322 Responses to Midweek 2nd April 2025

  1. Up2snuff says:

    BBC WEB-SITE Watch #1 – fnick fitzgerald and a BBC push for assisted dying

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czd35l8995eo Getty Images sure know how to get a picture selected for a BBC article – get an fnick fitzgerald in there. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8rgd4yrz3eo And assisted dying is all the rage with the BBC invited to cover this assisted death. Only three people required to cover this, much less than the seven Cost-of-Living journos.

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  2. Flotsam says:

    Trump’s tariffs make a lot of sense for America if you really think about it.
    America has driven the World’s economy for the last 120 years, particularly so since WW2. The rest of the World has hung onto America’s coat tails and benefitted from their Capitalist driven manufacturing and technological advances. Europe in particular has relied on America both for trade and defence and has basically leeched what it can, freeloaders.

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  3. JohnC says:

    Israeli strike on Gaza City school kills 27, health ministry says
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr4nlg6y5pxo

    ‘At least 27 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a school in northern Gaza that was serving as a shelter for displaced families, the Hamas-run health ministry says.’

    The BBC write the headline and opening paragraphs based entirely on what a designated Muslim terrorist group says.

    Further in the article we get the statement from the democratically elected Israeli government officials:

    ‘The Israeli military said it struck “prominent terrorists who were in a Hamas command and control centre” in the city, without mentioning a school.’

    In a decent and civilised world, the headline would be:
    ‘Hamas terrorist group using schools as command centres hit in Israeli air strike’

    This has gone too far now. It is beyond a joke. The story is such blatant, terrorist-supporting misrepresentation it’s ridiculous.

    These journalists have to ethics whatsoever to give people the truth. They disgust me. Trump has sent them into an uncontrolled rage of anti-Right hate and spite.

    Another from David Gritten. Here’s a complaint of his reporting alongside the anti-semite Yalanda Knell:

    BBC continues to prioritise Gaza hospitals narrative, this is especially shown in a report from December 30th credited to David Gritten and Yolande Knell.
    https://camera-uk.org/2025/01/05/bbc-continues-to-prioritise-gaza-hospitals-narrative-over-news/

    The BBC is full of these scumbags now. They are like ‘The Sun’ reporters who did a course on how to dress their lies and imply they are fact. Truth means nothing to these people.

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  4. pugnazious says:

    Looking but can’t see this story on the BBC despite it being everywhere else…even in the Guardian….as Glasgow is overwhelmed by ‘migrants’…

    ‘Asylum system risks ‘damaging social cohesion’, Glasgow city council warns’

    A familiar tale that we have heard from many US cities that declared themselves ‘migrant sanctuary cities’ and then found themselves going bankrupt only to blame federal government for not doling out the cash to pay for their grandstanding foolishness.

    Of course it’s a familiar tale if you don’t rely only on the BBC for your news…there all is rosy and the invaders are a great benefit to all societies they target.

    Clearly the BBC has to find a single mother with a great sob story about her ‘desperate’ travails to get here before reporting this….despite it being single males that are the overwhelming problem….of course that’s not emotive enough and nobody is going to cry for a fighting age male with suspect moral values.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “When the migrants pass through the Strait of Gibraltar, the French president orders troops to the south and addresses the nation with his plan to repel them. However, in the middle of the address, he breaks down, demanding the troops simply follow their consciences instead. Most of the troops immediately desert their posts and join the civilians as they flee north, and the south is quickly overrun by the migrants. Some of the last troops to stand their ground take refuge in a small village, along with Calguès, an old man who has chosen to remain at his home, and Hamadura, a Westernized Indian who is terrified of his “filthy, brutish” countrymen and prides himself on having more in common with whites than Indians. The troops in this village, a total of nineteen Frenchmen and one Indian, surrounded by what they deem “occupied territory”, remain the last defense of Western values and “Free France” against the immigrants.”

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

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      Manchester Arena bomber was rescued from Libya by Royal Navy
      This article is more than 6 years old
      Salman Abedi, who killed 22 people in a suicide attack last year, was saved from civil war in 2014
      https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/31/manchester-arena-bomber-was-rescued-from-libya-by-royal-navy

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  5. JohnC says:

    Revenge porn victim ‘constantly paranoid’ after topless images shared online
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg5q64rv349o

    Another BBC article brimming with misandry from these 2 typical BBC ‘reporters’:
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    The star of the show is ‘Jade’ who claims that entire life has been ruined because an ex put some topless pictures of her online and she thinks every bloke is looking at her t1ts now. I knew a woman like that once : batsh1t crazy.

