Midweek 26th March 2025

An important day – the spring financial statement . The socialists / BBC blame Trump – Tories – ‘international situation ‘ but not themselves as taxes rise and living standards fall.

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  1. JohnC says:

    Marjorie Taylor Greene Tells UK Reporter Asking About Signal Scandal To ‘Go Back To Your Country’
    https://www.news18.com/world/marjorie-taylor-greene-tells-uk-reporter-asking-about-signal-scandal-to-go-back-to-your-country-video-9276459.html

    After hearing the question, Marjorie Taylor Greene asked the reporter, “Wait. What country are you from?”
    When the reporter responded that she was from the United Kingdom, the congresswoman refused to even let her finish her question.
    “OK, we don’t give a crap about your opinion and your reporting,” Marjorie Taylor Greene said, adding, “Why don’t you go back to your country, where you have a major migrant problem.”

    Sky news getting the respect it deserves – though the comments apply to our news in general.

    When this sort of this happens, somebody in government should be sitting up and taking notice. Our news network is now a laughing stock around the world because of it’s liberal bias and blatant lies by omission.

    What alarms me is how nobody cares. The entire system is now infested by Left-wing activists.

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  2. Scroblene says:

    Comment from the Beeboid ‘report’ on the Reevery Thievery…

    “to RobertMarleyB18

    Where do you suggest she gets the money from? Let’s gets immigration, neither the Tories or Labour will be able to resolve that issue.

    I think you will find during the election campaign Labour we’re going to get the money from windfall taxes on energy companies and wealth taxes on the super rich. Don’t recall any mention of attacking pensioners, farmers and the disabled which is what has happened.”

    I agree, it was mentioned many times, and we haven’t heard about it since TTK got into Downbeat Street…

    Aaaaah, now I know, it’s the WINDFALL of charging every electricity user much, much more to pay for the subsidies being sucked up by the climate scam!

    Why didn’t I see that coming?

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    • Guest Who says:

      These threads would be funny if not damning indictments of our media now. They are still trying to prop up social media pols.

      https://x.com/paullewismoney/status/1904968802422423762?s=61
      I was reporting the spring statement sorry I didn’t have time or space to add that to every tweet!!

      https://x.com/rachelreevesmp/status/1904883532549230992?s=61
      The OBR has confirmed our planning reforms will unlock an extra 170,000 homes. That’s £6.8bn in growth, and over £3bn in new money for our public services.
      That’s the value of not just taxing & spending – but doing the hard yards to rip up the red tape and take on the blockers.

      #ccbgb

      No wonder they are obsessed with a non story over the pond.

      https://x.com/itvnews/status/1905016783393943934?s=12

      Four comments in 9 hrs. Almost Today levels. The advertisers will be thrilled.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Theresa May on immigration … from ‘hard’ line to ‘pink no line’ …

      2012 … “Two and a half years ago, the coalition government was formed, and we made a clear promise to the British public. After thirteen years of uncontrolled mass immigration, this government would reduce and control immigration.” – Theresa May 2012

      2015 … “Because when immigration is too high (no figure given), when the pace of change is too fast, it’s impossible to build a cohesive society.” – Theresa May 2015

      2018 … “Over the years, overall, immigration has been good for the UK. It has brought people with different backgrounds, different outlooks here to the UK,” – Theresa May 2018

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  3. Zephir says:

    “MTG goes nuclear on British TV reporter over immigration: ‘Go back to your country!’

    ‘Should the Defense Secretary—,’ the Sky News U.S. Correspondent Martha Kelner began asking Greene before she was cut off.

    ‘What country are you from?’ the Georgia Republican blurted out, interrupting the question.

    Kelner quickly answered, ‘The U.K.’

    MTG then ripped into the reporter saying: ‘Go back to your country.’
    ‘Okay, we don’t give a crap about your opinion and your reporting,’ Greene began telling off the reporter. ‘Why don’t you go back to your country where you have a major migrant problem.’

    The Georgia Republican continued lambasting the Sky News correspondent: ‘You should care about your own borders.’

    ‘Don’t you care about how your women are raped by migrants? I don’t care about your fake news.’

    ‘You want to know about complete disregard about operational security? You should talk about the Biden administration and how they ripped our borders open to terrorists, cartel, child sex trafficking, human trafficking, and drug trafficking across our borders for four years,’ Greene responded.

    ‘That’s what this is about today, not journalists from the U.K. that should care about their own country,’ the Republican finished before walking away from the cameras.”

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14540751/mtg-nuclear-british-reporter-country.html

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Zephir – that’s wonderful – the Americans need to deliver more of that . Im surprised they let far left ‘journos ‘ into the US at all . I’d put a tarif on them .
      They know Europe is ruined and has become a third world dump so why bother with them ? The political gulf between the US and Europe is wider that the gulf of America and getting wider . Europe will pay the price whilst the US thrives …

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  4. Zephir says:

    For 4 years these UK reporters watched Biden open the borders and allow ANYONE to just walk into the country, and they said NOTHING and now, all of a sudden, they are so so concerned about American national security.

