286 Responses to Midweek 14th May 2025

  1. Loobyloo says:

    Sack Lineker!

    No excuses for the rat emoji…IMO that should be an immediate dismissal, and if they don’t we know that Al Beeb are anti-Semitic.

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    • Up2snuff says:

      Loobyloo, here here! The D-G needs to get a control of his organisation. Tim Davie needs to get tough on some individuals and practices within the BBC. Maybe it will be taken away from him or the lack of TellyTax payments will be the undoing of the BBC.

      Defund the BBC.

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      • harry142857 says:

        https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c39x0133e2wo

        Gary Lineker has deleted an Instagram story post he shared from the group Palestine Lobby, which said: “Zionism explained in two minutes” and featured an illustration of a rat.

        A rat has historically been used as an antisemitic insult, referring to language used by Nazi Germany to characterise Jews.

        Lineker’s agent told the BBC the presenter immediately deleted the post when he learned about the image’s symbolism.

        The charity Campaign Against Antisemitism said it was submitting a complaint to the BBC.

        Lineker’s agent said: “Whilst viewing and reposting a video, Gary did not notice a rodent emoticon added by the author of the post. Although if he had, he would not have made any connection. The repost has been removed.”

        In response to Lineker’s post, Campaign Against Antisemitism posted on X, external: “Nothing to see here. Just Gary Lineker’s Instagram account sharing an anti-Israel video misrepresenting Zionism, complete with a rat emoji.”

        The group added, external that his “continued association with the BBC is untenable. He must go”.

        The BBC, when asked if it had any comment on Lineker’s now-removed post, responded by referring to its guidance on personal use of social media.

        Zionism refers to the movement to create a Jewish state in the Middle East, roughly corresponding to the historical land of Israel, and thus support for the modern state of Israel.

        A spokesperson for the Board of Deputies of British Jews said they felt “the BBC should ask him to leave now rather than allowing him to dictate his own terms”, according to the Daily Mail, external.

        “He has caused great offence with this video – particularly with his egregious use of a rat emoji to illustrate Zionists.”

        BBC News has asked the body about its comments and if it has anything further to add.

        Barrister Simon Myerson KC, who chairs the Leeds Jewish Representative Council, posted a message to the outgoing Match of the Day presenter, external, which said: “Posting racism – bad. Deleting racist post – good. Not acknowledging error when paid enormous amount of public money pa by BBC – pathetic.”

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        • Loobyloo says:

          Lucy Connolly removed her offensive comment regarding a repost but still got 31 months in the clink..
          2 tier justice again..

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          • StewGreen says:

            @Loobyloo It’s OK when lefties do it
            #TwoTierJustice

            at 6:56am CraiginEngland tweeted the same point as you and got 3,100 Likes

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    • digg says:

      People in this Country are in prison for severe stretches for far less disgusting online opinions than this Lineker disgusting filth.

      The UK Is certainly becoming a two-tier Marxist non-justice shithole now….

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    • JohnC says:

      Lineker is yet another extreme-Left, opinionated bully with a superiority complex. Just like so many other ‘stars’ such as Jimmy Saville, Chris Evans, Jeremy Bowen. The pathetic grey-faced BBC managers dare not confront them so they let them do what they want and their arrogance builds up until they are a complete embarrassment to the organization and our country.

      They stay where they are until THEY decide to go or are removed by the police.

      Those same pathetic managers will also be the sort who get shallow and nasty to other staff they perceive as weak.

      This is what the Left are. Same a schoolteachers. The modern BBC and education system are a living embodiment of what you get if they are funded by the taxpayer and left to do what they want.
      They are a cancer which is destroying our society from within.

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  2. MarkyMark says:

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  3. MarkyMark says:

    Diane Abbott MP says there is no chance Nigel Farage will be prime minister | People Behind Politics

    Diane Abbott MP says she “never expected” to become the longest-serving female MP. She met Dan Walker in her Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency, in the latest People Behind Politics episode on 5 News.

    The Labour MP says she thinks Labour’s cuts to disability benefits are “a mistake” and that she doesn’t believe the British public will vote for Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, to be prime minister in a general election.

    She also talks about the influence of Donald Trump’s anti-immigration stance on British politics, and touches on the impact racist abuse has had on her.

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  4. Deborah says:

    On balance I was against assisted dying but watching the faces of the Scottish MPs smiling as they passed the bill has meant I am now sure where I stand. The SMPs don’t understand the enormity of approving killing people. It is not appropriate for them to be smiling and clapping.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Giving up on being born – low birth rates.
      Giving up on living – assisted dying.
      The end of the West.

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    • Thatcherrevolutionary says:

      These shites have been killing us for years.

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  5. Sluff says:

    Two cheers for ITV news.
    They were reporting from the beaches near Calais and watching the French police…….do absolutely nothing.
    The rubber cross channel ferries are in full flow. The French cops won’t step foot in the water – elf n safety apparently, so all your average male black illegal asylum seeker has to do is paddle. Then the rubber ferry sets off and the French coastguard…….also does absolutely nothing.
    It’s there on the film.
    Don’t we pay the French hundred of millions a year for this ‘service’?
    And yet the intelligentsia still don’t know why people are voting Reform.

