Midweek 18th September 2024

The latest in a long line of BBC sex offenders got a suspended sentence – sending out a sign that it’s okay to abuse . But what is it about the BBC that there are so many who don’t know the difference between right and wrong ? Or was that question just answered .?

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392 Responses to Midweek 18th September 2024

  1. Eddy Booth says:

    “Was this an own goal by Israel?
    Frank Gardner
    Security correspondent

    Let’s think about this for a moment.”

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cwyl9048gx8t

    We’re being to cued to think by the BBC 😀
    They must be seething

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  2. Zephir says:

    FFS “apparent”

    what a bunch of far left twats

    Islamic bbc:

    “Harris to address Latino voters as Trump to hold rally after apparent shooting attempt”

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c33vek5kyz4t

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  3. Doublethinker says:

    In the annals of military operations has there ever been anything to equal ,let alone surpass , the brilliance of these two latest attacks by the IDF? How on earth did they ‘doctor’ the communications equipment that the terrorists use?
    There will be thousands of terrorists cowering in their holes wondering what is the next thing that the IDF and Mossad have up their sleeves. Exploding kebabs or false teeth or rockets that explode on launch.

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  4. taffman says:

    “Stop the Boats” . Defend our borders and end the unfair Telly Tax.
    Vote for Reform UK…
    https://www.reformparty.uk

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  5. Eddy Booth says:

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  6. Zephir says:

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    • JohnC says:

      And they went with a proper bang as well as I recall. Blew the end of the fag off.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Yeah – that could be the next one – additives to fags – they all smoke like troopers so why not give something else … ?

      The UN – BBC and the rest want israel to fight by ‘ recognised rules’but its fighting every day to survive . ….

      Its lucky mr bowen hasnt got s pager …

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    • G says:

      Reminds me of Indonesia. Smokers with burn marks on the upper front part if their shirts. They do love their fags laced with cloves…………….

      Good fun if you see one ignite their beard !

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  7. JohnC says:

    No charge over spreading of Southport misinformation
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crl8nwx6ynzo

    My God : just look at where we are now. They went to her house and arrested her for sharing a tweet.

    ‘A businesswoman who was arrested after sharing a fake name for the Southport attacker online will face no further action.’

    ‘Bernadette Spofforth, 55, from Chester was arrested on 8 August after reposting the fake name, commenting that if it were true there would be “hell to pay”.’

    ‘She later deleted the post and apologised after realising the information was wrong.’

    And the BBC describe her ‘crime’ as ‘sharing disinformation’. Even though she did not say it was actually true, she was sharing what someone else said. Not even her own words.

    This is even worse than I realised. Nazi Germany is not close by, it’s actually here. We just needed them to have a reason to show their hand. It’s beyond simple two-tier policing now – they are two totally different rule books.

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  8. Zephir says:

    Oh what a rollercoaster ride at the bbc

    One minute trying to hide your smirks at another Trump assassination attempt..

    Next, your favourite muzzie terrorists get a taste of their own medicine, it’s SO unfair.

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  9. Zephir says:

    Of course, unlike the arabs, no one out on the streets, blasting horns, laughing, chanting and waving Israeli flags ?

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  10. JohnC says:

    Musk’s satellites ‘blocking’ view of the universe
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4dnr8zemgo

    How do you write a very long article about something very simple ?.

    Just keep saying the same thing again and again in different words.

    Musk Support Trump.
    Musk Right wing.
    Musk bad.

    Thanks Georgina.
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    I wonder how much of what you wrote you understand and how much you simply copied word for word from what someone with their own agenda told you.

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    • Lucy Pevensey says:

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      • richard D says:

        Utterly Brilliant !

        Thank you ‘Lucy’ – I have friends in the US who will keel over in amusement with this.

        How long before the Democrats wet themselves in their rush to condemn this jollity when poor Hezbollah terrorists are being treated to (rather than dishing out) an explosive cocktail or two ?

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  11. JohnC says:

    Inflation holds steady despite jump in air fares
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g927qykywo

    And another predictable choice of image by the BBC: A BAME woman.

