469 Responses to Midweek 26th February 2025

  1. non-licence payer says:

    Defund the bBC! Always a pleasure to open up and find an empty goal.

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  2. Zephir says:

    Three years of this war, peace within months of Trump taking office:

    “Volodymyr Zelensky ‘says yes to rare minerals deal with Donald Trump’ – after Ukrainian president ‘refused to sign $500bn agreement'”

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14435643/olodymyr-zelensky-says-yes-minerals-deal-donald-trump.html

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  3. Zephir says:

    “Dozens”…hmmm

    “Dozens of protestors swarm the BBC headquarters after the broadcaster ‘spent more than £400,000 on a Gaza documentary which featured Hamas leader’s son'”

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14435573/protestors-swarm-BBC-headquarters-Gaza-documentary.html

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  4. Zephir says:

    The Campaign Against Antisemitism also expressed outrage over the broadcaster’s coverage of Hamas handing over the remains of killed hostages, claiming that the BBC had made omissions in its reporting.

    Reports had not shown Hamas’s antisemitic portrayals of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a blood-sucking vampire and had not adequately reported that coffins holding dead hostages were labelled ‘date of arrest: 7th October 2023’, according to the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism.

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  5. Zephir says:

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  6. Flotsam says:

    Let’s put things straights, Heat Pumps are a con, they do not save energy and reduce CO2, they cost a massive amount more to install in comparison to gas central heating. They don’t heat water to the higher temperatures required in domestic situations. The installation of heat pumps is being subsidised by all energy users and taxpayers.

    The energy con:-

    Overall electricity generation and distribution is about 30% efficient. Heat pumps generate about three times as much heat energy from the electric energy supplied. It’s net Zero, ie there is no energy benefit overall.

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    • Zephir says:

      And the noise…

      The Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland:

      “Heat pumps too loud for home, study says

      UK Ministers have been told, that heat pumps are too loud to be installed in millions of homes under the UK Government’s noise guidelines.

      The UK Government aims to install 600,000 heat pumps a year by 2028 to hit net zero targets, but a report seen by The Daily Telegraph, sound specialists warn uptake could be limited.

      The study reveals that most heat pumps are too loud for many homes in built-up areas, such a terraced houses and flats, because they would break noise limits set for home-owners who want to install one without planning permission and with a government grant.

      Local Authorities are also braced for a rise in noise complaints as more of the green appliances installed in urban areas. ”

      https://rehis.com/news/heat-pumps-too-loud-for-home-study-says/

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      • Zephir says:

        And yet, the starmer mob have overruled this:

        “England: Planning rules on air source heat pumps to be relaxed.

        Following consultation covering the current permitted development rules around air source heat pumps earlier this year, Government have announced the relaxation of permitted development rules in England. In a letter to the the Energy and Net Zero Committee Miatta Fahnbuelleh, Minister for Energy Consumers, set out the changes. She stated that an independent review of noise emissions from air source heat pumps, published in November 2023, found that modern heat pumps are generally perceived as quiet and result in few noise complaints, and that current planning rules can be an unnecessary barrier to the installation of air source heat pumps. The Government has decided to remove the rule that an air source heat pump cannot be installed within 1 metre of a property boundary; to increase the permissible size limit of an air source heat pump to 1.5m3 (to support even quieter heat pump models); to increase the number of air source heat pump units that can be installed on detached dwellinghouses from one to two”

        https://www.ioa.org.uk/news/england-planning-rules-air-source-heat-pumps-be-relaxed

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        • Zephir says:

          Elsewhere on the web:

          “I live above one commercial high street building and also next to a pub. Both of these businesses have obviously taken advantage of the govt scheme to install air flow heat pumps on their external walls (one of which is directly below my bedroom window, the other on top of the pub roof about 3 metres from my bedroom window). The sound they emit is like having a running car engine or an industrial fridge, humming throughout the night in intermittent bursts of around half an hour, before turning off and then coming back on about 20 minutes later. When they switch off, you realise how quiet it can be and thus, rather than becoming background noise when they’re on (like traffic, which I’m used to), they are slowly making me lose my mind and consequently sleep.

          Does anyone else live near one of these horrendous things? Is there anything that can be done about the noise they emit? I’ve had several other noise problems with both of these businesses over the last few years and I feel like it’s nigh on impossible to communicate with them about yet another problem.”

          A reply to the above:

          “I will cover a few issues with Heat Pumps. Firstly, my over-riding thought is that they were politically endorsed, as associates of politicians had made huge financial investments in the supply of heat pumps.
          Secondly, although the theory behind their function is sound, in practice, they are quite an inefficient way of heating, and can have problems raising the temperature of the heating system in particularly cold weather.
          On a practical level, I have recently been dealing with residents who’ve had Heat Pumps installed, and their complaints centred around the fact they were too expensive to run (your electric bills will go up), didn’t work, and made a hell of a racket.
          Neighbourhood noise is a particularly subjective area. There is some Guidance for enforcement, but no legislation. The manipulation of gathered noise measurements can easily be manipulated to gain the desired outcome in any arbitration, which is why Councils don’t really bother with it as an issue and are unlikely to have directly employed specialists.”

