The BBC are wasteful. The Montacutie is away ski-ing or sitting in the sun. We cannot begrudge Sarah her hols especially as they are laid down by employee law. But The Montacutie does not work Fridays. She takes a long weekend and it probably is not taken out of her salary! The Beeb is wasteful and other BBC employees are expected to cover for Sarah Montague.
Pro Palestine MP Ayoub Khan. The photo was taken 8-9 years ago in Telford. To the left is “solicitor” Aqeeb Khan. Aqeeb has been linked to forcing girls to sell drugs. He uses the solicitor firm as a front. He also married a 15 year old in Pakistan. His brother Aqeel got a 13… pic.twitter.com/JV4lW0MFj0
As I mentioned on the last thread – Reform have won the right to challenge TTKs pitiful attempt to suppress local elections . The case is to be held on the 19TH February .
I suspect a full on set of TTK judges will throw it out .
But I wonder whether each election cancellation will be examined or they’ll all be done as a job lot ?
The Marxist speaker has – I understand – called for the elections to go ahead – but this may be misinformation ….
Britain really has descended with such a shameful situation … ‘shameful ‘ being TTK favoured word ….
“Pro Palestine MP Ayoub Khan. The photo was taken 8-9 years ago in Telford. To the left is “solicitor” Aqeeb Khan. Aqeeb has been linked to forcing girls to sell drugs. He uses the solicitor firm as a front. He also married a 15 year old in Pakistan. His brother Aqeel got a 13 year old pregnant. In the white robes is Gulfraz Khan, street name Bugsy. He was done for trafficking children. In the middle is Islamist lawyer Akhmed Yakoob. All good pals with Ayoub Khans MP.
Andrew Neil tweeted the Lib Dems And to think you were in government only a decade ago.
No wonder the Greens are breathing down your neck in the polls.
Interesting info that Denmark sold territory in 1916 to the US after US threatened to take it by force
so there is a precedent
It is incredible MSM suppressed that fact.
It was about ensuring the Germans didn’t get it , and threaten the US
The lefties are claiming a gotcha as they say the treaty gave status to Greenland
Grok says this is untrue
The negotiator did state that BUT BUT
“The Greenland declaration was a separate unilateral statement by Secretary of State Robert Lansing, not part of the treaty text ratified by the Senate.”
It’ll be interesting to see if the assholes at Portland Place obfuscate their way to some form of entrapment wrt the YouTube iPlayer relationship.
If they’re actually intent on a levy applied to Internet users that drops handily into the BBCs pockets (as I suspect is the case) – this needs watching very closely indeed !!!!
One man’s healthy is another man’s fat mare…..besides the NHS has declared cousin marriage is a good thing and the resulting offspring and any genetic issues are not a problem….it’s cultural…other cultures think this is acceptable and so should we…not only that but it is economically advantageous…keeping money in the family…lol…
‘According to the article, published by NHS England’s Genomics Education Programme, cousin marriage – which is particularly widespread in families of Pakistani Muslim heritage – can have “economic advantages”…..this guidance declares that the “increased risk of genetic conditions among the offspring of close relative couples” has “often been exaggerated”. It also tells midwives that “discouraging cousin marriage is inappropriate”, and that they must not “stigmatise” patients who have a baby with their first cousin – because, in some cultures, it’s “perfectly normal”.’
FGM, rape, misogyny, beheadings, killing gays and Jews…all ‘acceptable’ in many ‘cultures’…is the NHS suggesting we should adopt those and so many others as well? Maybe a bit of voodoo or cannibalism?
Week 4 of the Iranian uprising and savage suppression by the Islamic regime, and barely a mention on the pro-Islamist BBC.
Thousands are being arrested and tortured as we speak, and NOTHING from the filthy BBC. You can bet some hideously ugly things are happening in their Islamic torture chambers.
“We can’t report because they’ve shut down the Internet”, bleat the BBC. What about Starlink, you c**ts (that’s clots).
And where are the lefties, the bleeding-heart liberals and the feminazis who came out en masse for the Palestinian terrorists? Nowhere. “We can’t protest against an islamic regime, that would be islamophobic” and that would take guts
Some muslims are more equal than others, apparently.
Man jailed for 10 years after chainsaw murder bid on police officer (BBC)
Man, BBC…? We’ve all heard the story of the Welsh Choir Boy – How about the: Renfrewshire… Lumberjack?
Our BBC refers of course to Liridon Kastrati, 32: Albanian national
I don’t know about you, dear reader, but I’d be very concerned at being chased with a chainsaw brandished by a man named… Kastrati…!
The story brought back to mind the 1983 Brian De Palma directed movie Scarface starring Al Pacino and specifically two iconic movie moments – Hector “The Toad” brutally dismembering Angel Fernández (Pepe Serna) with a chainsaw during a failed drug deal and the finale where Pacino as drug boss Tony Montana, wild-eyed and coked up, grips a grenade launcher like it’s his last lifeline. He snarls, “Say hello to my little friend!”
Oh, ironically enough: Tony Montana enters the U.S. in 1980 as a Cuban refugee during the Mariel boatlift. He arrives in Miami by sea, is processed at a detention camp, and secures a green card by murdering a former Cuban general for drug lord Frank Lopez. He lies to officials, claiming to be a political prisoner – thank you A.I.
Perhaps if our Boarder Force, Visa department, etc knew their movies?
As for the news headlines – it’s still all Greenland and Beckhams.
The ever-excitable Daily Mail: ‘Inappropriate dancing? How CAN any son be so cruel to his own mother? – frets Sarah Vine.
As a quick litmus test of appropriateness – vis-à-vis the battle of the sexes – one likes to reverse the sexes in a journalistic statement and see if it would still pass muster?
To wit: ‘Dad’ dancing? How CAN any daughter be so cruel to her own father? – Nope, thought not.
The Sun makes a bid for someone to leak the evidence: Becks, lies and video tape… Wedding footage could prove who’s right
Well, be fair, the papers are probably on best behaviour: Prince Harry to give evidence again in latest privacy lawsuit against Mail publisher (Reuters)
Meanwhile, in further international news (‘cos not much of note ever happens here): Israel razes UN main hub… Demolition teams have started to bulldoze the East Jerusalem headquarters of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (FT)
And if that doesn’t raise much sympathy… think of the children…
Palestinian children’s football pitch faces Israeli demolition ultimatum… Israeli authorities have ordered the football club to take the pitch apart, or they’ll demolish it (John Sudworth, Reporting from Bethlehem, BBC)
Michael Gove is now the editor of the Spectator Magazine which is still heavily aligned with the Tory party but shows more and more signs of trying to ‘castoff’ from that sinking hulk.
As well as the magazine it produces pod casts on which the editor often appears discussing issues of the day. It is fascinating watching him trying to re write history. Recently he has tried to pretend that he was never a strong advocate for Net Zero and always thought that it was too extreme.
Yesterday his latest chapter in his ‘ I never fully supported that policy’ rewrite of the past, is to claim that the Tories were misled by the Treasury about mass immigration. Economic figures produced by the bean counters strongly indicated that mass immigration was an economic necessity . These figures overcame his reservations about the cultural problems of the policy .
He claims that Only recently have new economic figures demonstrated that mass immigration has cost theUK hundreds of billions already and that this will continue for decades to come.
Of course to any sensible person he appears to be either a liar or a fool or possibly both.
Having said that he is doing a decent job as editor and the magazine is becoming increasingly open to truly right of centre and nationalist rather than the almost exclusively internationalist articles as it was under the previous editor Fraser Nelson.
Gove of course remains a mainstream Tory and strong advocate for Badenoch.
IIRC one of the recent UK Green schemes was administered by an American (Crapita style) outfit in Washington DC – who were delaying payments to installation contractors big time and couldn’t be easily contacted = as the American cousins say “GO FIGURE”….
Government to put £9 Billion of taxpayers money into the Green scam to persuade the public to put solar panels on their roof, buy batteries and install heat pumps.
I obtain the maximum energy from my solar panels by moving same to constantly face the Sun during the day. “Equitorial”. Others have calculated +65% over fixed panels. From personal experience, certainly >50%. During 2025, average year, I had about 23 days in which solar powered everything electrical via storage batteries. I’d say another 40 part-days where solar became a top-up only to the main power source: diesel generators………………..
“The U.S. Department of the Interior said the decision was the result of complaints by the Pentagon that the movement of huge turbine blades for offshore wind projects, as well as the highly reflective towers that hold them up, cause radar interference that can make it hard to identify and locate security threats.”
“Wind turbines are generally designed to last 20 to 25 years, but with proper maintenance, they can often operate commercially for longer, sometimes exceeding 30 years, though costs increase and newer, more efficient models often lead to replacement (repowering) earlier. ”
“Solar panels typically last 25 to 30 years, but they don’t suddenly stop working; instead, their efficiency slowly degrades by about 0.5-1% per year, meaning they still produce usable power long after the warranty period (usually 25 years) expires, often maintaining 80% or more of their original output.”
“Miliband buys electric car after pressure from Susanna Reid ‘If you’d like to take credit’
ED MILIBAND has revealed he bought an electric car after being grilled by ITV’s Susanna Reid for not owning one despite pushing for environmental changes.”
Global cooling today:
At the part of the planet where 99.9% of people live (between latitude 60°N and 60°S), the average surface temperature is 0.2-0.5°C cooler than the 1991-2020 average.
DAVOS – we need open borders and cheap labour and migrants to provide babies whilst the locals eat bugs and keep warm under Chinese solar panels to solve our problems!
Did the protestors fly there or walk? HA HA HA!
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2010 … when people hated DAVOS, not it’s respectable as BBC do not report protests… HA HA AH A
“Police have used water cannon against a crowd of around 100 protesters in Davos where the World Economic Forum is taking place.
Demonstrators tried to bring down a fence surrounding the venue hosting the meeting and threw snowballs at riot police.
