300 Responses to Midweek 7th May 2025

  1. digg says:

    Starmer bigging up his involvement in the dodgy US trade “deal” whereby he has engineered a deal with Trump to cut the tariffs on UK built cars going to the USA. Of course as everyone knows the UK only hosts one significant car builder which is Jaguar Land Rover… two distinctly British brands but which in fact are owned by TATA steel in India.

    So for the second time in less than a week this deluded chap tries to pull the wool over everyone’s eyes when as we already know he is going let Indian workers in the UK escape tax and NI.

    This is insane!

    The man is a rudderless posing fraud!

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    • Scroblene says:

      Just been reading about this Digg, President Trump saw TTK coming a country mile off, and the stupid man farted around at a football match, when the non-deal was announced to none other than the Dark Sith Time Lord, Meddlelson!

      After the failure of the Indian ‘deal’, TTK is strutting around pretending he knows what he’s done, and no doubt the civil serpents he had in tow are totting up their pensions as well.

      As to be expected, Beeboids are bigging up the ‘non-deal’ as a triumph, but as is the norm, they put a fifth-former on the ‘story’ to make their own Sith Floor’s comments available to anyone who bothers to read their stuff…

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      • non-licence payer says:

        Take the “i” and the “h” out of triumph and you have Trump!

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  2. Guest Who says:

    And, to the surprise of no one…

    https://order-order.com/2025/05/08/another-month-without-a-jon-sopel-bluesky-post/?

    Emma Kennedy still waiting At Mastadon?

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  3. MarkyMark says:

    The nationality of the pope ‘shouldn’t matter’
    BBC Verified

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn4we7prv4rt

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    • pugnazious says:

      Lol…is that the same BBC that told us we wouldn’t have an American Pope? I’m betting if he’d been a Black African it would have been hanging out the bunting and blowing many trumpets.

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      • Mrs Kitty says:

        The brakes would have gone on swiftly when they discovered how Conservative the African cardinal is, they would have been saying that it’s a disaster and wailing about the steps back he would have taken.

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  4. pugnazious says:

    Funny how the not exactly world shattering trade deal with the US was being described by the BBC as a ‘major diplomatic success’ and ‘highly significant’ and a ‘significant turning point’. Similar deals by the Tories after Brexit were instantly poo-pooed and dismissed as worthless by the BBC…blatantly obvious the BBC is blowing smoke up our butts on behalf of their chum in No10…nothing like having the national broadcaster doing your PR for you.

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  5. pugnazious says:

    Pakistan and India come to blows once again over Kashmir and….it’s all our fault in Britain…says the BBC.

    Hmmm…thought partition actually came about because Muslims wanted apartheid and their own Islamic Zion…Pakistan, and Bangladesh, are Indian in reality.

    If the BBC accepts Pakistan as a state, and that Kashmir with its Muslim population must be completely handed over to Pakistan, then they can accept that Russia can annex parts of Ukraine that have mostly Russian populations.

    Can’t promote one nationalist cause without supporting the same elsewhere….or are they just ‘appeasing’ the Muslims as always?

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  6. StewGreen says:

    @AdnanHussainMP losing big time on Twitter
    He opened with What Rupert actually wants to say is:-
    Free speech means protecting the right to offend Muslims.

    Rupert Lowe replied
    Yes, I do believe the right to offend Muslims must be protected.
    The right to offend anyone must be protected

    That reply got 28,000 Likes ie 15 times more than Hussain got

    In fact in dozens of replies and QTs Hussain lost big time
    .. https://x.com/PatrickChristys/status/1920501444257464770

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  7. pugnazious says:

    Just in case you didn’t know…Covid came from animals and was definitely not a lab leak….the BBC follows the science not wild conspiracy theories.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002bt8r

    Hmmmm…pretty sure a lot of very respected scientists actually state that it was almost certainly a lab leak…backed up by many intelligence reports and analysis. And of course given the circumstances it would be the obvious first suspicion of anyone looking on….except the BBC which has zealously pushed the wetmarket scenario and determinedly tried to rubbish and discredit the most obvious conclusion….just as it pushes the idea that China is the most green country in the world….even as it builds huge numbers of coal-fired power stations.

    Just what is it with China and the BBC…the same BBC that constantly defends and promotes Iran even when it was hodling several BBC journalists hostage?

    Just which State does the state broadcaster broadcast for exactly? Seems more likely to promote the interests of our enemies than our own.

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  8. StewGreen says:

    6 year old tweet from Lammy

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  9. harry142857 says:

    It’s That Man Again

    A man has appeared in court charged with murder after a customer was stabbed at a bank in Derby city centre.

    Haybe Cabdiraxmaan Nur, 47, of Western Road in Derby, has been charged with the murder of Gurvinder Johal, 37, who was stabbed inside Lloyds in St Peter’s Street just after 14:30 BST on Tuesday.

    Mr Cabdiraxmaan Nur appeared at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.