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    Do you know you are a racist Lucy Hooker of the BBC ?
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    The fact you are a misandrist is already well documented in your other work such as:
    ‘Working from home: ‘I’m a bit brainier than he thought I was”

    Another one who also lists the ultra-Left MSN on her profile.

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    • Zephir says:

      Working from home ? run the hoover over the lounge luv will you, while you’re copying and pasting.

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  12. Fedup2 says:

    The Great Leaders ‘ puppet master – susan gray – has been revealed as being paid more than the PM . A reward for the partygate report before she gets a big gong and the inevitable Peerage .

    But it looks like she has plenty of enemies in the red party leaking stuff about her .. but i bet the msm is told not to report it …

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    • JohnC says:

      Agreed : subsequent events demonstrate just how utterly corrupt the partygate report was.

      Where are you on this one BBC ?. Surely exposing this kind of thing is the whole point of the ‘free press’ ?.

      In other circumstance, they would be demanding a full enquiry into it. They effectively removed a democratically elected PM. It was a coup.

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      • Fedup2 says:

        JohnC
        Mind you – ms gray being of the very dark arts might well be leaking stuff herself ..

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    • Flotsam says:

      Damehood more like

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  13. vlad says:

    Anyone with a long memory will remember that a few days ago the lying BBC claimed that Trump’s allegation that Haitians and other illegals were eating pets was “unsubstantiated”.

    Well, some good citizens of Fairfield obtained police reports after filing FOI that ‘substantiate’ the claims.

    If the BBC were still a news agency instead of a propaganda outlet, they could have done the same.

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  14. Up2snuff says:

    BBC WEB-SITE Watch #1 – the BBC are definitely overmanned

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cwyl9048gx8t
    “Live Reporting
    Edited by Sam Hancock and Jacqueline Howard, with Hugo Bachega, Carine Torbey and Nafiseh Kohnavard reporting from Beirut”

    Sam Hancock is the LIVE NEWS Editor but I do not think you need a team of four under the Editor. All it does is make the Editor seem more important than he is. Reduce the reporters by half and you can reduce the BBC TV Licence Fee. Simples.

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  15. vlad says:

    In its reports, the pro-terrorist BBC repeatedly refers to Hezbollah members as “fighters”.

    Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran, said the pagers belonged “to employees of various Hezbollah units and institutions” and confirmed the deaths of eight fighters.
    ……..
    Since the hostilities escalated in October, at least 589 people have been killed in Lebanon, the vast majority of them Hezbollah fighters, according to the Lebanese health ministry.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd7xnelvpepo

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  16. taffman says:

    The BBC should now be ‘pay by subscription’.
    End the Telly Tax !

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  17. vlad says:

    Here’s a theological question the Hezbollah-loving BBC might like to investigate: how will all those newly castrated jihadis enjoy their 72 virgins when their time comes?

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  18. Flotsam says:

    It’s a pity we don’t have Governments of the capability of the Israeli one.

    The invaders will be sinking in their self destructing boats.
    The Goodwin sands will have a replica town and harbour on it, all lit up complete with fake GPS transmissions for them to think they’re landing in Britain.

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  19. Zephir says:

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  20. vlad says:

    Abdul: I’ve just seen the news, I’m going to call my friend in Beirut to see if he’s ok.

    Mohammud: NOOOOoooooo…

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  21. tomo says:

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  22. Fedup2 says:

    BBC 10pm news – wow Orla gerin and Jeremy bowens ‘ pagers both go off whilst they are on air 1! ( ok – maybe a fib )
    BBC verify is trying to find out who dun it ….

    Keep going IDF ….

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  23. StewGreen says:

    Libmob ARE everything they ACCUSE other people of.

    Aren’t they Kier Starmer ?

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  24. Zephir says:

    Yep, and guess who’s at the forefront :

    “Where’s the righteous celebrity outrage? The moral indignation?

    It’s been nearly 48 hours since Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was arrested and indicted on charges of sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice.

    Also alleged in this indictment is his staging of recurrent ‘Freak Offs’, in which his victims would be drugged and forced to have sex for days on end, left with such severe injuries they needed weeks to recover — crimes stretching back to at least 2009.

    But what do we hear from an industry that otherwise loves to preach about equity, fairness, inclusion, and the rights and safety of the marginalized and abused? An industry that so proudly pushed #MeToo?