Curious how the BBC has changed tack and is now labelling those who oppose globalisation and billionaires buying up the world as not only Far-Right but anti-Semitic as…er…so many of the rich are, em, Jews…like Soros whom the BBC loves.
Er…isn’t that a classic anti-Semitic trope BBC?
‘He’s a Jewish multi-billionaire philanthropist who has given away $32bn. Why does the hard right from America to Australia and from Hungary to Honduras believe George Soros is at the heart of a global conspiracy, asks the BBC’s Mike Rudin.’
It’s probably because he is at the heart of a global conspiracy as he buys up democracy and destroys economies…including our own.
‘George Soros and Black Wednesday: How He Broke the Bank of England’
Just love that ‘given away $32bn’…no…he has directed money at people and causes that suit his own political and social agenda…if anyone else had spent £32bn buying up democracies pretty sure the BBC would say something…but for Soros? He gets a free pass from the BBC.
‘The initiative is part of a wider national campaign informed by research into classroom hunger, which found that almost one in three supply teachers regularly saw children arriving at school hungry.’
Which national campaign?
Informed by which research?
Why does it reference supply teachers? How many of them were questioned? What methodology was used? What does the term ‘regularly’ mean – daily? weekly? monthly? What do the permanent teaching staff say on the matter?
In the absence of such information, this article comes across not as news but simply as a publicity puff for activists.
“…sixteen and a half thousand people in County Durham in receipt of food parcels. To the nurses, to the junior doctors, to the firefighters…” @3:27 {Laura Pidcock | Maiden Speech | jul2017}
A nice clear speech, but Linda Pidcock can you clarify …
– do you mean 16.5K people need food parcels or do you mean 16.5K food parcels are used? Two very different things.
– is 16.5K parcels just for the nurses, doctors and firefighters or for people in other circumstances, you focus on these professions because more of them use food banks?
– do you have a breakdown of the people collecting food parcels with a link?
– Population of County Durham (50K @ 2011) and a food parcel being usable for one day means parcels feed 0.09% of County Durham?
– if 16.5K people are using food parcels all the time, then 16.5/50 then 33% of County Durham are struggling to be feed – this statistic would be very scary indeed and a better one to use if correct?
“Work together to make the pie bigger…. Unfairness continues to grow. According to UN report 2/3 sustainable goals won’t be met. Making the pie bigger together is more important than fighting for the pie (Belt and Roads buying all natural resources) and solving problems together is more effective than blaming each each other. (steal IP and invading Taiwan is just accessing the PIE)” – He Lifeng, WEF Davos 2026, Chinese Vice Premier
FULL SPEECH: Chinese Vice Premier Declares China’s $140 Trillion Economy Open to the World | AQ1B
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China has dismissed reports it bugged the African Union (AU) headquarters as “preposterous”.
Kuang Weilin, the Chinese ambassador to the AU, told reporters in Ethiopia the “absurd” claim in France’s Le Monde was “very difficult to understand”.
He spoke out three days after the newspaper published an article claiming data from the Chinese-built AU building was being copied to Shanghai.
Officials also brought in security experts from Algeria to sweep the entire headquarters for potential bugs, the newspaper said, leading to the discovery of microphones in desks.
A couple of Pakistanis and a Romanian mentioned, diversity rules ok.
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Cheating cases during practical and theory driving tests rose by nearly 50 per cent last year in England, Scotland and Wales, new figures show.
The cheating methods varied, according to freedom of information data from the Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), with more than 1,100 cases involving the use of Bluetooth headsets.
Overall, nearly 100 offenders were prosecuted for trying to cheat themselves or for impersonating driving test candidates.
Industry leaders blamed the increase on the nationwide shortage of tests and drivers’ desperation to pass, while the DVSA blamed a general rise in cheating and improved detection.
A Press Association News Agency freedom information request revealed 2,844 attempts to cheat during driving tests in the year to September 2025, 47% higher than the previous year.
Of those, more than a third (1,113) involved the use of technology, such as an earpiece connected via Bluetooth to a concealed phone, to try to cheat at a theory test.
Meanwhile people attempted 1,084 times to try to take theory tests while impersonating the registered candidate.
And in 647 incidents, people pretended to be the registered candidate for a practical test.
Dr Rasha Kassem, leader of the Fraud Research Group at Aston University, warned of the dangers of people passing tests illegally without actually knowing how to drive.
“It means that there will be more accidents, collisions, insurance issues as well, damage to the car, and damage to human beings, injuries, and in some cases, death,” she said.
“There has to be public awareness, because this is a serious crime, from my perspective, and also in the eyes of the law. It is fraud.”
Impersonators, and those who use them, face punishments ranging from driving bans to prison sentences. They can also be ordered to carry out unpaid work or made to pay court costs.
Ninety-six people were prosecuted for attempting to cheat on driving tests or impersonate candidates in the 12 months to September last year.
Steps taken to try and prevent fraud including matching a practical test candidate’s face with their photo ID, as well as asking theory candidates to roll up their sleeves and show their pockets are empty.
Examples of people prosecuted last year, reported by the Press Association News Agency, include 23-year-old Qounain Khan, who was handed an eight-month prison sentence in June 2025 after pleading guilty to impersonating learners at theory test centres 12 times.
The court heard impersonators could be paid up to £2,000 for passing a test.
Sorina-Ana Turcitu, 42, admitted attempting to take a practical driving test on behalf of someone else. She was sentenced to 12 weeks’ imprisonment suspended for 18 months in September 2025.
And Ali Rasul, 22, was handed a two-year prison sentence in November 2025 after being caught repeatedly trying to cheat the theory test over an eight-month period either by using a hidden earpiece or an impersonator.
UK is now a third world corrupt society – progressives are happy as diversity means we can all cheat!
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“Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has grounded 150 pilots over claims they may not hold a valid licence.
Pakistan’s aviation minister told parliament on Wednesday that a large number of commercial pilots hold fake licences or cheated in exams.” https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-53182750
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Rogues of the road: Birmingham and Bradford dominate list of the 10 worst places in Britain for accidents involving uninsured drivers
More 80 per cent of insurance claimants who reported a collision caused by an uninsured driver from Bradford West sustained an injury and nearly a third of these incidents involved male uninsured drivers under the age of 22.
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BRADFORD CITY OF UK CULTURE (and future culture) 2025.
You’ve got to laugh at the (unverified, no sources provided) statement ‘Industry leaders blamed the increase on the nationwide shortage of tests and drivers’ desperation to pass, while the DVSA blamed a general rise in cheating and improved detection.’
Well, could be a factor. But one cannot help notice the, er, names of those who’ve been prosecuted. Bit short of the traditional Tom’s, Dick’s and Harry’s.
Inflation up to 3.4% – way above the forecasts and making the target April 2% look like never never land . Meanwhile the Bank of England will be dreaming of cutting interest rates again desperately trying to fire up a dying economy – murdered by Rachel from accounts …
From my extremely limited access to the BBC the derangement is extreme – particularly as President Trump has had to use a second AF1to get to Davos …..
How often do we hear the lefties using the “If it saves one child’s life it’s worth it” when they are trying to bring in new laws and restrictions or start up free breakfasts and other goodies.
With all the starving waifs walking barefoot for miles to get their bowl of gruel and if their mother brings them in, an exchange of her pyjamas for the trek back home, it sounds like it makes a good case for free stuff to save the dying children.
20mph speed limits to save children’s lives (not revenue raisers) so effective they are everywhere, even with no schools or children anywhere near (just in case)
With all this care and sympathy going out to save (even one) child(ren) how is it that hundreds of thousands of these same (starving ragged) children who are (still) being raped, tortured, abused, drugged and used by the likes of doctors, engineers and Northern Ireland Protocol Experts, are not being noticed.
Is there not enough (“if it saves one ((hundred thousand)))”
It’s like Iran.
The lefties are very selective in who they get their little flags out for.
I wonder, if, instead of being mainly white little girls being abused it was another group. (Have a guess)
Do you think there would be any reaction from THEIR parents and the lefties. I think we all know the answer to that.
So then, the next time the lefties try the “if it saves one child’s life” argument let’s have someone coming back with “what about the hundreds of thousands of children’s lives you ignore”
So come on ? How many references to reform / Farage / Clacton / Davos / Tory defections / … breakfast clubs / dont mention upward inflation / – key words – country first – shameful – broken Britain – Davey ranting over president trump as usual – more invaders – cancelled elections – increasing unemployment – failing economy – there you go no need to waste 35 minutes of your day …
Davos or Westminster? Davos, because it is less constrained (by the voters). It’s not right to say only women can have cervix. Far right thuggery. We worked tirelessly for Alaa Abd el-Fattah. We are sorry we did not check his “British people are monkeys” post. 31 months for a tweet about illegal migrants so shut your mouths. 1 in , 1 out ,then 1 back in again so making it 2 in. Ukraine borders are worth defending, UK borders are racist. Vote for Change, not necessarily good change. Ukrainain arsonists will be ignored. Afghans from intolerant Afghan will be ignored with a super injunction. But Chinese solar and build them a new embassy house in London. Sell Chagos for one dorrah.
I think one of the main reasons the conservatives are getting better polling numbers is because Kemi has the easy job of telling off TTK every week on pmq’s making her sound good.
When Nigel cannot speak but all the others keep slagging him off it’s bound to have some kind of negative effect.
If Nigel had this opportunity of taking on TTK every week he’d make mincemeat out of him.
She wasn’t that good today – Keith was gibbering at full belt all the time, saying nothing as usual, but the Chagos Islands failures got sidelined amongst mohammedspeak intensity….
Time for another Reform candidate from the red tories.
“The BBC has announced a landmark deal with YouTube, which will see the corporation make content that is tailor made for the video streaming service. The broadcaster has previously used YouTube, which is owned by Google, to promote clips and trailers for its own shows in the UK. But the new move will see the BBC make content primarily aimed at YouTube’s digital-native younger audience, although it may also be made available on the BBC’s iPlayer and Sounds platforms. The new programmes will feature adverts when viewed from outside of the UK, generating extra funds for the corporation at a time when its future funding model is being debated.” https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0q4521pg28o
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The BBC faces significant criticism for a major gender disparity in TV licence fee prosecutions, with around 75% of those convicted being women, a situation attributed to societal factors like women being more likely to be home and managing household finances, as detailed in BBC and Leigh Day reports.
