, online, in person or in writing**
Pension fund managers have only one duty, to grow my pot to give me a comfortable retirement. .. . But no.
Labour are to force Pension funds to “invest” into the things they want my money spent on.
Typical socialists.
Starmer minions are trying to find a form of words to cover the theft of pensions and swerve ending up on wrong end of a pitchfork or dangling from lampposts?
The government will “play its part” in trying to secure “long-term peace and security in the Middle East”, the King says. In reference to the war in Gaza, the King says the government is “committed” to a two-state solution – with a “safe and secure Israel alongside a viable and sovereign Palestinian state”.
It’s coming up to two weeks since the UK election and I find that apart from Starmer and Lammy the Clown , I have no idea who is in the cabinet or what post anyone holds and what is more I don’t want to know, I simply don’t care. This is I think the first time since the early seventies, when I was a student , that I haven’t known who most members of the cabinet were .
I rationalise this by thinking that I know all manner of lunatic policies will be adopted, mass migration, votes to toddlers, cover every bit of land with a house, wind farm or solar farm, etc etc etc. I am braced for the end the country I know , or knew, I expect it to happen , I pity those who will have to live in it for most of their lives and I regret that it is my generation who started it all off by voting Blair ( I didn’t but most of my friends and family did) . I find it just too painful to watch the death throes of my country so as far as I can I seal myself off.
However I remain very interested in American and European politics because if we are going to saved from ourselves help will have to come from overseas.
They don’t give a toss about the number of votes only the seats they have in the HoC. Blair felt he made a mistake in 1997 by being to cautious in his initial legislative programme . You can that they aren’t going to repeat that mistake. The plan is to enact radical change and to make very difficult to reverse those changes. We are in the poo big time.
Nobody wants to hear this because of the implications, but oh well: Joe Biden’s security regime deliberately and with malice aforethought created the conditions that led to an assassin shooting Donald Trump in the head. It is by the grace of God that he lived and our nation is…
All true. The shooter must have been “radicalized” in some way. But how? He must have been the only person in America to have no internet footprint. If that’s not suspicious, nothing is.
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Seems I am first… so a bottle of fizz is called for…
Meanwhile the BBC are up to their usual filthy, anti-Israel antics… So forget the hundreds of innocent Israeli’s butchered by the Hamas thugs, its just one of those things…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz9drj14e0lo
btw BBC can’t fault your near perfect photo montage of of the poor affected Hamas folks!
Makes me wonder how many radical Islamists work tirelessly to bring this crap to the BBC output.
Digg – hey come on – you really have got to hand it to the Islamic Hamas terrorist propaganda unit ( aka the BBC ) to put a story out like that … – next will be ‘iDF bites head off kitten – alleged ‘….
BBC bored if Gaza and Ukraine now – they’d rather report on ‘elderly presidential contender falling over on stage’ …
Whohoo 2nd!!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz5r16p1m0rt
I’ve read this several times and though the senator is named checked several times, not one mention that he’s a democrat, but managed to get in that Trumps a republican
Bias by omission as usual
An amazing piece on Toady this morning.
The article started with rentagob Jesse Philips talking about the intimidation she suffered during the election campaign. She was pushed close by adherents of a certain peaceful religion whose prime interest is warlike conditions thousands of miles from her constituency. Several other Labour candidates suffered similarly ( but whisper it quietly)
This migrated into an interview with Brendan Cox whose wife was killed by a Far Right sympathiser. Got that? Far Right. He continued the discussion about MP intimidation. Now to be fair, in his position, one has to have huge sympathy.
But just to show that the Left are quickly forgiven by the BBC for their sins , here is a piece from the BBC webshite itself from February 2018.
Quote
The husband of murdered MP Jo Cox, Brendan Cox, has quit two charities he set up in her memory after allegations of sexual assault were made public.
Mr Cox denied assaulting a woman in her 30s at Harvard University in 2015 – but admitted to “inappropriate” behaviour while working for Save the Children.
End quote.
There was one cursory mention of David Amess and no-one on hand to remember him.
In all of this extended article, a word beginning with M with 6 letters was never mentioned in the context of this intimidation of parliamentary candidates..
The contortions the BBC is willing to make in order not to show either the Left or a certain religion in a bad light is a wonder to behold.
What a line!
The first Islamic country with nuclear weapons is the UK!!!!
JDVance.
Not quite there yet but give it time. The direction of travel is clear to all except the wilfully blind.
Sluff – somehow I think the trident re targeting will be Tehran Islamabad – Mecca – Kabul .. riyadh .. tower hamlets …. Luton .. Bradford … newham …
Whichever way the current situation of this country is weighed up, there is only one solution. A harsh solution. The root of all existential problems whether it be, housing, NHS, those who are imprisoned etc etc.
Send ’em back.
Like Sweden, how long will it be before the nettle is grasped?
Talking of Sweden… there’s a short, info-free report on the BBC website, written in such a cryptic manner that alarm bells are ringing. ‘Two Brits* missing in Sweden as bodies found in car’. That would be a burnt-out car by the way, and the Swedish police are investigating it as a double murder.
