199 Responses to Weekend 12th July 2025

  1. atlas_shrugged says:

    The French are about to lend the UK the Bayeux tapestry.

    This fine piece of work is all about sending lots of small boats from France to conquer Britain – according to Rod Liddle on Times Radio.

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    • Yasser Dasmibehbi says:

      But the Bayeux tapestry contains scenes of violence and conquest! Surely it will be banned?
      Oh wait, I spoke too soon. Of course! It depicts the defeat of the English and the victory of invading foreigners. That sort of thing is just what the British establishment wants you to celebrate.

      Meanwhile an effigy of a boat carrying illegal invaders is burnt on a bonfire and the whole of Wokedom is appalled and calling for political and police intervention against the people who done such a terrible thing. They claim it could encourage violence against the illegals. Hardly. What will cause violence is bringing more in which is precisely what the Labour government is doing.
      There is no way that a nutter is set fire to a boat coming across the channel.
      Bonfires and effigies are a tradition. Get real!

      Edward Woodward died a natural death as far as I know. Nobody was inspired to torch him.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      It’s the ultimate gas lighting….I’ve heard that the French museum is being renovated, we are just storing it on the cheap.

      “The French are about to lend the UK the Bayeux tapestry.”

      …………………………
      Date Migrants arrived Boats arrived Boats involved in uncontrolled landings Notes
      6 July 2025 0 0 0
      7 July 2025 0 0 0
      8 July 2025 0 0 0
      9 July 2025 0 0 0
      10 July 2025 573 10 0
      11 July 2025 353 5 0
      12 July 2025 317 6 0
      https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/migrants-detected-crossing-the-english-channel-in-small-boats/migrants-detected-crossing-the-english-channel-in-small-boats-last-7-days

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  2. AsISeeIt says:

    It’s a crying shame and she was very distressed edition

    In the battle of the broadsheet in-house cartoonists our mate Matt of the Telegraph usually aces it over the left-leaning Newman of the Times.

    But your Mr AsI likes to call it as he sees it and this morning Matt double faults – returning with a second bite of yesterday’s strawberry in the form of another hosepipe ban gag. There was a time in days of yore when the native English were keen gardeners and such recidivist horticultural humour might have been sustained over an entire summer weekend – but sadly not nowadays – when there’s hardly a blade of grass to be seen fronting our suburban semis and they’re far more likely to have been concreted over with what my old dad (who was a bit of an anti-semite – but more of that later) would have termed a jewish lawn.

    Kudos where kudos is due, our Newman combines two current news lines – a winning comic combination – as he satirises our present moment wordlessly with his drawing (the mark of a humourist on top of his game) and to cap it all he risks the ire of the matriarchy to make his joke. He sketches the women’s Wimbledon singles winner under the hot sun clutching that iconic silver plate – her hands protected from the sun-baked hot metal trophie – by a pair of oven gloves.

    Jolly good hit, sir. That quip lands rather well at a moment when, coincidentally, we’re presented certain cause to question the efficacy of dragooning the fairer sex into the black fatigues of our vital transport terminal anti-terror response swat teams.

    PC punched in airport brawl ‘absolutely terrified’ (BBC); Shocking clip shows cop with bloodied nose crying after Manchester Airport brawl as bodycam footage shown to jury (LBC)

    Sometimes these segueways demand they write themselves…

    It’s a crying shame

    Digested week: Reeves’s tears and standing room only for Macron’s Westminster speech (Guardian); I had a tough day, says Rachel Reeves after Commons tears (BBC)

    Like they say of history – the news may not repeat itself but it does tend to rhyme…

    ‘Pubs will be extinct in the next 20 years – frets the midly conservative Telegraph – presumably for similar reasons as we witness the demise of our suburban gardens – in other words an alteration in our culture.

    Daily Star Sunday meanwhile focuses on: Rise of the Robo Landlord… Last orders for humans as bots take over our boozers… It could be “computer says no” instead of “get outta my pub”… Bosses are getting ready to bring in artificial intelligence landlords to run our watering holes

    Extra! Extra!

    And another headache for the BBC at the scene of one the nation’s most famous fictional public houses: Albert Square exclusive… Sex attack arrest on set of EastEnders… Scuffle before police swoop… A woman had complained a fellow extra tried to kiss her… “She was very distressed” (The Sun) – oh, the humanity!

