344 Responses to Midweek 4th December 2024

  1. digg says:

    John.Torode has come out condemning Wallace. This is the biggest nasty coward reaction since I don’t know when.

    You are an absolute craven coward twat Torode you have bowed to the screaming crowd and thrown him to the dogs despite the fact you used him to make money you aresole.

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    • Rob in Cheshire says:

      Bit harsh. Wallace is the author of his own misfortune, John Torode has no obligation to go down with him, he is a work colleague, nothing more.

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  2. digg says:

    Biggest hate of the day…the stupid us famous lady who insists on wearing sunglasses while being interviewed in a London studio…..

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  3. JohnC says:

    French government collapses in no-confidence vote
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxz934p56qo

    Seems a huge story to me yet just makes a small sub-pane near the bottom of the news front page at the BBC/

    Then I see it’s Michel Barnier – the one who spotted Starmer was a sneaky, dirty type long before the rest of us found out and praised him for it.

    So what did this ex-EU President wannabe, BBC hero do ?.

    ‘Opposition parties had tabled the motion after the former Brexit negotiator controversially used special powers to force through his budget without a vote.’

    Tut tut Michel. Your EU dictatorship tactics don’t work in a real government.

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  4. taffman says:

    My message to the BBC – The ‘Green Bubble’ is about to burst.

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  5. Zephir says:

    Another Peanut Story.

    No, sorry to disappoint, it does not involve Snoopy, Woodstock and Charley Brown. It’s another with comments from the family of one with a peanut allergy who has died from anaphylactic shock.

    Now, if I had such a lethal allergy, do you know what the last thing I would do is ?
    Get a takeaway, or eat in a cafe or restaurant, whatever they say is, or is not in it. Simple solution…

    And, what has each of the deceased done in each case ?

    Decided to play russian roulette and trust the word of minimum wage employees in a cafe or hotel, effectively trust them with their life, based on their knowledge of the product they are selling.

    Anyone who has approached a member of staff at Wicks or Homebase with a technical question may know the complete lunacy of that approach. It’s like asking your dog about Einstein’s field equations.

    And to make matters worse, this one did it in a hotel in Turkey. I have just made to firm commitment to NEVER EVER again get my hair cut in a Turkish barber after the second time of carefully explaining I do NOT want the back shaved, and received a definite agreement, and, each time, they get the shaver and whoosh, shave the back, the bastards. And that was in England.

    So, you have a potentially fatal food allergy and trust an hotel employee who can hardly speak English, who probably moonlights as a barber, AKA head shaver, trust them with your life…and he was using bloody Google Translate, well enough said there. (an ironically named piece of softwhere, I feel).

    It’s like a blind person deciding to cross a busy 60 mph dual carriageway with a white stick at rush hour, hoping everyone will see the stick, in China with a phone with Google Translate showing “I’m blind”.

    And who do the family blame in each and every case ? certainly not the victim…they keep demanding more laws and restrictions for OTHER people when there is actually a much simpler solution….

    ‘We watched our son die on a video call after he ate peanuts hidden in a pudding on holiday’: Anguished parents of 19-year-old claim hotel staff insisted the dish was safe to eat.

    Even after repeating his request on Google Translate, he was assured they were safe to eat. But moments after consuming the cake, Idris began to feel nauseous and breathless and they both returned to their hotel room.”

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14157169/electrician-fatal-allergic-reaction-peanuts-holiday-staff-dessert-safe.html

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    • Zephir says:

      “Now, his family have launched legal action against Love Holidays, claiming the package tour operator and its suppliers failed to provide correct information regarding food allergens and misled Idris.

      They also argued the company did not provide adequate training to staff on allergies and food safety. “

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    • Rob in Cheshire says:

      Absolutely never use a Turkish barber. They are just fronts for money laundering. There must be half a dozen withing a couple of miles of me. I use a nice English lady who has been barbering for about 30 years. I am pretty sure she is not part of an OCG.

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  6. andyjsnape says:

    How damaging is the Gregg Wallace scandal for the BBC?
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj90jp7yjy7o

    Yes bbc this is you and while you feel your the experts, when again this is another scandal and your trying to talk your way out of it, again

    bbc website feels it needs to explain and distance its self, from its self!

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    • Lunchtime Loather says:

      Last paragraph: “The media doesn’t always play fair when it scents a scalp. But he is entitled to a fair and due process.”.

      The word “Partygate” comes to mind, for some reason.

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  7. andyjsnape says:

    Is Starmer speech a ‘plan for change’ or ‘emergency relaunch’?
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3rqxd711zjo

    Only options? Surely more than just

    1) Plan for change
    2) Emergency relaunch
    3) ?
    4) ?

    Thats our only choices in the bbc world

    Whats up with the bbc not giving this labour government a hard time, seems they can do no wrong. I guess it helps with the bbc funding keeping this lot in power. A bit like President Khan, can no wrong and never held accountable for knife crime on his watch

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  8. pugnazious says:

    The BBC’s ‘File On 4’ examined why universities are failing financially and the rise of foreign student numbers as a cashcow.

    Apparently it is because the Coalition government introduced tuition fees and then there was Brexit which meant fewer students came from the EU…thus disaster.

    Hmm…thought it was Labour that introduced tuition fees…and foreign students flood in here in ever growing numbers paying eyewatering sums…far more than the EU ones did…so…how is it universities can’t pay their way? No answer to that.

    How is it universities, pre the Blair ‘education education education’ ramping up of numbers, could manage on relatively few students and thus far less money?

    The BBC keeps insisting we need millions of foreign students and the billions they bring here…and yet it doesn’t seem to be working as maybe 70% of universities are in the red.