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  6. Guest Who says:

    https://x.com/leokearse/status/1922237350983164371?s=61
    It’s stuff like this that makes me think I’m in a simulation, with aliens watching to see how much I laugh

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  7. digg says:

    Read this rather long but illustrative article by one of the capitals famous left-winger but right lifestyle contributors to the Guardian’s pool of political propaganda gene pool and it explains the dire state off the libertarian rich lefty view of the world by some of the countries most deluded lefty prat’s….

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/13/poor-donald-trump-luxury-jet-qatar-corrupt

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  8. digg says:

    This odious piece by the odious Owen Jones is a distillation of all that is wrong in the determination of events in Palestine….

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/13/donald-trump-border-intimidation-us-citizens-hasan-piker

    It serves to vilify any attempt to defend the state of Israel to normal behaviour and Green card any attempt to attack Israel.

    What the fuck went wrong in the minds of university students in the UK in the last twenty years or more to make them so bloody unihinged and deranged?

    We used to be a country who could at least identify the real villains rather than side with them.

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  9. Nibor says:

    Well the BBC don`t like it but there is an immigration debate .

    There are plusses and minuses according to the “experts” the BBC reel out .

    Let`s take a look .

    The minus ;

    Increasing the population by immigration

    The country must immediately increase the infrastructure , which the new arrivals have not contributed to .
    Food security is imperilled by more mouths to feed but less land to grow the food .
    Housing is in short supply , the young cannot afford a house
    Wages are lowered and conditions of employment worsens .
    The government spends money on housing the new arrivals .
    The government spends money on translation services .
    The government spends money on benefits .
    The government spends money in propaganda to tell us immigration is a Good Thing .
    The country feels overcrowded .
    People may feel alienated from their neighbourhoods .
    People might seem alienated from the time they live in .
    Special concessions may be given to the new arrivals .
    The government may tailor their policies for the benefit of new arrivals .
    The government should pay to vet the new arrivals .
    The Gramscis use the immigrants as a tool to subvert the country .

    In addition some new individuals might be

    Terrorists
    Criminals
    Feckless
    Have health issues
    Unable or refuse to assimilate
    Actively partake in changing society .

    On the plus side

    They will do the jobs Brits don`t want to do .
    ( Who wants to do those jobs , especially for the money , and do the clerisy want to do those jobs ? )
    Bring skills to the country
    (why dont we have those skills ?)
    Bring diversity and multicultureism to the country
    ( in an age of cheap travel to see a culture in its natural environment is that important ?)
    Other things .
    Feel free to add any other plusses or minuses .

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    • MarkyMark says:

      You will also notice this (immigration) is a one way street. Not once in my adult life have I heard anybody say that the thing that Eritrea (Africa) needs most is an injection of Welshmen. They could do with some Welsh cooking or singing. ” Douglas Murray {@7:24 youtube}

      https://biasedbbc.org/blog/2018/02/09/weekend-open-thread-176/#comment-898348

      Eritrea (Africa) needs most is an injection of Welshmen.
      Eritrea (Africa) needs most is an injection of Welshmen.

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  10. JohnC says:

    BBC cameraman haunted by Gaza’s malnourished children captures Israeli strike on hospital
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjdznz727z8o

    Possibly the most ridiculous, contrived, biased headline I’ve seen on the BBC since Bowens last effort.

    The actual story which the ultra-Left anti-semite Fergal Keane SHOULD be reporting is tucked into a single paragraph halfway down:

    ‘The Israelis say the leader of Hamas was hiding in a command-and-control compound under the hospital. The army said it conducted a “precise strike” – and blamed Hamas for”cynically and cruelly exploiting the civilian population in and around the hospital”. Hamas denies such charges.’

    Instead he does what the BBC always do when they want to deflect public opinion away from the truth : they focus purely on ’empathy’ for ‘victims’. The terrorists at Hamas could not have paid for a better article to drum up support for them.

    This joke of a journalist and Bowen seem to be having a competition to outdo each other. Knowing what Lefties are like, it would not surprise me one bit to learn they despise each other.

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    • andyjsnape says:

      Good morning JohnC

      Hope your well

      I just read the bbc article and thought what a load of *hite

      But the bbc isn’t biased, and its the worlds most trusted lol

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    • Guest Who says:

      It does have JezBo all over it.

      How it started:

      https://x.com/bbcworld/status/1922494598280053165?s=61

      How it is going:

      https://x.com/bengreenjeru/status/1922531912683294768?s=61

      What an absolute joke of journalism this article is.

      Found some video you might be interested in!

      Mohammed Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, was hiding in a hospital. And you don’t even mention his name. 🤯

      Horrendous journalism

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      • JohnC says:

        They subject matter they choose for this story is absolutely outrageous. The head of the terrorists HAMAS was using civilians in a hospital as human shields and it’s almost a footnote for the BBC.

        Of course Israel will hit him : they will get very few chances where they know where he is. He is responsible for EVERY death in Gaza.