    In anti-semitism news

    Anti-semitism ‘rife among middle class’… Racism against Jewish people is normalised across NHS, education and the arts, official report finds (Telegraph)

    How Gaza divided the BBC… Senior editors lawyer up… How a documentary was pulled (Observer)

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  3. JohnC says:

    Watch: Child migrants’ fears trying to cross the Channel
    https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c36x3k6y4zzo

    Lots of BBC lies in this article.

    We have the ‘Lie by constrained title’ where the article can ignore everything they don’t want to talk about by restricting to a very specific topic.

    We have the ‘Lie by inference’ which only mentions women and children to imply there are lots more of them than there really are.

    We have the usual MASSIVE lie by omission – where the fact that almost all the migrants are young males but it is hidden from us. All the close-up shots the BBC can control are women and children. The wide shots they can’t are stuffed full of the type of males we see in the news for stabbing someone.

    And the only thing which springs to my mind for this pathetic attempt to use empathy to gain sympathy for these illegal immigrants is how did that BBC idiot clone manage to find them all so easily when the entire French police force didn’t ?.

    What a complete joke this is : the rest of the world are laughing at us for how weak we are. And Starmers solution is to send back 1,200 of those 20,000 who came here illegally and agree to accept 1,200 others who come in through the ‘normal’ route.

    I can scarcely believe how ridiculous this is. We should intercept the boats, take them back to the French beach then destroy the boats. And f*ck whatever the French say. They are laughing at us.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Watch: Child migrants’ fears trying to cross the Channel02:48
      Nearly 20,000 people arrived in the UK in the first half of this year by crossing the English Channel in small boats, up by almost 50% from the same period last year.

      BBC Newsround correspondent Jenny Lawrence went to Calais to find out why so many people, including children try to make the dangerous crossing from France daily.
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c36x3k6y4zzo
      …………

      “Calais migrant believes Britons will for for EVERYTHING”

      “An example of genuine journalism showing truth and insight.”

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Not related ….

      HMS Queen Elizabeth conducts first phalanx CIWS test-firing

      Prime Minister Starmer tours HMS Prince of Wales at sea

      HMS Monmouth fires her main gun

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      • taffman says:

        Instead of posing he (Starmer) should be defending our borders !

        Roll on Reform Uk.
        Stop the Boats!

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      • moggiemoo says:

        Such an impressive 4.5″ gun, so redolent of the 16″ guns on the USS Missouri. With a direct hit it might just sink a migrant dinghy.

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    • taffman says:

      JohnC
      “They are laughing at us.”
      They are certainly are, and at our supine government!

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  4. vlad says:

    So you thought the problem was the epidemic of migrant Muslim men assaulting women across Europe? Wrong. The real problem, according to the German authorities, is nasty native German women groping those poor brown migrants at swimming pools, especially those with a wooden leg, as illustrated below !?
    WTF!

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  5. Althepalerp says:

    So we have the UK top cop telling us black on black crime is rife in London.

    Perhaps look around the world where blacks & whites mix and learn the lessons.

    New York, Chicago, São Paulo, Johannesburg, or nearer to home, Milan, or Paris perhaps. . . ?

    Nope – thought not.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      6 July 2025 “Chris Wild said grooming and criminal exploitation are rife in the capital (LONDON), and it is being missed due to poor data-sharing and underfunded services.”
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq8zew2egjvo
      “It wasn’t just any children’s home, it was a children’s home run by paedophiles,” he said.

      missed due to poor data-sharing and underfunded services
      missed due to poor data-sharing and underfunded services

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    • vlad says:

      Here’s Matt Walsh on black crime, saying the truth everybody knows, but no-one dares say.

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      • MarkyMark says:

        JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Members of the Jackson City Council have called for the Texaco gas station on Medgar Evers Boulevard to be shut down.

        Councilman Brian Grizzell, Ward 4, said residents in his ward have called him to express their concerns about the gas station. A man was shot and killed at the gas station on Saturday.

        The gas station is located in Ward 3, which is under Councilman Kenneth Stokes. He has called for the gas station to be closed.

        Grizzell said he’s started the process to declare the gas station a public nuisance.
        https://thebeatofthecapital.com/2024/07/25/jackson-councilmen-want-gas-station-closed/

        “We’re going to address it holistically. And what I challenge my team with all the time, we’re not looking for a Band-Aid approach. We’re looking for something more sustainable and a holistic approach,” said Wade.

        a holistic approach?
        Close everything down to end all crime?

