426 Responses to Midweek 22 October 2025

  1. Fedup2 says:

    I think today presenters were having a competition to mention a ukip/ reform welsh MEP who got caught taking bungs from the russians – i counted 4 – they had a piece on kids reading (yawn) and i was waiting for it to be mentioned there ….

    They didnt mention that farage didnt go to the count – why should he ? Hed only get the full BBC treatment – again …

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “kids reading (yawn)”

      ………….

      “A drag queen reading in a library refers to Drag Queen Story Hour (DSH), an event where drag performers read children’s books to promote literacy and diversity. DSH events, which often include singing and crafts, are held in libraries, schools, and bookstores, and aim to provide positive role models for all children and an inclusive, affirming environment, particularly for LGBTQ+ families. While generally popular, these events have occasionally been met with protests from groups who claim they are inappropriate for children. ”

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      • vlad says:

        It’s nice of these demon-possessed weirdos to even look demonic, just so there’s no ambiguity about what motivates them. And any parents allowing their children to watch should have them taken into care.
        Libraries and schools allowing it should be prosecuted.

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    • Lunchtime Loather says:

      Did they mention the PC MP beating up his wife? Or the PC AM suspended for groping women? Or PC being fined for not declaring donations?

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  2. vlad says:

    Time to remake Adolescence with a Muslim boy as the murderer of a white boy.

    Then will Smarmer and all the other woke lefties support showing it in all schools?

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  3. MarkyMark says:

    “However, according to the Home Office, as of 2015, Telford had the highest rate of minor exploitation cases of any town or city in the United Kingdom. The report also revealed that many of them were reported to the council but were ignored.[7] Telford has a population of just under 170,000 people.[8]”

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

    many of them were reported to the council but were ignored.

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  4. MarkyMark says:

    “Even if the British people do want to talk about mass immigration they will be mocked, here is Mike Graham (talkRadio)…”
    Mike starts snoring when woman talks about immigration statistics from ONS …


    The Great Mass Immigration Swindle
    Richard The Fourth

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  5. Fedup2 says:

    Although a bit tricky because it’s wales – i wondered how many marxist MPs will be re elected at the next election -? Knowing that nothing in the UK is going to improve for the general public …

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  6. MarkyMark says:

    “South Korea’s fishermen keep dying. Is climate change to blame?”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg924nrgd3o

    “Whirlwinds pop up suddenly. We fisherman are convinced it is down to climate change.”

    The government’s taskforce is recommending that boats be fitted with safety ladders, fisherman be required to wear life jackets, and that safety training be mandatory for all foreign crew.

    ^^ Why aren’t these here already?

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  7. tomo says:

    Well, that’s a perspective that the MSM have been busting a gut to swerve for some years.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      When Macron flew over to the UK on a state tour he sent one police man out to slash one boat! HA HAH AH AHHA HAH A!

      Stanley knife = £3

      BBC on French beach as police slash migrant ‘taxi-boat’ heading to UK
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ygjjxjlplo

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      ………..

      October 2022 Dover MP Natalie Elphicke told the Commons that the BBC’s “shocking report” contained the “breath-taking” disclosure of free French public bus services being used to ferry migrants from camps to Dunkirk beaches.

      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-63229010

      free French public bus services being used to ferry migrants from camps to Dunkirk beaches
      Oct 2022

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  8. tomo says:

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  9. Emmanuel Goldstein says:

    MM
    I would bet those enrichers were all promised a new boat to leave with no bother if they cooperated in making this propaganda film of the French damaging a boat for airing during the French state visit.

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  10. MarkyMark says:

    “Can you believe that they put a Hijabi in charge (BBC Comedy awards)? Your mum is fuming bruv.”

    Goes into Turkish cafe for Turkish tea?

    A message from 2025’s head judge
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0l1mjqb

    Whether you’re sketch, character, or any type of funny, Fatiha El-Ghorri implores you to apply for the BBC New Comedy Awards 2025!

