137 Responses to Weekend 20th December 2025

  1. non-licence payer says:

    Gotcha Up2. I am listening to Cosi Fan Tutte instead of drinking la rouge.

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    • Up2snuff says:

      Well done, n-lp. I lost sight of the time to get two in a row. I leave you to get three in a row now.

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  2. non-licence payer says:

    Thanks Fed Up! Gary’s hanging around method works every time (when I am not subbed for having a drink)

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Non – having got back to the UK yesterday i am going through jet lag so it was lucky I realised 9pm was 9pm …

      … just back on non voting – seems very TTK that 16 year old oiks will be able to vote in elections which will never take place … very soviet …

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  3. non-licence payer says:

    Time for a poll on who the Toady programme will invite to guest edit the bBC’s morning narrative. Time to put the aged dog out of its misery.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      I don’t think that pollster who they always roll out will be getting airtime ….. when he points out what the result of elections might have been – had they been held … on the upside the electoral commission can be ended as there are no elections …

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  4. Fedup2 says:

    The Epstein files have been reXxxxed – lots of sections have been rexxxxed – however Nigel Farage Richard Tice DT al have been edited by the BBC using the 6th January method …
    Mr Farage and Mr Tice have been approached by the BBC -that slurry line the BBC rolls out to infer guilt

    The above may be false news apart from the redactions xxxxxx

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    • Richard Pinder says:

      British people mentioned in the Epstein files include Prince Andrew, Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins, Tony Blair, David Cameron, Gordon Brown, Colin Firth, Piers Morgan, Nigel Farage, Mick Jagger, David Beckham, Elton John and Peter Mandelson.

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  5. tomo says:

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Tomo – I think the BBC will do anything not to criticise the greens . Have they doshed out the daily anti Farage nonsense …?

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  7. vlad says:

    María Corina Machado is the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for her heroic struggle against the Far-Left dictator of Venezuela and his narco-terrorist regime.

    She is a darling of the liberals and deservedly so: by opposing the rotten commie, she puts her life at risk daily as well as her family’s.

    In a recent interview with CNN she heaped praise on Trump and his robust measures against the terrorist state (much to the dismay of the interviewer).

    Strangely, I haven’t seen those comments shared on the BBC.

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    Footnote: the leftist American media (NYT, WaPo etc) are quoting her saying:
    “Nobel Peace Prize Winner Machado Says U.S. Helped Her Leave Venezuela”, leaving out Trump, despite her specifically and repeatedly crediting Trump personally, by name.
    They’re not called Fake News for nothing.

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  8. StewGreen says:

    Trending : “U.S. Inflation Drops to 2.7% in November, Beating Forecasts”

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  9. pugnazious says:

    The BBC’s finest, most honest and most unbiased…Jon Donnison…tells us…bad bad Israel…says Hamas etc….

    ‘Two Palestinian men have told the BBC they personally experienced the kind of beatings and sexual abuse highlighted in recent reports into the treatment of prisoners in Israeli detention.’

    Funny thing…the BBC has been live from Israel and Palestinian areas all this week, Bondi looming large not at all…they carry on regardless…..when in Israel Israel is always bad…when in Palestinian areas Israel is the bad actor..in the studio Israel is the bad guy……

    Guess the BBC won’t have to look too hard…..

    ‘The BBC is to review its coverage of the Middle East after admitting to multiple problems with its reporting of the war in Gaza.

    The broadcaster has accepted that it must “learn lessons” after allegations of bias were exposed by The Telegraph last month.’

    Of course the last time the BBC did this [Balen Report] they spent £300,000 getting the courts to shut down access to the report….which you have to think revealed the full extent of BBC anti-Israel bias and corrupt journalism…why else refuse to release it?

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  10. pugnazious says:

    What’s missing from this BBC headline?…

    ‘FBI foils New Year’s Eve terror plot across southern California, officials say’
    ‘A suspected New Year’s Eve terror plot by an extremist group has been foiled by federal authorities in Los Angeles, officials say.

    Four alleged members of the Turtle Island Liberation Front – an offshoot of a pro-Palestinian anti-government group – have been arrested on suspicion of planning a coordinated bombing attack in at least five locations across southern California, the FBI and LA law enforcement said on Monday.’

    Oh…here’s the New York Times…

    ‘Justice Dept. Charges Four in Los Angeles Over Left-Wing Bomb Plot’

    Here’s our own Telegraph…

    ‘The Left-wing terror group behind a plot to blow up California’

    The BBC report is very short and low on detail or ‘horror’. They do eventually note it was a ‘left-wing’ plot…but only a ‘they say’ quote….

    ‘US Attorney General Pam Bondi said on X on Sunday that the agencies prevented “far-left” extremists from executing “a massive and horrific terror plot”.’

    Why is ‘Far-Left’ not being empahsised and the drum beaten loudly to tell the world? We all know if this had been ‘Far-Right’ it would be massive headlines and a loud, shouty shocked report that had endless quotes from the Great and the Good[lol] telling us how appalling this was, what athreat to demcoracy…and it’s all Trump’s fault.