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        • Guest Who says:

          And lo, the BBC leaps into action..

          https://x.com/bbcnews/status/1894639055230435465?s=61
          Half of homes need heat pump by 2040, government told

          And the bbc gets told by the govt.

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          • digg says:

            I doubt whether more than around 20% of existing housing stock in the UK are even really viable for heat pump installation, especially hi rise city blocks of flats, terraced streets, HMO’s etc.

            So this is likely more of a financial opportunity for suppliers.

            See home EV charging as another reference for this kind of woolly climate “demand”.

            It is in fact an attempt to create a highly profitable industry by force out of nothing,

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    • taffman says:

      Flotsam
      The whole energy supply price is a con !
      These islands of Great Britain are sitting on beds of oil, gas, and coal, much more than we are being told about .
      ‘Net Zero’ is a con. The rest of the globe does not give toss!

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      • Scroblene says:

        And you certainly should know Taff!

        It’s a shame that the early plans to wash coal from existing heaps was abandoned, as there have to be rich pickings for any company willing to restart the process!

        Was it The Senedd which clobbered all that?

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        • taffman says:

          Scroblene
          The rot started way before the Welsh “ashambles” got their hands on it .

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          • Scroblene says:

            Typical Labour – they closed more pits than the ‘Tories’, and never looked after the residual devastation of the great industry which Wales was so proud of!

            Wonder what you and your countrymen will say to that twat Milliband if he ever dares venture over the bridge…

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    • Thatcherrevolutionary says:

      Mine froze last week and jammed the blade. This was in 9 degrees.

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  7. atlas_shrugged says:

    Time to start deporting judges:

    Albanian People Smuggler Deemed “Valuable Member of Society” Can Stay in UK

    https://dailysceptic.org/2025/02/25/albanian-people-smuggler-deemed-valuable-member-of-society-can-stay-in-uk/

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  8. JonathanR says:

    Politicians lie We know they do but is there a more blatant liar than this man?
    https://x.com/JamesMelville/status/1894303245545201701

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  9. Solomon Grundy says:

    Sorry, not really BBC related but this tweet is well worth reading …

    I'm concerned that many people do not understand the historical and institutional context in which the DOGE labor reforms are unfolding. They look at this as if these are some random, chaotic, arbitrary, strange, and even cruel measures to impose on a devoted civil service.…— Jeffrey A Tucker (@jeffreyatucker) February 23, 2025

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    • Scroblene says:

      Well worth reading his whole post, Sol, thank you!

      Sadly I can see absolutely nobody able to replicate these reforms in the UK, even Nigel Farage would struggle against the whole of the Whitehall gravy train!

      And your post is certainly all about the obfuscation of the beeboiderati as they’d certainly side with the mandarins and blare out their bile and far-left bias at every turn!

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      • Fedup2 says:

        Hello Scroblene – hope you are well – if we look at the recent history Cummings was the only one who attempted to take on Whitehall and he got crushed pretty quickly .

        The obvious stuff could get remedied pretty quickly – such as the corrupt honours system bringing financial privileges – or those rotating door jobs where retiring ‘civil service ‘ get a nothing job with the companies they got contracts for ….

        They write their own rules so casual corruption is easy …

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        • MarkyMark says:

          Cummings also thought Brexit was wrong and hoped it would fizzle out and then we could go back to being liberal nice with open borders….

          Dominic Cummings – Nudgestock 2017

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        • Scroblene says:

          Morning Fed! Yes, fine and dandy thank you, it’s all beginning to look OK, thank goodness!

          And totally agree – and there also aren’t many ex-MPs who don’t finish up with some sort of sinecure from their stints in the HoC, some, like Blair etc, make squillions afterwards, but that’s the value of ‘networking’ these days, which used to be called ‘touting’, and the term is still used by some professionals over the age of seventy…!

          As for honours, as far as I can be bothered to even know who’s got one, they mean bugger all to most people who don’t have an inflated ego, but just get on with working for a living, not getting one for a ‘job’ like ex-DPP…

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  10. JohnC says:

    BBC removed references to ‘Jews’ and ‘jihad’ in Gaza documentary
    https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02/25/bbc-whitewashed-anti-semitism-gaza-documentary/

    Just look at this and the extent the BBC have gone to cover up the evil, terrorist nature of Hamas.

    What is going on ?. Why are they being allowed to do this unchecked ?.

    Tim Davie and OFCOM should be hauled up in front of MP’s to answer how they have allowed the bias at the BBC to get so bad. But they won’t because TTK is an absolute f*cking joke of a PM.

    And that’s swearing.

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    • harry142857 says:

      Considering Two Tier himself proposes to be Jewish, why doesn’t he demand the DG of the BBC explain himself.
      Next in line will be Christian folk for these barbarian supporting terror apologists.

      Starmer needs to get a backbone, his party is riddled with Jew haters.

