How can this year be only 14 days old when the Labour / BBC regime continues to self destruct ?
Midweek 14th January 2026
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The Marxists were going on about ending the ‘cost of living crisis ‘. But with a loon in charge of energy policy it cannot happen .
TTK has calculated he can’t get rid of Milliband because milliband might be a tough challenger for the PM job . So the pain of mad energy costs will continue – destroying businesses and jobs along the way ….
When the narrow expediency of naked political ambition outweigh the interests of the country, is there a word for that?
And solution.
“Teflon prophets,” ?
The book challenges people Sowell refers to as “Teflon prophets,” who predict that there will be future social, economic, or environmental problems in the absence of government intervention (Ralph Nader is one of his foremost examples).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vision_of_the_Anointed
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The fact that Red Ed is so popular with Labour party members shows that they are all deranged.
“Rupert Lowe MP
I have formally questioned the Home Office on why Eva Vlaardingerbroek has been denied entry to Britain, and requesting that they reverse their appalling decision.
I will keep you all updated with their response.”
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Matt Goodwin
3 hours ago
Wow. The UK will not ban Muslim Brotherhood, will not ban Iranian Revolutionary Guard, will not stop Egyptian bomb-makers, ISIS sympathisers and Iranian terrorists crossing in the small boats … but will ban conservative influencers!
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I wonder if TTK is aware of how well known Eva Vlaardingerbroek is ? On the X responses the disbelief is profound – even the PM of Hungary says she is welcome to go to Hungary ….
The comparison with the treatment of the egyptian Islamic terrorist is made … but silence to the c word luvvies who demanded his ‘freedom’ ….
Olivia Colman Makes Poetry Of Alaa Abd El Fattah’s X Posts #parody #satire #oliviacolman #intellady
I am sure Sir Keith has never heard of Eva. These people live in their bubbles. This will have been done by some lickspittle eager to gain a brownie point.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4418714/iran-massacres-thousands-member-united-nations-human-rights-council/?
Question Time…
FiFi: “Yes, you… sir, in the front row with the pink hair, nose ring, ‘Death to Jews’ t shirt and microphone with red light flashing just above you….
Delores: “Muuuuuh… FASCIST Trump… Greenland…”
Audience erupts in applause.
FIN.
“Amit Segal
@AmitSegal
Two sources, including one from within Iran, told CBS News that the number of people killed in the regime’s massacre is at least 12,000, but it may be more than 20,000.”
All those who hate the country (or their own country) get to stay and get paid by NGOs to hate the country more – whilst praising countries that hate their people. Here we are in 2026.
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SLAUGHTER IN IRAN: 12,000 protestors reportedly killed by Islamic regime in Iran.
🇺🇳 REACTION:
U.N. Security Council:
0 resolutions
0 emergency sessions
U.N. General Assembly:
0 resolutions
0 emergency sessions
U.N. Human Rights Council:
0 resolutions
0 emergency sessions
It only counts if Israel is involved.
I’ve no problem if Jenrick joins Reform.
The conservatives have a left wing, a centre and a right wing.
Sopping wets, such as Grieve and Soubry were, belonged to the left wing.
The likes of Jenrick belongs in the right wing and although the numbers of right wing conservatives is fairly small they are a good fit for Reform. Right wingers Redwood and Braverman and possibly JRM would be good for Reform.
It doesn’t mean all conservatives would be good for Reform as the majority are more libdem than conservatives.
I’m not on board with Zahawi though, he doesn’t seem to be a good fit.
You can’t criticise those changing from conservative to Reform. A decade or two ago all Reform voters would have been conservative voters so if it’s ok for us to change it should be ok for conservatives MPs to change, especially as their lives and job security would be very much changed as opposed to us who simply change who we vote for.
Jenrick seems to be a very good fit (unlike Zahawi) and should be welcomed if he becomes part of Reform.
*You can’t criticise Jenrick for attacking Farage while still a conservative mp, it’s part of his job to go after the opposition.
No dead Tory should be allowed into Reform – nor Muslims – it’s already looking dirty ….. and without Farage it’s dead
Totally agree Emmanuel. Right-wing Tories had to toe the party line even when it drifted into Liberal territory 20 years ago (thank you Cameron et al) just to keep their seats (Kissinger: better to be in the tent pissing out etc.). Now they’ve found an alternative more representative of their views it is wise for then to move. People like Suella Braverman could bring immense experience to Reform.
I agree about Suella too, Pops!
With Jenrick now in Reform, she’s probably asking her old man what he thinks about tomorrow – or maybe the weekend after TTK has had his usual day off to be with – er – family – or – er – who…?
Rachel meanwhile has a face like a bulldog licking dried p**s off a nettle…
1 in, 1 out with benefits! HA HA HAH AAH !