    But, er, no….the BBC is oddly almost silent with its very short and short-lived report…

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn41gqq8vyko

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  12. Nibor says:

    Where’s the BBC so called comedy against ex president Biden like they continued against ex president Trump after 2020 ?

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  13. AsISeeIt says:

    Enraging conservatives in this Rorschach test of an edition

    Great tidings of celebrity: …inappropriate conduct claims (Telegraph), in the newspapers today.

    Disambiguation: I do not refer to: …Rick Stein’s goose (Independent), but rather to: David Walliams… faced accusations that he “harassed” junior female employees at HarperCollins (Telegraph) and of course to: Newly released image appears to show Andrew lying on laps of five women as Maxwell stands by (Mirror)

    ‘Junior’ female staff at the bookseller will no doubt soon rename themselves ‘Resident’ female staff. I’m afraid the term “harassed” puts me in mind of Michael Crawford’s comic creation Frank Spencer’s inimitable turn of phrase “Ooh… I’m being ha-RASSed!” – there’s one for the teenagers.

    This gained comic effect by employing a little-used word, pronounced wrongly (compared to the normal UK emphasis, “HArassed”). But Frank’s usage has since become common in the UK, perhaps solely from the popularity of this phrase, although possibly also because of the influence of the American mass media, the “ha-RASSed” pronounciation being more common in the US. – thank you, Academic Kids Encyclopedia

    ‘Andrew picture’ shock… Draped across women’s laps… (Mirror) – Nothing you wouldn’t expect to see choreographed into a Madonna dance routine – with sex roles reversed and the diva draped over the laps of a bunch of guys. Or one to one in the BBC TV ballroom – images reproduced on our tabloid frontpages: Time to split! Thigh hopes… for George and dance partner Alexis… Strictly the final (The Sun)

    Walliams dropped by publisher for ‘harassing’ its young female staff… Downfall: David Walliams has sold 60million books (Daily Mail); …became extemely valuable to his publisher… responsible for 44 per cent of HarperCollins’s childrens’ sales in the UK in 2018. However, his popularity… started to wane and he has been criticised for including “harmful stereotypes” (Telegraph)

    Awful Auntie, by David Walliams, 2014

    Film adaptations of two of Walliam’s books are set to air on CBBC tomorrow as part of its Christmas schedule. He is also set to appear as a guest on Would I Lie To You? on Boxing Day. The Telegraph has approached the BBC to see if it will be altering its current schedule in light of the allegations

    Your Mr AsI would like to approach the BBC to see if it will be altering the title of its popular comic panel show Would I Lie To You? in light of: The broadcaster has acknowledged the [Panorama] edit gave “the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action” (BBC)

    Get Woke Go Broke?

    EU agrees €90bn loan to Ukraine (FT) – not as much as Ukraine requires but there are hopes other suckers such as the UK will happily plug the gap.

    But I didn’t refer to this Get Woke Go Broke article in the today’s FT.

    Rather: Branding brings casualties in Trump’s war on woke… diverging fortunes of restuarant chain Cracker Barrel and clothes brand American Eagle… one lost business after enraging conservatives with a new logo; the other prospered on an ads campaign featuring a blonde Hollywood star… ‘each change you make is a Rorschach test for your audience’ says one branding expert (FT)

    Mr AsI tends to view support for Gaza as somewhat of a Litmus Test for one’s political leanings.

    Just for fun let’s presume to apply the old ink blot Rorschach test to our UK political parties.

    I think the Greens will tend to invariably perceive butterflies whatever they look at. Labour are presently fixated on female genetalia – with David Lammy convinced they can grow anywhere. Our effete gay Tories will of course go to the opposite and envisage the sight of the male ganglia (so to speak) in that random array of blots. Whereas our evil fascist Reform voters imagine they see a spider with antlers, if not a blatant swastika. I jest of course.

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  14. Doublethinker says:

    For those who don’t bother with the Telegraph I must report that yesterday one of their military correspondents, Hamish de Breton Gordon , wrote a piece declaring that the UK must prepare for war with Russia, echoing the call by the NATO Secretary General, Rutter.
    He said that he would respond to readers questions and comments later that morning. He got a hot reception from Telegraph readers , who made it very clear that : firstly no true British patriot would fight for this country in its present form under this present government;
    secondly that Putin posed a much less significant threat to this country than did Islamification and that our true enemy was already within the gates but the establishment aided and abetted them.

    He had no answer to the readers comments and lamely wrote that the Kremlin would be pleased with the attitude of the Telegraph readers!

    In my view if the Telegraph readers , surely once the most patriotic bunch in the country , feel like this the political tectonic plates of our country are shifting rapidly. Massive Political earthquakes and eruptions are not far away.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Double – the DT has 2 or 3 war mongers who pop up like that character . I guess they spend their lives in military establishments being waited on by lesser beings and have no idea what has been done to the country they used to know .

      And if TTK is trying to raise hostility to Russia they can forget it ….
      Who’d fight for an Islamic Marxist regime cancelling elections – which I notice the bbc no longer reports – just tedious empty Epstein porn ..

