Midweek 1st April 2026

Happy April Fools – when the TV licence goes up to £180 a year …. Still paying ? More fool you – but if you are on benefits – they go up 6% …..

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  1. MarkyMark says:

    James O’Brien says the UK is still a super soft non-hate power and we must have open borders for all of the middle east ** not in his house. Also likes Brexit being canned and joining the EU. UK is now weather dependent – which is a good think according to James. 10/10 from James. James also likes influences who sell fat jabs.

    “James O’Brien gives verdict on Starmer’s address to the nation | LBC ”

    Comment “Is this the turning point where they stop trying to pander to reformers?”

    Comment “My parents have been totally changed by the Daily Mail over the years. I can no longer even reach them politically.”

    Comment “Just need to stop US from using UK land to fly bombs to the illegal war.”

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  2. Lucy Pevensey says:

    To my Jewish compatriots who post or read here,
    I am praying that you have a peaceful Passover despite this present time of trouble.

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    • Up2snuff says:

      Greetings to Lucy and any who celebrate Pessach. A thought, it will not be long before Hahmessiach Jeshua is revealed. 🙂

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      • Fedup2 says:

        And there’s me about to go through the Easter Tridium ..,

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        • Up2snuff says:

          Fed, what is the Tridium?

          I tried a search and all I got was an American company!

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          • Bullstrode says:

            Try searching for Triduum instead. I’m surprised you didn’t know that.

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            • Fedup2 says:

              Bullstrode

              Thank you for the correction – shows the sort of school i went to ( RC of course ) ….but I was pretty lapsed by the end …always good at RE though …

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            • Up2snuff says:

              Bullstrode, I am firmly in the non-conformist wing of the church. 😉 I am not in the RC church, although I respect Fed, who is. 🙂 I should have realised Fed’s dodgy spelling or typing might play a part 😉 in all of this.

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              • Fedup2 says:

                Up2 – I used to think the use of words like ‘Tridium ‘( whatever ) tends to alienate people – why not stick to English ? But now I think – ‘it is what it is ‘( 2nd time I’ve used that today – ugh ).

                I felt the same when studying law and there are those non English phrases and words which lawyers use to exclude decent people and thus make money – lawyers – of course – being indecent – amoral – see TTK – Blair and the rest ….

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                • Scroblene says:

                  You could have been a judge, Fed, but you didn’t have the Latin…

                  I had to Google the spelling, (thought it might be Tridiem), and the result – which I thought was a gerundive, was that Triduum is a second-declension neuter noun, translating to ‘three days’!

                  As it’s Easter, as a special treat for everyone, here’s an useen snippet from an un-published Blackadder script – writer’s name expunged/redacted…

                  “Oh, come on, we’ve got to go and push a mountain of cold boiled offal around an enamel plate with the others at ‘Vespers Pabulum’. Hopefully it will have all gone, and we can then ask Mrs Miggins if we can have some baked beans, at least they produce some sort of result! (pauses) I just wish that sometimes, we didn’t have to use Latin tags to describe every bloody thing we do here!

                  Crispin Carstairs: -“Well we don’t give beating a Latin tag”!

                  Edmund Blackadder: -”Oh yes we do, it’s Wacko, Wackere, Waili, Sorebum”!

                  Crispin Carstairs: -“I say, that’s a bit irregular isn’t it”?

                  Edmund Blackadder: -”Not when it’s administered by me it isn’t”!

                  (All royalties to Stuff for Plays an’ other stuff, INC, Scrobs Turrets, Scrobsville, Kent.)

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    • Deborah says:

      Thanks. Jewish women (or men if there are no females around), have to clean the whole house to ensure not a biscuit crumb anywhere. Then out comes the matzah and crumbs everywhere.

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  3. MarkyMark says:

    Apr. 1, 2026 at 12:54pm “Several medium-range (MR) tankers have departed from the New York area and are sailing across the Atlantic Ocean to the United Kingdom, as the country faces a dwindling supply of jet fuel. This unusual movement of vessels is an attempt to alleviate the shortages, which have arisen as the last shipment from the Middle East nears the English coast.