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  5. Guest Who says:

    https://x.com/_robbiemoore/status/1904623515736961195?s=61
    Labour’s plan to not pay market value to individuals whose property is seized due to a compulsory purchase order strikes at the very heart of private property rights.

    Be funny if it snagged a few of Rayner’s ‘investments’.

    Maybe they can get Abbott on assessment? You could end up a billionaire or in the debt court on the toss of a coin.

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    • Flotsam says:

      The New Towns have always been built on land bought at agricultural prices, built on and marketed by a New Town quango. I’m not sure if this is what they’re talking about. Tax is theft anyway.

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  6. Fedup2 says:

    Today
    From 0700 to 0730 and beyond it was one long tedious Trump Delusion Syndrome . Poor old Comrade Robinson and our Justin just cannot accept MAGA – Despite Americans voted for it .
    The next time the far left attempt to kill either 47 or JD they’ll be dancing in the studio … the discomfort is good to hear but the hate is … distressing … off switch ….

    Btw – the bbc seems very concerned about tariffs on cars – Britain doesn’t have a car industry any more – it’s all foreign owned producers – and I thought the far left bbc and Marxist labour didn’t want people to have cars and more … I was gonna use a really bad word but it’s lent …

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  7. AsISeeIt says:

    Delusions of grandeur, wines aunts and return of the Welsh choir girl edition

    The gynaeceum that is BBC news staff like the junior poundshop Guardian that is the i paper for their top pick of the national dailies in their online print press line-up.

    Tax hikes and extra cuts on the way, as 250,000 people pushed into poverty by benefits squeeze – protests the left-leaning title.

    Pushed into poverty? Aren’t you supposed to be poor in order to qualify for benefits? The point is these people are being pushed into work, surely?

    Former Turner Prize winning cross dresser Grayson Perry graces the cover of the i paper teasing a feature the title terms ‘Culture’

    Our Grayson (is it too early to say ‘National Treasure’?) appears photographed posing as his alto ego ‘Claire’ (or so one assumed): …in her element among the Rococo frills and fripperies for which London’s Wallace Collection, one of the world’s great collections of 18th-century French paintings, is famous. (i paper)

    Now, were I a woman, I might possibly find the big blonde bouffant curly wig, generous red lippy, pink faux fur handled spangly clutch purse and Dame Edna Everage specs… just a tad… male mocking of feminity perhaps?

    Maaaaate!

    But then I’m old enough to recall a time when Eddie Izzard was simply a cross-dresser. I’ve a hunch that had ‘Trans’ not been taken up and run with by the cultural left then old time comic drag acts such as Les Dawson and Roy Barracloughs’ lumpen-boobed characters, Cissie Braithwaite and Ada Shufflebotham, would now be treated with the equal retrospective distain attributed to ‘Black Face’

    Our celebrated ‘First Female Chancellor’ photographed at the despatch box yesterday shares the i paper frontpage with our Grayson: Actually, Perry says, he found he “did not love a lot of the collection” [London’s Wallace Collection] from which his new exhibition draws inspiration – “It was almost like I needed someone else to love it for me”. So it was that Shirley Smith, Perry’s latest alter ego, came into being, and Delusions of Grandeur, an exhibition of more than 40 new works, interspersed with pieces from the museum’s permanent collection, is in large part of her fantasy world. (i paper)

    When Rachel Reeves delivers her Budget today, please don’t talk about what she’s wearing – cautioned the Independent back in October 2024.

    The colour purple

    Inevitably perhaps that plea was ignored: The significance of Rachel Reeves’ blouse as she made Budget history in the House of Commons. It wasn’t just a plum blouse, according to the experts… navy power suit paired with a plum-coloured pussy-bow blouse (Manchester Evening News, October 2024)

    Now for the science bit (as Jennifer Aniston was wont to say in the shampoo adverts): Yet Reeves wearing plum is incredibly symbolic. The plum tree itself is often seen as a sign of abundance due to its ability to bear numerous fruits. This makes it an apt choice for discussing the UK’s Budget. “Plum is a shade of purple, which is a short wavelength colour,” says fashion psychologist Shakaila Forbes-Bell. “These colours directly impact the parasympathetic neurons in our nervous system, and have been associated with relaxation, as they can lower our heart rate. (Manchester Evening News, October 2024)

    And of course our Rachel, former custodian of the keys to the Bank of England (stationery cupboard) was decked out in purple once again yesterday.