    He spoke through a Somali interpreter to confirm his name and age, and was remanded in custody to appear at Derby Crown Court on Friday.

    BBC news, UK, England, Derbyshire.

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    • JohnC says:

      Entirely as predicted, it was the enrichment again.
      And entirely as normal, they withheld that fact for a couple of days to let the story go cold.

      Next week’s headline:

      ‘Knife kills man.’

      Meanwhile nowhere to be seen at the BBC:
      ‘Antarctica’s Astonishing Rebound: Ice Sheet Grows for the First Time in Decades’
      https://scitechdaily.com/antarcticas-astonishing-rebound-ice-sheet-grows-for-the-first-time-in-decades/

      It just shows that they don’t have a f*cking clue about how the natural cycle of global warming and cooling actually works – all they do is say what has happened then academics invent reasons why they think it did – which are then presented as facts by the politicians and globalists who eyes light up with dollar signs when they realise it is the perfect, unaccountable opportunity for corruption.

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      • micknotmike says:

        Morning JC,

        Ref climate change :-

        Occasionally I come out with a comment that is so effective that I try to remember it for later use. A woke greenie colleague of mine commented a week or so back how hot it had become. I replied “But just think how bad it would be if man-made climate change was actually real”. Truth hurts, methinks.

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  10. JohnC says:

    Hong Kong pro-China informer: ‘Why I’ve reported dozens of people to police’
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c87p97w72exo

    These articles by the BBC always remind me what extreme hypocrites they are and do not care one bit about anyone or anything except their agenda.

    Here we told how bad people who go grassing to the government are.

    But who does all the ‘reporting’ here in the UK ?. When we see yet another right-wing person being arrested for the most pathetic of ‘crimes’ – like a social media post or whatever – the police ALWAYS tell us they are acting on a complaint they have received. Same as GB News – the Left actively watch it just looking for something to complain to the authorities about. The vilest among them – like Vorderman – even make posts on social media encouraging those who never even saw it to complain as well.

    What shows them as the real nasty b@stards they are is that very often, they are offended on BEHALF of someone else. Which means they are not offended at all – they are just venting hate.

    The more I see the world turn to shit, the more I become aware that it is the Left who are causing it. They destroy everything they meddle with because their driving force is hate and intolerance. Not common sense.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      The Right to Confront:
      A defendant generally has the right to be confronted by and cross-examine their accuser in court. This is a cornerstone of a fair trial.

      What is habeas corpus in the UK?
      Literally, the phrase means “[we command] that you should have the [detainee’s] body [brought to court]”; that is, that the detainee be brought to court in person.

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  11. Fedup2 says:

    Not the BbC

    I watched the whole of the Oval Office Trade deal thing on Thursday . It was hugely long and wouid try the patience of a saint .
    There wasn’t much by way of detail – but as i watched and heard 47 refer to ‘Brexit ‘ – I thought maybe the effect will be to distance the UK from the EU – which is a ‘win ‘ in itself .

    I m sure the Americans get the best of the ‘deal ‘ whatever anyone says . TTK needs the appearance of ‘wins ‘ – whatever the reality . I will repeat that – ‘the appearance of wins ‘….

    What comes down the line is of little consequence to him – the US buying the remains assets of britainistan … keeping the UK as a useful Eastern buffer against Europe and Russia ….

    As I watched I noticed Farage wasn’t in the room – nor mentioned . I wonder if that was planned ?

    Anyway – well done US – and I hope we get some cheaper stuff now ….

    And then my pope

    I watched the Vatican TV stream – no approved message apart from the tradition of the Roman Catholic Church .

    The conclave is a golden opportunity for many to sneer – and the selection of the pope even more so when people with their own prejudices condemn or celebrate .

    Personally I think it’s great that an Augustan American has been elected . I think he will express some of the views of Pope Francis but will remain supporter of the basis of the Church – of Christ and the Gospels …. And he knows there’s plenty of evil in the world.

    And then VE Day

    I just couldn’t even try to watch any coverage . Deep down i know all that pain and sacrifice was for nothing .

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    • JohnC says:

      The truth of it Fed is that the BBC (and the student-activist type Left in general) actively despise those soldiers because they represent white colonialists.

      All lessons of the past have now been forgotten and the Left have busied themselves making all the same mistakes again.

      You can be sure the USA has an eye on using the UK as an ammunition dump. I’m quite sure they think the EU may be a threat in the future as they edge towards fascist control – just not on the scale of China. The threat from Russia is only that as an ally of China. I’m certain the only the EU and China have their sights on global domination.

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      • tomo says:

        Ammunition dump?

        Small ports around Europe have been used to forward position stockpile khaki coloured 40ft containers since the Ukraine thing kicked of in earnest….

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      • Fedup2 says:

        JohnC
        Just on the Pope – the mass this morning he used Latin English and Italian – which no doubt will upset and please equal numbers …. He appears to have 3 feet – one in the US- one in Europe and one in South America .. which is …neat ..