What can it mean? A couple of innocent British tourists are visiting Malmo and tragically end up in the wrong place at the wrong time? Possibly, we don’t know at this stage. Malmo has some interesting tourist sites, but it has a dark side than inevitably comes with diversity. More than a third of its population is foreign born, with large numbers from the Middle East. It is one of Europe’s most violent and dangerous cities. Drug gangs fight over turf, with attacks by machines guns, bombs and hand grenades. Parts of the city are no-go areas for the authorities.
So yes, tourists do visit. But so do non-British ‘Brits’ who are involved with drugs, criminality and gangs. This is a story to watch, although details might be few and far between.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c51ypvlwj58o
* ‘Brits’ was a term used by the IRA to describe Britons. It is not in common parlance by ordinary British people.
Sweden now part of NATO … “Birmingham boy killed in grenade explosion in Swedish apartment
This article is more than 7 years old
Yuusuf Warsame, eight, was visiting family in Gothenburg when projectile was thrown into flat in possible gang-related attack”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/22/birmingham-schoolboy-killed-in-grenade-explosion-in-sweden
Ian,
“Drug gangs fight over turf, with attacks by machines guns, bombs and hand grenades. Parts of the city are no-go areas for the authorities.”
Yes, and I’ll have a fiver bet with you that the Swedish equivalent of the UK Home Office will have already banned such weapons……………
The existing legislation is a joke in both Sweden and the UK.
Best part of the UK element? The Home Office are churning the ‘banning’ legislation out like they have nothing else to do (no doubt the case).
“Albanian national Klejdi Kazani, 24, was jailed for seven years in May 2022 after he was caught with a self-loading pistol and ammunition while he drove on the M1 in Hertfordshire in August 2021.”
https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/jailed-albanian-firearms-supplier-was-also-drug-dealer
Messages from the phone showed he supplied almost 14 kilos of cocaine worth more than £1m, and quantities of cannabis to various associates during the weeks before his arrest.
Early release……………
Bladdy Johnson has been sniffing around DJT – the DT has the fat Old Etonian telling Trump to keep supporting Zelenski. I wonder what Johnson expects from Trump ….. About time somebody called BJ out, now that official diplomacy doesn’t require public politeness?
What a git – seems others might’ve noticed:
Did he do the peppa pig gig ? Even the Americans know a loser when they see ones… wanna buy his book ?
Like how people sat at the back! HA HA HA!
Boris Johnson loses speech notes, talks about Peppa Pig instead
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Columbus Ohio
Seems mile away from the Republican conference
homeless guy was having an altercation
He had a knife in his hand, didn’t drop it immediately
cops shot to kill
witness video https://x.com/ScooterCasterNY/status/1813306607113035896
Stew, something is strange about this because the RNC was happening in Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Not in The State of Ohio.
Seems like a reliable witness.
I would like to see the bodycam and I would bet anything the guy made some movement towards them despite being told to stop.
If they are close and he is holding a knife, that’s enough grounds.
But once they do open fire, they don’t hold back. They all join in. I expect they’ve seen enough of their own get stabbed to know not to take any chances.
Hoping someone could help. A year or two ago I remember seeing a video made I think by a teacher in Devon.
This suggested there were multiple shooters of JFK (I think 7). He also went on to suggest this was a conspiracy between the Mafia, CIA, and the Rockefellers and other powerful groups meeting in Texas.
What was also interesting about the video is the suggestion that the US backed pre WW2 Germany because of their use of slave labour.
So the film was outing the industrial-military complex and suggesting this was the reason behind the assassination.
I would be very grateful if someone had a link to this film. I have searched and searched but I guess yewwwtoob is not going to help.
I don’t know the film you mention.
Based on numerous eyewitness reports, as well as forensic evidence, I am quite sure that shots were fired at President Kennedy from behind, from the book depository, and from the front right, the grassy knoll.
I think the plot was cooked up by the CIA. They felt that JFK had let them down over Cuba, and was going to let them down over Vietnam. So they thought they were acting in the best interests of the USA. Others may disagree.
It was not a very difficult operation. President Kennedy was guarded by just nine Secret Service agents. His motorcade was officially deemed to have ended when it entered Dealey Plaza, and so there were no police officers stationed anywhere on this large public square. The assassin, or alleged assassin, was soon killed and unable to explain why he did it.
Any of this sound familiar?
America’s Untold Stories on YouTube has probably the best spread of JFK coverage …
– look at their catalogue
Gaza man with Down’s syndrome attacked by IDF dog and left to die, mother tells BBC
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz9drj14e0lo
Just when you think the BBC cannot stoop any lower in their desperation to scrape as much empathy as possible from a situation without any regard for context or ethical responsibility, we get this article from ‘Fergal Keane’.