    Just seemed like a lazy attack on the Tories and Brexit whilst failing to get to the real cause of things.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0025kyp

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    • moggiemoo says:

      You could be forgiven for thinking De Montfort University (Leicester Poly) was in Shanghai.

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    • Ian Rushlow says:

      Most universities in this country are not in the education business. They are in the migration business.

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    • Up2snuff says:

      pug, yes, Labour intriduced tuition fees and vice-Chancellors thought they could become as rich as bankers thanks to the Labour Party under Blair & Brown.

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    • Docmarooned says:

      And yet they moan about lack of doctors probably because they are too busy collecting money for foreign students for courses with worthless degrees unlike medicine which I guess is all the universities care about.

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    • Rob in Cheshire says:

      We need no more than 10% of young people at university. The other 90% need further education in practical skills, which should take place at technical colleges, preferably as part of sandwich courses. That is the only sensible way forward.

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  9. andyjsnape says:

    Gregg Wallace’s ghostwriter says he sexually harassed her
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy47dz8yp4vo

    The guilty by “reporting” continues

    “Shannon Kyle told BBC Newsnight the MasterChef presenter answered the door wearing only a towel” – so she didn’t tell him to get put some clothes on and still went in the house

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    • Zephir says:

      Did he give his ghostwriter the willies ?

      (Coat applied for)

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Andy – it’s nothing to do with the BBC – Greg was employed by a production company – he isn’t on the BBC staff – and the BBC never received any complaints because they all went to the production company . Also – no laws have been broken because plod isn’t involved …

      I m trying to recall whether advent has been running longer than greggate ….

      And then there’s war – the British army wouldn’t last 6 months … and china is now a big nuclear threat . Im amazed that military types still think in terms of armies when British governments have been importing them by the million in over 10 years . Not a country any more and definitely not worth fighting for until the imported enemy attacks …

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      • JohnC says:

        Everything is made by production companies now because after all the recruitment quotas, their staff are utterly incompetent and on the odd occasion they try, they churn out the most appalling rubbish.
        Outsourcing is how big companies handle these staff issues. Suddenly their only actual responsibility is to manage the management of the people making it and attending regular meetings staying in nice hotels where they make no difference at all but feel very important. I can imagine the BBC contingent very clearly : 60% young females, 20% blacks and 10% disabled. With one liberal-democrat-voting older pale-and-stale (or feminist hag) who is the one actually in charge and the only one who actually makes the decisions.
        As an example, in the ‘How damaging is the Gregg Wallace scandal for the BBC?’ article they say:
        ‘But BBC News has not been told whether the BBC executives involved in Wallace’s shows were made aware of any complaints about him after 2018’
        Wow. Did they even ask ?. This ‘BBC investigating itself’ is an absolute farce. If someone senior tells them not to report something, they won’t. No matter how ‘independent’ they try to tell us they are.

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        • Fedup2 says:

          JohnC
          Long ago a i noticed a trait possessed by ‘successful managers ‘ of making sure they were never ‘informed ‘ of something bad ….. they’d never look or ask .

          The thing that worried them was the email . The thing that could show they were ‘informed ‘ and had to do something .

          I think it’s why the likes of the NHS have tried to avoid communicating with punters on the internet as long as possible – to avoid the negligence – corruption – cover ups of the medical mafia – as well as rationing services of course .

          If there’s a ‘paper trail’ for Wallace it will either have disappeared by now of be an accidental reference to his alleged criminal conduct …

          The thing is a ‘nothing ‘ but if it adds to the troubles of the BBC – it can only be good for us …

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          • Rob in Cheshire says:

            Fed:

            Good point. When Spanner was the DPP nothing ever seemed to “cross his desk”. What did he do all day?

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      • Rob in Cheshire says:

        In the Ukraine, losses on both sides are about 1,000 a day. I don’t think our army would last long, maybe two months at best.

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  10. JohnC says:

    Barnier downfall threatens to set a pattern for what lies ahead
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czjd79yrlplo

    The BBC like Barnier and describe him -without providing evidence – as:
    ‘For if Barnier – a moderate of the centre-right with a reputation for courtesy and compromise – was unable to pass a budget, then who else can?’

    Meanwhile they also run another article on his Brexit book. As you would expect, it’s and article saying bad things about all the people the BBC hate. My favourite bit in this child-like tantrum is the big-letter major heading:
    ‘The Brexiteers and their ‘famous red bus”
    Which is never mentioned again. Is it in his book ? – or did the BBC just put it there out of spite ??.

    Anyway, from this article we learn:
    ‘Unlike in many political diaries, Mr Barnier resists the urge to paint vindictive pen portraits of those with whom he crosses paths. But he certainly lets us know what he made of them.’
    Here we have the BBC saying he must be plenty vindictive at Tories but doesn’t stoop as low as the BBC thing he could.
    The BBC pick quotes for all the ones they hate – Boris, Nigel and Frost. They are much nicer about Thereas May of course. She is just a bit stubborn apparently.

    So here are the relevant bits about Barnier:
    ‘As for the triumphant Brexiteers who subsequently entered Downing Street, Mr Barnier simply does not trust them.’
    Not a good start for the kind and curteous man there then.
    ‘He’s not impressed when Frost turns up 45 minutes late for lunch, apparently without explanation. Frost then informs him in a “somewhat arrogant tone” that all the important stuff in their negotiations will be dealt with by the prime minister and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.’
    Ouch : ego definitely bruised there.
    ‘There was no real thawing in the relationship, judging from Mr Barnier’s entries. Even on the day the post-Brexit trade deal was signed, their final exchange is “professional and cold”.’
    ‘Mr Barnier writes that the incident reinforced his determination to “avoid any form of aggression, emotion or passion, to put my fist in my pocket after any provocation from the British” and to stick to the facts.’
    Oh dear. Is that the BBC’s definition of ‘courtesy and compromise’ ??.
    And finally the BBC write:
    ‘The quote from King Lear “Bring in Madness, banish Reason!” features prominently and Mr Barnier doesn’t shift in his assessment that leaving the EU makes no sense.’
    So arrogant and inflexible as well then.
    Clearly the BBC’s opinion of Barnier is very different from mine. But of course like Barnier, they would rather Britain burned than make a success of things.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      France is an enemy – anything bad for them is good for the UK . Macron will be scoring points if president trump turns up for the notra dame thing on Saturday – he ll get the full treatment …

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      • Fedup2 says:

        I hear that their NHS is going to ‘roll out ‘ fat drugs for fat people – I’ve always been careful with my weight and only have a few packets of crisps a day .