    However Jade doesn’t mind getting a big picture of herself in the article to make sure EVERYBODY recognises her now.
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    Not sure what on Earth these idiots think that picture is – is she looking at her own pictures on her phone at her country estate ??.

    I don’t know about anyone elses experience, but from mine it’s usually the woman who switches into nasty b@stard mode at times like that. But of course the misandrists say that too is the fault of the man for making her do it.

    Not all women I hasten to add : just the shallow ones like I think attention seeking Jade is. I bet she got on like a house on fire with the 2 BBC clones.

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  6. JohnC says:

    Harry hopes watchdog will uncover ‘truth’ in charity row
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1lmggp7de8o

    The BBC really do love Harry and Meghan. They are beautifully woke and racist.

    I went to this guff just to see if there were any accusations against the pair of them because of how desperate Harry seems to be. I know now that if there are any allegations, the BBC will mention them (to claim they are not biased) but they will be buried somewhere for minimum impact.

    Sure enough, it’s all everybody elses fault right up to the end when we get these snippets:

    ‘She previously said the “toxicity” of his brand was the “number one risk for this organisation”.

    ‘Ms Chandauka also spoke about a dispute over a video at a fundraising polo match, where it had been claimed Meghan was manoeuvring her out of the way during a prize-giving ceremony.’
    “Prince Harry asked me to issue some sort of a statement in support of the duchess and I said I wouldn’t,” said Ms Chandauka.’
    These are of course swiftly rebuked by the BBC using ‘Sources close to Prince Harry or Meghan’.

    I do enjoy it when the Left turn nasty at each other. We get to see their true colours.

    Here’s the BBC chump who is ‘Royal Correspondent’ and appears to be ex-Guardian:
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    He describes himself as ‘BBC News royal correspondent. Award winner.’. LOL.

    He’s also the author of an article called:
    ‘Prince William sends strong message from tank near Russian border’
    I saw last week which was too pathetic on all fronts for me to bother reading it.

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  7. Zephir says:

    Talking of female sexism… confirmation of what I have seen in the workplace more than a few times, especially local authorities:

    “I was fired from Google after my female boss’ ‘sexist’ changes to her department left me feeling hopeless. In a bombshell federal lawsuit filed in the Southern District of New York last week, Meier claimed Martinez subjected male employees to a ‘relentless campaign’ of hostility and discrimination.

    It’s the latest in a series of workplace discrimination lawsuits in which white men say they’ve faced discrimination as companies embrace policies that help women and minorities get ahead. The lawsuit alleged that when Meier started with Martinez’s team, seven of her nine employees were men, but over the course of four years, she fired most of the men and replaced them with women.

    According to the lawsuit, she allegedly sent such messages as: ‘The women on my team have better leadership skills and are better prepared’ and ‘Men are too aggressive and too competitive.’
    The lawsuit alleges that Meier and other team leaders were not allowed to fully take part in meetings and were reviewed much more harshly than their women co-workers.

    It also says men employees struggled to get onto big projects, while lesser qualified women staffers got the opportunities. To put it simply, Meier says, women got promotions and men were repeatedly turned down.

    In one instance, Martinez allegedly gave her male and female team members an annual membership to Step-Up, a company that supports only women in leadership, for their Christmas gift.”

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14561821/chronic-pain-diet-Carla-Veith-Carter.html

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  8. Fedup2 says:

    Not bothering with the tired biased BBC I prefer Fox News on YouTube – the daily Jesse Walter’s is a pro trumo breath of air .
    And it covers stuff the bbc won’t touch –

    For instance – a number of former Biden staffers are writing their books – and having to squirm their way about how the dementia suffering Biden was handled .

    There are starting to be calls for an investigation into who was President during those Biden years . Who made the decisions ?
    On this site we ve ranted over the Biden dementia probably since 2020 – when they kept in a bunker rather than risking campaigning .

    Maybe the truth will start to come out .

    Then there is the treatment of Donald Trump before the 2024 election . Basically the democrat secret service made it as easy as possible to get him killed – with weak protection even after the assassination attempt .

