Weekend 31st May 2025

The end of May – what better time to cancel your TV Licence ? – unless you want to help pay the BBC gove Jerry Adams €100 000 plus costs for a lost defamation case of course ….

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145 Responses to Weekend 31st May 2025

  1. Up2snuff says:

    I will start off. Please defund the BBC. The BBC is biased as we all know. Anti-Isael, pro-Palestinian and biased in favour of the Far Left. The first thing to do is cancel your TellyTax payment.

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    • Up2snuff says:

      BBC WEB-SITE Watch #1 – where did that come from, a print copy of the Independent newspaper?

      A surprise this morning with the BBC underlining its anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian view point by including the Independent newspaper to re-inforce the claim by the UN that Gaza is the hungriest place on earth. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm26yjd15vjo (third newspaper down from top).

      Unfortunately the Independent could have chosen a better photograph for its front cover. The adult woman displays no sign of real hunger while the child beside her is crying because he is carrying a heavy sack full of food!

      Read the picture, BBC.

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  2. Mrs Kitty says:

    Completely off topic but a sad evening for me , Loretta Swit has died. I love M.A.S.H. and have to rewatch the whole series and film at least every year, so many great moments and memories of watching when they were first broadcast and now on DVDs. Nothing more to say.

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    • Scroblene says:

      So sad…

      Senora O’Blene and I always topped our glasses up with the words, “More wine my dear”, after that magical scene in the film…

      RIP.

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      • Up2snuff says:

        I watched, back in the days of TV Licence, M.A.S.H. and loved the offbeat, sometimes anarchic, humour. Hot Lips you will be missed!

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  3. Philip_2 says:

    BBC was warned about Huw Edwards as early as 2012!
    Former employee told Tim Davie about a complaint allegedly reported after the Jimmy Savile scandal ….

    The BBC was warned about Huw Edwards in the aftermath of the Jimmy Savile scandal in 2012, internal emails show

    A former BBC employee sent an email to Tim Davie, the broadcaster’s director-general, an hour before Edwards’ sentencing last autumn alleging that a complaint had been made about the disgraced presenter more than a decade earlier.

    The correspondence, shared with The Sunday Times following freedom of information requests, revealed the former BBC employee flagged the claim to Mr Davie on Sept 16 last year as “an area of risk to the corporation that you may not be previously aware of”.

    Mr Davie reportedly replied three minutes later stating that he would pass the allegation on “in confidence” and that the BBC had been investigating past complaints about Edwards.

    That same day, Edwards was given a six-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, after he admitted charges of making indecent images of children.

    The BBC has refused to say how many complaints it has received about Edwards over his four-decade career at the broadcaster, and has not yet published the findings of an internal inquiry into his behaviour.

    However, the dossier of internal emails suggests that senior BBC officials were aware of complaints about the former newsreader earlier than previously thought’…. or rather disclosed by the BBC. …

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/18/bbc-was-warned-about-huw-edwards-as-early-as-2012/?recomm_id=f9f65e65e3112ca8f593b5eca3733c87

    Note: The Sunday Times had to use FOI requests to prove that the BBC knew very well about what Hue Edwards was up to. And yet, like so many before failed to act, until it was ‘In the papers’ and questions were being asked ‘ how did this happen?’. Even BBC staffers knew of his interests in young boys much earlier… 40 years earlier!!! But perhaps its not much of a ‘thing’ at the BBC. So many pretty boys to choose from…

    I guess Gary Linekar often asked the same question. ‘Why do they pay me so much’? — or words to that affect! But we do know they (BBC) like to pay more for everything as they have a seemingly endless supply of money and it makes them feel wanted and important.

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  4. Eddy Booth says:

    A sneak preview of content set to appear on the weekends Biased BBC thread:

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    To avoid missing out, viewers with tablets and mobile phones are advised to upgrade to 96″ TV or monitor; or you’ll end up looking at just the bottom left hand corner of these debuting photos.

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  5. Nibor says:

    Is the BBC upset that they have been trumped by a court in what they can broadcast?
    Well we can sympathy with that BBC. It’s a form of control you like to put on others. You and the other MSM call it
    Gatekeeper.

    You BBC, think that the Internet should be controlled – gatekeeper – and you and your like should do the gatekeeping. But you don’t like it if it’s done to you.

    Ask Tommy Robinson about his journalism and court cases.

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  6. Philip_2 says:

    Comments in DT this evening inclued this one worth copying over.

    AF wrote: ‘Just read; Robin Aitken’s excellent book, “The Noble Liar”, which lays out a very clear case how & why the BBC has been the national cheerleader for our 50 year slide into socialist liberalism and especially their incessant championing of immigration and “multiculturalism”. Well worth a read, although ultimately it is depressing how what was once a national champion became a fifth-columnist undermining pretty much everything which once made Britain unique’.

    I did read the previous book called ‘Can We trust the BBC?’ and the answer was (even then) and obviously was No! but I was not that sure why until read the book by Robin Aitkin and it all fell into place. Why it can never improve, why its mistakes are covered up and ironically why it needs the TV license as a fig leaf to cover up its other area of operations, the ‘World Service’ which is often the only voice anyone overseas hears. Yes we pay for that as well. Damn.

    This was even the -‘ Book of the Year! – (in 2019). Good review, and odd links but the BBC has always been on the perverse dark side political agitator. George Orwell called it; “a cross between a girls School and Lunatic asylum”. Orwell based his own book – 1884 – on what he saw and experiences whilst working at the BBC.
    https://theweeflea.com/2019/04/09/the-noble-liar-the-influence-of-the-bbc-and-the-meritocracy/

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  7. Deborah says:

    I have seen in various places eg GBNews and YouTube the questions the press asked the man who let a ‘friend’ pay for his spectacles. What I haven’t seen are 2TK’s answers except that he said Farage 16 times. Were they shown anywhere? Did the BBC show either the questions or the answers? If so was the segment very carefully chosen?