        But now I can go for the full fat diet happy to know when i moan to the online GP ( you are 98th in the queue ) I’ll get a thin drug ….

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    • moggiemoo says:

      Is ‘centre right’ how the BBC describe those that are only ‘mildly hard left’?

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  11. AsISeeIt says:

    There was a time socialist Labour governments were criticised for offering pie in the sky…

    Nowadays they promise a knock-off version of the celebrity miracle weight-loss drug Ozempic for the masses… on the NHS – but you’ll have to wait a dozen years…

    Millions will get weight-loss jab on the NHS – but face 12-year wait (left-leaning ‘i’ newspaper)

    Twelve years hence ought to be a long enough time period for most of us to have mastered the art of dieting, don’t you think?

    For a moment this morning I thought one of the regular Financial Times frontpage prime advertising spot users of those stunningly perfect female face models – Lindberg ‘visionary by design’ Danish eyeware, G. Collins & Sons, Royal Tunbridge Wells, exquisite craftsmanship with luxury jewellery, or perhaps Graff home to the most fabulous diamonds and jewels in the world – had bought up some big ad spaces on the covers of the Telegraph, the Times, and, extraordinarily, the down market youth-oriented junior poundshop Guardianista-style ‘i’ newspaper!

    Imagine my surprise when I read how the face of this exquisitely presented model in the diamond earings belongs to: Gang network Ekaterina Zhdanova (Times); The face that laudered billions (Telegraph) – Sadly, you can dream on chaps, this lady won’t be ironing your shirts and doing your laundry any time soon – you’ll be enjoying Mounjaro Tirzepatide, the poor man’s on-prescription Ozempic, long before you’ll ever be dating our Ekaterina. Seems she’ll be going away for a long stretch.

    Snow on their boots

    One assumes Sir Keir is more than happy for the media to splash with this case, despite sub judice and all that – ‘cos apparently these’s no community cohesion issue worries for our resident Russian community: National Crime Agency claimed to have broken up a Russian money-laundering operation (Times); Russian businesswoman, helped to run a multi-billion pound money-laundering operation used by spies and drug smugglers (Telegraph); UK busts vast crpto laundering scheme used by drugs kingpins and Russian spies… Kremlin is in alliance with criminal underworld (‘i’)

    Meanwhile, our pedestrian parochial policing propagandising is the preserve of the in-the-tank-for-Labour Daily Mirror: Neighbourhood cops pledge… Long Starm of the law… Prime Minister promises 13,000 more bobbies on the beat in police boost – that headline cover story wins first place in the gynaeceum that is the BBC news staff’s online print press line-up this morning.

    Mr AsI is also in admiration of the giveaway Metro for finding a pic of Ekaterina Zhdanova: Downfall… on ski hol

    It’s shades of a classic James Bond-style alluring villainess as our expensively classy Ekaterina, in ski helmet, winks saucily with après-ski promise from the cover of the freebie Metro

    There’s a sight for a chap’s eyes made sore via repeated media images of Jeremy Vine in his soppy bike hat. Sorry, did I spoil the moment?

    Crypto crooks… Laundering laid bare (FT) – calm down sir.

    Time for a calm down dear

    My retirement planning? Er… selling pictures of my feet on OnlyFans by Kate Lister (‘i’) – Well, that’s brought us all firmly down to earth with a bump.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Excellent news – the fatter you get the quicker you’ll get the thin drug – eat eat eat your way to the top of the list fatty ….

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      • atlas_shrugged says:

        All MPs should have to walk over a speak-your-weight machine to get in to parliament.

        If it carries on like this they will not be able to all fit in their seats.

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      • MarkyMark says:

        Praise the LARD! 91-UzPgeohL._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg

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    • Up2snuff says:

      AISI, I note that the Daily Express has assumed the mantle previously worn by the Sun as the newspaper the BBC love to hate. Perhaps it is because both papers are too Conservative, too Right Wing? But it is a puzzle why the Daily Star has been missing from the Blog as it is said to be JustRemainIn Webb’s favourite daily newspaper. Says a lot about the BBC!

      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg8ngrzlk0o

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    • Rob in Cheshire says:

      I would really like to ban the term “bobbies on the beat”. There are no “bobbies on the beat” anywhere, and there haven’t been since the introduction of patrol cars in the 1960s. Prior to that bobbies really did have beats they walked, but that all went the way of the police call box decades ago.

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  12. Fedup2 says:

    Today
    Big interview – nonsense interview between our Justin and evette cooper balls . Balls wants a ‘named plod ‘ for the ‘beat ‘

    She seems not to realise Britain has changed – eg 8? million foreigners turning up in 10 years – and who wants to see plod ? I don’t . I don’t trust them – don’t want to know . They are alien now – and their TTK attitude – makes them close to being an enemy just looking to ‘do’ the taxpayer / whitee and give third world foreigners a free pass ….

    In londonistan the boroughs where Londoners live only hear the sirens or the damned helicopter – or if you see them ‘patrolling ‘ they do so in groups of 3 or 5 and all look lost …. Much happier checking sites like this or the twitter for ‘hatey words ‘.
    Ms Balls got away with the interview – no mention of non crime hate incidents and the like .