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      • Fedup2 says:

        I noted that Putin did his usual public Q and A thing yesterday – I’d have thought that more important than whether Clinton or gates pleasured themselves with paid lolitas years ago – especially when young girls here are being wrecked by paki rape gangs …

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    • non-licence payer says:

      DT this is an area which has interested me. The military is one of the few areas which have not been taken over by the new establishment marxists in the UK, probably on the grounds that it is too dangerous. Historically the one area not ‘off-shored’ by an establishment is the military. This could be problematic, and the response to the Daily T article confirms the potential issue. It equally presents as another issue because who would ever trust a marxist with a rifle. Marxists do not believe in democracy and the army would very quickly become a tool of internal oppression, the marxist ‘end’ jussifying the means.

      Another area which could be problematic in the event of a conflict is the Inequalities Act 2010. How are the authorities going to deliver equal outcomes?

      The establishment need to be careful.

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  15. Up2snuff says:

    Not the BBC but the MSM: the left-ish UK meejah just hate President Trump and want to bring him down along with Nigel Farage and Reform and want the release of the Epstein ‘papers’ to bring that about. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yj9zq91k1o . The leftists are running scared. They can see the tide is turning against them and their ‘sort’ and their policies are doomed to fail. You can see all that in the front pages of the newspapers linked above.

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  16. tomo says:

    The rain in Spain ….

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  17. Scroblene says:

    ‘Daring’ myself to look at the online stuff from the state propaganda elite magazine, it is depressing to note that there’s hardly a single article about how this Christmas is turning out to be an incredibly dismal time for just about everyone with much less disposal income for jollity, huge bills to pay for nonsensical electricity and gas bills, declining High Street sales because of crazy car-hatred, rampant illegal invasion by unwanted foreigners, raped children and, a whole generation of youngsters who face a really bleak future, all under the auspices of this most corrupt, iniquitous and deceitful ‘administration’.

    The utter lies that are being fed to British Citizens at every turn are just too much to take in, and while it is very clear that the rabid – suicidal even – socialist experiment being forced on everyone by this evil bunch will take years to unravel, I probably won’t be around to see what eventually happens, but while the government with its puppet bBC are continually spouting their marxist dogma, I just feel that I’d like to switch off from any of the dire news, muck around with a few local friends here in my village, and just remember the country as it was when we had some real leaders and a decent broadcaster making us all feel good.

    Well done, Starmer, Reeves and your sordid mates with your far-left bBC, you’ve nearly succeeded in trashing the UK for good.

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  18. Fedup2 says:

    Not bbc – but cricket

    I understand the English millionaires have lost the game against Australia – does that mean they all come home or do they carry on boozing in the Australian summer .

    I ask because I care less about cricket or national games …

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    • Foscari says:

      They carry on boozing and sun bathing.

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      • Scroblene says:

        Wonder of they do the same as the rugby men, trying to drink the plane dry…? There was once a sweepstake on the number of cans taken on the flight home, but it’s sad that I won’t really bother with the next two tests, as it’ll be an anti-climax all round, whatever happens.

        I happen to know the mum of a national sports journo, and as we walk the dogs, chat about normal issues like gardening, cooking, (!), and the odd glass, the inevitable disappointment she feels through her son’s hard schedule for the business, just reverberates…

        Drowning sorrows isn’t really a good idea these days, but mainly because Scrobs drops of to slumber far too early in the evening!

        Luckily, there are most of the old ‘Not the Nine o’ Clock News’ progs on YouTube, and there’s one I really, really want to see again – if I stay awake that is…

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  19. Fedup2 says:

    Foscari – thanks

    I might have missed this on my travels but has the BBC announced it is to have an inquiry into the way it has treated Israel …. Did I dream it ?

    Presumably it will be done by friends of the BBC and never published …..

    I’ve remarked here a few times about the lack of whistleblowers within the BBC – even one can have a big effect – may there be more ….however unlikely as their souls are sold …

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    • tomo says:

      c’mon – they’ve already had one and paid for it – what’s unacceptable about the Balen Report?

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  20. Foscari says:

    “Listen up everybody. BIG BROTHER has a directive.
    We at the BBC have admitted in framing Donal Trump.
    So we must lay low for awhile on this topic. BUT
    I want us to continue our assault on Israel. Tell our
    sources at Hamas that we will continue to report as gospel
    anything they tell us.” But BIG BROTHER , say that Natasha
    Hausdorff phones us and tells us that what we have reported
    is a load of Hamas propaganda lies. As she did with the
    hospital bombing? ” ” Just put the phone down on her . As
    we did last time !!”

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  21. AsISeeIt says:

    Kylie beats Wham! to Christmas number one – Mark Savage, BBC, Music correspondent – simply couldn’t resist: Kylie is the first female artist to have UK number one hits in four separate decades

    I’m wondering about the present incumbent of No10’s number one favourite record? – Yes, I know he says he doesn’t have any favourite books, poems, films, music, etc.

