220 Responses to Start the Week 24th November 2025

  1. Fedup2 says:

    Parliament BBC committee

    The Muslim chairman of the BBC wants two director generals at the BBC – so the wage bill can go up and they can do a double act to avoid ‘blame ‘ and then having to resign – this bit is my interpretation …

    … to me if the dish is rancid it doesn’t matter how many cooks there are … it still stinks …

    There are 4 executive board members and 10 non executive ….. the sad old BBC chairman reflects the decay of the BBC – and With a bit of luck might be the last one in 2029….

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    • Fedup2 says:

      From X “Muhammad Irfan, LABOUR COUNCILLOR for Lambeth charged with MULTIPLE sex offences is pictured with his best buddy TTK and thd emir of londonistan …

      Im sure he l get a ‘fair’ trial from a ‘fair ‘ judge and a ‘fair ‘ jury ….
      Is this covered by the BBC …

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    • Up2snuff says:

      Fed, “The Muslim chairman of the BBC wants two director generals at the BBC – so the wage bill can go up and they can do a double act to avoid ‘blame ‘ and then having to resign – this bit is my interpretation … ”

      Think you are absolutely correct on that.

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    • harry142857 says:

      What you want is someone like Lee Anderson quizzing the BBC over Panoramagate

      Come prepared, though.

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  2. Fedup2 says:

    BBC committee

    The chairman was asked about measuring staff morale – he said they do an annual survey and he has lunch with some staff … bet they are carefully selected ….

    The chairman doesn’t know a lot – and sounded like he could care less ….. he was told that last year there were 4 equal pay cases – this year 40 cases – he didn’t know this … bloke is a DEI gimp .

    No wonder the BBC management is like the dumb corrupt civil service ….

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  3. atlas_shrugged says:

    The Harder They Come

    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/24/jimmy-cliff-jamaican-reggae-music-pioneer-dies-at-81

    Jimmy Cliff Jamaican Reggae Star dies aged 81

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  4. Up2snuff says:

    TWaTO Watch #1 – am trying desperately to remember what was said about President Trump …

    I think there was more rubbishing of President Trump, not necessarily by the Montacutie, but by contributors who reckoned President Trump was a Kremlin stooge and that the ‘Peace Plan’ was written by Mad Vlad Putin. If your recall is different please let me know.

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  5. JonathanR says:

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  6. taffman says:

    How long has the BBC got to go before it goes ‘pay for by subscription’ ?
    How long has the Telly Tax got to go before it gets abolished ?
    The sooner the better in my opinion .

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  7. JonathanR says:

    A voice of sanity throughout the COVID farce. Note the use of models that the “inquiry” uses to say that 23,000 lives could have been saved if we had lock down earlier. (The same models I would argue which are used in the whole climate scam)

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  8. Nibor says:

    Radio 4 13.30. Materials of State .

    About the Union Jack .

    One thing I used to bait the pro EU luvvies about was/is how easy it is to buy the English , Welsh and Scottish flags and the Union Jack . As flags or on merchandise, and how cheap to get one , available in discount stores and supermarkets.

    Unlike the EU ring of stars flag where you’d have to go to Amazon at least and pay for it .

    I bet the BBC don’t see that .

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  9. vlad says:

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  10. tomo says:

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    • Deborah says:

      Last night on GBNews was a spokesperson from the Institute for Public Policy Research. They are very open on their website where their funding comes from including around half a million pounds from The Open Society (isn’t that Soros?). AstraZeneca gives them £100,00l (as I am a shareholder, I am less than pleased), ABDN fairness fund gives them £20,000 to £30,000, the Red Cross gives them £20,000 to £30,000 as does the British Heart Foundation. I bet when you stuck a pound in the collecting tin you didn’t think you were giving to a far Left think tank. I am only at the start of the alphabet. Far Left gets funding from places you might never have thought of.

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  12. JohnC says:

    BBC in disarray over bias claims
    https://archive.is/20251124223023/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/24/bbc-in-disarray-over-bias-claims/

    After reading what Samir Shah has said at the public hearing in front of MP’s, it’s quite clear he is absolutely part of the problem and is completely refusing to admit any responsibility – even in his capacity of ‘BBC Chairman’.

    ‘The BBC chairman has insisted he will not resign despite deep divisions in the broadcaster’s board being exposed at a public hearing before MPs.’

    How very Left-Wing of him. Where is his honour and integrity ?. I bet he talks about them all the time – but when the cards are on the table, it’s a different story.

    The clincher is this:
    ‘Mr Shah tried to explain an 11-month delay for addressing problems with the documentary by saying a “plausible case” had been put forward for splicing two different parts of Mr Trump’s speech together, even though he now admits it misled viewers.’

    What a complete pile of BS. Without any doubt they knew what they were doing and thought they would get away with because they have got away with similar lies so often before. And if the whistleblower hadn’t leaked the memo, they would have got away with it this time.

    When I read that The Chairman of the BBC called Samir Shah is under pressure because a board member called Shumeet Banerji just resigned, it is clear to me that the BBC has completely lost it’s way.