    Our Justin tried something about immigration – and that badinok supported the invasion via foreign students ….

    Balls went for keep talking but say nothing complete with convenient technical problems caused – no doubt – by a spad ….off switch …

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  13. Zephir says:

    Two sides to every story, but only one side filmed by efnick claiming waycism, how convenient:

    “The woman recorded going on a racist rant at a man and his family on a United Airlines shuttle bus has now claimed she was provoked – and blamed her actions on brain injury.

    Arlene Bunch, 64, has been unmasked after being filmed unleashing a hateful tirade against photographer Pervez Taufiq, his wife, and their three children in Los Angeles last week.

    Taufiq told DailyMail.com that Bunch started making racist comments toward his son during their flight, but the situation escalated when she told his kids ‘shut up’ while they were all on the shuttle.

    However, Bunch has since defended her actions – insisting she is not racist and calling the incident a series of escalations that started because the Taufiqs called her ‘white trash.’

    She was recorded sticking both her middle fingers up at Taufiq calling him ‘f*****g crazy’ and ‘tandoori stinky a**.’

    Bunch, a real estate broker licensed by the state of California who nearly died in a propane explosion last year, gave her side of the story of Fox 11.

    ‘[Taufiq] pushed me to the side to get in front of me and the lady made him go back to the end of the line and he’s talking to his wife :

    “supposedly they are first class. Obviously, with no class and look at the way they’re dressed… they’re white trash,” Bunch said.

    ‘[They were] aggressive when we loaded the shuttle. He looks over to me and says “shut your big f*****g mouth you white trash b***h” and then my husband steps in.

    ‘None of this is in the video. And most people know me as a very kind, calm person, but since the brain injury, I can get agitated very easily.'”

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14157297/united-airlines-arlene-bunch-racist-comments-Pervez-Taufiq.html

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  14. Sluff says:

    Watching the sports reports on BBC news and again hearing them on Toady this morning, I could not help but notice NO MENTION at all of the backlash by players against the current LGBTqwerty campaign influenced by Stonewall.
    Meanwhile a Christian footballer has been censured by adding ‘I love Jesus’ to a rainbow/pride armband but a Muslim footballer has apparently not been censured for refusing to wear one at all. Somehow I’m not surprised.
    There’s a nice quote in the Telegraph, who do cover the issue.’Inclusion used to unite – now it feels like language of cult.

    Let’s hope this backlash against woke continues.
    The BBC must be having apoplexy.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Stuff
      I think they are still doing that dumb kneeling thing from time to time – this kind of collective woke nonsense must be due to end soon …. And those armbands are just offensive …

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      • atlas_shrugged says:

        Apparently there is only one openly gay footballer in the whole EFL. So they are wearing those rainbow armbands just for him.

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    • Ian Rushlow says:

      Language of cult?

      Surely it’s plural, so needs ‘s’ on the end. And the spelling needs to be checked – I’m fairly sure it’s ‘n’ rather than ‘l’.

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    • Rob in Cheshire says:

      Muslims always get a free pass from the authorities because they are scared of them. Fear works.

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  15. Fedup2 says:

    The Guardian is on strike today – scabs are being allowed to post pieces without attribution – but im sure those who work there will be able to identify strike breakers and deal with them .
    A civil war within a far left propaganda sheet can only be a good thing …

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  16. friend of yogi bear says:

    NOT ANOTHER WITCH HUNT…….

    I have to confess I tuned into the BBC news last night…..My excuse was that l wanted to see if Clive Myrie would be reading a headline about a chap called Clive Myrie.

    The Clive Myrie ,who has attracted some attention ,has had problems recalling just how much he had recently earned and further that he has failed to declare such earnings ( between £160,000& £240,000 depending on whose report you read) . That Clive has explained that, understandably, this was caused by those ever present “administrative issues”.

    It took a while , but l was shocked when the horrible reality sank in.. that both these Clives were actually be the same person.

    My excuse was that having seen the BBC advert ,which shows us all that Clive , the “news hound”and his BBC mates get up early every day to go out and “fight for the truth” l just couldn’t get it straight in my mind that he could make such a mistake. I suppose he was just so busy fighting for us.

    It really doesn’t matter any way ,because let’s face it anybody who has the cheek to criticize Clive Myrie , the “news hound”, must be a racist . Let’s hope we don’t have anymore of this!

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    • Lefty Wright says:

      I think we can rest assured that Clive will not be escorted to the BBC exit.
      He has the BBC favourite colour hide and he is almost certainly of the Socialist persuasion and you can bet your arse that he voted Remain. Anyways, let’s wait and see.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      He could donate it all to NHS? Or children in need? Or Huw Edwards legal fees?

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    • Rob in Cheshire says:

      To be fair, who amongst us has not forgotten earning the odd £160k from time to time?

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  17. MarkyMark says:

    “NHS gets 12 years to roll out new weight-loss drug Mounjaro”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2y5zl99vro
    …………………………….
    https://www.mayfairweightlossclinic.co.uk/treatment/mounjaro/Once-weekly injection
    Active ingredient: Tirzepatide
    Trials show ~20% body weight loss
    Available alternative: Wegovy
    Manufactured by Eli Lilly

    2.5 mg (4 x doses of 2.5 mg) £159.00

    ………………………………………………
    Eli Lilly Co (pharmaceuticals)
    Lord Glendonbrook Conservative
    Life peer
    https://members.parliament.uk/members/lords/interests/register-of-lords-interests?SearchTerm=Pharmaceuticals&ShowAmendments=False&page=2

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  18. MarkyMark says:

    “NHS gets 12 years to roll out new weight-loss drug Mounjaro”

    ‘Deeply worrying’ research suggests 25% of nurses in England are obese
    05 December, 2017 By Jo Stephenson
    https://www.nursingtimes.net/research-and-innovation/deeply-worrying-research-suggests-25-of-nurses-in-england-are-obese-05-12-2017/

    ‘Deeply worrying’ research suggests 25% of nurses in England are obese
    “NHS gets 12 years to roll out new weight-loss drug Mounjaro”

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  19. MarkyMark says:

    BBC Group Annual Report and Accounts 2022/23

    Click to access BBC_annual_report_and_accounts_2022_to_2023.pdf

    The BBC brings the country together at
    important moments in our history, and this
    was demonstrated during the period of
    mourning for Queen Elizabeth II.

