Weekend 1st March 2025

Happy St David’s Day .Spring ? Really ?
OK – so where are we ?
US no longer supporting the Ukraine War after an awful meeting at the White House
Potential civil war in the Labour regime after a minister resigns ‘on principle ‘,
The pope on his death bed
The BBC under criminal investigation for aiding an Islamic terrorist group – Hamas
The planets are aligned ….

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277 Responses to Weekend 1st March 2025

  1. Fedup2 says:

    Not BBc or anything – but story in the telegraph about a socialist londonistan council taxing home owners who park on the driveway when there is no ‘dropped curb ‘… and then charging victims to get the curb done ….. how very socialist …

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    • moggiemoo says:

      I believe that it is actually illegal to drive over the pavement to get onto your drive unless the kerb is dropped.

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      • Fedup2 says:

        Yes – I think that’s what the council is banking on – fining for crossing the pavement … im glad – when I got mine done a good few years ago the cost was’ reasonable ‘… now I think they charge up to £2000 …..and in londonistan to park on a road means paying ….

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      • atlas_shrugged says:

        In Nottingham folk fit wedge shaped ramps.

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    • tomo says:

      Some years ago, pal of mine had a dropped kerb, council remodelled the verge and raised the kerb and started fining him…

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  2. tomo says:

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “Norway’s £400bn ($640bn) oil fund has paid £348m to acquire a 50% stake in Sheffield’s Meadowhall shopping centre.

      The purchase raises, yet again, the question of whether the UK has squandered the riches of the North Sea.

      Why is Norwegian oil money being deployed to buy prize assets in the UK, while we have no oil money to spend in Norway?

      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19871411

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      • atlas_shrugged says:

        Norway only has 4 million people and put all their oil money into their sovereign wealth fund.

        The UK spent all their oil money on benefits and unemployment pay.

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  3. MarkyMark says:

    I’ve found 2 million for NATO!

    “3 January 2023, received £2,488,387.53 as an advance for speaking engagements arranged via the Harry Walker Agency” – Paid to Boris Johnson who can live on minimum wage to end the WAR!
    https://www.theyworkforyou.com/regmem/?p=10999&chamber=house-of-commons

    ……………………..

    This headline confused me … headline title – “Divert Russian money… subject line … environmental money redirected?”

    Rachel Reeves sends billions in frozen Russian assets to Ukraine
    Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced she will divert cash from environmental investments to help Ukraine instead.
    https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2021314/rachel-reeves-sends-billions-frozen

    OH Wait – both are happening – that was quick.

    Rachel Reeves has tonight announced more than £2Billion from frozen Russian assets will be sent to Ukraine to bolster its military.

    The Chancellor is set to change the £27.8B National Wealth Fund so it can be spent on the defence sector, instead of its previous remit which limited it to green energy infrastructure projects.

    £27.8B National Wealth – to make UK indendenpent

    £27.8B National Wealth – now for war!

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  4. tomo says:

    They’ve giant sofas at The World Bank?

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  5. wwfc says:

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “But a phone call between the two leaders in June played out differently from previous ones, according to four people familiar with the call. Biden had barely finished telling Zelenskyy he’d just greenlighted another $1 billion in U.S. military assistance for Ukraine when Zelenskyy started listing all the additional help he needed and wasn’t getting. Biden lost his temper, the people familiar with the call said. The American people were being quite generous, and his administration and the U.S. military were working hard to help Ukraine, he said, raising his voice, and Zelenskyy could show a little more gratitude.
      Oct. 31, 2022, 10:30 AM GMT
      By Carol E. Lee, Courtney Kube and Dan De Luce

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  6. tomo says:

    So Mark Rutte NATO nabob is a traitor….

    BBC will skip any mention of that…

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “We, the Dutch, held a referendum in 2016 to stop #Ukraine’s integration with the #EU.

      The Dutch people said ‘NO’—we rejected the Ukraine – European Union Association Agreement.

      But our Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, ignored us and signed it anyway. If he hadn’t, we wouldn’t be in this mess.

      And now? The same Mark Rutte is our
      @SecGenNATO.”