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    • JohnC says:

      Here we have what the BBC wrote in a pathetic attempt to justify it.

      ‘Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria accepted donations of clothing so they could “look their best” to represent the UK, David Lammy has said.’

      Once again using a quote from someone totally biased to say what suits the agenda of the BBC themselves. At least Lammy did say this and it’s not another one they just wrote themselves.

      The BBC are masters of sleezy, dirty tricks.

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      • Deborah says:

        Well if Mr Lammy’s explanation is correct, it was a waste of time. When those difficult questions were asked (I can’t remember where he had rushed to and for what reason and the regularity is getting silly.), but Starmer looked scruffy. His shirt was crumpled and no tie (presumably to look like the common man). Mr D and I also noticed his trousers were too short, most of his socks exposed. He has put on weight since becoming our Dear Leader. As he likes to max out on other people’s money, I assume he never passes on the puddings at all these meals with foreign dignitaries or uk unions.

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      • non-licence payer says:

        How can a man who previously thought that Henry VII succeeded Henry VIII comment on fashion?

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  8. JohnC says:

    Ukraine accuses Russia of undermining next round of peace talks
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93yv5zpk1ko

    And once again the BBC are presenting a story with ‘what someone said’ as the basis for the headline. I have noticed they have been doing it a lot recently – especially for Gaza and Ukraine and the person they quote is always supporting the BBC narrative.

    These types of headlines are absolutely dishonest. They present a biased opinion as fact. They are not subject to any ‘fact checking’ and in the case of Gaza, I am 100% sure the BBC write the ‘quotations’ themselves because it’s uncanny how the wording is concise, exactly in line with the current agenda and in perfect English.

    I looked at this one to see if the very specific, standard ‘demand’ is repeated again. And here it is:

    ‘Ukraine had sent its proposals to Russia, reaffirming “readiness for a full and unconditional ceasefire”.

    That specific word ‘unconditional’ is in there every time and clearly the BBC know it’s significance. It’s there to let Ukraine resupply, reinforce and rearm it’s front lines. Putin knows this and it’s why there will be no ceasefire with that condition. It’s there so Putin can be blamed for rejecting it.

    The involvement of the EU and NATO in this war was justified on the basis of helping Ukraine defend itself. This is what NATO is supposed to be all about. Attacks into Russia itself were not allowed using donated Western equipment and missiles.

    So I was quite shocked to learn this week that ALL range restrictions of Western equipment have been removed and Ukraine can target Russia itself. And I also learned of another extremely significant event by NATO : Germany will give Ukraine the latest ‘Taurus’ cruise missiles with a 500km range.

    And where do the BBC report these events ?

    In here:

    Kremlin calls Trump ’emotional’ after US president says Putin is ‘crazy’
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g2wz74jdzo

    Doesn;t sound like anyone wants peace in Ukraine. Least of all the EU. We are being fed more lies by the BBC.

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  9. tomo says:

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  10. JohnC says:

    A year old, but I’ve only just seen it.

    This is what debates on Gaza SHOULD be like if people told the truth about what is REALLY going on.

    Douglas at his absolute best He highlighted the truth with absolute clarity. He destroyed every one of the ‘vague’ Leftist arguments with facts.

    It shows what racist liars the extreme-Left, shameless activists at the BBC such as Bowen and Fergal Keane really are.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Someone described Tommy Robinson as the working class Douglas Murray – or is Douglas Murray the post Tommy Robinson ….?

      As for Mr Murray – he really got under that creatures’ skin ..

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  11. pollyanna says:

    Thought I’d check in here after a few years. Blimey, BBBC has gone utterly to pot. Zero original content, most of the old regulars have left, 90% of the comments are incoherent rambling of a generally right wing variety with barely any tie-in to BBC content. Back in the day this place used to get national press coverage, and BBC presenters would come here to fight their corner. Why would they bother now? It’s irrelevant. I’m also left wondering, what’s the point of it? I haven’t paid my licence fee in a decade, I don’t watch their output and there’s no need to have a rant about stuff I choose not to watch. Why are you getting worked up about it if you don’t have to? This website looks as if it’s on its last legs, to be honest. I give it a year.

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    • JohnC says:

      Great comment polly – right in the old ‘I voted conservative but …’ or ‘I voted for Brexit but …’ style I’ve seen so often on BBC HYS where the author then proceeds to prove beyond any doubt they are a left-wing activist. And thus also a liar.

      I particularly like the bit where you rant about people not needing to rant. And I suspect ‘to be honest’ is the last thing you are given your vague generalisations:

      ‘with barely any tie-in to BBC content’
      Absolute rubbish and you know it. That party alone proves you are a troll.

      Perhaps someone can search this forum so we can see the calibre of your previous comments. Somehow I expect they either don’t exist or are along the same lines as this one.

      Maxi would know : he pulled up desperate examples of what people wrote from years ago when he was trolling. Always without context of course. because like all left-wing trolls, he has no conscience or ethics about what he writes.

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    • Guest Who says:

      Being honest is always good. Welcome back.

      Speaking of last legs, this is peak #ccbgb

      https://x.com/restispolitics/status/1928473361581044111?s=61

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Pollyanna

      I was initially going to ignore your comment . But then I thought – im a voluntary moderator here – i do it because in a tiny way – it’s my way of hitting back at your BBC and the alien state that keeps it safe in the protective hands of a corrupt regulator …

      Your comment is a real morale booster – if spared by the Lord – please come back on 31st May 2026 for a ‘chat ‘ …in the mean time im sure you are doing something to destroy the BBC other than smug sniping from the side lines …

      And take comfort in the 4 ‘upticks ‘ 25% of which are mine ..

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  12. AsISeeIt says:

    Your Mr AsI cancelled his tv licence several years ago [sounds of applause from hereabouts] sadly too late to avoid having helped – albeit in a small way – to line the pockets of Jimmy Savile’s elasticated-waistline gold lamé joggers.