    Why it matters
    The UK’s jet fuel supply crunch is a symptom of broader global energy market disruptions, with potential impacts on air travel, logistics, and the broader economy. The rare transatlantic voyages highlight the lengths suppliers must go to in order to meet demand, underscoring the fragility of energy supply chains.

    The details
    The MR tankers, which typically carry between 25,000 and 50,000 metric tons of cargo, are making the journey from New York to the UK in an effort to supplement the dwindling jet fuel supplies. This unusual movement of vessels across the Atlantic is a direct response to the impending arrival of the final shipment from the Middle East, which industry analysts say will not be enough to meet the UK’s current needs.

    The MR tankers departed from the New York area in late March 2026.
    The final jet fuel shipment from the Middle East is expected to reach the English coast in early April 2026.”

    https://nationaltoday.com/us/ny/new-york/news/2026/04/01/us-tankers-sail-to-uk-as-jet-fuel-supply-dwindles/

    ………….

    At least 25 sanctioned Russian ships pass through UK waters after boarding threat
    By Andrew Macaskill and Muvija M
    March 31, 20261:49 PM GMT+1Updated March 31, 2026

    boarding threat = NO ACTION.

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  4. vlad says:

    Is this for real?

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Shhhh … we need the fuel from whoever will give it to us…. we are in a difficult position and have no oil ourselves or refineries or steel works. Soft power!

      Trump: https://e3.365dm.com/25/11/1600×900/skynews-ahmed-al-sharaa-donald-trump_7078732.jpg?20251111013013

      …….

      “He is a cunning person; two-faced; adores himself; does not care about the religion of his soldiers; is willing to sacrifice their blood in order to make a name for himself in the media; glows when he hears his name mentioned on satellite channels.

      Abu Ali al-Anbari, describing al-Sharaa per New Lines Magazine[53]”

      ………

      Syria’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, right, meets International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan in Damascus on January 17, 2025 [SANA via AFP]
      https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/17/icc-chief-prosecutor-meets-syrias-de-facto-leader

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    • tomo says:

      yup

      and the watch costing £185,000 is apparently real as well. CT

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    • tomo says:

      Sir,
      Iran is backing the Houthis and weakened Hezbollah remnants

      Gulf states (Saudi & UAE) are against the Houthis — but fighting each other in southern Yemen!

      The new Syrian government under al-Sharaa/HTS is against the old Assad allies and Kurdish SDF.

      Israel is striking Hezbollah in Lebanon and eyeing buffers in Syria — while talking security understandings with Damascus.

      Turkey backs HTS in Syria but clashes with Kurds and eyes its own interests.

      Hamas remnants refuse to disarm in Gaza, yet Israel consolidates control there.

      Gulf states are pro-US and increasingly pragmatic with Israel — but wary of full normalization.

      Iran’s proxies (Iraqi militias, Houthis) still launch sporadic attacks despite heavy losses.

      The US is brokering talks between Israel and the new Syria — while hitting Iranian-backed groups.

      But everyone is against ISIS remnants!

      Welcome to the Middle East and have a nice day.

      K. N. Al-Sabah (updated edition)
      London, 2026

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  5. Deborah says:

    I heard that France, like Australia has introduced laws to stop under 16s access to social media. Three people have been arrested for the chaos in Croydon; a 16 year old and 2 13 year olds (or so I read somewhere). I don’t suppose for one moment those rampaging through M&S would not have access to the social media whatever the law.

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  6. vlad says:

    Andrew Lawrence nails it, as usual.

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    • Ian Rushlow says:

      No, I think Andrew Lawrence has got it badly wrong on this one. This is clearly a video from Soweto circa 1976, which has been doctored by AI in order to make it look modern to fuel the hateful rise of er, Reform, Tommy Robinson, Kemi Badenoch and er, especially that guy who actually knows what needs to be done to restore Britain.