        These BBC articles sicken me. They don’t give a shit about the dead. If they did, they would place the blame where it belongs and make sure everybody knows just what barbaric terrorists Hamas really are and maybe those idiot students would realise who they are supporting. The BBC are just using them for their anti-Israel, pro-Muslim agenda.

        Absolutely disgusting.

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    • StewGreen says:

      “contrived, biased headline” typical biased BBCnews behaviour
      #PRasNews

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  11. AsISeeIt says:

    The mildly middlingly conservative Telegraph provides the statistic of the day: 99pc The level of occupancy in prisons, with the number of available spaces for male inmates dropping below 1,000

    At times like these it’s reassuring to reflect what a good thing it is that our prime minister is a former top lawyer and a prime exemplar of our world-renowned liberal judicial system, the very quintessence of fair play and the rule of law.

    Keir will fix it…

    Burglars to serve a third of their sentence… under government plans to tackle the overcrowding crisis (Telegraph)

    Every little helps – as the young boy said, as he peed in the sea…

    Murder acquittal after man spends 38 years in jail (Express); Mr Sullivan hears he’ll be free (The freebie Metro)

    On the subject of crime…

    Meanwhile the giveaway ad sheet Metro worries over: Kardashian jewellery robbery… ‘I thought I was going to die in hotel gems heist’

    The Daily Star pleads: ‘I have babies, I need to live!’ Paris robbery horror… Sobbing TV star Kim Kardashian told a Paris court she feared she would die

    And our left-leaning papers deify Kim K, attributing to the ultimate celeb the power of forgiveness: Kardashian in court… Star tells alleged robber ‘I forgive you’ as she recalls terror of raid (Guardian in unfamiliar tabloid-speak mode); I thought I was going to die… but I forgive you… Kardashian testifies in robbery trial (i paper)

    Which is how things ought to work out for the perpetrators of all but the most hurty of crimes…

    Did police really know who Douglas Murray was? – asks Allison Pearson apropos: The force that arrested retired officer Julian Foulkes over a ‘thought crime’ tweet has to face justice… How did the youngish police officer know who or what Douglas Murray and The Spectator are? Most people her age wouldn’t have a clue… Our cretinous police must answer for their tyrannical behaviour in court – our Allison there – having faced a rap for a Tweet herself – and no stranger to having her collar felt – complains in the Telegraph.

    I wonder where our local constabularies might have got the idea for their list of dodgy books? Their Brexity ‘Booker Prize shortlist’, so to speak…

    Can you really be radicalised by Great British Railway Journeys? Key signs that people have fallen into this abyss include watching the Kenneth Clark TV series Civilisation, The Thick of It and Great British Railway Journeys – so reflected our cop’s prime suspect Douglas Murray in that very Spectator way back in Tory adminsitered 2023.

    The Guardian was meanwhile up arms over certain items they didn’t want on the list of banned books: Socialism, anti-fascism and anti-abortion on Prevent list of terrorism warning signs

    Econimical with the good news

    One senses the Trump-deranged FT is somewhat put out about having to report: US inflation falls in April… Price pressures for the month in which Donald Trump imposed his global tariffs have registered a fall

    How’s them plans for our Tony Blair-advised government to impose Digial ID on UK citizens going then?

    M&S says customer data stolen in cyber attack… which could include telephone numbers, home addresses and dates of birth. (BBC)

    Putin’s and Xi’s hackers must be rubbing their hands in anticipation.

    HSBC bank buys the prime ad spot on the frontpage of the Telegraph to insist: We help businesses go all the way

    HSBC fined over treatment of customers in difficulty… fined £6.2m by the City watchdog after it found the bank failed to help customers in financial difficulties… HSBC put 1.5 million people at risk of greater financial harm (BBC)

    If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it [Alleged quotation]

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    • Fedup2 says:

      “Are you a Marks and Sparks customer ? Have you bought something online from them ? You could be due compensation …..”

      I’ve had an email from the Lagos branch of Marks and Sparks asking to verify my bank details …… so that I can get the compensation …..
      Please send me your details so I can get the compensation for you – for a small ‘fee’…*

      *dear Kent Essex or met plod – this is in no way an attempt at fraud nor deserving of the traditional 6 plod through the door and search arrest and handcuffs …

         18 likes

  12. Guest Who says:

    https://x.com/bbcworld/status/1922506683156185268?s=61
    Watch: Cassie details violent relationship with Diddy at trial

    New guy on the team? Or did he replace the white chick?

       6 likes

  13. Guest Who says:

    Beff shows Toenails and Laura how it’s done…. ‘Analysis’.

    https://x.com/bethrigby/status/1922415140483236079?s=61
    ANALYSIS: PM under fire over his ‘island of strangers’ remarks. But insiders tell me the politician PM was trying to channel wasn’t Enoch Powell but Labour Home Sec Roy Jenkins.

    See… ‘channelling’. Like the one they come over on.