“The Home Office is splurging an eye-watering £1.8 million on a contract to “reintegrate” failed asylum seekers deported to Algeria and Sri Lanka. The two-year long contract spotted by the Taxpayer’s Alliance went live less than two weeks ago. Which lucky non-profit will pick that one up…
According to the government’s own website, the cash will bankroll a generous list of post-deportation perks for illegal migrants once they’ve been put on a plane home, including:
Pre-departure “communications” — videos, audio, social media content and marketing material
Up to five nights’ accommodation on arrival
Food and care packs
Mental health support
Help setting up a business
Assistance accessing vocational training
Support into further education
Workshops and mentorship schemes to “upskill” returnees”
https://order-order.com/2026/01/15/home-office-forking-out-1-8-million-on-post-deportation-perks-for-failed-asylum-seekers/
Not the BBC, but Open Doors, an organisation I receive e-mails from.
They have a list of countries where Christians are persecuted. Usual suspects like North Korea, Afghanistan, Iran (where the Christian church is growing) Nigeria where the risk for Christians is death from the Islamists. I was looking for Israel on the list but Israel isn’t there AT ALL. I know there are Christians in Israel and there are tensions between the Ultra Orthodox Jews from Yeshivas and Christians at times, especially if Christians are out evangelising in public.
Where do Christians face the most extreme persecution for following Jesus? Where could Christian faith seem impossible? And where, despite opposition and persecution, is the church still growing?
Explore the list:
North Korea
Somalia
Yemen
Sudan
Eritrea
Syria
Nigeria
Pakistan (there is a large Anglican church in Pakistan! over 4 million adherents/worshippers!)
Libya
Iran
Afghanistan
India
Saudi Arabia
Myanmar
Mali
Burkina Faso
China
Iraq
Maldives
Algeria
Mauritania
Central African Republic
Morocco
Cuba
Uzbekistan
Niger
Tajikistan
Laos
DRC
Mexico
Tunisia
Nicaragua
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Turkmenistan
Ethiopia
Cameroon
Oman
Mozambique
Kyrgyzstan
Türkiye (a.k.a. Turkey)
Egypt
Comoros
Qatar
Kazakhstan
Nepal
Colombia
Chad
Jordan
Brunei
Every blessing,
Simon
Simon, Email Editor
Almost all are Muslim, a handful are communist and 1 or 2 others.
vlad, South Sudan is majority Christian (R.Catholic) as contrasted with North Sudan, Nigeria is probably mostly Christian as are some countries in East Africa and then there is South Africa which is probably majority Christian. Islam tends to dominate many countries but then there is the Christian Church in China, which in population terms outdoes the UK – many more Christians in China than the UK population overall. Then there is South Korea and Singapore which probably have majority Christian populations (S. Korea was even sending missionaries to the UK awhile back to plant churches!). Then there is Latin America: Brazil and Argentina where there are significant Christian populations and Papua New Guinea which has another Christian population.
So it is all not doom and gloom, although many countries tend to be dominated by Islam. I even have a friend who was Bishop of Tunis a while back, he has since retired. So there is a significant CoE population in Tunisia and across N.Africa. Communism is a ‘new’ religion but in Russia, God is at work and many churches that were closed in peak Communism times have re-opened and there is also a Ukrainian Christian church. I was at Secondary School with a lass who now heads the Latvian Church – Jana Jerums. As I said earlier it is not all doom and gloom.
‘Reform UK’, controlled-opposition, controlled by ‘Islam UK Ltd” and George Soros.
Like other mainstream political partys, Reform UK candidates are vetted by Paul Marshall, owner of UnHerd, the Spectator, GB News, and the ARC conferences. Marshall also happens to be the co-author of the Lib Dem’s Orange Book and started his hedge fund with $25 million from George Soros. He introduce Zian Yusuf to Nigel Farage. Its why Farage, the Spectator, GB News, and Reform UK are ‘controlled opposition’, paid for by George Soros. The good news is that ‘after’ Reform UK gets a landslide victory. Within a year, Farage will fall-out with most of his MP’s. Then this ‘rump’ will become bigger than Reform UK. The millions of people rejected by Nigel Farage, Nadhim Zahawi, Zia Yusuf and Mehrtash A’Zami will then coalesce into a political party lead by someone like Rupert Lowe: https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/exclusive-farages-cabinet-choices/
Very sad that the Party people are putting their faith in is being shown more and more to be a false hope ..
For me it was 2016 Brexit vote where everyone became racist over night and then politicians said the border was now secure… 2016….
WE NO LONGER HAD A VOTING SYSTEM – MORE OF A PRESSURE COOKER RELEASE VALVE FOR 4 YEARS.
2012 … “Two and a half years ago, the coalition government was formed, and we made a clear promise to the British public. After thirteen years of uncontrolled mass immigration, this government would reduce and control immigration.” – Theresa May 2012
2015 … “Because when immigration is too high (no figure given), when the pace of change is too fast, it’s impossible to build a cohesive society.” – Theresa May 2015
2018 … “Over the years, overall, immigration has been good for the UK. It has brought people with different backgrounds, different outlooks here to the UK,” – Theresa May 2018
“SO WHAT?” Sajid Javid
We truly are fuck’d de fuck da fuck a fucked!