        “declare the gas station a safety hazard.”
        ……………………..

        The book challenges people Sowell refers to as “Teflon prophets,” who predict that there will be future social, economic, or environmental problems in the absence of government intervention (Ralph Nader is one of his foremost examples).

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

        Sowell asserts that these thinkers, writers, and activists continue to be revered even in the face of evidence disproving their positions.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      I suppose this is linked to the Manchester Airport as well….

      “Met Police ‘four times more likely’ to use force on black people
      Published 30 July 2020”

      A serving officer, who spoke to the BBC on condition of anonymity, said: “As far as they’re concerned black people are more aggressive.

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  6. MarkyMark says:

    Due to colonialism?
    Racism?
    White privilege?

    “But the young man said he was grateful that since he began mining five years ago, he has been able to save a little money for a dowry and is now married with children.

    “My life has really changed. Mining has really helped me.””

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyvj986l615o

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    “The coltan ore must be washed ready for the buyers who trade it on – and eventually tantalum will be extracted from this for use in electronic devices”

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    • Ian Rushlow says:

      That article is nearly 30 years old and relates to America. What is the contemporary BBC connection?

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  7. non-licence payer says:

    The bBC have not noticed yet that there is an economic storm brewing. The last lot never got a grip of government spend and this lot are taking the wrecking ball to the tax base. The bBC have also failed to notice that the Chancellor lies (chess champion) and is dishonest (expenses and taking improperly authorised time of work – both at HBOS). Despite the fact that we all know that she was Oxbridge (how could you miss it?) she is simply not fit for purpose. Again, not that you would know from the bBC, she just feels like a ‘me too Paula’ floundering about in her inability. Sadly she will do substantially more damage than Vennels (again not that the bBC will notice).

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Rachel Reeves says she ‘should have done better’ amid plagiarism row Published 26 October 2023
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67225980
      Labour’s shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has said she “should have done better”, after it emerged some passages of her new book were lifted from other sources without acknowledgment.

      ………………….
      MPs raise questions about Rachel Reeves’s CV
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy12820kwwo
      Reeves has previously said she worked as an economist at Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) before entering politics.

      However, her profile on the networking site LinkedIn has been changed to say the role at HBOS was in retail banking.
      ……………………
      Rachel Reeves’ “British Chess Champion” Myth Busted
      https://order-order.com/2024/10/15/investigation-rachel-reeves-british-chess-champion-myth-busted/
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      Maybe whoever first said she was a champion was thinking of a different tournament – which wouldn’t be the officially recognised one. There are no extant records that anyone has found of a championship victory. Go back to previous years in British Chess Championship records and you can see that in the Under 13s Championship Rachel came 29th. She came 19th in the Under 12s in 1990.

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      • non-licence payer says:

        I had forgotten the plagiarism bit. In a normal world the second slip would have been the final nail in the coffin. As we know this is not a normal world and the bBC are a big player in narrative. Trusss did not fit the narrative.

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  8. Fedup2 says:

    Non its more serious than that – not only is she personally incapable – but she hasnt even recruited capable advisors .

    So the ‘ risk premium’ in the value of the pound is driving it down as the interest bill is going up .

    And as tax receipts fall along with GDP all those promises she and TTK have made will look stupid

    The mansion house speech on wednesday will be watched far more than usually by people with private pensions and ISAs and if it goes badly Thursday could drive Rachel to tears – again …

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Rachel cries – the pound drops. Amazing powers. If she smiles the pound goes up?

      …………………

      1 Migrant IN, 650 mps OUT.

      1 Migrant IN, 1 PM OUT.

      1 Migrant IN, 800 Lords OUT.

      …………………..

      India buy steel works – close steelworks – so we need to import.
      China buy steel works – close steelworks – so we need to import.
      Any country using steel industrial technologies needs to pay UK 1 trillion reparations.

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      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yp5qzeer6o

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      • Fedup2 says:

        You may recall that around January rachel went on a smiling course – had a make over on expenses and tried to pretend things were improving …

        Now she looks haggard and miserable and heading fot the door even though theres no one more capable to do the job .

        Matters are going to get worse as the april
        Ni increases will be ‘ bedding in ‘ with more job losses and small businesses closing because of the reduced threshold.