    #ccbgb

       17 likes

    • Fedup2 says:

      I think the ‘island of strangers ‘ line was one of the reason VE Day didn’t really make it with the imported population ….they prefer DWP …

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      • MarkyMark says:

        2025 Bradford city of culture – where no one can speak English.

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    • StewGreen says:

      Beff’s tweet is not popular . Just 66 Likes, almost ratioed

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  14. andyjsnape says:

    How can traditional British TV survive the US streaming giants?
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2enydkew3o

    bbc the answer is:-

    You’ve had your day.
    And if people want your output, pay for it, see if you survive in the real world and in your current format with too many channels and over 21,000 staff

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  15. MarkyMark says:

    You will also notice this (immigration) is a one way street. Not once in my adult life have I heard anybody say that the thing that Eritrea (Africa) needs most is an injection of Welshmen. They could do with some Welsh cooking or singing. ” Douglas Murray {@7:24 youtube}

    https://biasedbbc.org/blog/2018/02/09/weekend-open-thread-176/#comment-898348

    Eritrea (Africa) needs most is an injection of Welshmen.
    Eritrea (Africa) needs most is an injection of Welshmen.

       9 likes

  16. Flotsam says:

    Gary Lineker and his anti-Semitic rat post. Lineker’s tenure at the BBC is coming to an end anyway so perhaps he hates Jews enough to post this stuff? Or perhaps he wants to keep his name in the headlines and is just using the controversy for that. Did he ever play for a club that was Jewish owned? I would classify Lineker as being in the top five of the most revolting current public figures in Britain, it’s his ignorant self entitlement. The BBC should have booted him out long ago.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “Lineker’s tenure at the BBC is coming to an end” – he is rich and comfortable so it will not impact him.

      Seems only the rich can have an opinion – Lineker/JK Rowling – everyone else gets 6 Police officers knocking on the door.

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  17. vlad says:

    After the recent elections, Starmer and his gang have sniffed the wind and are now talking tough (tough-ish) on immigration. No doubt this will continue until the next election, with the propaganda arm of Labour (aka the BBC) in full support.

    How utterly disgusting! It was Labour who threw open the doors to mass third-world immigration in the first place, to “rub the Right’s nose in it”. And ever since, they and the BBC have been spitefully vilifying anyone who dared object, calling them racists, islamophobes, fascists, far-right etc.

    And now they have the nerve to do a 180 and try to cling to power with those very same policies they decried for so long. Let’s hope the electorate don’t forget.

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    • MarkyMark says:

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

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

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

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

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      • vlad says:

        Ah yes, those “different outlooks”…
        Outlooks that lead to Rotherham etc, and the Manchester Arena.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “Saudi Arabia is actively pursuing cloud seeding to increase rainfall, particularly in regions like Ha’il and Qassim. The program aims to enhance water security and mitigate the effects of drought and desertification. Saudi Arabia has been experimenting with cloud seeding since the 1990s and has made significant progress in recent years. ”

      “Yes, it’s true that the Three Gorges Dam in China has a measurable, albeit very small, effect on Earth’s rotation. The dam’s massive reservoir, holding billions of tons of water, shifts the planet’s mass distribution and slightly slows its spin. This change is so minute that it lengthens the day by only 0.06 microseconds.”

      “Offshore wind farms ‘could blind Britain’s radar to enemy missile attacks'”

      “Offshore wind farms, dead whales and the row that’s started a green-on-green civil war
      Clean energy crusaders are at loggerheads with conservationists over claims the turbines are killing cetaceans”

         9 likes

      • Flotsam says:

        I’m pretty sure that our offshore wind farms are affecting the weather.

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        • MarkyMark says:

          “The proportion of global electricity generated by wind is increasing. There are concerns that onshore wind farms may affect local winds and/or patterns, with impacts on local ecosystems. Global-scale evaluations of these impacts are lacking.”

          “This was measured before and during the loudest part of the construction phase when the wind turbines were hammered to the seabed, a process known as pile-driving. “These pile-driving sounds were audible up to 44 miles away and could have caused behavioral disturbance to dolphins up to 31 miles away,” says Dr. Bailey.11 Aug 2010”

          What happens to all the old wind turbines?
          Published 7 February 2020
          https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51325101

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  18. Doublethinker says:

    I have just read an article in the Spectator about how to attract more recruits to the armed forces by a chap called Wilson who was the Clerk of the House of Commons. I expect that this makes him a senior member of the establishment. He reckons that we urgently need to expand our defence capability and need more personnel .

    He comes up with a long list of how this might be accomplished and says that because of the Ukraine war Gen Z is now much more inclined to consider joining up as a positive career choice! He is probably delusional and totally out of touch with reality.

    I know that people who comment on magazine or newspaper articles are not necessarily a typical cross section of the readership of those publications. But the comments on this article are at least 90% negative and the predominant flavour is ‘ why would anyone want to fight to defend the woke mess that our country has become’ .

    The Spectator was and remains the house magazine of the Tory party and very Globalist in outlook, and as such you would in the past have expected its readership to be resolutely patriotic and ready to defend the islands against all comers. But the mood of the readers comments is very much the opposite .
    It seems that the feeling of the Spectator readership is , ‘ The country is no longer mine , I strongly object to what has been done to it and I no longer feel any obligation towards it’.
    If Spectator readers feel this and are willing to express it , then we can be certain that the fracturing of our society is well underway and it will be a Herculean task to put it back together.