“Marshall co-founded Marshall Wace LLP, now one of Europe’s largest hedge fund groups, in 1997 together with financier Ian Wace,[15] and serves as chairman of the company.[16][17] At the time of its founding, Marshall Wace was one of the first hedge funds in London.[13] The company started with $50 million, half of which was from George Soros, and the other half from family and friends.[13]”
In 2006, Marshall told The Daily Telegraph: “I decided to devote a lot of time to the Lib Dems because I think there is a very high probability they will be in overall control in the next parliament.”
TTK and his saddoes in despair – Jenrick is a decent bloke – a politician, yes, but someone who actually shows some compassion for the UK!
Welcome to Reform!
Welcome aboard the UniParty Express – destination – Utopia! Reformed to deformed. Unless reform can remove the civil service it might as well be a Labour government!
If Reform is singing his praises I don’t trust him.
It’s a quandary, Lucy, but will hopefully flush out the ‘waverers’, and start the ball rolling for a big change – which I’m convinced is needed, because Kemi, for all her PMQ success, can’t stop TTK and Rachel trashing the place…
This is all very similar to Heseltine jumping around, then backing off after the damage was done – much to my annoyance, because we got John Major…
““I do not believe that the solution to our problem is simply to elect the right people. The important thing is to establish a political climate of opinion which will make it politically profitable for the wrong people to do the right thing. Unless it is politically profitable for the wrong people to do the right thing, the right people will not do the right thing either, or it they try, they will shortly be out of office.”
― Milton Friedman
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/738162-i-do-not-believe-that-the-solution-to-our-problem
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“David Lammy
@DavidLammy
This latest revolving door defection proves that Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives and Nigel Farage’s Reform are one and the same.
The Parties of division, decline and easy answers.” David Lammy
https://x.com/DavidLammy/status/2011777865147117576
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Kemi Badenoch
@KemiBadenoch
I have sacked Robert Jenrick from the Shadow Cabinet, removed the whip and suspended his party membership with immediate effect.
I was presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect in a way designed to be as damaging as possible to his Shadow Cabinet colleagues and the wider Conservative Party.
The British public are tired of political psychodrama and so am I. They saw too much of it in the last government, they’re seeing too much of it in THIS government.
I will not repeat those mistakes.”
The Islamo-socialist Starmerfuhrer of Englund is very angry.
Dutch commentator, Eva Vlaardingerbroek, has been banned from entering the United Kingdom after critisising Keir Starmer’s handling of migrant-related crime. The ban follows recent social media posts by Vlaardingerbroek on Jan. 9 in which she accused Starmer of permitting “the ongoing rape and killing of British girls by migrant rape gangs.” She also criticized the prime minister’s threats to restrict access to X in the UK.
Rape Crisis and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime report, that England & Wales has the highest rate of rape on Earth. Rape Crisis report that the UK had an estimated total of 474,847 rapes in 2024, the highest in the World. 87% of the victims were white girls raped by immigrants, including those given British citizenship by the Labour & Tory Governments.
Eva said that “Keir Starmer wants to crack down on X under the pretense of “women’s safety”, whilst he’s the one allowing the ongoing rape and killing of British girls by migrant rape gangs. Evil, despicable man.”: https://x.com/EvaVlaar/status/2009668133083291855
Elon Musk posted Eva Vlaardingerbroek’s speech at #CPACHungary: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1784388834538762425
The Telford child sexual exploitation scandal is an ongoing scandal spanning over several decades in the United Kingdom involving a group of men who were convicted of engaging in sexual contact with local female minors between 2007 and 2009 in Telford in the English county of Shropshire.[1][2][3] While media reports had suggested there were 100 or more victims[4] and around 200 suspects,[5] the Sunday Mirror reported in March 2018 that up to 1,000 may have been affected, with some even murdered, in incidents dating back to the 1970s.[6] Social workers and police cast doubt on this report, denying that Telford had a “discernible problem compared to other towns”.
However, according to the Home Office, as of 2015, Telford had the highest rate of minor exploitation cases of any town or city in the United Kingdom. The report also revealed that many of them were reported to the council but were ignored.[7] Telford has a population of just under 170,000 people.[8]
CITY OF UK CULTURE – BRADFORD…..
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Bradford grooming ‘cover-up left 8,000 children at risk of abuse’
Campaigners accuse council of years of systematic failures to protect vulnerable children from sexual exploitation
Charles Hymas
Home Affairs Editor
18 June 2025 6:00am BST
It outlines years of alleged systematic failures by Bradford council and partner agencies to protect vulnerable children from Asian grooming gangs operating in the city.
But look at the dire panic from Mohammed Street!
TTK got a right bashing this morning, he’ll be asking Ali for new pants by teatime, and Rachel has just been to Boots for some reason…
I’m not that much good at the ‘chaos theory’,, but this really is a bit seismic – there’s so much to look forward to, because it just can’t get any worse!
Reform add another Tory to the pot – so the taste of Zahawi is washed away! HA HAH AHAH AH A HA AH!