    The BBC is a perfect example of how DEI destroys everything you force it into. The beauty of it for the Left is that if you question it in any way, you are instantly labelled a far-right racist or misogynist.

    They Left are disingenuous hypocrites. Everyone knows what the BBC is now – but everyone is pretending they aren’t.

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  14. JonathanR says:

    “The BBC posted a job advert for the new director general on Monday, appealing for a candidate who had “demonstrated decision-making that adheres to the BBC’s principles of impartiality and editorial independence” and could cope with the “significant personal and professional pressures” that come with the job.”
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/24/bbc-in-disarray-over-bias-claims/

    I have never laughed so much in my life!!

    Since when has having “demonstrated decision-making that adheres to the BBC’s principles of impartiality and editorial independence” been a requirement of the DG of the BBC?

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    • JohnC says:

      lol, even the advert has the BBC weasel words:

      ‘the BBC’s principles of impartiality and editorial independence’

      ‘The BBC’s principles’. Why put ‘BBC’ in ?. It implies the BBC has it’s own set of ‘principles’ which are different from what the wording suggests.

      Which of course it does.

      The BBC needs to be MUCH more transparent about who is actually given the power of that ‘editorial independence’ and the decisions it takes. It’s entirely hidden behind closed doors by a few selected people who have the power of a multi-billion pound, global ‘state funded’ news organisation to wield as they want. This is exactly what has happened to let the BBC turn into the left-wing activist group it is.

      The only way this can happen is to let the people force it to represent THEM. And the only way they can do that is by voluntary subscription.

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    • Scroblene says:

      Just searched to see in which rag the ‘job’ is advertised!

      Can’t find it, but presumably the Graun was consulted first, before the Beeboid’s own ad was chucked into ‘the regions’, possibly in some Godforsaken foreign place…

      £642,000 p.a. is quite a lot of money to be given out, presumably he/she/it will pay the full amount of income tax, NI etc, so that looks after a couple of illegals for a week or so…

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  15. JohnC says:

    Judge dismisses cases against ex-FBI director Comey and NY attorney general James
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9qelv51y23o

    It seems the case was thrown out because the Lawyer was appointed by the Attorney general who was supposed to do it within 120 days of taking office. Nothing whatsoever to do with her qualifications.

    Most other places include the following:
    ‘Currie was nominated to the bench by former President Bill Clinton.’

    The BBC do not.

    Even worse, they then proceed to act like the 2 accused have been found innocent. They then give them another soap box to insult Trump:

    ‘After the ruling, Comey said he was grateful a prosecution “based on malevolence and incompetence” had ended, but noted “Trump will probably come after me again”.’

    ‘James issued a statement saying she was “heartened by today’s victory”.
    “I remain fearless in the face of these baseless charges as I continue fighting for New Yorkers every single day,” the statement continued.’

    Why do I get the feeling that this government are going to let the BBC continue exactly as they are ?.

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  16. JohnC says:

    Police officer ‘unable to dress after hammer attack’
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g54g1r15eo

    Here’s another conveniently morphing BBC headline. The front page headline identifies it was Palestine Action who did it. The page will be archived, the headline will disappear.

    It has a video of this far-Left scum hitting her twice in the back while she was on the floor with a sledgehammer. If she wasn’t wearing a stab-vest, it would likely have paralysed her.

    We see here what violent scum these people are. The BIG thing though is that the BBC refuse to call them terrorists. The word is not used once.

    That’s because the BBC staff support them. They consider them to be ‘freedom fighters’.

    So let’s see what sentences they get. Attempted murder by a terrorist. Life ?. 20 years ?.

    More likely just violent assault and 6 years in this politicially corrupt banana republic the Left have turned us into.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      JohnC
      The TTK system now is so rigged that it will be ‘lucky ‘ if there are charges at all – the whole criminal justice system is corrupted – CPS charging decisions – listing of cases – choice of venue ( high Muslim catchment )approved judges and juries – carefully chosen lawyers ….. all aimed at the approved outcome …. And it’s frightening how quickly the above has happened ..

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      • JohnC says:

        The thing which is most frightening for me Fed is how all these things are happening while the MSM remain silent.

        I can only conclude it is because of two reasons : the main one being the infestation of all these institutions (ESPECIALLY the BBC) by Left-wing activists. The second being others too scared to speak out on their own because they will be branded far-Right racists/sexists/homophobes and will be truly hated by all the others. GB news being an excellent example.

        We are living through another age of Left-wing fascism where dissenting voices are silenced by the state. I wonder where it will end. Democracy has done it’s job to put Trump in power in the USA – but the hatred and spite against him from the Left is truly astonishing. Just as it is against anyone right-wing here.

        The old adage that history repeats itself and if you don’t learn from it, you are bound to repeat it is doing another circle. And I see no sign at all that the Left will realise what they are doing and back down. It’s quite the opposite.

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    • G says:

      Ditto Home Office.

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  17. vlad says:

    Trump is the world’s President !

    (I just wish he were ours!!)

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    • JohnC says:

      That can’t be right.