    Nothing. A disgusting, disturbing, uniform silence.”

    bbc:

    “Hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was denied bail again on Wednesday after his lawyers argued for the second time that he should be released from “horrific” jail conditions while awaiting trial in a sex-trafficking case.

    Mr Combs, 54, was arrested this week, accused of running a criminal enterprise from at least 2008 that relied on drugs and violence to force women to “fulfil his sexual desires”, according to prosecutors.

    He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

    “We believe him wholeheartedly,” Mr Agnifilo told reporters outside the Manhattan court of his client. “He didn’t do these things.” “

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  25. Zephir says:

    bbc

    “Bowen: Tactical triumph for Israel, but Hezbollah won’t be deterred”

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  26. Zephir says:

    “The bombings were undoubtedly a spectacular coup for Israel. The terror group has been humiliated, its communications are damaged and its fighters dead or injured.

    But Hezbollah has sworn revenge – and amid fears the situation will escalate into full-blown war the world watches with trepidation. At a time of such tension, Britain needs a sure-footed and clear-sighted statesman at the Foreign Office. Dispiritingly, we have the deeply unimpressive David Lammy.

    Within hours of him delivering the most asinine speech by a foreign secretary for many a year, the pagers were exploding in Lebanon. His claim that climate change posed a greater threat than war and terrorism couldn’t have been more lamentably wrong.

    Mr Lammy’s priorities seem badly skewed. With conflicts raging, why is his department wasting time virtue-signalling by flying a flag to mark Bisexual Awareness Week?

    This extends to his policies, too. Earlier this month, the Foreign Secretary blocked the sale of certain arms to Israel – a disgraceful insult to our ally on the day it buried six hostages mercilessly executed by Hamas.

    The ham-fisted example of how not to conduct diplomacy was so Labour could appease Muslim voters. Yet if Israel retaliates by withholding military equipment from our Armed Forces, it will jeopardise Britain.

    In the Mail today, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu contrasts the Tory government’s ‘clear support’ for his nation, with Labour’s ‘mixed messages’.

    In a withering denunciation of the Starmer government, he says: ‘They claim that Israel has a right to defend itself, but they undermine that ability to exercise that right.’

    Israel is in an existential battle for survival against genocidal maniacs.

    Britain should instinctively know which side to take. It’s profoundly troubling that this Government seems not to.”

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13866863/Daily-Mail-Comment-Foreign-Secretary-David-Lammy-failing-Britain.html

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    • atlas_shrugged says:

      Just wait til Mossad start doing Tesla upgrades.

      Sparks will really fly then. Maybe Lammy will switch to a Trabant for his ministerial car. Definitely no ‘puter chips in them.

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      • moggiemoo says:

        It wouldn’t have the power to pull his weight. He’d have to have it modified a la the Flintstones. I’m sure the exercise would be beneficial.

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    • Docmarooned says:

      It is a shameful disgrace that our country is represented by some one who is obviously a racist and as thick as a plank. Any self respecting country should simply refuse to have any dealings with our so called government while this clown is in such a senior position.

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  27. Zephir says:

    Far left islamic terrorist appeasers:

    “Rishi Sunak’s government had reportedly filed an amicus brief saying it would challenge the court over the decision in June. In return, Britain would get access to the prison conditions of Hamas terrorists held by Israel amid mounting concern over human rights abuses being committed.

    But, since coming to power, Sir Keir’s administration has signalled it will no longer challenge any warrant from the ICC – breaking with allies such as the US.

    Mr Netanyahu added: ‘The Labour ­Government decided to drop its challenge to the preposterous ICC arrest warrants that were requested by the ICC prosecutor against the prime minister and the defence minister of Israel.

    ‘If the arrest warrants are issued against the leaders of the only democracy in the Middle East, it will compromise the ability of all democracies in the world to fight terrorism, including Britain.

    ‘President Biden and others called these arrest warrants ‘outrageous’. Britain’s General Sir John McColl… said after visiting Gaza, ‘I fought in Iraq – I know Israel is doing all it can to save civilians’.