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  11. MarkyMark says:

    “Moments after interviewing Whittle, Forster revealed Plaid’s press team had decided they now “don’t engage with GB News“:

    “He would have come to talk to us again on GB News, but his press team stopped him. They told me, despite the interview that we had done, despite him thanking us, that they do not engage with GB News… Lindsey Whittle obviously was more than happy to do so. But the powers that be implied Plaid Cymru do not want to talk to us.”

    https://order-order.com/2025/10/24/plaid-cymru-ban-by-election-winner-lindsay-whittle-from-speaking-to-gb-news/

    …………………..

    “We hear a lot about censorship of the right on TV…”

    Rod Serling talks to Mike Wallace about sponsors and censorship on TV. Its amazing this interview was done in 1959. Same stuff is happening now. Nothing new.

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    • Guest Who says:

      What an articulate man. As is the interviewer.

      Thank you for sharing.

      Now of course, especially with the BBC, there is a prevalence in tv writing of precognitive confidence, namely being assured that whatever personal niche belief the writer has and wishes to impose on an audience will suffer no issues to air so long as it conforms to those of minority colleagues infesting the media industry. And if on commercial stations, will present no issues to advertisers, so long as key demographic attributes are altered so as not to offend those who buy sofas or seek high office.

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  12. Lucy Pevensey says:

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    • MarkyMark says:

      3 teachers in Batley, UK watch on interested to know if they can walk on the streets without protection and if they can go and watch a football match in Birmingham yet with their Jewish friends?

      ” guardian
      blatantly lied. Scarlett, my daughter, has not spoken to
      @geraldine_mck
      or promoted Jess Phillips. As a result, she is now at risk, being threatened, and verbally abused. Labour has orchestrated this propaganda. Don’t you feel that after being raped by over 60 Muslim men and tortured, it isn’t enough? Legal action has commenced.
      9:26 pm · 23 Oct 2025 5,166
      Views”
      Marlon S West (Scarlett’s Dad)
      @MarlonTag

      ………….

      Social workers and police cast doubt on this report, denying that Telford had a “discernible problem compared to other towns”.

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    • tomo says:

      White is a poisonous tosspot with a pretty rank back catalogue of bad takes spanning decades.

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      • MarkyMark says:

        “Just listened to Gordon Brown on @BBCr4today
        appealing for humanitarian aid to prevent mass starvation in Taliban Afghanistan. He’s also called for better global help to Covid vaccinate Africa – in everyone’s shared interest. Very impressively serious stuff”

        https://x.com/michaelwhite/status/1476112835344154625

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        • tomo says:

          I rest my case – I think White was on Broon PR attack dog fast dial list when the bogey tie wiper was in office (and not throwing phones!)

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    • Guest Who says:

      Client media, Attack dogs lefty pols (mostly) and envelopes getting pushed.

      https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1981580417703575802?s=61

      Eventually, even those totally in the tank lose any places to turn.

      White is a pompous ass and now lower than any Labour Minister’s approval rating.

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  13. MarkyMark says:

    Oct 2025 “There is no public information about three teachers in Batley currently hiding; however, a 2021 incident at Batley Grammar School involved a teacher who was forced to go into hiding after showing a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad. This teacher faced a campaign of intimidation and abuse, leading to severe distress, according to a review cited by the BBC. ”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-68659435
    A religious studies teacher at Batley Grammar School was forced into hiding in 2021 after showing a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad during a class.

    …………………

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  14. MarkyMark says:

    This government believes the only response to these challenges is to deliver a national sprint for homegrown clean energy. That is why one of the Prime Minister’s 5 driving missions is to make Britain a clean energy superpower, delivering clean power by 2030 and accelerating to net zero.

    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/great-british-energy-bill-factsheets/great-british-energy-bill-overarching-factsheet

    Great British Energy: a publicly-owned and operationally independent company, headquartered in Aberdeen, supporting the delivery of the clean energy superpower mission.

    The Act also requires the Secretary of State to appoint an independent person to carry out reviews of the effectiveness of Great British Energy, published at no more than 5-year intervals post Royal Assent.

    5-year intervals post Royal Assent.
    5-year intervals post Royal Assent.