      The BBC told me that Starmer and Trump are close friend and Trump would let the BBC off as a special favour.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Genocide is an internationally recognized crime defined as specific acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. The term was coined in 1944 by Polish-Jewish lawyer Raphael Lemkin, and genocide was established as an international crime by the UN Genocide Convention in 1948.

      ………….
      the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group
      ………….
      Back in 1997, Tony Blair won a huge mandate from the people to govern our country, but he omitted to tell us about his absolute determination to introduce and pursue an aggressive immigration policy, designed to make the UK a multicultural society. Thanks to a certain Mr Andrew Neather, a former Government adviser, we now know the truth. More specifically, he said it was Blair’s intention to

      “rub the Right’s nose in diversity”.
      https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2015-07-09/debates/15070967000002/Immigration
      ……………….
      intent to destroy, in whole or in part

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    • G says:

      One thing’s for sure, nobody, but nobody can rely in any way upon Trump.

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  18. andyjsnape says:

    BBC may not be in ‘safe hands’ under its chair, says committee head, reports the bbc

    so the bbc is talking about the bbc as if its a separate body from the webshte

    Removing the “chair” isn’t going to fix the foundations to the building!

    President Trump just take them for whatever you can, they deserve all thats coming

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  19. JohnC says:

    And here is the depressing truth of what is going on with the BBC ‘enquiry’:

    Huq gives the game away as MPs steer clear of BBC bias
    https://archive.is/20251124214628/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/11/24/mps-question-bbc-like-a-vegetarian-hunting-party-deliberate/
    (I needed to click option 3 to see it).

    It also explains why the BBC have been allowed to become so Left-wing. Those MP’s are guilty of much more than allowing it : they actively support it.

    What chance to the people have when the entire establishment is now against them ?.

    It’s even more vital now that people stop paying their license tax. It’s the only weapon we have.

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    • andyjsnape says:

      Hello JohnC

      I’m about 10 years tele tax free now

      What worries me if more people wake up and the tele tax isn’t being paid, do they change this as part of the council tax, like in other countries.

      At the moment, dont want, dont watch, dont pay

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      • moggiemoo says:

        There’s an argument to be had that funding the BBC out of general taxation frees up millions of people to watch what they bloody want. That or you only pay it if you specifically watch BBC, not anything else. Or subscription as it’s more commonly known.

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        • Scroblene says:

          Paying for the bBC out of general taxation means that the feral layabouts on benefits, who don’t pay for anything, get to slob out on day-time rubbish for free…

          Very bBC.

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          • moggiemoo says:

            That’s as maybe but the fact is that a lot of people do evade the licence fee since to pay the BBC for watching any other live channel sounds like extortion to me. One way or another it must come to an end. My personal preference is scrapping the BBC altogether or at least forcing them to change the first B to something more appropriate. Biased, Brainwashing, Treasonous, Marxist, Misinformation, Direct Lies, the list goes on and on.

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            • Scroblene says:

              Absolutely right about the extortion for watching other channels!

              If they acted responsibly, like they used to quite a few years ago, you could rely on straight-forward news and good discussion, but with the far-too-clever lefties in control, the natural tendency is to cheat the TV tax-paying public nowadays!

              Like the ‘B’ bits – and why say ‘broadcast’ now – isn’t it all ‘channels’, or ‘podcasts’, or other new-word borrocks?

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  20. AsISeeIt says:

    Are we going to have a white Christmas this year? (BBC, Sarah Keith-Lucas, Lead Weather Presenter)

    A bit of old-style (speculative, but fun and seasonally festive) weather reporting there from our BBC, despite: A “white Christmas,” the romantic, widespread snowy scenes from past advertisements and movies are rare and getting rarer… Climate Change is making milder, wetter winters more frequent, decreasing the chances of a snowy Christmas, especially in southern parts of the UK (BBC, 2012 – with a bit of hedging circa 2024, courtesy Google A.I., which is remarkably loath to share the original 2012 BBC “kids will never see another white Christmas” bah humbug report)

    Come to think of it, where were all the breathless “Coldest Day Of The Year So Far” reports from our BBC of late? Yes, we did get those alarming snow and ice weather alerts – but one can’t help but feel those are simply there to give state school teachers and the like the excuse to shut up shop and enjoy the duvet days they so relish.

    And you guessed it: As our climate warms, winters in the UK are becoming milder and wetter. A rise in land and sea temperatures has generally reduced the chances of a white Christmas, especially when compared to the 18th and 19th centuries. (BBC, Sarah Keith-Lucas, Lead Weather Presenter – here to tell the kids we, basically, killed Santa)

    Our “First Female Chancellor” is finding a receptive receptacle for her excuses for her upcoming bad budget in the formerly serious now mainly female interest regime mouthpiece Times: Reeves tells Labour MPs to unite for her budget… Chancellor hits back at ‘misogynist’ critics

    Guilty as charged, I guess, Rachel from accounts! I won’t do a Nigel and make excuses and partially apologise – it just encourages them: Farage says he’s ‘never directly racially abused anybody’ after school racism claims… Pressed on whether he would say categorically that he did not racially abuse fellow pupils, Farage said: ” I would never, ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way.” (BBC – Jennifer McKiernan, Political reporter and David Deans, Political reporter – riding tandem on one of the increasingly rickety old regime compliant hit jobs)

    Fun with flags

    Tory row erupts over jibe comparing Reform logo to Nazi badge (virtual Indy); Tory chair compares Reform badge to Nazis’ (Telegraph) – The hitherto anonymous Tory, Kevin Hollinrake – with a name reminiscent of a satirical Evelyn Waugh novel. Perhaps our Mr Hollinrake ought to take a shufty at Labour’s Fabian Society sheep in wolf’s clothing badge?