    **Huw Edwards performed a solemn and important
    task **

    as he broke the news of Her Majesty’s
    death to the nation, and to the BBC’s global
    audiences

    Screenshot-2024-12-05-095920.png

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  20. MarkyMark says:

    FREE THE SAUSAGES! FREE NHS CERVIX FOR ALL MEN! DAVOS NOT WESTMINISTER! HA HA AH AHA HA….

    The six milestones are:

    Raising living standards in every part of UK, measured through higher real household disposable income. Britain to be the fastest-growing economy in the G7 now an aim not a pledge…
    1.5 million new homes.

    Ending NHS backlogs, with 92% of patients in England to wait no longer than 18 weeks for treatment.

    Hire 13,000 new police officers.

    Give children the “best start in life”, promising a quarter of 5 year-olds to be ready to learn when they start school.

    Make Britain a clean energy power.

    https://order-order.com/2024/12/05/live-starmer-delivers-his-plan-for-change-emergency-reset/
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    • Fedup2 says:

      I guess it’s all about ‘definition’ – eg what is a ‘home ‘ ?
      If every ‘home ‘ has 10 people residing – then the building target drops a lot 150 000 dwellings across 5 years =260.714 weeks 30000 per year …

      But then it’s about definitions …

      Bit like the blues promising more hospitals – another lie …

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  21. Zephir says:

    Nothing to worry about, we have Fick Ange in charge of housebuilding.

    Captzdsfgure.jpg

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  22. MarkyMark says:

    Cheeky Hilux Ad Gets Cheekier

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    • moggiemoo says:

      Lilani Prinsen. Gorgeous.

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    • Lefty Wright says:

      Mark
      This TV ad is FAR too white. Cancel it immediately!

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      • MarkyMark says:

        Sorry Lefty – I had a relapse – off to the re-education camp!

        Outrage over “racist” detergent commercial

        “A detergent ad that aired in China shows a black man being transformed into a fair-skinned Asian after being stuffed into a laundry machine. CBSN’s Josh Elliott shows us the commercial that’s causing global outrage.”

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  23. G.W.F. says:

    Tell Starmer where to go. Petition is dragging. Just under 40,000 needed

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

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  24. MarkyMark says:

    It’s now official ….
    Muhammad overtakes Noah as most popular boy’s name
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly4g2v0ej6o

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    ………………………………… FROM 2017 …. 7 years ago ………………..

    We do not have a definitive answer for why the variations of the name Muhammad have generally risen up the rankings over time, but there are some possible explanations.
    1. The increasing size of the Muslim community in England and Wales
    2. The dominance of the name in the Muslim community combined with increased diversity in names for baby boys
    3. The possible increased dominance of the name in the Muslim community
    4. The possible effect of popular sporting figures with the names Muhammad and Mohamed

    The term such as ‘increased dominance‘ is odd, when in maths you could use the term ‘increased occurrence’ instead.

    dominance – power and influence over others
    occurrence – the fact or frequency of something happening

    Words do have meanings and some are more emotive than others.
    https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/articles/thepopularityofthenamemuhammadmohammedmohammad/2016-09-02

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    • moggiemoo says:

      Some are also more accurate.

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    • popeye says:

      “… combined with increased diversity in names for baby boys”
      “The possible effect of popular sporting figures with the names Muhammad and Mohamed”

      Really? I wonder how many non-Muslim parents have called their boys (is that allowed now) Muhammad.

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    • Lefty Wright says:

      Mark
      Only in Londonistan which is now foreign territory and no longer a part of England.

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  25. Emmanuel Goldstein says:

    About this Bovear carry on.

    Haven’t the government realised that nobody believes a word they come out with.
    It may well be that Bovear is harmless and doesn’t get passed on through the milk but when the experts and government’s representatives come on tv to tell us this it immediately gets people thinking that they are hiding something, lying, only telling part of the story, manipulating data or most likely all of these.

    When they give out their pronouncements on immigration for example. The current figures will undoubtedly be revised upwards before next years figures to make them look better (and next years figures will also be increased the following year)
    You can also bet that the end figure they admit to will be well below the true figure.

    Same with things like housing, employment and unemployment, crime and all the other information they put out.
    It’s all manipulated and nobody believes them.

    When only Covid pro vaccination scientists are allowed to speak on the media and those questioning the vaccine are non personed so that we get a one sided view on the safety and efficacy of the vaccine and the deaths from the vaccine are disguised as being caused by something else.

    Every government department gives out false data manipulated to make them look good and not to inform the public.
    Even on tv, Labour, red and blue are continuously calling the others liars.

    So when they assure us that Bovear is perfectly safe it’s no surprise that nobody believes them because we’ve lost faith in them and it’s all their fault. The trust has gone and it will take a lot to get it back, if ever.

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  26. Fedup2 says:

    3 961 000

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    • micknotmike says:

      You’ve added a million on there Fed; who do you think you are, joe biden?