    I took cash for clothes too, admits Rachel Reeves (Telegraph, September 2024)

    “[Short wavelength colours] have a sedating effect on the body, so the colour purple is often connected with mindfulness, and associated with comfort, security and peace. The shade is also associated with power, as alongside green and white, it was heavily featured in the suffragette movement of the 1900s,” explains Forbes-Bell. “So often, when we are seeing women wearing this colour, it can bring back these associations and can be seen as a sign of strength and bravery.” (Manchester Evening News, October 2024)

    The unashamedly left-wing mouthpieces, those that don’t bother to profess political balance, Guardian and Mirror have got their story straight… ducks in a row… messaging on point, if you will…

    Reeves accused of balancing the books at the expence of the poor (Guardian)

    Balancing the books on the backs of the poor (Mirror)

    The subtext of this messaging (like the purple outfit) is of course that the books will balance and she’s tough enough to deal with the ballooning public expenditure – which is doubful in reality.

    Appropriately enough, perhaps, the frontpage of the Mirror carriers in its prime ad spot a promotion by Tescos: 25% off 6 or more bottles of wine offer… – so our Wine Aunts will be happy, despite the austerity.

    And finally, ‘Welsh Choir Girl’ Duffy turns up out of the blue in the Daily Star: Duffy’s first pic in 10 years

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Asiseeit – listening to Marxists MPs queuing up to defend the feckless living on other peoples’ taxes – was pretty sour yesterday – the Marxists won’t really cut welfare – I heard that people will be trained to big up their ‘disabilities ‘( depression – nut jobs ) in order to jump through the benefits claims game ….easy money plus live of shoplifting / feckless food banks …

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  8. MarkyMark says:

    You will own nothing, eventually … “Avid fan Xi Jinping dreamed of turning his country into a footballing powerhouse”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4npep0n4wo

    ………………………

    Saudi Arabia’s PIF want to buy Wentworth Golf Club, in a move that would send shockwaves through sport
    Beijing-based Reignwood Investments bought the club for £135m in 2014
    The club, located in Surrey, hosts the BMW PGA Championship each autumn

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  9. MarkyMark says:

    “Motability was handed a record £2.8bn of taxpayer cash last year to fund new cars for people on mobility benefits. As well as helping benefits-claimants to access a car, Motability covers insurance costs and has installed more than 66,000 charging points at the homes of people on disability benefits free of charge.2 days ago”

    free of charge
    free of charge
    free of charge
    HA HA HA HAH AHAHA FREE FOR THOSE WHO GET FRE GLASSES AND CLOTHES ON EXPENSES

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/03/25/car-scheme-for-benefits-claimants-admits-thousands-of-cases/

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  10. Jeff says:

    Nothing to do with the BBC…and I’m not even having a moan…for a change…

    I was up with the lark this morning, walking my wee dog in the local park through a chilly mist. The sun was rising; it was beautiful. This really is a lovely time of the year and despite what our political masters are trying to do to it, this is still a beautiful country.

    I’ve packed a small rucksack and I’ve put on my stout boots and we’re heading off to the north downs for a morning’s ramble. There’s an old churchyard enroute, absolutely smothered with native daffodils, vivid cowslips and primroses. What a glorious sight.

    I’ve got my camera, my sketchpad and my little dog for company.

    Honestly, mornings like this really make me glad to be alive.

    Oh. to be in England, now that April is (almost) here…

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  11. vlad says:

    Canceling Easter (But Not Ramadan!) for “Inclusivity” 🤡

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  12. Emmanuel Goldstein says:

    I’ve just seen an article in the Express saying Swedish gangs are now moving into Finland.
    Of course, these gangs aren’t the Swedish types we all know and love, no ABBA lookalikes etc.

    It reminded me of The Time Machine by HG Wells.
    There are two groups in the book. The Eloi who are similar to how Europe used to be with civilised people and little crime.

    The others are The Morlocks who are brutal creatures who use the Eloi like a herd of cows. No need to mention any parallels with what’s happening in Europe now where the indigenous populations are being exploited for their innocence.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Kings of cocaine: how the Albanian mafia seized control of the UK drugs trade
      https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/13/kings-of-cocaine-albanian-mafia-uk-drugs-crime

      The gang, an Albanian street crew of drug dealers, is known locally for its violence and more widely for a social media output featuring Ferraris, wads of £50 notes and gold Rolex watches to help enhance its reputation and recruit “youngers”. The Gascoigne estate, built in the 1960s and occupying land that slopes south of Barking town centre to the Thames, is its historical home turf.

      It was getting dark, another two men appeared and, when asked if they were Hellbanianz, one said: “You should go.” The Observer was escorted off the estate and told not to return.

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  13. MarkyMark says:

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  14. Up2snuff says:

    TOADY Watch #1 – you missed an important question, Rick Nobinson!

    Nasty Nick had Rachel from Accounts in the interviewee slot at 8.10 a.m. but failed to ask an important question. If you had been paying attention, as I have (smirk) Nick, you would have noticed that Rachel from Accounts has refered to building 1,300,000 new homes, not 1.5 million that TTK and Ange constantly mention. Was this a slip of the tongue on the part of Rachel from Accounts or has Labour’s desired target of 1.5 million new homes been reduced? What will this do to Rachel from Account’s and the PM’s ambitions to “grow the UK economy”?

