Midweek 24th July 2024

104 days until the US presidential election on 5th November. The BBC will follow the Far Left narrative of the vibrant woman versus the evil white Felon . Anything but The Truth …

meanwhile the BBC annual Report says it is losing 250 000 licences per year – that is 684 less licence fees per day ….

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382 Responses to Midweek 24th July 2024

  1. MarkyMark says:

    no riot news.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/england/manchester

    Family of man kicked by police appeal for calm

    BBC Verify analyses Manchester Airport incident footage

    Soap’s MND storyline ‘shows love’ for Rob Burrow

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  2. MarkyMark says:

    Harris tells Netanyahu ‘it is time’ to end war in Gaza
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg3eppp0n57o

    VP HARRIS: “PASSAGE OF TIME. When you think about it there is great significance to passage of time”

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  3. MarkyMark says:

    Tugendhat holds dual British and French citizenship. His wife Anissia Morel is a lawyer and senior French civil servant. Tugendhat is a Roman Catholic who identifies with Jewish people.

    HA HA HA! “who identifies with Jewish people” – WHAT DOES THIS EVEN MEAN?

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

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    • Fedup2 says:

      And his uncle was an EU commissioner – ideal leader of the dead party …

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  4. JohnC says:

    I don’t know what’s going on in France right now.

    But I do know the BBC are very reluctant to tell me who and why when I’m sure they have a good idea.

    A bit like all those ‘Yellow Vest’ protests in Paris which the BBC didn’t report. I wonder if it’s the same people.

    The BBC don’t like telling us anything negative about the EU. So they just don’t.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Dear Winston Smith at the BBC £3.5bn UK News Service Department,

      I noticed on the BBC news (2jul2019) you showed the opening of the EU Parliament and The Brexit Party facing the opposite way (outward looking) to the other MEPs (inward looking) and went on to show the Liberal Demoracts Party wearing bright yellow t-shirts front side only (not yellow vests).

      May I point out three bits of omission as it was a former employee of yours that said “Omission was the greatest lie.”.

      1) You showed the Liberal Democrats t-shirts but did not display what was on the back .. B*LL*CKS TO BREXIT. I added stars incase your system blocks swear words. This is missing the point that grown ups are swearing in Parliament.

      2) Your complaints page has been missing for at least two weeks that shows your omissions and corrections in 2018 like the one where you said NHS nurse but in fact she was a Labour Activist.
      http://www.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/helpandfeedback/corrections_clarifications/corrections_2018

      3) I see MEP Magid Magid got refused entry to the EU Parliament, but the article shows a nice t-shirt (IMMIGRANTS MAKE BRITAIN GREAT) and not the one he wore which was “F**K FASCISM” when trying to enter Parliament.

      From these 3 cases I hope you can see that omission lets the BBC tell a different story and can elevate those in favour and bring scorn to those out of favour.

      I know this email is on its way to the BBC Memory Hole but hope that at least one person in the BBC, you Winston, get a chance to raise an eyebrow.

      Many Thanks,
      A BBC TV License Tax payer helping the Few like Gary Lineker, Not the Many like the over 75s.

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  5. Doublethinker says:

    The attack on the infrastructure of the French rail network, SNCF, this morning shows how vulnerable modern life is to small easily performed non violent acts aimed at disruption.
    Someone posted yesterday that politicians will never take action on the anti globalist grievances of native populations unless the people can somehow bring pressure to bear.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Double – yes – it follows on from the IT thing last week which might have been done by a tick box and verified by a tick box

      The more complex – the more severe the consequences …. Can’t help feeling we really are near the edge ….

      On the upside – all those VIPs on expenses making their way to France will be screwed ….

      Wonder if greens or putin did it ..?

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    • G says:

      I sense that the vast majority of people are now just fed up with the nonsense going on around them. I also sense that a trigger point is about to be reached. Over what instance will it be? Don’t know but I assume the Government will be happy to have gangs of foreigners (kicked out of hotels and the barge in Portland) banding together and roaming around to form Home Invasion teams for those soon to be ‘unhoused’ and needing a roof over their heads.

