453 Responses to Midweek 27th November 2024

  1. Guest Who says:

    Speaking of lack of interest. Or a brain.

    https://x.com/bbcquestiontime/status/1862242112831406457?s=61
    “I’m much more interested in… how we fix the problems we inherited”
    Labour’s Lisa Nandy says immigration has “enriched” UK cities, and problems stem from “arbitrary” migration targets and lack of investment in young British people.

    #ccbgb

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  2. Flotsam says:

    The curious thing about the Greg Wallace story is that he worked for TV for so long without any reports of wrondoing. It’s not like Savile where the victims were young people that could be manipulated and intimidated. Wallace’s “victims” were adults. I’ve come across Wallace types before, robust working class, a bit loud.
    Kirsty Wark, a BBC snowflake perhaps?

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    • Deborah says:

      Wallace was a barrowboy. He was obviously too stupid to realise other people were not behaving in the same way or fame went to his head. But I am quite sure Kirsty Wark ot Ulrika Johnson should have been able to put him down with a withering look or arched eyebrows, and the words ‘too much information “. And Penny was a special Constable for heavens sake.

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      • Rob in Cheshire says:

        Deborah:

        Agreed. Wallace was a greengrocer who somehow lucked out and got a TV career. He is not a very clever or PC man, clearly. He got taken off his show about factories because of “fattist” comments he made to ladies working in a chocolate factory. But as you say, established media people such a Kirsty Wark could have told him to wind his neck in, they are not shrinking violets. I don’t like to see the pile on to a man who is too stupid to realise his blokey comments are going down like a lead balloon, but who has otherwise done nothing wrong.

        Anyway, that’s the end of his TV career.

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  3. AsISeeIt says:

    We survey the headlines this morning as the big corporate interest FT treats the latest inward migration to Britain figures in the way that our global warming obsessed Met Office and BBC relish the reporting of warm summer thermometer readings – it’s theoretically a bad thing… but they love it…

    Arrivals jump… Immigration beats record (Financial Times) – just think of all that cheap labour available to the big low pay corporates.

    Gotta admire the spin put on the understimated record-breaking total by the ONS: The big revision… was due to… number of Ukrainians arriving… (FT)

    In other oddly phrased news headlines: ‘I might be dead before a decision is made’: Terminally ill people on assisted dying (BBC) – well, that rather solves your problem, eh?

    In an unusual development these days we find an actual diversity of opinion between national daily titles on this life and death issue. And we don’t get that about the war in Ukraine.

    The Guardian (ceasefire fans in Palestine but gungho warmongers in the Donbas) platforms pro-state-backed-euthenasia MP, the communistic utilitarian Kim ‘Jong’ Leadbeater: ‘We will look back and think, why didn’t this happen sooner’

    Well quite. Think of all the elderly ailing relatives we could have seen a lot less of.

    Bad taste – says the in-the-tank for Labour Daily Mirror – but they have completely ignored the assisted dying vote on their frontpage and are instead punning on the over-spicy TV cookery show sauce: New scandal at the BBC… MasterChef Gregg probed over sexual comments on show – there’s a punishment to fit the crime if ever there was one.

    As one boiled egg said to another “Blimey the water is hot in this pan” to the reply “Wait till they take you out… they smash your egghead in with a spoon”

    BBC in fresh sex scandal – observes the mildly conservative Telegraph – food and sex are best served fresh.

    Naturally, the left-leaning junior poundshop Guardian that is the ‘i’ newspaper is all in favour – despite its prior extreme coronaphobia – no contradiction in its anxiety to see off grandma there then?

    The ‘i’ deploys that old opinion poll trick: UK public backs assisted dying – as MPs vote on landmark bill – no one asked me, how about you?

    But seriously, Esther – to borrow a catchphrase from the BBC’s vintage light-hearted current affairs magazine That’s Life

    Wot, no Daily Express in the BBC dead tree press online line-up this morning?