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Fortunately there’s not enough people to build them . In real life is it 60000 a year – which ain’t gonna get near the target cum 2029 … 250 k new homes – unless they refine the meaning of ‘home ‘…

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      • MarkyMark says:

        NHS Assisted Dying bill will help the the housing problem.

        ** Assisted by the Government.

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      • Eddy Booth says:

        If they wanted they could have holiday park style homes, ready made abroad if necessary.
        But they’re not serious about housing people.
        They need to keep the property bubble brewing to keep a chunk of the population happily drowsy to their population replacement plan.

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        • Fedup2 says:

          Yes – the prefab returns . Apparently people liked them and there are still some in use …. More likely to get a prefab mosque now – completed with security provided by taxpayers ….

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      • Up2snuff says:

        Fed, I think Rachel from Accounts should ‘tax’ every illegal immigrant coming to the UK, 10x the existing legal visa charge and then make the illegal, if they have the necessary skills, pay off the visa charge by working to build the houses. 😉 🙂 Labour will not do that, of course, they do not have the guts for it.

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  15. Althepalerp says:

    Poland doing the right thing, not reported on the BBC.

    https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-belarus-border-asylum-law-europe/

    Why can the UK not do the same?

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Hundreds of migrants killed by Saudi border guards – report
      Published 21 August 2023
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-66545787
      …………………………………………
      Dover MP Natalie Elphicke told the Commons that the BBC’s “shocking report” contained the “breath-taking” disclosure of free French public bus services being used to ferry migrants from camps to Dunkirk beaches.
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-63229010
      ………………………………………….
      Last year it spent more than £4 billion of the aid budget on supporting refugees and asylum seekers in the UK — but with the government planning cuts to aid to fund military spending, that option may be squeezed.2 days ago

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “He pulled a condom out of his pocket and said something to the effect of: ‘How about it then.’ I said something about his wife and three kids, as I had seen them before on set. I can’t remember his response in precise words but it was something along the lines of: ‘I don’t care.’ His attitude in that moment changed. He went from friendly to defensive. I just felt huge pressure from him.

      “I can’t remember how I got out of the cubicle. He must have moved to the side or something and I pushed past and somehow I got away.”

      ………………………………….

      Williams said: “My client denies sending that picture and he denies that it’s his penis.”

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    • JohnC says:

      That’s quite funny because the actual story is:

      ‘Noel Clarke is suing Guardian News and Media (GNM) for libel over articles and a podcast containing allegations of misconduct against him.’

      So the court ‘was told’ by The Guardian’s own lawyers.

      How very BBC of them. To be expected of course because they both belong to the same arse.

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  16. Flotsam says:

    Yesterday’s statement from Thieves and PMQ’s. I’ve largely given up with watching PMQ’s, Badenoch consistently fails to get an answer from slippery Smarmer. He has the Rayner on one side and Thieves on the other, a row of all proven liars and they liberally accept freebies. They expect us to keep paying more and more taxes despite themselves being utterly dishonest and grasping.

    PMQ’s yesterday there was not one question from any MP regarding the invasion despite it reaching new heights and for me the most pressing issue of the times. Perhaps Speaker Hoyle made sure nothing could be asked on Thieves big day.

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  17. NISA says:

    In the US the Republicans and Trump administration are starting to question the Federal funding of the BBC’s ugly cousin, Public Broadcasting Service. Not before time. I have seen in the past partisan attacks on Trump.
    Last night and tonight in the UK they are showing 2 episodes of a programme entitled “Dying Democracies – Europe in Decline”. What is causing that, you ask. The answer is the populace exercising their democratic freedom to vote for right wing populists. An inherently bad thing of course.
    Last night’s episode covered Hungary, Italy, France and Netherlands, with very little coverage of Nuremburg rallies. Tonight more on Hungary and Italy “as examples in an examination of how right-wing populists operate when in power and erode democracies from within.” Who’d a known?
    Brief reference to the UK last night, a mention of Brexit accompanied by image of Sterling ticking down and empty supermarket shelves. Very subtle.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Nisa
      I heard some of the discussion in the senate with politicians questioning why taxpayers are funding far left propaganda broadcasters – and intending to stop it NPR radio and PBS ….

      Knowing the vindictiveness of the current uk Marxist regime they’d be more likely to dump the licence and pay for the propaganda using general taxation …..

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  18. MarkyMark says:

    Treason? National Security? Responsible citizen?

    Should he have revealed that he should not have been on the call?
    …………
    ‘They invited me – now they’re attacking me’: Signal chat journalist speaks to BBC
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8rk7vyg83xo

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  19. MarkyMark says:

    2.5% defence spending on GDP *by 2027 ha ha hah )- if GDP is zero that will equal zero!