    Loyal secret service staff threatened to go public unless the Biden head of the secret service did something ….and they still haven’t published full reports on the assassination attempts . – stuff you’ll never hear about on the BBC …

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  9. Zephir says:

    “I risked my life serving my country in Iraq… but now I’ve lost my job at a bank because I’m a white man.

    A white, male Iraq war veteran is suing a top US bank, saying he was pushed aside in favor of less-qualified candidates in an aggressive diversity-hiring push. Chris Smith says Ally Financial ignored his 20 years’ experience in security and intelligence work and gave the job he wanted to an ex-Walmart employee because she was a woman. He got a junior role in the North Carolina office, but was then sidelined by a boss who railed against ‘white supremacy,’ was treated unfairly, and ended up quitting within weeks, he says.

    It’s the latest lawsuit from America First Legal (AFL), a campaign group led by former Trump administration officials, that fights diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), policies in the US.

    Smith, a former Marine and Army intelligence officer who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and has two decades of experience in security, applied for three roles in Ally’s newly-created ‘threat division’ unit in 2023. He was offered and accepted the lowest-paying role as a security analyst, on about $75,000 a year.

    Ally hired Rachel Stuckey, a white woman who had worked for the previous four years at Walmart, as team manager. Stuckey also had a year of experience in counterterrorism work in Israel.

    Smith says Stuckey was hired ‘because of her sex’ so the bank could meet DEI targets.
    Ally also hired a less-qualified black woman and a black man in senior analyst roles above Smith, despite his greater experience, it is claimed.

    Once he started working in the Charlotte office in September 2023, Smith says he faced further discrimination. He was not properly credited for his work, he says. His teammates were sent on training courses, could work from home, and got parking spots near the office, but Smith did not.”

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13497647/Iraq-veteran-Ally-bank-job-white-supremacy-diversity-North-Carolina.html

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  10. AsISeeIt says:

    Are you not entertained? So asked Russell Crowe, in the character of the ancient Roman Maximus, in the movie Gladiator [2000]

    Our BBC have taken it into their heads to revive the vintage TV show Gladiators, ‘the iconic competition show featuring all-out action as a new generation of superhumans take on brave contenders in the ultimate test of speed and strength’

    Think of it as It’s a Knockout, but rather than involving the collection of plastic buckets filled with coloured water and set in some godforsaken grassy recreation ground in Sandwell, it’s under the harsh studio lights and involves superannuated former athlete gym bunnies, clad in spandex and sporting ludicrous stage personas, fighting with giant Q-tips.

    You’ll be familiar with the likes of Wolf, Amazon, Rebel and even Saracen.

    But you’ll never guess… Meet “Hijabi”: Gladiators’ first hijabi contender Aneila Afsar aims to inspire (BBC)

    Surely there comes a point where our BBC attains the ultimate status of having become a parody of itself? Self-referential, “Meta” as the youngsters like to say. Like when the BBC’s very own satirical sitcom show W1A had an episode that revolved around the in-house managerial angst concerning their prize muslim weatherman having suddenly shaved off his beard that was previously so popular with BBC top brass.

    ‘Nothing we can’t do’: Gladiators’ first hijabi contender aims to inspire… Many Muslim girls and women wear the hijab, an Islamic head covering, as a symbol of modesty… “I love that I have the opportunity to go on this iconic show and inspire young Muslim girls, women from my community, and show them that there’s nothing we can’t do,” the 26-year-old tells BBC Newsbeat. (Abu Bakar Yasin, BBC Newsbeat) – Nothing she can’t do? Not all that modest then, is she?

    You know how YouTube videos get interrupted with advertising shorts as you wait desperately for the skip button? There’s an anti-smoking one sponsored by a lung cancer charity, I think. The scenario is a pretty looking black girl has a chavvy white boyfriend who smokes and drives a flash souped-up motor with the reg number T0000XIC (get it?) of course she is urged to ditch her horrible toxic habits.

    Don’t put you daughter on the stage Mrs Sethu

    When new Doctor Who companion Varada Sethu first told her family she wanted to be an actress, there wasn’t immediate support. (BBC, Amber Sandhu & Rebecca Swash, BBC Asian Network News)

    Oh really, mum and dad didn’t like the idea their daughter might eventually end up whizzing about beyond the speed of light in an outlandish vehicle with some in-human bloke?