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  7. vlad says:

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  8. Fedup2 says:

    Seems President Trump is to address the US Wednesday night . Will he mention NATO ? Will he pull the plug on the iran war ? I really hope he puts Europe in its’ place –

    As for NATO – i think as far as the US is concerned – it’s done – Putin can have the East and the Muslims can have the rest …

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  9. tomo says:

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    • Flotsam says:

      It’s obvious Smarmer has been working to destroy relations with the US. The reason? A spurious justification for rejoining the EU.

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  10. vlad says:

    There’s clearly something wrong with the CCTV cameras in Clapham as the faces of all the rioters and looters look so dark.
    No wonder the police can’t arrest anyone with such shoddy security hardware.

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  11. Lucy Pevensey says:

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  12. digg says:

    “The UK will seek closer ties with the EU in light of the Iran war” says Starmer…

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62l6w03lwzo

    We know what he is really saying….. The man is a clod trying to build his profile by sneakily smearing Trump!

    Plus making the UK look like the poor bullied kid at school!

    He makes me ashamed to be British!

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    • tomo says:

      Wednesday might see an earthquake in EU-USA relationship – the yanks put in (iirc) 10x more money to NATO than the next largest contribution (UK) and all Brussels can do is behave like a completely entitled bunch of venal twats – it’s not going to end well.

      Starmer is a poisonous berk

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    • andyjsnape says:

      Hello Digg

      Starmers mussie voters will be pleased

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  13. Scroblene says:

    Starmer had better get sucking up to President Donald Trump pretty damned quick…

    “The International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters is based in Washington, D.C., USA. The main offices are located at 700 19th Street, N.W. and 1900 Pennsylvania Ave NW, near the White House in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood.
    http://www.imf.org

    Key Details About IMF Headquarters:
    Address: 700 19th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20431, U.S.A.
    Two Buildings: The IMF operates out of two main buildings, Headquarters 1 (HQ1) and Headquarters 2 (HQ2).
    Location: Situated in the heart of Washington, D.C., within walking distance of the World Bank and the White House.
    Function: It serves as the main hub for IMF operations, including executive board meetings and staff offices”.

    Be funny if President Trump revoked his visa for being an idiot!

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  14. pugnazious says:

    If you’re under 16 you’re safe at the BBC….but it’s open season on anyone older apparently. BBC were fine with the allegation against Scott Mills if the person was over 16….but sack him when they find out it came from an under 16 year old….and it’s only an allegation….police could find no evidence.

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  15. AsISeeIt says:

    Let’s skip the obvious and seek out the quirky.

    The bullet point-laden cover page of the left-leaning Remainer-centric i paper shouts: Europe fears Putin will start a new war after Trump’s threat to quit Nato, however Your Mr AsI alights on: Salad days over? UK faces tomato and cucumber shortage (i paper)

    Don’t tell me our salad imports have to come via the Straits of Hormuz? Ah, salad… that great class divide.

    The Yookay is sadly bereft of those much desired economic green shoots and so our First Female Chancellor may now be blaming Green policies for tossing her economic salad with too little virgin oil: Reeves backs North Sea drilling as she opens rift with Miliband (Telegraph)

    And to think they called Liz Truss a lettuce. The Yanks might be sending a rocket to the moon – but the British way is to romaine calm and carry on managing our decline.

    However, globally speaking: The FT: Global companies brush aside war to chalk up record number of megadeals – side stepping the old journalistic “despite” there.

    …companies shrugged off war in the Middle East and a shakeout in the software sector… “There’s no trace of the risk-off mentality that companies took following liberation day,” when US President Donald Trump announced his tariff regime last April (FT) – Ah, those Trump tarfiffs… soon faded as an excuse like some distant memory of a light shower of Acid Rain on a hot spring globally warmed morning.

    This FT report at last succumbs to the headline writer’s neatly circumvented bear trap – that old journalistic “despite”: The uptick in dealmaking comes despite operations by the US and Israel driving oil prices over $100 a barrel…

    Starmer’s new Coms Team are at it again. In-the-tank-for Labour Daily Mirror: Exclusive: Victory for hope… This is amazing… Brave star Jesy’s joy as government backs Mirror campaign on SMA testing… offering new protection for thousands of babies… Wes Streeting has fast tracked-plans to screen over 400,000 babies in England – and there we were thinking the doctors had just gone on strike and that might be a problem for the NHS. Apparently our nationalised health service can run pretty well, fast tracking stuff, without them.