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Tories say Zahawi peerage request turned down before defection to Reform UK
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0lxn75gw1do
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How Robert Jenrick voted
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/25227/robert_jenrick/newark/votes#taxation
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Living abroad I use a sky box to get UK tv(don’t have a licence, haven’t for 16 years). I scroll down through red button text to get the flavour of the news as cooked by the bBC. I read on the world news that Zalenskiy is crying his eyes out and saying that Russia is weaponising winter and causing deaths as the temperature has plummeted to -20 degrees. Welcome to Russian warfare, they did the same to the French and the Germans, don’t people ever learn!
More on Our Dear Leader’s banning of anyone he doesn’t like.
HA HA HA A!
Richard Pinder to Donald Trump: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
Laurence Williamson is credited as the Editor of the Trump speech in the BBC Panorama episode “Trump: A Second Chance?” However, Laurence Williamson is not employed by the BBC, and a DSMA-Notice must be covering up any mention of Williamson’s involvement with Trumps speech on Google or in the British media. Williamson’s edit omits the usual flash between edited segments, so either Williamson was blackmailed or was working for MI6 or a MI6 agent.
I have also evidence in the form of a DVD recording of the BBC News live coverage of Donald Trumps speech during an address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress at the Capitol on March 5, 2025. This statement by Trump was censored by the BBC News team. Trump said “We have had serious discussions with Russia, and have received strong signals that they are rea———-(Picture of the Capital Building for 4 seconds, with the clock changing to 03:48)———-[applause]. Censored by the BBC News team was “ready for peace. wouldn’t that be beautiful, wouldn’t that be beautiful”. Like Soviet Central Television (SCT), the BBC must have transmitted the speech after a short delay. I can send you a copy of the DVD recording of the BBC News coverage of this speech.
“Lincolnshire non-Muslim girls asked to wear hijab for a day” OR YOU ARE RACIST!
Published 4 August 2019
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-49204762
UK 2026…. “CAN YOU HELP? for just £3 a month Barbara in Tunbridge Wells could drink clean water…”
https://x.com/KTHopkins/status/2011869178026660223
Millions ordered to convert to Islam NOW as violent plot underway to ‘wipe out’ Christianity.
The swine at the BBC (apologies to pigs) deny it, but there IS proof that the Islamists in Nigeria are systematically targeting Christians to wipe out Christianity (like it tells them to in their scriptures). Just like they’ve always done, everywhere.
Just 167 Likes for this official @LibDems tweet after 11 hours
That shouts “TWITTER MAN BAD”
The government must suspend X and urgently review if it should be allowed in the UK.
In the meantime, we will continue to be the liberal voice against divisive populism wherever it appears online.
I guess most of its supporters already flounced off to Twitter
And there is irony in the account using Twitter to say no one should be allowed to use Twitter
“3 billion pounds of investment into renewables.” Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer’s government is bringing bills down
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Robert Jenrick: Why I Joined Reform UK.
Reform UK
Wages are going down …. What is Robert Jenrick on about?
“Jeremy Corbyn – Salary £125K* + expenses + gifts from companies
Chris Evans – £2.2 million + expenses + gifts from companies
Sadiq Khan – £143K + expenses + gifts from companies
Gary Lineker – £1.8million + expenses + gifts from companies
Keith Vaz – £75K + expenses + 5 houses (1 house is used for MP duties, so tax payer is paying for it) + expenses + gifts from companies
Diane Abbot – £75K + expenses + BBC TV appearances + gifts from companies”
2017
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth full speech at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth
“14 January 2026 171” Small boat arrivals: last 7 days
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/migrants-detected-crossing-the-english-channel-in-small-boats/migrants-detected-crossing-the-english-channel-in-small-boats-last-7-days
Prime Minister Starmer tours HMS Prince of Wales at sea 10 Downing Street 307k subscribers
“7 months with zero crossings.”
I wonder who the Labour defector will be.
Can’t think of any worthy of joining Reform.
Maybe Kate Hoey or that mp booted out last week for not supporting one of labour’s idiotic policies.
Paul Embury who used to be on GB News a lot (but not now) is a sensible bloke, a firemen’s union representative but probably a current Labour member. He’s ok.
Isn’t there something significant about a political party with seven MPs? Some extra perks I believe. So just one more then
“When a party has seven MPs in the UK Parliament, it becomes a minor political party in the House of Commons. This number of MPs is not enough to form a government, which typically requires a majority of the 650 seats (at least 326). The impact of a party with seven MPs depends on whether a single large party has an overall majority. ” Google AI
https://members.parliament.uk/parties/commons
There’s a lot of decent (and mature) commentators long gone from the GBN studios – although I was glad to see the back of Amy Nickerless-Turner !
Comment “Mark Steyn makes more sense in 9 minutes than the BBC does in a year”
Ofcom finds the Mark Steyn programme on GB News in breach of broadcasting rules
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and-on-demand/broadcast-standards/ofcom-finds-the-mark-steyn-programme-on-gb-news-in-breach-of-broadcasting-rules
“GB News host Mark Steyn’s Covid vaccine claims broke Ofcom rules” Published 6 March 2023
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64862979
He spoke about “only one conclusion” from official data, about the third jab’s “significantly greater risk” of “infection, hospitalisation and death”.
Ofcom said that was wrong and “may have resulted in viewers making important decisions about their own health”.
GB News said it was “disappointed”.