    But Varada wants to change all of that, and says inspiring young girls to follow their dreams is one of her big goals. (BBC)

    Are we beginning to get the message here?

    And there we were thinking it was all about the entertainment.

    African diet could work wonders for your health – interjects Rhys Blakely, science correspondent for the Times, apropos of nothing in particular.

    That’s frontpage news, apparently, from the formerly patriotic regime-central Times. Seems it’s out with your once rather fashionalbe Mediterranean diet and in with the African posh nosh.

    And it’s all oh-so exotic, darlings: …traditional cuisine of the Chagga people, who live on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro (Times)

    And there we were thinking we led the world in chicken nuggets.

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  11. Zephir says:

    This…thing, openly against UK foreign policy…

    “Sadiq Khan accused of citing ‘Hamas propaganda’ in his Eid speech by London’s Israeli embassy.

    He said in a video posted on March 30 to mark the Islamic celebration of Eid al-Fitr and the end of the holy month of Ramadan: ‘More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed as a result of Israel’s ongoing military campaign, including more than 15,000 children.’

    The London Mayor added: ‘These betrayals of humanity should weigh heavily on our collective conscience.

    ‘But I’m proud that, while the international community has chosen to avert its gaze, Londoners have not.’

    But the Israeli embassy in London criticised Khan for not condemning Hamas and failing to mention the hostages still held by the terror group.

    In a statement to The Telegraph, a spokesperson for the embassy said: ‘Firstly, we would like to emphasise to Mr Khan that the war is a result of the brutal and horrific attack by Hamas, a proscribed terror organisation in the UK, which was imposed on Israel on Oct 7.

    ‘It is alarming that, throughout the message, there is no mention of Hamas or any condemnation of terrorism and a call for the release of 59 hostages that are being held in horrific and inhumane conditions’, they added. “

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  12. Zephir says:

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    • JohnC says:

      The way the Left are making this security mistake sound like leaking nuclear secrets to Russia is just laughable.

      It was plan to bomb some more goat herders.

      What is really suspicious to me is how it just happened to be a left-wing activist journalist with a long history of attacking Trump.

      Meanwhile Sleepy Joe personally intervened for his own political benefit and ended up giving Afghanistan and billions in military equipment to the Taliban and it was all quickly dropped. Nothing was said against Joe. In fact they tried to blame Trump for it !!.

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  13. Zephir says:

    Wow, unbelievable, they’ve suddenly run out of black actors when…

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  14. Fedup2 says:

    Im guessing when the kids are forced to see that show they’ll think it’s a comedy – whilst in real life they are debating which is the best knife for stabbing / slashing ….

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  15. tomo says:

    Difficult to be positive, ain’t it?

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  16. Zephir says:

    Yes, and…

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  17. Guest Who says:

    BBC’s fave woman of the peepil speaks.

    https://x.com/angelarayner/status/1908056210181378336?s=61
    Our pubs, restaurants & live music venues are the beating heart of our cultural life, so it’s vital they’re given every chance to survive and thrive.
    That’s why new trial powers for London will back the capital’s pubs and clubs–boosting the nighttime economy and driving growth.

    #ccbgb

    https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/amy-lame-night-czar-london-mayor-future-role-nightlife-economy-sadiq-khan-b1191380.html

    Lame is as Lame does. At least Fick Ange will get free pints and a space in the dj booth.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “trial powers for London” POWERS?

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      EVERYTHING IS FREE…..

      Name of donor: Lord Wajid Khan of Burnley
      Address of donor: private
      Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights £2,400; hotel £1,100; total value £3,500
      Destination of visit: Pakistan
      https://www.theyworkforyou.com/regmem/?p=25429&chamber=house-of-commons

      Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
      Work clothes for use while undertaking my duties.

      Work clothes for PARTYING IN LONDON? FREE

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  18. Zephir says:

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  20. MarkyMark says:

    Kids to be forced to watch “Fight Club” in schools to help end toxic masculinity.

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  21. MarkyMark says:

    “‘I could live 30 years – but plan to die’: Has assisted dying in Canada gone too far?”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3wxq28znpqo

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    “A society that gives up on living will not live long”

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  22. Althepalerp says:

    That Katya Adler woman – Awful !

