274 Responses to Weekend 7th September 2024

  1. StewGreen says:

    The push back on the Israel report
    BREAKING: Israeli lawyer does a hit job on the BBC.

    Trevor Asserson emigrated to Israel nearly 25 years ago. His law practice is based in Jerusalem

    This is the Telegraph promoting a lame hit job on the BBC by an obsessed man based in Jerusalem, most of whose complaints have been thrown out over years. Akin to publishing say the Kremlin’s analysis of the BBC’s coverage of Ukraine.
    His work is not in the least bit credible

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    • Flotsam says:

      Who is saying this?

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    • Up2snuff says:

      Sorry Stew, Iliked your comment before fully reading /understanding it. Take one like off your score. Trevor Asserson’s work is very highly credible to those of use who have listened to BBC R4’s output on Israel since 7 October 2023.

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  2. wwfc says:

    Is London dangerous?

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    • JohnC says:

      If you encounter a random black man and a random white man, the black man is statistically 7 times more likely to stab someone than the white one. Fact.

      You won’t see that fact on the BBC. No doubt I’m a racist for even saying it. These are the immense double-standards of the Left.

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    • JohnC says:

      ‘Kursk is not hurting Russia’ is a huge understatement.

      The operation wanted to take the nuclear power station, the East/West highway and maybe even Kursk itself.

      It failed on all counts and now they are being systematically bombed with glide bombs just as they are everywhere else in Ukraine.

      You won’t learn that on the BBC either.

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  3. wwfc says:

    Trillions? Millions?

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  4. wwfc says:

    Isn’t hindsight a good thing?

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  5. StewGreen says:

    segment on @BBCRadio4 Broadcasting House
    Not only did all of the commentators agree
    “nothing to see here”,
    .. but we also had the BBC statement rejecting claims from the Report.

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  6. StewGreen says:

    Mary Beard is in the BBC Guardian bubbleworld
    So loves BBC anti-Trump propaganda

    The guy here says “I have no idea”
    .. that’s the result of his bubbleworld

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    • tomo says:

      After what, 8 years of TDS where low information lazy “liberals” have wallowed in the sneering and name calling you’d think they’d have moved on from the bile – but no, they obviously like the taste of it…..

      The animus towards DJT has been cultivated carefully to play to psychologically susceptible types – I’ve seen some real doozies – spluttering red faced fury at the mere mention of “Trump” from people who cannot in calmer moments elaborate beyond the fury… There’s a trigger mechanism in there- I don’t know exactly what it is – but it’s there – the irrational outbursts I’ve seen tell me that much.

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  7. Guest Who says:

    Previous Ed Al Rusbridger of joint Cheek Graun has:

    Q&A: Cummings vs Campbell, who was toughest to deal with?

    Clearly it will depend on who asked.

    But it is clear the BBC touched toes and said ‘how high’ to Mad Al (no relation) from the start.

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  8. StewGreen says:

    @JonahIvriAnochi tweets
    Dear Bloody Bullsh*t Corporation,

    Re: Your 11am news bulletin on Radio 4
    1) Three Israeli civilians were just murdered by a Jordanian terrorist at the Allenby Bridge Crossing. It wouldn’t hurt you to specify the nationality of the deceased or the facts relating to the incident.

    2) Your newsreader also struggled to pronounce “Allenby” properly. Given 1st Viscount Edmund Allenby was a British Field Marshal after whom the Allenby Bridge was named, pronouncing his uncomplicated name correctly ought to be simple enough for a British broadcaster.

    3) The Allenby Bridge Crossing is NOT the only entry point between Israel and Jordan as stated. This is, in fact, one of three. There is the King Hussein Crossing near Bet Shean in the north and another between Eilat and Aqaba in the south.

    4) Lastly, Judea and Samaria are NOT occupied under international law, so you would do well to desist from propagating this tedious political lie favoured by the pro-“Palestinian” terrorist lobby.

    It’s high time you amateurs pulled your bloody socks up.

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    • StewGreen says:

      On 3pm news the details were correct

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      • JohnC says:

        I wonder how many people the BBC has monitoring social media in real time so they can cover up things like this when they get found out.

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    • StewGreen says:

      @PaulMSeligmantweets
      I was surprised to hear the @BBCRadio4 11:00 news reader pronounce “Allenby” as if it were an Arabic phrase Al-enby,
      with the accent on the ‘en’.

      The bridge is named after General Allenby, who led the British conquest of Palestine in the First World War

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  9. tomo says:

    Only 1500 breaches of their own impartiality code thus far supposedly there – another one is meh…….

