12 Responses to Remembrance Weekend 8th November 2025

  1. Up2snuff says:

    Well, here we are again with the BBC in disgrace. The BBC have really done it this time. Bias over Gaza. Bias over US politics and President Trump. And we are going to get a load of BBC bias over AGW&CC with the COP30 ‘hoo-hah’ taking place in Brazil. Defund the biased BBC.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      TTK and the Crew have slid back into britistan to ‘do ‘ the Cenotaph – its a pity they missed the burning of his effigy up and down the country – there’s a fair old list on X of some pretty impressive ‘TTK guys’ … but on the upside for TTK – he might have got fixed up with a few pretty Brasilian boys to replace the Ukrainians …

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  2. Philip_2 says:

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  3. Scroblene says:

    Late on parade here…

    Yup!

    The far-left bBC are really in the proverbial now, and as far as I can tell, we have a great week ahead, watching the wriggling, the squirming, the excuses, the snarls, and the outcome – who knows…, but yes, it is certainly going to be a triumph for Indigenous British Citizens!

    How many more of their own dainty little (left) feet do beeboids have to shoot at?

    (I’m planning to go out tomorrow, and collect a jacket I left at a chum’s house, (he and his charming wife were extremely generous with the Chablis – and the Cotes de Rhone), get a haircut, the buy some gruel in Waitrose as a penance for enjoying living in Rodney’s Staziland, well away from Londonistan, where the Maaaare twonk is absent, but still living it up with rather unpleasant foreigners from God knows where, but, I’m safe here, in the sticks with normals living around me!)

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  4. atlas_shrugged says:

    Just wait til folk find out that the bBC said that Trump said ‘drink bleach’ and that this was a lie and that Trump never said that.

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  5. Fedup2 says:

    So the fun starts – from the DT

    STARTS Donald Trump’s White House has accused the BBC of “purposeful dishonesty” amid a row over bias at the broadcaster.

    It launched its attack over the way the corporation selectively edited a speech made by the president, dismissing it as “100 per cent fake news”.

    British taxpayers were being “forced to foot the bill for a Leftist propaganda machine”, said Karoline Leavitt, Mr Trump’s press secretary.

    She delivered the verdict after The Telegraph disclosed that a Panorama documentary had spliced together different parts of a speech by Mr Trump and made it seem as though he had told supporters to go to the Capitol and “fight like hell” on the day of the 2021 riot.

    Ms Leavitt, the president’s principal spokesman, told The Telegraph: “This purposefully dishonest, selectively edited clip by the BBC is further evidence that they are total, 100 per cent fake news that should no longer be worth the time on the television screens of the great people of the United Kingdom.

    “Every time I travel to the United Kingdom with President Trump and am forced to watch the BBC in our hotel rooms, it ruins my day listening to their blatant propaganda and lies about the president of the United States and all that he’s doing to make America better and the world a safer place.”

    However, she stopped short of demanding an end to the BBC licence fee.

    A whistleblower’s dossier described how the Panorama programme, broadcast just before last year’s US election, “completely misled” viewers by showing the president telling a crowd that he was going to walk with them to the Capitol to “fight like hell”.

    His words were taken from his address on Jan 6 2021, before some of his supporters attacked the US Capitol building.

    It omitted a section from his speech, when he urged them to make their voices heard “peacefully”.

    ‘Too much trust’ in word of Hamas
    Mr Trump and his allies have often railed at what they see as bias among major news outlets and it is not the first time the White House has criticised the BBC. In June, Ms Leavitt accused the corporation of bias in its coverage of Gaza, and of putting too much trust in the word of Hamas.

    “Unfortunately, unlike some in the media, we don’t take the word of Hamas as total truth,” Ms Leavitt told a White House briefing. “We like to look into it when they speak … unlike the BBC.”

    She brandished a printout of stories published on the BBC website a day earlier, and described how headlines about deaths at a food distribution site had changed from claiming an Israeli tank had killed 26 people, to 21 people, to gunfire killing 31.