Fergal does ‘Panorama’ and in the middle of all the savage murder and killings going on, this low-life scumbag focusses on this one because the victim has Downs syndrome. And the entire article is from his mother. With no other evidence. And I don’t believe for one second she said what the BBC said : it’s just leaning too much to the standard ’empathy’ line these BBC scumbags want. I think Fergal took the basics of what she said then wrote all the empathy parts in himself.
He doesn’t mention how this story just happened to find it’s way for his mother to be in a position to ‘tell the BBC’ either.
The giveaway is this:
![117320c0-437f-11ef-9219-93a4ca544fb6.png.webp](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/a6ab/live/117320c0-437f-11ef-9219-93a4ca544fb6.png.webp)
‘Muhammed’s brother, Jibreel, is haunted by what he found when he returned to his home’
I suspect that is the only picture Fergal has of Jibreel. Because that is a hole in the wall which Hamas use to move from house to house. Fergal doesn’t mention that because it places Hamas at the scene. One might wonder why Hamas didn’t take care of they boy later after Israel applied first aid. It would not surprise me in the least if Hamas finished him off then directed his mother to a BBC reporter to make this story.
It seems to me that they must have had other people (local Muslims) do the ‘interview’ then pass it to Fergal after translation to rewrite it use for this piece. Which is why the whole thing reads disjointed and curiously lacking on actual credible detail. I don’t think he ever met or spoke to her.
While researching Fergal, I found a place open for comments about something else he did. One was:
‘The question is why did Fergal Keane make such a subjective distorted programme 19 years later in the middle of the Palestinian Israeli conflict?’
‘Is Fergal Keane deliberately trying to inflame further unrest and hatred? It was a deliberate attempt to stage a TV trial of Israel’s democratically elected leader. The BBC is not a court. The tragic massacres were thoroughly investigated, and the BBC is ignoring the findings of tribunals in the U.S. and Israel. Please can the BBC ensure its journalism becomes more objective.’
Of course it had other comments like:
I would like to congratulate the BBC and Fergal Keane on presenting an objective, factual report of the tragedy in Lebanon.
By
Wissam Hussain
London
Thank you to Fergal Keane and the Panorama team for your courage and honesty in reporting the facts in spite of the immense pressure and the false accusations of anti-Semitism that the BBC came under
By
Nabil Tarazi
Stoke Poges, Bucks
Well done BBC and excellent work Fergal Keane.
By
Nadeem
London
Bloody great rats they have out there…
I’d say we have more than enough here too.
BBC Getty again excels.
https://x.com/bbcnews/status/1813248096198852836?s=61
Government expected to announce shoplifting crackdown
Next up: William Tell Jr. on that shot.
Normal service is resumed.
https://x.com/bbcnews/status/1813253772606341500?s=61
Interest rates could stay higher for longer, warns IMF
Savers!
https://x.com/bbcnews/status/1813171540332040328?s=61
Battle for savers most intense for 12 years
Update. Still excelling.
https://x.com/bbcpolitics/status/1813476115152769250?s=61
Labour to nationalise criminals?
If Keir Starmer wants to build over a million houses ( remembering nett immigration is 650,000 per year) then he will need a lot of builders, Brickies, sparkles, chippies, plumbers, even dare I say it, gas engineers. Shock. Horror. He might even have to build some new roads.
So… where will those of us who already have houses find brickies, sparkles, chippies, plumbers, and gas engineers when we need repairs? A lot of them are already working on HS2.
A mate down the road needs a new gas boiler. He contacted seven people recommended as installers by the manufacturers. He got one reply and one quote.
Stand by for lots of inflation for house repairs. Which will be hidden by the government. And the BBC.
Do they do degrees in ‘tradesman studies’?
650,000 known, plus Wife(s), children, family, easily 4 x the amount 🙁
Starmer is a typical lawyer and politician. He thinks if he says something should be done, it will somehow happen. It won’t. His old dad sounds like a far more practical man.
Yes, his father was a tool maker. Starmer is the biggest one he ever made.
Purely by chance I came across this BBC webshite resource.
Called BBC Academy
https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/article/how-to-tell-tv-news-stories-frank-gardner/
‘BBC correspondent Frank Gardner explains the key elements you need to include in a TV news story to tell it well’
A fine explanation for the usual identikit useless dross we get served up, such as reporters standing outside in pitch black night telling us what we already know and lamenting the hard times of a ‘randomly selected’ member of the public.
There’s always these guys.
https://x.com/bbcyoungreport/status/1813541672342454621?s=61
Statistics can show us things about the, but when can you trust them?
Me either.
‘I’m teaching my kids to be better losers than me’ – nope, not a quote from Gareth Southgate or Vaughan Gething… this was an opinion piece by Vogue Williams in the left-leaning poundshop junior Guardian that is the ‘i’ newspaper: Three years ago my husband and I played a tennis match and I beat him – I still bring it up – calm down luv
I love winning – I think everyone does – but that’s not to say I win all the time. I started my career as a model… (humble brag – as the teenagers would say) …and I got turned down for more jobs than I got. When I lived in Australia I was cast on Dancing with the Stars and soon realised people of my height don’t always make the best dancers.