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  12. MarkyMark says:

    “NHS plans ‘unthinkable’ cuts to balance books”
    09-05-2025
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgle2xkg3wpo

    ………………..
    NHS to benefit from £13.4 billion debt write-off
    https://www.gov.uk/government/news/nhs-to-benefit-from-13-4-billion-debt-write-off
    ………………..
    It is our privilege to introduce the NHS’s first equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) improvement plan. The NHS workforce is more diverse today than at any point in its 75-year history, and that brings benefits for patients and taxpayers alike.
    https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/nhs-equality-diversity-and-inclusion-improvement-plan/
    ………………….
    The analysis found 25.1% of nurses were obese compared with 14.4% of “other healthcare professionals”, which included doctors and dentists. Unregistered care workers had the highest prevalence of obesity at 31.9%.5 Dec 2017
    ………………….

    More than 30,000 people in the UK were infected with HIV and hepatitis C after being given contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 1980s.Two main groups of NHS patients were affected by what has been called the biggest treatment disaster in the history of the NHS.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-48596605
    ……………….
    NHS hospital sells placentas for cosmetic use
    An NHS hospital is selling placentas from new mothers for use in the development of anti-wrinkle skin creams and luxury shampoo.
    …………………..
    Local witch doctor now statistically safer than Southport Hospital
    “According to statistics released by public health researchers this week, a patient is now 3.82% less likely to die unexpectedly from treatment by popular Southport witch doctor, Bahati Rimmer, than by visiting a hospital under the management of Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust.”
    …………..

    High waits for treatment are not new. Prior to the pandemic in February 2020 there were already 4.57 million cases on a waiting list for consultant-led care.
    https://www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/nhs-delivery-and-workforce/pressures/nhs-backlog-data-analysis
    In February 2025, the waiting list stood at 7,402,148
    consisting of around 6,235,275
    individual patients waiting for treatment in England.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Imagine if there was accountability or motivation to provide value for money in their NHS ? They don’t even check whether people are entitled to treatment … it would be racist or rude ..sell it off ….

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  13. pugnazious says:

    Black BBC man gets arrested for funding terrorism and the story vanishes rapidly to the local pages…..oh wait…he’s not, not, not a BBC man…

    ‘Mr Ojiri is listed on Bargain Hunt’s website as one of the show’s experts. He is not a member of BBC staff, works as a freelance presenter and has also appeared on Antiques Road Trip and Channel 5’s Storage: Flog the Lot!

    He has not worked on BBC programmes since 2023.’

    AS with Southport the police seem reluctant to release any further information…no mention of what terrorist group or country he is alleged to be funding.

    Maybe it was BLM…..or he bought BBC TV licenses for Black people making sure they get the right disinformation and anti-White, anti-Britain propaganda.

    Pretty sure if it had been Whitey we’d know his inside leg measurement and every poster on his wall by now….and of course he’d have retweeted something Nigel Farage once posted….guilty!

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    • MarkyMark says:

      An art dealer from London has become the first person to be charged with a specific offence under section 21A of the Terrorism Act 2000.
      https://news.met.police.uk/news/art-dealer-charged-as-part-of-investigation-into-terrorist-financing-497067

      “he has been charged with eight counts of failing to make a disclosure ”

      The investigation has been carried out in partnership with the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) in HM Treasury, HMRC (the organisation that regulates the art sector), and the Met’s Arts & Antiques Unit.

      first person = breaking glass ceilings BBC Verified

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  14. Fedup2 says:

    The was a story – yesterday – that a labour MP has been arrested for Rape ( wot another one ?) I couldn’t tell if it was a ‘repeat ‘ story or a new one … if the bbc reported it they’d have left the word ‘labour ‘ out as usual – whereas the politics of any Tory arrested wouid always be included …

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Re the above – just been on the google – I think the story popped up for no reason and was the Norris one from April – so a bit of disinformation – unless there’s another one …

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    • non-licence payer says:

      Fedup. you have missed out one stage of the process. Initially the police leak the facts of alledged rapists depending on whether they are good or bad people. As ever reports of rapes by ‘good’ people only get leaked if no other course of action is possible. There is a substantive story out there from a few years back.

      The same police have never charged anyone for the leak of the case diary of Damian Green (despite the fact that they know exactly who stole it).

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      • Fedup2 says:

        Non – I put up a piece in the telegraph about Question Time and the routine hostility Reform receives there . I thought it was live – but is seems it is recorded and then ‘edited ‘.

        That makes it even more of a propaganda vehicle . No decent politician shouid agree to go on it ….

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  15. MarkyMark says:

    US-UK Economic Prosperity Deal (EPD)
    General terms of a new trade deal between the UK and US agreed on 8 May 2025.
    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/us-uk-economic-prosperity-deal-epd

    U.S. beef exports to the United Kingdom are currently subject to a 20 percent tariff within
    a quota of 1,000 metric tons (mt). The United Kingdom will remove the 20 percent tariff.
    Additionally, the United Kingdom will create a preferential duty-free quota of 13,000 mt for U.S.
    beef. In return, the United States will reallocate to the United Kingdom 13,000 mt of its existing
    “Other Countries” tariff rate quota (TRQ) for beef. Additionally, the United Kingdom will offer
    a preferential duty-free TRQ of 1.4 billion liters for U.S. ethanol.

