212 Responses to Weekend 14th September 2024

  1. JohnC says:

    Government defends early release scheme after freed prisoner charged with sexual assault
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnvdy22gje4o

    I only read this article to see if the BBC wanted to make the point that protestors who simply turned up but broke no laws were sent to prison and violent criminals and sex offendors have been released to make room for them.

    And of course they don’t.

    They do make a point of telling us:
    ‘Rioters involved in this summer’s unrest are also not specifically excluded from early release. They will only stay behind bars for longer if they are serving more than four years for a violent offence.’
    But of course the real question – How many ‘rioters’ have been released – is not addressed. Because I’m certain it’s zero. This is just the BBC trying to infer they are not political prisoners with another of their special ways of lying.

    I’m not even sure what that second sentence means. I wonder if either of these 2 BBC heavyweights who wrote it do either:
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    • MarkyMark says:

      BBC to look at riot families devastated by riot arrests?

      ” How many ‘rioters’ have been released” – NET ZERO

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      • Fedup2 says:

        Easy Disinformation- i think no one has been convicted / charged with riot apart from one kid who is on bail .

        The BBC applying itss far left agenda to those minor disturbances and blowing them up into something they were not

        Maybe next time theyll see real riots …

        But not from me .. ok 77 brigade ?

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        • JohnC says:

          That is exactly right Fed.
          They have been charged with ‘violent disorder’ which is not as severe as ‘riot’.
          Another whopping lie by the BBC.
          Or maybe not 77. Perhaps I’m mistaken again.

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    • Rob in Cheshire says:

      I’d rather trust the cat.

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  2. Sluff says:

    8 people died overnight on a rubberised cross channel ferry.
    Meanwhile, in the Times yesterday it was reported that low skill migrant workers cost the taxpayer nett £150,000.

    If only TTK or Darling Rachel could join the dots…….

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Send the bodies to Macron?

      ………………….

      Dover MP Natalie Elphicke told the Commons that the BBC’s “shocking report” contained the “breath-taking” disclosure of free French public bus services being used to ferry migrants from camps to Dunkirk beaches.

      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-63229010

      ….

      Today the BBC journalists Michael Keohan and Colin Campbell released a shocking report on the channel crossings. It showed people smugglers selling their wares brazenly in the migrant camps and many children living in unsafe and dangerous conditions, as well as—this is breathtaking—a free French public bus service that migrants can use to travel directly from the camps to the Dunkirk departure beaches. Will my right hon. Friend allow a statement on the issue of tackling the small boat crossings and the Government’s response in their work with France?

      https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2022-10-13a.258.0#g262.1

      SACK THEM ALL!

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    • Fedup2 says:

      8 x £150 000 = ..,..

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  3. pugnazious says:

    People beginning to realise what nut zero means…zero jobs….zero industry…zero farming…zero cheap and fuel….oh, but we still need millions of migrants to fill those non-existent jobs.

    Maybe one day the BBC will start to understand and stop being the unquestioning mouthpiece for the green zealots and actually start doing some real journalism….and it’s a paradox [well not really when you know that climate is now an ideology not a science] that the BBC has so many science programmes and scientists on who all say that nothing is set in stone….it’s science’s job to ask questions and overturn orthodox thinking…any yet if you dare to ask about climate you’re a heretic….when someone is being lined up as a bad ‘un the BBC lists their sins…vaccines, lockdowns, islamophobia, trans and of course climate ‘conspiracy theories’.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      We can all become politicians and claim expenses for dresses?! HA HA HA HHA HA HAH HAHA H!

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    • tomo says:

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      How about we stop pretending that impossible and undesirable fantasies based on junk science are what we should be striving to achieve? (Hector Drummond on Twitter)

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    • Up2snuff says:

      pug, “climate is now an ideology not a science” and a demonic ideology at that. The Lord Jesus Christ warned in the ‘Olivet Discourse’ in Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21 that in the last days deceptions would arise. Global Warming and Climate Change, I believe, is a devilish deception that will impoverish the western World. The fact that three Gospel writers thought the Olivet Discourse was important is, I think, significant. John, of course, had a special revelation that refered to the end times, the last book of the Bible. We are edging inexorably closer to the end times, ‘the Last Days’.