      It is glaringly obvious that Surkeer and his pixie Home Sec has no idea, none whatsoever, about human nature, particularly islamists and others. And us, the funders.

      Prepare to protect yourselves.

      “the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”
      Attributed to: Thomas Jefferson.

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  6. Zephir says:

    Here we go, as night follows day…

    “Here come the tax rises! Rachel Reeves ‘will claim there is a £20bn black hole in public finances’ in big speech next week paving the way for hikes in Budget… with fears inheritance tax, council tax and capital gains could be targeted”

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13675403/Here-come-tax-rises-Rachel-Reeves-claim-20bn-black-hole-public-finances-big-speech-week-paving-way-hikes-Budget-fears-inheritance-tax-council-tax-capital-gains-targeted.html

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “In 2012, he was forced to pay £4.9 million in back taxes after being found to have used a tax avoidance scheme. Lineker has stated that he regrets using the scheme and has since taken steps to ensure that he pays his fair share of tax.3 Mar 2023”

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “Carr was thought to be one of more than 1,000 beneficiaries who sheltered some £168m from the taxman each year through the K2 scheme. He has since paid all the tax.”

      Celebrities Among Hundreds Who ‘Avoided Tax’
      George Michael, Sir Michael Caine, Arctic Monkeys and Katie Melua are among those accused of sheltering cash in a legal scheme.

      https://news.sky.com/story/celebrities-among-hundreds-who-avoided-tax-10397463

      According to a document leaked to The Times, Michael is said to have paid £443,000 seeking to shelter £6.2m he earned from record and tour sales.

      The newspaper said the singer told the Big Issue in 1996 he would be happy paying 50% to 60% tax under a Labour government.

      The singer’s spokesman told the paper his “busy schedule” meant he could not answer questions at present.

      David Cameron has called tax avoidance schemes “morally wrong”

      ………………

      The Panama Papers, 11.5m documents leaked from the offshore agent Mossack Fonseca, reveal the details of how Cameron Sr sheltered Blairmore’s profits with a series of expensive and complicated arrangements.4 Apr 2016

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    • moggiemoo says:

      “… we will be treated more favourably…” Yes, we’ll get far more than our fair share.

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  7. Thatcherrevolutionary says:

    It’s the ‘left-leaning’ Institute of Fiscal Studies.

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  8. Philip_2 says:

    BBC presenter jailed for stealing £120k from her dementia sufferer mother
    Edinburgh Sheriff Court was also told the former STV2 presenter made purchases with Harvey Nichols, H&M, Milton Brown and Monsoon and splashed out on goods from Greggs, Deliveroo, Five Guys and Hotel Chocolat…
    https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/bbc-presenter-jailed-stealing-120k-33330337

    BBC lack of morals stretches far and wide… and its not as if the BBC are popular in Scotland either.. but they just don’t care who they ’employ’ (DEI) or what they do or say… ‘that your entertainment!’

    > ‘BBC Scotland watched by only one in 8 people despite rising costs’
    https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/bbc-scotland-watched-by-one-in-eight-people-licence-fee-5303tf05x

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  9. Guest Who says:

    Verify?

    https://x.com/bbcyoungreport/status/1816785561669046675?s=61
    The spreading of “fake news” and information that isn’t quite as it seems isn’t a new – it’s actually been around much longer than you might think…

    “Ola kids, today we are going to show you how bomb fuse settings are calibrated..”

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  10. Lucy Pevensey says:

    Jim Acosta, CNN: It’s ‘Wildly Irresponsible’ For Trump — Who Was Shot In The Head — To Say Secret Service Didn’t Protect Him. 🙂

    “When you hear the former president saying something like that, what’s your reaction?” Acosta asked his guest. “I mean, obviously, the Secret Service is a professional operation. To say something like ‘they did not protect me,’ it just sounds just wildly irresponsible.”

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    • Terminal Moraine says:

      Lucy, the SS was in fact effective and kept Trump safe. It was safe and effective. Professional operations cannot fail because they’re professional.

      Just redefine the terms and repeat ad nauseum.

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    • MarkyMark says:

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      • G says:

        “Where are they now?” The heady days of BLM. Ah, I remember them well………….