    Do your own research I guess…

    Dame Esther’s message to MPs… Please allow us ‘dignity of choice in our lives’ (Daily Express)

    On the opposition benches, so to speak (of the dead tree press) we find the Daily Mail editorial comment: Why MPs MUST press the pause button today on this rushed and ill thought-out assisted dying Bill

    Insurance corporation Norwich Union was rebranded as Aviva

    I’m not sure whether the popularity of Steve Coogan’s comic character Alan Partridge, famously a DJ on Radio Norwich, cast comedic shade on the town and prompted that rebrand.

    Aviva appeals directly to Direct Line investors after £3.3bn offer is rejected (FT)

    I’m teasing of course. Aviva is thrust into the political scandal news today due to: Louise Haigh, the transport secretary, was prosecuted in 2014 after an internal investigation into stolen or missing mobile phones at Aviva, where she worked (Times)

    Or did she really work there – we’ve only got her word for that? What’s true on Rachel Reeves’ LinkedIn CV – and what’s not? (Evening Standard)

    Having attempted to understand the details of her mobile phone scam by reading the press reports this morning Mr AsI is frankly more confused than back in the day when he was watching police procedural series The Wire

    The Wire is an American crime drama television series created and primarily written by American author and former police reporter David Simon for the cable network HBO… with wiretaps and pager clones to infiltrate the security measures… pre-wiretapped disposable cell phones… Despite the critical acclaim, The Wire received poor Nielsen ratings… attributed to the complexity of the plot; a poor time slot; heavy use of esoteric slang… Critics felt the show was testing the attention span of its audience (Thank you Wiki)

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  4. Lucy Pevensey says:

    Did somebody say ‘holding power to account’ ?

    “Congress investigates think tank linked to British Labour alleged of plotting to ‘kill Musk’s Twitter’
    Committee demands Centre for Countering Digital Hate to hand over all documents detailing contacts it had with the White House”

    Sorry, Paywall

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2024/11/26/congress-investigates-left-wing-think-tank-musk-twitter/

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Its chief executive is Imran Ahmed, the former Labour strategist.

      A powerful Republican-led committee in Congress is investigating claims a Left-wing campaign group co-operated with the Biden administration to “kill” X.

      Jim Jordan, chairman of the House judiciary committee, has demanded the Centre for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), hand over all documents detailing contacts it had with the White House.

      The move by Mr Jordan earlier this month raised the stakes, with leaders of the group which now operates on both sides of the Atlantic risking jail for contempt of Congress if they refuse to comply.

      The group has links to Britain’s ruling Labour Party, having been launched by Morgan McSweeney, who was appointed the Prime Minister’s chief of staff earlier this month.

      Its chief executive is Imran Ahmed, the former Labour strategist.

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  5. Zephir says:

    Peace in the Middle East.

    Could, or should that be bbc world news.. nope

    Not for the muzzies at the bbc

    Instead: ‘My son is a drug addict, please help’ – the actor breaking a Zambian taboo

    So the muzzies at the bbc do their best

    Lower down the order of their priorities:

    “Ceasefire largely holds but..”

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yg1pq1x57o

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  6. Emmanuel Goldstein says:

    What has this Gregg Wallace done.
    Was it just ‘banter’ that some wokies got themselves upset about or was it some really nasty things said.

    Also, the fluorescent ex transport minister. It seems from her account that this was a simple mistake that anybody could make so why has she gone. It appears as an overreaction unless there’s more to it than finding a mislaid phone.

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    • Zephir says:

      After sending an email of support to the above, jews that are intimidated walking the street.

      I am receiving hundreds of emails from “Sherry Carey” click on the attached, do you remember these photos ?”

      Each time reported as spam then every week from another address.

      Don’t even try to portray youselves as victims.

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  7. G says:

    In perspective.

    Government Petition? Right now, 2,891,352.

    Voters voting Libour in the election? 9,708,716.

    https://electionresults.parliament.uk/general-elections/6/political-parties

    Perhaps the balance in numbers are happy witnessing creeping totalitarianism / Communism. If not, where are the “voters now unhappy with Labour”. Perhaps another yarn.

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  8. Althepalerp says:

    So apparently the sacked transport minister had a company Blackberry, and wanted a new iPhone which her employer Aviva were dishing out at the time. The contract had another year to go so she thought she’d try to speed it up.
    Just before a colleague reported hers lost and got one.