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      • Fedup2 says:

        Mick thank you – wishful thinking – glad it’s now ‘stew’ putting me right as usual ….😢

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  27. Fedup2 says:

    I understand the great leader has ‘relaunched ‘ but not announcing it in their commons – whatever –

    They’ve been in power for 5 ? Months – which means the next relaunch will be in April .

    The money types think that Rachel from accounts will want even more tax money as the the cost of state borrowing will be higher ….

    Unemployment heading up and the threat of tariffs by the new president . I reckon President trump will get the blame for every ‘difficulty ‘ ….

    A recession looks likely – the sooner the better – quite a few here predicted there would be pain if the reds got in and that pain is growing as the cost of stuff goes up as the value of the £ gets screwed against the $ – meaning more expensive oil whether trump opens the taps or not ….

    I wonder how long Rachel from accounts will last ? Has any red got a clue ( honest question ?)

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    • Terminal Moraine says:

      As they’re Delivering for the British People (© Sunak) does that mean the next one will be a redelivery? I think I’m out that day, they can leave it next to the wheelie bin.

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      • Up2snuff says:

        Fed, I reckon inflation will bite soon causing a loss of employment and an increase in interest rates.

        TM, 🙂 x5

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        • Fedup2 says:

          Up2
          Being a simpleton when it comes to economics and ‘growth ‘ the notion of reducing the NI threshold and increasing the employer rate seems … strange …

          But Rachel from accounts seemed to think it made sense – together with throwing even more money at union friends in the public sector …

          2025 looks like it has deadly combo of increasing taxes and rates driving down non essential spending – with added inflation – the benefits bill and loan repayments will also suck at the state teet …

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  28. MarkyMark says:

    8 November 2024
    The parents of a boy whose body was found in a garden in Birmingham believed he would be reincarnated if they followed a burial ritual, a court has heard.

    Tai and Naiyahmi Yasharahyalah, aged 42 and 43, are accused of causing or allowing the death of their three-year-old son, Abiyah Yasharahyalah.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgj7gj55w09o

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  29. Terminal Moraine says:

    Verify, with their “range of forensic investigative skills and open source intelligence capabilities” spring into action to help identify the shooter of the health insurer in NY.

    “Biometric facial search engines work by analysing a suspect’s face and looking through a huge database of online photographs […] BBC Verify has used two commercially available facial search tools to test photos released by the New York Police Department. However, they do not show enough of the suspect’s face to enable us to carry out a search.”

    Browsed the Apple Store for some apps which came up with nothing. Great contribution everyone, have another £3.3m.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/live/crmn2ry1224t?post=asset%3A67593d54-5d1b-4d8a-a1c2-7d780a61f1e8

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Some one on X tracked the bike the killer made off on …either didn’t care or just not that good …

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  30. MarkyMark says:

    Keir Starmer’s 10 Socialist Pledges: Forensic Gaslighting?
    Wed 31 Mar 2021

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    https://www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/keir-starmers-10-socialist-pledges-forensic-gaslighting/

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    • kingkp says:

      I guess you could call it gaslighting.
      “Dominic Cummings, the man who was Chief advisor to Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister from 2019 to 2020, has just revealed that the Deep state is running this country and that our political system is, therefore, a complete sham. I think that’s what he just said.”
      GB news reporter

      “People just don’t realize, and it’s part of how the whole system has become fake, so you have a fake meritocracy, fake responsibility, and then fake Cabinet Government.” Dominic Cummings, apparently a swivel-eyed, tinfoil-hat-wearing conspiracy loon, claims it’s all scripted! No kidding. EVERY state on the planet works this way because you don’t live in a country, nor does anyone else. You live in a Hunger Games district run out of Switzerland.
      The question remains. Why are they letting you see this at such a late hour?

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  31. MarkyMark says:

    “Flu cases make NHS busier than ever with 95% of beds full”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd9xnl9nvg3o

    “Lord Winston famously called these events “the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS”.
    https://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/articles/infected-blood-inquiry-worst-treatment-disaster-nhs-history-could-have-been-avoided

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    • Fedup2 says:

      I find the flu thing insulting as I had to fork out over £20 for a jab last month – when in my view it should be free to any taxpayer who wants it . Benefits claimants and the like can decide whether to pay or not – together with invaders – who I bet get a free jab ….

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      • Lefty Wright says:

        Fedup2
        Calm down me boy. Now because I am very ancient I have been reminded a couple of times that it is time for my FREE covid jab.
        However, I have decided, perhaps in my infinite stupidity, to allow my inbuilt immunity system to save me from the Chinese Virus.
        Wish me luck and If I do not return you will know that I have made a grievous error or judgement and it will serve me right.
        Merry Christmas everyone!

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        • Fedup2 says:

          Lefty – it seems I have a slightly ‘compromised ‘ system from some bug I got as a kid – so when I get a cold / flu they are ‘Knock down ‘ jobs . I do , however the daily vitamin E tablet which I’ve been taking for a number of years and has a positive effect . …( I took it originally for a ‘dementia study ‘ for 2 years not knowing whether it was a placebo or not until the end … so there you go ..

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          • Lefty Wright says:

            Fedup2
            Thank you for your reply and of course I would support anyone who feels that the covid jab could be of benefit to them and it may well be.
            Mrs Wright has Parkinsons disease and I wholly support her decision to have the vaccination even though the “experts” tell us that it neither prevents contracting the Chinese Flu or it’s transmission to other people and yet we are urged to get the jab year in and year out. The common cold is a corona virus yet Big Pharma seems to have no interest in finding a vaccine for it. Why would they when so many “cold remedies” yield such huge profits. Perhaps they hope that the eternal jab will prove just as profitable.
            Just my humble opinion because I’m expert in nothing,
            Contrast that with The Polio vaccine which has virtually eliminated the disease across the globe.