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        • Guest Who says:

          Recall her utterly genuine laugh at a TTK quip when the taxpayer funded party Rabbits vibrated a code to all the front bench babes. And Wes & Bryo.

          As did many who were… unimpressed.

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    • non-licence payer says:

      Yes. yes. yes and yes.

      Why is the bBC institutionally blind?

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  9. MarkyMark says:

    Word soup …. trust …
    Heidi Alexander BBC Need to Do a Rapid Investigation Into Glastonbury Coverage

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  10. G says:

    Civil Servants?

    Been growing since 2016. I’ll bet the ‘numbers’ top one is the Home Office. They need constant innovative people to work on more and more legislation to ‘dice & slice’ the white population so as to deprive them of any form of defence. Knives being an example, then Crossbows et al (consultation still ongoing – but we know the end result). Funny, we only see white Home Office staff when the need arises. I’ll bet that behind the scenes, the likely muslim contingent has already formed a shadow of the white element as to be ready to take power when the need arises. Must be same in the Dept of Education, ditto Ministries of Justice / Defence and so on.

    Let’s face it, the balance has already been exceeded. Now no room to pull it back. While we watch daily, the assault and draining of energy from the Met. All part of the well organised plan.

    https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/civil-service-staff-numbers

    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-staff-networks/civil-service-muslim-network

    Only 61% of Civil Servants deigned to respond to the 2024 figures.

    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-people-survey-2024-results/civil-service-people-survey-2024-results-highlights

    So, Heidi, you are all led to play the game of fiddling while Rome burns.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      To end the Quangos bloat we need another Quango to work out how many Quangos need to go! HA HA HA HAH AH AH H AH A!
      As done by Cameron.

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    • G says:

      “out of all regions, London had the highest percentage of staff from ethnic minority groups (not including white minorities), at 38.0%”

      Source – https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/workforce-and-business/workforce-diversity/civil-service-workforce/latest/

      Why London I ask?

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      • MarkyMark says:

        1. Main facts and figures
        there were around 542,840 people working for the Civil Service at the end of March 2024, and the ethnicity was known for around 441,175 of them (81.3%)

        out of civil servants whose ethnicity was known, 83.4% were white – by comparison, 80.7% of the working age population identified as white in the 2021 Census

        8.9% of civil servants were Asian, 4.5% were black, 2.4% had mixed ethnicity, and 0.8% were from the ‘other’ ethnic group

        out of all regions, London had the highest percentage of staff from ethnic minority groups (not including white minorities), at 38.0%

        83.9% of men and 83.0% of women working in the Civil Service were white

        in general, the younger staff were, the more likely they were to be from ethnic minority groups
        https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/workforce-and-business/workforce-diversity/civil-service-workforce/latest/
        Not included in the data
        The data does not include people working for:

        the NHS

        ………………..
        In London, a significant portion of the population was born outside of the UK. Specifically, 41% of Londoners were born elsewhere. This is considerably higher than the average for England and Wales, where the figure is around 17%.

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  11. MarkyMark says:

    “France won’t help us with small boats” | David Starkey Talks… to Philip Kiszely

    ………………..
    Lingchi (IPA: [lǐŋ.ʈʂʰɨ̌], Chinese: 凌遲), usually translated “slow slicing” or “death by a thousand cuts”, was a form of torture and execution used in China from roughly 900 until it was banned in 1905. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingchi

    death by a thousand cuts/boats
    death by a thousand cuts/laws
    death by a thousand cuts/idiots

    ……………..

    Manchester bombing – don’t look back in anger
    7 October – keep going until they return the sausages/hostages.

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  12. MarkyMark says:

    The government (YOU! THE tax
    payer)
    will make it cheaper to buy an electric car (EV) to get more drivers (FORCE) to make the switch (FORCED), the Transport Secretary has said.

    Heidi Alexander was responding to reports suggesting the government will offer drivers thousands of pounds in grants to cut the price of buying an EV.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg5z4nlned0o

    government will offer drivers thousands of pounds in grants = tax
    payer
    government will offer drivers thousands of pounds in grants = not governments money
    government will offer drivers thousands of pounds in grants = Ed Miliband Buys An Electric Car After Being Grilled By Susanna To ‘Practice What He Preaches’ | GMB

    Alexander admitted she did not have an electric vehicle herself, adding that she lived in a terraced house without a driveway.