    …………….
    UK must ‘do everything’ to rebuild trade with EU, says Bank boss
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr7zr4gnknxo

    Andrew Bailey told the BBC that as a public official he did not take a view on Brexit, but that reversing the post Brexit hit to UK-EU trade would be “beneficial”.

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    • Ian Rushlow says:

      I know someone who worked for Andrew Bailey. They were pretty underwhelmed by him…

      Most of the people currently in power in this country are fanatically pro-EU. If you were cut off their heads – not that anyone is advocating such a thing – they would have the letters ‘EU’ stamped through them like a stick of Blackpool rock. Well, Brussels rock but you know what I mean.

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  16. Guest Who says:

    https://x.com/bbcnews/status/1920731184536965323?s=61
    NHS plans ‘unthinkable’ cuts to balance books

    So, who is for the chop; the Asian or Frizz?

    Or is the 20 stone blonde already toast?

    Di Tiplady we salute you.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Savage cuts to the HR department ? No – they are a front line service – cut backs on diversity training ? No – vital ….

      Dig another non existence black hole and blame the dead blues …

      Maybe the new trade agreement means the US will buy the NHS – hope so ….

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  17. Fedup2 says:

    Not bbc – not sure it was covered at all … but yesterday afternoon – Thursday – the left commons speaker got cheesed off because his Marxist government told MPs there wouid be no formal statement about the US trade thing until Monday – their parliament not sitting today – Friday ….

    One might suspect there is a cover up going on with a spin doctor dream working up a way of claiming a ‘victory ‘ when it may not be . ,,,

    But if it upsets the EU – that’s a ‘win’ anyway ….

    And with this – you can tell there is no proper opposition …

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  18. AsISeeIt says:

    We’ve come a long way edition

    The giveaway Metro reveals a certain journalistic regret at how this story can’t now be spun to run and run: 267th Pontiff chosen in just 25 hours… Holy smoke… That was quick!

    Just as the FT tells us: The Bank of England yesterday cut interest rates by a quarter point… but stressed it was not on a preset path to lower rates, prompting traders to trim their bets on the number of extra reductions this year – so our godless boys and girls of the fourth estate can trim their expectations of the volume of column inches fillable before they can forget about arcane matters catholic.

    Who is Robert Prevost, the new Pope Leo XIV? – asks our BBC – rhetorically, naturally, because they are about to tell us…

    Prevost is believed to have shared Francis’ views on migrants, the poor and the environment. (BBC) – The late lamented Father Ted Crilly of Craggy Island fame, would no doubt have warned a fellow priest to dodge such difficult controversial questions with the catch-all formulation: That would be an ecumenical matter

    The Vatican has taken in a small number of migrants, primarily refugees from war-torn regions, but not in large numbers. The number has been reported as 20 Syrian refugees. While Pope Francis has been a vocal advocate for refugees, the Vatican’s actions have been more symbolic, with refugees being resettled with Catholic communities in Rome rather than within the Vatican itself – thank you AI – that’s much as I would have guessed. I shan’t bother asking how many solar panels they’ve put on the roof of the Sistine Chapel or for the number of heat pumps they’ve installed?

    Great minds think alike? Our mate Matt in the Telegraph sketches a couple of cardinals admiring a heat pump plonked on the wall of the Sistine Chapel: “It’s better for the enviroment than our old stove, but nobody will know when we choose the next Pope”

    Pope as eco-warrior? There’s really only one chap qualified to pontificate for us on matters eco-menical, proclaim sainthood for Greta Thunberg and lead the world’s true believers in a counter reformation against that dangerous heretic Tony Blair: Miliband calls for car parks across Britain to be turned into solar farms (Telegraph)

    Public transport can be an act of faith

    A pensioner is circumnavigating Britain in a 3,000-mile journey using his free bus pass. Brother John Green’s six-week trip… will mark the 900th anniversary of his almshouse… “Brother on a Bus” tour (Telegraph)

    All this liberal barefoot priesthood talk would suggest we’ve come a long way since Harold Pinter in The Caretaker had the tramp Davies recalling how a monk once told him to “piss off” when he asked about shoes.

    Brussels wants British boots on the ground

    British troops could be forced on EU missions… as the price for joining the bloc’s… rearmament programme… leaked draft of the new defence and security partnership (Telegraph)

    Russell Tovey, actor, born 1981, rewrites history, to make a point, in the junior poundshop Guardian that is the i paper: In the 80s homophobia was horrific. Now it’s transphobia

    This runs counter to what Calvin Harris told us in 2007:

    It was acceptable in the 80’s
    It was acceptable at the time

    And given that the nation was sufficiently relaxed about it to boost Frankie Goes To Hollywood to the top of the charts in 1984. And how the entire “hetro” population were trageted in the official AIDS advertising… I think our Russell’s recolection of a decade, he spent much of which still in diapers, is a bit off.