    In further national shibboleth news…

    But what about those bad people in politics – what have they got to say for themselves? Grenfell was tragic ‘but everyone dies in the end’ says Reform’s new housing chief… He argues that safety regulations should be eased to allow construction of homes (i paper)

    Victory for the Dems – on the East Wing front

    And because, apparently, we’re all super interested in planning laws, worldwide: A federal judge has ordered the US president to stop building his $400mn white-and-gold vision on the site of the White House’s razed East Wing… (FT)

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Name it Biden’s extension – then rename it afterwards …. “A federal judge has ordered the US president to stop building his $400mn white-and-gold vision on the site of the White House’s razed East Wing”

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  16. harry142857 says:

    TV watchdog accused of failing to punish the BBC when it makes mistakes
    Ofcom props up the BBC with special protections while private rivals face crippling fines, a damning report by the Adam Smith Institute has claimed.

    Regulators have propped up the BBC through protectionist rules that penalise private and commercial channels, a damning report​ published today has claimed. Ofcom has created what the Adam Smith Institute (ASI) calls a “two-tier” system which grants the national broadcaster a “regulatory cushion” leaving private competitors facing intrusive content moderation and massive financial penalties.

    Restrictive rules are undermining free speech, the ASI claim, and the institute is demanding sweeping changes to the regulator’s powers. The intervention comes as the announcement of Ofcom’s new chair is expected in early April.

    Ahead of the appointment, the ASI is calling for fines to be changed from a percentage of broadcasters’ global revenue to a fixed amount, claiming the current system deters investment. Conservative MP Sir Desmond Swayne said the report was “encouraging” and argued regulators should “be facilitating more private broadcasters […] rather than shielding the sector by prioritising failing business models, like that of the BBC”.

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  17. pugnazious says:

    Remarkable how Israel gets the blame….

    ‘Israel’s perpetual war with Iran may be hard to win with military might alone’

    Think it is Iran that is waging war against Israel with the intent of ‘wiping it off the map’….but you’d never know that from this anti-Israel tract which fails to mention Iran’s aggression….

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cql72k19rz4o

    Israel is the problem…

    ‘”It never happens because Israel is behaving like an unpredictable warmongering actor that might snatch territory,” Scheindlin said. “Israel’s attack on Iran and Lebanon, and its encroachment into Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, is creating incredible anxiety that Israel is not a good ally in their shared concern about Iran, but that it is a dangerous ally.”

    BBC just feeding the crocodile. Attacks on Jews in Britain, or indeed across the world? You know where to point the finger….to the BBC.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Hamas respond with … “Hamas tortures protester to death and leaves body on family’s doorstep
      Terrorist group kidnaps Uday Al Rabbay shortly after he took part in protest against war in Gaza
      Melanie Swan”
      Uday Nasser Al Rabay was kidnapped shortly after participating in a protest

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    • Up2snuff says:

      pug, I think the Lord of Hosts fights on behalf of Israel and God Himself pleads for the peace of Jerusalem. But I take your overall point, Israel alway gets the blame …

      (This was a reply to pug, but the site software placed it after MMs reply to pug)

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  18. Fedup2 says:

    Having survived my return from somewhere nice to Londonistan after having been away for over a month – I always notice that the invaders are a bit more aggressive and in bigger numbers …
    There might be a ‘plan ‘ to disperse them but they’ll all land up in big cities where it’s easier to get away with stuff – Clapham was a minor skirmish in comparison to a hot summer …
    BTW – before turning off ‘today ‘ i noticed they are ‘big ‘ on a moon rocket .. trying to get excited about it – maybe it’s because I remember – as a kid – those first apollos it is missing something …. Or maybe it’s a DEI crew thing

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  19. Up2snuff says:

    TOADY Watch #1 – Where are the BBC fact checkers?