“You can eliminate unwanted YouTube channels from suggestions and searches using built-in features like “Don’t recommend channel,” managing your activity, using search filters, or installing browser extensions for more robust blocking, although there isn’t a single “block all” button for all search results. The primary methods involve using the three-dot menu on videos for personalized feedback or adding -channelname to your search query for desktop user”
The Mad Marxist Monk is once again reaching under the cushions to find billions upon billions to splash on his green nightmare….apparently it’s one of those budget anomalies where if it’s in a separate budget it doesn’t count as spending on the main budget and so he can just spurge and splurge and splurge signing cheques with abandon and without any recourse to Parliament, the Treasury or indeed anyone who could hold him accountable.
Just where does the money come from? Good question…thought I might hear it on Today as Nick Robinson investigated, lol, the latest MMM generosity….of course he needed an expert on nut zero and so wheeled in the BBC’s very own green fanatic Justin Rowlatt….who pronounced all was good and that the green industry all loved this new ‘investment’…lol…as they might…but somehow in all the backslapping excitement Robinson forgot to ask where the money was coming from. Odd huh?
But apparently some questions do need answering….or rather some critical claims need debunking…such as the true cost of nut zero….a gross amount of £7.6 trillion…or maybe even more….allegedly….or not as the BBC’s ‘More or Less’ insists…
The Institute for Economic Affairs has crunched some nut zero figures and is claiming that the true cost of NZism will be £7.6 bn as a gross figure…
‘The cost of net zero is highly likely to be above the 2020 estimate of roughly £3 trillion from the National Electricity System Operator (NESO), and could even be above this year’s attempt, which calculated gross cash costs of £7.6 trillion or over £9 trillion including the carbon costs of emissions.
If we are to have a serious debate about net zero, the various public bodies need to be more transparent and frankly more honest, both about the upfront costs and their assumptions about the operational savings that net zero will bring.’
The BBC begged to differ and claimed that the reports author ‘accepted’ that he was wrong…er..except, as the interview immediately showed, he didn’t. He said that yes, taking out certain criteria and you would get a smaller figure but as a whole, in the round, the bigger figure was the true cost.
Classic BBC…do an interview and summarise it…and present your own conclusion as fact…so very Nick Robinson as he rapidly closes an interview……’So what you are saying……’….when of course they said and meant no such thing.
Why is the BBC so desperate to shut down any and all doubts about NZism and climate change dystopia?
Here’s a classic headline from a few days ago as the BBC has to admit a drop in temperature but then insists you’re all going to burn…
‘Global temperatures dipped in 2025 but more heat records on way, scientists warn’
And isn’t warm weather better? It will mean we don’t have to burn fuel to heat our homes….
‘A very cold start to 2025 and the growing power demands of data centres and cryptocurrencies saw US emissions of planet-warming gases rise for the first time in three years, a new analysis shows.
Last year homes burned more gas for heating while the use of coal surged by 13% to meet rising electricity demands, the data finds.’
The BBC lying by omission and sleight of hand…just why do they love China so much?
‘The rising demand for power combined with the higher cost of gas was behind the 13% surge in US coal use last year.
That was in marked contrast to both India and China, where coal use for electricity dropped 3% and 1.6% respectively as both countries added record amounts of wind and solar energy, according to an analysis, external for the website, Carbon Brief.’
Hmmm….the proportion of energy generated by coal has certainly dropped…but of course that doesn’t mean coal use has dropped…energy use has gone up and renewables has taken up the extra demand but coal is still there as strong as ever…along with gas…
‘Coal production in China hit an all-time high last year….Natural gas production also hit an all-time high as it continued an upward curve spanning three decades, and crude oil production also surged..
China is still building new coal-powered generation capacity as well. The country is set to commission as many as 85 coal-fired power generating units this year, out of a total global of 104 coal projects slated for start-up in 2026, according to data by non-profit Global Energy Monitor, out earlier this month.
Of all the 63 GW of coal-fired power generation expected to begin commercial operations globally this year, 55 GW will be in China, the GEM data showed.’
No need for the last person to leave Britain to turn off the lights….the Mad Monk will have done that for you.
You can see from the graphs that fossil fuels still account for at least the same generating capacity as ever if not increasing and is predicted to carry on until at least 2040…..what the BBC misses out is that electricity generation overall has increased massively in China and thus percentages of how that is generated change but that is deceptive…..China is still pumping out as much CO2 as ever.
I wonder if the reason Lyndsay Hoyle has said the elections should not be cancelled is because it’s dawning on him that Reform are the likely next government.
We’ll see if he starts letting Reform MPs speak in Parliament.
Each service has its own target. Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust is required to have at least 72.8% of patients waiting no longer than 18 weeks by March 2026.
According to the latest data, it’s at 70%, up from 67.8% in November 2024.
Each service has its own target. University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust is required to have at least 60% of patients waiting no longer than 18 weeks by March 2026.
According to the latest data, it’s at 61.4%, up from 51.7% in November 2024.
Im guessing it was Wilson wisely refusing to send British troops to Vietnam…. Which I understand cost the country dear – economically ….
But at least we are seeing that there is no good relationship between President Trump and the Marxist Starmer …. And I guess we will suffer more than anything TTK does to the US .
That royal visit is looking more shaky – thankfully – and I really hope the Europeans pull out of the world cup ….
My guess about the complexion of the PMQs was all wrong – not a mention of breakfast clubs or even U turns …..
Or mention whether TTK will go to see his mates in Davos ..
Prince Charles appears to fall asleep during republic ceremony in Barbados
The 73-year-old was caught on camera closing his eyes as his head began to droop.
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“”It was impressive to see the efforts that China is making to lessen pollution by reducing fossil fuels,” he said. “China’s digital technology, clean mining technologies and smart high-tech agriculture are amazing — that’s what developing countries need to learn from China.”
He underscored the importance of developing countries learning from China’s innovative approaches in these areas.”
“China also provided laptops and tablet computers to school students and starting to rebuild the Barbados national stadium, which was built in the 1970s and has not been functioning over the last decade,”
“While almost all abortions in England and Wales are NHS-funded (around 98%), most are performed in the independent sector (around 81% in 2023) under NHS contract, with only a smaller portion (around 17%) occurring in NHS hospitals, reflecting a long-term trend of shifting service provision away from direct NHS facilities. ”
Ethnicity was recorded on 91% of the forms received for 2022 (see table 3a(vi)), as in 2021 (91%). Where ethnicity was recorded, 77% of those having abortions reported their ethnicity as ‘white’, 9% as ‘Asian’, 8% as ‘black’, 5% as ‘mixed’ and less than 1% as ‘other’.
Somebody on GB News suggested that TTK is reacting to being called ‘never here Kier’ by staying in the UK instead of going to Davos.
This is the man who prefers Davos to the UK.
I reckon the real reason is because he doesn’t want to bump into Trump and that Trump also wouldn’t arrange a meeting between them.
He’s scared of being humiliated by Trump. That’s why he’s staying away from his favourite place.
EG – i think that assessment is right – TTK must be gagging to get with his mates – but cannot chance a kicking from the Donald .
Watching his speech live – his justification for Greenland is pretty compelling – but he wont get his way – and he said ‘ we will remember ‘ and he has a good few years to get his revenge .,,,
Wayback when Britain was Great there was a man they called ‘Chinese Gordon’…better known perhaps today as ‘Gordon of Khartoum’. Chinese Gordon was so-called because of a brilliant military campaign that defeated, against great odds, a savage rebel army in China that inflicted great suffering upon the population. He liberated those people and was thence celebrated.
He went on later in Sudan to try and end the slavery that existed there and in the end died defending to the death Khartoum against an insurgent Islamist army.
And then there’s Chinese Keir who surrenders everything to a beligerent China without a fight and submits to the Islamist ‘warlords’ at home.
All backed by his reliably tame pet media mouthpiece.
“Hong Kong protester dragged into Manchester Chinese consulate grounds and beaten up” BBC Published 17 October 2022
“Rishi Sunak u-turns on proposed ban on Chinese institutes”
Published 17 May 2023 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65624287
Rishi Sunak has backtracked on a pledge to shut down 30 Chinese state-sponsored Confucius Institutes across the UK.
100% true…whatever the BBC says about the Great Reset and the Great Replacement….the BBC, the mouthpiece of that so-called elite, that gaslights us all.
Putin told us, Gaddafi told us, Islamist ‘community leaders’ told us what they intend…..invasion, conquest and colonisation…and all without a single shot being fired….well maybe a couple of bombs and beheadings to put our craven cowardly leaders in the right frame of mind to submit….as they have done.
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If you want to tun the page, you have to vote for it.
If you want to start the work of national renewal.
Rebuild our country and return politics to public service, then on 4th July you have to vote for it.
If you do vote Labour on Thursday, we can promise that the work of change will begin immediately.
We will make our country better off, with a mission to create wealth in every community.”
…………….. Guardian love Farage at Davos ……….