    “I don’t have an electric car… like millions of people in this country – I bought a new car about six years ago, I’m thinking about the next car that I will purchase and it will definitely be an electric vehicle,” she said.

    HA HA HAH !adding that she lived in a terraced house without a driveway HA HA HA!
    adding that she lived in a terraced house without a driveway

    she (Heidi Alexander) did not have an electric vehicle herself,

    …………….

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  13. wwfc says:

    The BBC just can`t help themselves ffs 40 years today was live aid .

    ‘They didn’t invite us to do Live Aid so we did our own thing’

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    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn5kedrdenpo

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    • MarkyMark says:

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      • Fedup2 says:

        Pleased to see Lammy coming out against giving away British money to Africans – even after importing them – and him for so many years without any democratic support .

        Maybe we can ask for all the money back .

        Daytime TV adverts are infested with charities asking for money for the third world – and never mentioning the countries to which the money is going – or why their own governments can’t do their job …

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Cultural Appropriation?

      “Jamaican trumpeter Eddie “Tan Tan” Thornton, who played on The Beatles’ Got to Get You into My Life, was part of the Brafa recording session”

      Calls went in again to try to organise a concert but, with difficulties finding sponsorship, the pair decided to record a charity single instead and Let’s Make Africa Green Again was penned.

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  14. Jeff says:

    An example of how our appalling MSM and the pathetic leaders of our police farce manage to distort facts to promote their own PC fiction…

    This time it’s Sky News and Sir Mark Rowley who tells us that black boys growing up in London are far more likely to die than white boys. Okay…and why might that be?

    According to Sir Mark, “Crime falls more heavily on the black community”…and…”Black boys are far more likely to be excluded from school and dead by the age of 18 than white boys”…

    You know, sometimes the answer is staring us in the face. Unfortunately the “black community” seems to favour taking shortcuts to making money…mugging…drugs…knives and gangs…

    Personally speaking, I’m far more concerned about the real victims of London crime, like the young father, Blue Stevens, stabbed to death last week by some feral vermin who was after his Rolex.

    No description has yet been released of the killer.

    Hmm…

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Jeff
      Im guessing that rowley’s lucrative contract is coming up for renewal … and he also wants his peerage – just like that other woke – dead – useless commissioner – Ian Blair …

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  15. Fedup2 says:

    Following on from the comments by a labour minister on Sunday politics programmes .. it seems the promise made – as recently as Wednesday PMQs by TTK – not to put up NICs Income Tax or VAT doesn’t apply to the ‘middle class ‘( whatever that is ) – in truth perhaps ‘middle class’ is defined as some one not addicted to benefits ….

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  16. G says:

    Keep a copy of this judgement handy:

    https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/scottow-v-cps/

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    • MarkyMark says:

      December 16, 2020
      Scottow -v- CPS

      This is an appeal against conviction by Kate Scottow, aged 39. On 7 February 2020,
      after a trial in the Magistrates’ Court at St Albans, she was convicted by District Judge
      Margaret Dodd of one offence of improper use of a public communications network,
      contrary to section 127(2)(c) of the Communications Act 2003. This provides that a
      person commits an offence if “for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience or
      needless anxiety to another [she] … persistently makes use of a public electronic
      network”. Ms Scottow now appeals by way of case stated.

      The prosecution stemmed from complaints by Stephanie Hayden about messages posted on social media. Ms Hayden is a trans woman, with a public profile as an activist and advocate on transgender rights. It is common ground that she is to an extent a public figure. Ms Scottow describes herself as a radical feminist, and takes views that oppose some of those advocated by Ms Hayden.

      On 9 September 2018, Ms Hayden, using her Twitter handle @flyinglawyer73,
      posted a tweet which started: ‘You know not so long ago people like you had no
      civil rights! Yet you…’ Ms Scottow using her Twitter handle of @bustedwench,
      tweeted in response as follows (“Tweet 1”):-
      “Let’s hope they take a serious stance on your racism”
      Evidently, she took Ms Hayden’s tweet to be addressed to a black person.

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  17. taffman says:

    Why are we pussyfooting with the French re the illegal landings on our land . Just get our armed forces to defend our borders. That’s what they are for
    We are being invaded! – push them back!
    None in – illegals out .
    Change our government .