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  9. Fedup2 says:

    Update on the NHS killing bill –

    They’ve been talking for 2 plus hours – to me it looks as more research needs to be done before this Bill is fit for voting on ….

    I reckon they’ll vote against it ….

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  10. Fedup2 says:

    Killing Bill update
    Layler Moran – the air head liberal – a completely shambolic speech – apparently she is chair of the health committee – god help us …..

    ( I realise I’ve strayed outside the BBC remit )

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  11. MarkyMark says:

    “In 1976, the Labour government sought a loan from the International Monetary Fund to meet deteriorating economic conditions. The Fund demanded large cuts in public spending. After a bitter Cabinet battle, the Cabinet agreed, so ending plans to expand the economy and improve the social services. Many believed that 1976 was also a crisis for democratic socialism, a philosophy which had sought social improvement through economic growth. That philosophy now appeared irrelevant during a period of austerity. ”

    https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/imf-crisis-1976

    James Callaghan’s Labour government had to borrow $3.9 billion[a] from the International Monetary Fund (IMF),[4] with the intention of maintaining the value of sterling.[5] At the time this was the largest loan ever to have been requested from the IMF.[6]

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  12. harry142857 says:

    https://order-order.com/2024/11/29/dominant-gb-news-beats-rival-sky-on-a-sunday-for-first-time/

    Dominant GB News Beats Rival Sky on a Sunday for First Time

    Last week Guido reported that GB News had beaten the BBC and Sky News in viewing figures for three days in a row. It’s not stopping…

    According to new BARB figures last week GB beat Sky on a Sunday for the first ever time with 63,600 to Sky’s 61,200. That’s before beating both them and the BBC into the working week at around 80,000…

    his performance is no doubt thanks to Guido alumnus Adam Cherry taking his first presenting shift on the channel this morning. The House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee released its report this week into the “Future of News,” in which it concluded that the UK broadcasting market will “only thrive if there is healthy competition,” noting that “new entrants like GB News provide an alternative to the public service broadcasters.” Lords also raised an eyebrow at Ofcom…

    “Ofcom’s senior leadership argued that its approach to impartiality had been very clear. We struggled to reconcile this with the evidence. Ofcom’s approach has sparked accusations of a two-tier system on the one hand, and of overreaction on the other.”

    Now that GB News is consistently outperforming established broadcast rivals the regulator may rethink its two-tier approach to the three-year-old channel. Chance would be a fine thing…

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  13. MarkyMark says:

    Demand UK turns off the heating in the House of Commons so the 650 MPs can feel what it’s like to be a pensioner in Winter in the UK under Labour.

    Save the climate change planet – turn off Parliaments hearting.
    We must act now! HOW DARE YOU?!

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  14. MarkyMark says:

    Leadbeater says assisted dying bill will give choice as Abbott fears safeguards won’t be enough

    ‘This is not life or death, this is death or death’, Labour’s Dr Prinsley says

    Emotion-filled argument made by Labour MP against assisted dying bill

    ‘We should and must vote bill down’ – Conservative MP says

    Voting in support of assisted dying bill ‘not easy’

    Campaigners for the bill share stories of loved ones asking: ‘Kill me now’

    Death is ‘too precious to get this wrong’, Labour MP says

    Death is ‘too precious to get this wrong’
    Death is ‘too precious to get this wrong’
    Death is ‘too precious to get this wrong’

    WE NO LONGER TALK IN TERMS OF LIVING – HOW SOON CAN WE KILL EACH OTHER?

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c99rzxlv99et?post=asset%3A753f8c1d-6bd2-4cdc-bce1-771bffa8998f#post

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  15. MarkyMark says:

    Labour move into power ….
    … cannot power country on wind and sun alone
    … EV push forces factory to close (long live the workers)
    … Unite are protesting against the gov they pay money (bribes) to
    … cannot define working person
    … cannot define a woman (man with a Cervix)
    … remove winter allowance
    … add assisted dying to help the nhs (nhs bed blocking on steroids)
    … stop farmers passing on land in the family (give it to the gov via a loan)

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  16. tomo says:

    Renewables are expensive rubbish – yet the lying creeps on BBC’s payroll laud them to the heavens at any opportunity.