Only one other attender has seemingly brought praise from the Reform leader for attending Davos, based on a January 2012 tweet: “Congratulations to Prince Andrew for his comments at the reception he hosted in Davos. Supporting Britain!” https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/18/nigel-farage-to-attend-davos
“The Dutch authorities have released the man who murdered the flamboyant anti-immigration politician Pim Fortuyn in 2002, now that he has served two-thirds of his jail sentence.” https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27261291
two-thirds of his jail sentence
two-thirds of his jail sentence
“Fortuyn was an openly gay sociology professor who scorned Islam as a “backward culture”. “
Families to save in biggest home upgrade plan in British history
Government launches ‘Warm Homes Plan’ to upgrade the nation’s homes, help families cut their energy bills, and tackle fuel poverty. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/families-to-save-in-biggest-home-upgrade-plan-in-british-history
From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, The Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC MP and The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP
Published 20 January 2026
Adam Scorer, Chief Executive at National Energy Action, said:
Charlie Nunn, CEO of Lloyds Banking Group, said:
Kate Bell, Assistant General Secretary of the TUC, and co-chair of the Warm Homes Taskforce, said:
Kirsty Britz, Head of Group Sustainability at NatWest Group, said:
Ben Twomey, Chief Executive of Generation Rent, said:
Greg Jackson, Founder of Octopus Energy, said:
Chris O’Shea, CEO of Centrica, said:
Chris Norbury, Chief Executive of E.ON said:
Dhara Vyas, Chief Executive of Energy UK, said:
Tania Kumar, Energy Transition Director, CBI, said:
Ben Martin, Policy Manager at the British Chambers of Commerce, said:
Ben Beadle, Chief Executive of the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA), said:
David Postings, CEO of UK Finance said:
Nick Davies, Head of Climate Policy at Green Alliance, said:
Madeleine Gabriel, Director of Sustainable Future at Nesta, said: Ed Matthew, UK Programme Director for the independent climate change think tank E3G, said:
Mike Thornton, Chief Executive of Energy Saving Trust said: Jonathan Brearley, Chief Executive Officer of Ofgem said:
Jambu Palaniappan, CEO of Checkatrade, said:
Angus McCarey, CEO of Uswitch, said:
Sara Edmonds, Co-Director of the National Retrofit Hub, said:
Charlotte Lee, Chief Executive of the Heat Pump Association UK, said:
Gemma Grimes, Director of Policy and Delivery at Solar Energy UK, said:
Garry Felgate, CEO of The MCS Foundation, said: Rhian-Mari Thomas, Chief Executive Officer of the Green Finance Institute, said:
Fiona Hyde, Head of Sustainability of Santander UK, said:
Simon McWhirter, CEO of the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC), said:
Charlie Mercer, Policy Director at Startup Coalition, said:
……………………. Rhian-Mari Thomas, Chief Executive Officer of the Green Finance Institute, said:
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Trump criticised Starmer for paying £35 billion to Mauritius to take over the British Indian Ocean Territory, calling the move an “act of total weakness”. Trump said that the “United Kingdom, is currently planning to give away the Island of Diego Garcia, the site of a vital U.S. Military Base, to Mauritius, and to do so FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER. There is no doubt that China and Russia have noticed this act of total weakness. These are International Powers who only recognize STRENGTH,” adding that “The UK giving away extremely important land is an act of GREAT STUPIDITY”: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115926047595803521
Starmers upper-class Communist authoritarian regime responded to Trump by giving permission to Communist China to build a massive new “super-embassy” in London. Starmer also threatens to ban children from social media for posting rude pictures, including a picture of the Prime Minister an a bikini.
Some might be upset by the news that prudence leith is to leave ‘bake off ‘ … apparently a BBC programme ….. can’t say I’ve ever met a prudence …apart from the Beatles tune …
Beeboids are now clattering around their bargain basement to chuck all their old dross on YouTube, so this is a cert!
‘Baking’ is a skilled and minority quality of life, I can’t do it at all well, as most people will know, after the emergency dentist appointments, but some gals and guys are experts…
(I’m just posting this as a couple of names here might just pop a coffee-creme cake in the post at some stage…)!
“Barry Gardiner MP vindicated by pay out in libel settlement for Chinese spy claim
Barry Gardiner MP has received a pay out in settlement of his libel claim against News UK and Jeremy Kyle.
Mr Gardiner MP was represented by Martin Howe of Howe & Co and Mark Henderson of Doughty Street Chambers.
The claim related to a false statement by broadcaster Jeremy Kyle on his TalkRADIO show that Mr Gardiner had employed a Chinese spy in his office.
TalkRADIO broadcasted an on air retraction and apology by Jeremy Kyle, and the claim has now been resolved with a financial settlement, including a payment towards Mr Gardiner’s legal costs. Mr Gardiner is using the settlement to make a donation to London Community Kitchen who operate a foodbank in Brent and Harrow.”
Dover, (I hope you really do live around there), is Snowdown the Leisure Centre it promised to be when the Kent Coalfields ruled supreme, and were then closed by Labour)?
They were buggers at Rugby, and it always rained at their matches, but we always enjoyed their evenings immensely…
My Sentry duties leave me with no choice but to guard my rocky outposts on the cliffs of Dover 24/7. Kind folk occasionally bring me tea and a wad from the cafe next to the car park.
That is the mental Image I have always had of you, DS, since I joined this site nearly ten years ago It has been sort of comforting.
There was a recent period when I didn’t see your posts for a while was a little worried as I recalled the story of what will happen when all the apes disappear from Gibraltar. So, stay alert and make sure you’ve got a good warm scarf.
Macron left Davos before President Trump arrived – TTK Never went . The macron idea of a big summit in Paris went down the toilet .
President trumps plea for Greenland after keeping Europe safe since 1945 is pretty powerful – but Europeans lack the grace or gratitude ….
tomoFeb 10, 21:56 Start the Week 9th February 2026 the Starmer crisis one wow… that’s gonna cause some shrieking https://joannenova.com.au/2026/02/trump-to-wipe-out-endangerment-finding-and-pardon-co2-in-largest-act-of-deregulation-in-us-history/
Goal hanging pays off again.
The BBC are wasteful. The Montacutie is away ski-ing or sitting in the sun. We cannot begrudge Sarah her hols especially as they are laid down by employee law. But The Montacutie does not work Fridays. She takes a long weekend and it probably is not taken out of her salary! The Beeb is wasteful and other BBC employees are expected to cover for Sarah Montague.
As I mentioned on the last thread – Reform have won the right to challenge TTKs pitiful attempt to suppress local elections . The case is to be held on the 19TH February .
I suspect a full on set of TTK judges will throw it out .
But I wonder whether each election cancellation will be examined or they’ll all be done as a job lot ?
The Marxist speaker has – I understand – called for the elections to go ahead – but this may be misinformation ….
Britain really has descended with such a shameful situation … ‘shameful ‘ being TTK favoured word ….
“Pro Palestine MP Ayoub Khan. The photo was taken 8-9 years ago in Telford. To the left is “solicitor” Aqeeb Khan. Aqeeb has been linked to forcing girls to sell drugs. He uses the solicitor firm as a front. He also married a 15 year old in Pakistan. His brother Aqeel got a 13 year old pregnant. In the white robes is Gulfraz Khan, street name Bugsy. He was done for trafficking children. In the middle is Islamist lawyer Akhmed Yakoob. All good pals with Ayoub Khans MP.
PAKISTANI GANGSTERS!”
2 days ago the LIbDems were screaming that it is EVIL to tweet artificial images to demean people
Then today their big tweet is artificial images intended to demean Farage.
They are FABRICATED texts from Farage to Trump
..Their tweet doesn’t say they are parody
and indeed a SNP politician took them as true
… https://x.com/AlexNeilSNP/status/2013627947643519278
Andrew Neil tweeted the Lib Dems
And to think you were in government only a decade ago.
No wonder the Greens are breathing down your neck in the polls.
No surprise – the lib dems are morons for the most part – the green hypnotherapy titwangler was one iirc.
@maitlis video
shackled ICE deportees board an aircraft.
“It’s one of the most dystopian, the most chilling things, I think i’ve ever witnessed.”
“The plane doesn’t have a name or number, it’s a ‘dark plane’ – it doesn’t officially exist.”
Replies show the freeze frame of her video
The plane DOES have a name and a number
I suspect that the funders of Maitlis etc al are looking at their viewing figures…
Interesting info that Denmark sold territory in 1916 to the US after US threatened to take it by force
so there is a precedent
It is incredible MSM suppressed that fact.
It was about ensuring the Germans didn’t get it , and threaten the US
The lefties are claiming a gotcha as they say the treaty gave status to Greenland
Grok says this is untrue
The negotiator did state that BUT BUT
“The Greenland declaration was a separate unilateral statement by Secretary of State Robert Lansing, not part of the treaty text ratified by the Senate.”
I thought you needed to sign in first?
It’ll be interesting to see if the assholes at Portland Place obfuscate their way to some form of entrapment wrt the YouTube iPlayer relationship.
If they’re actually intent on a levy applied to Internet users that drops handily into the BBCs pockets (as I suspect is the case) – this needs watching very closely indeed !!!!
Don`t know if this has been posted on here before but ffs you could not make this shit up
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c8e9610gwj1o
YUK !
Ain’t she a beauty? And just radiates good health.
We used to have to create comedy sketches – now they just write themselves.
Doors to the supermarkets need to have a maximum width.
yeah – I put up a comment at the weekend – it’s eating all the leeks that done it.
MORE if you can stomach it…
One man’s healthy is another man’s fat mare…..besides the NHS has declared cousin marriage is a good thing and the resulting offspring and any genetic issues are not a problem….it’s cultural…other cultures think this is acceptable and so should we…not only that but it is economically advantageous…keeping money in the family…lol…
‘According to the article, published by NHS England’s Genomics Education Programme, cousin marriage – which is particularly widespread in families of Pakistani Muslim heritage – can have “economic advantages”…..this guidance declares that the “increased risk of genetic conditions among the offspring of close relative couples” has “often been exaggerated”. It also tells midwives that “discouraging cousin marriage is inappropriate”, and that they must not “stigmatise” patients who have a baby with their first cousin – because, in some cultures, it’s “perfectly normal”.’
FGM, rape, misogyny, beheadings, killing gays and Jews…all ‘acceptable’ in many ‘cultures’…is the NHS suggesting we should adopt those and so many others as well? Maybe a bit of voodoo or cannibalism?
Week 4 of the Iranian uprising and savage suppression by the Islamic regime, and barely a mention on the pro-Islamist BBC.
Thousands are being arrested and tortured as we speak, and NOTHING from the filthy BBC. You can bet some hideously ugly things are happening in their Islamic torture chambers.
