461 Responses to Weekend 3rd August 2024

  1. Emmanuel Goldstein says:

    Horrendous scenes in Newcastle at the moment.

    Nothing’s happening, it’s just horrendous.

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  2. Fedup2 says:

    BBC 6pm news – Martine snigger Croxhall, says live to Rotherham – and the bbc shows pictures of trouble in Bangladesh – you couldn’t tell the difference – and for a moment she couldn’t either .

    Surely for a big story like this they’d get a big hitter like Huw to present it .. Huw – what happened to him ….

    .. and lightweight starmer stil blah blahing about the ‘full force of the law ‘ ( yawn )

    Once upon a time people would have supported a British PM and his plod …. But now … not so much eh?

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    • moggiemoo says:

      I suspect the police are in for a real shock when they inevitably demand that the public support and/or help them.

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  3. Fedup2 says:

    It must be time for the full propaganda exercise – an injured police horse or police dog usually does the trick – I reckon the insurance premium of hotels used to ‘house ‘ criminal invaders has gone up …

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  4. MarkyMark says:

    Venezuelans fear for relatives after mass arrests
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c147k7kzvwko

    ^^ no in UK under Labour!

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  5. Fedup2 says:

    As expected a state newspaper – the daily mail – has published pictures of Tommy Robinson in Malta – it looks like covert pictures taken by another ‘guest’ and sold to the paper ….

    No doubt TR will be arrested again … – btw – they are accusing TR of ‘organising ‘ the protests ….

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  6. Guest Who says:

    Here in the leafy shires it has been a lovely Sunday. Bit cloudy at first, but then the sun poked through. Dogs were walked, lawns mowed, shandies had in pub gardens.

    So coming within range of WiFi and a quick scope of twitter was bizarre, as the whole thing elsewhere is playing out there between the most self absorbed collection of dumb individuals somehow propelled to positions of influence.

    Many inextricably linked to one massive cauldron of national stirring. The BBC.

    https://x.com/daaronovitch/status/1820097273730084879?s=61

    https://x.com/shelaghfogarty/status/1820128914393473508?s=61

    https://x.com/joseph_boam/status/1820112307122311259?s=61
    BBC cuts off Former Detective Chief Superintendent of the Met when he starts speaking the truth.

    Is every anchor a Meesh clone now? Well, bar the nonces.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Free legal advice:

      You don’t have to attend a riot to be prosecuted for conspiracy to riot. You don’t have to be present at a terrorist incident to be guilty of encouraging it.

      A lot of Twitter warriors will be getting some unpleasant knocks on the door over the coming weeks.

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      John McDonnell apologises for Margaret Thatcher assassination comment
      https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/jun/08/john-mcdonnell-apologises-margaret-thatcher-remark
      …………………………………………

      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

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      • Fedup2 says:

        Yes Marky makes a good point

        Admin note
        YOU should take great care not to comment here in such a way as to even remotely make YOU liable for a visit from the internet plod ….
        I read a lot of posts . At the moment the site is very busy ( I wonder why ) so something could turn up here which could get the old monitors getting on the line to internet plod to ‘check your thinking ‘….

        … but compared to what I have seen on the twitter – this site is thankfully a thoughtful and controlled sharing of views …

        .. and it hasn’t been taken down yet …

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        • MarkyMark says:

          Sad but true.

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        • Guest Who says:

          Point well made and taken.

          And as you say Marky & 9d good points. The multiple tracking of law and enforcement, plus utter failure of the 4th estate to hold such abuses of power to account, makes for hairy times.

          The notion of a ‘we’ run by the likes of Foghorn, carefully exempting those considered onside, is frightening.

          Aaronovitch got a pass using ‘just joking’, which is variably allowed.

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  7. MarkyMark says:

    India have better solutions

    “Students Against Discrimination, a group behind the anti-government demonstrations, urged people not to pay taxes or any utility bills.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8vdd4venj7o

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  8. Lazy Cat says:

    I was just watching a ‘citizen journalist’s Livestream from Rotherham and then Middlesborough.

    Up until a few minutes ago the local Muslims were out in force waiting for the ‘far right’ in Boro.

    Lots of coppers blocking streets.

    It didn’t look like much was happening to me.I did see a parked car on fire (which now makes this on par with BLM shutting entire cities down for days).

    I might go back and see how it’s going. It didn’t look like any mobs were trying to get to the mosque but who knows.

    Don’t have the link, the channel was called GBR summat or other.