Sometimes… these segueways…
Zara: My Strictly ordeal (Sun); Show scandal fallout… Strictly new regime… BBC chaperone pledge as TV star Zara opens up over ‘abuse’ (Mirror) – remarkably plaudits for best headline to this strictly tabloid celeb tale, however, go to the Times: Now it takes three to tango
The gynaeceum that is BBC news staff dance past this story with their double whammy headline for the day’s newspaper headlines: Southgate resigns and Starmer ‘to take brakes off’ building (BBC)
The online BBC news page could hardly completely side-step all mention of it: A timeline of how the Strictly saga has unfolded (BBC) – now, like many hereabouts I’m sure, I’m bored and couldn’t care less that Graziano has been ordered to Foxtrot Oscar from the show
But on the other hand… I would have thought that the lady celeb professional dance teaching partner would inevitably have been somewhat of an admixture of a besequined, tight trousered and dashing (very possibly gay) hunk and a regimental drill sergeant. Given the tight timescale (to go along with the tight pants) think of a cross between Lionel Blair and that lemon squeezer-hatted US Marine bloke out of the Vietnam movie Full Metal Jacket
In a statement on Instagram, [Graziano Di Prima] said he “deeply regrets” the events leading up to his departure and acknowledged that his “intense passion and determination to win might have affected my training regime” (BBC)
Meanwhile, the left do seem to love a cuddly loser who didn’t win – the left-leaning Metro: Dear Gareth… we really are thankful for everything you’ve done; The Labour-supporting Mirror: Man of honour… Fond farewell; the leftist Guardian ‘The honour of my life’
Interestingly, the more conservative leaning titles remain dubious – more closely reflecting fan reaction: The regime obsequious Express genuflects to royalty on this one: William pays tribute to ‘class act’ Southgate; the mildly conservative, selling England by the pound Telegraph thinks it best we outsource: Oliver Brown The FA must look beyond our shores for a world-class manager – Sven-Göran Eriksson… Fabio Capello… that went well (sarc)
The Daily Star as is often the case, is off in cloud cuckoo land: If not Klopp we’d settle for Pep. Thank you – poison chalice anyone?
There’s an axis of evil abroad. A three-sided warmongering alliance. The old neocons, the globalist corporate interests and lefty former peaceniks. Read; Telegraph, FT, Guardian
Johnson asks Trump to stand by Ukraine (Telegraph)
Ukraine aid thrown in doubt… Trump’s choice of Vance as deputy fuels European fears for security ties (FT)
Likewise sentiment in the Gruan: Fears in Europe reignite over Vance
All we are saying – is don’t give peace a chance
And finally
Lies that led to downfall of a fantasist nurse (BBC)
Don’t say they’ve finally sussed the Mary Seacole story is a fraud?
Tanya Nasir claimed this picture of her as an Army medic was taken in Kenya – it was a lie (BBC)
Johnson asks Trump to stand by Ukraine (Telegraph)
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Boris Johnson upbeat on Saudi oil supply as kingdom executes three more
This article is more than 2 years old
PM accused of ‘trading blood for oil’ as he seeks increased Middle East output to lessen reliance on Russia
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/mar/16/boris-johnson-upbeat-on-saudi-oil-supply-as-kingdom-executes-three-more
I really hope the FA sign up another suitably mediocre manager to produce suitably mediocre losers’ football – but no doubt he /she / it will be inclusive and woke and an under achiever (cheap) .
In our time Gareth will get his gong – starmer will probably make him a labour peer ….for not having won anything ….
“We want to double down on our commitment to Ukraine,” Mr Lammy said, as dragonflies swooped over a tranquil lake and a pair of majestic eagles circled overhead.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cne4wypn23wo
as dragonflies swooped over a tranquil lake and a pair of majestic eagles circled overhead.
HA HA HA HA HA! HA HA HA!
as dragonflies swooped over a tranquil lake FILLED WITH TORY NULCEAR WASTE and a pair of majestic eagles circled overhead HEADING TOWARDS A WINDFARM.
…. where they were neatly sliced.
UK CANNOT LAST WAR FOR 10 DAYS … yet …
“Following a meeting with President Zelensky and his counterpart Defence Minister Rustem Umerov, Mr Healey said the UK would provide more artillery guns, a quarter-of-a-million ammunition rounds and nearly 100 precision Brimstone missiles.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cne4wypn23wo
A quarter of a million rounds sounds a lot but in reality would probably last a single day at the front.
“Ukrainian officials stated publicly in March 2023 that it needs 20,000 artillery shells per day for its roughly 300 Western-made artillery systems to support its ground operations effectively. At best they have received enough shells to fire 9,000 per day,”
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/ukraine-s-artillery-shell-shortfall
Some years ago there was a furore over ‘complicated’ train ticket pricing. Apparently it was just so confusing.
Labour will solve this problem. They are re-nationalising the railways. Which means all prices will either be equally high or else funded by non-travelling taxpayers.
