The BBC – broadcasting on behalf of its’ partner – the Iranian Islamic Regime – is doing its ‘best to undermine the war against Iran . Every trick – every yap about ‘international law ‘ to defend a regime which slaughters dissenters .
Midweek 8th April 2026
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bbc reports:-
Government profiting from rising costs ‘not right’ – referring to Jersey
What about this lot here in the UK, guess this isn’t to be reported
Life changing edition
Keir Starmer has put his response to war at the heart of Labour efforts to avert losses in the local elections – punts the FT.
Let me attempt to translate: Operation appease the muslim vote.
A quick flick through the papers and you’d be forgiven for getting the message that they wish this war would go on and on.
The familiar journalistic story telling trajectory would be for shrill demands for a ceasefire within a day or two of hostilities having broken out. Excepting in Ukraine of course. Which is a regime fully sanctioned conflict.
But with a nod and a wink from the TTK Coms Team, plus the reality finally sinking in that UK armed forces are a busted flush and our legendary international ‘soft power’ looking about as effective as Ken Dodd’s tickling stick (there’s one for the teenagers) this latest uptick iteration of the familiar post 1947 regional argy-bargy was suddenly branded Trump’s War.
So now it’s a toss up between those just wanting it to continue – for the Trump headlines and the news sales value (for the shits and giggles – as the kids would say) – and the hardcore that want to see Trump (the West) take an “L”
You decide:
Fragile ceasefire at risk as Israel bombards Lebanon (Guardian)
Israeli hit on Lebanon threatens truce (FT)
Airstrikes risk blowing fragile ceasefire apart (Times)
And still it goes on… (Mirror)
Those were the screamer headlines in the top four titles in the BBC print press review – I think we get the message.
The ever-excitable Daily Mail are… how shall I put this? “having a moment” A bizarre kind of victory – riding troika on this editorial let’s name and shame the hysterical hacks: Chris Pollard, Mark Nicol and the improbably named Natalie Lisbona
The Tehran ministry for propaganda releases a feature photo for the online-only virtual Independent front page. In case you were wondering – a group of celebrating Iranian men burning an Israeli star of David flag. And to think our old bonfire night penny for the guy tradition is now considered a bit of a hate crime.
I do enjoy curating together a pair of headlines that when combined put the lie to a prevailing media narrative…
UK minehunter drones to protect oil in Hormuz… Prime Minister ‘stepping up’ work on reopening Gulf… – jingo’s and gung-ho’s the left-leaning i paper
Whereas – closer to home: Putin mocks Starmer in Channel… Russian warship escorts tankers through UK waters in defiance of Prime Minister’s threat (Telegraph)
OK, let’s go for the triple whammy combo to finally put the nail in the whole Starmer cross-dressed in drag posing in brass helmet, union flag shield and frock as Britannia rules the waves malarkey: Destination ‘El Dolrado’ UK… and still French police watch on as migrants set off in Channel boats (Express)
And finally, finally…
Pastor charged over baptism drowning… gross negligence manslaughter following the death of a man during a paddling pool baptism… held in the back garden of an address in Erdington, Birmingham… Cheryl Bartley, 48, who is the pastor for the Life Changing Ministries church (Telegraph)
You guessed it, she’s black.
I wonder whether the first female arch-bish of Cant might take this as a sort of sign from heaven?
“Smith had reportedly travelled to Birmingham to be baptised, according to a Facebook post at the time of his death, which said he had been a member of the church for four years.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg3kx8r139o
Life Changing Ministries
“The baptism event was streamed live on the church’s Facebook page, but the stream was cut during the event and the video later removed.”
Do you not find it strange that in the run up to local elections ( 4 weeks today ?) the British prime minister needs to go to Muslims countries to get support from his guest Muslim voters ?
Once upon a time – in nice weather – politicians would visite fetes and pretend to like ice cream or footy or people to win their votes … not no more …
.. and did I hear that Labour hq is cold calling Labour members to stand for council seats ( no English necessary ) ….
In the old days politicians used to leave their mics on ….
Gordon Brown calls Labour supporter a “bigoted woman”
I recommend the Daily T podcast on the ‘Quiet faith of Prince William’ from a few days ago. The title doesn’t sound very interesting but there are hidden depths about the parlous state of our country .