    …………………

    “What an incredible Labour conference this week! Ecstatic about the announcement of GB Energy and immensely proud to bring it back home to the Granite City, where it will be headquartered.

    With Labour in power: CHANGE BEGINS 🌹”

    https://x.com/deenatissera/status/1839618775609438465

    Deena Tissera
    @deenatissera
    ✨ ✨Obedient women don’t change the world ✨✨ ☄️CHANGE MAKER | 🌹
    @aberdeenlabour
    Energy Spokesperson | 👩🏽‍🎓Global Health | 🇬🇧 Advisor
    @scottish_future
    Aberdeen, Scotlanddeenatissera.comJoined September 2018

    “Yesterday, I (Deena Tissera
    ) became a British Citizen after 12 remarkable years. From elected representative to citizen, it’s been an amazing journey. Migrants contribute immensely economically, socially, culturally, and politically, making the UK prosperous🇬🇧 #ProudCitizen #MigrantContributions”

    “10 years ago, when I (Deena Tissera
    ) landed at Aberdeen airport as an International student from Colombo, never in a million years did I think I would be running for local government elections in Scotland

    To every little girl in the world- no matter where you are from, your dreams are valid✨”
    ** except in Islamic Countries like Bradford UK City of culture.

    No one ever wants to go back home …. “International student from Colombo (Sri Lanka) , never in a million years did I think I (Deena Tissera
    ) would be running for local government ”

    Great British Energy Act 2025
    https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/16

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  15. digg says:

    The BBC reporting on the return of bodies to Gaza suggesting that efforts to identify victims of torture underway in Gaza.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gz3r46e37o

    I may be wrong but I don’t remember them getting as concerned over the return of Israeli bodies.

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  16. vlad says:

    How France is dealing with Muslims (apart from sending them here, of course).

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  17. Emmanuel Goldstein says:

    On the news it’s being said it will take many months to find somebody to Chair the latest enquiry into the child rape gangs.

    Why?

    For a start, just about the whole Country wants Maggie Oliver to Chair the enquiry so why not her.
    Is it because she will actually conduct the enquiry completely honestly and fair. This is no good to liblabcon who want it hidden and buried.
    They want to treat it the same as they did with Brexit by delaying, obfuscating, voting down all suggestions, doing total lawfare against it and in general doing everything possible to stop it while saying they are doing what we voted for. We ended up with a dogs breakfast of a Brexit deal which is what they intended and they want to edge back in again whilst telling us they are not going back in. All lies.

    They are hoping it will all go away, the girls will all die off, everybody will be fed up with it and in the end will accept anything the government says when it pronounces it’s all sorted now (and lessons will be learned)

    Steven Barrett, another very popular choice, he has offered to Chair the enquiry but although he is qualified to do it he will not get it as he’s also honest and therefore will not give the conclusions and answers the government want.

    Maybe in 2029 we will get a government which will actually deliver an honest enquiry but don’t expect anything from the useless and corrupt bunch who currently govern us.

    If they complete an enquiry before then don’t expect ANYBODY from the police, civil service, councils etc to go to prison (unless they find a patsy or somebody they don’t like, to use as a token guilty person)

    Maggie and Steven combined would be the answer to filling the Chair. It’s what the public want and would trust so, TTK, why not?

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  18. tomo says:

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Arrest her for hate crimes against the climate!

      “Wood burners linked to 2,500 deaths a year in the UK, study claims https://mol.im/a/15220049

      I will never stop burning kiln dried logs while Drax power station is importing and burning millions of tons of Canadian wood to fiddle #Netzero targets
      & the nation stuggles with a grid that can’t cope and power cuts”

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  19. vlad says:

    TTK schmoozing the muslims, and Shabana Mahmood throwing more money at them.
    Meanwhile Labour are dragging their feet investigating the muslim rape gangs.

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  20. tomo says:

    anyone else getting strong Beano vibe from “Polanski”?

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    • MarkyMark says:

      My green twig grows two inches every time Zack Polanski talks!