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            • Fedup2 says:

              Lefty – I was only talking about the flu jab. I didn’t want the Covid jab but had no choice because I fly a lot and it was a big requirement ….. i count my personal blessing that so far I’ve not had an adverse reaction – such as falling down dead ….

              I still go with the theory that they knew X% would die from the vaccine but was a ‘ price worth paying ‘ …
              The US congress? Report on the cause of the Chinese virus – referred to on this site earlier by learned friends got no attention – which is weird since that virus is one of the reasons the UK is in a lazy working from home malaise …

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  32. wwfc says:

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  33. Guest Who says:

    https://therightscoop.com/breaking-nypd-reveals-unmasked-face-of-united-healthcare-ceo-killer/

    BBC Verify to hook up with ‘Who DonYou Think You Are’?

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  34. Zephir says:

    I see the Bluesky “we left Twitter because of all those nathty, nasthty peeple, isn’t it nice here without all that nathtineth ” didn’t last long….

    I wonder where the nastiness came from…

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  35. Zephir says:

    Apparently the above victim was responsible for health insurance that denied many people medical treatment, not an admirable career maybe, but death by assasination seems to many on Bluesky to be the preferable answer…

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  36. Fedup2 says:

    For those who partake – it seemsN Farage is on the Question Time tonight – from Lincoln – with a bussed in bunch of the usual Marxist teachers – nurses – public sector parasites – and a chair ready to ambush … not for me …

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    • Zephir says:

      Are they suppying pitchforks and burning torches for the audience ?

      A public witch ducking and burning seems likely, knowing the tolerant far left.

      Or maybe they are building a wickerman outside as we speak. There are probably many of the audience with degrees in basket weaving (and knitting your own yoghurt).

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    • Lefty Wright says:

      Fedup2
      “Question Time”? Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

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      • Fedup2 says:

        The last QT i saw was the harry enfield version . I just repeated the comment by NF on X . …

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  37. NW Ninepence says:

    Here’s a nice Xmas surprise for everyone – SIR Sadiq Khan

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    • Zephir says:

      An ergonomic nightmare for the Palace, knighting a kneeling dwarf.

      BTW for those interested in health surveys, the latest one has revealed that 6 out of 7 dwarves are not Happy.

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    • Flotsam says:

      I couldn’t think of anyone less deserving.

      If you think about it it’s like spitting in the eye of President Trump who has been notably insulted by Kahn.

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    • popeye says:

      Anti-White Racism! Hitler did even more damage to London and HE didn’t get a knighthood!

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  38. Flotsam says:

    Smarmer quote from today, “We’ve “invested” £25Bn in the NHS”.

    I think he meant the NHS has an extra £25Bn to throw into the black hole.

    He mentioned “Milestones” a number of times, perhaps he meant Millstones? Perhaps he should have a word with Ed Millibrain and ask him where he got his “Ed Stone” from. He could have a few Ed Stones.

    Time and again he tediously repeats the mantra “Change, Change, Change” ad infinitum. Perhaps it is indeed time for a change.

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    • Zephir says:

      If someone could do this in a robot “speak your weight machine” voice….

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    • Sluff says:

      £25 bn.
      Should just about cover the taxpayer funded injections for fatties who cannot be a**** to get some exercise and eat less. Hell, they would even save some money and be less reliant on the state. And that would never do.

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      • Sluff says:

        Well well well.
        In the DMail this morning (Fri) one Renee Hoenderkamp writes this
        ‘I’m a GP and I think it’s dangerous and wrong for the NHS to pay for fat jabs for those who won’t help themselves’.
        Does she follow this esteemed website?

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  39. Zephir says:

    I found out the hard way after last year that the NHS is not there, even when urgently needed.

    I am now of the mind that I will look to my own health and wellbeing wherever possible.

    I am very proud to have just finished my 7th marathon in 7 days, or “Snickers” as they are now called.

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  40. Zephir says:

    Upon investigating, I found that exercise gives you energy, but you need energy to exercise.

    Sounds like a pyramid scheme to me.

    Never seen anyone jogging and smiling, that’s all I need to know.

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    • Lefty Wright says:

      Zephir
      Personal experience has taught me that both jogging and smiling can be beneficial. I can recommend horizontal jogging which also makes a man smile and of course if he is jogging horizontally with a partner the experience will also bring a smile to her face as well. Provided of course that the jogging is executed correctly.
      The problem here is that there isn’t a reliable instruction book on what constitutes jogging perfection so we are left with personal opinion. A concept which seems to be disallowed by the main stream media. especially the Britain Bashing Corporation

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      • Zephir says:

        Well Lefty, talking instruction books, The Kama Sutra has some interesting ideas, but I would tend to avoid anything by the Marquis De Sade (although it might get you a gig on Masterchef or It’s a Knockout).

        The Haynes Manual brand have yet to publish anything on the subject as far as I am aware, I think they are missing a trick there.

        Someone was considering it I think when they came round doing a survey and asked me and the wife if we ever used baby oil for sexual purposes.

        I said yes, we put it on the bedroom door handle to keep the kids out.

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  41. wwfc says:

    Can the BBC get any lower lol

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  42. Emmanuel Goldstein says:

    I’ve just heard Matthew Laza on Patrick Christy/GB News saying Brexit is the cause of our immigration problem and nobody countered this claim.

    It’s a pity we left because, had we stayed in, we would have no immigration problems just like Germany, France, Italy and the others have no immigration problems and all is going swimmingly in the eu.

    Did you also know that Mohammed is now the UK’s most popular Christian name.

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    • Eddy Booth says:

      It is the cause, we voted OUT and to punish us they turbo charged 3rd world immigration,

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  43. Eddy Booth says:

    “How damaging is the Gregg Wallace scandal for the BBC?”