    Of course he has done a lot of work for the BBC – hence the “Trans” advocacy…

    Wiki explains

    Tovey is gay. During his adolescent years, his family had difficulty accepting his sexual orientation. Although he says he came out to himself when he was 15 or 16, he came out to his parents when he was 18. Tovey and his father subsequently had a serious disagreement, with his father suggesting that, had he known earlier, he would have asked Tovey to take hormones or undergo some other medical treatment to “fix the problem” – Puberty blockers, anyone? Oh the irony.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      AsISeeIt – Uk could send the 40K on terror watch list to help the EU army? Or maybe get them to pray to end the war….

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Asiseeit – really – thank you for these daily efforts – the summaries are really useful – with so much ‘stuff ‘ going on …events and more events ….

      And the consequences – important events – wars – slide out of the attention span ever more quickly -…. Thanks again … you deserve more ‘upticks ‘…

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  19. MarkyMark says:

    The West has been conquered …..

    They Know What They’re Doing

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    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1dr1k6933no

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  20. MarkyMark says:

    Does Churchill deserve the legacy he has? He took the reigns from a foundering Chamberlain and proved himself to be the man the country needed. But of course, he was not a man without controversy or contradiction. In the second episode of The Leaders series, Dan and Professor Phillips O’Brien look at Churchill’s biggest strategic moves of the war & how he went from a ridiculed outsider to an energising orator.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0kwrff7

    ………………………

    George Floyd was a hero …
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  21. AsISeeIt says:

    BBC: Who is Robert Prevost, the new Pope Leo XIV? …A former roommate of his, Reverend John Lydon, described Prevost to the BBC as “outgoing”, “down to earth” and “very concerned with the poor”.

    I think I preferred John Lydon when he was in the Sex Pistols… or Public Image Ltd.

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  22. Eddy Booth says:

    “Nottingham attacks survivors speak out for first time”

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czjnj92dznvo

    Basically BBC extends it’s long run of interviews with victims, or family members, of diversity attacks, still unable to find anyone angry or even having a bad word to say about immigration or government policies etc

    What happened:
    “13 June 2023
    Valdo Calocane fatally stabbed two university students in the street and subsequently a school, whose van he had stolen. After driving the van into people at a nearby bus stop, Calocane was arrested.
    Calocane was sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court to be detained indefinitely at a high-security hospital.’ Wikipedia

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    “Speaking exclusively to the BBC, Sharon and Wayne have told their stories for the first time and explained how they feel a strong sense of survivor’s guilt.”

    The BBC has taken the decision not to publish a picture of Calocane in this feature at the request of the surviving victims.

    Sharon said: “It’s constantly on the news all the time, and I’m constantly seeing his face on the news.
    “Why keep showing his face?” ‘

    News all the time ?
    Things moved on a long time ago to the next immigrant nutter.

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  23. atlas_shrugged says:

    wot anuther one …?

    https://gatesofvienna.net/2025/05/yet-another-vehicle-runs-amok-in-munich/

    These cars really need to get a grip on themselves.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “Afterword from the translator:

      We had a saying in the military, and if I remember correctly, it went something like this:

      “Once is considered an accident.
      Twice is considered an coincidence.
      But three times?
      Well, that’s definitely enemy action.”

      Let’s see if these phenomena continue, since at the moment we are at the coincidence level.”

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  24. tomo says:

    Lions + Donkeys, with apologies to donkeys

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Ed will never struggle….

      “Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP Cash Cash InKind Cash Monetary Monetary In kind Monetary”
      https://www.theyworkforyou.com/regmem/?p=11545&chamber=house-of-commons

      Public Address: Capital Plaza, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
      Payment Type: In kind
      Payment Description: Airport transfer and daily travel by car during COP28 (value is approximate)
      Value: 1358.00
      Is Sole Beneficiary: True

      Lunch for me and four members of my family on 28 May 2023, provided by the Mayor of Rottenburg am Neckar during a family trip (value is approximate), value £160

      ED is struggling – send more donations.

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  25. Eddy Booth says:

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    “Two men are found guilty of illegally cutting down the world famous Sycamore Gap tree
    Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, both from Cumbria, are each convicted of two counts of criminal damage”

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ckg584y95vwt

    Basically a pair of modern kidults.
    All that effort, in the middle of the night too.

    Only disturbing thing is, the locking people up
    for thier own safety aspect.
    Flight risk ok, but for their welfare, is a slippery slope.

    “Mrs Justice Lambert has now remanded both men into custody ahead of their sentencing on 15 July.

    She said Daniel Graham had been held on remand since just before Christmas for his “own protection”.

    After hearing submissions from the prosecution and Carruthers’ barrister, the latter asking for him to be released on bail as he had been during the trial, the judge decided to remand Carruthers as well.