Comment “The UK has such rampant censorship they they censored their own propaganda, fucking hell XD”
The Internet Discovers Hidden Endings In The UK Government Propaganda Game
https://www.shoutoutuk.org/game/story.html
“Soubry, who was a neighbouring MP in Nottinghamshire, was heavily involved in Jenrick’s 2014 Newark by-election campaign and mentored him both before and after his victory. She has since described his political evolution from a “full-fat subscriber to David Cameron” to his current right-wing stance as a shift to “suit whichever political wind is blowing within the Conservative party”. ” Google AI
“Anna Soubry: If White British Community Learned More From Muslims Then UK Would Be A Better Country”
{huffingtonpost.co.uk sep2017}
mentored by Soubry …. pfffffff…..
Groomed by Soubry?!
Lots of Conservative MPs slagging off Jenrick yet until this morning they were happy to have him serve in several high positions.
Jan 14 BBCnews promotes the trannie on the train
“BBC Breakfast spoke to commuters in Leeds about an announcement to upgrade the railways in the north of England. They were only able to interview one person though – and, of course, he was a cross-dressing man”
…. https://x.com/ripx4nutmeg/status/2011419623460393269
Not a drag queen ?
Falling down on the job there
Was the interview in the Ladies toilets?
Zummerzet comes to Wandsworth?
oo-arrr
Pumpkin Positive Politicians
(Medical term – look it up)
An honest muslim – yes, there is one – admits that when a muslim achieves any position in Western politics, it’s seen as a symbolic victory for muslims worldwide; one more step towards the worldwide caliphate.
“We’re taking over.”
It further encourages militancy in others.
Which is why we should never have muslim mayors, MPs etc.
Some music for insomniacs.
The DT muses over the hated Today programme
STARTS Amol Rajan announced his departure from the Today programme in peak Amol Rajan style. He delivered his message via Instagram, standing in the street in his Del Boy sheepskin jacket, T-shirt and weighty neck chain.
He began by joking: “OK, so the rumours are true. I am indeed the next director-general of the BBC. As it happens, I’m also batting at number four for England and I’m running to be mayor of London.”
In fact, he is leaving to launch his own media empire in “the great digital Narnia of the creator economy”. At first glance, this looks like bad news for the Today programme. Rajan’s exit will strip BBC Radio 4’s flagship news and current affairs show of its biggest personality.
Yet it could also be a blessing in disguise, because Today is in decline and BBC bosses need to rethink what it should be.
While Rajan brought great energy when he joined in 2021, he also changed the tone of the programme with his matey, relaxed style. Today changed to accommodate him, not the other way around.
Rajan was followed in 2024 by Emma Barnett, whose easy familiarity with listeners (“Let’s start the week, shall we?”) is a reminder of her previous roles on Woman’s Hour and 5 Live and a far cry from the days of John Humphrys.
None of this is accidental. BBC bosses wanted a more youthful lineup. It hoped that the popularity of Rajan and Barnett in other spheres, from podcasts to Instagram, would bring in a new audience.
Instead, ratings have dwindled. The most recent figures were an audience of 5.4 million weekly listeners, down from nearly eight million in 2018.
Listeners who believe the BBC has failed on impartiality are departing for other outlets such as GB News. Meanwhile the more Left-leaning are flocking to podcasts such as The Rest Is Politics or The News Agents.
In the days of Humphrys, Jim Naughtie or Brian Redhead, politicians knew that an interview on the Today programme would make headlines – often to their detriment, if Humphrys gave them a savaging.
Now those politicians can speak directly to the public through social media and without challenge, so why bother with a radio programme?
Today has also lost its mojo, with a rotating cast of presenters and no central team. The departure of Mishal Husain a year ago (she was replaced by Anna Foster) left only Nick Robinson and Justin Webb representing the old guard.
Meanwhile, relations between Robinson and Barnett are said to be so strained that they don’t appear on the same show if they can help it.
Some Today insiders argue that the show should refocus on being a serious-minded news programme, cutting the showbiz content and focusing more on politics.
If he could be persuaded to change jobs and replace Rajan then “Chris Mason would be the prize”, says one, referring to the BBC’s political editor.
As for Rajan, his departure coincides with that of Tim Davie, who stepped down after the Telegraph published an investigation into BBC bias.
Davie was Rajan’s biggest champion and the two were great friends. The outgoing director-general will be on hand to offer advice when Rajan launches his new media business, an “empire of ideas and IP” that will encompass YouTube, podcasts, books, brand deals, live events and Substack.
“It’s time to unleash my inner Del Boy,” Rajan said.
Rajan has been candid about his mental health. He has described a panic attack in the hours before his first Today shift and confided that his father’s death in 2022 plunged him into a period of “profound turmoil about the point of it all”.
The father-of-four has also made no secret of the toll that Today’s early starts took on him, speaking of his struggles with sleep deprivation.
Barnett is also said to find the wake-up calls brutal, speaking recently about setting her alarm for 3:21am, prompting some to wonder how long she will stick it out.