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  19. MarkyMark says:

    Remember to take your own bullets when you join Keir’s new model army ** keir is far right today!

    “Britain’s army would run out of munitions just 10 days into a war, ex-defence minister tells Parliament”
    https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/britain-army-munitions-run-out-armed-forces-defence-b1147565.html

    On the 11th day go home and learn Russian or Arabic!

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  20. Thatcherrevolutionary says:

    Now Starmer Labour has noticed that immigration might be a bit of a problem, will the lickspittle BBC fall in line with their masters?

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    • MarkyMark says:

      ‘Britain Will Give Me ANYTHING I Need!’ | BRAZEN Migrant on Why He Chose to Come to UK

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  21. StewGreen says:

    These days almost every Labour twee in ratioed
    No tweets get 10,000 Likes
    They used in the old days, that suggests they used bots
    Yet suddenly Starmer’s tweet got 174,000 Likes
    “If you want to live in the UK, you should speak English. That’s common sense.
    So we’re raising English language requirements across every main immigration route.”

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “Can you say “I will Vote Labour?””
      “Yes!”
      “You are in!”

         15 likes

  22. MarkyMark says:

    “‼️EXCLUSIVE: A convicted rapist from the Rotherham grooming scandal is set to be released early under the SDS40 programme. Basharat Hussain was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2017 after being found guilty of 15 offences, including two counts of rape. He was later convicted of additional charges. Originally due for release in February 2029, he will now be released on 4th December 2028. He will remain on licence until 19th August 2042. I exclusively revealed in April this year that he is also being considered for transfer to an open prison after serving just eight years.”

    https://x.com/officialsammyuk/status/1922298867934019602

    Comment “Convicted for THOSE crimes, given a 25 year sentence, then being considered for a move to an open prison with possible early release after 8 years??!! WHO is making these decisions??!! It’s madness, and it’s immoral. That monster should’ve got LIFE.


    …………………..

    In response to the prison overcrowding crisis, the UK government introduced two early release schemes: the ECSL Scheme in October 2023 and the SDS40 Scheme in September 2024. This legal update considers how and when it applies to children in the criminal legal system
    https://yjlc.uk/resources/legal-updates/impact-sds40-early-release-scheme-children

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    • Noircheval says:

      It’s time to name names. We need to find out who is signing the release documents…in other areas – the Treasury, who is it who is stopping payments to ex Post Office people …

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  23. Lunchtime Loather says:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg5p8z27z8o

    “The BBC can help tackle a “crisis of trust” in UK society, the broadcaster’s director general is expected say in a speech later.”

    Shall we just say that opinion is divided about that.

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  24. Fedup2 says:

    Not really BBC
    But the DT reports that the Great Leader has ordered 12000 civil service jobs to be moved out of londonistan ( it’s too dangerous now – maybe ) .

    But will anyone notice ? They’re still working from home with their second and third jobs – so will it make any difference ?

    The home office can then be turned into invader accommodation – with the Royal Parks set up for ‘tent cities ‘ .

    I bet those parks could ‘house ‘ a million invaders … which would be enough room for maybe 3 years of invasion ….

    All those civil servants vote Labour – careful what you wish for ..

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “The move will see 12,000 civil service jobs shifted from the capital to new regional hubs, with 11 London office buildings slated for closure, including one of the government’s largest Westminster sites. The projected savings are estimated at £94 million annually by 2032.

      The major government shake-up, which is expected to provide a £729m boost for local economies, was first revealed exclusively by The Independent.”

      https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/civil-servant-relocation-london-manchester-labour-whitehall-b2750610.html

      …………………

      Contracts signed by the Conservative government in 2019 were expected to see £4.5bn of public cash paid to three companies over a 10-year period.
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2720n2kkjo

      …………………

      The cost of supporting migrants in the UK is a multifaceted issue with significant financial implications. The current asylum system costs the UK around £3 billion a year, and hotel costs for asylum seekers alone can reach £6 million daily, according to a GOV.UK report. Spending on in-donor refugee costs has risen substantially, reaching £4.273 billion in 2023, says the House of Commons Library. While this has recently fallen to £2.834 billion in 2024, it still represents a significant portion of the UK aid budget, according to a report from the House of Commons Library.

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  25. Lunchtime Loather says:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/complaint/bbcnewsprinceharry2may

    I caught bits of Harry’s proclamation elsewhere, and the one thing that struck me was how appalling the camera work was. In focus one minute, out of focus the next. And yet. they make no apology for that.

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  26. Fedup2 says:

    Just a ‘heads up’ – the Lucy Connolly appeal against TTK sentence is to be heard this week …. Yesterday the court of appeal held that a 6 year sentence for repeat rape of a 13 year old girl – imposed on a Muslim rapist by a Muslim judge in Bradford was ‘more than unduly lenient ‘.

    Some people have suggested the Muslim judge is unfit to hold office ,… TTK

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Politician’s wife jailed for X post gets appeal date
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyjgx04dxdo

      “As well as calling for asylum seeker hotels to be set on fire, her X post sought “mass deportations now”.