    They used to say of certain of the old Feeview TV channels (there’s one for the teenagers) how they’re programming were all “Nazis and sharks” – and I’m afraid this is how it’s going to be as the Uniparty frets over Reform – just like the regime has fretted over Trump.

    Do you still speak Commando Comic?

    You only have to suggest the troops might go home for Christmas – and see what you get: ‘It looks a lot like the ultimatum given by Hitler to Czechoslovakia’ – frets the gungho Daily Express there expressing war-like sentiment presumably in the only boomber speak language it expects its audience to understand.

    Let’s not worry about what the Russians thought about Ukraine getting suddenly annexed by Nato and the EU.

    Anyway, whatever happened to Czechoslovakia in our enlightened liberal modern times? Oh yeah, we recall it got split down the middle into the Czech Republic and Slovakia and in the year 2000 German firm Volkswagen got its hands on the Czech Škoda works. Volkswagen first took a stake in the Czech company in 1991, gradually increasing its ownership until it acquired all equity shares by 2000. – thank you A.I. Hmmm… remind you of anything historical?

    Crony capitalism

    Yesterday your Mr AsI noticed a Financial Times report in which interests termed “markets” were encouraging the chancellor to get on with the job of taxing us plebs sooner rather than later to please “investors”

    Now today the plot thickens

    City pressed to priase Reeves’ Budget as lenders win reprieve from tax rises… Banks have been asked to make public endorsements of the Budget this week… as Reeves prepares to spare the sector from any tax-raising moves… Treasury official want lenders to praise policies (FT)

    Mr AsI will certainly praise Reeves’ policies – if she cuts my tax bill. Just putting the idea out there.

    .

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Asiseeit
      As I become personally even more nervous about what the Marxists announce on Wednesday I sought solace on YouTube with the discussion between David Starkey and Liam Hanigen on the state of things.

      Both see a ‘reckoning ‘ coming when the Marxists run out of money – borrowed or taxed – to service the State Debt racked up by the uniparty .

      They didn’t dwell on what that ‘reckoning ‘ would look like or the effect / consequences …. I wish they had …

      …. I mean – if the State had to cut welfare and their NHS what would the effect be ? If the invaders were thrown into army camps before being thrown out ? Does the state have the military / police power to control the inevitable uprisings / riots ?
      Maybe im being fanciful . But it’s clear from the discussion that a ‘reckoning ‘ – crunch is coming …. How soon after the budget will it be ? Wednesday afternoon ? Thursday ? 2026? 2027 ?

      BTW – if Rachel has to borrow Money after the markets refuse to – where does she get it from ?
      Is it the IMF ? the US ? I don’t know the answer or how much she’d need . But if she’s borrowing 20 billion a month – how would that work …? And the effect of the general strike coming with it ? Ugh .

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      • Scroblene says:

        TTK’s final dash to re-join the EU, then he can waste our debt on them, and get some reprieve back in the form of democracy-loss, fishing rights, defence spending etc, and of course, a direct route to get acceptance of illegals!

        These marxists love politics; they don’t work, but they still love them…

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “reprieve from tax rises” – empty threats worked and made here look like she is listening – ha ha ah ah haha ah ha !

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  21. Fedup2 says:

    Today watch

    I force myself to switch on for the ‘big ‘ 0810 piece . 2 days running -I think – it’s been Ukraine . Ukraine is a distraction – it’s a war game – no where near as important as what the marxists here are doing . Off switch ….

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  22. MarkyMark says:

    BBC to be FREE like the NHS at point of access! For everyone around the world!

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  23. Fedup2 says:

    Quentin Letts on the chairman of the BBC – enjoy

    Samir Shah, under-attack chairman of the even-more-in-the-mire BBC, tiptoed into the Commons culture committee. This natty, gnomic figure, dapper and discursive, speaks in a voice that is ever so slightly elusive, as if he hasn’t put his teeth in right.

    Everyone calls him ‘Dr Shah’. He is not a medic, even if his fastidious manner calls to mind a posh chiropodist. Give him a bow tie and a pair of latex gloves and he could set up shop on Harley Street, cooing over the tootsies of Knightsbridge widows.

    Encountering Dr Shah, one must resist the urge to whip off one’s socks and ask for a second opinion on troublesome bunions.