    It was stated that the Artemis 2 crew will travel further than any space crew than before. I seem to recall that one of the Apollo missions looked at the rear of the moon and that an Indian space crew has done so and, maybe, a Russian space crew has done similarly.

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    • Up2snuff says:

      CORRECTION: I have just read through wiki (thank you wiki) on the Appollo missions and nowhere does it say the crew travelled further than any humans have before in looking at the backside of the moon.

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      • Sluff says:

        All the Apollo missions went round the far side of the moon.
        One of the key phases was the rocket burn to get back to earth which took place in radio silence I.e. on the far side on each occasion. Mission Control didn’t know in real time whether it had been successful so there was always a lot of tension at that point.
        The previous furthest distance away was I believe Apollo 13 which needed special calculations to get back and so took a different route from the landing missions which slowed down to get into lunar orbit. Artemis is doing what Apollo 13 did, I.e. flyby and straight home.

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      • digg says:

        The BBC said it on tv news last night

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Iron Sky Official Theatrical Trailer [HD]

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      • Sluff says:

        I wonder why they are doing a moon flyby and not testing the deceleration process into lunar orbit.

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        • MarkyMark says:

          Engine shake out – tests – does the new toilet work – can humans survive without wifi for 45 minutes?

          4 billion cost for Artemis rocket i think.

          They looked a lot cooler back then….
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  20. Up2snuff says:

    TOADY Watch #2 – is the spat between Emma Barnett and Nick Robinson over?

    The two were co-presenting TOADY this morning.

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  21. Sluff says:

    Not so much bias bbc as useless bbc.

    It’s 58 years since I watched Apollo 8 take off, the first lunar misssion.
    Yesterday I watched the Artemis launch on the BBC. It was absolute rubbish.
    First, about a quarter of the picture was obliterated by the BBC news logo, caption, and ticker tape.
    Second, some trainee commentator was droning on, talking over the countdown. Had he learned nothing from Cliff Michelmore and James Burke? Could they not have just patched in to the NASA commentary.
    Third, the camerawork was rubbish. This I admit was not the BBC. The screen went blank twice at the exact moment of liftoff and then cut to the launchpad…..minus the spacecraft which was already in the air!!!
    How very telling that the video sequence now on the BBC webshite has different video from that shown live.

    58 years. And the BBC has gone backwards.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Think it was generally poor from NASA point – which is a shame as they want to get the next generation excited – no in cabin views or down ship cameras. Broken footage with no telemetry.

      We’ve been spoilt with SpaceX….


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      SpaceX | 6.82m subscribers

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  22. andyjsnape says:

    bbc “reports”:- Trump’s rhetorical flip-flopping fails to calm traders’ fears

    the bbc bubble really wants President Trump to fail

    I’m wondering how marvellous the “reporting” would be if Saint Biden was still standing, literally

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    • MarkyMark says:

      HA HA HAAH A!…..Biden was anesthetized …
      ……….

      YOUR COMPLAINT:

      President Trump’s 100 Days President Biden’s 0 Day 

      Dear Winston Smith in the Records Department of the Ministry of Truth,

      You covered President Trump’s 100 Days and then produced a Beyond 100 Days to hold power to account.

      Why have you not done the same for President Biden to hold power to account?

      ‘Omission is the greatest form of lie.’ 

      ———-

      Thank you again for contacting us,

      BBC Complaints Team
      http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints

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  23. MarkyMark says:

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  24. Sluff says:

    Here’s a telling quote from the D Mail yesterday, referencing likely Labour losses in the local elections.
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    (Labour) is also likely to sustain an attack from its Left in London from Greens and pro-Gaza independents, the experts
    said.
    End quote

    I look forward to the BBC detailing Greens as the out-and-out Marxists they have become, and the inherent sectarianism, racism, and theological voting of the ‘pro Gaza independents’.

    Somehow I think the BBC will be bending over backwards to sweep it all under the carpet and pretend it doesn’t exist.

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  25. MarkyMark says:

    ““But perhaps the most serious intervention has come from Gen Sir Gwyn Jenkins, the First Sea Lord, who has admitted the navy is not ready for war.””

    not ready for war .. but ready to pray 5 times a day… AH AHH AHA

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  26. Sluff says:

    Borrowing from the Two Ronnies.