    ‘For the ICC prosecutor to falsely accuse the leader of Israel of deliberate starvation and deliberately targeting civilians is an outrageous slander that can’t be explained by anything other than anti-Semitism and will forever stain the ICC’s reputation.

    ‘The principle is simple: justice for all nations except the Jews.’ “

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  28. Zephir says:

    Interesting comment I saw this morning:

    “Just got home from hospital today and it was really interesting speaking with the nurses and staff.
    They were telling me that the NHS trusts are so indebted by the PFI scheme that built the new hospital and now manage and maintain it at huge annual cost that they can’t afford to keep all the wards open due to the running costs which are now higher than the entire nursing staff wages.
    Guess who sold off our hospitals into PFI?
    Tony Blair”

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    • NW Ninepence says:

      Didn’t end well for this poor man’s hospital visit :-

      Welcome to Kettering General Hospital
      Accident and Emergency

      Patient died ‘after leaving ward, falling through roof and landing in oven’
      Northamptonshire Police Investigators did not treat the death as suspicious.

      Well…….. could happen to anyone !

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  29. Zephir says:

    Howling mad! Fury as school allows pupil suffering from ‘species dysphoria’ to identify as a WOLF

    Teachers are said to be supporting the youngster.

    clinical neuropsychologist Dr Tommy MacKay insisted last night: ‘There is no such condition in science as ‘species dysphoria’.

    ‘Now we have a council which appears to accept at face value that a child identifies as a wolf, rather than being told to snap out of it and get to grips with themselves, which would be the common-sense approach.’

    Confirmation of the first-known case in Scotland in which a school has recognised that a pupil identifies as an animal was revealed in official documents.

    The Mail knows the name of the council involved but has decided not to disclose it to protect the identity of the child concerned.

    It is not so long ago that a sensible pupil in an English school was reprimanded for questioning a classmate who identified as a cat. ‘How can you identify as a cat when you are a girl?’ asked the 13-year-old.

    She added that such an identification was ‘crazy’. In response her teacher said her attitude was ‘despicable’.

    ‘How dare you – you’ve just really upset someone’ by ‘questioning their identity’.

    The exchange continued and, fortunately, was recorded. It was not a made-up hoax to fire-up the media. This is real, fascist Wokeism in action.

    The latest council in question has told the Daily Mail its policy on ‘species dysphoria’ is guided by the Scottish Government’s GIRFEC (Getting It Right For Every Child) strategy.

    Central to the strategy is that ‘children have their rights upheld at all times’ and that they are ‘to be treated with kindness, dignity and respect at all times’.

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  30. JohnC says:

    From the last 3 days on the BBC:

    ‘Student-nurse recruitment as bad as ever, RCN says’
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    ‘Tuition fees must go up, unis say as term begins’
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    ‘Fewer pupils in regions ‘applying for university”
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    Not a single white male to be seen.

    I am regularly stunned by the hypocrisy and double standards of the BBC. How can they not realise their own stupendous racist and sexist discrimination ?.

    I’m still not sure if they are conscious of what they are or they are completely immersed in their own group-think bubble and thinks it’s all how it should be.

    I picked the first name in the first article and this is who it was:
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    So I suspect it is 100% groupthink and they are just following guidelines on what pictures to use while being too dumb to realise what they actually are.

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  31. Sluff says:

    Emma ‘BigHead’ Barnett, when she was not in pro-wimmins mode, dropping snide remarks in where she could, was in full anti-Semitic Islamic Broadcasting Corporation mode this morning on Toady. You could almost hear the burrowing around as they dredged up the idea that those naughty Israelis might have broken some rules of war.
    Want more ? How’s this for mealy-mouthed ‘impartiality’
    ……..’the armed group Hezbollah, defined as terrorist by the UK and other governments’.

    The BBC are so pro-Muslim they won’t call out terrorists even when the government, of which they are so clearly fond, does !

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  32. tomo says:

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  33. MarkyMark says:

    The UK-based carrier found vulnerabilities in routers and other equipment that could have given scandal-scarred Chinese company Huawei unauthorized access to Vodafone’s network in Italy, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.

    Both Vodafone and Huawei told Bloomberg that these vulnerabilities were addressed in 2011 and 2012.