      ……………………..

      https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/who_is_who_229125.htm

      He joined NATO following a distinguished domestic and international career. Mr Rutte served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands for almost 14 years from October 2010 to July 2024. During this time, he presided over four coalition governments, proving his ability to forge consensus without compromising on his values.

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  7. MarkyMark says:

    Imagine a world where “President Biden managed to force NATO members to pay 2.5% of GDP, made all Europe Leaders get behind Zelensky and ensure the USA does not pay for the war in Europe.”

    Trump just did this using the hatred for him! Art of the deal?

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  8. vlad says:

    Just when you thought the Beeb couldn’t get any more woke…

    Rupert Lowe calls for BBC TV licence to be scrapped after broadcaster advertises £125k ‘Head of DEI’ job

    https://tvlicenceresistance.info/rupert-lowe-calls-for-bbc-tv-licence-to-be-scrapped-after-broadcaster-advertises-125k-head-of-dei-job/

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    • MarkyMark says:

      https://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/whoweare/chinny-okolidoh#

      Chinny Okolidoh
      Former HR Director, Diversity & Inclusion

      Annual remuneration (as at July 2024)
      £220,000 – £224,999

      ………

      Ms Chinny Okolidoh Subsistence Individual Meals
      Lunch & Dinner with Overnight – PAID
      FOR GROUP 25/08/2023 51.85

      £220,000 Salary cannot afford own lunch! HA HA AH AH A!

      ………..
      BBC CLIMATE CHANGE?
      Chinny Okolidoh Flights Flight 22/08/2023 LHR/EDI/LHR 334.75 0

      She is responsible for ensuring that diversity and inclusion are at the heart of everything the BBC does to inform, educate and entertain its global audience of half a billion people each week and support its global workforce.

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  9. digg says:

    I used to think Starmer was pretty much a self-aggrandising useless poser.

    Reading his comments about the Ukraine situation, re Russia must stop fighting and then the UK will put British Troops on the ground to preserve the peace has changed my perspective, he is a dangerous self-aggrandising useless poser.

    First off, someone need to tell him how many combat ready troops the UK has and secondly how much firepower these troops have at their disposal compared with Russia.

    Russia has around one million active military personnel and two million reservists. Lots of these are battle-hardened.

    The UK has just 180,000 military personnel who have not seen active service for years.

    The differences are pretty much in this proportion in aircraft, submarines, field artillery, missiles etc. etc.

    I don’t think Starmer has the sort of influence over Russia that he imagines and I can’t see Russia quaking in their boots and obeying his directives really!

    I think he is enjoying his reaching for a “I have a paper” moment which will prove just about as effective as Chamberlain’s did when the shit hits the fan.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn5220x56pqt

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    • Emmanuel Goldstein says:

      The mouse that roared.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      I think there was some criticism from the Ukrainians about the training they received in the UK being out of touch with what is really happening on the battle field …

      Im guessing the’ backstop ‘ the UK is begging the US for is to get out troops out of Ukraine when Putin sends a thousand tanks at them …

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  10. digg says:

    BBC’s Chris Mason…

    “Hello from the summit, where more world leaders are expected to start arriving shortly.

    I’ve already seen the prime minister arrive in the last few minutes. I asked if he hoped things could get back on track. No answer from Keir Starmer – he instead greeted officials and headed straight in.”

    How very BBC, how very Chris Mason.

    It was so obviously a pathetic question that contained its own response!

    Meanwhile…

    “The prime minister began that yesterday by giving him (Z) a warm hug in Downing Street and a £2.26bn loan to help him to buy more arms.”

    This would be charming except that in Russian eyes it could be viewed as an act of aggression by the UK against Russia at a very, very tense time.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “£2.26bn loan” – loan? grant? Interest payments at 0.5%? Loan period 100 years? Taxpayer loan? Voted for in Parliament? 50% comes out of MP’s and Lords wages?

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    • moggiemoo says:

      I doubt Putin would even bother to ‘fart in our general direction’, we’re not worth it, and he knows it.