    In fact the first major benefit of the direct debit cancellation was a sense of relief one was not contributing to the bank balances and inflation of the egos of those four BBC female news presenters, Martine Croxall, Annita McVeigh, Karin Giannone, and Kasia Madera, who had landed themselves a bonanza of undeserved compo from the BBC over claims of sex and age discrimination.

    One reflects resignedly and begrudgingly on one’s enforced small contributions to such handouts of which one disapproves on a day when news reports include:

    NatWest back to full private ownership… Treasury sells remaining shares… 17 years since £46bn crisis bailout (FT);

    Foreigners claim £1bn a month in benefits… Eight weeks of payments wipe out savings from scrapping winter fuel cash (Telegraph);

    And of course – to put the tin lid on it, so to speak: Gerry Adams awarded €100k in libel case against the BBC (BBC) – and for those among us who had fondly imagined Brexit would mean Britain would makes its own laws – that’s £84,000 after a ruling in a Dublin court.

    There was a time, not so long ago, when the reflexive reference to nazism as a familiar figure of speech was the preserve of the marxist far-left: Ken Livingstone stands by Hitler comments… The former London mayor was suspended from the Labour party on Thursday after saying Hitler had supported Zionism in the 1930s. (BBC, 2016) – our Red Ken, an evident scholar of that dark period in central european history, deployed such analogous parallels almost as his catchphrase: Livingstone wins appeal against suspension for ‘Nazi’ slur… after a judge declined to impose any sanction upon him for likening a Jewish reporter to a Nazi concentration camp guard. (Guardian, 2006)

    Let’s just take a moment to quote further from that vintage Guardian article and to lament of a time when the left in Britain still cherished free speech: The mayor of London said it was “a victory for democracy” after Mr Justice Collins ruled that he had not brought his office into disrepute with comments he made to an Evening Standard reporter, Oliver Finegold, in February 2005.

    If I recall rightly – don’t quote me on this – it was Ken Livingstone who, in his struggles with moderate factions in his party, once declared “It begins with me being kicked off the Labour NEC, and it ends in fascism”

    Who would have thought that a decade or so later Britain’s chief legal adviser to the Crown would likewise so casually employ the rhetoric and political speech habits of the marxists of the former militant tendency?

    Pressure builds on Starmer to sack law chief over Nazi smear… Attorney General… Lord Hermer… “clumsey remarks”… compared calls to leave the European Convention on Human Rights to the rise of Nazism (Telegraph)

    Such is the present state of official discourse that anyone with a political outlook vaguely to the right of Tony Blair can now be branded a swastika armbanded knuckle-dragging loon.

    Starmer condemns ‘thugs’ involved in far-right riots and launches new violent disorder unit… driven by “far-right hatred” (Labour List, August 2024)

    It tended to rather irk your Mr AsI that his local Sainsbury’s displayed a notice board headed with the slogan “Making Change In *****”

    As one filled one’s basket with the necessary comestibles and headed for the check out one reflected “I don’t particularly want CHANGE in my local area, thank you very much – least of all CHANGE promoted by the high street grocer. Can’t we leave that sort of thing to the political left?

    Barack Obama’s most prominent campaign slogans were “Change we can believe in” and “Yes We Can”. He also used “Change” and “Change We Need” during the 2008 election – thank you AI.

    From the political left – via the supermarket corporations – to Royalty…

    William I want to bring about real change (Telegraph) – oh, fuck off!

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    • Deborah says:

      I keep missing the sum the government will receive for its Nat West holdings. Will the money go towards pensioners getting their winter fuel allowance back, be given to immigrants who need support or pay for lifting the two children cap on benefits? As far as the latter is concerned, if I remember correctly, the Conservatives brought the cap in, in such a way that people who already had more than two children kept the benefit. Those deciding after its introduction and had more than two children should have considered the consequences. What is the problem? Perhaps exceptions could be made for those whose second child turned out to be twins.

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  13. Fedup2 says:

    As I see it

    I think it’s about ‘change for the worst’ … im trying to think of something that has changed for the better . The internet has provided instant sources of information – but with a social cost .

    Apart from that ? The people are really not happy at all . Im sure the likes of the royals have no idea of the collective anger . Even this site – according to a recent guest poster – has gone to the dogs .

    I really try for optimism – but always fail because my eyes are open and i see . I try to imagine to imagine the view of any one – British – born in – say the last 25? Years who grew up in the miserable decline .
    They can only imagine a more coherent – white – Judeo Christian country where the problems were ‘trivial ‘ compared to now …

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  14. JohnC says:

    How controversial US-Israeli backed Gaza aid plan turned to chaos
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4g0xmem2lo

    Goodness me – another absolutely apalling piece by ‘BBC Verify’ who it seems only try to ‘verify’ things which fit their agenda.

    Very clearly the BBC, UN and Leftist agencies do not want this secure food provider in Gaza. They want to continue as they are now where Hamas steal the aid and sell it. The entire article is 100% negative.

    ‘”These measures were effective”, it added, “and no injuries occurred.” BBC Verify cannot independently confirm this.’ – planting doubt.

    ‘The WFP did not respond to BBC questions about how it would implement further security measures at its warehouses.’ – Why hasn’t the BBC asked the UN the same question ?.

    ‘Oxfam criticised the location of the GHF distribution sites, telling BBC Verify that it imposed “military control over aid operations”.’

    ‘”Humanitarian aid is not just a food box that you slap humanitarian on and you call it humanitarian aid,” Ms Khalidi said.’ – Maybe not, but it’s 90% of it.

    ‘”I am empty-handed like God created me,” said Hani Abed outside the centre near Netzarim on Thursday.
    “I came empty-handed and I left empty-handed.” – Utterly pointless ’empathy’.

    I was looking to see if they addressed the entire reason for this aid group : to stop the aid being given to Hamas. And of course they did not. They repeated the stock phrase given to them by the political controllers:

    ‘But Israel has said an alternative to the existing aid system was needed to stop Hamas stealing aid, which the group denies doing.’. The BBC implying equivalence between the Israeli government and a terrorist group again.