        I suspect those two Kafir Whitees are no longer in the MPF. They have probably been exchanged for black and muslim versions.

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      • micknotmike says:

        The police could have solved all the tensions in Leeds last week if only they had kneeled down. A few rainbow lanyards might have helped too.

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  11. Terminal Moraine says:

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  12. Terminal Moraine says:

    Big Olympic news on the BBC home page: “My heart is broken by France’s Olympic hijab ban”

    (For Marky — no eagles or tranquil lakes but you’ll like this: “In a sweltering Paris, Diaba Konate waves emphatically with a beaming smile as she walks towards our meeting spot near the Louvre.”)

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    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/basketball/articles/c4ng5k15pzyo

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  13. JohnC says:

    It’s because only left-wing activists feel sufficiently motivated to work in journalism. They want to change the world to be how they think it should be in their world of theory.

    It’s reached such a level of saturation (due to groupthink I suspect) that it is now self-selecting. I can’t begin to imagine what life would be like in a BBC office if you were right-wing. They would all hate you.

    This would be the perfect proof of BBC bias : an anonoymous poll of who staff voted for. Which of course is why OFCOM will never do it.

    It’s the same with academics who also live in their own bubbles : let them practise what they preach and more often than not, they fail utterly. We got several ex-university lecturers into an engineering team at BAE SYSTEMS (disillusioned when they just flooded universities with anyone who wanted to go) and without exception they were absolutely useless. They all ended up in ‘safety’ or ‘quality control’.

    The rest of us live in the real world doing real jobs.

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  14. Fedup2 says:

    Being not a fan of either France or the Olympics – I think I am enjoying a win double as far as the disruption is concerned . I reckon that might be a theme of this one – whether mad Muslims or grotty greens competing with the Russians to attack it …

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  15. MarkyMark says:

    Rachel Reeves is set to reveal a so-called ‘surprise’ £20 billion black hole in the UK’s finances, paving the way for what Labour do best: tax raids in the upcoming Autumn Statement.
    https://order-order.com/

    ……………………..

    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.

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  16. MarkyMark says:

    “Satellite images and doctor testimony reveal Tigray hunger crisis”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c10l2vvjy9lo

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    ………………..

    Coldplay frontman joining organisation that promotes awareness of the UN’s sustainable-development goals and aims to help eradicate extreme poverty
    https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/17/chris-martin-curate-global-citizen-festival-concerts-against-poverty

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  17. Fedup2 says:

    Interesting that Obama the puppet master took 3 days before endorsing Harris – presumably his gang have been busy selecting her running mate and fixing the election ….

    It’s truly incredible that people are endorsing that ..

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Word Soup for everyone! FREE!

      Obamas endorse Kamala Harris for president
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3g32y8j772o

      …………………..

      Words, punctuation and pauses (Obama pauses a lot) have a price … Barack Obama’s $400,000 speaking fees reveal what few want to admit {theguardian may2017}

      “The reason many of us have been critical of Barack Obama’s outrageous $400,000 speaking fee is that it robs us of a fantasy: that sooner or later, the first black president was going to use his considerable powers, in or out of office, to help the economic ravages of the poor, who are disproportionately black.

      That Obama’s project was or ever would be racial and economic justice was always a dream – and the sooner we let go of this and recognize Obama for who he is and what he does, the better we’ll all be.

      Some people who disagree with me believe I am racist … I fantasized that he’d join us on the front lines of marches, battle for the salvation of Obamacare in ingenious ways, and maybe turn up at a Black Lives Matter event. But this was all a fantasy. …”

      Also of interest .. Ten most inane things in Obama’s awful speech “Otherwise, virtually everything was confused or misleading. More than that, he revealed he has no idea what he’s doing.” {washingtonpost – Jennifer Rubin – Conservative – may2013}

      https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/may/01/barack-obama-speaking-fees-economic-racial-justice

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  18. MarkyMark says:

    “Getting to the truth about the terrorist attacks that marred Italy’s post-war period also means making the widest range possible of documents and information available to historical research.”

    https://www.governo.it/en/articolo/president-meloni-s-statement-anniversary-bologna-train-station-bombing/23362

    The Bologna massacre (Italian: strage di Bologna) was a terrorist bombing of the Bologna Centrale railway station in Bologna, Italy, on the morning of 2 August 1980, which killed 85 people and wounded over 200.[1] Several members of the neo-fascist terrorist organization Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari (NAR, Armed Revolutionary Nuclei) were sentenced for the bombing,[2] although the group denied involvement.