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  11. Lucy Pevensey says:

    It seems that twitter links are not showing again

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  12. Fedup2 says:

    Why would comrade TTK not invite the 3 Baltic states to his londonistan love in ? After all they are the most likely first targets for Putin after he has swallowed Ukraine – if the reading of Putin as an expansionist Hitler type …?

    Allegedly TTK has apologised to the Baltics but hardly enough …
    Im waiting for the EU to say they’ve done the mineral deal in place of the US – that would really be the end …

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  13. MarkyMark says:

    “Securing our future” (c) Starmer
    ** uk open borders cannot stop one boat, can secure Europes borders!

    LIVE: Western leaders host Ukraine summit press conference

    Four Union Jacks – wow!

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  14. wwfc says:

    More than 500 migrants cross the Channel today in biggest single day of arrivals so far this year

    https://www.gbnews.com/news/migrant-crisis-more-than-500-cross-channel-today-biggest-single-day-this-year

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  15. Richard Pinder says:

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    Sir Keir Stalin has imprisoned Tommy Robinson for violating a court order used to cover-up the fact that Stalin’s Party used taxpayer money to pay off witnesses using a non-Disclosure agreement, to protect favoured non-ethnic-Russian and non-ethnic-British rapists and Labour members and supporters.

    Sir Keir Stalin and the Conservative Party are doubling down on banning free speech using (1) The Investigatory Powers Act 2016, (2) The Office For Censorship, Obedience & Manipulation (OFCOM), (3) The Security Service Military Intelligence section 5 (MI5), (4) The National Security and Online Information Team (NSOIT), (5) The Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), (6) The 77th Brigade Domestic Psyops Team, (7) The Cabinet Office Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) and (8) The Defence and Security Media Advisory Committee (DSMA), using five active DSMA-Notices, censoring issues such as criticism of Britain by the Trump team during the Zelenskyy meeting, for locking up people for violating the ban on ‘Free Speech’ by the British Censorship Industrial Complex (see above). DSMA-Notices are also being used to cover-up how the mRNA jabs killed the Queen and Prince Philip (see Below).

    On Saturday 9th January 2021, The Queen and Prince Philip were vaccinated by a household doctor at Windsor Castle, the Queen said “Well once you’ve had the vaccine, you have a feeling of, you know, you’re protected”. On Tuesday 16th February 2021, Philip was admitted to King Edward VII’s Hospital after feeling unwell. On Monday 1st March 2021, Philip was transferred by ambulance to St Bartholomew’s Hospital to undergo testing and observation for a heart condition. On Wednesday 3rd March 2021, Philip underwent a procedure for his heart condition. On Friday 5th March 2021, Philip was transferred back to King Edward VII’s Hospital. On Tuesday 16th March 2021, Philip was discharged and returned to Windsor Castle. On Wednesday 31st March 2021, The Queen and Prince Philip were then vaccinated for a second time with the Pfizer jab. Prince Philip then deteriorated and died nine days later on Friday 9th April 2021, at Windsor Castle. On Wednesday 20th October 2021, The Queen was admitted to King Edward VII’s Hospital for tests after she complained to her doctor about pain and the development of a bruise emanating from the vaccination site on the Queens right arm, whereupon she was diagnosed with Myeloma, a bone marrow cancer. On Wednesday 3rd November 2021, four active DSMA-Notices were renewed, and because of pain & a bruise on her arm and suspecting that Philip was killed by the jab, the Queen refused the third jab. On Sunday 20th February 2022, The Queen caught Covid, saying that the virus left her “very tired and exhausted”. On Thursday 8th September 2022, The Queen refused advice to wear gloves to hide the bruise, in which a patch had appeared on her right hand, revealed in her last ever photograph. The Queen died at 3.10pm on Thursday 8th September 2022. Dr Douglas Glass certified the late monarch’s cause of death as “old age” as did Sir Hugh Thomas for Prince Philip. “Old age” on the Death Certificate prevented an autopsy to find the precise underlying cause of death. However, Professor Angus Dalgleish, established that mRNA jabs are causing an explosion of B-Cell cancers, and that after her death at Balmoral Castle, the Queens body was transported to the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, where a post-mortem examination was conducted by Sir Hugh Thomas, which found that the Queen died of Myeloma, a B-Cell Bone Marrow cancer. On Wednesday 14th June 2023, Sarah, Duchess of York was diagnosed with cancer. On Tuesday 16th January 2024, Catherine, Princess of Wales was diagnosed with cancer. On Monday 29th January 2024, King Charles was diagnosed with cancer. On Thursday 18th April 2024, Dr Neale Hanvey MP, told Parliament “that there are a greater number of yellow cards in MHRA for covid vaccines than for all other vaccines recorded, and nothing has really been done. In a recent written answer to me, it was confirmed that the MHRA has received 489,004 spontaneous suspected adverse drug reaction reports relating to the covid-19 vaccine, up to and including 28 February (2024) this year”. On Friday 8th November 2024, a fifth active DSMA-Notice was put into operation.