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    Just keep pumping the lies.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      2019 … We have 18 months to save world, Prince Charles warns Commonwealth leaders
      ………………………
      2024 …. King Charles III, while continuing his cancer recovery, is planning a major tour of South Asia in 2024, including India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. This follows a successful trip to Australia and Samoa and signifies a return to extensive international travel for the monarch.

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  17. MarkyMark says:

    “There’s no whip on the assisted dying vote – it’s a free one. Though word is that the boozy soirée was organised by pro-assisted dying MPs, designed to keep their colleagues in London and bolster their numbers. The group was “pretty rowdy,” commandeering most of the bar and belting out tunes in celebration of a vote they saw as already in the bag. One Westminster insider says:

    “I get that colleagues need to let their hair down, but assisted dying is a pretty solemn vote. The only way they could’ve made the whole thing more tasteless is if someone had belted out Another One Bites the Dust.””

    order-order.com

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  18. MarkyMark says:

    Money well spent …

    Register of Members’ Interests Louise Haigh

    Name of donor: Labour Together
    Address of donor: Langley House Park Road, East Finchley, London N2 8EY
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: A secondee provided via the central Labour Party to support me in my front bench role (Shadow Transport) between 5 February 2024 and 31 March 2024, value £11,978.70

    https://www.theyworkforyou.com/regmem/?p=25357

    ame of donor: Lodestone Communications
    Address of donor: C/O Bishop Fleming Llp, 10 Temple Back, Bristol BS1 6FL
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: A report on responses to a consultation document to support me in my front bench role (Shadow Transport), value £5,000

    Name of donor: Betting and Gaming Council
    Address of donor: 1st Floor, 90 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1EU
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Ticket with hospitality for the Barnsley v Sheffield Wednesday League One Play Off Final at Wembley, value £598.80

    ……………Minister Louise Haigh quits after fraud offence revealed…….
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxy1kp73y9o

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    • Scroblene says:

      Ha ha ha!

      They’re all dropping like flies ( no that cooking bloke), in toolmaker’s kid’s bunch of liars and ne’er-do-wells! Even the awful Bebboids have cut and pasted what The Daily Mail is saying, but I guess their kidult typist was out having latte-break, and after all, The Mail has a reliable, loyal and normal readership which can’t be said for our state broadcaster, which has to toady to the liberal elites, because nobody else bothers to find out what they say.

      I’ve been out of the circle a bit too much recently, but seeing TTK’s pathetic attempts at anything more than opening the post and feeding the cat and also the spectacle of his few dreary, uninspiring parish councillors, farting around at issues which are really far too far above their IQ, I really believe that Reform needs toc stop it’s concern over Ben Habib, knuckle down, and sure enough, the votes will come!

      Piggy Stallone won’t stand a chance!

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  19. popeye says:

    Re Greg Wallace kerfuffle, I think it should be an offence to TAKE offence when no offence was intended!

    Any offence taken should be addressed at the time, not years later (police caution modified “any offence taken not mentioned at the time but later used …)

    If an apology for the offence given is not accepted then this will be a further offence

    It’s called banter guys, the apparent outlawing of which has made our society a much sadder place

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  20. G.W.F. says:

    Assisted Dying debate. MPs bring their own anecdotes rather than moral arguments.

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  21. vlad says:

    The Petition is approaching 3 million signatures. Can we help nudge it over the line?

    https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700143

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  22. Lunchtime Loather says:

    “In conversation with BBC Director-General Tim Davie” (https://www.varsity.co.uk/interviews/28635) where it says Davie is a “… beacon of impartiality, and a tool …”.

    50% correct then.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “A long-standing champion of a free press, beacon of impartiality, and a tool of soft power, the BBC is also a magnet for controversy, perpetually entangled in debates over its funding, its content, and its politics. However, relaxed and charismatic, if Davie feels the extraordinary weight of responsibility that comes with holding one of the most privileged yet ‘hellish’ media jobs in Britain – and, by extension, the world – he certainly does not let it show.”

      ……………………………..