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  4. Guest Who says:

    Dave needs to get in a BBC studio stat.

    https://x.com/guidofawkes/status/1835230750225936448?s=61
    Lammy: Starmer Took Dodgy Donations Because Taxpayer Doesn’t Provide Clothes Budget for His Wife…

    …Cinders.

    Lord Ali as..

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  5. Sluff says:

    Hands up all those readers whose clothes are bought for them by someone outside the family, and for whom the same is true for their wife/ husband/ partner ?
    Hands up anyone who has spent nearly £20,000 on their clothes this year?

    Just as I thought. No- one.
    On the other hand……..

    https://news.sky.com/story/starmer-faces-investigation-over-possible-breach-of-parliamentary-rules-after-labour-donor-pays-for-wifes-clothes-13215216

    But it was TTK. So it’s OK.

    PS we are talking about a person who had a special parliamentary law passed for him allowing him uniquely to be unaffected by changes in pension allowances. So it’s not as if he couldn’t afford it. Unlike 99% of pensioners…

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  6. pugnazious says:

    The ‘Far-Right’ Migration Watch was right…yet again. Right about Romanian migrant numbers when the Good and the Great tried to rubbish such projections, and right about the huge negative cost of mass migration.

    Migration Watch said…

    ‘An extensive body of research has consistently found that immigration is a huge fiscal cost to the UK despite immigrants being younger than the overall population and much more likely to be of working age. Immigration represented an overall net fiscal cost of between £4 billion and £13 billion per year for 2016/17 and 2014/15 respectively, depending upon assumptions made by the authors concerned.’

    Imagine the costs now as low-skilled worker numbers increase even more…

    ‘Massive recent increase in lower skilled immigrant workers’
    https://www.migrationwatchuk.org/briefing-paper/515/massive-recent-increase-in-lower-skilled-immigrant-workers

    And now we have the OBR admitting not only that immigration is still going to be massive for decades[totalling 20 million] but that the low-skilled will cost us a fortune that outweighs anything the highly skilled bring us….

    ‘The OBR assumes net migration of around 400,000 a year for the next 50 years.

    The OBR models the fiscal profile of a “low-wage migrant worker”, on 50 per cent less than the UK average. This migrant is a net fiscal drain from the moment they enter the country. By the time they reach 81, they will have cost the taxpayer £465,000.

    A recent Centre for Policy Studies report looked at how many visas were issued in 2022-23 for different job types on skilled worker routes and compared them with the salary data for those occupations.

    This analysis suggested that around 72 per cent were likely to be earning less than the average UK salary. Fully 54 per cent were probably on just half of the average salary – the OBR’s “low-wage migrant”. Given another chunk were likely on around 40 per cent of the average salary, it appears that roughly three-fifths of workers on skilled worker visas are destined to be net recipients.’

    And that’s before we get to the eye-watering cost of illegal migrants and their handouts….

    ‘The amount of taxpayer money spent per asylum seeker per month is now 1.5 times the average monthly pay for NHS nurses. Shockingly, taxpayers are being forced to fork out ever-increasing amounts of money for accommodation providers over and above contracts that were worth a whopping £4.5 billion over ten years when the government signed them to secure asylum-related housing provision back in 2019. ‘

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  7. MarkyMark says:

    Lammy is asked about the claims that the PM Sir Keir Starmer didn’t declare the outfits given to his wife by a wealthy donor.

    It’s claimed he may have broken parliamentary rules in failing to declare the gifts by Labour donor Lord Waheed Alli.

    Lammy insists Sir Keir has sought to comply with the rules, and is “attempting to be transparent”.