    She said now he had been convicted of a “serious offence” for which he could receive a “lengthy” prison term, there was a “substantial” risk he would fail to turn up for his sentencing hearing.

    She also said it was for his “own welfare” and protection as his identity as one of the men who felled the much-loved tree was widely known and there had already been incidents with his family being approached and targeted by others.

    The probation service will prepare pre-sentence reports for both men, with Graham also set to undergo a mental health assessment before sentencing.”

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    • Flotsam says:

      I’m not aware of what the exact legal issue with felling the tree actually was. Was it under TPO? Was it a designated historic site? I’ve heard of a figure for the damage caused as being £600,000 which seems ridiculously high. Was the figure some sort of legal construct to maximise sentences and civil claims?
      I don’t condone what these men have done in any way but does it deserve prison? It seems they would have better off gang raping young girls,

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      • Fedup2 says:

        Flotsam – I think the max for bog standard criminal damage it 10 years – that would be fair – plus a fine big enough to destroy them ….
        They’ll be out in 18 months ….

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    • tomo says:

      Mrs Justice Lambert playing / hamming it up on outrage to the public gallery – one wonders waht her thoughts on capital punishment are.

      The way the MSM have been playing this – I’m thinking opportunity to psy-op intimidate grabbed with both hands…

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  26. Fedup2 says:

    ,,,if a young mum with no previous gets 2 and a half years for hurry words then surely these two should hang … from a tree ?

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  27. MarkyMark says:

    Keep buying Chinese …. “Behind the smiles: Three things to watch as Xi meets Putin”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c057jzrl3j7o

    ……………………

    Despite layers of Western restrictions aimed at curbing Moscow’s revenue due to its war on Ukraine, Chinese state firms have been key clients of Russian oil, buying roughly half of Russia’s shipments to China, or around 1.3 million bpd, with independent refiners taking the remainder.13 Mar 2025

    Despite the sanctions, tankers previously blacklisted by the U.S. are still offloading oil in China and India under a waiver period, though some are facing delays at certain ports.

    ………………………..

    Steve Bannon: Trump Is Waging ‘Economic Warfare’ on the Chinese Communist Party

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  28. vlad says:

    How nauseating that Starmer is now basking in the glory of clinching a deal with Trump – after he and his gang poured vile scorn on Trump for years, and even tried to influence the recent election against him.

    And how revolting that the BBC are joining in the praise.

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    • Scroblene says:

      I really like this great new Lady on the block!

      She sees off the GB News’ bloke with a masterclass in British economics!

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  29. Richard Pinder says:

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    The first American Pope

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  30. MarkyMark says:

    Former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak took to X to declare that India’s latest military actions were “justified”, saying:

    No nation should have to accept terrorist attacks being launched against it from land controlled by another country. India is justified in striking terrorist infrastructure. There can be no impunity for terrorists.”
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  31. Fedup2 says:

    From the DT – question edited broadcast because verify got their ‘facts ‘ wrong – enjoy

    STARTS The BBC quietly edited an episode of Question Time after allegedly making a false claim about net zero.
    Richard Tice, the Reform UK deputy leader, appeared on Thursday night’s panel show following his party’s sweeping gains in the local elections last week.
    During the show, which was recorded before a live audience but broadcast later, he was asked about his party’s position on climate change policies, which he said was to “scrap net stupid zero”.
    In the debate, Fiona Bruce, the host, intervened to correct Mr Tice on the proportion of carbon emissions that are man-made.
    The MP for Boston and Skegness claimed that it was “about three or four per cent” of all emissions, to which Bruce said that, according to Nasa, it was around a third.
    Mr Tice claimed that he approached a BBC editor after the show to tell them that the statistic was a mistake, and was informed that the information had come from BBC Verify, the broadcaster’s fact-checking unit.

    The exchange with Bruce was then edited out of the programme, but the BBC has not reflected this in the show uploaded to its iPlayer.
    The BBC said the segment was edited out because “two statistics were compared which were not directly comparable” and therefore “more context would have been needed to explain the two statistics sufficiently”.
    BBC Verify was launched in 2023, when its purpose was described as “explaining complex stories in the pursuit of truth”.
    But the unit has been accused of making errors and being politically biased.
    BBC Verify should be named ‘BBC Guesswork’
    It comes after Bruce was forced to correct herself on a programme last year after making an intervention during remarks on asylum seekers by Zia Yusuf, the Reform chairman.
    He had said that the UK takes more asylum seekers per capita than France, to which she said that France and Germany take more per capita than Britain.