    That’s it. The subject is never mentioned again. And it is a huge accusation levelled at the UN for allowing it. The BBC simple will not even acknowledge it as a possibility – even though we know full well it is true. It’s just bizarre. The ‘BBC Verify’ article should be about Hamas stealing the aid, not what people are doing to try to prevent it.

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    • Guest Who says:

      I read across a variety of outlets, in theory to get a balanced view but also to notice where the BBC gets its feeds from. This from ‘The Grayzone’:

      “Max reports back from Iran on the red line Trump refuses to acknowledge, and identified the dark forces behind the sinister mercenary aid orgs moving into Gaza to consolidate Israeli occupation”

      If on Twitter these claims have value once you go past to the comments.

      Currently the U.K. MSM is very persuaded by what a ‘Senior UN official’ says.

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  15. tomo says:

    NOT seen on the BBC

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  16. MarkyMark says:

    Between 1997 and 2013 Pakistan sent an invasion force into the heart of the UK to rape 1400 girls, unstopped they spread around the UK without hinderance with the total raped unknown. Now some of those who committed the crimes are looked after by the tax payer in prison and have human rights.

    In other news UK MPs vote against a London runway put vote for a new runway in Kashmir. HAHAHHAHAHAHH HA HA HAHA H

    “when care home managers investigated reports that children in their care were being picked up by taxi drivers”
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotherham_child_sexual_exploitation_scandal

    Minister scolds MPs over campaign to build airport in Kashmir while voting against Heathrow expansion
    https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/labour-mps-campaign-build-airport-pakistan-heathrow-expansion-b1219885.html

    Modern UK Politics!

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  17. Guest Who says:

    ROAGRWV

    https://x.com/konstantinkisin/status/1928564802906993065?s=61
    “We’ve been gaslit into thinking BBC journalism was neutral — but ideology took over long ago.”

    Just reading the solution to resolving Gaza is letting Jeremy Bowen in to ‘report’.

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  18. friend of yogi bear says:

    THE MYSTERIES OF MODERN BANKING….

    Widely reported yesterday by the BBC and others ,was the sale of the Governments last shares in Natwest bank, it will be recalled that when Gordon Brown and his side kick Alistair Darling “saved the world” with their banking bailout, the cost to us mugs who pay tax was £48 Bn and the overall loss to us mugs has been £10bn.

    I’m sure it’s just me being thick but what sort of deal was this bailout and why was it so good???
    Just a quick Google check shows that last year’s profit alone at Natwest was £6.2bn , so how come we have lost so much, I suspect even Rachel from accounts could raise an eyebrow at Gordon and Alistairs deal making, suffice to say it’s beyond me.

    Needless to say no serious consideration on the BBC of the numbers or detail of the real deal.

    In his tv interview ,no wonder the Chairman of Natwest says he’s grateful to the taxpayer, he smiled and no doubt after leaving the studio he laughed…all the way back to the bank.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Not one banker was jailed.

      “In the aftermath of the 2008 Icelandic financial crisis, several individuals involved in the banking sector were jailed, including former chief executives and other key figures from banks like Kaupthing and Landsbanki. These individuals faced charges ranging from market manipulation to gross breaches of fiduciary duty. “

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  19. Scroblene says:

    “Oops, Net Zero is a busted flush. But not before it’s made a few hypocrites extremely wealthy.”

    Been saying that for years, Tomo…

    ​The issue is much more of political obfuscation, than real work on the subject! It’s easy to ‘follow the money’! Once a scientist, or some university ‘bod’ decides he has the theory of the meaning of life, CO2 deaths of several insects, copper bracelets, life on Mars etc., and a government department picks up on the idea because it’s failing in the polls, (and will probably get kicked out in a few years), their support is then bandied around the international financial organisations who easily spot a way to screw millions out of several countries and their governments, create a ‘market’ and then go hell for leather trying – and usually succeeding – to make a gullible/uninterested/misinformed public believe in what they’re doing and that it’s absolutely right, and nobody is ever allowed to disagree!

    The calibre of nearly all governments is deplorable when it comes to policy which actually assists the poor, the pensioners, (who’ve usually paid millions into the coffers all their lives, and deserve something back), and the genuinely disadvantaged, and helps, not by shoving taxpayer’s money around in the form of credits etc., but by making sure that issues like signing Prescotts’s ridiculous ‘Kyoto agreement’, doesn’t make everyone on the breadline actually feel like acceding to lining the pockets of the ‘climate-change’ beneficiaries.

    We have enormous resources to be self-sufficient in the UK, and we fiddle and muck around at the whim of big money which now has the so-called scientists in their pockets! ​It’ll take many years to ‘solve’ the energy manufacture and distribution issues, ​you can easily spot the politician’s interference with commercial issues, many of which they haven’t a clue about, but most of our friends and contemporaries are getting sick and tired of having ‘green’ issues stuffed down our throats, at a time when we’re also expected to pay for all these ‘innovations’! There’s plenty of evidence to counter the facts, and the MSM’s and the BBC’s ‘experts’, continued barrage of what they deem is correct, hardly ever exposes these alternative arguments and facts.

    The ‘scientists’ or ‘experts’ have had an open season on these energy issues, by expecting us all to bow down to the ‘Green Goddess’, and many citizens are just turning off and ignoring the doom-mongers. We all know that fossil fuel supplies are finite – we’ve been told enough times, (although the UK has enough for at least 100 years), but instead of charging Joe Pensioner or Joan Breadline huge sums of money they can ill afford now, for the privilege of knowing that in a hundred years time, the world will be a better place, I can tell you now that it just ain’t going to happen!

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  20. tomo says:

    We’re just one rainbow lanyard away from a Spain-style blackout.

    I wonder if the BBC have an obituary prepared for the UK electricity grid?