Rajan has not severed ties with the BBC and will continue to present University Challenge, along with his Radical podcast. His was always a portfolio career, and the Today programme just one step on his journey ENDS
You can probably guess the comments – but if today was redeemable ( it isn’t ) it would need to ditch comrade Robinson – who can only be described as a c word …. Someone said today should be renamed the ‘nick Robinson show’ very perceptive ..
There is also a fetish for avoiding unapproved people and events – coupled with an artificial need to say ‘we don’t have much time ‘,which doesn’t work for a programme with 3 hours to spare.
I seldom listen any more – and I am in good company …
Can’t stand crewkerne rap – or any rap – but I suppose it’s aimed at kids
It’s just like TV’s The Traitors, observes The Sun…
Would you trust any of them? – demands the Mirror
…echoes drama on TV – scoffs the giveaway Metro
I guess they have a point…
From Today to tomorrow… Rajan leaves BBC flagship to go solo (i paper)
Meanwhile: Dad’s Army: The UK’s plan for war? Drafting in 65-year-olds (i paper)
“Privates Godfrey and Frazer, you’re to patrol the stretch of coast from the Village Hall to the Novelty Rock Emporium – against invasion – by Putin”
“Permission to speak, Sir! I’d like to volunteer to defend Greenland!”
“Och! It’s a cauld, cauld, dreichty wilderness of a place. There’s absolutely nothing there! You’re doomed, I tell ee, doomed!”
“That’s enough of that sort of talk, Frazer. Thank you, Jonesy. You see Wilson, that’s the kind of spirit we’re looking for. I pity Mr Trump if he messes with the likes of Englishmen like our Lance Corporal Jones. Off you go Jones!”
“Do you think that’s wise, Sir?”
“Sometimes I worry about your allegiances, Wilson”
Starmer considering sending military to Greenland as Trump ratchets up rhetoric… The potential for British troops in the Danish territory comes days after the PM pledged boots on the ground in Ukraine (Independent)
Greenland troops braced… “Nato troops are likely to be a “more permanent” presence on the island, as Britain, Germany, France, the Netherlands and Finland join Denmark… (FT)
Now we’ve a welcome return for that occasional series You Guessed It, He’s Black…
Serial rail fare evader faces jail over 112 unpaid tickets… One of Britain’s most prolific rail fare dodgers could face jail after admitting dozens of travel offences… District Judge Nina Tempia warned Brohiri “could face a custodial sentence because of the number of offences he has committed”… [Charles] Brohiri, from Hatfield in Hertfordshire… (Jemma Crew, Business reporter and Graham Satchell, News correspondent, BBC)
A couple of Beeboids riding tandem on that one. I don’t whether Jemma is providing extra crew as back up for Graham – or whether Graham Satchell is Jemma’s bag carrier?
Today
The 0810 big interview
20 minutes of Michael gove . Ugh – the dead blue version of comrade Nickolas Robinson . Poor our Justin . He couldn’t be bothered – he just let him get on with it – blah blah – the lack of self awareness – one of those who helped destroy the dead blues and the country – blah blah went gove – uniterupted – brain dead – lots of meaningless words …..
Another example of the vacuity of ‘today ‘ – of all the people to get on – it was that mouthy failure –
Et tu Brute?
So who will the liebour traitor turn out to be?
Will it be Emma Lewell MP on digital ID – ‘This is a mess.’
She went on: ‘Increasing surveillance, Department for Work and Pensions powers to snoop on bank accounts, the removal of trials by jury, postponing elections and clamping down on peaceful protest—the public are starting to become very angry about these encroachments on our fundamental freedoms and creeping state control. It is all inherently un-British.’
Will it be Brian Leishman MP
He went on: ‘Eroding civil liberties, as seen in the proposals for jury trials and for Digital ID, is not in keeping with Labour party values, and nor is it necessary or, indeed, popular. Will the Minister feed my thoughts back to the leadership at Cabinet level?’
Will it be Chris Hinchliff MP
said it was ‘always clear’ that the public would reject mandatory Digital ID and asked: ‘Will the minister convey the lessons learned from this decision to his colleagues across Government, and persuade them to drop proposals to erode the right to a jury trial and restrict the right to protest against animal testing?’
Will it be Karl Turner MP,
led the internal backlash against the Government’s plan to limit jury trials, stepped up his attacks on the Cabinet and Downing Street advisers.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15468025/Labour-MPs-urge-Sir-Keir-Starmer-perform-U-turns.html
Next weeks liebour traitor may turn out to be a minow. But it seems to me that they will be queuing up to stick the knife in if the local elections turn out badly for them. Maybe I am guilty of hope yet again.
Atlas – the mad thing for the Marxists is that they cannot – now – u turn on their dumb jury trial restrictions – even if they want too ..
Radical practical stuff like staffing all courts for 18 hour days is non starter – this is apparently the real issue – which the lawyers wouldn’t want because they get their money now for nothing ….
Even after TTK has attempted to limit the injury msy election losses will occur by postponing elections – his time is coming to an end – followed by 2 years of accusations of illegitimacy for the successor until they call an election – which they won’t .
My money for successor is someone of the same calibre as TTK – so there’s a big field … it will be female …. Probably Rayner by ‘popular ‘ acclaim ….