    My best guess is an oldie from 1978 by Lene Lovich – you know I like to entertain (baffle?) the teenagers hereabouts.

    So here’s one for Sir Keir

    Lucky Number

    Yada yada yada yada, yeah
    I never used to cry ’cause I was all alone
    For me, myself and I is all I’ve ever known
    I never felt the need to have a hand to hold
    In everything I do I take complete control
    That’s where I’m coming from
    My lucky number’s one

    I’ve everthing I need to keep me satisfied
    There’s nothing you can do to make me change my mind
    I’m having so much fun
    My lucky number’s one
    Ah! Oh! Ah! Oh!

    I now detect an alien vibration here
    There’s something in the air besides the atmosphere
    The object of the action is becoming clear
    An imminent attack upon my heart I fear
    The evidence is strong
    My lucky number’s wrong
    Ah! Oh! Ah! Oh!

    Something tells me my lucky number’s gonna be changing soon
    Something tells me lucky number’s gonna be oweoweoweoweoweowe

    And I think we’ll leave it there.

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  22. Fedup2 says:

    The BBC has cancelled someone called David Williams ? For something … I vaguely recall he dun ‘little Britain ‘ but nothing else known to me .

    Presumably he has been found guilty in a TTK court of something ……

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  23. tomo says:

    Meanwhile in DPRW

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  24. tomo says:

    OK people…

    Which BBC comedian (pref: cross dressing) will be running in the next UK GE?

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  25. vlad says:

    Elon Musk posted this on X
    If you’re white you aren’t allowed to be proud.

    More where that came from: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2042982459262790

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    • JonathanR says:

      Type the same in Grokopedia and you get the same answer.

      Note:

      “Elon Musk, the founder of xAI, promoted Grokipedia as an alternative to Wikipedia that would “purge out the propaganda” he believes is promoted by the latter. ”

      So maybe he has not been succesfull in his “purgeing out the propaganda”

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  26. Fedup2 says:

    Indulge me . Im going to put up a piece on X recommended by Andrew Neil . It’s about the suspension of elections . As I read it I thought back to the disgrace of the post brexit vote with a uniparty commons and speaker openly denying the legitimacy of the referendum .

    I know some might only say ‘ why worry – it’s only local elections ‘ but it shows how easily politicians can bring their corruption into such profound issues ….

    START
    There’s a line in a democracy that, once crossed, changes everything: when elections cease to be an obligation and become a variable. That line has now been crossed in Britain, and it’s the state’s own elections watchdog saying so.
    The Electoral Commission has been explicit: Labour’s justification for delaying local elections is not legitimate. Not unwise. Not clumsy. Illegitimate. Extending mandates damages public confidence, undermines local legitimacy, and creates a clear conflict of interest by letting councils decide how long they can avoid voters. In any functioning democracy, that would end the matter. Here, the government presses on regardless.
    That’s the scandal. This is no longer a party political dispute or a row between Reform and Labour. The referee has intervened and said the game is being rigged, and the players have decided to ignore the whistle. When a government continues with election delays after being told by the independent authority charged with protecting electoral integrity that its reasoning does not hold, the issue stops being reform and becomes power protecting itself.
    The language Labour uses is revealing. Elections are framed as an inconvenience. Voters are framed as an administrative burden.
    Democracy is reduced to a cost-saving exercise, something to be postponed if the spreadsheets look untidy or the reorganisation plans are mid-flow. Ministers speak of “capacity constraints” as if the right to vote is a luxury item that must wait until the filing cabinets are rearranged. In a democracy, administration exists to serve elections. Elections do not exist to suit administration.
    The conflict of interest identified by the Electoral Commission should alarm anyone who still believes in democratic norms.
    Councils are being asked whether they would like to delay the moment they must answer to voters. That’s not consultation. It’s self-dealing. No serious system allows those in power to decide how long they may remain there without consent. Yet this is now presented as a “locally led approach,” as though outsourcing democratic suspension makes it virtuous.
    Worse still is the uncertainty. Candidates have been selected.
    Campaigns have begun. Money has been spent. And with months to go before polling day, the government is still dangling the possibility of cancellation. The watchdog describes this uncertainty as unprecedented. That word matters. Democracies rely on predictability. Once elections become provisional, subject to last-minute ministerial approval, the entire process is degraded.
    When challenged, ministers retreat into condescension. Chris Bryant waves away concerns as conspiracy and insists that
    “ordinary people” would think elections are “a bit daft.” This is a familiar trick: speak for the public while denying them a voice.
    Redefine democratic rights as common-sense nuisances that sensible adults should stop fussing over. It’s the rhetoric of managed democracy, where participation is tolerated only when it produces the correct outcome.
    None of this is happening in isolation. Mayoral elections have already been postponed. Now council elections are being pushed back again. The pattern is clear. When the polls turn hostile, the timetable moves. When voters become unpredictable, the vote is delayed. Governments confident in their mandate do not need to buy time. They face the electorate and take their chances. Labour is not doing that because it knows what the numbers say.
    The danger is not just that millions of people may be denied a vote next year. It’s the precedent now being set. Once a government learns it can delay elections after the watchdog objects, after campaigns have begun and candidates are in place, the principle is broken. Elections become conditional. Democracy becomes something you are granted when those in power feel safe enough to allow it.
    “Chris Bryant waves away concerns as conspiracy and insists that “ordinary people” would think elections are “a bit daft.””ENDS