      The post, published on the day of the Southport attack, was viewed 310,000 times before she deleted it.

      She pleaded guilty to intending to stir up racial hatred.”

      ………………………………………………..

      Keir Starmer rolls up his sleeves to legitimise the Two Minutes Hate
      This article is more than 1 month oldJohn Crace

      Cooper backs PM over ‘island of strangers’ remark
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c23mvl12vz7o

      ‘island of strangers’ – not mention of HATE or RACISM in article.

      “the argument he was making that migrants make a massive contribution to our country, but migration needs to be controlled”.

      migration needs to be controlled? WHY – IT IS THE BEST THING – WE NEED MORE FASTER THAN BEFORE.

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      • Fedup2 says:

        I reckon the court of appeal will take time delivering the judgement because it is a political prisoner case . I think – too – that they’ll be slow to undermine a TTK judge . And I bet the trial judgement will be found to be ‘sound ‘ in relation to the length of sentence ….
        But the free speech union is arguing that insufficient regard was made to the circumstances of the appellant –

        Their britainistan state is busily crushing resistance to the invasion so I reckon she will lose ….

        I wonder what way the media will play it ….?

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  27. MarkyMark says:

    Lowe says in a long statement: “This was not normal political infighting. It was a sinister attempt to weaponise the criminal justice system against me – putting not just my political future, but my liberty at risk. All because I dared to raise constructive criticisms of Nigel Farage, stood firm on deporting illegal migrants, and pushed for Reform to be run democratically – not as a vehicle to stroke one man’s ego.” No punches pulled…
    order-order.com

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    • tomo says:

      Some Lowe style robustness from the 600ish knuckle draggers at Westminster is long overdue

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  29. MarkyMark says:

    BULLSHIT BINGO SESSIONS STARTS
    House of Commons
    Wednesday 14 May 2025 Meeting started at 11.33am
    https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/db504f4b-1b1b-43e2-bd42-363a790a3c09?in=12:00:41

    HA HA! Success – White Paper produced! Yeah!

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  30. Up2snuff says:

    TOADY Watch #1 – the BBC would not be anti-Israel and anti-semitic, would it?

    TOADY on the aid blockade to Gaza. The BBC deny the evidence of their own eyes, in the picture here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cwyn9291yv0o . It was the first item in the news at 6 a.m.. Apparently there are a host of UNRWA(?) trucks waiting at the border to Gaza but the wicked Israelis will not let them enter. While Hamas is in control of Gaza it is probably futile to allow food trucks to enter Gaza. Hamas must be defeated as Benjamin Netanyahu says.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      They could throw the HAMAS government out?

      …………………………

      Hamas tortures protester to death and leaves body on family’s doorstep
      Terrorist group kidnaps Uday Al Rabbay shortly after he took part in protest against war in Gaza

      Mazen Shat, a senior police officer affiliated with Fatah – the Palestinian nationalist group that lost control of Gaza after a brief war with Hamas in 2007 – told The Telegraph: “Uday was martyred by the criminals of Hamas. And what’s his crime? He told the truth, because he refused to be silent on injustice, because he did not kneel to Hamas.”

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  31. StewGreen says:

    R4 now 11:45am a prog ostensibly about the history of the Great North Road
    but BBC have chosen to focus on a Victorian black boxer, who they paint as a victim.
    Tom Molineaux

    The BBC already have about 10 webpages that mention him

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    • StewGreen says:

      “should have been declared the first black American champion of the world”
      That is hyperbole cos no one calls the guy who beat him “world champion” (Tom Cribb)
      They were in 1810 ,,and world champions didn’t come until at least 80 years later

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    • Up2snuff says:

      Stew, the BBC should have mentioned Paul Graham’s excellent photographs of the A1, the great north road. But, I guess, they did not. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Graham_(photographer)

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  32. andyjsnape says:

    TV licence fee statistics
    https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8101/

    By the House of Commons library – why if the bbc is independent from government, would they concern themselves with so much information

    “Estimated TV licence evasion rate rose from 5.50% in 2012/13 to 10.31% in 2022/23” Evasion? Summary:- people should pay up

    Evasion:- “These include a change in viewing habits” – so surely this isn’t evasion, but just people have changed viewing habits???

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    • Up2snuff says:

      ajs, great motorcycles, make motorcycles great again! I was at a Christmas lunch a while back and there were four households represented. I had already stopped paying the TellyTax some years before, but only a married couple had a TV Licence. The other youngster (their son) had no Licence and relied on videos and a nascent streaming service and another female adult had no Licence because she again relied on videos and another streaming service.

      Netflix and Amazon and others have brought about the change in ‘viewing habits’.

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    • Philip_2 says:

      BBC top of the POPS in Court cases. Judges say its waste of their time and never prosecute but the BBC still threaten to lock us all up (mainly woman for some reason). No doubt the BBC would prefer a hate crime charge… and a fine…
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  33. StewGreen says:

    BBC “Ex-Reform MP Lowe will not face charges over alleged threats”
    That is a pretty major story surely ?