“We can’t report because they’ve shut down the Internet”, bleat the BBC. What about Starlink, you c**ts (that’s clots).
And where are the lefties, the bleeding-heart liberals and the feminazis who came out en masse for the Palestinian terrorists? Nowhere. “We can’t protest against an islamic regime, that would be islamophobic” and that would take guts
Some muslims are more equal than others, apparently.
“Say hello to my little friend!”
Man jailed for 10 years after chainsaw murder bid on police officer (BBC)
Man, BBC…? We’ve all heard the story of the Welsh Choir Boy – How about the: Renfrewshire… Lumberjack?
Our BBC refers of course to Liridon Kastrati, 32: Albanian national
I don’t know about you, dear reader, but I’d be very concerned at being chased with a chainsaw brandished by a man named… Kastrati…!
The story brought back to mind the 1983 Brian De Palma directed movie Scarface starring Al Pacino and specifically two iconic movie moments – Hector “The Toad” brutally dismembering Angel Fernández (Pepe Serna) with a chainsaw during a failed drug deal and the finale where Pacino as drug boss Tony Montana, wild-eyed and coked up, grips a grenade launcher like it’s his last lifeline. He snarls, “Say hello to my little friend!”
Oh, ironically enough: Tony Montana enters the U.S. in 1980 as a Cuban refugee during the Mariel boatlift. He arrives in Miami by sea, is processed at a detention camp, and secures a green card by murdering a former Cuban general for drug lord Frank Lopez. He lies to officials, claiming to be a political prisoner – thank you A.I.
Perhaps if our Boarder Force, Visa department, etc knew their movies?
As for the news headlines – it’s still all Greenland and Beckhams.
The ever-excitable Daily Mail: ‘Inappropriate dancing? How CAN any son be so cruel to his own mother? – frets Sarah Vine.
As a quick litmus test of appropriateness – vis-à-vis the battle of the sexes – one likes to reverse the sexes in a journalistic statement and see if it would still pass muster?
To wit: ‘Dad’ dancing? How CAN any daughter be so cruel to her own father? – Nope, thought not.
The Sun makes a bid for someone to leak the evidence: Becks, lies and video tape… Wedding footage could prove who’s right
Well, be fair, the papers are probably on best behaviour: Prince Harry to give evidence again in latest privacy lawsuit against Mail publisher (Reuters)
Meanwhile, in further international news (‘cos not much of note ever happens here): Israel razes UN main hub… Demolition teams have started to bulldoze the East Jerusalem headquarters of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (FT)
And if that doesn’t raise much sympathy… think of the children…
Palestinian children’s football pitch faces Israeli demolition ultimatum… Israeli authorities have ordered the football club to take the pitch apart, or they’ll demolish it (John Sudworth, Reporting from Bethlehem, BBC)
Michael Gove is now the editor of the Spectator Magazine which is still heavily aligned with the Tory party but shows more and more signs of trying to ‘castoff’ from that sinking hulk.
As well as the magazine it produces pod casts on which the editor often appears discussing issues of the day. It is fascinating watching him trying to re write history. Recently he has tried to pretend that he was never a strong advocate for Net Zero and always thought that it was too extreme.
Yesterday his latest chapter in his ‘ I never fully supported that policy’ rewrite of the past, is to claim that the Tories were misled by the Treasury about mass immigration. Economic figures produced by the bean counters strongly indicated that mass immigration was an economic necessity . These figures overcame his reservations about the cultural problems of the policy .
He claims that Only recently have new economic figures demonstrated that mass immigration has cost theUK hundreds of billions already and that this will continue for decades to come.
Of course to any sensible person he appears to be either a liar or a fool or possibly both.
Having said that he is doing a decent job as editor and the magazine is becoming increasingly open to truly right of centre and nationalist rather than the almost exclusively internationalist articles as it was under the previous editor Fraser Nelson.
Gove of course remains a mainstream Tory and strong advocate for Badenoch.
The government mouthpiece announces spending of £15BILLION
UK homes to get £15bn for solar and green tech to cut energy bills
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgj7me00p0o
To save a few pounds on some peoples energy bills!
One UK home (Ed Milibands) get’s £15 billion?
Administration companies get 50%?
IIRC one of the recent UK Green schemes was administered by an American (Crapita style) outfit in Washington DC – who were delaying payments to installation contractors big time and couldn’t be easily contacted = as the American cousins say “GO FIGURE”….
Government to put £9 Billion of taxpayers money into the Green scam to persuade the public to put solar panels on their roof, buy batteries and install heat pumps.
I obtain the maximum energy from my solar panels by moving same to constantly face the Sun during the day. “Equitorial”. Others have calculated +65% over fixed panels. From personal experience, certainly >50%. During 2025, average year, I had about 23 days in which solar powered everything electrical via storage batteries. I’d say another 40 part-days where solar became a top-up only to the main power source: diesel generators………………..
Don’t fall for Milibrains’ nonsense.
“The U.S. Department of the Interior said the decision was the result of complaints by the Pentagon that the movement of huge turbine blades for offshore wind projects, as well as the highly reflective towers that hold them up, cause radar interference that can make it hard to identify and locate security threats.”
“Wind turbines are generally designed to last 20 to 25 years, but with proper maintenance, they can often operate commercially for longer, sometimes exceeding 30 years, though costs increase and newer, more efficient models often lead to replacement (repowering) earlier. ”
“Solar panels typically last 25 to 30 years, but they don’t suddenly stop working; instead, their efficiency slowly degrades by about 0.5-1% per year, meaning they still produce usable power long after the warranty period (usually 25 years) expires, often maintaining 80% or more of their original output.”
“Miliband buys electric car after pressure from Susanna Reid ‘If you’d like to take credit’
ED MILIBAND has revealed he bought an electric car after being grilled by ITV’s Susanna Reid for not owning one despite pushing for environmental changes.”
G, you have misspelt Milibrain, it should have a letter ‘n’ after the first ‘i’.
Not mentioned by our BBC –
Global cooling today:
At the part of the planet where 99.9% of people live (between latitude 60°N and 60°S), the average surface temperature is 0.2-0.5°C cooler than the 1991-2020 average.
Not mentioned by our BBC –
Blaming all men for the bad actions of a few is normalised, even encouraged.
But if you do that with any other identity group, there would be outrage.
“Nominated in the best foreign language film category at the recent Golden Globe Awards, it stars an ensemble cast of actors of Palestinian origin”
Palestinian origin – no trans gay actors of colour?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clygr0ym00po
Can’t find Davos protestors on BBC …
DAVOS – we need open borders and cheap labour and migrants to provide babies whilst the locals eat bugs and keep warm under Chinese solar panels to solve our problems!
Did the protestors fly there or walk? HA HA HA!
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2010 … when people hated DAVOS, not it’s respectable as BBC do not report protests… HA HA AH A
“Police have used water cannon against a crowd of around 100 protesters in Davos where the World Economic Forum is taking place.
Demonstrators tried to bring down a fence surrounding the venue hosting the meeting and threw snowballs at riot police.
The protest was organised by anti-capitalist groups, the local Green Party and socialist movement.”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/davos/8489533.stm
Curious how the BBC has changed tack and is now labelling those who oppose globalisation and billionaires buying up the world as not only Far-Right but anti-Semitic as…er…so many of the rich are, em, Jews…like Soros whom the BBC loves.
Er…isn’t that a classic anti-Semitic trope BBC?
‘He’s a Jewish multi-billionaire philanthropist who has given away $32bn. Why does the hard right from America to Australia and from Hungary to Honduras believe George Soros is at the heart of a global conspiracy, asks the BBC’s Mike Rudin.’
It’s probably because he is at the heart of a global conspiracy as he buys up democracy and destroys economies…including our own.
‘George Soros and Black Wednesday: How He Broke the Bank of England’
Just love that ‘given away $32bn’…no…he has directed money at people and causes that suit his own political and social agenda…if anyone else had spent £32bn buying up democracies pretty sure the BBC would say something…but for Soros? He gets a free pass from the BBC.
They are not changed tack recently. The material quoted was published by them on 7th September 2019.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-49584157
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz9v4k371w9o
Christchurch c of e school, who picks the pictures
Child in Hijab is not reading the ONE BOOK that has ALL THE ANSWERS whilst in a CHRISTIAN SCHOOL .. this is not a good look.
“School offers free (UNLESS YOU PAY TAXES) breakfast over hunger concerns” BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz9v4k371w9o
Notice the unverified claims used in the article:
‘The initiative is part of a wider national campaign informed by research into classroom hunger, which found that almost one in three supply teachers regularly saw children arriving at school hungry.’
Which national campaign?
Informed by which research?
Why does it reference supply teachers? How many of them were questioned? What methodology was used? What does the term ‘regularly’ mean – daily? weekly? monthly? What do the permanent teaching staff say on the matter?
In the absence of such information, this article comes across not as news but simply as a publicity puff for activists.
“…sixteen and a half thousand people in County Durham in receipt of food parcels. To the nurses, to the junior doctors, to the firefighters…” @3:27 {Laura Pidcock | Maiden Speech | jul2017}
A nice clear speech, but Linda Pidcock can you clarify …
– do you mean 16.5K people need food parcels or do you mean 16.5K food parcels are used? Two very different things.
– is 16.5K parcels just for the nurses, doctors and firefighters or for people in other circumstances, you focus on these professions because more of them use food banks?
– do you have a breakdown of the people collecting food parcels with a link?
– Population of County Durham (50K @ 2011) and a food parcel being usable for one day means parcels feed 0.09% of County Durham?
– if 16.5K people are using food parcels all the time, then 16.5/50 then 33% of County Durham are struggling to be feed – this statistic would be very scary indeed and a better one to use if correct?