      Annual remuneration (as at July 2024)
      £525,000
      https://www.bbc.com/aboutthebbc/whoweare/tim-davie

      Prior to this, Tim was Chief Executive of BBC Studios, the BBC’s principal commercial subsidiary. Responsible for creating and distributing leading British content globally, Tim led BBC Studios from April 2013. Whilst in the role, he oversaw the merger between the BBC’s production arm and BBC Worldwide, the Corporation’s distribution company, and was responsible for an annual turnover of over £1.4bn.

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  23. Fedup2 says:

    Ok – listened to the whole parliamentary debate – very few adding much to human knowledge – a lot of time thanking each other – plenty of ‘race inequality ‘ in there ( sickle cell ) and too much personal stuff .

    They all want better paliative care – but no one says how that will be done with a million more people every year ….paliative care will get worse ….

    Anyway – as I write they are in the lobby voting ..

    Update – they’ve voted for it … do you feel like you are a burden ? Have you had enough ? Why not buy the Argos life ender …?

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    • MarkyMark says:

      NHS can class all previous deaths as “that’s what they wanted”

      “A hospital patient was “made to fend for herself” in a corridor for hours before she died, an inquest heard.

      Tamara Davis, 31, spent about 10 hours on a trolley at the Royal Sussex County Hospital two days before she succumbed to multiple organ failure and sepsis caused by influenza on 13 December 2022.”

      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz9p7g934llo

      ………………………….

      Why did the Liverpool Care Pathway fail?
      deaths through over-prescription of painkillers and/or the withdrawal of hydration or nutrition. There were also reports that people had been placed on the LCP without their consent or their family’s knowledge. This criticism prompted the government to commission an independent review of the LCP in England.

      ……………………

      Liz Bryan: ‘The Liverpool Care Pathway failed because it oversimplified care of the dying’

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  24. Fedup2 says:

    Im think is setting up an ‘assisted killing ‘ company – I’ve got the website and company brand . I have a ‘lawyer ‘ and a couple of £ doctors £ – and will be all set to go with the Ronco Gas Chamber …. It’s portable so we can bring it to your home for your convenience – terms apply ….

    Please contact me on ‘fedupiwanttodie.com ‘

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Fedup2 – better name “oneLastBangOfThePotsForTheNhs.com”
      ** buy one get one FREE!
      *** free to anyone with no winter fuel allowance.

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    • atlas_shrugged says:

      Fedup

      I suspect the rail companies will beat you to it with Sarco gas chamber pods installed on every station.

      I can just see the advertising now:

      “Please use our pods and not the track”.

      Bizarrely one will still be illegal but the other totally legal!

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    • Lazy Cat says:

      I’m setting up my own.

      It’ll be called “(Kick) the Bargain Bucket.”

      Yes, I’ll be offering low cost assisted dying to those on a shoestring.

      And what’s more, you can do this from the comfort of your own home!

      For our introductionary price of just £99.99, Dave the big Gypsy will come around to your home and strangle you to death.

      Alternatively, Ste the Psycho can force feed you bleach for just £79.99. With the added bonus that Ste genuinely loves his work and no matter how hard you struggle, you won’t be able to stop him from finishing the job.

      And neither could your entire crying family if they decide to show up!

      Call now for peace of mind in the knowledge that you can spend the last of your savings on hookers, champagne and cocaine, for one final blast ,instead of on one of of those silly and expensive ‘dying pods’.

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  25. vlad says:

    Starmer’s (and Khan’s) blasphemy laws will soon outlaw certain sites for simply telling the truth about certain religious ideologies.
    It might be useful to start sharing those sites while it’s still allowed.

    https://www.thereligionofpeace.com/

    https://gatesofvienna.net/

    https://jihadwatch.org/

    Incidentally, the suppression of free speech has already begun: Robert Spencer, the founder of Jihad Watch, has been banned from entering the UK.

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  26. MarkyMark says:

    1829 … In December 1829, Lord William Bentinck, the first governor general of British-ruled India, banned sati, the ancient Hindu practice of a widow immolating herself on her husband’s funeral pyre.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-65311042

    2024 … MPs vote in favour of allowing assisted dying after emotional Commons debate
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c99rzxlv99et

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  27. Lucy Pevensey says:

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  28. Lazy Cat says:

    Here’s my take on the assisted dying thingy the BBC seem to be in support of.