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    • Ian Rushlow says:

      Polanski (original name David Paulden or should it be Yaxley-Lennon) comes across as a right tit sometimes. Although sometimes a left tit – just depends on which one he thinks will grow the most.

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      • tomo says:

        👍

        he’s a vehemently confused tit

        The same slogan mill that provides for the Labour Party involved? I wonder if both parties are using AI or some generator app?

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    • digg says:

      I instantly got very strong “magician” vibes from a very funny episode of the IT Crowd first time I saw and heard him….

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    • tomo says:

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  21. MarkyMark says:

    “All white people are racist” Diane Abbott

    UK Tory election broadcast, 1987

    Labour Council books. 1987

    The Inner London Education Authority “Young gay and proud; The playbook for kids about sex; Black lesbian in White America.”

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  22. MarkyMark says:

    BBC Huw Edwards to report on the latest BBC news….

    “Alfonso had met Mosquera online – the pair shared an interest in “extreme sex”, jurors were told during the trial

    Separately, Mosquera has been sentenced to 16 months in jail for possession of indecent images of children – he’ll serve the two sentences concurrently”

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c77zrdelz0vt

    The judge says he took into account Mosquera’s lack of previous convictions in the UK and in Colombia.

    UK TAX PAYERS HAVE INFINITE MONEY….. Mosquera is told he will be deported back to Colombia if he is ever released from prison.

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  23. BRISSLES says:

    Having regular blood tests I know all the procedures, size of needles, questions asked etc etc. All carried out for many years at my surgery.

    Today due to concerning readings of my last results, my GP sent me off to hossy for another one.

    As the phlebotomist went in for the kill she said ” a tiny scratch” I said “what happened to prick ?” Can’t say that anymore it might offend someone. Didn’t know that, but I suppose those might that have little …….

    Honest to heavens – I would say a 3 letter word beginning with G but it might offend.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words. Of course the great wastage is in the verbs and adjectives, but there are hundreds of nouns that can be got rid of as well. It isn’t only the synonyms; there are also the antonyms. After all, what justification is there for a word which is simply the opposite of some other words? A word contains its opposite in itself. Take ‘good,’ for instance. If you have a word like ‘good,’ what need is there for a word like ‘bad’? ‘Ungood’ will do just as well–better, because it’s an exact opposite, which the other is not. Or again, if you want a stronger version of ‘good,’ what sense is there in having a whole string of vague useless words like ‘excellent’ and ‘splendid’ and all the rest of them? ‘Plusgood’ covers the meaning, or ‘doubleplusgood’ if you want something stronger still…In the end the whole notion of goodness and badness will be covered by only six words–in reality, only one word. Don’t you see the beauty of that, Winston?
      ― George Orwell
      …………

      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-58698406
      Labour conference: Not right to say only women have a cervix, says Starmer

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    • MarkyMark says:

      China passes law to make Islam ‘compatible with socialism’
      New decree seeks to ‘guide Islam’, as crackdown against Muslims and Islamic symbols continues.
      https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/1/5/china-passes-law-to-make-islam-compatible-with-socialism

      Practising Islam has been made forbidden in parts of China, with individuals caught praying, fasting, growing a beard or wearing a hijab, a headscarf worn by Muslim women, facing the threat of arrest.

      According to the UN, more than one million Uighur Muslims are estimated to be held in internment camps where they are forced to denounce the religion and pledge allegiance to the officially atheist ruling Communist Party.

      China has rejected the criticism, saying it protects the religion and culture of its minorities.

      ……………………..

      Abuse towards mosque leads to extra police patrols
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpvj0981dvxo

      “The South Lakes Islamic Centre in Dalton-in-Furness in Cumbria is being spearheaded by a group of Muslim doctors at Barrow’s Furness General Hospital.

      Last month, UKIP leader Nick Tenconi filmed himself visiting the site and shouting “traitor” at several of the site’s construction workers.”

      “I would love to think that when it’s actually built… that people will settle down and realise it’s not been the threat they thought it was,” he said.