    Did you read the above ? Im not a great admirer of the mess of the British non existent constitution – we are living in a tyranny until 2029 … all we can hope for is an external driver to get us back to sanity – either the markets – Putin – Trump – someone ….please

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    • JonathanR says:

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      • Fedup2 says:

        Jonathan
        Thank you for putting that up – would the electoral commission resign ? Not likely – they’ll be quango junkies …the Phillipson challenge to the Supreme Court gender ruling is part of the pattern of corruption – see Jess Phillips on paki rape gangs – see Lammy on juries – ….

        …as for TV licensing – im due a visit on the 22nd ….cant wait

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      • G says:

        Age wise, I’ve probably got one vote left in me and that will go to the party who declares they’ll automatically bring back the old fashioned form of Treason with a little tarting up to accommodate the likes of Starmer/Bliar/Johnson et al. And, with death penalty. That’ll immediately remove the UK from the Soros inspired ECHR.

        Harsh times demand harsh corrections.

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    • digg says:

      The problem is that when Labour came to power they immediately attracted the allegiance of unions, local councils etc. etc and now they are working together to deny freedom of choice because unionisation means towing the party line and unions are only powerful when supported by a Labour government. Which is why the brummie bin men are going after massive uplift in wages as are all those 30 plus thousand a year junior doctors. It happens every time Labour run the shit show.

      The unions use a Labour government as a tool to grab extra cash.

      The unions know that Labour does not want to see people on the picket line so give in, an easy win to more dosh for union members.

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  27. wwfc says:

    ‘What she experienced was deeply traumatic’ – Gang of men from Walsall and Manchester convicted after teenage girl raped

    Arqash Zaffar, Shiraz Nassir, Mohammed Nadim and Shaban Arif will all face prison sentences after being found guilty at Birmingham Crown Court of charges of rape, sexual assault and facilitating travel of the child with a view of sexual exploitation.

    https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2025/12/20/what-she-experienced-was-deeply-traumatic-gang-of-men-from-walsall-and-manchester-convicted-after-teenage-girl-raped/

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    • Pete says:

      The usual chaps, they look somewhat familiar, what a waste of space they are and now we have to keep them in prison, for ever I hope.
      It would be solitary confinement if I had my way. Well actually if I had my way, it would be something much less costly.

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    • digg says:

      Can you imagine what a defenceless girl would go through at the hands of these pigs?

      Something has to be done as these feral, shitty bastards who obviously think they are bullet-proof thanks to all the do-gooder twats in this country giving them a get out of jail card to maintain social cohesion….

      Maybe it might eventually come to private volunteer forces as the police appear to be totally useless and even uninterested.

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  28. taffman says:

    WARNING !
    We ae being invaded and our so – called ‘government’ is not doing anything to secure our people, land or borders !

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    • Pete says:

      We have 10 years I reckon before our country is lost and thats me being optimistic.
      What I really can’t understand, is why our useless government is so determined to do absolutely nothing about the obvious invasion of our country.
      One in, one out, smash the gangs, do me a favour, we’re sending or border farce to pick them and deliver them here safe and sound.

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  29. JonathanR says:

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  30. non-licence payer says:

    I think that this thread has mentioned the issue, but it is amazing that it took so long for any journalist at the bBC to reveal the deliberate misrepresentation of the Trump edit. It is equally amazing that there are generally so few whistleblowers at the bBC. Whether it is employees such as Saville or Edwards, their ‘pursuit’ of Lord McAlpine, the inability to see through the thinness of Carl Beech’s allegations against Brittan the bBC will let you down, and there is not a single Whistleblower.

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    • Scroblene says:

      Sadly, like many in the public sector – not everyone of course – , there aren’t many people with a spine to call out the waste, the laziness and the general apathy to proper work.

      The old joke about if you’re rich, stupid and lazy, then join the church, applies to the bBC’s manner of conduct – they just think they’re immortal, and with all that tax-payers’ money sloshing around, why get a real job when such a profligate life awaits the feckless?

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  31. tomo says:

    Not the BBC – but something that should definitely concern their consumer shows ( do they still do those?) – I’m looking at this exact issue at present – £25 for bearings + seals vs. £400 for a drum …

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  32. wwfc says:

    ‘They are doing nothing!’ Labour blasted over ‘appalling’ migrant crisis efforts as French police clash with asylum seekers

    The Labour Government has been scolded for “doing nothing” to stop the surging migrant crisis, as Jeff Banks declared the situation “appalling”.

    Speaking to GB News, the former BBC presenter and businessman hit out at the sheer number of migrants crossing the Channel, as 700 more have entered Britain today.

    https://www.gbnews.com/politics/migrant-crisis-labour-blasted-appalling-efforts-french-police-clash-asylum-seekers

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    • Guest Who says:

      It is, notably, their primary skill set.