    Apparently as a result of the strong forces of lift off, the toilet on Artemis is malfunctioning and the crew and Mission Control are desperately trying to work out how to fix it.

    https://www.space.com/space-exploration/artemis/theres-a-bit-of-toilet-trouble-on-nasas-artemis-2-mission-to-the-moon

    At the moment they’ve nothing to go on.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Ex BBC Presenter Gary Lineker stars in “Brass Eye – Paedogeddon”

      “Last month a paedophile Sydny COok was blasted into space….to spend the test of his life on a one man prisons vessel. posing no threat to children on earth. But it was revealed an 8 year old boy was placed on board by mistake.”

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  27. andyjsnape says:

    bbc reports

    Family find dead lambs in bag on country road

    OMG! No news then?

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  28. MarkyMark says:

    What a difference a title makes….

    “Two migrants die leaving War Torn France”
    “Two migrants die, Macron has blood on his hands”
    “Two migrants die due to suicide attempt to cross shipping lane in Chinese shoddy dinghy.”
    “Allah fails to save his followers who are leaving Islamophobic France.”

    Nope they went with…..

    “Two migrants die trying to board Britain-bound small boat near Calais – hours after UK agreed to pay France millions to patrol beaches”| Daily Mail Online
    The elderly woman was one of hundreds of migrants who piled on to boats heading to Britain just hours after the UK agreed to pay France £2million a week to patrol beaches.

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  29. Lucy Pevensey says:

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  30. andyjsnape says:

    New laws to make it easier to cancel subscriptions and get refunds
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg0v36ek2go

    “Kim was notified that her free trial of AVG, the anti-virus software was about to end..she said trying to cancel the subscription was “exasperating” ”

    Her you go bbc, not difficult:-
    https://support.avg.com/SupportArticleView?l=en&urlname=avg-unsubscribe-faq

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    • moggiemoo says:

      If I want a trial of something that needs a payment method to access, I either use a prepaid credit card with a zero balance or just ignore it altogether.

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  31. MarkyMark says:

    USA “The first Artemis mission launched in 2022, but has faced years of delays and cost overruns. Just one launch of the SLS rocket costs about $4 billion, and the entire Artemis campaign is expected to cost nearly $100 billion

    UK “Total expenditure on HS2 has reached approximately £46.2 billion as of March 2026, according to recent updates.”

    £46.2 billion = £60.80 Dollars

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  32. JohnC says:

    BBC sacked Scott Mills after learning alleged victim in police investigation was under 16
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gv7yj71llo

    Another BBC article which is chock full of excuses which don’t make sense that they are very obviously covering something else up.

    It seems they knew about it in 2017 yet they still gave him the Radio 2 breakfast show and now just terminated him without warning overnight.

    Just the latest scandal of gays and kiddy fiddlers which the BBC knew about for years but only took action when someone else forced their hand.

    But the line which almost made me laugh out loud is the ultimate in hypocrisy and demonstrates just how you cannot trust a word these weasels say:
    ‘As a result, the BBC acted decisively in line with our culture and values and terminated his contracts on Friday 27 March.’

    We’ve seen plenty of your ‘culture and values’ BBC. Your work environment is a cesspit of bullying, deceit and hypocrisy. You have covered up the worst kind of perverts without shame.

    The lawyers will be working overtime now to work out how they can deny everything and legally shield the guilty ones at the top. I’m sure Mills has already been threatened about what he says.

    Of course we all know he has been protected because he is gay. I hope we get to learn the whole sordid truth – but I doubt it.

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  33. MarkyMark says:

    ” ATTACK HELICOPTER ESCORT TACTICS ” 1982 U.S. MARINE CORPS COBRA PILOT TRAINING FILM GG26905

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  34. MarkyMark says:

    Vote for change… white hand for Asian person… HA HA AHH A
    “Labour drops election candidate after fraud charge”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2ev34jnre1o
    Glasgow Southside hopeful Mohammed Ameen made no plea when he appeared at Ayr Sheriff Court last week and was granted bail. | The pharmacist and community council leader has been suspended by Scottish Labour.