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  24. Fedup2 says:

    A vintage time for the collectors of pictures of evil – the convicted murderer invader stares ot the the latest mugshot – he doesnt best the cardiff choir boy though ..

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  25. tomo says:

    I’d wager AI might just do a better job as Foreign Secretary?

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Can it detect fraud in 650 mps or fraud in 800 lords or who bought Keir Starmer’s wife’s knickers?

      ………..

      “OpenAI announces it will store business customer data in the UK for the first time.
      Watch @DavidLammy and @OpenAI
      ‘s Chief Commercial Officer discuss how AI can revolutionise government services and strengthen our economy 👇”

      store business customer data in the UK
      store business customer data in the UK

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Google apologizes for ‘missing the mark’ after Gemini generated racially diverse Nazis
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      But some historical requests still do end up factually misrepresenting the past. A colleague was able to get the mobile app to deliver a version of the “German soldier” prompt — which exhibited the same issues described on X.

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    • Guest Who says:

      Will it be able to ‘assist’ with awkward figures?

      https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-countries-with-the-most-government-debt-in-2025/

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  26. pugnazious says:

    A very interesting and telling comment this morning from the BBC as it continues to pump out Hamas propaganda at an increasing rate[almost as of they want to incite people into continuing the war]. We had a long story about the return of the bodies of Palestinian’s from Israel…naturally they were all horribly tortured to death….apparently…

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gz3r46e37o

    The BBC reporter on Today told us that the war may be over but another war, the war for Truth, has begun….and you can bet the BBC will be there front and centre telling us Hamas’ ‘truth’.

    No irony that the BBC is pumping out ads assuring us about its own truthfulness and honesty…Clive Myrie narrating the dodgiest script telling us that ‘Trust is earned…this is Our BBC’.

    Hmmm….that’ll be Clive Myrie who, along with Bowen, told us that an Israeli rocket had destroyed a hospital in Gaza killing hundreds…completely fake news that caused international peace talks to be shut down.

    And ‘Our BBC’? Guess he means the people who work at the BBC and think they own it and should be able to decide what news to broadcast….and how it should be ‘interpreted’.

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  27. pugnazious says:

    Funny how nationalist parties in Scotland and Wales, not to mention the terrorists in Ireland, get no condemnation or disapproval from the BBC for their nationalism but if you’re an English nationalist party you are fascists and racists taking us back to the ’30’s.

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  28. tomo says:

    DRAX is a plant crematorium …

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  29. BRISSLES says:

    The Epping migrant at the Bell Hotel who sexually assaulted the girl – has ACCIDENTALLY been released from prison instead of being taken off for deportation. And is now on the run and being hunted down. F…g UNBELIEVABLE !!!.

    Who needs HR lawyers and dodgy judges when the prison service just open the doors and let out sex offender illegals.

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    • tomo says:

      P45 (plural!) to be issued?

      NOT holding my breath…….

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    • MarkyMark says:

      ACCIDENT?
      “Epping migrant at the Bell Hotel who sexually assaulted the girl” – all citizens to stay locked in houses and give the man free access to all shops to end racism.

      ………..

      Manhunt as Epping hotel migrant who assaulted girl, 14, on the run after being accidentally freed from jail
      The sex attack sparked widespread anti-immigration protests across the UK
      https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/epping-hotel-migrant-on-the-run-5HjdFrP_2/

      The 38-year-old, an asylum seeker from Ethiopia, committed the crimes whilst staying at the Bell Hotel, just days after arriving in the UK on a small boat.

      A massive police operation is now underway, as authorities attempt to locate the man who sparked nationwide anti-immigration protests this summer.

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  30. Guest Who says:

    https://x.com/keir_starmer/status/1981618379850228183?s=61

    The oaf has been community noted.

    I’d love to see him in debate with The Secret Barrister in public forum, rather than the juvenile lightweights in the HoP

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  31. Emmanuel Goldstein says:

    Who is this ‘Coalition of the willing’?

    I think the vast majority of the UK are not ‘willing’ to go to war with Russia and I’m sure any other Nation in this coalition will feel the same.
    It’s a few leaders who have come up with a daft name that’s meaningless and they have a get together now and again to bluster and waffle, pretending that it actually means something.
    It’s all spam.