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  16. wwfc says:

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  17. friend of yogi bear says:

    SOME VERY, VERY HEAVY LIFTING ……….YEAH RIGHT!

    With all the noise over Ukraine, various people stating just how much they support the brave Ukrainians(and brave they are).
    Perhaps some awkward truths emerge and are ignored.
    Boots on the ground….but not German boots ..or Polish boots ..or Spanish boots….but Starmer shouts British boots , yet clearly remains ignorant as to the size of his own army.

    More sanctions on Putin….but not on Russian LNG which is bought in greater quantities than even last year by the French ,or indeed Russian oil ..more than last year going to Germany albeit via Indian middlemen. If only those EU members could stop funding Putin’s war….oh but wait Trumps the villain .

    Who said truth is the first casualty of war…Some clever dick no doubt.

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    • harry142857 says:

      Loan of £2.26 billion. Where did the money come from?
      Thought Rachel was skint.

      With zero chance of this getting repaid within a decade, wouldn’t it have been more sensible to take the equivalent in natural gas, or uranium or lithium?

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  18. Lucy Pevensey says:

    I hope I don’t spoil anyone’s Tea.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Absolute fantasy – I don’t think there is any European country willing or able to ‘step up ‘ – so much hot air again …. But I do wonder what Putin is thinking of doing ….

      And the self image Comrade TTK has is so far from what the British public think .

      I have an idea – if there is a need for conscription the sons and daughters of politicians shouid be the first to be called up – followed by the children of journalists …..

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      • moggiemoo says:

        I’d start with the civil service.

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      • Lucy Pevensey says:

        Disused army barracks & hotels all over The UK & ROI, are currently full of bored men. We could send them AFTER the civil servants and legacy media activists. They should all enjoy the chance to kill “white” men.

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      • Van Helsing says:

        Putin’s not in as strong a position as you might think. His military has taken a kicking and the Russian economy is tanking (no pun intended). He’ll be just as happy as most of us to see the end of this conflict, not that he’ll ever admit that.

        He’ll either resort to the usual bluster or will try to curry favour with the USA by making a show of Russia’s willingness to embrace peace, in the hope of getting sanctions lifted and perhaps some trade deals done.

        Right now, though, he’s probably rolling about laughing at the chaos in the West.

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    • tomo says:

      What?

      no drag queen?

      TTK falling down on the job

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  19. Fedup2 says:

    I wonder if the US can suspend its’ membership of NATO . ?We seem to be creeping towards a wider war – maybe started by Zelenski attacking a NATO country in order for Article 5 to be invoked against Russia …

    Fortunately the UK doesn’t have much of a military so military casualties are not going to be very large and the war won’t last long .

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  20. Jeff says:

    I’ve had a lovely day at the allotment, rejigging my old compost heap. Honestly, the things I do for entertainment these days…

    Anyway, when I got home I took a quick squint at the news and discovered that our brave and altruistic prime minister has promised Zelensky an eye watering 1.4 billion quid to continue the carnage in Ukraine. Oh joy, I mean, what could possibly go wrong? This seems such a silly, self aggrandising and pointless gesture.