    However, the outlet reported that the vulnerabilities remained after that and could also be found in Vodafone’s UK, German, Spanish and Portuguese businesses, citing anonymous sources. Vodafone apparently kept using Huawei equipment because it was competitively priced.

    https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/british-carrier-vodafone-found-hidden-backdoors-in-huawei-equipment-says-report/

    ……………………..

    China rejects claim it bugged headquarters it built for African Union
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/30/china-african-union-headquarters-bugging-spying

    French newspaper Le Monde quoted anonymous African Union (AU) sources saying that data from computers in the Chinese-built building had been transferred nightly to Chinese servers for five years.

    After the hack was discovered a year ago, the building’s IT system including servers was changed, according to Le Monde. During a sweep for bugs after the discovery, microphones were also found hidden in desks and the walls, the newspaper reported.

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  34. vlad says:

    The BBC are always very quick to lament civilian casualties in any Israeli counter-terrorism operation.

    So they should be delighted by the recent pager strikes against Hezbollah – the most targeted operation in the history of urban warfare.

    But are they heck!

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  35. Zephir says:

    Of course these genocidal shits take extra precaution when firing rockets haphazardly at Israel….

    “The immediate crisis is a result of what Israeli officials say was a Hezbollah rocket attack that killed 12 Israeli Druze youths. Since the day after Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre, Hezbollah has been firing rockets into Israel almost daily. While the majority of the strikes have used anti-tank guided missiles, the group has also used longer-range, more powerful munitions provided by Iran. That was apparently the case on July 27, when Hezbollah is accused of firing an Iranian Falaq-1 rocket toward the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights and striking a soccer field and playground in the Druze community of Majdal Shams. (Though Israel released data on the rocket and its trajectory that tie it to Hezbollah”

    https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/hezbollahs-deadly-rockets-arent-most-serious-threat-israels-northern-border

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  36. Zephir says:

    “The Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has pledged to continue firing rockets into Israel until the fighting stops in Gaza. And even if a cease-fire deal is reached and the rockets stop, more than 60,000 Israeli civilians displaced from their homes along the border with Lebanon will not return until the threat posed by Hezbollah ground forces is dealt with. My recent visit to Israel’s evacuated northern border drove home the extent to which residents of the area fear an Oct. 7-style raid, distrust their leaders’ security guarantees and will resist returning to their homes without a more convincing answer to the threat.

    They have good reason for concern. The Hamas massacre came straight out of Hezbollah’s playbook. The Israeli military has been actively training for years to counter a Hezbollah plot to overrun Israeli communities, kill and kidnap civilians, and undermine Israel’s sense of security. Part of what was unexpected about Oct. 7 was that it happened on the southern rather than the northern border. Moreover, after its 2006 war with Israel, Hezbollah built an arsenal of some 150,000 rockets, deployed forces throughout southern Lebanon and otherwise violated a U.N. Security Council resolution meant to prevent further conflict.”

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  37. JohnC says:

    Union criticises ‘censorship’ after play cancelled
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c33ve3rvej4o

    Surprisingly the BBC not happy about censorship and not saying certain things. because they censor out anything they don’t want us to know about : including the fact certain people are terrorists.

    ‘Equity said it was “deeply frustrated” at the lack of transparency over the cancellation, and that it was speaking to theatre bosses to “protect the principle of artistic freedom”.’

    So why are they naming and shaming one theatre for ‘censoring’ ‘a modern retelling of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.’ ?. And of course making sure all their woke readers know about it.

    Here’s why:
    ‘managers objected to a song with lyrics that referred to trans rights and the phrase “free Palestine”.
    ”Theatre news outlet The Stage reported that one of the points of contention was “free Palestine” being daubed on the set as well as featuring in a rap.’

    Amazing how the BBC never get upset about the dozens of right-wing acts who have been cancelled at many theatres because of threats by the woke mob isn’t it ?. That is ‘censorship by mob rule’ which is far, far worse.

    Once again the most stupendous of politically motivated double-standards from the BBC.

    Another gem from a BBC clone. This time from the rare male kind.
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  38. vlad says:

    This hot, immaculately clothed and coiffed Polish MEP absolutely destroys the EU President, Ursula von der Leyen, to her face.