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  21. Fedup2 says:

    Tomo
    After experiencing that 14? Hour total blackout I tried to give more thought to making the ‘best of it ‘.

    But there isn’t much by way of ‘best ‘ apart from the clear sky at night . So the best is to prepare . If you are lucky you’ll be at home – with the stuff needed to survive a few days – after that – tricky .

    If you’re away from home – tricky .

    The lack of any information about the extent of the power outage – the need for a convention wireless – is a priority . – also the range of emotions – confusion – anger – fear – helplessness – all there – and in the cities the descent to dog eat dog will be swift …

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    • AsISeeIt says:

      ‘….in the cities the descent to dog eat dog will be swift’

      Later, as he sat on his balcony eating the dog

      High-Rise, by J.G. Ballard

      Laing is annoyed that those above him pay no regard to his safety, but he pays no more regard to those below him. He doesn’t realise the implications yet, but the high-rise has become a microcosm of wider British society. Those on the topmost floors have their own dedicated entrance lobby and high-speed lifts (a common feature today in buildings with shared occupancy between rich and merely affluent). Everyone else rubs along as best they can, eyes rarely meeting.

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      • Fedup2 says:

        Blimey Asiseeit – I recall now that I read that during my ‘Ballard ‘ period ….

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      • MarkyMark says:

        “High-Rise is a 1975 novel by British writer J. G. Ballard.[1] The story describes the disintegration of a luxury high-rise building as its affluent residents gradually descend into violent chaos. As with Ballard’s previous novels Crash (1973) and Concrete Island (1974), High-Rise inquires into the ways in which modern social and technological landscapes could alter the human psyche in provocative and hitherto unexplored ways. It was adapted into a film of the same name, in 2015, by director Ben Wheatley.”

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Rise_(novel)

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    • Flotsam says:

      I have a decent diesel generator and fuel ready for the blackouts.

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      • Fedup2 says:

        Flotsam – me too – but I worry about becoming a target for the less prepared …
        Whether it is an accidental power outage or a Putin – Green loon type one – I couldn’t see the current regime getting its act together for a number of days …

        I judge this on anecdotes such as the finding of the inquiry into the Heathrow closure – which is sort of blamed on the CEO not answering the phone but really is about failure to have resilience … but they’ll keep paying the ‘management team ‘ big bucks for failing ….

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  22. tomo says:

    A hand came up through the soil….

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    • Mrs Kitty says:

      Still trying it on for her old masters in Mother Russia, maybe they’ve offered her more money?

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Lives in a gated community with no kids to worry about! The world is Merkle’s womb!

      Angela Merkel: German multiculturalism has ‘utterly failed’

      The Guardian
      https://www.theguardian.com › world › oct › angela-m…
      merkel multiculturalism has failed from http://www.theguardian.com
      17 Oct 2010 — Chancellor’s assertion that onus is on new arrivals to do more to integrate into German society stirs anti-immigration debate.

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  23. Fedup2 says:

    Comrade Merkel has done excellent service for the motherland – curious that she does not advocate Russia imports the third world as their fertility isn’t exactly great .

    Im sure comrade Putin would appreciate some ‘colour ‘ camping around the Moscow subway system like in Western Europe …

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  24. Flotsam says:

    King Charles could pardon Lucy Connelly at the stroke of a pen.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      King Charles is no longer a natural King – just a man in a big house (with no migrants) who changed his shares to use green shares to save the planet.

      ………………………………..

      “who force the British queen to have her son marry a Pakistani woman; millions of black Africans from around the continent gather at the Limpopo River and invade South Africa; and only one drunken Soviet soldier stands in the way of hundreds of thousands of Chinese peasants as they overrun Siberia.”
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Camp_of_the_Saints

      The Extreme Deception in Meghan Markle’s Cringey Jamie Kern Lima Podcast That Makes the Mask Slip

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  25. Flotsam says:

    The Marxists have been busy in Manchester. I drove into Manchester very recently for the first time in many years. Was I in Manchester or Manchesteristan? 20mph zones everywhere, cycle lanes blocking roads up………………………

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  26. tomo says:

    Oh; to have the bawlers of “Islamophobe!” put under the direct control of dudes like that….

    He should be installed as Guardian editor.

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    • Ian Rushlow says:

      Wonder if the scholars have any insights on the ethics of raping 13 year old White working class girls living in Labour controlled towns?

      #WeWillNotForget

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      • MarkyMark says:

        “Some interpretations suggest that the marriage was a political alliance that strengthened Muhammad’s position within the community. Others emphasize the importance of the historical context, pointing out that child marriage was a common practice in pre-Islamic Arabia and was not considered unusual at the time. Some traditional Islamic scholars maintain that the marriage was divinely ordained and that Muhammad’s actions were within the bounds of religious law.

        “The Qur’anic canon is the form of the Quran as recited and written in which it is religiously binding for the Muslim community. This canonical corpus is closed and fixed in the sense that nothing in the Quran can be changed or modified.”

        divinely ordained and that Muhammad’s actions were within the bounds of religious law.

        “nothing in the Quran can be changed or modified”
        “actions were within the bounds of religious law.”

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  27. DYKEVISIONS says:

    Not to trivialise the situation in Gaza, but MSNBBC et all are blaming Israel for ‘non proportionality’ in the current war reminds me of this little scene in ‘Homeland’ where Quinn tells some home truths.

    Swap the war room for a Al Beeb’s editors meeting and Raqqa for Gaza…

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “Is our strategy working?”
      “What strategy? Tell me what the strategy is and I’ll tell you if it is working?”

      Labour’s Islamophobia Policy
      https://labour.org.uk/resources/labours-islamophobia-policy/

      5. There is no single agreed definition of Islamophobia, albeit various civic, social, legal and political sources have attempted to define it. One definition is the All Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslim’s definition (APPG). The APPG defines Islamophobia as:

      “… rooted in racism and is a type of racism that targets expressions of Muslimness or perceived Muslimness”.