*statistics can be so confusing*
“Work together to make the pie bigger…. Unfairness continues to grow. According to UN report 2/3 sustainable goals won’t be met. Making the pie bigger together is more important than fighting for the pie (Belt and Roads buying all natural resources) and solving problems together is more effective than blaming each each other. (steal IP and invading Taiwan is just accessing the PIE)” – He Lifeng, WEF Davos 2026, Chinese Vice Premier
FULL SPEECH: Chinese Vice Premier Declares China’s $140 Trillion Economy Open to the World | AQ1B
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China has dismissed reports it bugged the African Union (AU) headquarters as “preposterous”.
Kuang Weilin, the Chinese ambassador to the AU, told reporters in Ethiopia the “absurd” claim in France’s Le Monde was “very difficult to understand”.
He spoke out three days after the newspaper published an article claiming data from the Chinese-built AU building was being copied to Shanghai.
The article said the discovery resulted in all the AU servers being switched
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42861276
Officials also brought in security experts from Algeria to sweep the entire headquarters for potential bugs, the newspaper said, leading to the discovery of microphones in desks.
Slightly interesting
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2g30wwmnno
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A couple of Pakistanis and a Romanian mentioned, diversity rules ok.
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Cheating cases during practical and theory driving tests rose by nearly 50 per cent last year in England, Scotland and Wales, new figures show.
The cheating methods varied, according to freedom of information data from the Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), with more than 1,100 cases involving the use of Bluetooth headsets.
Overall, nearly 100 offenders were prosecuted for trying to cheat themselves or for impersonating driving test candidates.
Industry leaders blamed the increase on the nationwide shortage of tests and drivers’ desperation to pass, while the DVSA blamed a general rise in cheating and improved detection.
A Press Association News Agency freedom information request revealed 2,844 attempts to cheat during driving tests in the year to September 2025, 47% higher than the previous year.
Of those, more than a third (1,113) involved the use of technology, such as an earpiece connected via Bluetooth to a concealed phone, to try to cheat at a theory test.
Meanwhile people attempted 1,084 times to try to take theory tests while impersonating the registered candidate.
And in 647 incidents, people pretended to be the registered candidate for a practical test.
Dr Rasha Kassem, leader of the Fraud Research Group at Aston University, warned of the dangers of people passing tests illegally without actually knowing how to drive.
“It means that there will be more accidents, collisions, insurance issues as well, damage to the car, and damage to human beings, injuries, and in some cases, death,” she said.
“There has to be public awareness, because this is a serious crime, from my perspective, and also in the eyes of the law. It is fraud.”
Impersonators, and those who use them, face punishments ranging from driving bans to prison sentences. They can also be ordered to carry out unpaid work or made to pay court costs.
Ninety-six people were prosecuted for attempting to cheat on driving tests or impersonate candidates in the 12 months to September last year.
Steps taken to try and prevent fraud including matching a practical test candidate’s face with their photo ID, as well as asking theory candidates to roll up their sleeves and show their pockets are empty.
Examples of people prosecuted last year, reported by the Press Association News Agency, include 23-year-old Qounain Khan, who was handed an eight-month prison sentence in June 2025 after pleading guilty to impersonating learners at theory test centres 12 times.
The court heard impersonators could be paid up to £2,000 for passing a test.
Sorina-Ana Turcitu, 42, admitted attempting to take a practical driving test on behalf of someone else. She was sentenced to 12 weeks’ imprisonment suspended for 18 months in September 2025.
And Ali Rasul, 22, was handed a two-year prison sentence in November 2025 after being caught repeatedly trying to cheat the theory test over an eight-month period either by using a hidden earpiece or an impersonator.
UK is now a third world corrupt society – progressives are happy as diversity means we can all cheat!
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“Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has grounded 150 pilots over claims they may not hold a valid licence.
Pakistan’s aviation minister told parliament on Wednesday that a large number of commercial pilots hold fake licences or cheated in exams.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-53182750
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Rogues of the road: Birmingham and Bradford dominate list of the 10 worst places in Britain for accidents involving uninsured drivers
More 80 per cent of insurance claimants who reported a collision caused by an uninsured driver from Bradford West sustained an injury and nearly a third of these incidents involved male uninsured drivers under the age of 22.
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BRADFORD CITY OF UK CULTURE (and future culture) 2025.
“Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has grounded 150 pilots over claims they may not hold a valid licence.
Lol….don’t need them to fly into skyscrapers.
You’ve got to laugh at the (unverified, no sources provided) statement ‘Industry leaders blamed the increase on the nationwide shortage of tests and drivers’ desperation to pass, while the DVSA blamed a general rise in cheating and improved detection.’
Well, could be a factor. But one cannot help notice the, er, names of those who’ve been prosecuted. Bit short of the traditional Tom’s, Dick’s and Harry’s.
Excellent news
Inflation up to 3.4% – way above the forecasts and making the target April 2% look like never never land . Meanwhile the Bank of England will be dreaming of cutting interest rates again desperately trying to fire up a dying economy – murdered by Rachel from accounts …
From my extremely limited access to the BBC the derangement is extreme – particularly as President Trump has had to use a second AF1to get to Davos …..
And will TTK turn up there ? You bet ….
Free breakfast clubs will not be impacted by 3.4% inflation – maybe provide free breakfast for the parents?
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“It is a way to take people’s wealth from them without having to openly raise taxes. Inflation is the most universal tax of all.”
https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/thomas_sowell_557579
Did the Donald have to dump fuel like Annalena Baerbock did?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-14/german-foreign-minister-baerbock-s-plane-stranded-in-uae-en-route-to-australia
Comment “A fake astronaut and a fake human walk into a bar….”
Ezra Levant Pummels Justin Trudeau with Questions at World Economic Forum Rebel News
Comment “What the hell is Justin doing there? He’s not in office. And Katy Perry with him…. It’s a big club. And you ain’t in it.”
How often do we hear the lefties using the “If it saves one child’s life it’s worth it” when they are trying to bring in new laws and restrictions or start up free breakfasts and other goodies.
With all the starving waifs walking barefoot for miles to get their bowl of gruel and if their mother brings them in, an exchange of her pyjamas for the trek back home, it sounds like it makes a good case for free stuff to save the dying children.
20mph speed limits to save children’s lives (not revenue raisers) so effective they are everywhere, even with no schools or children anywhere near (just in case)
With all this care and sympathy going out to save (even one) child(ren) how is it that hundreds of thousands of these same (starving ragged) children who are (still) being raped, tortured, abused, drugged and used by the likes of doctors, engineers and Northern Ireland Protocol Experts, are not being noticed.
Is there not enough (“if it saves one ((hundred thousand)))”
It’s like Iran.
The lefties are very selective in who they get their little flags out for.
I wonder, if, instead of being mainly white little girls being abused it was another group. (Have a guess)
Do you think there would be any reaction from THEIR parents and the lefties. I think we all know the answer to that.
So then, the next time the lefties try the “if it saves one child’s life” argument let’s have someone coming back with “what about the hundreds of thousands of children’s lives you ignore”
Is it PMQ Day ? Crewkerne will be at the ready …
So come on ? How many references to reform / Farage / Clacton / Davos / Tory defections / … breakfast clubs / dont mention upward inflation / – key words – country first – shameful – broken Britain – Davey ranting over president trump as usual – more invaders – cancelled elections – increasing unemployment – failing economy – there you go no need to waste 35 minutes of your day …
Davos or Westminster? Davos, because it is less constrained (by the voters). It’s not right to say only women can have cervix. Far right thuggery. We worked tirelessly for Alaa Abd el-Fattah. We are sorry we did not check his “British people are monkeys” post. 31 months for a tweet about illegal migrants so shut your mouths. 1 in , 1 out ,then 1 back in again so making it 2 in. Ukraine borders are worth defending, UK borders are racist. Vote for Change, not necessarily good change. Ukrainain arsonists will be ignored. Afghans from intolerant Afghan will be ignored with a super injunction. But Chinese solar and build them a new embassy house in London. Sell Chagos for one dorrah.
https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/39278b73-1b69-46eb-b789-a877218b7efc
Starmer calls other “spineless”. What planet is he on. Hope Kemi batters him, again.
Chagos, anyone.
I think one of the main reasons the conservatives are getting better polling numbers is because Kemi has the easy job of telling off TTK every week on pmq’s making her sound good.
When Nigel cannot speak but all the others keep slagging him off it’s bound to have some kind of negative effect.
If Nigel had this opportunity of taking on TTK every week he’d make mincemeat out of him.
She wasn’t that good today – Keith was gibbering at full belt all the time, saying nothing as usual, but the Chagos Islands failures got sidelined amongst mohammedspeak intensity….
Time for another Reform candidate from the red tories.
Welfare spending 0.7 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.8 3.0
Debt interest spending -5.7 -12.8 -7.6 -1.9 -8.9 -8.0
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spring-budget-2023/spring-budget-2023-html
^^ No halal slaughter mentioned
Nancy Pelosi’s heir?
The eyes, the eyes, it’s always the eyes! The maniacal stare…
BBC to make shows for YouTube in new landmark deal
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0q4521pg28o
I like YouTube, but still wont make me like the bbc
“The BBC has announced a landmark deal with YouTube, which will see the corporation make content that is tailor made for the video streaming service. The broadcaster has previously used YouTube, which is owned by Google, to promote clips and trailers for its own shows in the UK. But the new move will see the BBC make content primarily aimed at YouTube’s digital-native younger audience, although it may also be made available on the BBC’s iPlayer and Sounds platforms. The new programmes will feature adverts when viewed from outside of the UK, generating extra funds for the corporation at a time when its future funding model is being debated.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0q4521pg28o
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The BBC faces significant criticism for a major gender disparity in TV licence fee prosecutions, with around 75% of those convicted being women, a situation attributed to societal factors like women being more likely to be home and managing household finances, as detailed in BBC and Leigh Day reports.
Youtube Minus BBC
From Google AI;
“You can eliminate unwanted YouTube channels from suggestions and searches using built-in features like “Don’t recommend channel,” managing your activity, using search filters, or installing browser extensions for more robust blocking, although there isn’t a single “block all” button for all search results. The primary methods involve using the three-dot menu on videos for personalized feedback or adding -channelname to your search query for desktop user”
Removing BBC from YouTube is a non-crime hate crime.