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    WHITE HAND… ASIAN PERSON … REVERSE RACISM.

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  35. MarkyMark says:

    “I said it was difficult to have a free hand.”

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  36. MarkyMark says:

    USA/Tesla – 1 year to build lithium plant.
    UK/Gov – Main construction of HS2 officially began on 4 September 2020
    ……..
    Tesla Lithium Refinery

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  37. MarkyMark says:

    “Financial Times, citing sources: Amazon’s cloud computing center in Bahrain was damaged in an Iranian attack”
    https://iran.liveuamap.com/en/2026/1-april-14-financial-times-citing-sources-amazons-cloud-computing

    “British Defence: Air Force shot down more than 10 Iranian drones in the region overnight”

    British Defence: Air Force shot down more than 10 Iranian drones in the region overnight BUT ignores own borders.

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  38. atlas_shrugged says:

    I listened to a Radio-4 play in the car yesterday so you all didn’t have to. Here is a transcript:

    “Fascists blah blah blah Fascists blah Fascists blah blah Moseley blah blah beaten by Fascist goons blah blah Fascists blah Fascists blah blah …”.

    As I was driving through the centre of Bradfordistan I wondered if the bBC would take any interest in the ethnic-cleansing of English people.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      King Charles to lead the fight… the-End.jpg

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    • JohnC says:

      ‘Traditional’ Definition of fascist:

      ‘Fascism refers to a way of organizing society with an emphasis on autocratic government, dictatorial leadership, and the suppression of opposition.’

      I think the way all the Southport protestors got a minimum of 18 months in jail from Starmer, just for turning up we can say this applies to him. He makes rules for his ideology and absolutely does not care one bit what the people think of them.

      Now let’s see what the Left have changed that definition to on Wikipedia:
      ‘Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology’

      See what they did to stop anyone putting the label on them ?.

      They did exactly the same to ‘racism’ by limiting it to ‘suppressed minorities’ so you couldn’t call black people racist – but when I checked just now, it seems that ‘clause’ has now been removed which is interesting …

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  39. tomo says:

    || involuntary shudder ||

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  40. MarkyMark says:

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  41. MarkyMark says:

    “A coalition of about 30 nations are to discuss plans to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz shipping lane in the Middle East, at a virtual summit hosted by the UK on Thursday.

    The summit is expected to consider what diplomatic and political steps could be taken to reopen the important shipping route, though the US was not set to attend.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2d0md89v2o

    Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper is set to chair Thursday’s virtual meeting.”

    The talks come a day after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the UK was “exploring each and every diplomatic avenue that is available” to reopen the route.
    ……………
    Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper
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    ……………

    A strong letter will be sent to Iran….”We condemn in the strongest terms recent attacks by Iran on unarmed commercial vessels in the Gulf, attacks on civilian infrastructure including oil and gas installations, and the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iranian forces.

    We express our deep concern about the escalating conflict. We call on Iran to cease immediately its threats, laying of mines, drone and missile attacks and other attempts to block the Strait to commercial shipping, and to comply with UN Security Council Resolution 2817.

    Freedom of navigation is a fundamental principle of international law, including under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.”
    https://www.gov.uk/government/news/joint-statement-from-the-leaders-of-the-united-kingdom-france-germany-italy-the-netherlands-and-japan-on-the-strait-of-hormuz-19-march-2026
    From:
    Prime Minister’s Office, 10 Downing Street and The Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC MP
    Published
    19 March 2026

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    • JohnC says:

      No doubt it will involve giving Iran huge amounts of taxpayers money.

      My own government and the EU disgust me. They have since they supported Hamas against Israel because they are shit-scared they upset the millions of Muslims who hate infidels they have allowed in.