    ……………………

    Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has challenged Sir Keir Starmer over the hike in defence spending, after the PM said the rise amounted to £13.4bn.

    The PM announced the UK will reallocate aid funds to boost military spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027, following President Trump’s demand that all European allies increase their defence contributions.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp3ywlqx319o

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  20. Up2snuff says:

    TOADY Watch #2 – Mysogyny is all the rage, doncha know!

    A debate on the Netflix TV show ‘Adolescence’ with Stephen Graham, luvvie flavour of the month. BBC favourite Lefty(?), Steve Chalke of OASIS Trust running schools wants more legislation to control mobile phone companies, ISPs, and no doubt mobile phone use by white teenage boys! No mention of the total dominance of feminism in UK society, ie. zero. Scant mention of the lack of male teachers in the UK’s Primary Schools. Equally scant mention of the absence of ‘baby fathers’ in the white community. That of course would restrict the womens’ choice of partner after easy divorce or even not being married in the first place!

    PS: BBC opportunity taken to bad mouth Andrew Tate, via I think, Steve Chalke.

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  21. AsISeeIt says:

    Not specifically BBC – unless one reflects sadly on how it was our BBC that used so proudly to wear the historical costume drama crown…

    The Leopard [Netfix] Amid the unification of 1860s Italy, a Sicilian prince grapples with the collision between his family’s ancient privilege and revolutionary change.

    Refreshingly unwoke in terms of the appropriate victorian era Italian-looking casting, this occasional and mild bodice-ripper – set among the pictureque lemon groves, palacial ballrooms and convent chapels of nineteenth century Sicily – borrows its plot from Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s classic novel of the same name (no, me neither) It is the second adaptation after Luchino Visconti’s 1963 film starring Burt Lancaster as Don Fabrizio Corbera (The Leopard), an aging Sicilian prince caught up in the sociopolitical turmoil of the Risorgimento (Italian unification) during the mid-19th century, with Alain Delon as his opportunistic nephew Tancredi, and Claudia Cardinale as his goddaughter.

    The underlying message of the new adaptation appears surprisingly conservative as the old aristocratic family patriarch battles against those rising forces of opportunists using democracy as a cover for their own venal covetousness.

    One enjoyed the ingratiating unpleasant money-grubbing mayor of the town debating with himself which flag it would be most politic for him to hang from his balcony. And later announcing a 100% vote count in favour of a united Italy in a referendum – despite voices from the crowd below shouting “But I voted against!”

    There are certain parallels between The Leopard and fellow habitual horse rider Kevin Costner’s John Dutton, the patriarch rancher of the series Yellowstone, a man who openly bemoans “Transplants” from west and east coast USA taking over his corner of old Montana.

    Both shows are moderate recommends – if you like that sort of thing and live happily BBC-less.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “In response to a 2016 ban on flying gay pride flags at UK embassies, then-Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson reversed the decision, allowing UK embassies to fly the rainbow flag on specific occasions like the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, and during local events and gay pride celebrations. “

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  22. Eddy Booth says:

    “Trump official visits mega-jail holding deported Venezuelans”

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4nrdnp018o

    Isn’t she just an American government official.

    Usually photos of this mega prison.
    I’m not convinced, I’m guessing it’s not what it appears.
    Probably a normal prison at the back, not very nice, but then they have one empty wing where some compliant prisoners, with the most tattoos are herded in for photoshoots, lined up like sardines, sat in totally barren cells etc, then returned to the back when everyone has gone home.

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  23. Fedup2 says:

    Turkey deports bbc propagandist -mark lowen – if he comes back to britainistan I bet he won’t be telling the world about TTK – political prisoners – banned elections – banned people – people bought using state benefits …daily reduced freedoms – turkey would be easier ….

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    • MarkyMark says:

      BBC’s Mark Lowen deported from Turkey after covering protests
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly34rg5ee5o

      In a statement issued on Thursday, the BBC said: “This morning (27 March) the Turkish authorities deported BBC News correspondent Mark Lowen from Istanbul, having taken him from his hotel the previous day and detained him for 17 hours.”

      On Thursday morning, he was presented with a written notice that he was being deported for “being a threat to public order,” the statement said.

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  24. MarkyMark says:

    Rachel says you will be £400 better off under Labour! Yeah!

    “Name of donor: Kite Festival Limited
    Address of donor: 3 Pancras Square, London N1C 4AG
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Tickets and accommodation at the Kite Festival for me and three guests at which I was a speaker, value £677”
    https://www.theyworkforyou.com/regmem/?p=24851&chamber=house-of-commons

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  25. Althepalerp says:

    Bond market is up again. Wiping out the £9B fiscal headroom ask we speak.