    Btw I think anyone marching on a mosque to look for a fight is an idiot.

    There are much better ways to protest at our streets not being safe due to unwanted mass immigration, two tiered policing and the cost of living (due to paying for these unicorn fart fantasies).

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  9. tomo says:

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    • MarkyMark says:

      BBC – no two events are ever in the same room so they are not related.

      BBC – Jimmy Saville lessons learnt.

      BBC – Huw Edwards . everyone knew but did nothing due to his power.

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  11. MarkyMark says:

    “A protest in Bolton started off peacefully, but then became heated when two groups clashed. One, most with faces covered by face masks or balaclavas – charged towards town hall shouting “Allahu Akbar” – or God is greatest. They clashed with a separate group waving England flags”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0jqjxe8d1yt
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    “Allahu Akbar” can be used at war and peace. but mostly when peacefully at war. (c) BBC verify

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  12. Lazy Cat says:

    Livestream link above, not sure if it’ll work for long.

    To me it looks like most of the protesters are young. As in 16-25. Mostly white males but there are a few females.

    Could it be that this is what happens when you demonise a group for their entire life, who then see their towns and cities run down into poverty? And when you give them little or no hope of buying a house, starting a family and living a dignified life? Of a decent career? Maybe they can’t even rent a decent, affordable place, as the new social housing goes to ‘more in need’ families who’ve just arrived on s dinghy? Maybe they also see the two tiered policing when it comes to.civil unrest?

    Then, when they see that little white girls are no longer safe a beast was released, perhaps?

    The straw that broke the camel’s back, so to speak?

    Instead of the angry rhetoric from Two Tier and co, maybe they need to look at why these (mostly young) people are so angry?

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    • tomo says:

      Internet + mobile signal disappears in…. 3,2,1…..

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      • MarkyMark says:

        UK GOV BACKED INTERNET! SOON comrade.

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        • tomo says:

          I reckon they’re fondling themselves with extending the TV license to Internet connections – linked to social scoring?

          I’ve seen several reasonable claims that the BBC license collapse is worse than they’re admitting.

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    • Lazy Cat says:

      Although I do understand the fury that must have been building for years over the rape gangs in Rotherham in particular.

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      • Lazy Cat says:

        And earlier in the stream (a lady was filming at this point) I heard a two women having a conversation (I think one of them was filming, but I could be wrong).

        One mentioned something about the violence over the last few days and the other replied ‘Yeah. It seems to be the only way to get what you want nowadays.’

        I swear I heard something like this.

        And it just shows the impact of the cops and local government going soft on those Roma gypsies. And on those thugs who best up armed police officers in am airport. And countless other examples.

        These young people are maybe thinking ‘Eff it. If kicking off gets you what you want we might as well join in seeing as we have nothing anyway.’

        Two Tiering has consequences in the end, it seems.

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  13. Guest Who says:

    Restricting to citation to offer debate points.

    https://x.com/worldbywolf/status/1820157238461313159?s=61
    🚨Hundreds of Muslims in Bolton with masks and balaclavas all dressed in black:
    The media and the government refuse to acknowledge these gangs exist.
    They’re painting out Muslims to be victims of the “far-right”. This lot don’t look like victims to me.

    https://x.com/narindertweets/status/1820158590071509004?s=12
    Asian men defending their communities from racial terrorism
    There fixed it.

    Vile’s ratings hound has not really thought that one through.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      When two tribes go to war …

      In August and September 2022, Leicester, England, saw a period of religious and ethnic tension between predominately British Hindus and British Muslims of South Asian origin. The unrest saw rioting, protest marches, sloganeering and ethnic violence between the two populations.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Leicester_unrest

      Muslim apprehensions of what they alleged as “Hindutva fascism” entering their neighbourhoods was evidently the main driver behind the unrest.[1][2] Community leaders and analysts point to the Indian celebrations following the India–Pakistan 2022 Asia Cup match on 28 August as a catalyst, which saw a reaction from Pakistani fans.[5]

      By 2021, Leicester’s population was 33% Muslim and 25% Hindu.[7]

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      • tomo says:

        I’m guessing there’s regular barneys between all “south asian” groups in Leicester – regardless of religious affiliations – some epic brawls between groups in the 1980s….

        – plod + the shitty Leicester Mercury ignored every.single.incident.

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        • moggiemoo says:

          The Mercury hasn’t been a local paper in a long time. Reading some of the crap you get the impression that none of the ‘journalists’ have ever even been to Leicester.

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  14. tomo says:

    They know he can’t be everywhere….