Please keep paying Gary Lineker’s pension.
The Mad Marxist Monk is once again reaching under the cushions to find billions upon billions to splash on his green nightmare….apparently it’s one of those budget anomalies where if it’s in a separate budget it doesn’t count as spending on the main budget and so he can just spurge and splurge and splurge signing cheques with abandon and without any recourse to Parliament, the Treasury or indeed anyone who could hold him accountable.
Just where does the money come from? Good question…thought I might hear it on Today as Nick Robinson investigated, lol, the latest MMM generosity….of course he needed an expert on nut zero and so wheeled in the BBC’s very own green fanatic Justin Rowlatt….who pronounced all was good and that the green industry all loved this new ‘investment’…lol…as they might…but somehow in all the backslapping excitement Robinson forgot to ask where the money was coming from. Odd huh?
But apparently some questions do need answering….or rather some critical claims need debunking…such as the true cost of nut zero….a gross amount of £7.6 trillion…or maybe even more….allegedly….or not as the BBC’s ‘More or Less’ insists…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002q2lw
The Institute for Economic Affairs has crunched some nut zero figures and is claiming that the true cost of NZism will be £7.6 bn as a gross figure…
‘The cost of net zero is highly likely to be above the 2020 estimate of roughly £3 trillion from the National Electricity System Operator (NESO), and could even be above this year’s attempt, which calculated gross cash costs of £7.6 trillion or over £9 trillion including the carbon costs of emissions.
If we are to have a serious debate about net zero, the various public bodies need to be more transparent and frankly more honest, both about the upfront costs and their assumptions about the operational savings that net zero will bring.’
The BBC begged to differ and claimed that the reports author ‘accepted’ that he was wrong…er..except, as the interview immediately showed, he didn’t. He said that yes, taking out certain criteria and you would get a smaller figure but as a whole, in the round, the bigger figure was the true cost.
Classic BBC…do an interview and summarise it…and present your own conclusion as fact…so very Nick Robinson as he rapidly closes an interview……’So what you are saying……’….when of course they said and meant no such thing.
Why is the BBC so desperate to shut down any and all doubts about NZism and climate change dystopia?
Here’s a classic headline from a few days ago as the BBC has to admit a drop in temperature but then insists you’re all going to burn…
‘Global temperatures dipped in 2025 but more heat records on way, scientists warn’
And isn’t warm weather better? It will mean we don’t have to burn fuel to heat our homes….
‘A very cold start to 2025 and the growing power demands of data centres and cryptocurrencies saw US emissions of planet-warming gases rise for the first time in three years, a new analysis shows.
Last year homes burned more gas for heating while the use of coal surged by 13% to meet rising electricity demands, the data finds.’
The BBC lying by omission and sleight of hand…just why do they love China so much?
‘The rising demand for power combined with the higher cost of gas was behind the 13% surge in US coal use last year.
That was in marked contrast to both India and China, where coal use for electricity dropped 3% and 1.6% respectively as both countries added record amounts of wind and solar energy, according to an analysis, external for the website, Carbon Brief.’
Hmmm….the proportion of energy generated by coal has certainly dropped…but of course that doesn’t mean coal use has dropped…energy use has gone up and renewables has taken up the extra demand but coal is still there as strong as ever…along with gas…
‘Coal production in China hit an all-time high last year….Natural gas production also hit an all-time high as it continued an upward curve spanning three decades, and crude oil production also surged..
China is still building new coal-powered generation capacity as well. The country is set to commission as many as 85 coal-fired power generating units this year, out of a total global of 104 coal projects slated for start-up in 2026, according to data by non-profit Global Energy Monitor, out earlier this month.
Of all the 63 GW of coal-fired power generation expected to begin commercial operations globally this year, 55 GW will be in China, the GEM data showed.’
No need for the last person to leave Britain to turn off the lights….the Mad Monk will have done that for you.
Send Greta to China to lecture them and demand they use renewables (made from coal and plastic).
‘Coal Continues to Lead China’s Record Levels of Power Generation’
https://www.powermag.com/coal-continues-to-lead-chinas-record-levels-of-power-generation/
You can see from the graphs that fossil fuels still account for at least the same generating capacity as ever if not increasing and is predicted to carry on until at least 2040…..what the BBC misses out is that electricity generation overall has increased massively in China and thus percentages of how that is generated change but that is deceptive…..China is still pumping out as much CO2 as ever.
I wonder if the reason Lyndsay Hoyle has said the elections should not be cancelled is because it’s dawning on him that Reform are the likely next government.
We’ll see if he starts letting Reform MPs speak in Parliament.
EG – well he let genrick ask a question in PMQs but it was a straight bat type issue and not one for thr commons circus
Enjoy the fun…
12:00:26
Prime Minister’s Question Time: Prime Minister
House of Commons
Wednesday 21 January 2026 Meeting started at 11.33am
https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/bc5a914f-0d70-454f-8dfd-1fe0b254283e?in=12:00:19
https://memory-holed-news.blogspot.com/2023/05/covid-on-moon.html
“I will not yield. Britain will not yield.” Keir Starmer
https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/bc5a914f-0d70-454f-8dfd-1fe0b254283e?in=12:05:26
“(NHS) Waiting lists are down by almost a quarter under Labour and still going down. 28 thousand people no longer waiting for ESSENTIAL (gender FGM) treatment.”
Laurence Turner MP (Birmingham Northfield, Labour)
https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/bc5a914f-0d70-454f-8dfd-1fe0b254283e?in=12:14:00
“The hospitals where waiting times are getting worse. Is yours one of them?” BBC 20 January 2026
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgjk89n2nyo
Each service has its own target. Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust is required to have at least 72.8% of patients waiting no longer than 18 weeks by March 2026.
According to the latest data, it’s at 70%, up from 67.8% in November 2024.
Each service has its own target. University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust is required to have at least 60% of patients waiting no longer than 18 weeks by March 2026.
According to the latest data, it’s at 61.4%, up from 51.7% in November 2024.
Ed Miliband is about to speak from his warm room to say you will get £150 off your bills – but inflation will wipe it all out!
Wednesday 21 January 2026 Meeting started at 11.33am
https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/bc5a914f-0d70-454f-8dfd-1fe0b254283e?in=12:41:30
12:41:28 Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP, The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Doncaster North, Labour)
** requires new Quango – “uk “warm homes ministry””
Send Beaker to Greenland (without any fossil fuel)
Buy an electric car, then get the power switched off by a gurning manic idiot in Mohammed Street.
Very labour.
oh, I’d love to see Beaker in an EV in Greenland – yes, I would
Being a mild political anorak ( north face ©️) im trying to recall the last time there was a really serious rift between a US President and UK PM .
Im guessing it was Wilson wisely refusing to send British troops to Vietnam…. Which I understand cost the country dear – economically ….
But at least we are seeing that there is no good relationship between President Trump and the Marxist Starmer …. And I guess we will suffer more than anything TTK does to the US .
That royal visit is looking more shaky – thankfully – and I really hope the Europeans pull out of the world cup ….
My guess about the complexion of the PMQs was all wrong – not a mention of breakfast clubs or even U turns …..
Or mention whether TTK will go to see his mates in Davos ..
Prince Charles appears to fall asleep during republic ceremony in Barbados
The 73-year-old was caught on camera closing his eyes as his head began to droop.
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“”It was impressive to see the efforts that China is making to lessen pollution by reducing fossil fuels,” he said. “China’s digital technology, clean mining technologies and smart high-tech agriculture are amazing — that’s what developing countries need to learn from China.”
He underscored the importance of developing countries learning from China’s innovative approaches in these areas.”
“China also provided laptops and tablet computers to school students and starting to rebuild the Barbados national stadium, which was built in the 1970s and has not been functioning over the last decade,”
Out with one coloniser and slave owners and in with the next.
Is the NHS waiting times for abortions coming down?
“While almost all abortions in England and Wales are NHS-funded (around 98%), most are performed in the independent sector (around 81% in 2023) under NHS contract, with only a smaller portion (around 17%) occurring in NHS hospitals, reflecting a long-term trend of shifting service provision away from direct NHS facilities. ”
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/abortion-statistics-for-england-and-wales-2022/abortion-statistics-england-and-wales-2022
Abortion statistics, England and Wales: 2022
IMAGE https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/664b655cf34f9b5a56adcad6/Abortion-statistics-2022-Figure-9-2.svg
Ethnicity was recorded on 91% of the forms received for 2022 (see table 3a(vi)), as in 2021 (91%). Where ethnicity was recorded, 77% of those having abortions reported their ethnicity as ‘white’, 9% as ‘Asian’, 8% as ‘black’, 5% as ‘mixed’ and less than 1% as ‘other’.
Abortion race gap needs closing?
Somebody on GB News suggested that TTK is reacting to being called ‘never here Kier’ by staying in the UK instead of going to Davos.
This is the man who prefers Davos to the UK.
I reckon the real reason is because he doesn’t want to bump into Trump and that Trump also wouldn’t arrange a meeting between them.
He’s scared of being humiliated by Trump. That’s why he’s staying away from his favourite place.
President Trump Delivers a Special Address to the World Economic Forum
The White House
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For reference ….
Davos 2016 – Remarks by Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States
World Economic Forum
EG – i think that assessment is right – TTK must be gagging to get with his mates – but cannot chance a kicking from the Donald .
Watching his speech live – his justification for Greenland is pretty compelling – but he wont get his way – and he said ‘ we will remember ‘ and he has a good few years to get his revenge .,,,
Spot on EG…
The man’s a blatant coward, but as lawyers go, very much in the same mould, except more clueless!
Wayback when Britain was Great there was a man they called ‘Chinese Gordon’…better known perhaps today as ‘Gordon of Khartoum’. Chinese Gordon was so-called because of a brilliant military campaign that defeated, against great odds, a savage rebel army in China that inflicted great suffering upon the population. He liberated those people and was thence celebrated.