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  23. MarkyMark says:

    Are humans naturally monogamous?
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct5rjl

    … BBC ….
    I’m a new Muslim
    Ruqaiyyah Waris MaqsoodRuqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
    There is nothing easier than converting to Islam
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/conversion/newmuslim_1.shtml

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    Muslim husbands with more than one wife to get extra benefits as ministers recognise polygamy
    12 April 2012
    https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/muslim-husbands-with-more-than-one-wife-to-get-extra-benefits-as-ministers-recognise-polygamy-6619260.html
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    2025 … Bradford city of UK Culture.

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  24. pugnazious says:

    ‘We’re not far away from a politician running for office as explicitly anti-Muslim, and to those who say authoritarianism cannot happen here, I reply: lockdown…..Betz sees no solution, so suggests we prepare for anarchy. I’m more concerned about fascism.

    I now fear Britain is heading for open sectarian conflict, possibly war, and there’s nothing we can do to stop it. ‘

    Hmmmm…Fascism?…isn’t that pretty much what Islam is? Did we not have massive armies fighting Fascism? How times change.

    ‘‘How strange must our system of politicks appear in future ages, when it appears, that while we were carrying on offensive wars in all quarters of the globe with vast fleets and armies, that an enemy rode triumphant in our own harbours.’ ‘

    We fought Islamisation in Afghanistan but allow it here…even Muslims admit the reality…

    ‘I could never have imagined, nine years on, that the Taliban would be claiming to have ‘won the war’ in Afghanistan.

    Or, much worse, that our politicians and Muslim ‘leaders’ here would allow their twisted ideology to spread across Britain.

    Make no mistake, Taliban devotees are in our schools, playgrounds, homes, mosques, political parties, public service, private firms and universities.

    And if we are to have any hope of combating them, we need to stop this attitude of appeasement and understand why so many Muslims are attracted to the most punishing forms of belief, suppressing women and children.

    Why are we fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan and indulging Taliban values here?’

    And another…

    ‘‘When I married V.S. Naipaul and moved to England in 1996, I thought I had left the horror behind.

    Pakistan had drained my resolve, and I was tired of fighting a losing battle. To me, England, for all its ills, was the promised land.

    Instead, I have found the horror I fled has followed me here. It is all around, eroding the very core of everything Britain believes in.

    It’s going mainstream…..as Tim Stanley in the Telegraph raises the possibility, or likelihood, of civil war due to mass immigration and Britain being ‘under attack’. Stanley is aghast….and his answer?….surrender to Islam….which is pretty much the Establishment policy…they know Islam is creeping up on us and more recruits float across the Channel everyday but they know that to stop it harsh measures would be needed…and they are unprepared to do that…so they accept Islamisation and instead use harsh measures to suppress those who dissent.

    ‘Britain is lurching towards civil war, and nobody knows how to stop it’

    We do know how to stop it….but he wouldn’t like the answer.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      1985 …. Ahmadis suffer vicious persecution around the world. The main source of fuel for that persecution is in Pakistan, but what happens in Pakistan does not stay in Pakistan.

      I know that from my experience in the Yorkshire market town of Batley. In August 1985, when I was 11 years old, my parents organised an inter-faith meeting in the town hall. It was interrupted and disturbed when, according to West Yorkshire police,

      more than 1,000 extremists, led by Pakistani hate preachers funded by the Pakistani state, were bused in from around the country.

      The mob brutally attacked my English mother and my father, a dermatologist; my eldest brother and I; and a Welsh Ahmadi schoolteacher who was with us. My first cousin, a GP, was by chance driving through the market town that day. He saw the mob and saw his family and friends being attacked, so he stopped. He was recognised, pulled from his vehicle and savagely beaten up.

      https://www.theyworkforyou.com/whall/?id=2020-03-12a.177.0&s=islam+batley#g195.0

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    • pugnazious says:

      ‘Indicative of a government and a whole ruling class that does not take Islamism seriously enough….they really don’t understand the extent of this existential threat….’

      At least Tommy Robinson is still locked up….the streets are so much safer.

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  25. tomo says:

    Ban the banned (with apology to Suzi Quattro)

    Absurd tossers in Whitehall / UK Home Office etcetera blustering + blathering.