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    • andyjsnape says:

      Good morning JohnC

      Often the bbc is just the mouthpiece of the government, someone behind the scenes will be “informing” them what they should do

      More and more people dont fall for what the bbc choose to tell us

      This country is a sh*thole, and being pulled more and more towards what the muslims like as they creep into local/national government, just look at the last election where some of the candidates stood based on standing by Gaza and their religion of peace ideals

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  11. JohnC says:

    Can Europe still count on the US coming to its defence?
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0l1w1w41xzo

    Another outrageous TDS article from the BBC where even the slightest hint at something by Trump is made into a front-page, world headline by the BBC.

    His adminstration has officially said they remain committed to NATO hence running this headline is a complete misrepresentation of facts. Trump has said Europe must pay it own fair share and I don’t see anything wrong with that.

    But of course the BBC have their own agenda. Trump must be questioned and discredited at all costs. The actual stories and their reasons are now irrelevant. Only the part they can use against him is reported.

    But what really got my attention was this:
    ‘Repeating Putin’s lies that Ukraine had started the war – not Russia’
    Exactly the same as what the fat terrorist supporter Bowen wrote. Which means the BBC have had a meeting and decided they would make that specific statement throughout their reports.

    But who are the BBC to positively assert it as a lie ?. They cannot possibly know that for certain and they provide no evidence to prove it. The conflict was going on for years before Putin was pushed over the edge with the NATO committment. When did it actually start ?. When Russia went in or when NATO agreed to let Ukraine join ?. After all, our war with Germany started when they refused our ultimatum, not when they invaded Poland.

    The USA will not leave NATO because of Trump and Putin will not start a war against any NATO countries. Both ideas are absolutely absurd and I’m sure the commissars at the BBC know it.

    If the USA DO leave NATO, it will be because of the EU demand to reshape it as an EU army under their control and be available for offensive duties. I strongly suspect all of this child-like spiteful rhetoric which is getting louder and louder is to try and make Trump pull out – but I also think the member states do not want that under any circumstances so they will all miraculously increase their spending.

    Which makes me wonder how the EU will get their Army – because they will certainly try.

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  12. non-licence payer says:

    Yesterday I read a headline on the bBC webshite that Steve Reed had apologised to a farmer (for causing his elderly mother to want to die). On Farming Today the reporter defends the government on IH Tax by confidently saying that Steve Reed had apologised to the farmer. The NFU chairman then stated that he had not, he had apologised for creating the change (which created the problem). I like the beeboid journalist had both clearly misunderstood the headline.
    I have just gone back to ‘check the facts’ and needless to say yesterday’s article has already gone and does not come up on a search of Steve Reed.
    Only a small point but when you have alignment of the establishment and the party in power understanding issues is critical and yet again we have evidence of a substantive problem in the UK.

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  13. Guest Who says:

    Labour MP paid thousands to live on X snarking sets in motion a Twitter thread he likely wishes he hadn’t.

    https://x.com/rupertlowe10/status/1894457838128275752?s=61
    Answer the question Jonathan. It’s a very simple one…

    #ccbgb

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  14. Fedup2 says:

    Looking at the doge email thing – I was recalling some of the working practices i experienced. For instance i worked at a big organisation where every one had email – the system admin chap struggled with the volume of changes to staffing .

    ( this might be obvious ) – every so often he’d send an email to every one as a test asking of a response . Any who didn’t reply within about 10 had their access frozen .

    He lived with the abusive phone calls and people storming into complain . But that was the working environment ….

    Same with records of daily work . In the 80s I had to write a diary of work during the day for my boss to monitor – those federal employees moaning shouid go to an appropriate job – probably involving fries or burgers ….

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Some made up stories that almost match reality.
      https://bofh.bjash.com/

      “MY FILES ARE GONE!” he screams, panicking.

      “Did you have a backup?” I ask, as sweet as pie

      “But that’s what you people are supposed to do!” he sobs

      “Yeah, well we did – but then we switched to those 8mm tapes, and they’re the same size as the ones in my video camera, so I’ve been using them to tape the neighbour’s sex romps…”

      I hear the revolver go off, but what the hell, it’s 5pm, and not my problem…

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  15. Fedup2 says:

    The Starmer – Trump visit

    I know trump isn’t a great reader so I suppose JD will read the security file on TTK before he visits the Oval Office .

    I think they’ll treat of US UK link as broken now – but will want to keep the military bases – including the chagos …

    There are so many things TTK can be hit with individually – yet alone what his party has done and said in the past .

    I don’t think they’ll have much time for TTK but the press conference could be fun – especially if a question is planted about UK political prisoners such at TR ….

    At the end TTK will desperately claim a victory and ‘great relations ‘ with the new president – and throw the state visit invitation is for good measure – but Charles Windsor as host ? Ugh …..

    I really hope the visit goes badly – however must employees of the state broadcaster all with TDS follow the TTK dictat that all is well with the laughable ‘special relationship ‘…

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    • Flotsam says:

      Starmer meet with Trump.

      It will, of course, be a non event, a non-meeting of minds. There’s no mileage for either man in making waves.

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  16. AsISeeIt says:

    How’s that top girl boss workin’ out fo’ yer?

    …she was NHS England’s chief operating officer, head of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust in London and an adviser in Tony Blair’s government… Amanda Pritchard, the first female chief executive of the NHS in England, is stepping down from the role… She took up the post in 2021 and played a central role in the official response to the Covid pandemic… (BBC)

    Mr AsI edit required.

