Nice to see POTUS arrive in Britain . Not yet judged to be too bigger security threat than his protection can handle . Will he visit Epping – there’s a golf course nearby ?
Day 2 of the NHS strike – the swamp now on its ‘ holiday – how long before the dumb ‘recall parliament ‘ which has become a common refrain.
Accidentally (on purpose?) the single national Sunday newspaper title that shows up in sharp relief – as opposed to an indistinct practically unreadable blur, care of our BBC’s online print press line-up this morning is…
The Observer: The Battle to recognise Palestine… Trump’s links to Ghislaine Maxwell… JFK Jnr’s war on science… Michelle Agyemang and the Lionesses face one more hurdle
To somewhat misquote Darth Vader’s famous remark: “The Agenda is strong with this one.”
The Observer pictures Arsenal forward, Michelle Agyemang, who helped book the Lionesses’ a place in the final. – comments Sky News where all the newspaper frontpages show up happily in equally sharp focus.
“Is it ‘cos I is black?” – Ali G is back… Showbiz exclusive – care of the Star on Sunday
The Sun playing seeming perpetual keepy-uppy with this now tedious tale of tv celeb chef’s excess sauce-induced woes: Shamed Gregg’s new blast… Masterchef? The BBC has confirmed it will broadcast the new series… I’ll never watch it again…
Hardly frontpage news, you might say. I wonder if he’ll go the whole hog and cancel his tv licence?
Speaking of non-frontpage news: Top Boy actor Micheal Ward charged with rape and sexual assault… Bafta-winning actor who has appeared in Blue Story and Top Boy, has been charged with rape and sexual assault… The Jamaican-born actor was awarded the Bafta rising star honour in 2020 and was nominated for the best supporting actor Bafta for his role as Franklyn Cooper in Lovers Rock, part of the BBC series Small Axe, the following year. (Guardian) – in contrast with that cocky cockney bespectacled baldie with the Carry On-style banter – don’t expect acre upon acre of column inches to be expended on this one…
Catherine Baccas, the deputy chief crown prosecutor for CPS London South, said “We remind all concerned that proceedings against the suspect are active and he has a right to a fair trial. It is vital that there should be no reporting, commentary or sharing of information online which could in any way prejudice these proceedings.” – you guessed it… the media will comply.
Sky News neatly summarises for us what the BBC pixelates beyond recognition: Police will monitor social media for early signs of potential disorder to avoid a repeat of last year’s riots, according to The Sunday Telegraph
And there was me under the impression last year’s riots were the result of:
a) Lessons for social workers from the Harehills riot. Practitioners from the Gypsy, Roma Traveller community reflect on the child protection case that led to civil unrest (Professional Social Work ‘BASW’s media hub where we champion the voice of social workers’)
‘We are glossing over what happened in Harehills’ (BBC) – yep, you got that one just about right, BBC. That story of the start of the civil unrest last summer season has been flushed way down the media memory hole – save for that odd mention there in the specialist social work commentariat.
b) Police face a backlash over Leeds riots… The officers were outnumbered and retreated because it was ‘too dangerous’ (Telegraph); Chaos erupted in Harehills on 18 July 2024 after police assisted social workers taking four children into emergency foster care. After people reacted angrily to the children being taken away, a police car was flipped over before hundreds took to the streets – forcing officers to retreat. (BBC)
c) Southport murders: ‘More should have been shared’… Failure to share basic facts about the Southport killer led to “dangerous fictions” which helped spark rioting, an independent watchdog has said. (BBC)
Misinformation, you say?
‘Presented him as a Welsh choir boy!’ Labour blasted for ‘double standards’ as Axel Rudakubana failings exposed… Former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has accused authorities of suppressing crucial information about the Southport dance class killer… The former chancellor suggested there was a deliberate withholding of information about Axel Rudakubana’s background and potential motivations… claimed Merseyside Police were instructed by “people on high” not to release information they had about the case… “What was so crazy about that was that it actually stoked the very thing that they wanted to avoid because people were kept in the dark” (GB News)
And finally, rendered unreadable by our BBC but thanks to Sky we note our mate Matt is bang on target in the Telegraph. He sketches a couple of chaps in the pub musing over a pint: “I wanted to be a doctor, but I feel faint at the sight of a placard”)
Asiseeit – I do enjoy the redundant premise of the CPS Borg referring to ‘fair trials ‘ …. whilst we are witnessing at least one ongoing trial where the judge has guided the jury by declaring the defendant pakis to be of good character with no previous …
That – ladies and gents – is a TTK 2025 ‘fair trial .