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  19. MarkyMark says:

    Do you need laws to protect free speech? Is it no longer free then?

    ““The Free Speech Act introduced last year is not fit for purpose and risked imposing serious burdens on our world class universities. This legislation could expose students to harm and appalling hate speech on campuses. That is why I have quickly ordered this legislation to be stopped.” ”
    order-order.com

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  20. Doublethinker says:

    I for one support the remarks made by Lee Anderson. If the establishment doesn’t start to clamp down on the violent behaviour of an increasing belligerent group of minorities then our civilisation will be trashed.
    These people do not conform or want to conform to British values and behaviours and it’s no good us hoping that they in time they will. The only way to protect ourselves is to meet fire with fire whilst we still have more power then they do. Leave it much longer and we will be rolled over.

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  21. MarkyMark says:

    “Woman arrested to protect herself from herself”

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  22. atlas_shrugged says:

    Wonder which other busy international shipping lane these paying Russian tourists could possibly be attracted to?

    https://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Russian-luxury-yachts-offer-pirate-hunting-cruises/-58384

    From 2009 when they were doing useful stuff IMHO.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “Wealthy punters pay £3,500 (US$5,800) per day to patrol the most dangerous waters in the world hoping to be attacked by raiders.

      When attacked, they retaliate with grenade launchers, machine guns and rocket launchers, reports Austrian business paper Wirtschaftsblatt.

      Passengers, who can pay an extra £5 a day for an AK-47 machine gun and £7 for 100 rounds of ammo, are also protected by a squad of ex special forces troops.

      The yachts travel from Djibouti in Somalia to Mombasa in Kenya.”

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  23. MarkyMark says:

    “PC to face criminal investigation over airport kick video”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c19ky4z8kjmo

    What a teacher in hiding can tell us about our failure to tackle intolerance Kenan Malik
    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/31/batley-school-what-teacher-in-hiding-can-tell-us-about-our-failure-to-tackle-intolerance

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  24. Zephir says:

    Now, what does this remind me of ? maybe somewhere in Manchester…

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  25. vlad says:

    Well, let’s see what our enrichers are up to, shall we?

    A pair attack an elderly woman; a black guy exposes himself / masturbates (?) in a coffee shop, and – good news – a street mugger gets hit by a tram. (So there is divine justice, even if our earthly justice is useless.)

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    • MarkyMark says:

      MAYBE WE ARE THE ONES WHO DO NOT UNDERSTAND …

      How do we start to decolonize science? @0:10

      “Through the black magic, witchcraft you are able to send a lightning bolt to strike someone, Can you explain that scientifically … ” @0:50 – one of the speakers
      “It’s not true” – audience member
      “I need to address you directly (audience member who says witchcraft does not work). When we started this we agreed on certain house rules. By you doing that (arguing) you are disrespecting that sacredness of this space. I would like you please first to apologise …” – another speaker

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    • Jeff says:

      It’s just dawned on me why these people are called “enrichers”; it’s because that’s what they’re doing…enriching themselves at our expense. Muggings, phone grabbing, bag snatching and abusing women. Western countries are like candy shops to these lads from camel shit central.

      By the way, regarding that young phone snatcher and his collision with the bus, I’ve got to say that’s absolutely tragic.

      Those phones are bloody expensive…

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  26. MarkyMark says:

    “But who would want to ruin the plans of hundreds of thousands of French travellers and disrupt the start of the Olympic Games?

    One security source suggested in French media that the arson attacks bore all the hallmarks of the extreme left.

    However, Mr Attal has refused to speculate who might have been behind the sabotage.


    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c28eyr3y18yo
    extreme left.???

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  27. MarkyMark says:

    “The UK government has dropped plans to challenge the International Criminal Court (ICC) issuing an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.”

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckkg525l93lo

    ……………….