    First, the BBC seemingly support it. That’s a red flag straight away.

    As do most libtards.

    For me the phrase ‘slippery slope’ springs to mind. A bit like with abortion.

    “Oh it’ll only be for rare cases where the mother’s life is in danger or in cases of r.pe and inc.st.”

    “Fine” said most reasonable people.

    Nowadays, let’s be honest, some women treat abortion as some kind of contraception. Some evil witches celebrate their latest abortions on social media. I once saw a transformer say that ‘she’ couldn’t wait for ‘scientific advancements’ that would allow ‘her’ to get a proper woman’s womb one day. Just so she could have regular abortions!

    I’m sorry but that’s just satanic. Pure satanic shite, even if you’re not religious.

    There are those demanding abortion right up to the point of birth.

    Absolute evil.

    I was quite relaxed about abortion for years with “It’s her body. Her choice ”

    But after seeing a video on a documentary (using scan/imaging video) of an abortion at a legal stage, I changed my mind.

    You don’t ever want to see what I saw. Absolutely horrifying and it has stayed with me.

    From that point, I see abortion as murder if the foteus has started to develop.

    It should only be available in the extreme cases we were originally promised it would be used for.

    I think we’ll see the same with this proposed assisted dying bill.

    It’ll start out with checks and balances, but slowly but surely, people (mostly white I bet) will be encouraged to off themselves if depressed or a bit skint. Oldies offed by the government for any old reason. Probably for voting Reform.

    Simply put…
    ..do you trust the government with your life?

    Do you trust them not to slide down that slippery slope, to off those they find ‘a problem’?

    If you do, you’re an idiot.

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    • G.W.F. says:

      Lazy Cat

      Peter Singer and Helga Kuhse proposed post birth abortion several years ago. I believe hey argued for one year after birth.

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    • vlad says:

      @LazyCat – Then there’ll be the scenario where relatives start to get impatient for their inheritance, and put pressure on the oldies to stop being so selfish and go, pronto!

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      • Lucy Pevensey says:

        Lazy Cat, it’s the thin end of the wedge. They want old and/or very ill people gone. It’s best for the collective.

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        • Lazy Cat says:

          Indeed Lucy

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        • moggiemoo says:

          I gather the NHS simply call it DNR.

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          • Fedup2 says:

            Moggie – I listened to the poor debate for 5 hours . This is because I , like many , have too much experience of ‘ end of life’ care …including the use of that awful DNR form – I wonder if it still has a bright red border . ?

            One close relative had a DNR placed in the file which I found and challenged and got removed . But the treatment received was coloured by this . The medical mafia bothered even less than usual .

            Im sure i was treated as ‘troublesome ‘ because they always spoke to me in pairs . ….

            The vote today opens the door even wider for the informal methods the medical mafia use to kill unwanted people – the ones with no next of kin or visitors … double that morphine dose eh? Sad day

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            • MarkyMark says:

              We are looking at better ways to die, rather than better ways to live!

              “It’s become perfectly acceptable to celebrate the contributions of non-Western cultures, but discussing their flaws and crimes is called hate speech. What’s more it has become acceptable to discuss the flaws and crimes of Western culture, but celebrating their contributions is also called hate speech. ”
              Douglas Murray – War on the West

              Pots, pans, passion: Britons clap their support for NHS workers again
              This article is more than 4 years old
              People up and down the country unite in applause for second week in a row

              https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/02/pots-pans-passion-britons-clap-their-support-for-nhs-workers-again

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Lazy – on the abortion ‘propaganda ‘ front – going to a RC school we got the videos at quite a young age . Even an objective description of the process is enough for most people I think ….
      The images of baby murder is enough …I wonder how much the NHS pay abortionists ….

      Anyway – the vote today will free up care homes and hospices as people pressure themselves into doing it – particularly when life savings are coming to an end ..( £1000 a week ?) …..

      I should have guessed the immature labour parliament would go for state killing – after all – they’ve started with frozen pensioners …..