    It came as Boris Johnson said he would stop paying the BBC licence fee unless Tim Davie, the director-general, resigned or explained the bias engulfing the broadcaster.

    The former prime minister urged others to join him and not pay the annual levy unless Mr Davie came up with a “convincing explanation” after a week of Telegraph disclosures of one-sided reporting over Gaza, censorship of the trans debate, as well as the doctoring of Mr Trump’s speech.

    The examples were contained in a leaked 8,000-word letter sent to members of the BBC board by Michael Prescott, a former standards adviser, who wrote of his “despair at inaction by the BBC executive” over widespread evidence of bias.

    ‘Stop the rot’
    Writing on Friday, Mr Johnson said: “It is time for reporters to stand outside Davie’s house, in the time-honoured way, and shout at him: What is your response to the Prescott report? When did you first know that Panorama lied? Why did you do nothing about it?

    “A few days of that and Davie should eventually emerge from his foxhole, and when he does, he should either give a convincing explanation for the Left-wing bias at the BBC, or else resign in favour of someone who will stop the rot.

    “Unless he does so, I am simply going to stop paying my licence fee and suggest you do the same.”

    Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, told The Telegraph he would be raising the revelations in a meeting with Mr Davie later this month.

    “I will be meeting Tim Davie in the next few days, at which I will be expressing my grave concern over the levels of institutional bias as revealed by these reports,” he said.

    Mr Prescott’s letter also accused the corporation of “effective censorship” of its reporting on transgender issues, and expressed concerns that BBC Arabic was downplaying the suffering of Israelis in the war with Hamas to paint their country as the aggressor.

    He will also give evidence in Parliament about the bias he says he became aware of during three years on the BBC’s editorial guidelines and standards committee.

    Sir John Whittingdale, the former culture secretary, said Mr Davie’s future was hanging in the balance.

    “There needs to be an immediate inquiry and whoever is directly responsible should go. Tim Davie’s position is certainly in question,” he said.

    “In order to restore confidence, he needs to react and be seen to be reacting and I haven’t seen that.

    “I would imagine that questions will be asked in Parliament when we get back.”

    Baroness Morgan, another former culture secretary, said: “Really, at what point are the BBC going to get a grip on this? People pay a lot for the licence fee and this is not what they expect.”

    Liz Truss, the former prime minister, added: “The Telegraph’s work over recent days has exposed the damning truth about the BBC: it has been captured by the woke, globalist Left, which despises Britain and everything that made us great.”

    “The BBC shares a large part of the blame for why this country is a mess. I have come to the conclusion that the organisation is unreformable and needs to be put out of its misery.”

    The BBC has said it does not comment on leaks and that it considers feedback carefully.ENDS

    many comments suggest 47 should sue the BBC . The US justice system will be far less respectful of the BbC than a UK one – and the damages will be astronomical …

    BTW Rupert Lowe has apparently been granted a PMQ . He has been on X asking what the question should be .. perhaps it should be about the proven bias of the Far Left Islamic BBC …

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  6. Nibor says:

    Sorry if this was mentioned before In Re Boris Johnson and his critique of the BBC .

    Typical Tory .

    He asked us to fill in a survey about the BBC , which we did .

    Then he – they , the Tories , did nothing .

    It’s like all the talk they said about immigration, then did nothing to control it .
    All the talk about standing up for our interests when in the EU , then paid up to their demands .

    They need to be obliterated at election time , go out into the wilderness for some really pensive thought , and maybe come back when they fear the electorate more than they fear the BBC , EUrocrats , the UN , so called world opinion and this mythical “ Britain’s standing in the world “ and the fear of not looking populist . In a democracy .

    I don’t want so called grown up politics when this is just a euphemism for soft as sh1t on a rainy day big baby giveaway to to the most demanding.