    “attempting to be transparent”.
    “attempting to be transparent”.
    “attempting to be transparent”.
    “attempting to be transparent”.

    HA H AH AHA HA!

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce8d89qdnzgt?post=asset%3A5fe6d43d-3a4b-4ef3-9676-15fe06cbad39#post

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  8. MarkyMark says:

    “Lammy: Starmer Took Dodgy Donations Because Taxpayer Doesn’t Provide Clothes Budget for His Wife”
    https://order-order.com/2024/09/15/lammy-starmer-took-dodgy-donations-because-taxpayer-doesnt-provide-clothes-budget-for-his-wife/

    “Because Taxpayer Doesn’t Provide Clothes Budget for His Wife”

    ……………………………………………..

    Name of donor: Crystal Palace Football Club
    Address of donor: Selhurst Park Stadium, Holmesdale Road, London SE25 6PU
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Three tickets with hospitality for Crystal Palace v Arsenal, value £2,142

    HA HA HA HA HA HA

    Name of donor: (1) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar (2) COP28 Presidency Office
    Address of donor: (1) Almirqab Tower, West Bay, Doha, Qatar (2) Capital Plaza, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
    Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) Private jet provided for return flights between Dubai and Doha, plus transportation, for me and three members of staff, total value £25,508.83 (2) Airport transfer and daily travel by car during COP28, approximate value £765

    HA H AH AH AHA HAH A!

    https://www.theyworkforyou.com/regmem/?p=25353

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  9. Zephir says:

    A local OFSTED award. These are the “people” who will be dictating to parents what they can and cannot give their children to eat in ther lunchboxes…

    Truly shocking condition. Two of them can’t wear shoes either for some reason. An example of how downhill this country has gone.

    A bit like my experience at hospital yesterday, watching them wobbling about.

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    • Zephir says:

      “Healthy School

      We are proud of our ‘Healthy School’ award and follow guidance given to us from the Department for Education in relation to all aspects of your child’s health and well-being. Herts Catering Ltd (HCL) follow this too but should you wish to bring a home packed lunch in for your child rather than have one supplied by HCL please ensure you do NOT include the following:

      Nuts of any type (including peanut butter and chocolate spread)
      Sweets or chocolate bars
      Fizzy drinks (a carton of juice is acceptable with lunch)

      We also request that your child has a name water bottle with them for use during the day – please note the water bottle should only contain water and not squash or juice.

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    • Up2snuff says:

      Zephir, two of that collection appear to be morbidly obese and another two appear to be clinically obese.

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      • Zephir says:

        Yes, such a healthy school, could you imagine that lot criticising a parent for what they provide their child for lunch ?

        They certainly did not get that way on bloody salad.

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  10. tomo says:

    sheesh… Ecotricity £100 million a year in subsidy eh?

    they’ll be handing out grants (subsidies) for rooftop hydroelectric power next.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      New operator – no history – perfect record.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Dale Vince

      @DaleVince
      Green Industrialist | Founder
      @Ecotricity
      , Skydiamond, Green Britain Foundation. Chairman
      @FGRfc_official
      . Media enquiries: press.office@ecotricity.co.uk
      EntrepreneurStroudlinktr.ee/TheRealDaleVin…Joined September 2008
      1,392 Following
      80.7K Followers

      ………………

      The typical life span of a wind turbine is 20 years, with routine maintenance required every six months. Wind turbine power output is variable due to the fluctuation in wind speed; however, when coupled with an energy storage device, wind power can provide a steady power output.
      ………………

      Solar panels typically last 25–30 years, but some can last up to 40 years.

      …………………..

      The top seven global solar panel manufacturers are mostly (though not exclusively) Chinese. Miles ahead of the pack is Tongwei Solar

      ……………………..

      So as Gamesa executives see it, they made the right bet by coming to China. And they insist that they have no regrets about having trained more than 500 Chinese machinery companies as a cost of playing by Beijing’s rules — even if those rules have sometimes flouted international trade law. It is simply the table stakes of playing in the biggest game going.