    Sack the effin lot of them.

    https://x.com/ukhomeoffice/status/1907417738517102797

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    As one reply says – how about banning a few Ninjas?

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  26. pugnazious says:

    Listened to Blacks on R4 discussing life in the US and here….they moved to the US and said it was lovely there..they felt accepted and comfortable in the ‘melting pot’ whereas in Britain not so much…of course that was pre-Trump….the devil incarnate who has introduced not just the post-truth era but racism to the US as well. Lol.

    Hmmm…whose fault is that when they formed their own little ghettos and separate culture from the British…helped by a foolsih Establishment that encouraged such apartheid calling it ‘multiculturalism’? And now of course this is ramped up enormously….there is an aggressive, militant anti-white, anti-Britain narrative being adopted by Blacks and so many in the media and the Establishment from academia, NGOs, politics and business who bend the knee to this and adopt it as well.

    ‘Britain’is being destroyed and its culture, history and population replaced.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “Black On The Square 2024”
      https://www.london.gov.uk/events/black-square-2024

      #BlackOnTheSquare (racist) #LondonIsOpen (unless you are Trump) #MeccaIsClosed (unless you are Sadiq Khan a Muslim)

      A wonderful event was had, celebrating Black culture and creativity, at this free event, brought to you by the Mayor of London.

      This year’s celebrated and recognised the importance of collectivism within the community, inspiring a sense of togetherness.

      A range of Black-owned businesses offered delicious food ranging from the Caribbean, Mauritius, Guyana, Jamaica, Nigeria, Ghana, including plantain bites, fusion fish and chips, ice-creams and West African vegan delights. Stalls also offered a selection of artisan goods ranging from accessories, coats, bags, home décor, candles, art prints, jewellery, headwear and inclusive books for all ages.

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  27. Eddy Booth says:

    “Thailand attack couple’s UK return ‘wonderful’ ”

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2ydzdp1x2o

    “Mary Byrne, 69, and her husband Des, 77, said they were punched and kicked in a dispute over a small garden after emigrating to Asia.

    They said they acted in self-defence but feared they would be jailed when Thai authorities said they and their assailants would face charges.

    “Being back in Middlesbrough and seeing the fabulous countryside, it’s absolutely wonderful,” said Mrs Byrne. “We couldn’t be happier.”

    Last month the couple were issued with a fine instead of a prison sentence and had their passports returned to them.

    They have now abandoned their plans to retire in Thailand and are instead looking at houses in Middlesbrough.”

    Unusual for the BBC: a reverse – place in the sun – type story.
    Of course the useless BBC neglects to provide many details.

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    • Zephir says:

      I will not make any excuses for the corrupt practices by Thai authorities and many of their citizens, but interesting that the bbc seem to have made a decision on “whiter” asians still to be allowed to be seen as the villains.

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  28. tomo says:

    Hardly news that Dale Vince is a liar / nutso.

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  29. MarkyMark says:

    Where are all the African Muslim White Albinos?

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  30. MarkyMark says:

    ‘Nothing we can’t do’: Gladiators’ first hijabi contender aims to inspire
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c757535ygpno

    ‘Nothing we can’t do’ – take your Hijab off in Iran!
    ‘Nothing we can’t do’ – take your Hijab off in Saudi!
    ‘Nothing we can’t do’ – protest in China!
    ‘Nothing we can’t do’ – draw a cartoon of Mohammed!
    ‘Nothing we can’t do’ – visit an NHS FGM clinic!
    ‘Nothing we can’t do’ – take the hijab off in Mecca!

    It’s just a head covering … “She became the first person ever to compete on the show wearing a hijab and says she gains strength from wearing it.***

    *** Aisha aged 6 would not have to worn a Hijab when she visited the tent for bedtime stories with her husband Mohammed.

    “The hijab is not a limitation.”

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    A fire on 11 March 2002 at a girls’ school in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, killed fifteen people, all young girls. Complaints were made that Saudi Arabia’s “religious police”, specifically the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, had prevented schoolgirls from leaving the burning building and hindered emergency services personnel because the students were not wearing modest clothing.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Mecca_girls%27_school_fire

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  31. Marco says:

    Why are the main stream media trying to bait the government in to making resiprical tarrifs on Trump it seems the media wants a trade war .