Only the BBC.
https://x.com/bbcpolitics/status/2012071619934527736?s=61
Free money for all from the Gibbermi… from, um, us.
“Government to give cash payouts to people in financial crisis”
Hands up for more money….
The silence on violence…violence of a certain kind…MP Kate Hollern was subjected to a campaign of intimidation and death threats from Muslims but the BBC isn’t bothered enough to report her case and a campaigner for the rights of women in Afghanistan is withdrawn from an ultramarathon race due to death threats from Muslims in this country….presumably some of those marvellously diverse Afghans we’ve imported….and again the BBC hasn’t bothered to report it…even though it’s all over the news around the world.
‘A British woman has been withdrawn from an ultramarathon after receiving death threats.
Sarah Porter was 30 miles through the 108-mile Montane Winter Spine Challenger South endurance race along the Pennine Way when organisers made the decision to withdraw her because of safety concerns.
Porter was undertaking the challenge to raise money for young girls and women in Afghanistan and received death threats online.’
Extraordinary that this is happening in the UK and that migrants are attacking the host nation, its culture and values and Labour keeps on importing this problem whilst the BBC stands aside keeping quiet refusing to report the issues openly and honestly.
For example…2024…
‘The government’s adviser on political violence has written to the home secretary asking to investigate the intimidation of candidates during the general election.
Lord Walney is suggesting there could have been a “concerted campaign by extremists“.
In the letter, seen by the BBC, Lord Walney said evidence from the last couple of months points to a “concerted campaign by extremists to create a hostile atmosphere for MPs within their constituencies to compel them to cave into political demands”. ‘
So who are these ‘extremists’? Why does the BBC not spell it out? The nearest they come to it is this very indirect reference…
‘Labour lost votes to pro-Palestinian candidates, angry with the party’s position on the Israel-Gaza conflict.’
…but judging by this glowing report of Islamists hijacking our democracy the BBC actually supports the, er, extremists….
‘Gaza concerns fuel independent’s win in Blackburn’
‘An independent candidate who tapped into local residents’ anger about the war in Gaza has beaten Labour in Blackburn.
Solicitor Adnan Hussein snatched a stunning victory with 10,518 votes, just ahead of Labour’s Kate Hollern’s 10,386.
Mr Hussein had pledged to be “a voice for all” in the constituency in a video address when he announced his candidacy.
In his candidacy video, Mr Hussain had promised to make sure constituents’ concerns about Gaza were “heard loud and clear in the places where our so-called representatives have failed”. ‘
Lovely.
Note they fail to mention that another Muslim extremist won…merely telling us his name…but not why he won…
‘Ms Hollern’s defeat was Labour’s second loss to an independent, after Jonathan Ashworth lost Leicester South to Shockat Adam.’
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9x836wdxpxo
“Jeremy Corbyn responds to Adnan Hussain’s decision to step away from the Your Party steering group. The Blackburn MP accused the party of a “toxic” culture, “persistent infighting” and “veiled prejudice” in the way he and other Muslim MPs have been treated.
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https://x.com/andrewlearmonth/status/1990062537266672040
Reality is hitting uk hard …
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Sarah Porter was 30 miles through the 108-mile Montane Winter Spine Challenger South endurance race along the Pennine Way when organisers made the decision to withdraw her because of safety concerns.
Porter was undertaking the challenge to raise money for young girls and women in Afghanistan and received death threats online.’
X bikini – emergency parliament laws and deploy ofcom.
1400 raped kids – diversity is our strength message.
Men in dresses going into toilets with kids – shame the woman.
Being hyper sensitive to bbc bias – there was a short ‘news’ report of a man being jailed for a targeted assassination attempt of a father and daughter in Ladbroke Grove – that was it …
But google show ‘jazz ‘ Reid – another import being arrested and now imprisoned … bbc so didn’t want to give any detail … another wind rush baby …
Small boats data
This page shows figures for the last 7 days for irregular migrants attempting to cross the English Channel in small boats without permission to enter the UK.
14 January 2026 171 3 0
171 illegal migrants with free NHS and free hotel and free food and free bring your family – 1 in, 1 out people on 3 small boats!
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/migrants-detected-crossing-the-english-channel-in-small-boats/migrants-detected-crossing-the-english-channel-in-small-boats-last-7-days
If I was a Greenlander – I would take Trumps Million Dollars.
And live in peace and prosperity.
I’d take a 50 rouble note off Putin to join Russia.
And live diversity free.
I would join the EU again and sell them the fish for free just for the honour of being ruled by Germany!
Rob Boyd, Esq tweeted
Watching “Black Ops” on BBC1.
A shop owned by a BLACK family is struggling to deal with WHITE, male shoplifters.
Tell me how this isn’t the complete reverse of real life?
Wait until a Christian Terrorist of no color from Chipping Norton drives over to behead them.
A liebour wimmin Oxford Cllr, Susanna Pressel wants …
‘the police to lie in wait to nab the bastards..’
https://gettr.com/post/p3w9kinabe7
She has her panties in a bunch about people putting up English flags.