    I see some prison officer has been sacked after this Epping migrant was freed by mistake.
    They can move fast when it suits them but it’s easy to sack somebody right at the bottom. It would have more impact and would mean something if the manager (or someone higher up) was sacked but that never happens does it, it’s always some pathetic unimportant sucker.
    That’s what will happen if we ever get an enquiry about the mass rape gangs….if anybody is still alive by then.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Keir Starmer has an Asylum seeker rapist roaming England that he let in! Control the borders – Ukraine borders only need apply.

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  32. tomo says:

    What was that loony PC MP going on about migrant enrichment a while back?

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  33. StewGreen says:

    Time of release of Hadush Kebatu unknown
    … maybe 8-11am says Grok

    12:00 PM (the video timestamp says 12:04pm)
    Chelmsford High Street, Essex
    Video footage emerged showing a man believed to be Kebatu walking toward the train station. A local woman filmed him after recognizing him from news reports; she followed briefly but stopped for safety reasons. He appeared calm and was heading in the direction of Chelmsford Railway Station.
    GB News eyewitness report
    video https://x.com/EssexPR/status/1981758317144777161

    12:41 PM
    Chelmsford Railway Station, Essex
    Confirmed by CCTV: Kebatu boarded a London-bound train. Police believe he traveled toward central London, where he could “disappear” into the city’s migrant networks. No confirmed exit station yet.
    Essex Police statement

    12:57pm the time Essex Police say they were first informed he’d been released

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    • MarkyMark says:

      ” city’s migrant networks” – sanctuary city?

      “As a member of parliament, I pledge to represent and advocate for all people living in my constituency as equal members of the local community, regardless of their immigration status. My constituency and surgery are safe places and I welcome all my constituents to seek representation free from fear of immigration enforcement. I will not report on anyone who seeks my advice to the Home Office for immigration enforcement and will ensure my office correctly handles sensitive personal information to prevent this from happening.”

      https://www.globaljustice.org.uk/our-campaigns/migration/mps-not-border-guards-pledge-signatories/
      Abbott, Rt Hon Diane MP

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  34. MarkyMark says:

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  35. Up2snuff says:

    BBC WEB-SITE Watch #1 – BBC are still sexist

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business Only women go shopping?

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  36. MarkyMark says:

    HA HA HAH ! Escape Asylum convicts! China spies! Tax evasion housing ministers! Corrupt anti corruption ministers!

    And now ….”Planned airport expansion that would result in hundreds of thousands of extra flights a year could risk the government’s own net zero goals, a committee of MPs has found.”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62exx578lzo

    Comment “At least Kier can still fly to Brazil to wave our contribution flag. Shame they had to clear the rain forest for the access road. Maybe our not building another runway will offset this.”

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  37. MarkyMark says:

    “But with repeated downgrades by international ratings agencies, Colombo’s chances of going to international investors for further loans appear slim. Only China has long-term ambitions – and deep pockets. But there could be strings attached – some believe a city like Hong Kong in Sri Lanka would help China tighten its grip in this part of Asia in the years ahead.”

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-59993386

    Only China has long-term ambitions – and deep pockets.
    Only China has long-term ambitions – and deep pockets.

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  38. JonathanR says:

    This country is a blo*dy joke. We have third world barbarians roaming the streets, we are being taxed to death and jobsworths fine a women for pouring a cup of coffee down a drain. The last time women and girls felt this scared to walk down a street was in Whitechappel in the 1880s.

    Starmer is “considering” cancelling local elections with the aid of the red conservatives because they are scared they may loose. And all the while the mad head of state is sucking up to the Pope. That will help the country no end. It would seem that Charles the Mad has no interest in the country he is supposed to be ruling.

    I remember the industrial chaos of the early 1970s but that was a picnic compared to today

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  39. tomo says:

    MCC taken over by trannies?

    Yegods…

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  41. tomo says:

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  42. tomo says:

    Seems steep for a photo-op

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