    The BBC is in trouble for ignoring hideous journalistic scandals. These led to the threat of a $5billion writ from D. Trump and saw daylight only when a memo from Michael Prescott, former external adviser to the BBC’s editorial standards committee, was leaked to the Press.

    Mr Prescott and one of his colleagues, a gluey ex-FT bluestocking called Caroline Daniel, spoke to MPs just before Dr Shah arrived for his consultation.

    Ms Daniel, an almost perfect Establishment specimen, talked of ‘challenging issues’ and ‘important pieces of work’ and ‘deep dives’.

    We had ‘deep dives’ so often, she should have been in a Jacques Cousteau documentary. With her instinctive forgiveness of the Blob, she’ll be governor of the Bank of England soon.

    Mr Prescott was asked for his leanings. ‘I’m a Centrist Dad,’ he said. Indeed, he wore one of those thread bracelets, a swanky wristwatch, no tie and looked as if he was just back from a weekend in Tignes. The Labour-dominated committee had suspected him of being, basically, a Nigel Farage plant.

    The man who told the truth about the Lefty BBC. Appalling!!! But here he was saying he was of the same political kidney as most of them.

    Apretty pathetic committee was enlivened only by daft old Rupa Huq (Lab, Ealing C) and a shaven-headed Lib Dem from Tewkesbury, Cameron Thomas, who fancied himself a tough guy. His skull muscles twitched. If the furtive moustache and bitten fingernails lent him the air of a Bosnian-Serb desperado from 1914, that was spoiled by his habit of raising a hand in the air every time he wished to speak. A primary school assassin.

    Mr Prescott, ‘taking absolutely no pleasure’ in the resignations of top Beeboids, said: ‘I might go so far as to say that I love the BBC.’ One of the committee’s clerks gazed at the ceiling, laughing.

    Damian Hinds (Con, East Hants) wondered if the BBC had ‘a bigger truth problem’. Mr Prescott felt it merely had ‘a curious management blindspot’ about indefensible journalistic practices. Spot the difference.

    Labour MPs complained that the scandal had been ‘weaponised’ by the Right. Politicians who use the verb ‘weaponised’ are themselves, by and large, being partisan.

    Enter Dr Shah.

    Once the committee had put its shoes back on, the little chap said he regretted the journalistic errors made. ‘I don’t think the DG should have resigned,’ he murmured – of Tim Davie’s exit as BBC director-general – with all the penetration of a podiatrist doubting some treatment for an unusually nasty case of athlete’s foot.

    He was so verbose that one started to wonder if he was a doctor of flummery. An obfuscationologist. He confessed that BBC corporate statements could be ‘rather vanilla’. The Beeb’s PR man looked delighted by this.

    To one side of Shah sat Caroline Thomson, aka Lady Liddle and friend of Peter Mandelson, the senior BBC non-executive governor. She listened to the good doctor’s windbaggery with eyes closed, as if savouring the work of a maestro.

    On Shah’s other side sat Theresa May’s former head of communications, Robbie Gibb, who is also on the BBC board and has been accused of arranging an attempted ‘coup’ with his friend Prescott.

    Ms Huq undermined Leftist attempts to portray this cosiness by trilling that she hadn’t seen Dr Shah since some drinks party. ‘And congratulations on your knighthood, Robbie,’ she gassed.

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  24. MarkyMark says:

    “It’s a package, not a pick-and-mix. You can’t say you like the cola bottles but you don’t like the fruit salad.”

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gpmz8gxwgo
    ……
    Word salad comes to mind!

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  25. Guest Who says:

    Ch 4 rallies the troops… troop.

    https://x.com/channel4news/status/1993051381469704604?s=61

    #ccbgb

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    • MarkyMark says:

      BBC chair apologises for mistakes leading to Trump’s legal threat

      BBC chair apologises gets 500K for apology using chat GPT!

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  26. tomo says:

    I blame ‘Fatcha for closing all the mental hospitals

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  27. MarkyMark says:

    “Taxation without representation” is a political slogan expressing the grievance that people should not be taxed by a government without having a say in its decisions. It was a key rallying cry for the American colonists against Great Britain, who argued that they should not be subject to taxes imposed by the British Parliament since they had no elected representatives in that body. This idea has historical roots in principles dating back to the Magna Carta

    ……………

    The BBC is primarily funded by the TV licence fee, paid by UK households that watch or record live TV or use the BBC’s streaming service, iPlayer. This fee covers the cost of the BBC’s UK public services, and supplementary revenue comes from commercial activities like BBC Studios. In recent years, the government has also placed the costs of the BBC World Service and free TV licences for those over 75 on the corporation

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  28. MarkyMark says:

    Top Tory person of interest .. jumps over London underground styles and then helps them get on the train….

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  29. MarkyMark says:

    BBC Verify dropped an article last night titled “How X’s new location feature exposed big US politics accounts”, lamenting:

    “Dozens of high-engagement accounts on X have been accused of misleading users following the roll-out of a new transparency feature that shows user locations.”