    Labour backs ICC efforts to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes
    Shadow foreign secretary urges Government to recognise jurisdiction of international court

    By
    Genevieve Holl-Allen,
    Political Reporter and
    Tony Diver,
    US Editor
    20 May 2024 • 9:45pm

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  28. MarkyMark says:

    “Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky has been waiting for the F16s for a year and a half”

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0kr240gd18o

    The question is whether there will be enough of them, and whether they can be protected on the ground.

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  29. Fedup2 says:

    It gets better – now the weather forecast for Paris is heavy rain – so well deserved ….

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Rain to put out the car fires?

      “Cars burning in French streets has been a familiar site at protests for decades. What explains this particular “tradition” of public lashing out?”
      Jun 2023

      But if you’re in France, there’s one other statistic bound to be reported from the uprising: burned-out cars and other acts of arson. Indeed, police say that at least 2,000 cars were set on fire, and 3,880 other blazes were reported at the protests around the country. And that was just overnight between Thursday and Friday — hundreds, if not thousands of other fires were set the first two nights.

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  30. wwfc says:

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  31. MarkyMark says:

    ALL CULTURES ARE EQUAL …

    “The jury at Winchester Crown Court was told she had stopped taking insulin while at a retreat in Wiltshire, where Xiao promoted slapping therapy as a “cure” for the condition.”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c51yvxxd3n8o

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  32. Flotsam says:

    France TGV vandalism could get a whole lot more interesting if the culprits decided to blow up the tracks.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Steal the steel and sell it to Tata Steel to make cheap steal for UK steal!

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  33. Zephir says:

    Olympic update:

    Chaotic start to the sack race as lack of training becomes evident :

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  34. Zephir says:

    “It’s the SEX Olympics! Dating apps including Tinder, Hinge and Bumble see a surge in users around Paris as thousands of athletes converge on the city looking for hook-ups – and they have 200,000 condoms to get through”

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13676071/Paris-Olympics-2024-sex-tinder-hinge-bumble-condoms.html

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  35. digg says:

    Virtually 100% of the BBC’s and the Guardian’s political output today of which there are bucketloads could have been press releases by the Labour Party.

    They are both 100% activist organisations now and in no way a reflection of either the truth or the mood of the Nation as a whole.

    They have dropped all pretence of balance in their holy grail to help make the UK a Marxist Country.

    It is also interesting to see that the majority of their political staff contributors have Middle Eastern or African names now.

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    • Zephir says:

      Anyone demanding a second vote after being lied to by the labour party regarding tax increases and energy costs ?

      “Labour will not raise taxes on working people”
      Jun 10, 2024

      “The Labour Party will create Great British Energy, a new, publicly-owned clean energy company. We will harness Britain’s sun, wind and wave energy to:

      Save £93 billion for UK households.
      Deliver one hundred percent clean power by 2030.
      Cut energy bills for good.”

      and, watch this space…

      “Labour manifesto 2024: Pledge to protect greenbelt despite new housing drive”

      https://labourlist.org/2024/06/labour-party-green-belt-housing-manifesto/

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  36. Lucy Pevensey says:

    Ah! The Olympic Arson event!

    “The Paris prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into arson attacks on the French high-speed rail network that disrupted travel for hundreds of thousands of people ahead of the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics”

    https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/paris-train-attacks-olympics-investigation-b2586429.html

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  37. wwfc says:

    Paris olympics opening ceremony spot whitey we really are fucked

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Spot the Albino in Africa – they are normally in the cooking pot or on the medicine shelf.

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      • wwfc says:

        I am watching this and no word of a lie its starting to make me physically sick talk about ramming the “message” down your throat ,just as posted that it got worse we are fucked , god has stepped in and its now pissing down

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    • BRISSLES says:

      Sure you’re not watching the adverts ?

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  38. non-licence payer says:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cydv2v3170eo

    Let us hope then that the BBC start to analyse the nature of government spend. They could start by explaining to the public how much of the public purse is spent on unfunded state salaried pensioners (of which I am one). I cannot remember a single article on the topic despite the fact that it is bringing the public purse to its knees.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “Reeves set to reveal public finance shortfall of billions”

      public finance? So it’s the public’s fault – remove the public?
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cydv2v3170eo

      ……………………………………..