So in future it will cost a lot more to visit …….errr…..illegal immigrants living in their brand new houses built on green belt.
It’s what the voting public wants. Apparently.
FREE AT POINT OF ACCESS….
Although we already have a nationalised railway system in all but name. The previous government had to step in and take over many failing rail franchises. And plenty of those which remain private are also ‘nationalised’, it just so happens that it’s the French, Italian and Hong Kong governments that own them, rather than the British government.
https://weownit.org.uk/who-owns-our/railways
How the Tories nationalised almost half of Britain’s railway network by stealth
Rail operators say government interventions are empowering striking unions
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/05/12/tories-nationalised-half-britains-railway-transpennine/
The then Prime Minister was about to sign-off the move when mandarins said: “You do know that this means nationalisation?” – so the story circulated among railway bosses goes at least.
Truss ultimately did an about turn on the idea to protect her principles.
Her successor in Number 10 has no such qualms.
I see Luxembourg are contemplating no charges for public transport passengers.
Anybody remember Ken Livingstone ‘Fares Fair’ ?
They should put the NHS in charge of transport
Fares Fair was a public policy advocated by the Labour Party administration of the Greater London Council (GLC), then led by Ken Livingstone. The policy of low public transport fares was implemented in 1981, but was later ruled to be illegal in the courts and rescinded the following year.
“Mr Sikorski said he looked forward to “a more pragmatic approach” from Britain to its relationship with Europe and said the two ministers had discussed “some creative ideas of how to further that”.”
creative ideas ?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cne4wypn23wo
‘Five big problems the Starmer Government has to fix’ says the BBC in full lecturing mode. Is stopping immigration and sending them back one of the five? What do you think? Have a guess.
Labour to nationalise nationalising things to save money.
Not enough coverage
What is the subject of your complaint? No mention of Rishi “UK exporter of energy” News
Hello,
This is big news, we will soon have cheaper bills and even export energy to other countries but none of your BBC news picked this up. “UK to become a net exporter of electricity.” (c) Rishi Sunak 11.06.2024 https://youtu.be/3CNThBxJjm4?t=2368#Conservative Party launch manifesto
It does beg the question why isn’t the UK doing this already or why aren’t we after 14 years of Tory power we in a position to sell energy or why haven’t Labour go the same policy?
Plus how is this going to be achieved? This is big news missed by the BBC.
Thanks, Mr.H
https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/complaints/make-a-complaint
Amazon workers narrowly reject union in historic vote
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8vd72zrpr1o
Getty images, bbc’s ideal/utopia
https://x.com/novaramedia/status/1813499009115255144?s=61
From Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart to Ed Balls and George Osborne, centrist ‘frenemies’ podcasts are making politics worse.
Pod people like Strumpet, Sopes and Champion had of course made things perfect before, especially on the bbc.
Feminist T-shirts worn by politicians allegedly made in sweatshop conditions
This article is more than 9 years old
Mail on Sunday says Fawcett Society T-shirts worn by Miliband, Clegg and Harman made by female workers paid 62p an hour
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/02/fawcett-society-feminist-t-shirts-allegedly-sweatshop-conditions
If you replace “feminist” with “bell end” you would be nearer the truth.
“This is what a CUCK looks like”
Guest – I wonder who listens to those podcasts ? Presumably it’s lefty disciples of mad Al? The BBC is forever Pushing their podcasts – but again – who listens ? And I wonder if they have to ‘obey ‘ in theory BBCOFCOM rules – actually – as I write I realise how dumb I am …
BBC pay for them – no one has to listen.
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Rylan: How to Be…
How to Be in the Spotlight – Rylan explores the good, the bad and the ugly of what it’s like to be thrust into the public eye – with those who’ve lived to tell the tale.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0fkzfhj
The young assassin who tried to kill Trump must have been very naive if he thought that he would be allowed to live after he got his shots away no matter what they told him.
It was always going to be a suicide mission.
Eg , guest – the YouTube is covered in ex secret service people who cannot believe the behaviour of the current crop .
How Obama Biden is going to cover up either the conspiracy or incompetence will be some to see . Presumably they ll deflect and blame president trump ..
Had to look twice.
I thought it was the beach at Calais..
“Incredible new video shows uncontacted hunter-gatherer Mashco Piro tribe brandishing spears on banks of a river in Peruvian rainforest”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13642453/video-uncontacted-tribe-mascho-piro-peru-rainforest.html
Mashco Piro tribe told to accept diversity and lower their spears and take the knee?
“EU border guard killed by spear-throwing migrants ”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/07/11/migrants-poland-belarus-eu-russia-vladimir-putin/
EU border guard killed by spear-throwing migrants
Polish officials believe surge in arrivals through Belarus is the latest tactic in Russia’s hybrid war with the West
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/07/11/migrants-poland-belarus-eu-russia-vladimir-putin/
Gaddafi wants EU cash (£4bn) to stop African migrants {bbc.co.uk aug2010}
“Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi says the EU should pay Libya at least 5bn euros (£4bn; $6.3bn) a year to stop illegal African immigration and avoid a ‘black Europe’.