Diversity is our statistical strength?
It seems the weekend pre occupation on X will be which Marxist MP is joining Reform?
Personally I think it’s Farage being saucy but you never know …
“Russia working to circumvent sanctions to ensure India oil imports continue
Delhi is world’s second largest purchaser of Russian crude, which is now cheaper than oil from Middle East”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/13/russia-working-to-circumvent-sanctions-to-ensure-india-oil-imports-continue
https://order-order.com/2026/01/16/bbc-abandons-iplayer-to-strike-deal-with-youtube/
BBC Abandons iPlayer to Strike Deal With YouTube
he latest in the BBC’s grinding attempt to catch up with the times has the corporation launching shows specifically for YouTube. The BBC has never put more than trailers and clips there – preferring to direct people to its own bespoke platforms…
The FT reports that shows will be produced exclusively for YouTube before being added to iPlayer at some later time. Talks are advanced…
The BBC will justify the semi-retirement of its own platforms by only putting youth-oriented material on YouTube as part of the deal. The platforms is only getting bigger – and that’s across all demographics…
Obviously the corporation won’t be able to ask for YouTube viewers to pay the licence fee. One step closer to its abolition…
Seems likely that the BBC goons perceive YouTube content as a Trojan horse to launch a BBC Internet Fee?
iPlayer accounts for nearly a quarter (23%) of all BBC TV viewing
– that number is NOT going to reduce and the entitlement of Beeboids likewise.
In an inspired move the BBC reorientates towards YouTube at the moment that online video goes seriously Balkanised. Plenty of people I know aren’t impressed at all with the tsunami of AI slop and skewed content dished up by Mountain View. Recently, no doubt due to falling eyes-on and click away by users they adjusted the auto-play settings on content served up to phone users actually on the platform vs. those using links/embed in a web page – it is profoundly irritating as is the brazen stuffing of content to suit them and not you the user / punter ….
Tomo
Ha, you beat me to this by 20 mins. I was going to say the exact same thing. This is just a Trojan Horse to put live lieing bBC content on yewtube so that the bBC goons could say that anyone caught watching yewtube COULD be evading a licence fee and therefore …
Starmer to ban YouTube to save the BBC?
Pretty much how most European countries are forced to live now as governments import millions of people who don’t in fact want to integrate…and of course you are the problem if you raise any concerns…
‘Students were raped after being forced to live in complex alongside 125 refugees to ‘aid integration’: Terrified Dutch youngsters ‘were subjected to years of sex assaults and violence”
‘Stek Oost, located in the Watergraafsmeer district of Amsterdam, was sold to the Netherlands as the dream solution to the housing and refugee crisis.
A total of 125 students and 125 refugees would live alongside each other, and were even encouraged to ‘buddy up’ so the migrants would adapt to life in the Netherlands more quickly.
But students living there told Dutch investigative documentary programme Zembla they faced multiple sexual assaults, harassment, violence, stalking and even claimed a gang rape had taken place.’
Meanwhile Britain bans a Dutch woman who questions the wisdom of such immigration….
‘Eva Vlaardingerbroek, a Dutch conservative political influencer, lost her authorization for visa-travel to the United Kingdom.
The email said that the reason for the revocation of her ETA was because Vlaardingerbroek’s “presence in the UK is not considered to be conducive to the public good.”
“I don’t know what that means,” Vlaardingerbroek said, “I mean especially the United Kingdom, where, if I’m not mistaken, thousands of illegal immigrants enter through the channel every day.”’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15469725/Students-raped-forced-live-complex-alongside-125-refugees-aid-integration-Terrified-Dutch-youngsters-subjected-years-sex-assaults-violence.html
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“longer than 3 years, and 65 million” HA HAH HA HAH AHA HAHA HAH AHAH AH HA HA HA HA!
The government has committed = TAX PAYER
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“Five local inquiries, which cannot compel the production of evidence, just will not do. Fifty towns were affected, not five. Bradford, where some of the worst abuse occurred, is refusing to co-operate with any inquiry at all. There has never been an inquiry in Bradford, because the council is refusing to participate.”
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“The head organiser of London’s LGBTQ+ Pride parade could face a fine, asset seizure or even imprisonment after being accused of failing to comply with a court order to relinquish control over the organisation’s property.
Christopher Joell-Deshields, who is suspended from his role as chief executive of Pride in London after claims of impropriety including misuse of funds, appeared at the high court on Tuesday to answer to two grounds of contempt of court.
He denied one ground of failing to hand over the organisation’s property, but admitted to a second relating to his failure to submit a witness statement verifying that he had handed over everything in his possession.”
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/13/london-pride-boss-accused-contempt-of-court
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We also identified several key roles to enhance our capabilities and immediately began the recruitment process. We received many applications, and I would like to thank everyone who applied. Following the interviews, we have made the following appointments, and I would like to extend a warm welcome to:
· Marie-Claire O’Hara, Company Secretary.
· Dr Kavita Powley and Reece St Omer – Co-Heads of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
· Serena Richmond – Deputy Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
· Greg Lee – HR Advisor
https://prideinlondon.org/2026-a-new-year-update