The legally always hide behind the facade of preventing comment – identity even – during the investigate and prosecution – using court orders to even prevent knowledge of the existence of trials and outcomes exposing that it Might Prejuduce the case – what crap …
BBC news – squirrels –
Which is worse ? The overwhelming propaganda of the reading out of Islamic Hamas terrorist press releases ?
Or the ecstatic covering of a 4th rate footy game ?
Both of these are being used to cover the d notice on protests outside invader army camps …. Or any type of resistance . 77 brigade has put out a news release saying a unit of ‘elite plod ‘ will be monitoring social media for anti invader words .
I have an image of some 8-4 no weekends working from home looking for bad words on twitter or here whilst achieving their ‘work life balance ‘.
It seems inevitable that they’ll find a new Lucy Connolly ( i know there are already others ) – the victim of which will receive the full on TTK style ‘full force of the law ‘ with 6 plod through the door at 5am – the full forensic – look for brexity books with ‘sniffer dogs ‘ .
The victim will be female white a tax payer with small kids and no lawyer – the appointed lawyer will not apply for bail – tell the victim to plead guilty to get a better sentence then watch as she gets 48 months … with full TTK press coverage . They’ll even throw in a terrorism charge too . Right 77 brigade ..
As for the footy ? Who cares …. I’ll be making candles …
Let’s re-christen the Lionesses as “The Squirrels”
You know – I wince -when I hear that BBC contrived – nickname – no doubt they’ll be crowing over the billions watching and making sure the idiots watching don’t see the empty seats ….
At least the real footy gets going in a few days …
BBC tells me that amongst the many unfair burdens that women who play football have to suffer: breasts bouncing as much as five inches 11,000 times during a match is just one….
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq53v066x52o
Should’t be allowed!
Speaking of playgrounds-x has been having great fun with the names who have signed up to the fruit and nut party – of comrade corbyn . Ed davey features quite a lot . Corbyn said over 300 000 have signed up so far – which suggests if you discount the spoof brings it down to 150000 of which 50 000 will be neurally diverse – 50000 will be invaders leaving 50000 special needs greens ..
Is that a combined 22000 wobbles or 5.500 each one ? And what of the boys pretending to be chicks?
Just when I think that Starmers shambles of a government can’t find an even smaller straw to clutch at….. bingo, they do!
“Pubs and venues to be protected from noise complaints”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwye5jx8y3go
What can possibly come next?
Maybe shoplifters to be given free pre-loaded bank cards to reduce store theft?
New government unit to poice social media
FFS half of the strange tweets must come from mental health people and children
It’s like to police a giant playground
We’ll have to relearn old methods of communication to outfox them “listen very carefully I shall say this only once “. It’s something that will completely baffle them all as they have no sense of humour.
Even more Government shamble scrambling happening than I thought…
Two adjacent BBC articles this morning….
2nd April….
“Met to cut 1,700 staff to plug £260m ‘black hole'”
and then 10th April….
“Starmer: 3,000 more police to be hired by March 2026”
You could not make this stuff up!
The formation of the new Corbyn Soviet Commieseriat and the clear support it’s receiving opens new interesting electoral possibilities. Next election will be a hung Parliament, how about a Corbyn-Reform coalition? Corbyn-Green-Lib Dem-Reform?
Flotsam
The hung parliament in 2029 might be the best that can be honestly hoped for .
I cannot see large numbers voting for reform unless they get credible people in to staff a cabinet . I say this even though a lot more people are waking up to the current horror . – and also working on the assumption that the economic decline will continue under Rachel …
I’d love to see a prediction of seats based on – say – a 10% loss of Labour votes to Corbyn and a further 10% – say blue vote to reform – my guess in that case is that reform would get a working majority – going against what I say above
No party has the resolve that is needed to reset the mess …
Excellent news
The IDF has announced airdrops to Hamas – 10 000 special pagers to replace the last lot …
Keep going IDF – work faster …