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      • digg says:

        The Media would have us believe that the majority of calls for assisted suicide are coming from Joe Public in all his and her various guises, seriously ill people, relatives etc.

        My impression is that the most insistent pressure is probably coming from the Medical Profession itself. After all preserving life against the odds is hard work and costly.

        I also understand that the section in the Hippocratic Oath doctors previously subscribed to removed a section demanding medical professionals first duty was the preservation of life as a first principle some time back. This could be seen as the first step towards where we are today!

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      • MarkyMark says:

        Worth a read – there is a youtube video with Mark Steyn on this as well.

        “Kermit Barron Gosnell (born February 9, 1941) is an American serial killer and former abortion doctor. He provided illegal late-term abortions at his clinic in West Philadelphia. Gosnell was convicted of the murders of three infants who were born alive after using drugs to induce labor, the manslaughter of one woman during an abortion procedure, and of several other abortion- and drug-related crimes.[3][4][5][6][7] Staff at Gosnell’s clinic testified that there were hundreds of infants born alive during abortion procedures, and subsequently killed by Gosnell.[8][9][10][11]”

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

        The Mark Steyn Show with Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer

        Steyn was one of the few columnists to shine a light on the Gosnell story at the time, and he was heartened to hear that Ann and Phelim are making a feature film on the subject. “Enjoy” isn’t quite the word for this full-length interview about a human monster, but we think you’ll find it compelling and insightful.

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  29. Lucy Pevensey says:

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  30. tomo says:

    The BBC is affiliated (as is the NUJ) with the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), the largest organization of journalists in Europe. The EFJ represents over 320,000 journalists in 72 organizations across 45 countries.

    Should be called the leftist stenographers collective.

    -or… yet another outfit hijacked by leftoid entryists or a flat out lefty outfit with the usual presumption applied to the naming of the activism vehicle?

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    X baaad… don’t talk about X

    https://x.com/zerohedge/status/1862498028306813112

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Tomo – I saw the comments on X after they announced their exit … not exactly going to be missed … some comments were quite explicit and x rated …

      Desperate anti Trump warfare …

      … it’s a bit like sopel who has announced he won’t be posting any more on x – then proceeded to post on x like he’d said nothing …

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    • MarkyMark says:

      First rule of fight club!
      We do not talk about fight club!

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    • vlad says:

      Pathetic, the whole lot of them.

      They’re perfectly happy to be on all the other leftist, biased platforms that so disgraced themselves in recent years, but they’re running like rats from the only platform that allows real free speech.

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  31. Fedup2 says:

    The whole NHS killing thing has pushed the criminal cabinet minister story away as planned …

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    • BRISSLES says:

      Bit of trivia…

      MP Danny Krug – vehement opposer of Assisted Dying Bill is the son of ..
      Bake Off judge Prue Leith – who’s in agreement with said Bill.

      Interesting conversations to be had around the dinner table.

      Me ? I’m in favour. I wouldn’t want to be in agony for months before death. I wouldn’t let my dog suffer unnecessarily and would let her go peacefully. That’s what we all wish for, a pain-free death.

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  32. Lucy Pevensey says:

    News of the suicide solution bill might have charged up the petition-signing activity a bit.
    It now has less than 400 signatures to go for 3 million.

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    • Lucy Pevensey says:

      Apologies, I was wrong about that, it needs another 100,000

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      • Up2snuff says:

        Lucy, I wonder how many Labour ‘activists’ and supporters have signed up for a new General Election? There is a chance that the Conservative Party might win or be in a coalition Government and would have to be dealing with the mess that Labour have made of the economy after just five months in Government! The refrain from Labour, now really quite boring, is: “We are having to fix the mess that the previous Government left.” Blair & Brown crashed the UK economy the last time Labour were In Government and the Conservative Coalition Government had to try to clear up the mess.

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  33. MarkyMark says:

    Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill [HL]
    https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3741

    Allow adults who are terminally ill, subject to safeguards, to be assisted to end their own life; and for connected purposes.

    For the purposes of this Act, a person is terminally ill if that person—
    (a) has been diagnosed by a registered medical practitioner as having an inevitably progressive condition which cannot be reversed by treatment (“a terminal illness”), and
    (b) as a consequence of that terminal illness, is reasonably expected to die within six months.