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    • digg says:

      You would really struggle to get a few bottles of plonk into the UK through customs to avoid duty but hundreds of people can sail ashore every day with zilch opposition then get a hotel….

      It’s bloody batshit crazy!

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      • tomo says:

        On my channel tunnel crossings the furtive looking easterners with what look like overloaded, battered old Sprinter vans are untouched but day tripper (often pensioners) shoppers with a few pouches of Belgian (duty free) tobacco get marched off coaches + robbed by the goons in customs.

        I do wonder if the boats are a diversion and that the bulk of incomers are spirited through the tunnel – that’s certainly what I’ve heard about the Irish Sea ferries – few if any checks made and the Irish state fully in the pockets of the Brussels Berlaymont gangs. Tales of undocumented arrivals at Dublin airport won’t go away.

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  33. tomo says:

    When the BBC is vehement about “mechanical fault with a diesel car” – why do I immediately think “another EV up in smoke”? (taking a whole bunch of surrounding vehicles with it)

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd0kr985zj8o

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    • AsISeeIt says:

      “mechanical fault with a diesel car”

      The fire that engulfed Grenfell Tower probably started due to overheated wiring in a fridge-freezer, according to one expert… a connector in a Hotpoint FF175BP in flat 16 of the block had a “poor crimp connection” (BBC)

      But, funnily enough, there was no national recall or urgent safety warnings put out about such a fault in this model of fridge-freezer.

      Make of that what you will.

      But then the Covid-19 public inquiry never worried itself at all about the actual cause of that life-threatening event.

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  34. digg says:

    If this craven, cowardly government think they can just keep looking the other way while these filthy beasts flood into the Country with no problem they have another think coming….

    https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2148721/horror-gang-men-rape-girl-hotel

    If they don’t grow some balls and start getting tough on these foul vermin there will be national rebellion.

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  35. Richard Pinder says:

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    Censored by the BBC

    BBC Panorama Film Editor, Thomas Lowe, splice together two different parts of Trumps speech, from “we’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women,” with his later phrase, “And we fight. We fight like hell,” which was spoken about 50 minutes after the first quote in the original speech.

    Thomas Lowe also removed the word “peacefully” which Trump used earlier.

    However, the BBC cannot sack Thomas Lowe because he is not employed by the BBC. Thomas Lowe was a freelance working for the independent production company October Films: https://www.thetalentmanager.com/talent/86924/tom-lowe

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    • digg says:

      What a disgusting twat!

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      • Pete says:

        Looks like a proper dodge pot to me.
        With a bit of luck, Trump will sue him too and any bbc drone that helped him

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    • pugnazious says:

      Yes but…you clearly don’t understand that the BBC reported exactly what Trump said…the exact words….so said Deadringers….another one of those BBC ‘comedy’ programmes that is in reality a vehicle for pushing the BBC’s own hard-left views.

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    • G says:

      Let’s see what he’s got to say for himself hopefully at a court hearing in Florida. Maybe he was under instructions from his masters?

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  36. Fedup2 says:

    Lifted from X …..

    TV Licence man just been at my door.
    He said, “Have you got a TV?”
    I said “No”
    He said, “You must have, you have an aerial on the roof!”
    I said, “I’ve got milk in the fridge, but it doesn’t mean I’ve got a fucking cow in the garden!”

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    • tomo says:

      excellent !

      – however, be careful about giving any guest an extra cup of hot chocolate…

      The Food (Promotions and Placement) (England) Regulations 2021 can be used to enforce the distribution = a ban on free refill promotions for HFSS drinks. This came into force on 1 October 2025.

      I went to look at HFSS classifications but gave up before my blood pressure spiked.

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  37. Fedup2 says:

    Badinock is allowing dead blue councils use the Marxists delaying tactics for elections – the principles of the uniparty – sorry – lack of principles …..

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  38. Deborah says:

    We are gradually reaching the end of the latest strike of resident doctors (finishes 7am on Monday morning). I read somewhere (but can’t remember where), that many hospitals were working better than usual because departments were being covered by the consultants. The consultants usually spend a good part of their time ensuring the junior doctors are doing the correct thing and correcting the junior doctors’ mistakes. (Makes me feel so much better). I had wondered what proportion of resident doctors were on strike. Google didn’t provide me with any answers. I don’t trust Google and the AI, information or the lack of it is now controlled.

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  39. harry142857 says:

    Channel hopping because of an advert break

    BBC news reporter in Washington, a female called Iqbal. Then to Kyiv, female reporter called Hussein.
    Then to Syria, some male Afrikaaner.

    The newsreader, another dusky female, Luxmy Gopal.

    Diversity, eh????

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    • pugnazious says:

      Always enjoy that black news presenter who is clearly a diversity pick….Diane Abbott level of attractiveness and an accent that makes listening a chore.