    Bruce later said: “Actually, before we move on, I just want to say, Zia, you are right, in fact, that France takes fewer asylum seekers per capita than the United Kingdom. We take more than that, it’s important to get that right.”
    Mr Tice told The Telegraph: “This is the second time in a matter of months where the presenter has wrongly challenged a Reform representative, and essentially made them look bad in front of the audience and other panellists.
    “They’ve relied on BBC Verify, which perhaps should be named BBC Guesswork. Clearly Reform wants to be on the programme but if we feel that we’re constantly being assailed with false information by the programme-makers, it becomes less attractive.”
    He added: “If BBC Verify is giving duff information on live shows that is regurgitated as fact by presenters, then the BBC is in serious trouble.”
    The unit, which as of 2024 employed 61 people with a combined salary of £3.3 million, has been criticised in recent months.
    At the beginning of this year, BBC Verify suggested that private school fee increases after the Government’s VAT raid will not affect parents’ choices around their children’s education.

    Last November, BBC Verify was involved in a controversy over the reporting of inheritance tax changes affecting farmers, quoting Dan Neidle, the former Labour activist, as an “independent tax expert” before quietly removing that job description.

    A week later, Frans Unsworth, the BBC’s former news chief, expressed “anxieties” over the message that BBC Verify was sending about the corporation’s journalism.

    She said: “I think if you want to set your stall out and say what you’re about, it’s probably a pretty good branding exercise. But my anxieties are… What does it say about the rest of the journalism? Is that not true, then?”

    The proportion of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere is relatively low, but experts say that this does not equate to a low impact on climate change.

    The Intergovernment Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says that “human activities, principally through emissions of greenhouse gases, have unequivocally caused global warming”.

    A BBC spokesman said: “It is normal practice to edit the programme before broadcast for audience clarity. In this case, two statistics were compared which were not directly comparable. The decision was taken to edit this as more context would have been needed to explain the two statistics sufficiently. The statistic came from Nasa, which is a trusted authoritative source on the issue.”ENDS

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Excellent news – China invented gun powder so everyone can make a claim against it for deaths in the family!

      ALl the drinks are on CHina!

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  32. tomo says:

    Worth a full read….

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “For those wondering who’s ultimately responsible for effectively reinstituting blasphemy laws in Britain…

      This is your guy.

      Stephen Parkinson, the head of the Crown Prosecution Service.

      He oversees charging, develops prosecutorial guidance, and even sometimes intervenes in cases.

      The same bloke who, in 2020, authored a blog post advocating for Black Lives Matter.

      The same bloke who, also in that blog post, recommended reading the likes of radical “anti-racist” activist Ibram X Kendi.

      The same bloke under whose watch the CPS blatantly lied about Lucy Connolly—claiming she said “she did not like immigrants,” when in fact, she said nothing of the sort.

      Under Parkinson’s leadership, the CPS also tried to jail former Royal Marine Jamie Michael for posting a perfectly legal Facebook video criticising mass immigration and Islamic extremism.

      (Something that left the CPS with egg on their face as the jury acquitted Jamie within 17 minutes…)

      This, of course, concerns the CPS’s recent decision to prosecute Hamit Coskun for “harassing the religious institution of Islam” after he burned a copy of the Koran.

      Parkinson was appointed in Nov 2023 by Victoria Prentis—the Attorney General under Rishi Sunak’s government.

      So happens Prentis was an ardent Remainer and even endorsed Rory Stewart for the leadership of the Conservatives back in 2019.

      Captured. Root and stem.”

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  33. MarkyMark says:

    Ministerial departments 24
    https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations

    Non ministerial departments 20

    Agencies and other public bodies 423

    High profile groups 115

    Public corporations 19

    … BBC

    The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) is a British public service broadcaster. Its main responsibility is to provide impartial public service broadcasting in the UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.

    BBC is a public corporation of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

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  34. Woodenfish says:

    Today’s BBC website reports that Masood Azhar of the Jaish-e-Mohammed “militant” group has said that 10 of his relatives were killed yesterday in a missile strike by India. Strangely the BBC did not mention the fact that one of those relatives was Masood Azhar’s brother, Abdul Rauf Azhar, organiser of the kidnap and filmed beheading in 2002 of Jewish-American journalist Daniel Pearl — a cowardly piece of savagery that disgusted the entire world. To the BBC editor who left out this tiny detail and is now hiding behind the sofa, the message is “We can see you.” And to the Indian missile team, the message is “Good shot.”

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    • pugnazious says:

      BBC hates Modi and is anti-Hindu…but is happy to look the other way for Islamist Pakistan which is pretty much a horror story of a place…not least as it created the Taliban and used it as a private army to essentially annex Afghanistan.

      They wheeled in Peter Oborne, a known Islamophile and apologist, and he dutifully followed the script blaming Modi and saying there’s no proof the terror attack against India had anything to do with Pakistan….this is Indian aggression.

      The only good thing might be that the BBC’s coverage is so objectionable that more emotional Indians here object strongly in a manner us less reactive Brits might not do and the BBC learns a lesson.

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      • MarkyMark says:

        “While Pakistani officials have officially denied any involvement in harboring Osama bin Laden, numerous reports and accounts raise questions about Pakistan’s potential role in his presence and safety in Abbottabad. Some sources suggest that while the Pakistani government may not have been aware of his presence, a select group of high-ranking officials within the military and intelligence agencies might have known and even provided some level of protection.