    “”Having considered a number of witness statements, we have concluded that there is insufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction,” CPS official

    Yes it is a bit strange of Reform to call the police in in March over something that happened 100 days earlier

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  34. tomo says:

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Just follow the money – trouble is it happens afterwards… https://www.theyworkforyou.com/regmem/?p=10999&chamber=house-of-commons

      14 October 2022, received £276,130 from the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB), 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 750 Washington DC, 20004-2608 US, for a speaking engagement. Transport and accommodation also provided for me and two members of staff. Hours: 8 hrs 30 mins. (Registered 04 November 2022)

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  35. StewGreen says:

    Other BBC stories talk about the BBC a lot, 3 of the top 10 stories
    – \\BBC boss vows to tackle Britain’s ‘crisis of trust’//

    – “How can traditional British TV survive the US streaming giants?”

    – “Gary Lineker deletes ‘Zionism’ post after criticism”

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  36. StewGreen says:

    BBC breaking “Man who doesn’t drink coffee ever, doesn’t drink from the coffee cup offered to him in Saudi”

    BBC video srory “Trump appears to ignore drink offered in Saudi”

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  37. MarkyMark says:

    “Have you ever wondered, perhaps, why opinions which the majority of people quite naturally hold are, if anyone dares express them publicly, denounced as ‘controversial, ‘extremist’, ‘explosive’, ‘disgraceful’, and overwhelmed with a violence and venom quite unknown to debate on mere political issues? It is because the whole power of the aggressor depends upon preventing people from seeing what is happening and from saying what they see.
    ― Enoch Powell

    https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9241698-have-you-ever-wondered-perhaps-why-opinions-which-the-majority

    “She speaks rubbish – and they laughed….”

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  38. Eddy Booth says:

    “Brit teen faces LIFE in hellhole ex-Soviet jail after vanishing on Thai trip”

    Thought BBC would be covering this , especially as it was initially a missing persons – which they love.

    How it started:
    Bella May Culley, 18, enjoyed posting selfies flaunting wads of cash and smoking cannabis whilst jet setting, on social media.

    How it ended:
    Paraded in court in Georgia accused of smuggling 30 llbs of cannabis, looking at 20 years

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Janet Jackson – joins Islam – BBC love it.
      Janet Jackson – beaten by boyfriend and leaves Islam – BBC ignore it.

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  39. The Mouse says:

    Arson at Starmer’s properties, BBC reports in Starmer’s words “an attack on all of us, on democracy and the values that we stand for”.

    How does he know it is an attack on Democracy, does he have inside information that must not be shared with the mushroomed public. It could equally be an attack by someone who feels disenfranchised by a 2-tier system, unequal in law and in justice. It may be someone who hates being lied to, it may be someone who has mental health issues, it may be someone who has taken a dislike to him, any it may be for many other reasons. Best that he should not jump to conclusions otherwise he may prejudice any impending investigation and/or court case.

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    • tomo says:

      doze wikkid wushinz ?

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Property is theft? (c) BBC Labour Verified.

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    • moggiemoo says:

      I’m more interested in where he came across the word democracy. It seems his definition differs widely from any dictionary I’ve ever looked at.

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    • Noircheval says:

      It’s time to name names. We need to find out who is signing the release documents…in other areas – the Treasury, who is it who is stopping payments to ex Post Office people …

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  40. MarkyMark says:

    HA HA HA! Only one study… “The team, led by Somnath Baidya Roy from the University of Illinois, analysed the information – seemingly, “the only meteorological field campaign conducted in an operational wind farm”.”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11470261

    Wind farms, especially big ones, generate turbulence that can significantly alter air temperatures near the ground, say researchers.

    As turbines often stand on agricultural land, these changes could in turn affect crop productivity.

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  41. MarkyMark says:

    People who ask for more taxes to save China from CO2 expansion….
    Climate Change Committee members
    https://www.theccc.org.uk/about/

    Professor Piers Forster
    Professor Keith Bell
    Dr Steven Fries
    Professor Corinne Le Quéré FRS
    Professor Swenja Surminski
    Nigel Topping CMG
    Adaptation Committee members
    Baroness Brown DBE FREng FRS
    Chair, Adaptation Committee
    Dr Ben Caldecott
    Professor Chris Evans
    Dr Marina Romanello
    Professor Nathalie Seddon
    Professor Swenja Surminski

    The Climate Change Committee (CCC) is an independent, statutory body established under the Climate Change Act 2008. Our purpose is to advise the UK and devolved governments on emissions targets and to report to Parliament on progress made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and preparing for and adapting to the impacts of climate change.

    The Climate Change Act formalised the UK’s approach to tackling climate change – both on mitigation (reducing emissions) and adaptation (increasing resilience to climate change).

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  42. harry142857 says:

    Not the BBC.
    Taxi driver says he was ‘victim of assault’ when David Lammy and his wife ‘refused to pay £590 fare’

    A taxi driver has claimed British Foreign Secretary David Lammy and his wife Nicola Green refused to pay a fare of nearly £600 after he drove them more than 360 miles from Italy to a ski resort in France.

    The driver said he collected Lammy, 52 and his artist wife, 53, on April 10 at the town of Forli near Bologna after they had accompanied King Charles and Queen Camilla on a three-day state visit to Italy.