    To a packed chamber, she goes in both barrels blazing and in 2 minutes flat she tells Madam President everything that’s wrong with her and with the EU – notably their policies on the economy, agriculture, and especially on open-border immigration.

    Wow.

    “You are the face of the European Green Deal, which is destroying the European economy and agriculture, which is leading to Europe becoming an economic backwater.”
    “You are the face of all the EU’s climate craziness, which leads to us Europeans becoming poorer and poorer.”

    And, jabbing her finger in the face of Madam President sitting just a few feet away:

    “You are responsible for every rape, every violent attack, every tragedy caused by illegal migrants…”

    Wow.

    (You might ned the CC captions turned on to follow the live interpreter.)

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  39. tomo says:

    Renewable larceny

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  40. tomo says:

    I see the BBC are now spinning exploding communications devices as an “attack on Lebanon”.

    Re-framing away as ever….

    They could do some reporting ….

    = too much – they’d have to tell the truth

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  41. AsISeeIt says:

    One has to assume Zoe Kleinman, BBC Technology editor, wasn’t going for topically dark irony or the edgy satire (of the Chris Morris variety) with this article: What’s the point of buying the latest smartphone? Happy new smartphone season to all who celebrate. It’s that time of year again, when the tech giants pull out all the stops to persuade you to upgrade your gadgets. (BBC)

    I’ll leave others hereabouts to dissect the news coverage of the big international story of the day; suffice to say I’ve heard of tech firms accused of deliberately using built-in obsolescence in the design of their gadgets – but that was taking things to an extreme. Oh, and I’ll visit the tabloid Daily Star our champion of headline brevity and pithiness: Now the walkie talkies blow up

    It feels as though we’ve passed through the looking glass, so to speak, news-wise these days to arrive in a place where the realities of clown world supercede the realms of satire.

    When comic satirist Chris Morris created and performed as newsreader in his Brass Eye episode “Paedogeddon” in 2001 for Channel 4, introducing ‘farcical stories about paedophiles and sexual crimes towards children’ (as Wiki puts it) could viewers ever have envisaged Huw Edwards, BBC face of the Coronation, being had up as a self-confessed pederast?

    Meanwhile, spare heir Prince Andrew, who may, 20 years ago, have had three one-night stands with a now apparently regretful, then 17-year-old, is the subject of an absolute BBC-led media onslaught (dare one, to borrow a phrase of the day) term it an ‘apparent assassination attempt’?: The Prince Andrew Drama… Kate Mansey, Royal Editor, on what’s true and false (Times); No holds barred in new film on Prince Andrew scandal (BBC)

    Now, I should say I’m a fan of the work of Michael Sheen, who I regard as a fine character actor with an uncanny ability to play roles that require a degree of impersonation. However, judging by no more than the stills put out by the BBC and Times used to ‘promote’ this movie, his portrayal looks to be cartoonish in the extreme.

    Our Sean Coughlan, Royal correspondent, BBC New, admits frankly: Grinning, self-satisfied, the apple of his mother’s eye, a slightly ridiculous royal Romeo, this was the actor’s starting point for depicting the prince in his interview with BBC Two’s Newsnight programme… he came across a photo of Prince Andrew as a returning hero from the Falklands War – with a rose clamped between his teeth. – Great drama will either endow the antihero with real menace or permit the audience a certain degree of sympathy with the villain – just ask Shakespeare. Cartoonish villains are the preserve of childrens’ stories – Dick Dastardly or Frank the gas station attendant in Scooby-Doo (there’s one for the teenagers)

    Speaking of cartoons – our mate Matt in the Telegraph – is, I’d like to imagine perhaps, responding to Mr AsI’s prompt of yesterday to lampoon the Starmerish public sector attachment to working from home.

    He sketches that hallowed staple of cartoonists – two cavemen sheltering in their cave: “I AM a hunter gatherer, but I’m working from home”

    Free-Gear Keir

    We enjoyed the moniker Two-Tier Keir – this morning the jokey blokey Daily Star coins a new one for our Register of Interests, Christmas and Birthday presents list PM: Free-Gear Keir given £100,000 of freebies… King of the Cadgers

    Mr AsI, you’ll recall, insists Labour acts as trades union for the public sector – particularly for the upper reaches of the public sector.