    According to Trump, the US have given them about 350 billion dollars, which will now cease.

    Last week it looked as though President Trump might just bring this ghastly bloodbath to a conclusion. It would have meant a huge amount of business investment, which would have benefited both parties…not now…the pointless killing will continue with a conflict Ukraine can’t possibly win.

    Oh…and just to add salt to the wound,,, the amount of dosh our dipstick PM has given Zelensky is roughly what he nicked off our own pensioners for the winter fuel allowance. So, the carnage will continue in Ukraine and thousands of pensioners will freeze in Blighty.

    What an absolute King Cnut…

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  21. Eddy Booth says:

    “Starmer unveils steps to help Ukraine after summit with European leaders”

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn5220x56pqt

    “Additionally, the UK will be giving Ukraine access to £1.6bn ($2.01bn) to buy new missiles”

    Finally talking peace…..but first lets aggravate the situation some more, with another 1.6 billion handout to BUY missiles – guess we have non left ourselves.

    Pensioners winter Fuel Payment cost £2 billion annually.

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  22. Guest Who says:

    Saw this doing the rounds and it was so utterly ridiculous I thought it was a spoof. So I checked.

    https://x.com/vonderleyen/status/1895565933265260843

    https://x.com/EP_President/status/1895566818900894170

    https://x.com/eucopresident/status/1895565898351853799

    https://x.com/VDombrovskis/status/1895569433009258546

    Can’t wait for a BBC cubicle jockey to run a post on each as ‘news’.

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  24. Guest Who says:

    There are many reasons to despise the bbc in all its malign forms. This is near the top.

    https://x.com/campbellclaret/status/1896171342875197580?s=61
    About to talk to @BBCNews re the Trump-Vance Zelensky ambush and what Europe leaders need to do now.

    Pop out another copy paste ‘thoughts & prayers’?

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  25. tomo says:

    Forget the missiles…..

    That would be quite the plot twist. 😮

    “It, however, turns out that this may not be Zelensky’s biggest lie.

    Zelensky’s biggest lie may involve the UK and Europe.

    Last month, the UK announced an agreement with Ukraine that was signed on Jan 16. There was one key point in the announcement that stuck out:

    “It also cements the UK as a preferred partner for Ukraine’s energy sector, critical minerals strategy and green steel production.”
    Although it has yet to be confirmed, some believe that this entire agreement includes Ukraine giving the rights to its minerals to the UK—NOT the US.

    And this agreement was signed just days before Trump entered office. That way, the UK could screw American taxpayers who paid for Zelensky’s unending war with Russia.”

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/03/was-zelenskys-big-lie-exposed-did-ukraine-already/

    “Green Steel” – oh, jaysus, was Milibrain involved?

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  26. Marco says:

    People can’t afford to eat or heat there homes in this country and yet these lefty wef globalist leaders want to spend more of our money on endless wars . Trump knows his people do not want to get involved in endless wars that achieve nothing . What would the poor souls that fought and died for our country and Europe think if they saw what has become of the the UK and Europe since these globalist leaders got elected and are destroying everything with mass imagration and identity politics as well . if I were trump I would keep the American dollars safe and away from this complete and never ending war ,remember russian speaking communities were attacked in the east of Ukraine by the likes of the Azov regiments in the first plaice .everybody is struggling in this country and perhaps Farage is the only conviction politician left since Mrs T that is capable of sorting out this bloody mess but 4 years is a long time to wait whilst the lunatics are running the asylum

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Cannot stop one boat.
      Can stop the Ukraine/Russia war.

      Cannot protect 3 girls at a dance club.
      Can lock up those who protest against it.

      Cannot stop one small boat criminal.
      Can stop a 70 year old posting on facebook again as they knock on her door.

      Cannot save the NHS to provide treatment for citizens.
      Can get free glasses and free board from Lord Alli his sponsor.

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  30. Althepalerp says:

    UK death rate ‘reaches record low’
    No surprise. If we have record immigration figures of mostly fighting age males, then as a proportion of the population the death rate goes down.
    Its nothing to do with the NHS

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