    No mention on the BBC yet though.

    https://markets.ft.com/data/bonds/tearsheet/summary?s=UK10YG

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Al
      I did enjoy the desperate repetition of Rachel from accounts crowing about interest rate reductions – she didn’t mention they were being done out of desperation to get the economy she killed going again . ….
      After all the dumb promises about not increasing key taxes all she can do is reduce thresholds or hammer people on investments – like savings …. Pensions – and the like – after that the cupboard is bare as the wealthy exit stage left before her greed tax kicks in to finish the s hole off .

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  26. MarkyMark says:

    “Thousands of jobs at risk as British Steel threatens closure”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjryeqrnldvo

    British Steel?
    “British Steel was bought by leading Chinese multi-industrial company Jingye Group in March 2020, beginning a new chapter in British steelmaking.”
    https://britishsteel.co.uk/who-we-are/where-weve-come-from/

    British Steel???? HA H AHHA AHH A!

    In 2020, British Steel’s UK assets, along with FN Steel, was bought by Jingye Group. Together we’re building stronger futures.

    ……………
    While Jingye Group, the parent company of British Steel, is a Chinese company, it is not directly run by the Chinese government; rather, it is a private company founded by a former Communist Party official, Li Ganpo.

    …………………

    The state-owned China Investment Company (CIC), which has global assets worth some £1.1trn, including a stake in Heathrow airport and UK gas networks, holds an 8.7 per cent share of Thames Water, while a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund holds 9.9 per cent.29 Mar 2024

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  27. MarkyMark says:

    ‘coalition of the willing’
    ‘reassurance force’

    War is peace!

    …………….

    Starmer and Macron to send their defence chiefs to Ukraine as allies discuss ‘reassurance force’
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/crrdg0109l2t

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  28. tomo says:

    I did chuckle at the BBC having to use the “D” word on one their own.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly34rg5ee5o

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  29. vlad says:

    The BBC don’t seem to be very interested in the story about Harry, Meghan and the African charity.

    Couldn’t be beacause their favourite royal race-baiter grifters come out in a bad light, could it?

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  30. MarkyMark says:

    “If ever a single case has summed up modern Britain so perfectly, it’s this one.”

    “We are living in an open air mental asylum .”

    “I love how she keeps calling him “he” and “mister” even after being disciplined. Good for her.”

    Nurse gets called n-word by male sex offender – and gets disciplined for “misgendering” him

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  31. Richard Pinder says:

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  32. Emmanuel Goldstein says:

    Why would Putin want to stop the war, he is winning and the longer it goes on the more of Ukraine he gets.

       4 likes

    • MarkyMark says:

      https://liveuamap.com/

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      ………..

      The US has announced it will send controversial weapons to Ukraine as part of more than $1bn (£800m) in military and humanitarian aid.

      controversial
      controversial
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66736869

      “The China-Russia Gas Deal: Background and Implications for the Broader Relationship. Summary: On May 21, China signed a 30-year, $400 billion gas supply deal with Russia. The agreement concluded a decade of protracted negotiations, and coincided with an escalation of the Ukraine crisis in Europe.”

      China own UK Steel – HA HA AH HA HAHA HAH HA HAHAH !

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  33. Terminal Moraine says:

    Various media incl. AP and Reuters reporting today that one of the top three leaders of the violent Salvadoran MS-13 gang, illegally in the US, has been arrested in Virginia. Nothing on the BBC, but they are full of stories about the deportation of pro-Palestinians e.g:

    “US immigration officials arrest Turkish student amid crackdown […] Rumeysa Ozturk was detained on Tuesday outside Boston, as she was walking to an Iftar meal to celebrate Ramadan. Video shows masked, plain-clothes officers handcuffing and leading her to an unmarked car.”

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czrn57340xlo

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “Tufts said in a statement that it had been told by officials that the student visa held by Ms Otzurk, who is a doctoral student, had been revoked.”

      ………………….

      “A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. (Boris Johnson)

      But it cannot survive treason from within.(Theresa May)

      An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. (Anjem Choudary)

      But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself.(Jeremy Corbyn)

      For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear.”

      Marcus Tullius Cicero

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  34. MarkyMark says:

    NET ZERO?

    Labour Cabinet Has Zero Business Experience
    https://order-order.com/2024/10/15/labour-cabinet-has-zero-business-experience/

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  35. MarkyMark says:

    Five people have been injured following a stabbing in central Amsterdam, police say.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvge24z1e3xo

    “but the motive remains unclear”

    …………………

    NHS not mentioned until half way through the article…… cheeky

    Man who died from sepsis ‘not treated urgently’
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyg0844q1jo

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  36. Terminal Moraine says:

    “Emily Maitlis’s Saudi minibreak: I was told not to go ‘full burqa’”

    An odd advertorial in the Times for the KSA in which she agonises over her choice of headwear. I wonder who was paying?