    Here’s another one for the teenagers… differentials anyone…?

    Labour Row… Sue Gray paid more than PM, sparking fury among colleagues (Guardian)

    Calm down, luvs… Keir gets all the extra perks…

    Tay Tay tickets… Footie tickets… Coldplay tickets… £100,000 of freebie gifts and tickets… more than any other party leader in modern times (Daily Star)

    Victoria’s Secret or… Queer Eye For The Straight Guy’s Missus

    Our mate David Starkey, raised in a Quaker household, recognises and now frowns upon the self-righteous puritanism of our new New Labour apparatchik nomenklatura class.

    He tells us in particular how his mother would have regarded a wife having clothes bought for her by a man who was not her husband. “No better than she ought to be”.

    Despite, he jokes, the fact that Lord Alli is gay – and he probably has better taste and fashion sense than Sir Keir.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      TTK could morph into an even more damaging name …..and his nasty step mother with strong Newry connections ….

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        • Up2snuff says:

          atlas_shrugged, I have encountered the “WeeFrees” as they are known, on a Sabbath while on holiday to the mainland of the West Coast of Scotland. An interesting sect but doomed to judgement on ‘That Day’. Many years ago I knew a woman who was born into a WeeFree congregation on the Isle of Lewis but she held to doctrinally more conventional Christian evangelical beliefs.

          The Church in Scotland today is under attack from within and without, notably from the SNP Government in Edinburgh. The Churches Together in the Highlands and Islands has an interesting web-site worth visiting with an energetic site Editor.

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      • Up2snuff says:

        Fed, I see the Daily Star has today re-named ‘TwoTier Keir’ as ‘Free Gear Keir’ which could be shortened to ‘Freebie Keir’ in the interests of brevity.

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        • Fedup2 says:

          Up2 – if there was an opposition they could really have a go – but the comrade on Today are more interested in avoiding the successes of Israel …

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  42. JohnC says:

    Mohamed Al Fayed accused of multiple rapes by staff
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz6x635wpjxo

    More posthumous claims from women who may or may not motivated by compensation down the line and have waited until nobody can possibly disprove what they say before they have suddenly all become vocal.

    The whole article proceweds ont he absolute assumption he is guilty. Nothing new in their misandrist world, but the bit which really got may attention was these:

    ‘Harrods’ current owners said they were “utterly appalled” by the allegations and that his victims had been failed – for which the store sincerely apologised.’
    What ?. What do they know about it ?. Why would they apologise unless they know it’s true ?.

    ‘The incidents took place in London, Paris, St Tropez and Abu Dhabi.’
    That would be ‘.. alleged incidents ..’ would it not BBC ?. Still – nobody around to challenge you now eh ?.

    ‘The BBC has heard testimony from more than 20 female ex-employees who say the billionaire, who died last year aged 94, sexually assaulted them – including rape.’
    Testimony:
    ‘A formal written or spoken statement, especially one given in a court of law.’
    Are you now the law BBC ?. You are trying to make us think this is far more formal than your own simple podcast !!!.

    The article then degenerates into calling Fayed anything his accusers want to call him virtually as if it is fact.

    I’m not saying Fayed didn’t do it : I expect he was a scumbag. It’s the appalling way the BBC try to infer his guilt without any actual evidence other than ‘interested parties’ who may well have their eyes on some cash. Exactly like what brought them all out against Wienstein.
    First name on the authors list:
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    ‘Cassie Cornish-Trestrail’ !!!.
    Another working class girl does well at the BBC ?. Or another privileged middle-class woman who get there for that exact reason ?.

    What a shame the BBC can prove some sexual predator is most certainly guilty without ever meeting him but they keep on failing to spot them in their own offices.

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    • popeye says:

      BBC “Woman working at Harrods says that Fayed flew her to the Ritz Hotel in Paris and raped her”. Are we supposed to believe that all these women flown to Paris and St Tropez didn’t know what was expected in return?

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      • Fedup2 says:

        If i recall long ago spitting images had a fared character who was dirty and vulgar and referred to his person a lot .