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  15. MarkyMark says:

    DEPLOY THE HARRY SQUIRREL!

    “Harry and Meghan discuss ‘protecting’ their children”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cldydy6e1d0o

    “In September 2020, Prince Harry and Meghan signed their first major for-profit deal: a five-year contract with Netflix for a reported $100 million.5 Jul 2024”

    BIG FENCE!

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    • tomo says:

      Since the demise of The Queen Muvvah there’s not been a general purpose Royal Squirrel?

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  16. StewGreen says:

    Concerned Citizen tweets a pic with a load of knives
    The Community Note calls it out linking it to a video where Muslims are waving knives as part of wedding celebrations
    .. but bizarre, but Scottish country dancing and Morris men often wave knives.
    https://streamable.com/b17hwg

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  17. Up2snuff says:

    TWoTWeeeeeee Watch #1 – a lot of lazy journalism going on.

    There was a lot of wee spraying about with Ed Stourton in charge. After the News at 1pm the whole programme was concerned with ‘the riots’. No questions asked whether there were ‘Far Right’ rioters rioting or perhaps some Fifth Columnists just trying to stir up trouble for the so-called right. No doubt there were some criminal elements taking the advantage of looting shops, maybe due to the BBC’s & Labour Party’s ‘cost-of-living-crisis’.

    There was lazy journalism aplenty from the BBC and from a women journalist for the ‘Independent’ – are they still a newspaper? There is the ‘i’ on weekdays and Saturdays but the old Independent is long gone and, I think, dead and buried although the BBC have a link to the Independent here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn38852jgr2o but also strangely one to the i as well.

    Snuffy is confused by this Independent and i business! Maybe AISI can explain it to me.

    But back to complaining about the BBC’s lack of real journalism despite the huge numbers of ‘correspondents’ and ‘Editors’ that they have on their books. They assume that all the so-called rioters are Islamophobic when they might just be concerned at the way Muslims are allowed to dominate UK communities. They also assume that so-called ‘rioters’ are of the Far Right when that makes them out to be politically motivated. As I stated above, no questions have been asked by the BBC and the MSM whether there could be Fifth Columnists and mere criminals looking for an excuse to steal among the so-called ‘rioters’.

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  18. MarkyMark says:

    Stateless Olympics? Anyone can go? Become a state?
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cqqll47dvdyo

    “Boxer Cindy Ngamba said she was “just human like any other refugee” after making history by guaranteeing the Refugee Olympic Team a first Games medal.

    The 25-year-old beat sixth-seeded Frenchwoman Davina Michel by unanimous decision on Sunday to reach the women’s 75kg semi-finals.

    With both losing semi-finalists awarded bronze, the Cameroon-born fighter is assured of a medal at Paris 2024.

    Ngamba moved to the UK aged 10, but cannot compete for Team GB because she does not have a British passport.”

    AH…

    “Ngamba is unable to return to Cameroon because of her sexuality – with homosexuality in the country punishable with up to five years in prison.”

    ………………………..

    UK to invade Cameroon and paint it rainbow colours?

    “Ngamba is unable to return to Cameroon”

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  19. MarkyMark says:

    “Bangladeshi media say most of those killed in last month’s protests were shot dead by police. Thousands were injured.”

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8vdd4venj7o

    The government argues that police opened fire only in self-defence and to protect state properties.

    Around 10,000 people have been reportedly detained in a major crackdown by security forces in the past two weeks. Those arrested included opposition supporters and students.

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  20. tomo says:

    Fing Starmer will deploy his Nelsonian eyepatch when viewing this from afar….

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  21. Foscari says:

    The Olympic Games event that BIG BROTHER from the diversity
    department of the BBC has been waiting for. Who is
    going to be the pure Homo-Sapiens fastest runner in the 100
    metres.
    Folk ask why are these black runners so superior to their
    white cousins? Check out what happened 40,000 years ago ,And
    this explosive strength will tell you why that just 2% Neathandral DNA is such a disadvantage.

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  22. tomo says:

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  23. tomo says:

    Daily Mail

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    • kingkp says:

      I can’t understand why anyone is surprised by Starmer. He’s the Trilateralist and Trilateralists are executioners. They are the bully boys who execute the plan. He’s been linked to the SIS since he was in the womb or whatever it was he escaped from. He covered up for Savile and by definition for the the murderer of Jill Dando who was getting too close to exposing the dirty secrets of the British state. We still don’t know who killed her and I doubt we ever will.

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