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    https://www.thetimes.com/article/2ef4ba50-d8a7-4c74-b547-080df0a5a975?shareToken=aabdec6d665ddfcf9374de2548cf5e7c

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Free minibar!

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    • MarkyMark says:

      GREEN? world’s largest desalination plant.
      INDIVIDUALS… A fashion event in Jeddah. “In my black garb, my son says he can only identify me by my Prada handbag”

      …………….

      Can you buy off people from democracy, I wonder. In the UK, despite scaremongering surveys in recent months, the number of Gen Z who would actually choose a dictator over parliamentary elections is a vanishingly small 6 per cent, according to a study last month by King’s College London. We still pride ourselves on our democratic institutions. But ask the question a different way — would you personally live somewhere with no free and fair elections — and the answer increasingly is yes.

      ……

      And this is a land with no permanent rivers or lakes — desert conditions won’t allow them. It has the world’s largest desalination plant. But there’s currently no widescale attempt to conserve water. This is what a country looks like when it’s giddy on growth — a heady mix of limitless energy (both types) and wild ambition. “You want snow in 50C? I’ll give you snow. You want Ronaldo? I’ll bring you the actual World Cup.” You want world diplomacy? A meeting there between Trump and Vladimir Putin is on the cards. It’s all happening fast. Maybe too fast.

      Our last day there is Ramadan. The row of coffee shops behind our hotel falls silent. The Baker & Spice brunch spot is shut until 6pm. Religion, it seems, is perhaps the only thing that can still bring this country to a commercial full stop.

      I wonder if I’ll be back in Saudi. And if I’ll still need a headscarf next time I come.

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  37. BRISSLES says:

    Sadly I cannot lay claim to creating the following ……

    EUROPEAN ARMY

    Attack shout the British
    Retreat say the Greeks
    Change sides shout the Italians
    Surrender shout the French
    We’re not playing say the Germans

    Yes, that’ll work.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Things have changed…..

      “Would Gen Z fight for ‘racist’ Britain?
      New study suggests low levels of pride and ‘declines in confidence in institutions’ among younger generation”

      …………..

      https://www.counterterrorism.police.uk/leeds-man-charged-with-possessing-and-disseminating-terrorist-material/
      Cameron Gloria De Almeida (09/09/2003) of Garnet Place, Beeston is charged with…

      Lee Cole of East Hill Road, Gateshead, pleaded guilty at Newcastle Crown Court in January to six offences of inciting racial hatred through recklessness, contrary to Section 19 and Section 21 of the Public Order Act 1986.
      ……………..
      Cole was arrested in July 2024 after Counter Terrorism Policing internet specialists found that he had shared racist, homophobic, transphobic and antisemitic messages on several social media sites. He had also shared a video made by the proscribed extreme right wing terrorist group National Action.

      ……….

      Farishta Jami, aged 36 from Stratford-upon-Avon, was convicted of two counts of engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorism under Section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006.

      Farishta Jami, 36, was convicted of two counts of engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorism under Section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006

      The jury at Leicester Crown Court heard details of how she was planning to travel to Daesh in Afghanistan to martyr herself and the second charge related to her taking the children.

      Jami saved £1,200 to pay for one-way flights to Afghanistan for herself and her children and that she researched available flights travel to join Daesh.
      https://www.counterterrorism.police.uk/warwickshire-woman-guilty-of-terrorism-offences/

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  38. MarkyMark says:

    A Warwickshire woman…. HA HAH AH AHH AHA HA

    “She was an administrator on several of the groups, overseeing the posting and messaging of the users. Some of the groups had over 700 members and disseminated large amounts of Daesh propaganda including instructional videos to make devices so Daesh could see that she was loyal and committed to the cause.”
    https://www.counterterrorism.police.uk/warwickshire-woman-guilty-of-terrorism-offences/

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  39. MarkyMark says:

    A Birmingham man … Savage had converted to Islam in the 2010s and followed an extreme and violent interpretation of the Salafi movement.

    https://www.counterterrorism.police.uk/birmingham-man-guilty-of-planning-a-terrorism-attack/

    Days before his arrest, Savage changed his Whatsapp profile to ‘Lone Wolf’ indicating he was planning to carry out an incident on his own. On the day of his arrest (14 March 2024),

    ‘Lone Wolf’ !!!!

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  40. MarkyMark says:

    Keep paying the BBC…. for more details on how to keep Islam going ….

    “Six tips and a recipe to get your children helping out at Ramadan
    Part of Parents’ Toolkit”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zrvmqfr

    Remind children what Ramadan is all about
    Mohammed loving kids so much he married one!

    Make them feel included
    Woman at the back!

    Prepare food in advance
    Slit the camel’s throat early!

    Keep meals light and healthy

    Reward them for helping

    Be kind to yourself

    ……………..