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Marco – watch this Kier Starmer documentary – “The Day Today – WAR!”

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    • JohnC says:

      That is the bare truth of it Marco.

      They hate Trump so much, they would rather him and the world burn than he gets any credit for something. They genuinely believe that the ends justify the means. Just as Hitler did when he gassed all the Jews.

      They have been the same about Brexit. The BBC actively want the country to fail so badly we rejoin. They don’t care one bit about the suffering and misery they might cause as a result of their actions.

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  32. digg says:

    If this story in The Mail is true it should result in a massive cull of the overpaid idiots running Westminster City Council…

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14570565/Woke-Labour-council-staff-white-privilege-test.html

    Obscene!

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    • MarkyMark says:

      ‘Woke’ Labour council faces claims it tells staff to take ‘white privilege’ test – and they are marked down if they shop at Waitrose or M&S, drive a new car or are a white male
      By ROBERT FOLKER

      Published: 09:59, 4 April 2025 | Updated: 12:10, 4 April 2025

      ………….
      EXCLUSIVE: Waitrose FIRED ME for my TRADITIONAL VIEWS & Treated Me Like a Criminal. Ben Woods

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  33. JohnC says:

    Facebook is awash with people claiming Trump is a Russian agent.

    Surprise surprise, Snopes don’t fact check that one. Or should I say they couldn’t find any evidence to support it so they chose to not mention it.

    The only one who does is ‘Euronews.com’
    Fact check: Was Donald Trump recruited by the KGB and codenamed ‘Krasnov’?
    https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/03/13/fact-checking-online-claims-that-donald-trump-was-recruited-by-the-kgb-as-krasnov

    They then proceed ‘Panorama’ style to try and include anything at all which says he is (which is 100% Lefty activists – even showing fake AI memes of Trump in Russian uniform) before tucking this away right at the bottom:

    ‘Euroverify cannot verify claims that Trump is a Russian asset.’

    THIS is what the Left are to me. They don’t care one bit about ethics or truth. They are worse than spiteful 12 year olds. They are the most pathetic people I have ever encountered.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      How a young Sir Keir Starmer ended up in Communist spy files after joining a Czechoslovakian work camp during Cold War
      By TOM KELLY INVESTIGATIONS EDITOR

      Published: 23:38, 14 June 2024 | Updated: 01:20, 15 June 2024

      ………………………………

      Jeremy Corbyn was paid by an Iranian state TV station that was complicit in the forced confession of a tortured journalist

      ……………………………..

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    • tomo says:

      It’s the old “when did you stop beating your wife” thing

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  34. Marco says:

    LOL. What does it matter how much China stacks on? Their current barriers and tariffs have already made it impossible for America to sell goods there competitively.
    They already understand that it’s ‘game over’, they knew way in advance this was coming.
    This sabre rattling is just a
    negotiation tactic for the next round. The American MSM are useful idiots for their team

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  35. Marco says:

    China holds $800 billion of US debt in which we pay them interest on. That money is used to build up their military. Ironic that the American taxpayer is paying for two major military industrial complexes- ours and China. It’s time we stop the insanity of deficit spending including trade deficits. I hear all the complaints about tariffs from media pundits and Democrats, but I don’t hear them put forth an alternative solution. As the saying goes, “when you find yourself in a hole…stop digging

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    • MarkyMark says:

      China Still Gets “Developing Nation” Preferential Treatment
      Posted date/time:June 20, 2023

      The People’s Republic of China is the world’s second largest economy, ranks in the top five nations for trade and foreign investment, has the world’s largest number of middle-class consumers, and provides an estimated $3 billion per year in foreign aid expenditures. But the United Nations still formally treats it as a developing economy.

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  36. Marco says:

    CCP will lose…..but they are counting on our home grown Leftists to create a stink here using the age old strategy of protest and propaganda……Products made in China are inferior cheap crap…..some being toxic through the years…..from cadmium found in children’s jewelry…to the toxic wall board sold here in the 90`s…
    Salve labor used in China is never reported in the press…..We created this CCP monster sacrificing our Manufacturing Base to China for American Corporation profits.

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  37. Althepalerp says:

    SO, China has raised its Tariff’s on US goods.

    Won’t that hit the Chinese consumer and add to inflation?
    Will the BBC tell us that?