    Conveniently, they forget to mention BBC News UK’s own X account also appears to be using a VPN – based in the US. Guido is sure Trump loves the idea of the BBC being based stateside…

    X’s new feature – which Nikita Bier, X’s Head of Product, says is “99.99%” accurate – shows that other champions of the Online Safety Act are also internationally mobile: Good Law Project is “based” in the US, while Hope Not Hate’s CEO Nick Lowles is “based” in Ukraine.

    https://order-order.com/2025/11/25/bbc-verify-whinges-about-vpn-users-despite-bbc-news-uk-using-one/

    @mariannaclairespring

    A few weeks in the life of the BBC’s social media investigations senior correspondent !! Out and about lots for a BBC Two documentary investigating how social media algorithms changing the world, episode 6 of Marianna in Conspiracyland pod following up on my original panorama and podcast investigation for the inquest conclusion, eps of Americast, presenting 5live, new Panorama on rise of antivax & more working on more connected to my book Among the Trolls: My journey through Conspiracyland !!! I rlly love investigating and revealing the consequences of algorithms, trolls, conspiracy theories & everything social media ! Thanks to the millions of listeners, readers & viewers, to the trolls, to everyone who trusts me to tell their stories – and top teams I work with ! You can find my podcasts on @bbcsounds & my docs on @bbciplayer – and across @bbcnews ! #doc #bbcnews #podcast #investigation #journalism

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  30. JonathanR says:

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  31. Lunchtime Loather says:

    What’s this? Accurate reporting from the BBC? Heaven forfend:
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd74ne84lqdo

    “BBC may not be in ‘safe hands’ under its chair, says committee head” and goes on “The head of the culture select committee has questioned whether the BBC board is in “safe hands” under its chair Samir Shah, describing his evidence to MPs on Monday as “wishy-washy”.

    Yes, it is not in safe hands, and yes, his evidence was appalling.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      BBC report on BBC using 3.5 billion from forced payments for people paid thousands to avoid questions – BBC to write back to BBC using paper to slow the process down.

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    • JonathanR says:

      Did they expect any different from a DEI hire?

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      • MarkyMark says:

        In 1979, Dr Samir Shah CBE
        obtained a DPhil in anthropology and geography at St Catherine’s College, Oxford. His thesis was “Aspects of the geographic analysis of Asian immigrants in London”.[7]

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      • harry142857 says:

        When he gets the sack and a golden goodbye of about half a million , the remainder of the BBC can blame the previous guy, as always.

        Wiki
        A useful idiot or useful fool is a pejorative description of a person, suggesting that the person thinks they are fighting for a cause without fully comprehending the consequences of their actions, and who does not realize they are being manipulated by the cause’s leaders or by other political players.

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        • MarkyMark says:

          The BBC Trust chairman has defended George Entwistle’s performance before parliament, saying he was unfortunate to be engulfed by a “tsunami of filth” – his description of the Jimmy Savile scandal – less than two weeks into his new role.

          In a Radio 4 interview, Lord Patten also admitted that the Savile sex abuse scandal had done “terrible damage” to the corporation’s reputation.
          https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/oct/25/jimmy-savile-bbc-director-general

          ………..

          George Entwistle’s £450,000 payment criticised by MPs
          Published 12 November 2012 BBC

          https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-20293270

          And Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman said the payout was “not justifiable”.

          ** Harriet Harman supported PIE! HA HA AHHA HAHA HAH A HA!

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  32. JonathanR says:

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Should show the whole clip all the time! HA HA HAH AH AH AH !

      ………..
      Dr Samir Shah CBE
      BBC Chair
      https://www.bbc.com/aboutthebbc/whoweare/samir-shah

      …………

      In 2021, he co-authored the UK government’s Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities report.[3]

      Shah was born in 1952 in Aurangabad, India, to Amrit Shah and Uma Bakaya; the family moved to England in 1960. His half-brother, with whom he shares the same mother, is Mohit Bakaya, who became controller of BBC Radio 4.[4]

      In 1979, he obtained a DPhil in anthropology and geography at St Catherine’s College, Oxford. His thesis was “Aspects of the geographic analysis of Asian immigrants in London”.[7]

      HA HA HAH !

      His thesis was “Aspects of the geographic analysis of Asian immigrants in London”.[7]
      ………
      Degrees of Gaga: education of a Lady
      This article is more than 15 years old
      As an American university offers a module in Lady Gaga and the Sociology of Fame, we wonder what might be on the syllabus …

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  33. MarkyMark says:

    “At a Public Accounts Committee session on boosting police productivity, MP Rupert Lowe clashed with Home Office Permanent Secretary Dame Antonia Romeo, demanding to know why data on illegal migrant crime is being kept from MPs and the public.

    He also tore into policing spend on DE&I roles and initiatives as wasteful, and, in a barbed swipe at the senior civil servant, branded her the “queen of woke.””

    ……………………..

    “Prof Jay said the first of these reports was “effectively suppressed” because senior officers did not believe the data. The other two were ignored, she said.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-28939089
    “No matter what’s done now… it’s not going to change that it was too late, it should have been stopped and prevented.”