    But he alleges that Lammy ‘became aggressive’ when asked for payment after he drove some six hours into the night to reach Flaine, a ski village in Haute Savoie in the French Alps.

    The driver claimed Lammy, who did not identify himself, ‘snatched the receipt from his hand’ when he said it was up to the passengers to pay €700 (£588) out of a €1,550 (£1,305) total fare – the rest of which was covered by a transfer service used to book the trip.

    When they allegedly refused to pay, the driver said he left them at their destination and drove to the local police station to lodge a complaint.

    Upon arriving at the police station, officers reportedly discovered two diplomatic passports and two licence plates, as well as a coded briefcase, in the boot of the taxiallowing them to identify Lammy.

    The driver filed a formal complaint, leading the Bonneville prosecutor’s office in Haute Savoie to open an investigation.

    But the office also told French media that Lammy and his wife are suing the driver for ‘fraudulently removing luggage and cash’, with the Foreign Office declaring the Foreign Secretary ‘totally refutes’ the allegations made against him.

    On the night of April 10-11, I was the victim of assault and violence by members of a British embassy during an international transfer, where they refused to pay me,’ the driver, a man from Avignon who remains anonymous, told La Provence.

    ‘GetTransfer, who used my services, was supposed to pay me the difference, €850 euros.

    They stopped the payment. And on the spot, the customer snatched the receipt from my hands. It’s a well-known fact when you want to write the trip off as an expense report later on,’ the chauffeur said.

    He added that, had he known who Lammy was, he would’ve charged ‘much more’.

    ‘They never said they were working for the government,’ the driver complained.

    ‘In this type of transfer, we’re driving special people, with suitcases and sensitive documents. All of that comes at a price. And they could very well have been armed, too.’

    Bonneville prosecutor Boris Duffau confirmed the legal complaint against Mr Lammy and his wife, and said that the driver had countersued.

    Mr Duffau said: ‘The stories between the two parties are not the same. Of course, the passengers are not saying the same thing as the driver when he filed a complaint.

    ‘The passengers have assured us that the driver had already been paid. The driver said the opposite.’

    The unnamed driver will now face a court hearing on November 3 to face the charge of ‘fraudulently removing luggage and cash’ after he drove off with Lammy’s belongings in the boot.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      ‘refused to pay £590 fare’ – Lammy saved the UK Tax Payer £590 (c) BBC verified.

      ………

      The UK’s current public sector net debt is equivalent to 95.8% of GDP, as of the end of March 2025. This is a level last seen in the early 1960s, when the UK was repaying debts incurred during World War II.
      *** minus 590 saved by David Lammy (c) BBC verified

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  43. MarkyMark says:

    “Who can be removed … the only good thing about dmeocracy is you can get rid of the buggers …. … the government of the bloc, byu the blob, for the blob ….and you listen to Keir Starmers nasal voice, that is the voice of the blob… ”

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  44. micknotmike says:

    The bbc have had a real piece of good luck today. The starmer ars0n story, which had been hidden as it looked as the perpetrators were from our favourite demographic, has re-appeared. Why? I’m sure it has nothing to do with the bbc crew desperately searching for, and ultimately finding, a far-right story.

    This is the tale of three scallys “planning attacks”. Not actually doing anything, more bouncing ideas across the internet. They’ve been found guilty after a nine week trial. Well man on the moon, hold the front page.

    Meanwhile, starmer has referred to his woes as “an attack on democracy”. Really? I’d refer to it as the inevitable result of appeasing these savages and never being able to completely satisfy them. Didn’t Churchill refer to appeasers pandering to a crocodile in the hope that they would be eaten last?
    Well, ttk, you’ve reaped an ivevitable whirlwind here.

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  45. MarkyMark says:

    LGBT+ is inclusive … “Glasgow Pride has banned political parties from this year’s festival over a perceived lack of action in response to the recent Supreme Court gender ruling.”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czr83e7z7pmo

    Cancel culture is not real … “Glasgow Pride has banned political parties from this year’s festival over a perceived lack of action in response to the recent Supreme Court gender ruling.”

    “a woman was defined by biological sex “

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  46. tomo says:

    Walk ten paces, turn and fire

    – or three paces and deploy handbags

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  47. Fedup2 says:

    A bbc presenter and crisps salesman has apologised for an anti semitic post . Presumably he will be getting the full TTK treatment with 6 plod searching his house for ‘offensive ‘ books ..as well as seizing everything he owns and getting the complementary 8 hours in a cell before being forced to sign an illegal caution.
    Or maybe he is ‘approved ‘…

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  48. tomo says:

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  49. Fedup2 says:

    Just following up – this happened on the day the chief exec of the BBC uttered various meaningless promises about their BBC ..
    im a spiteful person – so I’d like the ex footballer fired with immediate effect – no FA cup final – no tearful farewell on match of the day …
    I think TTK shouid jump on the bandwagon too … and Lisa Nando’s and BBCOFCOM – and parliament shouid be recalled …

    Actually im quite pleased that it will damage the BBC whatever happens …

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