      The Labour Party adopted the APPG definition and its examples in March 2019 as an important statement of principle and solidarity. The NEC reaffirms that position in this Code of Conduct.

      6. The Runnymede Trust has defined Islamophobia as anti-Muslim racism and further said:

      “… any distinction, exclusion, or restriction towards, or preference against, Muslims (or those perceived to be Muslims) that has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of public life”.

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  28. MarkyMark says:

    “All donations welcome. Cash preferred.”

    Starmer The Threat of Farage.

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  29. Sluff says:

    Morning all.
    Not strictly BBC although then again…….
    But here is your anti-car woke activists update, often masquerading as ‘safety’..Bear with the detail.
    Up in Scotland more and more villages are getting 20 mph limits. Way too slow. I saw them even on stretches of country lane with no pavements, no junctions, and no houses. Pure vindictive spite from eco-warrior council traffic departments dreaming up ‘safety schemes’ from the comfort of their own homes.
    At junction 9 of the M74 south of Glasgow. A contra flow. With a speed limit of 30, yes 30 mph!!! Why why why?
    To avoid this we came off at junction 8 and followed the old A74 which used to be the main dual carriageway down to junction 12. Guess what? They have grassed over most of one carriageway leaving a ‘cycle lane’ leaving car users with a two lane road. In 10 miles we saw not a single cyclist. Not one. But there were roadworks so we were held up by a 3 way single file set of traffic lights!
    On the M6 south near junction 35. A 5 mile tail back taking one hour. Bank Holiday week Friday afternoon. One lane was closed for ‘road works’. There were two workers. One was using a large grab on the hard shoulder to manoeuvre a pile of earth several feet off the carriageway. The other was chatting on the phone in a van. The work covered about a 30 metre length but the cones stretched a mile. Later, another one hour tailback. Near junction 17 a lorry had stopped in the second lane of 4. Blocking two lanes as the inside lane was deemed unusable ( why not open it even at say 20mph?). No sign of a breakdown vehicle, police, or traffic officers. But plenty of speed cameras. Hahaha. Meanwhile some sort of crash northbound with miles of stationary traffic.
    Utterly, totally, useless infrastructure, No resilience at all. But don’t dare suggest investment. It might ‘encourage car use’.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      What if we all flew in helicopters?

      The Guardian
      https://www.theguardian.com › politics › article › may
      25 May 2024 — Exclusive: PM made flying visit to his North Yorkshire constituency, using millionaire’s chopper to return to London.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      But sluff – just think – all that additional exhaust fumes making the atmosphere greener – well done you …

      Surely there shouid be annual awards for the least used cycle lanes – of best ‘traffic management system ‘ for killing town centres …

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    • Sluff says:

      I forgot to mention the crash on the M6 toll southbound. We passed it with minimal queuing at about 6.30 pm. It was serious. All in the outside lane. No emergency services had arrived. A member of the public was giving CPR.
      Later, Air ambulance were involved.

      But then the blob takes over. The road is closed. And was still closed 3 hours later as the plod blob get out their tape measures and clipboards while thousands have to grapple with local roads and the creaking old M6.

      Motorists. The ‘minority’ the government doesn’t give a toss about.

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  30. Fedup2 says:

    I thought – just for the record – I’d put up the official statement by the BBC on the loss of the defamation case brought by someone who definitely wasn’t the leader of a terrorist group…

    BEGINS

    Adam Smyth, Director of BBC Northern Ireland, on behalf of the BBC said:

    “We are disappointed by this verdict. We believe we supplied extensive evidence to the court of the careful editorial process and journalistic diligence applied to this programme and accompanying online article. Moreover, it was accepted by the court, and conceded by Gerry Adams’ legal team, that the Spotlight broadcast and publication were of the highest public interest.

    “We didn’t want to come to court, but it was important that we defend our journalism and we stand by that decision. Our past is difficult terrain for any jury and we thank them for their diligence and careful consideration of the issues in this case.

    “The implications of their decision, though, are profound. As our legal team made clear, if the BBC’s case cannot be won under existing Irish defamation law, it’s hard to see how anyone’s could. And they warned that today’s decision could hinder freedom of expression.

    “Of course, a case of this importance, duration and complexity involves significant expense. In common with other media organisations the BBC has insurance and makes financial provision for ongoing and anticipated legal claims.

    “We would like to thank Jennifer O’Leary, Gwyneth Jones and all those who gave evidence on behalf of the BBC, as well as our legal team for their unwavering support. We will now take some time with them to consider the implications of this ruling.”

    Jennifer O’Leary, Spotlight reporter, said:

    “I first want to thank the legal teams involved in defending the BBC’s journalism – our inhouse litigation team, in particular Stephen Harris and Alice Hickey, our Dublin team led by Karyn Harty and her team at Denton’s – in particular, Lesley Caplin and Aaron McCarthy, and our advocates in court – Senior Counsels Paul Gallagher, Eoin McCullough and Junior Counsel Hugh McDowell. All were forensic, fair and kind.

    “I said in the witness box that I had nothing to hide, only sources to protect and I want to thank them for trusting me.

    “I also want to acknowledge and thank our witnesses in court – Trevor Ringland, Senator Michael McDowell and Ann Travers – who spoke so courageously. And there are thousands of Ann Travers across this island and in Britain – victims and survivors of the Troubles AND the years after the peace agreement who carry the burden of their grief and trauma with incredible courage. They are the people I’m thinking of – all of them. Thank you.”

    ENDS

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  31. atlas_shrugged says:

    The promotion of police who failed (how very 2TJ):

    https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/tommy-robinson-on-free-speech-musk-protests-doxing-lawfare-and-prison-part-1/

    ‘So, I was charged and prosecuted with counterterrorism. Now, the reason that I have such a target in my back all comes back to the rape gang scandal. Who’s the head of counterterrorism? I think his name’s Jukes. He was the same police officer who was in charge of the Rotherham scandal from 2006 to 2010. He was in charge of allowing Muslim men to rape their way through that town . . . So now he’s in charge of counterterrorism. So counter terrorist legislation is used to prosecute me.