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  34. MarkyMark says:

    “Accurate figures for College of Policing, we employ 5 people who could be described (not even sure) as DEI at the moment , that’s reducing to 3 in march. That is to fulfil our lawful requirement in equality.”

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  35. MarkyMark says:

    “Theresa May had a complex relationship with the Equality Act 2010, as she was the Home Secretary who oversaw its implementation and who subsequently chose to scrap the socio-economic duty provision within it shortly after it was passed. While she initially dismissed the socio-economic duty as a form of “social engineering,” her government did introduce the mandatory pay gap reporting for companies with over 250 employees, which is a key part of the act’s framework for equal pay. ”

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    • tomo says:

      She’s wearing the commie Mexican bracelet there

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    • pugnazious says:

      Main gap was between her ears….did far more damage [to the country and her own party] than Truss ever did…allegedly.

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      • tomo says:

        yeah, you don’t stay long as Home Secretary if you’re capable of rational thought and think for yourself

        Theresa May (Conservative, 2010–2016): 6 years 63 days – this is the longest single continuous term post-WW2

        The Sir Humphreys loved her … and it shows

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  36. Althepalerp says:

    Tell your friends & family how easy it is to stop paying the BBC tax.

    Just go on line and tell them you don’t need their TV licence thing anymore.

    They leave you alone for a year, then you repeat the process. I’ve been doing it for 20 years.

    I spend the money on things I actually want.

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  37. Guest Who says:

    The BBC. The Police. A man.

    https://x.com/bbcbreaking/status/1993310293892501789?s=61

    And, of course…

    Censored.

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    • tomo says:

      I suppose a cynic might posit a nefarious purpose in that official reticence 🙂

      My money’s on an Albanian or Nigerian

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      • Ian Rushlow says:

        Not their MO but a very high chance it’s a foreigner. Maybe an ‘internal foreigner’ of the sort that likes travellin’ around. Maybe helping out with the bin (non)collections of Birmingham.

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  38. Richard Pinder says:

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    The father of Axel Rudakubana, said he murdered the three little white girls because he felt ‘lonely’ in this decadent ‘foreign land’. So he had to kill them because they were decadently dancing to decadent music, while being decadently ‘almost’ undressed, in decadent Western European clothes. He also claims his son’s violent actions were caused by his violent ‘migration background’ and the challenges of ‘assimilating’ into a non-violent but morally decadent society.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      So if we kill all the kids we can move on? What is this madness?!

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    • Eddy Booth says:

      ⬆️⬆️

      I’d say the parents are very inbred.
      Axel has mental defects and his brother is in a wheelchair.

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  39. Althepalerp says:

    You are a basic rate tax payer and your boss wants to give you £100 bonus, he would like to give more but thats all he can do.

    FIRST he has to give £15 employers NI to the government.

    You get £85, but Tax and NI reduces that to £61.20. £23.80 goes to the government.

    You celebrate by buying a packet of fags at £15, £9 of which goes to the government.

    The final £46.20 you fill up with petrol – £19.87 goes to the government.

    SO. Out of the original £100, £67.67 goes to the government.

    They spend it on 4 star hotels, and new phones for the illegals.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Zack Polanski of the green party says your boobs have grown by 1 inch! Inshallah as they say in green council meetings in the UK!

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  40. MarkyMark says:

    “Take Russian oil off the market.” Keir Starmer
    Keir is brining lots of business to the UK! Yeah! Protect Ukraine border – ignore uk border. Gordon Brown was a hero during banking crisis – sold off all UK assets to save the wankers – err bankers

    LIVE: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer Addresses House of Commons After G20 Summit | AC1E

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  41. MarkyMark says:

    The UK’s standing army consists of approximately 74,000 UK Regular Forces, making it the largest branch of the British armed forces.

    …………… oh well… 1 to 1, 1 in, 1 out Inshallah as they say in Leeds Councils …………

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    • tomo says:

      “missing”?

      – I bet they’ve not missed claiming benefits?

      Do the Home Office Know Their Names?Yes, the Home Office knows the names (and other identifying details) of these 53,298 individuals. Here’s why, based on the process:Entry into the System: All individuals in this “absconder pool” were initially processed upon arrival or detection in the UK. This includes:Biometric enrollment (fingerprints and photographs).
      Basic personal details collection, such as full name, date of birth, nationality, and any provided documentation.
      Assignment of a unique case reference number for tracking asylum claims or removal proceedings.

      Definition of “Missing”: These are not anonymous entrants who evaded capture entirely. “Absconding” specifically means they were known to the authorities, housed (e.g., in hotels), and monitored initially—but later failed to report for interviews, appeals, or deportation. The Home Office maintains a centralized database (part of the Immigration Enforcement system) logging these details to facilitate future enforcement actions, such as arrests or deportations.
      Evidence from Home Office Practices: Internal guidelines and prior disclosures confirm this. For instance:The 2023 figure of 17,000 was drawn from a “reporting events” database where names and case IDs were cross-referenced against attendance records.
      Whistleblower data like Lowe’s leak typically includes aggregated stats from named records, not blind counts.
      In related categories, such as the 736 foreign national offenders who absconded post-prison (another Lowe disclosure today), the Home Office explicitly tracks names for deportation warrants.