      “If we would not have done it, someone else would have done it,” said Jorge Calvet, Gamesa’s chairman and chief executive.
      http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/15/business/global/15chinawind.html?_r=0

      ………………..

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    • MarkyMark says:

      The Labour donor Dale Vince has employed a new legal approach to sue the political blog Guido Fawkes for libel, despite the website being hosted overseas.

      Vince, who has given millions of pounds to Labour in the run-up to the general election, says the Westminster-focused blog falsely suggested that he supports Hamas, a proscribed terrorist group.

      The green energy entrepreneur is now personally suing the site’s Ireland-based owner Paul Staines. The editor has previously declared that his Irish nationality and his blog being hosted in the US meant that “I don’t have to pay attention to what a British judge orders me to do”.

      Vince said: “He believes his ‘offshore’ structure protects him from being accountable, that he can flout our laws and disregard basic principles … With this legal action we hope to change that.”

      https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jul/02/dale-vince-sues-guido-fawkes-owner-over-false-hamas-claims

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    • Rob in Cheshire says:

      You’d almost think Dale Vince had a vested interest. Perish the thought. Perish the pensioners.

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  11. Emmanuel Goldstein says:

    First they came for the Pensioners……

    You know the rest.

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  12. MarkyMark says:

    “Uefa has warned ministers that England could be excluded from the European Championship it is co-hosting in 2028 over “concerns” that a planned independent football regulator could lead to “government interference” in the sport.”

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c9wkjnvpy2ko

    ………………..

    Legislation will bring seismic change to the industry and aims to stamp out money laundering
    https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/apr/23/european-union-money-laundering-crime-corruption-uefa

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  13. Fedup2 says:

    I read that a few councils are identifying old poor people who the reds want to freeze to death and giving them £100 out of council funds . …
    Maybe reeves was just looking for an excuse to cut payments to councils ?

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  14. JohnC says:

    Ukraine missile request under discussion – Lammy
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr75r70jgp7o

    I am utterly stunned, amazed, appalled and terrified that our country is in such a complete mess that we have the thick racist Lammy representing us for this matter on the global stage.

    Starmer is a clear and present threat to our country. I wonder what the secret services make of him and what plans the have in place for when it all goes South.

    We’ve seen what Herr Starmer’s plan is : put everyone you don’t like in jail. When the jails are full it will need special camps. When the special camps are full it will need some kind of final solution.

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  15. micknotmike says:

    Sometimes the bbc writers hit the nail right on the thumb. In an article “Eight dead in channel crossing attempt”, the following two sentences appear, exactly thus :-

    More than 21,000 people have crossed the Channel this year.
    Amnesty International UK said the latest incident was “yet another appalling and avoidable tragedy”.

    Right on the money there.

    It is indeed an appalling and avoidable tragedy that 21,000 have crossed the channel. If they had been returned to France it could have been excellent news.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Mick – whilst listening to the spurs game on 5 live the news had a the far left amnesty international bod said Britain doesn’t take enough ‘refugees ‘ compared to other countries … good I thought … and my reaction to 8 drowning isn’t for publication .

      Apparently responding to this incident Lammy was critical of the quality of the dinghies being used . It sounded as though he wants his red government to supply them ….

      Let’s hope there are a lot of storms in the next 6 months …it’s the only thing to stop the invasion

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      • moggiemoo says:

        I don’t understand why they don’t just come by Eurostar, it’s not like they’d be stopped or anything, that sort of shit is reserved for legal passengers.

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  16. Deborah says:

    Met Office on GB News yesterday, today was going to be a dry day in my part of the country. I thought this was excellent news for farmers who are trying to sow next year’s crops. It has rained on an off for much of the day so far. So do I trust the news that it is supposed to be getting warmer and drier for the coming week?