…
‘We don’t know what will happen, what will be the reaction of the white and Christian Europeans faced with this influx of starving and ignorant Africans,’ Col Gaddafi said…
…
He told them that Islam should become the religion of Europe and gave them free copies of the Koran, after he had lectured them for an hour on the freedoms enjoyed by women in Libya.”
Aug 2010 … fast forward … Nov 2016
Migrant crisis: Turkey (Erdogan) threatens EU with new surge (EU Tax Payers are paying Erdogan £2.6 billion) {bbc.co.uk nov2016}
“Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned that he will let hundreds of thousands of migrants travel on to Europe if pushed by the EU.
…
‘Listen to me: these border gates will be opened if you go any further,’ he warned the EU on Friday.”
Sluff – why did they (NGOs?) burn the rubber boats (environmentally a bad idea) when they could just rip a hole in the middle to sink it?
But don’t call it an invasion.
TOADY Watch #1 – what are the presenters worried about?
Lots of mentions this morning of NIMBYs objecting to the widescale housing developments planned by the present Labour Government, re the King’s Speech as he opens the new Parliament today. What are the Beeboids worried about? The destruction of the green-belt? The inevitable lack of infrastructure, roads, hospitals, power stations, doctor’s surgeries, schools? The Beeboid’s seven bed, semi-mansions in beautiful countryside in the Cotswolds?
Or will the NIMBYs object to a Beeboids ‘Buy-to-Let’ empire being expanded by several homes.
Cynic? Moi? I could not possibly comment.
It might just be the case that NIMBY’s care about where they live.
The interests of existing residents are of no importance compared with the interests of immigrants with no allegiance to this country apart from its benefits system.
Flotsam, for sure. And we care about the inevitable lack of infrastructure, roads, hospitals, power stations, doctor’s surgeries, schools that came with the ‘Prescott Plan’ of the previous Labour government.
Wildlife TV presenter Chris Packham wins four-year battle to stop plans to build 5,200 homes on acres of ancient woodland near his home
Controversial plans were earmarked near Bishopstoke and Fair Oak, Hampshire
Eastleigh Borough Council says it will remove the scheme from its Local Plan
Mr Packham was a fundamental part of the campaign against ‘eco-vandalism’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8287791/Chris-Packham-wins-four-year-battle-stop-plans-build-5-200-homes-acres-ancient-woodland.html
But a bitter four year campaign by locals and Mr Packham claimed the plans would destroy protected woodlands, greenfield habitats and damage rare species.
damage rare species = lesser spotted Englishman.
A secret pleasure – reading the latest scam scheme by the emir of londonistan to fleece taxpayers . This time it’s a ‘driveway tax’ because rainwater is running off the -er – ground .
I suppose TFL will put up their own drone fleet or satellite to measure the size of every drive in londonistan and send the bill .
I remember – some time ago – replacing my little front garden with somewhere to park and paying a fee to the socialist council for a ‘dropped curb ‘ so glad I did it because the charge is now in the thousands and I have somewhere to park the car the emir made me sell …
Meanwhile those ULEZ cameras are still coming down ..
77 brigade note intro file re dropped curb hostility …
Has anyone else noticed how calm and tranquil the BBC’s UK political coverage has suddenly become?
It’s quite remarkable. No more s***stirring, no more discord. Reverential government treatment on Toady..
If I didn’t know any better, I’d swear the BBC is fully supportive of our new Labour government.
Proof? The Welsh Labour leader resigned yesterday over a donation scandal after 4 of his ministers resigned. It was second on the news after the resignation of a footie manager !
And today? In-depth analysis? Interviews? Scandal?
Not a peep. It doesn’t even make it to ‘also in news’ on the webshite.
Amazing.
Just had a scan of the BBC’s ‘corrections’ page and think I might check it regularly from now on.
This one caught my eye:
BBC London
23 May 2024
‘In a report on BBC London we wrongly described an incident outside a London cinema as a vigil. We should have been clear it was a protest and we apologise for this. The correct description has been used in our online report. We clarified this on the following night’s programme.’
It tells me precisely nothing. Which always pricks my interest at the BBC because they are ALWAYS hiding something.
So it took a bit of sleuthing to find out what they are talking about and it was this :
Watch: BBC describes pro-Palestine protest outside London cinema as a ‘vigil’
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/24/bbc-pro-palestine-protest-outside-london-cinema/
‘The broadcast was met with criticism online from those who said the BBC had shown “horrendous bias” in its coverage.’
So that’s it. A totally deliberate, dishonest report in favour of their own agenda and the only punishment is to print a correction which makes no reference to the lie they told.
This is exactly how they work : they keep pushing the boundary of their bias until they go too far and there is a big backlash like this. So then they pull it back a bit and let that be the new boundary. Then they do it again and again. Each time the boundary is just a bit further out.