      However, knowing names doesn’t equate to locating or removing them effectively. Lowe has criticized this as a “national security emergency,” noting that without ongoing surveillance, these individuals—often young, unvetted men—pose risks like involvement in crime or exploitation. The Home Office has not publicly detailed apprehension plans in response to Lowe’s call, but enforcement teams use the known identities for targeted operations (e.g., via police intelligence sharing).If this escalates, expect parliamentary questions or FOI requests to probe the database further for specifics like nationality breakdowns or regional distributions. For now, the core issue isn’t identification—it’s accountability for letting them vanish.

      With all thet integrated gubbernmint AI-IT they only have to ask “please compare the names of abscondees with the list of names of those claiming welfare payments”

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  42. Fedup2 says:

    The disconnect between the Marxists and reality is really something . Rachel is giving mayors the power to impose a tourist tax .
    But londonistan? It can’t be long before travel insurers won’t cover Londonistan and the likes of the US State department warns against going to third world londonistan ….

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  43. Fedup2 says:

    You know when you read a headline and do a double take ? Well I’ve just read ‘jury trials to be scrapped for most crimes ‘ as featured number 3 or 4 in the telegraph running order ……….
    It shows where britainistan is … lost – wearing a blindfold ….

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Susssh! BBC have important news….
      ……….
      “Starmer says sorry for leading pupils in 6-7 dance”
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgexj5271l1o
      …………….
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy7vdvrnnvzo
      ustice Secretary David Lammy is proposing to massively restrict the ancient right to a jury trial by only guaranteeing it for defendants facing rape, murder, manslaughter or other cases passing a public interest test.

      An internal government briefing, produced by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) for all other Whitehall departments, confirms plans to create a new tier of jury-less courts.

      The new courts would deal with most crimes currently considered by juries in Crown Court.

      But the MoJ said no final decision had been taken by the government.

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  44. Lucy Pevensey says:

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  45. Eddy Booth says:

    So what’s in the budget tomorrow, they usually pre-announce most speeches these day’s, but seem quiet quiet here.

    Print a shed load of money maybe ?

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  46. MarkyMark says:

    “Labour’s quiet little coup just slipped out. They’re scrapping trial by jury for almost every crime in England and Wales.

    Eight hundred years after Magna Carta, the blob has decided twelve ordinary British citizens are too dangerous to be trusted with your liberty.

    From now on, one judge in a wig will decide if you’re guilty of theft, assault, fraud, even serious violence.
    They call it “clearing the backlog”. I call it the end of the ancient right that stopped the state from railroading innocents.

    Remember. The same state that locks up grandmothers for praying silently and arrests journalists for asking questions will now have the sole power to jail you.

    No cross examination by people who look like you. No appeal to common sense. Just a civil servant in robes who’s never missed a mortgage payment deciding your fate.

    This isn’t efficiency. This is tyranny.
    Magna Carta didn’t die in battle. It’s being murdered in a consultation paper while you were busy paying the heating bill.

    If they take jury trial, they take everything. Wake up. Fight back lawfully. Before the only verdict left is “guilty until proven obedient”.

    We will carry the day.
    I battle the blob every damn day. No salary. No surrender. Fuel my fire and buy a torch: http://buymeacoffee.com/redlipriots

    https://x.com/RedLipRiots/status/1993318292174319662

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  47. Eddy Booth says:

    Miserable bastards at the BBC couldn’t wait to verify this Thailand’s floods story: heroic dog rescues cat.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c36zpn61ke5

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  48. MarkyMark says:

    Sam Altman’s Dystopian Vision to Replace God With AI
    Tucker Carlson Network

    …………..
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  49. JonathanR says:

    I wonder why the Conservative Chairman has started his schoolboy tactics?

    Maybe because he is predicted to lose his seat to Reform UK at the next election. I expect his childish games may see him lose more support.
    https://www.electionpolling.co.uk/forecasts/uk-parliament#ThirskandMalton

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  50. friend of yogi bear says:

    AN OUTRAGE…BUT WHO CARES …..NOT UNTIL IT’S TOO LATE..

    For many years the Criminal Justice system has been seriously underfunded.

    The Prime minister knows this and doesn’t care.

    The obvious way to reduce the backlog in cases is to have a judge in each and every courtroom in the land. This has not been the case for nearly 20 years.
    Ridiculous then to suggest we cut the backlog by abolishing those tiresome juries who are a problem anyway, afterall they may not convict a defendant ,on perhaps the ludicrous idea that there is insufficient evidence against them.

    Let’s also throw away the notion that someone could be innocent until proved otherwise, that leads to all sorts of trouble.

    In fact let’s tear up hundreds of years of history , let’s be like Starmer and his”baldrick” Lammy and celebrate ignorance.

    People won’t forget this one, but a good idea to put it out tonight, as tomorrow’s big disaster of a budget will distract absolutely every thinking person.

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