He went on later in Sudan to try and end the slavery that existed there and in the end died defending to the death Khartoum against an insurgent Islamist army.
And then there’s Chinese Keir who surrenders everything to a beligerent China without a fight and submits to the Islamist ‘warlords’ at home.
All backed by his reliably tame pet media mouthpiece.
We need more China in the UK, not less ….
“Hong Kong protester dragged into Manchester Chinese consulate grounds and beaten up” BBC Published 17 October 2022
“Rishi Sunak u-turns on proposed ban on Chinese institutes”
Published 17 May 2023
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65624287
Rishi Sunak has backtracked on a pledge to shut down 30 Chinese state-sponsored Confucius Institutes across the UK.
Jeremy Hunt’s wife presents show on China’s state-run TV ‘that whitewashes Communist Party’s human rights abuse’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10344359/Jeremy-Hunts-wife-presents-Chinas-state-run-TV-whitewashes-Communist-Partys-abuse.html
It is made by the state-owned China International TV Corporation and British-based Dove Media, in partnership with the Communist regime’s tourist office in London.
Damn right! Give his own countrymen a chance to directly humiliate him instead, it’s the absolute minimum he deserves.
“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears, it was their final most essential command.’’ George Orwell, 1984
“More about the ‘health advocates’ in Wales and their use as subliminal propaganda” History Debunked
Some healthy suntans there…who knew Wales was such a sunny little paradise.
Not quite the Male Voice Choir there…
President Donald Trump says that mass migration is a political weapon. He tells supporters to read the new book by Peter Schweizer, “The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon.”:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Invisible-Coup-American-Foreign-Immigration/dp/0063422506
BBC have this to say about AOC.
“Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: ‘Congresswomen can dance too’ – BBC News”
At least it shows she has (or had) a human side, unlike the other puppets and robots.
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jYvQCwU0xgc/maxresdefault.jpg
100% true…whatever the BBC says about the Great Reset and the Great Replacement….the BBC, the mouthpiece of that so-called elite, that gaslights us all.
Putin told us, Gaddafi told us, Islamist ‘community leaders’ told us what they intend…..invasion, conquest and colonisation…and all without a single shot being fired….well maybe a couple of bombs and beheadings to put our craven cowardly leaders in the right frame of mind to submit….as they have done.
Just a misunderstanding…..
A Dutch film-maker who received death threats after attacking imams as woman haters was stabbed and shot dead in Amsterdam today.
Tue 2 Nov 2004 16.43 GMT
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/02/filmnews.islam
@Nigel_Farage
I’m here in Davos to put the global elites on notice. We will not live by their agenda. Change is coming to Britain. 🇬🇧”
https://x.com/Nigel_Farage/status/2013986770178679005
Change is coming to Britain
Change is coming to Britain
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Keir Starmer speech – ‘Change: Be part of it’
Jun 29, 2024
https://labour.org.uk/updates/press-releases/keir-starmer-speech-change-be-part-of-it/
“Country first, Party second. ”
“If you want to stop the chaos, you have to vote for it.
If you want to tun the page, you have to vote for it.
If you want to start the work of national renewal.
Rebuild our country and return politics to public service, then on 4th July you have to vote for it.
If you do vote Labour on Thursday, we can promise that the work of change will begin immediately.
We will make our country better off, with a mission to create wealth in every community.”
…………….. Guardian love Farage at Davos ……….
Only one other attender has seemingly brought praise from the Reform leader for attending Davos, based on a January 2012 tweet: “Congratulations to Prince Andrew for his comments at the reception he hosted in Davos. Supporting Britain!”
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/18/nigel-farage-to-attend-davos
“The Dutch authorities have released the man who murdered the flamboyant anti-immigration politician Pim Fortuyn in 2002, now that he has served two-thirds of his jail sentence.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27261291
two-thirds of his jail sentence
two-thirds of his jail sentence
“Fortuyn was an openly gay sociology professor who scorned Islam as a “backward culture”. “
Families to save in biggest home upgrade plan in British history
Government launches ‘Warm Homes Plan’ to upgrade the nation’s homes, help families cut their energy bills, and tackle fuel poverty.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/families-to-save-in-biggest-home-upgrade-plan-in-british-history
From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, The Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC MP and The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP
Published 20 January 2026
Adam Scorer, Chief Executive at National Energy Action, said:
Charlie Nunn, CEO of Lloyds Banking Group, said:
Kate Bell, Assistant General Secretary of the TUC, and co-chair of the Warm Homes Taskforce, said:
Kirsty Britz, Head of Group Sustainability at NatWest Group, said:
Ben Twomey, Chief Executive of Generation Rent, said:
Greg Jackson, Founder of Octopus Energy, said:
Chris O’Shea, CEO of Centrica, said:
Chris Norbury, Chief Executive of E.ON said:
Dhara Vyas, Chief Executive of Energy UK, said:
Tania Kumar, Energy Transition Director, CBI, said:
Ben Martin, Policy Manager at the British Chambers of Commerce, said:
Ben Beadle, Chief Executive of the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA), said:
David Postings, CEO of UK Finance said:
Nick Davies, Head of Climate Policy at Green Alliance, said:
Madeleine Gabriel, Director of Sustainable Future at Nesta, said:
Ed Matthew, UK Programme Director for the independent climate change think tank E3G, said:
Mike Thornton, Chief Executive of Energy Saving Trust said:
Jonathan Brearley, Chief Executive Officer of Ofgem said:
Jambu Palaniappan, CEO of Checkatrade, said:
Angus McCarey, CEO of Uswitch, said:
Sara Edmonds, Co-Director of the National Retrofit Hub, said:
Charlotte Lee, Chief Executive of the Heat Pump Association UK, said:
Gemma Grimes, Director of Policy and Delivery at Solar Energy UK, said:
Garry Felgate, CEO of The MCS Foundation, said:
Rhian-Mari Thomas, Chief Executive Officer of the Green Finance Institute, said:
Fiona Hyde, Head of Sustainability of Santander UK, said:
Simon McWhirter, CEO of the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC), said:
Charlie Mercer, Policy Director at Startup Coalition, said:
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Rhian-Mari Thomas, Chief Executive Officer of the Green Finance Institute, said:
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Trump criticised Starmer for paying £35 billion to Mauritius to take over the British Indian Ocean Territory, calling the move an “act of total weakness”. Trump said that the “United Kingdom, is currently planning to give away the Island of Diego Garcia, the site of a vital U.S. Military Base, to Mauritius, and to do so FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER. There is no doubt that China and Russia have noticed this act of total weakness. These are International Powers who only recognize STRENGTH,” adding that “The UK giving away extremely important land is an act of GREAT STUPIDITY”: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115926047595803521
Starmers upper-class Communist authoritarian regime responded to Trump by giving permission to Communist China to build a massive new “super-embassy” in London. Starmer also threatens to ban children from social media for posting rude pictures, including a picture of the Prime Minister an a bikini.
Some might be upset by the news that prudence leith is to leave ‘bake off ‘ … apparently a BBC programme ….. can’t say I’ve ever met a prudence …apart from the Beatles tune …
Beeboids are now clattering around their bargain basement to chuck all their old dross on YouTube, so this is a cert!
‘Baking’ is a skilled and minority quality of life, I can’t do it at all well, as most people will know, after the emergency dentist appointments, but some gals and guys are experts…
(I’m just posting this as a couple of names here might just pop a coffee-creme cake in the post at some stage…)!
Fed, You maybe too young to remember Prudence Potts the pan inspector.
Perhaps Brissels may recall?
“Barry Gardiner MP vindicated by pay out in libel settlement for Chinese spy claim
Barry Gardiner MP has received a pay out in settlement of his libel claim against News UK and Jeremy Kyle.
Mr Gardiner MP was represented by Martin Howe of Howe & Co and Mark Henderson of Doughty Street Chambers.
The claim related to a false statement by broadcaster Jeremy Kyle on his TalkRADIO show that Mr Gardiner had employed a Chinese spy in his office.
TalkRADIO broadcasted an on air retraction and apology by Jeremy Kyle, and the claim has now been resolved with a financial settlement, including a payment towards Mr Gardiner’s legal costs. Mr Gardiner is using the settlement to make a donation to London Community Kitchen who operate a foodbank in Brent and Harrow.”
https://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/barry-gardiner-mp-vindicated-pay-out-libel-settlement-chinese-spy-claim
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In his letter to MPs, Sir Lindsay said both profiles were being used “to conduct outreach at scale” on behalf of the Chinese MSS.
He said Chinese state actors were “relentless” in trying to “interfere with our processes and influence activity at Parliament”.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gpnz05kr8o
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Not mentioned by our BBC –
We’re not fracking, not mining and giving away our oil. Thank goodness there’s not an energy crisis….
We have 52 genders plus unlimited rainbow flags! Inshallah!
Dover, (I hope you really do live around there), is Snowdown the Leisure Centre it promised to be when the Kent Coalfields ruled supreme, and were then closed by Labour)?
They were buggers at Rugby, and it always rained at their matches, but we always enjoyed their evenings immensely…
@Scroblene
My Sentry duties leave me with no choice but to guard my rocky outposts on the cliffs of Dover 24/7. Kind folk occasionally bring me tea and a wad from the cafe next to the car park.
That is the mental Image I have always had of you, DS, since I joined this site nearly ten years ago It has been sort of comforting.
There was a recent period when I didn’t see your posts for a while was a little worried as I recalled the story of what will happen when all the apes disappear from Gibraltar. So, stay alert and make sure you’ve got a good warm scarf.
Macron left Davos before President Trump arrived – TTK Never went . The macron idea of a big summit in Paris went down the toilet .
President trumps plea for Greenland after keeping Europe safe since 1945 is pretty powerful – but Europeans lack the grace or gratitude ….
just like
David Lammy “Me going into Parliament” (with shot gun under coat)
https://x.com/DavidLammy/status/990904159007330305?lang=en