    …played a central role in the official response to the Covid pandemic…WHICH WAS LOCKDWN and the extraordinary notion of shutting down of all non-covid patient NHS health care

    Ms Pritchard has come under intense scrutiny in recent weeks… The public accounts committee said that she, her deputy, Julian Kelly, and two senior civil servants at the Department of Health and Social Care were “complacent” and lacked dynamism. MPs on the Health and Social Care Committee said they were disappointed and frustrated by the “lengthy and diffuse answers” she and other officials gave them under questioning. (BBC)

    NHS boss quits with six figure payout… the Telegraph can reveal… parliamentary watchdog last month accusing her and colleagues of the “worst complacency” seen by MPs (Telegraph)

    How’s that Net Zero workin’ out fo’ yer?

    If the UK has more renewable energy, why aren’t bills coming down? (BBC); BP to slash green investment and ramp up gas and oil (BBC); U-turn will irk investors focused on climate goals (FT); New runway for Gatwick near take-off… transport sectretary insisted she was not a “flight-shaming eco-warrior” as she gave the strongest indication yet that an expension of Gatwick would be approved tomorrow (Times); EDF stirs ‘fish disco’ row… France’s state-owned energy group EDF is trying to scrap plans to install hundreds of loudspeakers in the Bristol Channel to protect fish from the perils of its Hinkley Point C nuclear reactor (FT)

    And finally…

    In tribute to that old football song Three Lions on Shirt…

    The Prince of Wales meets Thomas Tuchel, the England football manager, at Windsor Castle (Telegraph)

    “Two krauts on a spree”

    …as the German prepares to take charge in his first fixture (Telegraph)

    “Got im Himmel, Villy, it’s quiet!”

    “Jah, Thomas, too quiet!”

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    • Fedup2 says:

      We could always play the game of what job will mandy get after the NHS ? A peerage – obviously – but since her outfit did so much to harm mental health – maybe CEO of the samaritans ? 6 figures plus package WFH …

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  17. andyjsnape says:

    BP to slash green investment and ramp up gas and oil
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3374ekd11po

    I expected to read about BP, then suddenly the bbc drop this line in

    “Meanwhile US President Donald Trump’s “drill baby drill” comments have encouraged investment in fossil fuels and a move away from low carbon projects.”

    Anything for the bbc to have a dig at President Trump with the green lot.

    Just because you bbc do not favour fossil fuels – the public do not want green = expensive, energy which costs us!

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    • AsISeeIt says:

      Labour conference votes to nationalise energy (BBC, October 2023)

      Of course, as the ‘fish disco’ controversy in the Bristol Channel report reveals (see above) – much of the UK energy industry is already government owned – by the French government.

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      • Zephir says:

        I want to see the playlist…

        Trout Mask Replica ?

        Rock Lobster ?

        Fisherman Blues ?

        Hold the Line ?

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      • MarkyMark says:

        Gulf royals own more than £1bn of UK property via tax havens
        https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/28/gulf-royals-own-more-than-1bn-of-uk-property-via-tax-havens

        Most of the spending is traced to the Gulf’s vast sovereign wealth funds, where much of their oil and gas revenues are accumulated and which hold some $2 trillion in assets. Since the pandemic, many have gone on a “Covid-19 spending spree” to snap up distressed assets.

        London has long been a second home for many Gulf investors, with some even referring to as the “eighth emirate” of the UAE.

        “Britain does not only sell arms to these countries but also shields them from criticism in international organisations. We all remember how Britain used its position in the UN and supported Saudi Arabia’s application to have a seat at the UN Human Rights Council,” she added.

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    • popeye says:

      They don’t always mention President Trump. Yesterday I had the misfortune to have to listen to The World at One on Radio 4. The Political Editor, Chris Mason, manage to talk for five minutes on Starmer increasing the Defence budget, surely a good thing, without once mentioning Trump, the person behind making Europe pay for its own defence.

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  18. MarkyMark says:

    Starmer – “A man can have a cervix, or grow one like our foreign secretary said!”
    Trump – “No.”

    Starmer – “You must control the internet and lock up 70 year olds who post comments about Labout on facebook.”
    Trump – “No.”

    Starmer – “We must build a big Chinese embassy in every country!”
    Trump – “No.”

    Starmer – “Biden was the best President who sniffed girls because he loved them.”
    Trump – “No.”

    Starmer – “We CANNOT STOP ONE SMALL BOAT at our borders!”
    Trump – “No.”

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  19. Flotsam says:

    I’ve come to the conclusion that the dreadful Charles III is the reason Britain is going downhill.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      King Charles redirects £1bn windfarm profits towards ‘public good

      Prince Charles to get funding from ‘blot on the landscape’ windfarms

      Prince Charles given €3m in cash in bags by Qatari politician, according to report

      Prince Charles foundation chair quits amid cash-for-access claims
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58574250

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  20. andyjsnape says:

    GPs accused of leaving bills unpaid and patients in danger
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpql042wgv4o

    Lets face it its all about making money, the patience is secondary

    Just look at them
    Dr Jalil Ahmed and Dr Jonathan Allinson (funny name Jonathan Allinson)

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    • Zephir says:

      “receive about £3.5m in funding from the Integrated Care Board (ICB).”