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  40. vlad says:

    Earlier, Non Snowflake mentioned Stephen Hawking and Epstein. Here’s stand-up comedian Ryan Long on the subject.
    Warning: strong language and extremely politically incorrect. Snowflake woke liberals, look away now.

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    • pugnazious says:

      The Muslim Andrew Tate….odd how the BBC always forgets to mention he is Muslim and just preaching the bad book.

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  41. pugnazious says:

    ‘Last weekend, two gunmen opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi beach in Sydney. 15 people were shot dead and dozens more were injured in the worst mass shooting in Australia in nearly three decades. Katy Watson has been speaking to members of Sydney’s Jewish community. ‘

    On FOOC they reported on the Bondi Beach shooting…not once mentioning the killers, their identity, religion, Islam or even ISIS….however they did end the piece on a sly and devious little deflection as they quoted a Jew saying his grandfather had told him about what happened in WW2 and was worried Nazism could rise again…..sooo….see what they did there? They left us with the impression that the attackers were…Nazis.

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  42. pugnazious says:

    Hmmmm…just Googled ‘Sohail Asghar BBC’ and…nothing….as Reform notes…

    @Reform UK Crewe and Nantwich
    1d ·
    GREEN PARTY COUNCILLOR ARRESTED FOR SLAVERY
    Cllr Sohail Asghar on East Lancashire County Council has been arrested on suspicion of ‘Modern Slavery’ in the Accrington area
    Imagine if this was Reform Cllr, it would be on BBC 24/7 .’

    Green Party Muslim arrested for modern day slavery and the BBC looks away….not even tucked away in the neverlands of local news as far as I can see.

    Interesting to note the BBC does not portray Polanski in a negative light despite his very extreme views and dodgy past with a cunning ploy to get access to women…however a 13 year old Farage and unproven claims about his then alleged comments are of great political significance…apparently.

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  43. vlad says:

    🚨 ASSEMBLY ERUPTS AS KHAN’S “TOLERANCE” MASK SHATTERS: BOOED, CORNERED, AND ACCUSED OF DANGEROUS DOUBLE STANDARDS
    London City Hall descended into open confrontation as Sadiq Khan’s attempt to preach tolerance imploded in real time, exposing a mayor visibly rattled and politically cornered. What began as a controlled defence of free speech spiralled into a brutal interrogation over his refusal to clearly condemn anti-Semitic chants echoing through London’s streets. When pressed on slogans like “From the river to the sea,” Khan stalled, hedged, and hid behind legal language — igniting fury from Assembly members and the Jewish community watching on. Accusations of selective outrage exploded across the chamber: swift condemnation for the far right, hesitation and excuses when hatred came from the other side. The tension was suffocating, the silences damning, as Khan’s moral authority drained away by the second. By the end, one truth was unavoidable — this wasn’t a debate about protests, it was a public collapse of credibility at the top of London’s leadership. HORRIBLE LITTLE RAT

    https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=122116796433034992&set=gm.2015907565924002&idorvanity=1908186066696153

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  44. Sluff says:

    Morning all.
    How the chattering classes rejoiced when South West Rail became the first franchise to be re-nationalised.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgdv4nzvk2o
    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/28/south-western-railway-trains-nationalised-prize-risk-need-to-work

    And now. The reality.

    https://www.cityam.com/south-western-railway-performance-nosedives-after-nationalisation/

    I mention this because I attended the rugby at Twickenham yesterday evening, along with around 70,000 others.
    Guess what? Trains were cancelled due to ‘driver shortages’.
    Congestion at the train stations was thus severe, if not downright dangerous.

    Driver shortages???? DRIVER EFFIN SHORTAGES??????
    You’re telling me they can’t get enough drivers? At £70k a pop???
    There’s a scandal. Right there. How about it, BBC Verify?
    Or are you still checking Hamas- provided health data?

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  45. Sluff says:

    On Friday evening I turned on the tv. It was set on BBC 2.
    Gardeners World was on.

    Within 5 seconds a gardener was waxing lyrical about HIS husband/ boyfriend.
    I quickly changed channels and BBC 1 popped up.
    It was a cookery programme. And the very first image was of……a drag queen.

    So, within 10 seconds on the BBC I was confronted with a gay bloke and a drag queen.
    Within. 1 extra second, the off switch was selected.
    Who DO they think wants to watch this total dross propaganda?
    Apart from themselves and their own kind, presumably.

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  46. AsISeeIt says:

    There’s something a bit naff (to borrow a word – our royals used to employ as a mild profanity – instead as an adjective) about our left-leaning media sucking up to the contemporary Windsors – or are our contemporary Windsors sucking up to the leftist press?

    Prince William takes son… helped prepare meals at homeless shelter… (the in-the-tank for Labour Sunday Mirror)

    Homelessness… really…? I suppose it is the time of year that “cribs” come to mind – there’s one for rap fans.