    Ed: Matt Jukes has very recently been appointed Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police – his past appointments, from his time across South Yorkshire, South Wales and as head of National Counter Terrorism Policing, are detailed

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  32. Emmanuel Goldstein says:

    We should be very grateful to all these politicians and slebs jetting about all over the place and putting tons of carbon dioxide into the air.
    Carbon dioxide is fantastic for plants which thrive on the stuff, it is the very best way to save the planet.

    When you next come across anybody complaining about Co2 and the elite producing lots of it unnecessarily you can put them right by telling them they are saving the planet.

    We should all use as much carbon producing facilities as we possibly can.
    Get the oil, gas and coal power stations fired up, burn the bicycles and ev’s.

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  33. wwfc says:

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  34. Fedup2 says:

    The Leicester driving ‘incident ‘ which seriously injured at least 3 people at 0030 Saturday doesnt seem to figure much in the media .
    The report i read omits the skin colour of the arrested driver – thus suggesting he / she is ‘not white ‘.

    That’s how the news based on deceit is now a ‘game ‘ of deduction instead of fact …

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  35. Sluff says:

    Readers may gather from my earlier traffic post that I’ve been away. I’m sure everyone has commented already on the glaringly obvious TTK treatment of the guy who ran amok with his car in Liverpool. Whiteys get different treatment, don’t they?
    However I digress. One of my mates is a Power Engineer and he explained thus.
    Imagine an event such as the World Cup final. It’s half time. Everyone puts the kettle on for a cuppa. There is a huge extra demand for electricity. The gas and old coal power stations would be already turning over slowly but could then quickly ramp up to meet the demand.
    Now imagine the same in Ed Milliband’s alternate universe. Wind power? You get what you are given from one minute to the next. Solar? The match could be at night time. If in the day, will the sun magically come out from behind dark clouds at just the right time? Of course not.
    Renewables cannot cope with quick changes in demand.
    Fact.
    Not mentioned ever by Milliband or Rowlatt or the BBC.
    Also Fact.

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    • Mrs Kitty says:

      When the extreme shopping events were occurring in London in 2011 following the death of a criminal, I was told by a police source that in one of the roads involved Waterstones was the only shop not looted. Another tale told was that the looting of a certain store that stocked expensive trainers was only a half hearted affair as they only stole trainers for the right foot.

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  36. Jeff says:

    Now, this might be of interest…

    Last night in Leicester there was a deliberate car ramming of pedestrians. Four people were injured, three of them seriously.

    A 31 year-old man from Leicester has been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and causing serious injury and remains in police custody.

    Only 2 hours after the incident at Liverpool the police provided us with the information, “A 53 year old white, British male has been arrested.”

    This time they seem to be somewhat reluctant to go further and have asked the public not to “speculate”.

    Hmm…

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  37. wwfc says:

    Andrew Neil
    @afneil
    This is the French police watching this morning as scores of illegal migrants cram on to a boat and head across the Channel for the UK.
    Proof positive of the great return we’re getting for the tens of millions we’ve given to France to help stop the small boats.

    GsRyqJYXMAAbT-b?format=jpg&name=medium

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  38. tomo says:

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  39. tomo says:

    Whiny rich Paddy threatens Twump

    BBC pop goons will repeat

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “While the Band Aid project, particularly the “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” song, raised significant funds and awareness for famine relief in Ethiopia, it did not ultimately eradicate poverty in the region. Critics argue that the project perpetuated negative stereotypes about Africa and that the aid money was not always effectively used. ”

      “Some reports have also suggested that a portion of the aid money was diverted for other purposes, including the purchase of weapons, though this was not the fault of the charity itself. ”

      Bono issues call to ‘stop war’ as U2 perform Sunday Bloody Sunday at The Ivors
      https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/bono-stop-war-u2-the-ivors-b1229360.html

      “Hamas release the hostages. Stop war. Israel be released from Benjamin Netanyahu.

      “All of you protect our aid workers, they are the best of us.”

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  40. Fedup2 says:

    What size payout should you get if six plod come through your door – arrest you for a legal tweet – search and seize – record your brexity books – put you in a cell for 8 hours – complete with handcuffs – force you to sign for an illegal corrupt caution – and send you on your way …

    The answer – £250000
    £100000
    £20 000

    Which one has the victim accepted ?

    I remember reading a book about civil actions against the police …. He should get a lot more than the above …

    I’d want their jobs and pensions too .. but im nasty

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    • StewGreen says:

      Following an intervention by the FSU, Kent Police has agreed to pay £20,000 in compensation to Julian Foulkes, the 71-year-old retired special constable arrested in November 2023 over a tweet about rising anti-Semitism!

      The tweet had just 26 views. Nevertheless, it was reported to the Met, and the Metropolitan Police Intelligence Command

      So The Kent Blue Line Gang kidnapped him for 8 hours
      then continued harassing him
      until they EXTOTRTED a false admission from him, meaning he had to accept a police caution
      So now the taxpayer is paying £20K

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  41. wwfc says:

    More than 500 migrants cross Channel today as hundreds more expected in what could be new RECORD day

    https://www.gbnews.com/news/migrant-crisis-more-than-500-cross-channel-new-record-day

    migrant-arrivals.png?id=60349547&width=1000&quality=90

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  42. tomo says:

    oops

    Gs-SCDEq-Xo-AEy-OTS.jpg

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  43. tomo says:

    An ex Conservative Party advisor no less….