The show is hosted by Tominey and Stanley , the former is still an arch Tory and the latter a bit of shape shifter who is hard to pin down. The guest is Gavin Ashenden the former Chaplin to he late Queen.
Ashenden drops several big bombs about how this country in particular but also much of the rest of Europe , is coming to a historical rupture point when Christianity is crushed between the forces of the Woke left and Islam. He then boldly moved on to the issue of the silence of the Royal Family on the issue of Muslim rape gangs.
The two hosts who surely ought to have taken him up and expanded on these crucial points but instead they scurried away to safer less controversial ground. Just the opposite of what serious journalists ought to do and a demonstration of part of the reason why we are in the mess that we are in , media complicity and silence.
It is true that the late Queen said nothing about these issues but perhaps the comments of her chaplain four years after her death reflect the thinking in her close circle. But I’m sure that the Queen’s chaplain would be a member of the core ‘ old’ establishment and if he is willing to now voice such concerns on the record then perhaps there is the stirring of a fight back.
“Ex-BBC producer denies possessing indecent images of children” BBC 7 April 2026
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czd7rlz0dj5o
Dawes admitted sometimes taking one of the iPads to his workplace , and said he had also lent the hard drive to colleagues “for purely work-related purposes”.
Later, 483 images were found on the four devices belonging to Dawes, with seven of them being Category A images.
(category A – images involving penetrative sexual activity, sexual activity with an animal or sadism;)
Dawes also told police that “at various stages, all the devices have been left for extended periods in open plan offices and not in my possession”.
‘Lending the hard drive ‘ defence – really ?
Keir lent the Navy to the world so could not stop one boat! Simples!
1 April 2026 325 5 0
This page shows figures for the last 7 days for migrants attempting to cross the English Channel in small boats without permission to enter the UK.
BBC Dawes lent his hard drive to Huw Edwards? HA AH A HAHA ! And Rolf Harris? And Jimmy Savile and …. Stuart Hall …. and Philip Schofield … and
You think they have toned down on diversity? Think again…
“… launch of the Government Legal Profession’s Diversity & Inclusion Strategy. Diversity isn’t optional, it’s essential to fairness, trust, and equal justice for all.”
https://x.com/DavidLammy/status/2039388062556311847
Legal knowledge, intelligence, moral compass not required….in fact lack of is seen as an advantage….physical characteristics will be the final arbiter of whether you get hired or not.
We don’t care if you know what you are doing, all we ask is that you look cool in the office photo shoot.
“The Strait of Hormuz is recognized as an international strait, rather than international waters (high seas), and is vital to global energy trade. While bordered by Iran and Oman, it is governed by UNCLOS, which grants ships and aircraft from all nations the right of transit passage that cannot be impeded, even during conflict, say experts”
“The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), adopted in 1982 and in force since 1994, is the comprehensive international treaty establishing the legal framework for all ocean use and marine resources. It defines maritime zones—territorial seas (12 nautical miles), contiguous zones, and Exclusive Economic Zones (200 nautical miles)—governing rights for navigation, economic exploitation, and environmental protection.”
Weak website….
https://www.unclos.org/
You’d have thought that Rodney, with his vast legal intellect would have known that, and just rung up the real leaders, and saved himself the bother of being ignored when he scampered off to play with the big boys.
Perhas ‘ewmin roights’ don’t cover such issues, in which case he wouldn’t know a deal if one jumped up and chinned him!
Cannot stop one small boat at it’s border.
Cannot send a ship to protect Cyprus.
Can make noise…..
BBC Website: put into Search “Green Party” & “Reform Party”
Half the stories for Reform are negative, the rest neutral
ALL stories for the Greens are neutral or positive.
Try also “Trump” and “Biden”
Control the language (news) controls the thinking.
Hello Althepalerp
Try search Far Left, then Far Right
Far left, very little results
Far Right, goes on and on and on
Biased bbc?
Biased BBC- revisited.
For many years, we used to have our newspapers delivered. For various historic reasons we took the Mail, Times, and Telegraph on different days. The benefit of newspapers is that they can be leafed through quickly. The other benefit is that there are a lot of stories. The order and priority of stories differs but the main issues are covered somewhere.