This farce where the BBC are their own judge and jury is ridiculous. GB News would have had OFCOM straight onto them.
“We want to double down on our commitment to Ukraine,” Mr Lammy said, as dragonflies swooped over a tranquil lake and a pair of majestic eagles circled overhead.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cne4wypn23wo
Any eagles when Lammy walks through House of Lords?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c250v53jz5dt#player
BBC Kings Speech – “Labour to ban exploitative working” HA H AHA HA HAH HA!
“Since the Cold War, European countries and the United States have progressively scaled down their munitions manufacturing capabilities. As one example, in 2013, Finland was on the brink of shutting down its only gunpowder manufacturing facility, despite its reputation as a model in Europe for robust national defense and military preparedness. ”
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/ukraine-s-artillery-shell-shortfall
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Finland officially joined the alliance exactly one year ago today after receiving unanimous approval from the member states, as is required to join the alliance. Sweden became NATO’s newest member in March.4 Apr 2024
Not BBC but German press — Compact Magazine is shut down by the gov. Web site is down. Interior minister Nancy Faeser:
“The magazine is the mouthpiece of the right-wing extremist movement, inciting unspeakable hatred against Jews, people with an immigrant background and our parliamentary democracy. Our ban is a major blow to the right-wing extremist scene. It shows that we are also taking action against the people who are inciting hatred, encouraging the use of violence against refugees and migrants and seeking to overthrow our democratic state. The message we are sending is perfectly clear: We will not tolerate any efforts made to define who belongs in Germany or not based on ethnicity.”
“Germany’s interior minister has placed a blanket ban on the entire publication.”
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Turkey asks Germany to prosecute comedian over Erdoğan poem
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/11/turkey-germany-prosecute-comedian-jan-bohmermann-erdogan-poem
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Johnson then offered the limerick: “There was a young fellow from Ankara, Who was a terrific wankerer.
“Till he sowed his wild oats, With the help of a goat, But he didn’t even stop to thankera.”
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/may/19/boris-johnson-wins-most-offensive-erdogan-poem-competition
Echoes of 1930s….
Those boys do like dressing up don’t they ? And the balaclava must be a sort of comfort blanket …
“Moving on to migration, the King says the government will “seek to strengthen the border and make streets safer”.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c250v53jz5dt?post=asset%3A6223ad21-2b64-4e54-bc27-2002c68c0d14#post
There is a proposal to build a solar farm on a few acres of precious Cheshire farmland about half a mile away from where I live. We were recently leafleted with a pamphlet inviting us to a open day to show us what they will build, no word of anything that might be described as a consultation. There seems to be an assumption that they will be allowed to build it. I was heartened to find a couple of comments in our local web site:
“Solar farms and wind farms are not as green as you might think. They are just a blot on the landscape. No sun no power, no wind no power, and when the wind is a little strong they have to be turned off!”
“What a shame we have another one of these installations being allowed to go ahead. This takes away more land that can be better used for farming and to cut down on imports. The products used in solar and wind farms are not recycleable and will all have to go to landfill eventually, not that green. The faster they move to nuclear the better.”
There was one comment in favour.
China, the world’s biggest renewable equipment manufacturer, will set up a recycling system for ageing wind turbines and solar panels as it tries to tackle the growing volumes of waste generated by the industry, the state planner said.17 Aug 2023
https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2017/07/25/china-just-built-250-acre-solar-farm-shaped-giant-panda/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51325101
Between last September and this March, it will become the final resting place for 1,000 fibreglass turbine blades.
DJT is still at risk…. as are any “non approved” figures …..
BBC not happy – it wants breeders knocking out more than 2 kids to have unlimited tax subsidies – so far the reds have decided not to dump the limit – yet – but i think we can expect a BBC campaign plus some second rate loser footy player ……
Muhammed and Fatima will be pleased.
“lawfully sacked for writing tweets which criticised government policies.” {bbc.co.uk aug2019} – the death of freedom of speech.
1765 …. **In a republic worthy of name, freedom to publish one ’s thoughts is a citizen’s natural right.** They may use a pen or their voice, and should not be prevented from writing any more than speaking …That is the law in England, a monarchical country, where people are freer than elsewhere because they are more enlightened. – Voltaire, Republican Ideas, 1765
2018 … In addition to reporting hate crime, please report non-crime hate incidents, **which can include things like offensive or insulting comments, online, in person or in writing**. Hate will not be tolerated in South Yorkshire. Report it and put a stop to it #HateHurtsSY – UK South Yorkshire Police, 2018
1765 … **In a republic worthy of name, freedom to publish one’s thoughts is a citizen’s natural right.**
2018 … **which can include things like offensive or insulting comments, online, in person or in writing**
https://biasedbbc.org/blog/2019/08/06/midweek-open-thread-7-august-2019/#comment-1005370
yes… seditious libel will attract attention from those criticised….
Trump’s choice of running mate raises fears in Ukraine and EU
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c727zvgvv8ko
“Raises Fears” apparently
Someone with sense, but the bbc doesn’t like that
Walked to save the the Planet.