      “a medical supplies company twice put a “stop” on the GP partners’ accounts because of overdue invoices amounting to more than £50,000.”

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      • Fedup2 says:

        Did he qualify online with a 50 rupee medical cerificate from the university of biased BBC ©️?

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        • Zephir says:

          I forgot you run courses…

          I would like to apply for:

          1) Intermediate ranting and raving

          2) Advanced repetition and psychotic laughter with Prof Marky

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          • Fedup2 says:

            Thank for your enquiry – I will send a prospectus – you sound like you’d like to sign up to the Professor Marky HA HA course which is repeated daily …

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            • Zephir says:

              Yes please, with the option for a major in demented comments and ancient archaeological references.

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            • MarkyMark says:

              I take offence to this comment and will be issuing a re-education course and will ask Labour to protect my safe space by using the police to chase non-crime hate crime crimes of crimes that are not crimes but are crimes whilst crimes go un resolved.

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              • atlas_shrugged says:

                Marky

                You would get the Feds out much quicker if you tell them you self identify as a wimmin and some bloke has left the top off the toothpaste tube (again). Then they will send the SWAT team out.

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                • MarkyMark says:

                  … my Hijab just slipped and the UK morality police are knocking on the door… sorry have to go – might be Amazon or the UK Police!

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      • Rob in Cheshire says:

        The Religion of Peace is strong with those two.

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  21. Althepalerp says:

    SO:
    The EU gives Billions to Ukraine, but get it back because its a loan.
    The USA gives Billions to Ukraine, but will get it back in the form of minerals.
    The UK gives Billions to Ukraine . . . And that’s it.

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  22. Fedup2 says:

    3 billion a year for ever .. and we ll even throw in ‘border security’ free … for ever .., meanwhile british old people freeze

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  23. StewGreen says:

    Radio Humberside VEGETARIAN breakfast presenter Kofi is pushing this BBC new story
    “East Yorkshire councillor wants schools to ban “Meat free Mondays” and Climate awareness days”
    .. Too right it’s POLITICAL propaganda pushed on kids
    The article quotes a line of activist first and it’s only at the end of the article we get quote from the actual councillor.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89y7yl9j2po

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  24. Guest Who says:

    When Emma and Emma have a get together

    I shall follow this one. Today seldom gets double figures.

    https://x.com/bbcr4today/status/1894677364241826126?s=61
    “We’re saying 60% of emissions reductions come from electrifying the economy.”
    The Climate Change Committee has published the UK’s 7th carbon budget today, with the focus on heat pumps and electric cars.
    Emma Pinchbeck, CCC chief executive, talks to #R4Today.

    It will be interesting what non blondes say.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “China is the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide (CO2), responsible for about one-third of global emissions. China’s emissions are primarily due to coal use and imported oil. ”

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    • Guest Who says:

      Hilarious. Half a dozen so far, including a drop shipper.

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    • Guest Who says:

      6 since this morning.

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  25. MarkyMark says:

    “Toxic is Starmer’s word when he does not want to discuss things.” @07:59

    These Damaging Words Exposed Keir Starmer Before He Became UK Prime Minister

    “In this Good Morning Britain interview, Susanna Reid and Richard Madeley question Starmer about a statement made by MP Rosie Duffield, Starmer’s colleague; a statement Starmer has referred to as “something that shouldn’t be said”. How does Starmer’s way of handling the questions make the interview escalate, and what does it tell us about him and his real opinions?”

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    • atlas_shrugged says:

      All cigarette packets have to by law carry a health alert.

      Maybe the same should be for videos containing Der Starmer’s utterances.

      WARNING THIS VIDEO CONTAINS A PATHOLOGICAL LIAR AND HARMFUL SOCIOPATH.

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  26. MarkyMark says:

    Boris can pay for all wars! From his own pocket!

    £276,130 from the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB)
    £277,723 from Centerview Partners LLP,
    £261,652 from Hindustan Times,
    £253,880 from ParallelChain Lab,
    £215,275 from Televisao Independente
    £200,892 from Aditya Birla Management Corporation PVT Ltd
    £246,406 from Bloomberg Singapore
    £2,488,387 as an advance for speaking engagements
    £261,596 from Brand Finance PLC
    £266,031 from Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check LLP
    £239,009 from Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe Foundation
    £191,235 from Sportico Media LLC

    https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/10999/boris_johnson/uxbridge_and_south_ruislip/register

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  27. JohnC says:

    While the BBC trumpet Starmer as our great leader going to be one of Trumps closest friends, here’s the truth. Very interesting as the BBC clearly don’t want us to know the full details.

    Starmer is not a popular man over there.

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    • Guest Who says:

      It is bizarre how many pig thick sycophantic acolytes are posting the exact same template gush too.

      And on X. Blue Sky must be stickier than a beehive.

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    • moggiemoo says:

      ‘Starmer is not a popular man over there.’ He’s not exactly flavour of the month here either.