    BBC gig must be in there somewhere

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  44. wwfc says:

    Channel crossings daily record smashed as more than 1,000 migrants arrive today

    https://www.gbnews.com/news/migrant-crisis-channel-crossings-daily-record-smashed

    migrants-arriving-in-dover-today.png?id=60349746&width=1000&quality=90

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  45. tomo says:

    Panorama next week:

    I lied

    https://www.barnabasaid.org/gb/news/only-25-out-of-7-000-syrian-refugees-recommended-for-resettlement-in-uk/

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  46. Fedup2 says:

    From the DT – a story about a BBC Terrorist – and it’s not a football presenter

    STARTS A Gaza reporter who was exposed after describing Jews as “devils” has been banned by the BBC.
    The corporation has ordered its Arabic channel to stop using Ahmed Alagha, who was a regular contributor to its coverage of the Israeli war against Hamas.
    The ban came after The Telegraph revealed in April that Mr Alagha had been accused of describing Israelis as sadistic and less than human.
    He appeared twice on BBC Arabic after this newspaper exposed his social media comments, once just a few hours after The Telegraph’s story had been published, and again on May 12.
    When Mr Alagha’s continued appearances were brought to the BBC’s attention, corporation sources stated he would no longer be used on its programmes, ordering its Arabic channel to keep him off air.
    It comes after continued controversy over the output of BBC Arabic, which critics have described as being biased against Israel, amid claims that several of its contributors have repeatedly made anti-Semitic comments.
    In May, the BBC’s chairman, Dr Samir Shah, announced the broadcaster will appoint an independent figure to investigate its Arabic channel as part of a review of the standard of its reporting of the Middle East conflict.
    ‘The Jews are the devils of the hypocrites’
    Mr Alagha, who was billed on air as a Palestinian journalist, has appeared on BBC Arabic reporting from Gaza numerous times since January last year.
    He has appeared to have singled out Jews for condemnation and praised the killing of Israeli civilians on his social media accounts.
    Responding to footage of Gaza tower blocks being bombed by Israel following the October 7 attacks, Mr Alagha posted on X, formerly Twitter, a few days later: “This is not a Hollywood film; this is what was done to these towers in Gaza City at the hands of the Israeli occupation, and it’s happening to us in Gaza.
    “It [the Israeli occupation] is the embodiment of filth, the unrivalled swamp of wickedness. As for the Jews, they are the devils of the hypocrites.”
    The following day, he posted: “And as we know, the ‘Israelis’ are not human beings to begin with, rather they are not even beasts. Perhaps they belong to a race for which no description can capture the extent of their lust and sadism.”
    ‘BBC is trapped in an echo chamber’
    The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (Camera), a media campaign group, has called for the BBC to crack down on its Arabic channel’s use of contributors it says cannot be trusted to deliver objective and balanced broadcasting.
    A spokesman for Camera UK said: “The BBC has finally done the right thing regarding Ahmad Alagha. Nevertheless, his and Afifa’s stories clearly demonstrate that the process by which the BBC obtains and broadcasts Gaza Strip information is deeply flawed – with Israel’s restrictions on journalists entering Gaza not being nearly as relevant as the corporation claims they are.
    “BBC Arabic’s editors specifically seem to be trapped inside an echo chamber. Such dehumanising statements about Jews and Israelis reflect a deep failure to meet even the most basic standards required from a journalist reporting live from Gaza; yet the editors kept using the individual who made them, even when his record was publicly known.
    “This precedent, which would be unimaginable were Alagha to target any other minority group in the UK, let alone a group involved in the same conflict he purports to cover.”
    Danny Cohen, the former director of BBC Television said: “It is both horrifying and astonishing that a reporter who has spouted anti-Semitism was allowed back on air after his vile racism was exposed.
    “His appearing on BBC Arabic in the first place was indefensible – simple checks would have revealed his unacceptable views.
    “The fact that he was allowed to return after his racism became public knowledge is further evidence of the deep-seated systemic problems of bias, extremism and antisemitism at BBC Arabic.
    “BBC management needs to get a grip. If the BBC Arabic service cannot be reformed, it should be shut down.”
    Broadcasting sources said BBC Arabic had been instructed not to use Mr Alagha as a contributing reporter or commentator again.
    A BBC spokesman said: “Ahmed Alagha is not a BBC member of staff or part of the BBC’s reporting team. His social media posts do not reflect the BBC’s view, and we are absolutely clear that there is no place for anti-Semitism on our services. We will not be using him as a contributor in this way again.”
    Mr Alagha has recently removed his X social media account.ENDS

    It’s thought that Mr Alagha has a promising future career at the BBC as either religious editor or Today presenter – he’d fit both roles rather well …

    Whoever put him on the air also needs to be ‘looked at ‘’…

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  47. G.W.F. says:

    Anyone else puzzled over the difference between the artist’s sketch of the alleged Liverpool car driver and the real photograph?

    https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2062161/paul-doyle-liverpool-parade-crash-court-hearing

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  48. Scroblene says:

    Yet another thousand illegals invading us today…

    I’d love to think that a tax-paid broadcaster – sometimes known as the BBC, could at least start enquiring why my country is being invaded by foreigners, and that I’m paying for their accommodation, food etc.

    Beeboids are such cowards, they never face real facts, just rely on kids’ stuff gleaned from the ‘net’, and leave it there!

    Real British Citizens want to know what TTK’s disgraceful bunch of losers are doing to stop this lovely country being shat on by foreigners.

    Beeboids are unable to report this travesty of decent British values. They have to be stopped.

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  49. Fedup2 says:

    Scroblene – I wonder if the Home Secretary and the Islamic home office will be on the beach to welcome each one ?

    Perhaps Sunday will bring 2000 in ….. in the interview I mentioned the other day he described the suggestion made to both nut nut ( dolt Johnson ) and green card Rishi to pull out of the ECHR – the Human Rights Act – and any other Treaty stopping the blocking of boats . The idea being for the Navy to scoop them all up and never set foot on British soil .,..

    Naturally both ‘politicians ‘ wouid rather preside of a daily invasion rather than having britains ‘ international reputation ‘ damaged . …
    Me … I’d sink them until they stopped coming … and take them back to France ….

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