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    • Eddy Booth says:

      How about the tariff shock wiping billions or trillions off the worlds stock markets.
      Isn’t that deflationary with suddenly less money sloshing around?

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  38. Eddy Booth says:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj3x113prg6o

    ‘We were made homeless while on our honeymoon’

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    “A couple claim they have been left homeless after they returned from their two-week honeymoon to find the locks on their rented property were changed.”

    Basically a pair of *disabled* ie fat lazy slobs, usually good at playing the system but slipped up with the housing association, by not bothering to pay the rent etc
    BBC don’t provide much info.

    Daily Mirror :
    https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/evicted-newlyweds-teenage-son-sleeping-34992147

    “both on PIP and Universal Credit due to our disabilities. ”

    “Christopher, 31 : health issues including vertigo, mini strokes, gender dysphoria, PTSD, schizophrenia, IBS, and severe back pain..
    Lisa, who is also struggling, has osteoarthritis, incontinence, high blood pressure, depression, anxiety, and split personality disorder. “

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  39. Deborah says:

    I had to smile. My Democrat supporting American cousin wrote she had considered attending an AntiTrump march but the forecast was for rain so she wasn’t bothering.

    I then thought of British farmers out in freezing rain in I think it was December and February. I know which people have just cause to oppose the voted in politicians and will fight whatever the weather.

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  40. Marco says:

    They don’t like being done the way the do to others. Aka bullying. In addition to the reciprical terrifs which should adjust automatically. We need to impose a digital great fire wall around China to isolate them and keep them in the dark. They need to not be able to see or hear anything from the outside world. Of course that would require all the tech people to wake up, get some common sense, and understand these people are NOT their or anyone else’s friends

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  41. MarkyMark says:

    UK DOGE?

    “David Goldstone, Chair of the Office for Value for Money, said:

    I am honoured to have been appointed by the Chancellor and Chief Secretary to this important role. I look forward to working within government over the coming year to bring renewed focus to ensuring we deliver maximum value for the public in how money is spent.**”

    ** NET ZERO NEWS SO FAR

    https://www.gov.uk/government/news/david-goldstone-cbe-appointed-as-independent-chair-of-the-office-for-value-for-money

    David will be supported by a multidisciplinary team of up to 20 civil servants based in HM Treasury.

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  42. Fedup2 says:

    Russell brand charged with rape . I don’t know too much about him – but I know he is a dissenter – and therefore very much a target for the TR treatment … free country …

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    • moggiemoo says:

      The dinghy paddlers get everything for free. So yeah, it is. For them at least.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      BBC to remove all Russell Brand content like Huw Edwards?

      “https://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=russell+brand&d=HOMEPAGE_PS&page=12”

      “The force said it is alleged that:

      In 1999 a woman was raped in the Bournemouth area.

      In 2001 a woman was indecently assaulted in the Westminster area of London.

      In 2004 a woman was orally raped and sexually assaulted in the Westminster area of London.

      Between 2004 and 2005, a woman was sexually assaulted in the Westminster area of London.

      Brand has been told to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 2 May, but he is believed to be in the United States.”

      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0457d02e9go

      ………………..

      Brand and Ross called Sachs to interview him on air; when he did not answer, they left lewd messages on his answering machine, including comments about Brand’s relationship with Sachs’ granddaughter Georgina Baillie.
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Russell_Brand_Show_prank_calls

      ………….

      Russell Brand: Channel 4 sorry after missing complaint about comedian
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68624033

      …………….

      Ed Miliband Explains Russell Brand Meeting – 30/04/2015

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  43. pugnazious says:

    I wonder how many Muslims have been arrested for their protests outside schools…not least in Batley where a teacher is still under threat of death from religious fanatics….but if you pray silently outside an abortion clinic? And which one do you think the BBC is OK with? If you want to kill a teacher that’s OK really, not much to say about that…but if you want to protest about killing babies?…er….you’re a Christian religious monster….or say you want to protest about people threatening to kill teachers…you’d probably go to jail….ala Tommy Robinson.

    ‘Donald Trump’s administration is actively seeking to champion more anti-abortion protesters facing prosecution in the UK in a move that risks a transatlantic rift.

    It comes as campaigner Livia Tossici-Bolt was convicted for protesting outside a Bournemouth clinic’

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