    “inevitably progressive condition which cannot be reversed by treatment” = LIVING!

    ………………………………………….

    The depressed should be allowed to end their life, says AC Grayling
    Comments made by philosopher in 2021 raise concern about safeguards surrounding assisted dying Bill
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11/21/assisted-dying-bill-depressed-and-disabled-ac-grayling/

    ………………………………………………

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    Criminal liability
    (1)
    A person who provides any assistance in accordance with this Act is not
    guilty of an offence.

    (2)
    A person who is in breach of the requirements of this Act, save for acts or
    omissions in good faith and without negligence, will be guilty of a criminal
    offence and will be liable, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for
    a term not exceeding 14 years.

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  34. wwfc says:

    I do think things are changing another good xmas advert

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  35. friend of yogi bear says:

    TOO MUCH OPENESS AND CLARITY……….

    When the Labour “government” took power in that landslide of 9 million votes , all those months ago, we were assured there would be a new clean politics, including “openess and clarity.”..yes, they were all at it , a new era, etc,etc,

    It seems they have already had more than enough of that.
    Today the lady with the traffic light hair, who amusingly had a job in transport, has resigned. Apparently this is a loss, so we are told.

    Her problem , as far as l understand it, was she was badly advised by her lawyer. She was completely innocent it would seem , making a simple mistake but failing to explain her innocent mistake when first asked in her police interview. This is perhaps surprising given her frontline police experience. Nonetheless she opted not to clarify her actions.
    Even more bizarre she went to Court and seemed to think it best to plead guilty for making an innocent mistake, Let’s be clear , a dishonest intention is a vital part of her type of offending ( fraud , making a false representation)and yet she entered a guilty plea.

    Could it be that there is more to this….we can all be sure that Keir Starmer is being straight with us… Why? well because he said he would be. Then again perhaps he has changed his mind and simply has had enough of all that openness, clarity and truth rubbish.

    We can wait to hear the latest regarding the suggestions ,at large , that Ms Haigh was just a bit careless with a number of phones. Surely some mistake…

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  36. atlas_shrugged says:

    Travel gets worse. New ULEZ and 20mph crackpot appointed to transport secretary:

    https://dailysceptic.org/2024/11/29/ulez-architect-and-20mph-zone-supporter-appointed-new-transport-secretary/

    Heidi Alexander, the MP for Swindon South take a bow.

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  37. MarkyMark says:

    “Andrew Lawrence is one of those comedians who goes where others fear to tread . Alot of other comedians have backed off because of tye Politically Correct , Wokefullness , backlash . But andrew has proven he’s got tye ginger balls to rise up against those who are easily offended . Fair play to that man”

    ‘Offence is taken not given’: Comedian Andrew Lawrence talks being cancelled & his new stand-up tour

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  38. tomo says:

    Surkeer trots over to engage with Mr. Farage….

    https://x.com/darrengrimes_/status/1862569446344163333

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “Let’s draw it all out until we get our pensions?”

      “I know what a man with a Cervix is?”

      “Are we in the house of Commons considered workers?”

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  39. MarkyMark says:

    Rishi Sunak
    Richmond and Northallerton Conservative

    For

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9wr95nkrr1o

    Did my MP vote For or Against the assisted dying bill?

    “Sati or suttee is a Hindu practice in which a widow should sacrifice herself by sitting atop her deceased husband’s funeral pyre.”

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  40. tomo says:

    Keeping with the anti-car theme…

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    Just watch the BBC’s climate nuts bust a gut to big-up this crank and her agenda.

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  41. Fedup2 says:

    Being on the better side of life – I was delighted by the plight of one Rupert grint ? Who was in the Harry Potter films … I’ve never seen them . No interest . But I was annoyed that he ‘cancelled ‘ JKrowling because her stance on queers ….

    ..so when he lost a tax avoidance scheme which is likely to cost him at least £2 million it can only be ‘carma’- and I understand JKrowling has fully paid her taxes – which must be a lot ….

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  42. Fedup2 says:

    New Thread Time . thanks for all contributions ….

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