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  18. non-licence payer says:

    Here is a headline from the bBC webshite:

    “BBC needs to get a grip quicker after controversies, Ofcom chief says”….

    “So I would say to the BBC I think they need to get a grip quicker, get these reports and investigations concluded sooner, otherwise there is a real risk of a sort of loss of confidence in the BBC, which is a shame.”

    Dame (clue in the title) Melanie Dawes needs to nip over here and take a look. Fed Up send her an invite!

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Dawes joined the Civil Service in 1989.[2] After two years at the Department for Transport, she spent 15 years at HM Treasury, ending her time there in the role of Europe Director from 2002 to 2006. Then, from 2006 to 2011, she worked at HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). She was Director General for Business Tax at HMRC from November 2007, replacing Dave Hartnett.[3] From October 2011 to 2015, she was Director General of the Economic and Domestic Secretariat in the Cabinet Office.[3][4][5]

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

      In 2015 Dawes was paid a salary of between £160,000 and £164,999 pa by DCLG, making her one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector.

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    • Guest Who says:

      See Saw Marge watches a boat long sailed, over the horizon, sunk by Houthies and now an Islamic nut job made reef.

      But, yeah… a real risk… 🥹

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  19. MarkyMark says:

    “The boats, mainly filled with UK residents fleeing the country.”

    Breaking News from Douglas Beach

    Comment “This is hilarious and brilliantly done ! I hope these OAPs are now given free housing, food, smart phones, clothes, heating and are protected 24/7 from those jealous under 70s !!”

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    • Up2snuff says:

      MM, trouble is that it is the millionaires and billionaires fleeing the UK who pay a lot of tax to HMRC and are avoiding whatever Rachel from Accounts will make them pay if they stay for the Autumn Budget.

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      • MarkyMark says:

        Among 36 advanced economies, the UK now has the sixth highest debt, the fifth highest annual borrowing, and the third highest borrowing costs leaving it “vulnerable”, when compared to other countries, to future crises, the OBR found.2 days ago

        ……………..

        Britain is slipping closer towards a devastating debt spiral A reckoning is coming – it is now only a question of when
        https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/07/12/britain-slips-closer-towards-a-devastating-debt-spiral/

        Yes, higher than Greece, higher than Italy and higher than all the other one-time fiscal basket-cases collectively known during Europe’s sovereign debt crisis 15 years ago as the Piigs (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, and Spain).

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  20. wwfc says:

    1243 rats have arrived across the channel in the last 3 days ffs…

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  21. Fedup2 says:

    Wes to meet the BMA on Monday – he ll be taking the taxpayers’ check book with him to buy them off – again – and the same next time – the strike is due to start 25 July for an initial 5 days …
    If only someone would take on the medical mafia and double – treble the number of doctors being trained – they restrict numbers to keep the pay up – and the punters are an unpleasant nuisance …

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    • MarkyMark says:

      DO NO HARM….

      JCVI ‘largely opposed’ to Covid vaccination for children under 16
      This article is more than 3 years old
      Exclusive: Members of government’s expert committee disagree with politicians and Jonathan Van-Tam
      https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/aug/07/jcvi-largely-opposed-to-covid-vaccination-for-children-under-16

      Members of the government’s expert committee on vaccination remain largely opposed to extending Covid jabs to younger teenagers, despite politicians having signalled they would like to see a shift in the guidance, the Guardian has been told.

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    • Up2snuff says:

      Fed, the much maligned Jeremy Hunt, then SoS for Health did that just that when he took on the Junior Drs and did not give in to their demands.

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  22. Guest Who says:

    Dale is one of the more frustrating tv political gobs as he cannot be relied upon to stay on the nuts side of the fence all the time. He does, a lot, but this was worth the read…

    https://www.iaindale.com/articles/a-tribute-to-norman-tebbit

    A lot I did not know, thanks to being a lot younger and less wise about what media shovelled my way.

    “I know he thought about running, but his devotion to his beloved wife Margaret meant that he felt he had no alternative but to stand aside. Margaret was made a tetraplegic on that horrific night and there was a big part of Norman than blamed himself for the fact that she was to spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair. Had he not gone into politics, had he not been at the conference. What if, what if.”

    Now… Kneecap. And a bbc rammed with juveniles.

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  23. tomo says:

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    • MarkyMark says:

      MPs’ basic salary is currently £93,904, following a 2.8% annual rise in April.