    And Labour should change its name

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  7. Deborah says:

    I got very excited the other day to receive a letter from DWP saying I would receive £100 winter fuel allowance. It was only on turning the letter over that I read that at best it was a ‘loan’ as it would be taken £ for £ in my tax. Now ok, I knew, I wasn’t really getting the WFA, but how many older people are being conned into believing they have got the allowance back? Don’t forget it was only by reading the back of the letter that the truth was explained. It is close to dishonest, the government telling pensioners in large letters they are getting money they are not going to get. I wonder how many letters were sent to people not getting the money and at what does it cost to send them?

    Perhaps there is a Panorama programme there if the BBC could be bothered to investigate.

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  8. vlad says:

    SADIQ’S T&RROR LINKS EXPOSED

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  9. JohnC says:

    So it seems the BBC think that if they just ignore these accusations of bias, they can ride it out and everyone will forget about it.

    Now Trump and the Whitehouse are on the case. The President of the USA directly accusing the BBC of fake news – with evidence this time. It should be huge. But the BBC are ignoring that one too.

    Meanwhile the other arse cheek Guardian has a headline on the topic. Are they shocked and outraged at the BBC ?.

    Nope : this is their headline summary of what is going on:

    ‘Boris Johnson trying to undermine BBC leadership, insiders fear after leak’

    Not a single ethic to be found in any of them. They are just your typical low-life left-wing activists who lie as easily as tell the truth – and we are all finally getting to see their dirty washing.

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  10. tomo says:

    Divorce eh?

    UK’s Obligations for EU Staff Pensions Post-BrexitAs part of the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement (finalized in 2019), the UK is responsible for its historical share of pension liabilities for EU institution staff (primarily under the Pension Scheme for EU Officials, or PSEO). These liabilities stem from the UK’s membership contributions to the EU budget, which funded two-thirds of the scheme (with one-third from staff salaries). The UK must cover its pro-rata share of accrued rights up to December 31, 2020, when the Brexit transition period ended. This is one of the largest ongoing elements of the “Brexit financial settlement” (often called the “divorce bill”).Total Estimated LiabilityThe UK’s share of the total pension liability is estimated at approximately £20.6 billion (as of the latest UK government figures in late 2024).
    Earlier estimates (e.g., 2018-2020) pegged the undiscounted liability at around €10-12 billion, but this has risen due to actuarial updates, including longer life expectancies and scheme growth. The £20.6 billion figure reflects the present discounted value, accounting for payments spread over decades.

    Annual PaymentsPayments are not fixed annually but are calculated based on actuarial assessments of maturing liabilities (e.g., retirements and payouts). They form part of semi-annual invoices from the EU (April and September).
    Recent examples:In 2024, the UK paid approximately €150-200 million (around £125-170 million) toward the main PSEO liability.
    An additional €29 million (about £24 million) was invoiced in September 2024 for pensions of EU Members and high-level officials, with £9 million paid that year.

    Early post-Brexit payments (2021-2023) were higher (around £300-500 million/year) due to initial lump-sum elements, but they taper as the scheme’s obligations are met. Future annual amounts will vary but are projected to average £200-400 million in the near term, declining over time.

    DurationPayments are scheduled to continue until around 2064, roughly 40 years from the end of the transition period. This aligns with the expected payout horizon for pensions accrued by 2020, based on EU actuarial models (e.g., from Eurostat).
    The schedule follows the principle that no member state (including the UK) pays more or earlier than if it had remained in the EU. The UK has the option under Article 142 of the Withdrawal Agreement to settle early at a discounted rate, but it has not done so.

    These figures are from official UK government statements and parliamentary briefings, with updates reflecting 2024-2025 fiscal data. The total financial settlement (including pensions) has seen £10.6 billion set aside for future payments as of 2024, down from prior years due to currency fluctuations and progress. For the most current invoice details, refer to the UK Treasury’s annual European Union Finances Statement.

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