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  28. MarkyMark says:

    “The portrait of Admiral Lord Nelson has been removed from the Palace of Westminster and replaced with this portrait of Yvette Cooper. No, I’m not joking.” -order-order.com comment

    image.jpg

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    • Guest Who says:

      One lost an arm and eye and life in service of his country.

      One could lose her brain and still make no difference to how she and her clone colleagues have screwed it up.

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    • Thatcherrevolutionary says:

      That photo filter is doing some heavy lifting there.

         17 likes

    • Guest Who says:

      At first I thought it was a dart board.

      But actually how much time she has left.

      And yes, it seems Personal Photoshop ‘R HoP is at play too.

         7 likes

    • Docmarooned says:

      Some job trying to make her photogenic. Like the saying “you can put lipstick on a pig – its still a pig!

         7 likes

  29. Mustapha Sheikup al-Beebi says:

    Radio 4 news at 9 a.m. (2-2.5 min’s long).

    Final item was the sacking of an Australian radio host after comments on the “Matildas”, Australia’s women’s football team.

    In what universe is this news?! In a short British bulletin and not even an hourly sports update? Who makes the decision to include this, rather than many more deserving stories?

    The Independent online gives more: Marty Sheargold agreed to leave after comparing the team to schoolgirls with “infighting” and “friendship issues”. He then made an inaccurate statement about how far the team went in their “home” World Cup in 2023. Predictably, the word “DISGUSTING” was used about his comments:

    “Beau Busch, the chief executive of Professional Footballers Australia, said that Sheargold’s remarks were “disgusting, pathetic and deeply misogynistic”.

    This item was likely included as part of the ongoing war against the male in Western society. The feminists want equality of treatment and pay – but not the criticism that will come to those who fail at high-level sport in the normal course of journalism, especially in Australia where pundits don’t mince their words.

    For the record, Australia did not do so well in that World Cup. They won two of three group games but lost the second. In the knockout stages, they had a win, then a draw but advanced on penalties. In the Semis, they lost 1-3 to England and then 0-2 to Sweden in the 3rd/4th playoff. So over all, they played 7, won 3, drew 1 and lost 3 … all with home advantage.

    Talk of putting up a statue to the Matildas, no doubt at large public expense, after their run to the Semis had “inspired” so many girls, faded away after the two defeats to the Poms and Swedes.

    I am sick to the back teeth of the BBC’s agenda and lies. “Disgusting” is a word I would reserve for the Muslim rape gangs in N England and the media’s coverup of it.

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  30. Fedup2 says:

    Someone has done a mock up of Disneyland Gaza – complete with DJT and bibi sunbathing by the pool . Knowing how great the Islamic sense of humour is – particularly amongst the old beardy one in Tehran – it will go down a hoot …. And im sure the Islamic brotherhood that is the BBC/ Labour Party will also enjoy the idea of the Gaza casino strip ….

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Trump’s Vision for Gaza

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      • vlad says:

        Muslim-free, hopefully, from the river to the sea.

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        • Scroblene says:

          The alternative is that the place stays as a shithole for ever!

          How stupid can you get, not to understand that investors will bite your arm off if there’s a property deal to be done there!

          Our far-leftie lot don’t understand real development, they just spend our cash on ridiculous pie-in-the-sky crap, but property guys and gals are the ones to find the opportunities!

          I despair at the lack of commercial enterprise in any of this dreadful marxist bunch of asinine losers, they wouldn’t understand a good deal if it slapped them in their ugly faces!

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  31. Fedup2 says:

    Has the BBC bigged up the deportation from Israel of a terrorist supporting Irish MEP and Palestinian mate trying to enter Israel to get to Disneyland Gaza ?

    Surely that must be good for the lady terrorist career – and she’ll be in full victimhood on the Socialist RTE for ever ( bet she gets a guest spot on that QT propaganda show as well ) ..and a C4 documentary done by `Hamas ‘journalists ‘…

    Keep going IDF …

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    • atlas_shrugged says:

      Why can’t she use one of those motorised parachutes to get about just like every other self-respecting raghead does.

      I wonder when we will see them over the White Cliffs of Dover. I feel a song coming on.

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  32. Terminal Moraine says:

    Not all corruption is equal — “Ex-Reform UK Wales leader accused of taking Russian-linked bribes”

    This is posted by BBC Politics… “The best of the BBC’s political coverage” (how many different Twitter accounts do the BBC have now?). But they have locked replies, in contrast to all their other Tweets.

    Meanwhile remember the EU Qatar scandal? In January the MEP Maria Arena, former chairwoman of the European Parliament’s Human Rights Subcommittee, was charged with “membership of a criminal organisation” and 13 others still face charges over bribes from Qatar and Morocco. Not the right kind of sleaze for the BBC though, as they haven’t bothered to report it.

    https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/01/20/ex-mep-maria-arena-charged-with-membership-of-criminal-organisation

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  33. MarkyMark says:

    Comment “Superb deconstruction of a power narcissist on an authoritarian trip.”

    The Irreparable Damage Ursula von der Leyen’s Thinking Has Done to All Western Countries

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  34. vlad says:

    Starmer has suddenly discovered the value of ‘hard power’ over ‘soft power’ (which is no power at all).