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj90jp7yjy7o

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    == BBC chair Samir Shah has said there “continues to be a sense that powerful people ‘get away with it'” ==

    Wagging his – now just hold on a minute- finger.

    Yes it’s just a vague feeling people have, not a view or opinion, even if it’s as good as a fact as you’ll get.

    Then the usually sickly talk of talent and stars.

    But the article don’t really answer the question.
    Ends playing the he’s innocent untill proven guilty card,

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    • Lefty Wright says:

      The REAL question is . IS THE BBC PRO OR ANTI BRITAIN?
      In a National Broadcaster there should be no room for doubt.
      It is Not there to serve the government of the day. It is there to serve the public and should ALWAYS give us the FACTS. The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth even if it hurts. If the truth is not known then don’t report it as if it is.
      News reported from a National or International Socialist
      viewpoint is NOT news. It is propaganda.

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  44. Sluff says:

    Two tier Kier has had a relaunch.
    It was covered by the BBC 10 pm news.

    But the tone was respectful, explanatory, one might even say impartial.
    What a contrast with the Tory government. Then such announcements were met with snarling, incredulous, sneering cynicism.

    Sometimes the BBC bias is glaring but you have to wait to catch it,

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  45. Woodenfish says:

    You have to hand it to the French: they found a way to make their government disappear completely. Meanwhile over here, we have new taxes to cripple farmers and kill off some pensioners, and a PM so stupid that he wrote “must try harder” on his own CV. It’s all a mess. But for once the BBC has moved swiftly into action, sending top “broadcast journalist” Clive Myrie to gather the facts and make a full report. After selecting a new war-correspondent jacket in Jaguar Pink and re-setting some of the buttons, Clive took his place on the hotel balcony, and began. The root cause of all the trouble, he explained, is simply this: England is racist. His parents told him all about it: as part of the Windrush generation they were shocked to discover the reality — so different from the Caribbean, where the rule is a warm and generous welcome for everyone from everywhere. The Myries were treated abysmally, paid next to nothing and given no chance to educate their children; so young Clive left home at 14 and headed for London, barefoot and hungry, to seek his fortune. Along the way, he stopped to rest in a field of grazing unicorns, fell asleep and dreamed he was a frog beside a pond. Suddenly a beautiful princess who looked like Fiona Bruce swooped down from the sky and kissed him. When he awoke, hours later, young Clive found she had changed him into an autocue reader on 200 grand a year, a biography in Wikipedia, and a TV series of his own all about Italy. Thanks to his talent for languages, he managed to fill all 140 interminable episodes with things that no other travel expert had ever discovered, like why Prime Minister Corleone keeps Mars bars under his bed, how Italians actually do use toilet paper, at least at weekends, and how their health service copes with all the indigestion caused by people going to a town called Pizza and munching on the lower reaches of a huge tower, which makes it lean over at a funny angle. With a sharp eye on possible promotion, Clive gave up his normal speaking voice and switched to reading even serious news stories with a silly comic lilt that made his voice go up and down in the wrong places, because managers told him it made him sound more friendly. At smart dinner parties he would ask people “in the know,” like Emily Maitlis or Jo Brand, how long they thought he might have to wait for an MBE; but he never forgot that his work came first. Twice a day he would run upstairs and stand in front of the mirror, get into the professional “splayed-feet” position, and practise his headline delivery, repeating lines like “And now over to Lyse Doucet”, or that Irish one whose name he could never remember. And now peace in the Middle East! What should he focus on next? Well, he’d think of something. Closing his copy of “The U.N. Book of Climate for Dummies”, he clicked off the bedside light and was soon away with the fairies…

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  46. Sluff says:

    It had been coming down but in 2018 around 90% of elective NHS treatment happened with 18 weeks.
    As we end 2024 we’ve poured money into the black hole of the NHS for the last 5 years and the 18 week treatment level is around 70%.
    Where the bell is our money going and why is the BBC not asking about it?

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  47. Zephir says:

    “Seven PILLARS, six MILESTONES, five MISSIONS, three FOUNDATIONS – but not ONE firm target to cut migration. Our sketch writer QUENTIN LETTS endures Starmer’s bingo hall parade of buzzwords and political nerdspeak.

    Pinewood film studios have, over the decades, seen their share of box-office flops and glass-jawed boobies who thought they were God’s gift.

    Now Sir Keir Starmer, the George Lazenby of prime ministers, had chosen the place for his Government’s relaunch.

    ‘Reset’ was Downing Street’s preferred term, but in movies they say ‘take two’.

    That’s after the first attempt was a disaster, with the main actor pulling the doorhandle off, fluffing his lines and stepping on his leading lady’s hem, ripping her dress and leaving her starkers.

    ‘Back to the top, please,’ says the director. ‘And Keir, darling, remember you’re supposed to be prime minister, not a bloke come to read the meter.’”

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14163453/QUENTIN-LETTS-Starmers-parade-buzzwords.html

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  48. Zephir says:

    And this didn’t happen last night.

    No, Rachel it was just a dream. Keep away from Linkedin please, and no more cheese just before bedtime.

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  49. Fedup2 says:

    I’ve listened – a bit to the great leader relaunch . There are milestones and targets and all sorts of matrix and measurements and achievements . But then in the real world we face at least 1 000 000 third world arrivals either by hook or by crook – dinghy or visa with family – so another 4 million by the time lord starmer of DT Pancras takes his seat ..

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    • atlas_shrugged says:

      Not to mention Der Starmers wet-dream to smother the country in Jerry-built houses in one gigantic ponzi scheme.

      He is not building houses he is building debt. These houses will be made with printed money. In his wet-dream he thinks that two people will be able to have secure employment for the next 25 years to pay off this debt for each house.

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    • tomo says:

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  50. Zephir says:

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