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  35. pugnazious says:

    Hamas has a reliable mouthpiece in the BBC’s Jeremy Bowen as he runs up provocative headlines…

    ‘Jeremy Bowen: Netanyahu’s plan for Gaza risks dividing Israel, killing Palestinians and horrifying world’

    Bowen who told an incredibly dangerous lie about the hospital in Gaza and then refused to apologise saying he had no regrets about lying.

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    • taffman says:

      Bargain Hunt expert charged with terror offences?
      Scrap the Telly Tax!

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  36. MarkyMark says:

    $1000 if you use the App to leave the USA!

    Cost is $17,000 for deporting illegals….

    ………………………

    The country has long offered migrants and asylum seekers financial incentives to leave its shores, and until 28 February 2018 it’s prepared to pay out extra.

    Individuals will get €1,000 and families up to €3,000 (£2,650; $3,540) to cover rent or resettlement costs back in their home countries – things like basic kitchen or bathroom facilities.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42235232

    ………………………..

    Meanwhile in UK……
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    • Fedup2 says:

      God knows what will happen when the US does a deal with Rwanda ..and starts exporting their invaders to ‘accommodation ‘ built by British taxpayers and dumped by TTK ….
      Surely then the US will be a regime not fit for ‘deals ‘?

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  37. MarkyMark says:

    “…and it shouldn’t have been our high commissioner (UKs) called in by the Pakistani Government to be lectured, we should have pulled in the envoy of Pakistan here and said ‘Stop that right now (protesting by blowing things up), or do without the aid we give you (Pakistan) …'”
    – Christopher Hitchens had a point in 2007

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  38. Fedup2 says:

    Sir Ben key – whose nickname at Dartmouth was’ shagger ‘ stepped down as first sea Lord after an affair with a subordinate – who apparently is was female . When asked the lady – code name ‘olga ‘ could not be contacted . Smersh has been asked for a comment ….
    I made up the ‘shagger ‘ bit – and ‘olga ‘ and Smersh … I work for bbc verify / bbc lie

    RN = 40 admirals 25 fighting ships .. according to mark felton on YouTube – ships include submarines here …at least they won’t have a hard Job finding a replacement … a DEI ?

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  39. tomo says:

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “Prince William’s Earthshot Prize unveils new initiative as he hops on a plane to Cape Town
      Prince William is flying to Cape Town on a commercial flight, and will land in South Africa on Monday morning.”

      ………

      Sir Elton John has defended the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s use of private jets – and said he paid to carbon offset their trip to his French home. The singer said he provided Prince Harry, Meghan and their son Archie with his private plane to “maintain a high level of much-needed protection”.19 Aug 2019

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      • Fedup2 says:

        I understand that Jill has been allowing Don Biden to do ‘interviews ‘ which have gone south even with pretty rigid controls .
        I presume Obama has ordered that old Joe speaks – but it will only speed up his appointment with a box ….

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  40. MarkyMark says:

    Islam is not the problem … see data … afdabdfb-de55-452b-b000-43e4d45f1094-ef2fd6fe-5052-41bb-977a-5d9a1d23d8c0

    “China has stopped publishing hundreds of data points, including land sales, foreign investment, and unemployment figures. The missing data makes it harder to understand China’s economy amid issues like debt and a troubled real-estate market.5 days ago”

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  41. tomo says:

    ofcom is an absolute crock

    £350k per annum to that lady too…

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “How much would it annoy you to learn that this woman just received £72.6 million to effectively enforce a new censorship charter?
      Well, that’s exactly what Starmer’s government (TAX PAYER) did this week.
      £72.6 million of our money to the painfully biased Ofcom to effectively censor us and various broadcasters.
      Note that budget only covers one year.
      And to top it off, this week it was revealed they held a Diversity and Inclusion Network meeting titled “Breaking the Mould: Intersectionalities and the Future of Economics.”
      One of the topics?
      “Becoming an active bystander.”
      For context, Melanie Dawes, the chief executive of Ofcom, is a previous “diversity champion” for the civil service.
      Before that, she was a Civil Service Gender Champion.
      She was appointed in 2020 by then-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Conservative Oliver Dowden when Boris Johnson was PM.
      According to a report from 2022, Dawes is paid £324,450.00 per year as a base salary.
      You read that right—£324,450.00
      In fact, most of Ofcom’s senior directors are on around £250,000.00—and there are 9 of them”

      https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/structure-and-leadership/ofcom-board

      Lord Grade of Yarmouth
      Chair
      “Michael Grade has had a long career in broadcasting, encompassing London Weekend Television, the BBC, ITV and Channel 4. He has chaired the BBC, ITV and Pinewood/Shepperton Film Studios. He is co-founder of the GradeLinnit company, which produces for the theatre.”

      Tamara Ingram
      Deputy Chair

      Lord Allan of Hallam
      Non-executive member

      Karen Baxter
      Non-executive member (Board member for Northern Ireland)

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