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    • moggiemoo says:

      My wife washed a duvet and put it out to dry. I told her it was going to rain. She pointed out that the forecast was for dry weather. I told her that’s why I knew it was going to rain. 20 minutes later I was proved tight. This is sadly quite common.

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    • BRISSLES says:

      Sorry Debs but in my neck of the woods it’s been brilliant sunshine today with T shirts and shorts on display !

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  17. Fedup2 says:

    Is the Sue gray governmenf to rush through a law enabling people to kill themselves ? This week ? So that Esther can finally off herself ?
    Perhaps increasing the suicide industry is part of the ‘growth ‘ project being dreamed up by comrade reeves ….

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  18. atlas_shrugged says:

    The far-left thugs telling lies – God forbid:

    Sir Keir Starmer’s ex-ethics adviser is under parliamentary investigation after being accused of lying in a Lords debate about Labour’s proposed VAT on private school fees. The Mail has the story.

    https://dailysceptic.org/2024/09/15/labour-peer-faces-investigation-after-being-accused-of-lying-in-debate/

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  19. StewGreen says:

    Media much happier talking about the mouse then the elephant
    The elephant in the room is immigrant crime first or second generation of certain groups/
    The mouse is native crime.

    On ITV local NewsPR last night

    they saved the Rotherham grooming gang jailing for fourth headline. The did briefly mention the names show photos even
    but when in comes to Rotherham riots
    They have been the opening item numerous times
    With interviews from the victims etc.

    Yet when it comes to child grooming/raping gangs there are almost zero bits with victims and their families.

    Their news webpage https://www.itv.com/news/calendar
    mentions “riots” NINE times

    But words grooming/raping are absent
    It just says “Seven jailed for *abuse* of two girls in Rotherham
    Seven men have been given combined sentences of 106 years for abusing two girls in the early 2000s.”

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    • StewGreen says:

      BBC local radio news at 8am
      Opening item “BAME NHS staff have received support from Humberside cohesion officers after anxiety caused by the riots”
      “a HUGE impact on their wellbeing
      .. we will not tolerate”
      Story tweeted from 3 BBC Twitter acounts
      guesss the total impact ?
      zero replies , 1 Like

      #2 Hull City Council has welcomed £600K of government funding after the riots “post-riot funding”
      WTF where was magicked up from ?

      doh Batley teachers are still in hiding

      By 9am the lead item was “8 migrants drown in the channel”
      .. So how does the impact of the “rioters” compare ..they didn’t kill anyone

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  20. StewGreen says:

    4pm BBC local radio news
    opening item “Chief of Refugee Council says .. we need to let these people into the UK without them HAVING to undertake dangerous journeys”

    doh .. They don’t HAVE ” to undertake dangerous journeys”
    cos FRANCE IS SAFE

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  21. Nibor says:

    BBC , Refugee Council , Hate not Hope , woke people etc ,

    What’s the difference between the “ safe and legal “ routes you propose for these bogus asylum seekers and the safe and legal routes everyone else takes ?

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  22. tomo says:

    So those uppity Houthis are stick welding these up in Yemeni goat sheds and fuelling them with repurposed hair bleach?

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Sounds like Putin is testing out the new kit with a view to ending the Ukraine war …

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    • JohnC says:

      Wow – that isn’t even headline news at the BBC. It must interfere with lots of agendas. It’s a HUGE story.

      This is EXACTLY what Putin said he would do months ago if the West kept giving Ukraine the most advanced weapons and then targetting Russia with them.

      It seems all those extremely advanced defense system Israel has are not a patch on those Ukraine have. They shoot all of them down.

      I actually read somewhere that these missiles are not so hard to shoot down if you know they are coming quick enough. Apparently they are a huge IR source which can be tracked then they need to slow down in the terminal guidance phase which is when they can be intercepted. Not sure how true that is of course.

      Isn’t amazing how the quickly the world has turned to total shit once the Left are in charge ?. Starmer progress on that front has been absolutely amazing.