Pension fund managers have only one duty, to grow my pot to give me a comfortable retirement. .. . But no.
Labour are to force Pension funds to “invest” into the things they want my money spent on.
Typical socialists.
Starmer minions are trying to find a form of words to cover the theft of pensions and swerve ending up on wrong end of a pitchfork or dangling from lampposts?
Now I wonder why the reds wouid prioritise nationalising the railways … better ask the RMT funding union ..
Fear for the future. The Ludicrous number of Parliamentary Bills proposed:
Economic stability and growth
Budget Responsibility Bill
National Wealth Fund Bill
Pension Schemes Bill
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Employment Rights Bill
English Devolution Bill
Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill
Better Buses Bill
Railways Bill
Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill
Arbitration Bill
Product Safety and Metrology Bill
Digital Information and Smart Data Bill
High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester) Bill
Draft Audit Reform and Corporate Governance Bill
Great British Energy and becoming a Clean Energy Superpower
Great British Energy Bill
The Crown Estate Bill
Sustainable Aviation Fuel (Revenue Support Mechanism) Bill
Water (Special Measures) Bill
Secure borders, cracking down on anti-social behaviour and taking back our streets
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Crime and Policing Bill
Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill
Victims, Courts and Public Protection Bill
Breaking down the barriers to opportunity
Children’s Wellbeing Bill
Skills England Bill
Renters’ Rights Bill
Football Governance Bill
Draft Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill
Draft Equality (Race and Disability) Bill
Draft Conversion Practices Bill
Health
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
Mental Health Bill
National security and serving the country
Hillsborough Law
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill
Northern Ireland Legacy Legislation
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
Cyber Security and Resilience Bill
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill
Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Bill
Holocaust Memorial Bill
Flotsam
The bar bill for that list is gonna be a lot of taxes …
NET ZERO ACTION.
With the huge majority that Specsavers has, there’s no need for any debate!
Just nod the bloody things through, and tell the MPs to get back to their voters and actually do some real work…
And that’s when the fun starts, with the Corbynites scuffling around and making mayhem.
I wonder how much money each bill requires inclusion in the stupid green energy scam tax?
One more ‘wafer thin’ chocolate housing estate – what could possibly go wrong:
Remember:
Build-Back-Debtor
Hello Flotsam
I hope the house or lords all claimed their daily allowance for turning up, it was £300 each years ago. Probably loads of pay rises since them
Labour ensures the Moslem vote:
The government will “play its part” in trying to secure “long-term peace and security in the Middle East”, the King says. In reference to the war in Gaza, the King says the government is “committed” to a two-state solution – with a “safe and secure Israel alongside a viable and sovereign Palestinian state”.
Homeland s5e1 Quinn tells it like it is in Syria
Draft Conversion Practices Bill – Conversion therapy ban.
https://order-order.com/
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– CONVERSION TO LGBT?
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NHS gender clinic ‘should have challenged me more’ over transition 1 March 2020
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51676020
It’s coming up to two weeks since the UK election and I find that apart from Starmer and Lammy the Clown , I have no idea who is in the cabinet or what post anyone holds and what is more I don’t want to know, I simply don’t care. This is I think the first time since the early seventies, when I was a student , that I haven’t known who most members of the cabinet were .
I rationalise this by thinking that I know all manner of lunatic policies will be adopted, mass migration, votes to toddlers, cover every bit of land with a house, wind farm or solar farm, etc etc etc. I am braced for the end the country I know , or knew, I expect it to happen , I pity those who will have to live in it for most of their lives and I regret that it is my generation who started it all off by voting Blair ( I didn’t but most of my friends and family did) . I find it just too painful to watch the death throes of my country so as far as I can I seal myself off.
However I remain very interested in American and European politics because if we are going to saved from ourselves help will have to come from overseas.
Hint to Starmer et al:
80% of us didn’t vote for you – remember that please
They don’t give a toss about the number of votes only the seats they have in the HoC. Blair felt he made a mistake in 1997 by being to cautious in his initial legislative programme . You can that they aren’t going to repeat that mistake. The plan is to enact radical change and to make very difficult to reverse those changes. We are in the poo big time.
And also Blair could thank the hapless/useless John Major for doing to the UK what Sunak has just done.
He stormed in on a wave of despair from normal Tory citizens…
Just like a week or so ago.
Oh, good Lord.
https://x.com/maitlis/status/1813561387857199151?s=61
Ah the ZURCH! How we have missed you @awzurcher . Look what I found on my desk here in #milwaukee
Getty getting a pummelling today.
https://x.com/bbcnews/status/1813570113561387412?s=61
No bill to lower voting age to 16 in King’s Speech
Decrease speed to 10 mph to save the planet and ban private jets **
** except jets to Nato for Starmer
The long read is worth it imho
All true. The shooter must have been “radicalized” in some way. But how? He must have been the only person in America to have no internet footprint. If that’s not suspicious, nothing is.