      “LABOUR – Oh look Senior Whitehall Civil servants have just changed the rules on their own salaries!

      Unelected bureaucrats costing taxpayers £ BILLIONS, have decided they don’t need permission anymore to give themselves pay rises.

      Just helping themselves to more public money! Totally out of control 🤡”

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      Parliament’s expenses watchdog wants around 20 members of the public to take part in a review of how it sets MPs’ pay.

      The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) says the “citizens’ forum” will help shape pay and expenses policy from next year onwards.
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c77vv4z678no

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  24. Scroblene says:

    Lammy’s judgement?

    Unknown element in that monstrous, rather ugly, muddled head, but there again, who in Drowning Street* has a clue about what to do, what with the certainty of a financial recession, illegal immigration going through the roof and general lawlessness in foreign-based communities.

    Naturally, the place for information to avoid is the bBC, as they’re part of the problem, so it’s decent sites and comment from proper investigators and reporters on private channels, where reality hits the spot.

    *I just made that up, and feel rather proud of the new name for TTK’s bunker… (or bunk up; depending on your Ugandan preferences or discussions…)

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Inside the hidden tunnels under No.10 where PM would survive a nuclear apocalypse
      A network of underground bunkers lies beneath 10 Downing Street, and one urban explorer managed to get a glimpse of the tunnels few top politicians have seen
      Michael Moran

      https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/inside-hidden-tunnels-under-no10-29480268

      This centre, costing an enormous £126.3million, became fully operational in 1992 and boasts an impressive resilience against biological or chemical attacks, flooding, EMP strikes, withstanding all but “all but a direct hit or very near miss” from nuclear weapons.

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      • Scroblene says:

        Any chance that they could all go down there, take Khan with them, and bolt the doors?

        UK’s problems solved with a Yale lock!

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  25. MarkyMark says:

    “Gaza officials (HAMAS?) say children killed in strike as Israeli military admits ‘error'”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0rvxjnvv71o

    ………………

    Hamas to end the war by releasing all hostages, keir starmer disappointed as sausages were not returned.
    Israel to hold “Don’t look back in anger” concert in Manchester, with 40K Islamic terrorists as support acts to Ariana Grande

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  26. MarkyMark says:

    “To counter this, the government has said it would invest £63m in expanding the number of charging points, external across the UK.

    Alexander said the money would go towards signposting larger EV charging hubs on major A-roads.”

    £63 million for new signs! HA HAH AHH AH AH HAHA H A!

    “Alexander said the money would go towards signposting larger EV charging hubs on major A-roads.”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg5z4nlned0o

    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcStFUzgS0n-sFs_XeDz-3uBq_mtR7kZrFARHw&s

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    • tomo says:

      68p kWh on motorway

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  28. G.W.F. says:

    Concerned Citizen
    @BGatesIsaPyscho
    Holy Crap 12 years ago The BBC actually produced a show that told the truth on Climate Change ‼️

    https://x.com/i/status/1944298958681190518

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  29. MarkyMark says:

    Prime Minister Rishi Sunak uses a whiteboard and pen to explain his plan for the UK economy.
    2:40 – Rishi Sunak’s Economic Plan

    400 billion covid
    100 billion energy

    ………………….

    Guess handing out loans worked….

    …………………

    Former PM Rishi Sunak takes job at Goldman Sachs
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy0wpejeg1go

    “He will not be allowed to advise other governments or their sovereign wealth funds for the bank, or advise clients that he had direct dealings with while he was prime minister.”

    HA HA HAH AH AHAH A !

    ………….

    https://www.goldmansachs.com/pressroom/press-releases/2025/rishi-sunak-joins-goldman-sachs-as-a-senior-advisor

    “I am excited to welcome Rishi back to Goldman Sachs in his new capacity as a Senior Advisor,” said Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO David Solomon. “In his role, he will work with leaders across the firm to advise our clients globally on a range of important topics, sharing his unique perspectives and insights on the macroeconomic and geopolitical landscape. He will also spend time with our people around the world, contributing to our culture of ongoing learning and development.”

    “advise our clients globally ”
    “He will not be allowed to advise other governments or their sovereign wealth funds for the bank”

    He (SUNAK) will not be allowed to advise other governments – but SUNAK will be allowed to advise the people! HAH AH HAH HAHA H! Word salad!

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