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      • MarkyMark says:

        The UK Labour government, led by Keir Starmer, has resisted calls to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization despite having advocated for this action while in opposition

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  42. MarkyMark says:

    NASA’s Artemis II Live Views from Orion
    NASA | 13.4m subscribe

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  43. digg says:

    BBC morning news headline:

    “Oil rises after Trumps address to the Nation”…

    As if the two were interlinked! They really are foul, bitter arseholes aren’t they?

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    • MarkyMark says:

      We live in a mad world indeed.

      Hamas officials have strongly rejected any role for former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair in overseeing post-war Gaza, designating him a negative figure with a legacy of killing in Iraq and Afghanistan. They consider him “persona non grata,” resisting foreign guardianship and demanding that Gaza’s administration be decided by Palestinians.”

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    • tomo says:

      hmmm – I reckon USA might just cut NATO funding….

      Why would you keep giving *lots* of money to folk who keep asking for more after complaining and insulting you? (without actually providing even passive assistance?)

      I’m waiting for the EU to ban use of EU airspace to Iranian drones / missiles… (or Ukrainian even…)

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “What a difference an oil war makes…

      Five weeks after it started, suddenly Australians are noticing the bonanza under our feet all along.

      That most hated thing, the unthinkable brown coal, could save the day if we would only stop beating it down with blunt sticks and Voodoo dolls.

      In 2016 Geoscience Australia estimated we have so much brown coal we could keep burning the deposits we already know about at the current rate for our whole lives, and our children’s lives, and their children’s lives too. We could keep going for 40 generations.

      “Australia’s recoverable brown coal EDR did not change during 2016. The majority is located within the Latrobe Valley (Victoria). At 2016 production levels, Australia’s recoverable brown coal EDR is expected to last more than 1000 years.””

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  44. tomo says:

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Would extracting more gas from the North Sea reduce oil and gas prices for the UK?
      No. Badenoch, and Reform UK, have at several points suggested that more drilling could reduce prices, but that is not the case. Oil and gas are sold by private companies on international markets, which set the price, so there is no discount or advantage for UK consumers.
      https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/01/would-more-north-sea-drilling-mean-lower-energy-prices-uk-consumers-explainer
      The logic appears rather convoluted, as the Tories also want to scrap one of the major sources of tax revenue: the windfall tax on North Sea producers, known as the energy profits levy, which was put in place by Rishi Sunak when Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine sent fossil fuel prices soaring.

      The windfall tax has raised about £12bn so far.
      ………….

      …BUT … we could do a deal with the companies?

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  45. vlad says:

    The BBC are strangely uninterested in a second night of rioting and looting by mobs of feral ‘youths’ in Clapham.

    I wonder why?

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    • taffman says:

      Import the third world and you get the third world. The GB needs to secure its borders and punish looters.
      Scrap Border Farce and defend our shores with the Royal Navy.

      Important, vote Reform next time .

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  46. MarkyMark says:

    “Revelations of an unfolding corruption investigation involving staff and ex-staff at the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) have continued to emerge, with a total of five detentions — two in Belgium and three in the Netherlands — made public so far.

    The Belgian public prosecutor reported the first detentions late Wednesday, saying they concerned “possible irregularities” in contracts awarded to buy ammunition and drones via NATO.

    The Belgian authorities said in a statement that NSPA employees or former employees in Luxembourg may have passed information to defense contractors. “There are indications that money obtained from these illegal practices would have been laundered, partly by setting up consultancy companies.””

    https://www.dw.com/en/nato-corruption-drones-defense-arms-procurement-ukraine-eu/a-72562793

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  47. Flotsam says:

    After LimpDem leader Ed Davey’s speech this morning I had to check who was in Government. He actually said that fuel price rises were a Farage Tax, a Badenoch Tax!

    I think he has also called for e new Magne Carta to keep Farage out.

    What a clown.

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  48. digg says:

    While providing just about everything illegal invaders need to live comfortably in the UK without working the powers that be tell excess to requirement medic trainees in the UK to piss off to Canada or Australia to get jobs.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70dnkqjyvlo

    You could not make this F***** shit up!

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  49. taffman says:

    “Storm Dave set to batter UK with gales and blizzards over Easter weekend”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/ce3d7n10ypyo

    Global Warming?

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