    Until 5 minutes ago, his party would be having a meltdown if a Conservative had suggested cutting foreign aid in favour of military spending. Now they’re praising the Dear Leader for his bold leadership.

    As Quentin Letts writes:

    ”He is absolutely right!’ gasped Mark Sewards (Lab, Leeds SW), the crawlers’ crawler, shielding his eyes from Sir Keir’s radiance.
    From Kinshasa to Bogota, meanwhile, managers of Mercedes dealerships, four-star bistros and the better sort of brothel were inconsolable. Life without British aid cash may be brutal.”

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-14436211/QUENTIN-LETTS-Kinshasa-Bogota-Mercedes-dealerships-sort-brothel.html

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  35. Zephir says:

    Worst PM and worst “goverment” in history, he should be personally sued by the victim:

    We need our own Elon Musk to help with a campaign of lawsuites againt these incompetent, dishonest, authoritarian, lying grifters:

    “The first duty of the government is to keep citizens safe and the country secure.”

    “Prisoner set free from jail under Keir Starmer’s early release scheme ‘groped woman within 15 minutes’, court hears”

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14437593/Prisoner-set-free-jail-early-release-scheme-groped-woman-minutes.html

    The far left found plenty of volunteer lawyers to challenge the goverment over and over again when the tories were in charge, funny that…

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  36. Terminal Moraine says:

    Chris Mason says —

    “Starmer upends Labour manifesto to confront Europe’s new reality […] The government’s announcement that it will crank up defence spending and shrivel the international aid budget amounts to a big shift in strategy, posture and political positioning.”

    Starmer’s gov never lies or abrogates on their manifesto in the eyes of the BBC… just necessary shifts and upends by a leader facing ‘new realities’.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgdyqx1zy6o?xtor

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    • MarkyMark says:

      The UK’s aid engagement with China (including July 2021 update)
      https://bitbucket.org/sortrefer/sortrefer.co.uk/pipelines/results/5260/steps/%7Bcabfef9d-8d56-4c24-939c-fe59c634700c%7D

      Through its Belt and Road Initiative, China is the largest infrastructure financier in many African and Asian countries. The UK is encouraging China to adopt international environmental and social standards for infrastructure projects and more widely. This will improve their development impact while potentially creating commercial opportunities for UK companies. Health is also a recurring theme of the partnership: the UK is helping China develop its primary healthcare system….

      the UK is helping China develop its primary healthcare system…. UK Pensioners winter allowance cut!

      the UK is helping China develop its primary healthcare system…. UK Pensioners winter allowance cut!

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    • Zephir says:

      I posted yesterday, and if anyone wants to check, a simple search will reveal the numerous hit pieces the bbc posted in 2020 – 2021 when Boris cut foreign aid during covid.

      I can only assume we will see the same vitriol over the next few weeks from the unbiased bbc ?

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  37. Emmanuel Goldstein says:

    UK foreign aid is £15.3 billion (2023)
    Cutting it from 5% to 3% leaves 2% going to defence.
    This leaves £9.06 billion for foreign aid.
    This means £6.24 billion increase for defence.

    How much did TTK say it was?
    £13.4 billion per year.
    Who gave him the sum, Rachel from accounts or was it maths genius Di Abbott.

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  38. Zephir says:

    Brits face pay-per-mile driving charges in eco-drive: Electric cars will create an £8BILLION tax black hole from loss of fuel duty, say green tsars – who also want to tax your holidays to stop you flying

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  39. Zephir says:

    Hot on the heels of the “Mental muzzi European knife massacre” of the week reports:

    We have the weekly “racebaiting black person in employment tribunal” report:

    “Terrorism expert who accused colleague of racism for telling him ‘I did not appreciate the tone of your emails’ loses tribunal.

    At the tribunal, he accused the Scots institution – where Prince William met the Princess of Wales – of race discrimination and harassment.

    Dr Omeni, who is black, alleged that ‘tone policing’ is a ‘racist micro-aggression’ and that it was offensive ‘in a historical context towards black people’.”

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14437887/Senior-lecturer-Prince-Princess-Waless-old-university-loses-racism-case.html

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  40. MarkyMark says:

    22 Billion Black hole … starter for 10!

    Wednesday 26 February 2025 Meeting started at 11.33am
    https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/18945b66-fa6c-40a9-b5f2-e169a5d4c3ea?in=12:01:21

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  41. MarkyMark says:

    Thames Water accused of ‘misleading’ customers over level of debt payments This article is more than 11 months old
    Britain’s biggest water company said just 3p in every pound that appeared on bills went to its lenders
    https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/mar/12/thames-water-customers-debt-payments-bills

    However, critics of the company said Thames was playing down the true cost of its £14bn debt pile after analysis by the Guardian found the firm had on average spent almost 28% of its annual revenues servicing its debts between 2018 and 2023. Nearly all of Thames’s revenues come from customer bills.

    ^^ Bosses will get pay rises! You get higher bills!