    Next thing you know they’ll be banging on about: Wild riddle of Royal Family mansions from ‘peppercorn rents’ to moneypits and scandal. From 120-room mansions to 730-acre family compounds, the Royal Family have access to the finest home in the country, and often for no rent at all. Here, The Mirror explores the little-known living arrangements of Charles, Andrew, Edward, Anne, Kate and William and Beatrice and Eugenie (Mirror, 7 December 2025) – pro and anti-monarchy – all within the same advent calendar

    But Mr AsI, don’t be a big old Scrooge, I hear you say. This is the season to be jolly… and charitable of spirit… and to think of… Following in Gran’s footsteps… George’s visit to Di homeless shelter (Mirror) – so it’s all about Diana – shoulda guessed the tabloid-friendly hook they’re hanging this cheap bauble on.

    Gosh, it’s difficult to think of Princess Diana as a gran. Whereas Kylie is still apparently still a sex symbol with a bit of mileage left on the clock – appearing in the Mirror’s stablemate The People clad in seasonal body-hugging red latex with a come hither (all ye dads of a certain age) look: For me it’s been Christmas since June

    The lesser of the Reach plc group Labour-supporting twin tabloid titles draws the shorter straw from the Christmas manger and splashes with the blatantly socialist dog-whistle story: End of trail hunts… Government vows end of ‘cruel sport’ to protect wildlife (People)

    Your alternative festive costumed pin-up is on the cover of the ever-excitable Daily Mail where Lily Allen sports fur-lined red cape matched with stockings and suspenders, provoking the Mail to ask: Is Lily’s sexy Santa message to her cheating ex-husband?

    I don’t know about that but I’ll wager the celebrity pro-open borders celeb campaigner wouldn’t dare to wear that getup anywhere near a Calais migrant camp: The Calais conversation that left Lily Allen in tears… Lily Allen: “I apologise on behalf of my country, I’m sorry for what we’ve put you through”… The life of a celebrity is perhaps more removed than most from the squalid conditions those in the camp face. This is something Allen is keen to address – if only for a short while – as she prepares to head to the Jungle. (Catrin Nye and Joshua Baker, BBC Victoria Derbyshire programme, 2016)

    The rather more chaste left-leaning Observer (and our Lily would certainly have been chased if she’d shown up in the jungle camp dressed like that) reports in the style of our old friend the female celeb angst article: West End Girl’s pain… Lily Allen tells Eva Wiseman about life after divorce

    And from West End Girl to E17 pet shop boy – we cater to all tastes hereabouts: I wonder why anyone would want to be PM… Wes Streeting on leadership, the doctors’ strike and why UK taxes are too high – there’s your Observer full colour frontpage pin-up.

    The lad enjoys photographic exposure with an Epping Forest backdrop (we’re guessing) casual zip-up fleece jacket and Bobby Darin hair-do. I suppose it beats all those girls with their tedious wet-dog-looks – whatever happened to the stylish female up-do? I suppose that went out with proper uniforms for nurses?

    For the wet dog hairstyle I blame the likes of: Claudia & Tess’ Strictly goodbye… as Lioness Karen lifts trophy (Sunday People) – told you the tabloid press wanted a female footie player to win SPOTY.

    Call girls

    There’s a note of regret to be found, buried rather deep down, in the Times report headlined: Messages show how Epstein’s victims were only a telephone call away – read on… and on… and in the small print: Among the messages is a reference to Donald Trump attempting to call Epstein at his Palm Beach home. There is no suggestion of any wrongdoing by the US president.

    White Christmas anyone? We doubt it – but the last word has to go to our BBC…

    Blank canvas or tone-deaf? Pantone’s white Colour of the Year sparks backlash… According to Pantone… “is not just a colour, it’s a mindset” and reflects a collective desire to slow down, reset and find calm after years of visual overload… Others argue that positioning white as aspirational risks racial undertones (Yasmin Rufo, BBC)

    Take a day or two off, luv.

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  47. atlas_shrugged says:

    Expect this to be flung into the long grass soon:

    https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/nicola-sturgeon-covid-corporate-homicide-36403240

    Nicola Sturgeon ‘Covid corporate homicide’ file passed to Crown Office prosecutors

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  48. tomo says:

    I wonder how well Franni does out of travel expenses, daily subsistence allowances for official missions, and ” logistical and substantive support” ? – (plus acknowledged but unspecified honorariums) I bet she doesn’t travel “coach”

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    • Sluff says:

      Is it just me or does Greta Thunberg look suspiciously like one of those AI generated fabrications?

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      • moggiemoo says:

        The older she gets the more she looks like a cabbage patch doll.

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      • MarkyMark says:

        Greta needs to tell us how to heat our homes and which terrorist group to back? HA HAHHA HAHA HA Alpha females on top!

        images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTGMjz1xtLE9Bu8PUc1d8wziNRNAq8on6GNPg&s

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  49. tomo says:

    Meanwhile afaics – no single Democrat has suffered…..

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  50. Sluff says:

    What BBCLabour think about things, as shown on the front page of the BBC webshite.

    Trail hunting to be banned as part of new animal welfare strategy
    #PoliticsofEnvy#Destroyrurallife

    More than 800 migrants cross Channel in December record
    #Economicchancerswelcomehere

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