    Thing is – if they are that confident about there – wtaf are they doing with domestic reporting here?

    I presume y’all know the answer?

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  10. StewGreen says:

    More progs for the alphabet people LGBTQ+

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  11. digg says:

    Surrkeer claims he took down the portrait of Thatcher because “He doesn’t like people staring down on him” .

    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/sep/08/starmer-removed-thatcher-portrait-siberian-klitten

    That means any visit for instance to the National Portrait Gallery is off the cards for him then!

    What an absolute vacuous jelly this man is!

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    • JohnC says:

      She was more of a man than he will ever be.

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    • Flotsam says:

      Taking down the Thatcher portrait says a lot about Smarmer. I would call it a Bliar moment, Bliar was no respecter of history and I guess Smarmer doesn’t either. His action shows him to be a pathetic, feeble man not big enough to recognise those that came to power and shaped Britain before him.

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  12. JohnC says:

    Venezuela’s opposition leader arrives in Spain after fleeing
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c14zdypxr7no

    I read this story to learn who was running away from who. And I was quite intrigued to see that the BBC do not tell me. And even more intriguing was the fact that ‘far-right’ was never mentioned.

    So I checked. And sure enough the persecuting persecuting all the opposition causing them to flee for political asylum are socialists.

    Left winger holds on in Venezuela election
    https://socialistworker.co.uk/international/left-winger-holds-on-in-venezuela-election/

    Another whopping lie by omission from the BBC.

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  13. StewGreen says:

    20K follower TV host account praises the terrorist account
    .. #1 I guess someone else like Hamas control her account

    #2 Would Starmer condemn it ?

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  14. StewGreen says:

    I quote
    The licence fee is now a compulsory political donation for the left.

    Now all non performance institutions are left wing. Media, education, government departments etc.

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  15. StewGreen says:

    @JohnSimpsonNews is on message
    The BBC says it has serious questions about the methodology of the attack on BBC reporting of Gaza in today’s Sunday Telegraph.
    Jeremy Bowen and Lyse Doucet,
    who are singled out for vicious criticism,
    are known worldwide as two of the finest correspondents in world journalism

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Can BBCOFCOM ignore the report ? Can the bbc ignore it ?
      Can Lisa nandy ignore it ?

      And if they can’t ignore it do they do their own research ? Which is biased in favour of the Hamas propaganda branch that is the BBC …?

      Poor Johnnie Simpson being used as a bbc mouthpiece again – must be due for a dimbleby or Attenborough to join the chorus of wealthy BBC parasites …

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    • tomo says:

      Simpson is a conceited tosser with one of the most inflated opinions of himself in a field of runners at the BBC that can’t get into his levels of self regard, no matter how hard they try.

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    • atlas_shrugged says:

      the finest correspondents in world journalism
      the finest correspondents in world journalism
      the finest correspondents in world journalism

      … still trying to let that sink in. It has all the puff and arrogance of the black knight (come back I will bite your ankles).

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  16. BRISSLES says:

    Yet another medic under investigation. This time an orthopaedic surgeon at Gt Ormond Street. This guy, first name Yasser (Egyptian?) had a propensity for carrying out unnecessary operations on little children – some leaving them with life changing conditions. It’s about time there was a proper background check system in place before putting any medic – particular foreign, under contract.

    I have first hand knowledge that many come to this country to practice, with the basic minimum of qualifications- from a place where the standard of pass level exams are nowhere near as rigid as in this country.

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    • tomo says:

      Brissles

      In 1990/91 was shown offices in Karachi where the rich could sign up for “medical training” and eventually certification to travel overseas…. Nobody’s going near the fake Nigerian nurses thing – are they?

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  17. JohnC says:

    I wonder what those astronaughts are thinking tonight after Starliner made a perfect return to Earth and they are stuck on the space station until next year.

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    • tomo says:

      JohnC

      even if it wasn’t perfect – it seems likely any small hiccups wouldn’t be mentioned?

      The PR spin was strong ….

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  18. MarkyMark says:

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  19. MarkyMark says:

    Calvin Robinson’s Final Interview Before Leaving the UK. Are We Prepared to Fight for Britain?

    “The last fight will be in America”

    America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It

    Someday soon, you might wake up to the call to prayer from a muezzin. Europeans already are. And liberals will still tell you that “diversity is our strength”–while Talibanic enforcers cruise Greenwich Village burning books and barber shops, the Supreme Court decides sharia law doesn’t violate the “separation of church and state,” and the Hollywood Left decides to give up on gay rights in favor of the much safer charms of polygamy.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      The vicar isn’t exactly leaving – and it’s disappointing that he openly criticises Farage – how does that help the cause ? He seems unable to offer a solution to the Far left Muslim take over of Britain – but another predicting disorder / civil war .