    Jihad Report
    February, 2025
    Attacks 91
    Killed 778
    Injured 520
    Suicide Blasts 4
    Countries 19
    List of Attacks

    https://www.thereligionofpeace.com/

    HAPPY RAMADAM

    2025.03.25 Cameroon Vulgo 20 0 Boko Haram disguise as civilians to ambush and annihilate a contingent of soldiers, killing twenty.

    2025.03.22 Niger Fambita 44 13 Jihadis massacre forty-four innocent villagers

    x116
    2025.03.17 Syria Sanobar 116 0 Over one-hundred more victims are counted from an earlier Sunni massacre.

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  41. vlad says:

    How to deal with woke lefty journos.
    This Sky News reporter tries to embarrass Marjorie Taylor Greene by dragging out the ongoing nothing-burger ‘Signal-Gate’ story. MTG is having none of it:

    MTG: What country are you from ?

    SKY News: UK.

    MTG: “Okay, we don’t give a crap about your opinion and your reporting, why don’t you go back to your country where you have a major migrant problem and you should care about your own borders… you care about people from your country… what about all the women that are raped by migrants, do you care? okay you’re done.”

    Terminates interview.

    That’s the way to talk to them, if only our own politicians spoke to the BBC like that instead of pussy-footing around them.

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  42. taffman says:

    My message to our so-called ‘PM’.
    We are being invaded . Stop the boats & smash the gangs !
    It will save the nation a huge cost .
    You know it makes sense.
    Time for Reform UK.

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  43. Richard Pinder says:

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    According to the United Nations, Britain has the reputation of being the ‘Rape capital of the World’

    Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) mocks a British reporter, saying that she should return home to cover the migrant rape crisis. The Congresswoman said “Do you care about people from your country? What about all the women that are raped by migrants?”: https://www.infowars.com/posts/mtg-savages-uk-reporter-dont-give-a-crap-about-your-opinion

    The British Sky News reporter, Martha Kelner said, ‘If someone is rude or offhand, I can’t always tell if it’s because I’m a woman: it could be because I’m young or I’ve asked a silly question’.

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  44. vlad says:

    The revolting Yasmin Ali-baba Brown defends the school that cancelled Easter.

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  45. tomo says:

    Anatomy of a whoopsie – some useful context. Useful comparison to be had with BBC coverage.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Sensitive files about Royal Navy submarine reportedly found in pub toilet
      This article is more than 1 year old
      Navy investigating after report emerges that documents about the workings of HMS Anson were found in a Wetherspoons pub in Cumbria
      https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/29/sensitive-files-about-royal-navy-submarine-reportedly-found-in-pub-toilet

      The Royal Navy is to investigate after official documents about one of its £1.3bn “hunter killer” submarines were reportedly found in the toilets of a Wetherspoons pub.

      Files carrying details about the HMS Anson were left in the Furness Railway in Cumbria, the Sun reported. The documents showed the inner workings of the nuclear-powered submarine and were used by submariners learning how to isolate and depressurise elements of its system.

      They added that the files contained only simplistic designs of the systems onboard, without revealing how they work.

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  46. MarkyMark says:

    Increase sanctions on Russia to secure peace, Starmer says
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78e2x7lz25o

    Wealthy Russians flee to Dubai to avoid sanctions
    Published 5 May 2022
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61257448

    China is mitigating the impact of sanctions on Russia by providing Moscow an alternative currency for transactions.
    https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/econographics/how-is-china-mitigating-the-effects-of-sanctions-on-russia/

    Following the EU and UK ban on Russian diesel in 2023, India’s exports of refined oil products, including diesel, to Europe have surged, with a significant portion likely originating from refining discounted Russian crude oil.

    European airlines have not been able to compete on a “level playing field” with Chinese counterparts, who are permitted to use Russian airspace.
    https://www.euronews.com/travel/2024/07/30/heres-how-restrictions-on-flying-over-russia-are-making-flights-longer-and-more-expensive

    Airlines including British Airways (BA), Finnair, KLM and Lufthansa have had to add one to three hours to journeys due to alternative routes.

    For example, BA’s flight between New Delhi and London now takes an extra hour while London to Tokyo has gone from 12 to 14 hours.

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    Representatives of the coalition of the willing
    SANCTIONS!

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  47. MarkyMark says:

    So UK MPs get an 18% pay rise (since 2010) but still don’t have to buy tickets ….???

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  48. Up2snuff says:

    INFLATION WATCH #1 – it is only a small increase …

    … but it is above the current rate of inflation for February 2025 and therefore might prove troublesome for Rachel from Accounts. Another product that I buy has increased in price by 6p. That is a rise of over 3.7% which will increase the March 2025 rate from 2.8% in February.

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  49. Zephir says:

    “Serial thug Liam Matthews released early from prison kills man on day of release.

    Chronic prison overcrowding following the summer riots led to drug-dealing brute being freed to kill.”

    https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2033526/serial-thug-released-early-prison

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