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    • atlas_shrugged says:

      IMHO that deserves the non-payment of £88 million which was pledged for 2022/23 to Yemen.

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  24. Fedup2 says:

    Starmer must be a very strange individual – to be so obviously corrupt for minor bungs .. breach the declaration rules – bringing his wife into it – giving a pass to some Indian slimebag with deep pockets –
    He sets an excellent venal example for his party – which must think they can do anything – such as killing 4000 old people each winter in the name of socialism …

    But starmer – neither a good lawyer – politician or human being …. Frightening to think what he is going to do to us …

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    • JohnC says:

      Ho worries me greatly Fed because his dull, placid exterior is a complete act. Underneath lies a ruthless, shallow, utterly uncaring far-Left extremist. As Barnier spotted in that book he wrote.

      The same stuff serial killers are made of.

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      • Fedup2 says:

        JohnC
        Apparently starmer met an old man duffering from dementia – who thinks he is US president -on thursday night .

        Not much coverage – no mention of a meeting with obama either …

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    • Flotsam says:

      Re. Smarmer’s wife gifts

      I’ve just heard Lammy assuring us, “There’s nothing to see here”

      Pretty strange to have his Foreign Secretary fronting up for him.

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  25. StewGreen says:

    Mr Forensic couldn’t see that Mr Donor putting money into his wife’s pocket, iis putting money into the Starmer home budget
    so counts as Starmer’s income

    Mr Forensic couldn’t spot that declaring a blanket end to pensioer fuel allowance which many pensioners don;t need, also causes hardship for some pensioners

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  26. Emmanuel Goldstein says:

    If we got rid of ALL the diversity, inclusion and environment types of (non) jobs in the civil service, nhs and similar, the savings would be immense and easily cover things like WFP.

    Not only that, it would supercharge our workplaces by removing ever so many restrictive practices and busybody wokes who cause so much harm to the smooth running of our industries with their petty interfering and the barmy ideas they need to keep coming up with to try and justify their job.
    The workers would be much happier with this deadweight removed.

    It’s a win win for all (apart from the snowflake wokies)

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  27. Fedup2 says:

    I poked my nose into the BBC website – I wondered if there was much coverage of the first ‘private ‘ space walks and safe return to earth … but guess what ? Zilch …. Now could that be that the ‘disapproved ‘ Elon musk was involved ….?

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  28. Zephir says:

    Breaking news:

    Here we go again…..

    “Shots fired at Trump National Golf Club with former president on site”

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13853143/Shots-Trump-National-Golf-Club-Mar-Lago.html

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    • JohnC says:

      An amazing coincidence that this sort of thing is happening after all the lawfare attempts to remove him failed.

      Not.

      I used to dislike the Left but didn’t care that much. Now I despise everything about them. They are the embodiment of hypocrisy and evil.

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  29. Fedup2 says:

    It is inevitable that there will be various attempts on President Trumps ‘ life – with cover ups and conspiracies by federal agencies who are threatened by him being re elected .

    Presumably the assassin this time will fall out of a window or be shot trying to escape … with no members of the press or politicians looking or asking questions …

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    • JohnC says:

      What percentage of BBC staff privately hoping Trump got shot ?.
      I would estimate at least 75%.

      That’s how the Left do politics when they are confident enough.

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  30. Fedup2 says:

    Lammy says the great leader and his wife don’t get taxpayers ‘ money for their wardrobe as PM – and so they accept bungs
    ( gifts ) from rich men who want nothing is return ….

    Lammy says that president Biden gets loads of taxpayer cash to look good so our great leader and the First Lady should get the same .
    All hail the Great Leader …

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    • JohnC says:

      That picture of the whole cabinet being Corbyn when the guy took his sunglasses off was an absolute classic. Made into the geniuous it was when just Lammy was replaced by a turnip.

      Not often I laugh out loud at memes.

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