      He says he will come back to fight the next election . I can’t see it …

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      • MarkyMark says:

        The places to fight the fight will get smaller and smaller.
        Those who can leave will, just like those who can avoid tax will.

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  20. Fedup2 says:

    For those goal hanging – I’ll put the next thread up at 2100 London time ….
    Not BBC – for I am without TV and don’t listen to live radio much anymore – and the online press is pretty dismal/ paywalled ..
    Anyway – I do wonder if the continuos immersion in negative Far Left propaganda is healthy . I’ve been around the block – so I feel pretty proofed against propaganda – unless it’s the misinformation of old stuff put up without proper sourcing of purporting to be new .

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  21. MarkyMark says:

    Ukraine appears to be calling on a fleet of fire-spewing “dragon drones” in its war with Russian invaders, putting a modern twist on a munition used to horrific effect in both world wars.

    A series of videos posted on social media, including on Telegram from the Ukrainian Defense Ministry on Wednesday, show the low-flying drones dropping torrents of fire – actually molten metal – onto Russian-held positions in tree lines.

    https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/07/europe/ukraine-thermite-dragon-drones-intl-hnk-ml/index.html

    ………………….

    Western technology and finance are helping Ukraine carry out hundreds of long-range strikes inside Russia.

    That is despite Nato allies still refusing to give Ukraine permission to use Western-supplied munitions to do so – mostly because of fears of escalation.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6240qepyppo

    British engineers from Palantir, working with Ukrainian counterparts, have designed a programme to generate and map the best ways to reach a target. Palantir makes clear it is not involved in the missions, but has helped train more than 1,000 Ukrainians how to use its software.

    “As well as military targets, Ukrainian drones have hit blocks of flats leaving some civilians wounded”

    The attacks are mostly carried out at night. Most will be shot down. As few as 10% may reach the target. Some drones are even shot down along the way by friendly fire – Ukraine’s own air defences.

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  22. Up2snuff says:

    The Sunday Telegraph headline on the front page come as no surprise to us who have listened to the BBC since 7th October last year. What was a surprise to me at least was a thinly veiled attack on former President Donald Trump in ‘American Socialist’ by Jill Lepore.

    Digraceful BBC. I hope OFCOM take action over the BBC’s various biases.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Roger Bootle
      France is finally facing the music after decades of failure

      Kemi Badenoch
      Net zero is gifting our future to an increasingly dominant China

      Simon Heffer
      Young people will not fight to save a country they’ve been taught to hate

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      Liam Halligan
      Grenfell tragedy must spur a new wave of social housing construction

      Michael Deacon
      The hypocrisy of trans activists has just been hilariously exposed

      Danny Cohen
      BBC’s bias laid bare will be sickening to British Jews

      Camilla Tominey
      Labour is now officially the stupid party

      https://www.telegraph.co.uk/

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  23. MarkyMark says:

    …………. WE ARE ALL EQUAL….

    “Pimlico Plumbers founder to sell £12m penthouse as he flees Britain ahead of tax raid”
    Charlie Mullins ready to have ‘no assets in the UK’ ahead of looming Budget tax rises

    Lucy Burton,
    Employment Editor
    7 September 2024 • 12:00pm

    …………. WE ARE ALL EQUAL….

    Rod Stewart left the UK and made his home in Los Angeles in 1975 to avoid the 83% tax on top earners that existed in Britain at the time. Toto Wolff was accused of being a tax exile by Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      When studying revenue law – the following quote from IRC v Duke of Westminster 1934?is rammed home

      “Every man is entitled, if he can, to order his affairs so that the tax attaching under the appropriate Acts is less than it otherwise would be. If he succeeds in ordering them so as to secure this result, then, however unappreciative the Commissioners of Inland Revenue or his fellow tax-payers may be of his ingenuity, he cannot be compelled to pay an increased tax.”

      …’ there is no morality is a tax ‘( or mercy )….

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    • AsISeeIt says:

      Oddly enough, both Charlie Mullins and Rod Stewart share the same hairdo.

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  25. Fedup2 says:

    It seems the dead party is still holding a ‘conference ‘ in 2024 – but the current leader – green card sunak – will be the first ‘leader ‘ since 1963 not to make a speech – even when Micky Howard lost he stepped up .

    But not our rishi . No explanation for the suicidal election date – no apology to his party . Maybe the missus could do it for him – since she probably called the election in the first place ..

    Pensioners are being invited to the conference so that they can warm up …..

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  26. MarkyMark says:

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