        Did these girl really think they were not going to get a treatment from him ?

        I suppose he gave them cash for silence ..

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    • Flotsam says:

      Harrods. Known colloquially as Horrids

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      • Up2snuff says:

        Either that Flotsam, or H.A. Rods. Used to love their NewYear Sale.

        Only time I could afford to shop there when living in London.

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    • tomo says:

      Pretty much a favorite tactic from the BBC….

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  43. JohnC says:

    BBC headline:
    ”I can’t sleep’: What an athlete’s murder tells us about women’s safety in Kenya’

    Perhaps a more accurate headline would be:
    ”I can’t sleep’: What an athlete’s murder tells us about the men in Kenya’

    ‘This is not an isolated incident. Kenya has one of the highest rates of violence against women in Africa.’
    Just Africa BBC ?. What about giving us some statistics for the whole world ?. I’ll tell you why not. These are the actual most dangerous countries for women:
    1. Afghanistan
    2. Syria
    3. Yemen
    4. Pakistan
    5. Iraq
    6. Sudan
    I wonder why the BBC never go near THIS list. What have they all got in common I wonder.

    But of course we can never discuss the hugely disproportionate violence committed by black males everywhere in the world. That would be racist. And as we are importing so many of them here, it would just make those right-wing, brexit voting working class scum whose neighbourhoods they go to live in even more angry.
    Besides, how would the BBC get their

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  44. Fedup2 says:

    There I was turning on the R4 to get some news – instead I got an advert for a programme about a dead Muslim who raped his personal staff … but are only saying now …

    … the bbc hatred of Israel runs very deep – I expected to hear about disfigured Islamic terrorists put in their box by the cleverness of the IDF

    But you could tell the BBC don’t want to talk about such a huge story because it’s not in the hamas Islamic victory narrative …

    I suppose the Muslims will kill,any remaining hostages now …

    Keep going IDF – exploding coffins next time …

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  45. wwfc says:

    Warning From 1972 very funny and very true

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  46. Nibor says:

    Thought For Today , Today programme Radio 4 ten to eight .

    The religious fellow wanted us to think migrants ( bogus asylum seekers actually) as some blessing because none other than John Major- the worst Prime Minister until Theresa May came along – thought the Rwanda plan was immoral — even if it worked !
    The migrants ( bogus asylum seekers) wouldn’t know about the workings of our parliament the TFT man says . He didn’t tell us what they did know about Britain , why they come here .
    What he wanted was for us to welcome them all in because of some Biblical happenings at another place in another time .
    I’d be interested in what the Bible would say about Gramscians investing the BBC and trying to brainwash by skulduggery .

    Next up was some ‘ expert ‘ talking about global governance of AI . She mentioned climate change three times . Some people like to bring their pet likes into every conversation.

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  47. JohnC says:

    Some prisoners released early without being tagged
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp95n2z9370o

    Criminals who actually had victims are being released from prison to make room for political prisoners who did things like call a police horses and dogs names, bought some eggs are even just for turning up.

    And the BBC magnificently avoid any reference to that whatsoever because those political prisoners are right-wing.

    Just imagine the stink they would be causing if it were some of the nasty Left wing thugs and racist Muslim Palestinian protestors instead.

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  48. MarkyMark says:

    Lebanon to blame western technology and demand reparations from the UK (no one else)

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  49. MarkyMark says:

    No series on why UK rioters rioted andhow the familes were effected for two murdered girls.

    “No holds barred in new series on Prince Andrew scandal”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y3yyz1914o

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  50. MarkyMark says:

    Doncaster, with a native population of 92%, opens an FGM clinic.

    Meanwhile, a local has a 6-month wait to see a cardiologist, 8 months for a rheumatology appointment & 4 months for a gastroenterology appointment.

    Priorities….
    https://x.com/Steve_Laws_/status/1836524850631876651

    …………………………………………………..

    “Be it so. This burning of widows SLICING THE WOMENS PARTS is your custom; prepare the funeral pile. But my nation has also a custom. When men burn women aliveDO THE CUTTING we hang them, and confiscate all their property. My carpenters shall therefore erect gibbets on which to hang all concerned when the widow is consumed. Let us all act according to national customs.” [20]

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