      Jeremy Hunt: everyone will be paying more tax after autumn statement 2022

      Everyone. Everyone. Everyone.

      1,860,000
      Theresa May, Former UK PM earned £1.86 million in her 2 years since leaving Downing Street, figures show

      500,000
      Barry Gardiner defends donations worth £500,000 from Chinese agent

      400,000
      Matt Hancock, who lost the Tory whip after it was announced he would be appearing on the ITV programme, is still being paid as an independent MP and is rumoured to have been paid £400,000 to appear on the I’m a celebrity.

      315,00
      Boris Johnson earns £315,000 for 30 minute speech and ‘fireside chat’ in United States

      65,040
      Chuka Umunna Advisory Board of The Progressive Centre UK think tank (also known as Global Progress)

      20,000
      Jeremy Corbyn Labour party leader accepted up to £20,000 (about $27,000) for appearances on the Iranian state broadcast network Press TV

      18,450
      Keir Starmer £18,450 from Harper Collins as an advance payment for a book.

      15,000
      Boris Johnson Accommodation for a private holiday for my partner and me, value £15,000 Destination of visit: St Vincent and the Grenadines

      10,000
      Jeremy Hunt £10,000 from Citigroup Centre for speaking at an event on 9 March 2021. Hours: 4 hrs. Fee paid direct to charity. (Charity not mentioned)

      5,822
      Nadhim Zahawi MP promises to repay the part of £5,822.27 expenses claim for second home energy bills that relates to electricity for stables

      2,200
      MPs to get £2,200 pay rise from April for ‘dramatically increased’ duties last year

      1,950
      Philip Hammond accepts £2,000 watch from Saudi sheikh, despite ban on donating expensive gifts

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  39. MarkyMark says:

    “A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. (Rishi)

    But it cannot survive treason from within.(Starmer)

    An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. (Anjem Choudary)

    But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself.(Jeremy Corbyn/Starmer/Mother of the House Diane Abbot)

    For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear.”

    Marcus Tullius Cicero

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  40. Zelazek says:

    Anybody else watching the Olympics Opening Ceremony?

    It looks very amateurish and underwhelming to me. A few boxes of reduced to clear fireworks and a bunch of black pouvez-vous monsieurs prancing about. Looks like it’s produced by Cheapo Productions of Gay Paree.

    Meanwhile, life has been discovered on Mars.

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  41. MarkyMark says:

    Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony LIVE: Opening Ceremony Kicks Off Paris Olympics | Paris 2024

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  42. MarkyMark says:

    ‘Boneless’ chicken wings can have bones, US court rules
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4ngyely232o

    “The court on Thursday ruled that “boneless wing” refers to “cooking style” and is not to be taken literally.”

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  43. Fedup2 says:

    Won’t be watching the Olympics – I’ve never understood the need for some weird pseudo nationalism so deep in it . It’s about individual / team endeavour – not whether some country is better at doping its athletes better than others …

    It’s a bread and circuses distraction before the footy returns in a couple of weeks time ….

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  44. MarkyMark says:

    How Emmanuel Macron’s parents discovered their son was dating his 40-year-old teacher

    “New biography reveals shocked reaction to new President’s illicit teenage affair with the woman who would become his wife”

    A new biography of French President Emmanuel Macron has revealed his parents shock when they discovered their 16-year-old son was having an affair with his married teacher.
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/emmanuel-macron-parents-how-discovered-affair-drama-teacher-brigitte-trogneux-dating-french-president-election-win-a7724201.html

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  45. digg says:

    The BBC are about to join in the Muslim clamour to throw the victims of a barbarous and bloodthirsty attack against innocents, Israel under a bus to appease their Muslim staff…

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckkg525l93lo

    They can go no lower! My disdain is verging on disgust for their compliance and obvious support in this atrocity.

    The vile, duplicitous, weak-willed attention-seeking Starmer is also in the line for this madness I read.

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  46. Fedup2 says:

    And so another thread ends – the unified – hardworking peaceful people of Britain gather to watch the ‘all in it together ‘ Olympics and the World is Good …. Or maybe none of the above …

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