       4 likes

  42. andyjsnape says:

    So many sheep still follow the bbc

    You read the comments on the Have Your Says, and you think what planet are they from and how clueless. If only they lived in the real world

    I guess most of the people with the same views have deserted the likes of the bbc

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  43. MarkyMark says:

    13 billion to save Ukraine borders.
    0 small boats stopped in UK.
    Ukraine is home to Ukraine. UK is home to everyone

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  44. MarkyMark says:

    Mother of the House is speaking … “Tanks make people less safe.”

    https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/18945b66-fa6c-40a9-b5f2-e169a5d4c3ea?in=12:25:14

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  45. andyjsnape says:

    bbc report:-

    “Minerals deal was our idea, says Ukrainian official as Zelensky expected to meet Trump”

    bbc to apologise for slatting Trump for days??

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  46. Flotsam says:

    PMQ’s
    Smarmer was asked about planning permission being granted for an Electricity Battery Storage facility. Apparently granted on the grounds of the site being “grey belt”. All part of the net zero con. I’ve not come across the term before, apparently it’s a new Stalinist, Smarmalist idea, a useful planning workaround in order for the imbeciles to build on the green belt.
    What we should remember as well is that we will be paying for these useless battery storage scams. There’s a chap on youtube who easily debunked the whole battery storage idea. The net effect of a barrage of proposed extremely expensive battery storage plants will be negligible. They are USELESS!

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    • MarkyMark says:

      But Britishvolt struggled to turn a profit and ran out of money. Its board is believed to have decided on Monday that there were no viable bids to keep the company afloat.

      Plans for the £3.8bn factory in Blyth were part of a long-term vision to boost UK manufacturing of electric vehicle batteries and create around 3,000 skilled jobs.

      The project was championed by government ministers due to the area being one of the main so-called “red wall” seats to change hands from Labour to the Conservatives in the 2019 General Election.

      The UK currently only has one Chinese-owned battery plant next to the Nissan factory in Sunderland, while 35 plants are planned or already under construction in the European Union.

      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64303149

      Last year, Britishvolt asked the government to advance £30m of a promised £100m in support, but was refused as the company had not hit agreed construction milestones to access the funds.

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  47. MarkyMark says:

    “Welcome Back” someone shouts in the background.
    Rishi Sunak…. prostate cancer…..

    https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/18945b66-fa6c-40a9-b5f2-e169a5d4c3ea?in=12:31:27

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  48. Lucy Pevensey says:

    Please tell me he didn’t! ………. He posted, (or his office did) a Starmer Vs Putin image. (Starmer’s army of one)
    Making dramatic, false & hypocritical claims.

    Is he completely thick? What a national embarrassment. 😲

       10 likes

    • MarkyMark says:

      “Our national security must now become a whole society effort”
      By SIR KEIR STARMER, PRIME MINISTER
      ** paid to write words!

      80K standing army. 40K UK terror watch list.
      Open border cannot stop one small boat.
      Police knock on door when you question Labour!

      Our national security …..

      4689B37400000578-5100087-image-a-40_1511179044941.jpg
      How Britain celebrates Christmas in 2017: Armed guards, concrete barriers and metal detectors spring up around festive markets due to terror attack fears

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    • Mustapha Sheikup al-Beebi says:

      I’ve just had an idea. About that name, Starmer.

      Is it derived from “St Armer” or “Saint Armer”, with his sudden religious zeal to rearm and get us into another war?

         8 likes

    • Docmarooned says:

      Churchill he is NOT. Doubt he could inspire anyone, He is an insufferable dickhead.

         10 likes

  49. MarkyMark says:

    Starmer is now gaslighting the whole nation …. amazing… I thought Boris was good at this ….

    “The national security of our country must always come first.

    That is what I told the country during the election. It is what I will tell President Trump later this week. And is what I am delivering today to make Britain secure at home and strong abroad.

    We will meet tyranny and violence with resolve and strength.”

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-14435969/SIR-KEIR-STARMER-Putins-aggression-threatens-home-national-security-society-effort.html

    …………………….

    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/migrants-detected-crossing-the-english-channel-in-small-boats/migrants-detected-crossing-the-english-channel-in-small-boats-last-7-days

    Date Migrants arrived Boats arrived Boats involved in uncontrolled landings Notes
    19 February 2025 0 0 0
    20 February 2025 0 0 0
    21 February 2025 0 0 0
    22 February 2025 0 0 0
    23 February 2025 0 0 0
    24 February 2025 0 0 0
    25 February 2025 163 3 0
    ……………………………..

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  50. MarkyMark says:

    “In 10 years’ time, Britain is going to be full of people wearing burqas.

    “Islam will have taken over.”

    Chloe Dobbs’ first words on Channel 4 reality show Go Back To Where You Came From didn’t leave much room for doubt.

    The 24-year-old YouTuber and conservative political commentator from Cornwall knows her opinions were “controversial”.

    So was the programme. Some charities accused it of platforming “toxic views” and giving a distorted idea of what refugees really go through.

    But after being thrown in with five other Brits – all with differing views on immigration – has it altered anyone’s thinking?

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5zg266ly7o

    “In order to be able to challenge (CHANGE???) those views we needed to be able to air them,” they said.

    “The object of the programme is to enlighten (DEPENDS WHAT YOU SHOW) and open minds to different perspectives. (CHANGE MINDS

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