Now the deliveries have stopped and a morning paper requires a long early morning walk. So instead I glance at the BBC webshite.
What a contrast. Only a small number of stories are covered that can be quickly seen, and a tiny number if are covered in proper detail. Meanwhile agenda and narrative clearly inform the ones that are shown.
In other words the ‘news’ is totally at the mercy of an editorial team where story selection is much more tightly controlled. A perfect opportunity for bias, which as we well know they exploit to the hilt.
Sluff – and the story can be edited quickly without telling anyone! Plus spam bots/tech team can be used to raise story prominence!
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In George Orwell’s 1984, a memory hole is a small chute in the wall of the Ministry of Truth that leads directly to a large incinerator.
“Iran Unveils Underground Base for Fighter Jets”
By Agence France-Presse | February 07, 2023 6:03 PM
Oghab 44 is “one of numerous tactical underground air bases for the army’s air force built in different areas of the country in recent years,” IRNA reported.
More cultural enrichment in Crewe.
My X feed seems to be a mix of pakis /invaders being convicted of rapes against young British girls / boys – or Labour councillors / MPs arrested for some sex crime … as well as prod telling some poor victim they are being arrested for nasty words using law fare – perp walk – process is punishment – NFA …
If only the inferior white girls would submit to the superior muslim men, they wouldn’t need to rape them.
Simples.
Allahu Akbar
The sec General of NATO spent 2 hours in the White House Wednesday – but after meeting 47 – there was no statement – no joint press conference .
Could it be that in a short time there will be a meeting of NATO members of an announcement by President Trump that the US will pull out of NATO ?
Or maybe demand that the coward states must pay even more into NATO and really pay – not fiddle the books ?
When president trump wakes up Thursday morning – will he text a decision ?
4 invaders drown in channel off France – no further comment …
Only one thing will solve it : take every boat back to France and dump them where they came from. Every single one.
The crossings would stop overnight.
And it’s the one solution which will not even be raised, never mind discussed.
Escaping the war and dictator Macron in France?
France have very strict laws regarding the unsafe pilotage of sea vessels. There are laws regulating the classification of sea going vessels and how far offshore they can be used and what equipment should be carried. They used to be enforced rigorously, There were stories of British yachtsmen being fined for having out of date flares on board. Their rules no longer seem to matter when it comes to these illegal boats.
“There were stories of British yachtsmen being fined for having out of date flares on board. ”
Since when was a cheeseater a good judge of men’s and ladies’ wear at sea?
WTFITDAGAF
H- (Heterosexual minus and ignored)
Do we suck the China gov off as well to end their CO2 emissions?
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China has several “forever burning” or, more accurately, long-term underground fires, primarily driven by coal seam combustion in its northern regions. While often confused with the “Gates of Hell” in neighboring Turkmenistan, China holds its own, less-publicized examples of subterranean fires that have burned for decades.
The top two most stupid ‘Green’ ideas are CO2 capture and battery storage.
You couldn’t think of a finer way of bankrupting the country than continuing along the net zero path with those ideas.
We’ve had Lawrence of Arabia, Gordon of Khartoum and now we have Starmer of Iran. The man leading the world in sorting out the problems over there.
Back here, as much as I want him kicked out of number 10, there’s a huge problem. The possible alternatives are even worse than him.
I know it’s hard to believe but the top end of the Labour Party is full of barmy mad cranks who would cause even more damage to the UK than TTK.
Then there’s the replacement for Labour, the Green Party who are no longer animal friendly (they must be pro halal being a Muslim party now) and don’t appear to be worried about the environment, at least not in the UK although they are very worried about the environment in Gaza.
Them replacing Labour would be like milligram replacing TTK.
I just hope we make it to 2029 when Nigel can start to repair the massive damage done by the left. Everything they have touched has turned to shit.
If, somehow, the left get back in (red/green alliance) then civil war is almost a certainty.
UK will be in the EU via Keir Stamer using legal backdoors.
The Boris Afghan wave will vote for greens and everyone else is racists! HA HAH AHA!
EG.
A fair analysis. We need to keep TTK in place.
After the local elections, this may be tough to achieve.
The Greens have positioned themselves as the Muslim Marxist Party and the sectarian racist voting noted at the 2024 GE will be seen as an entry point.
In the English Channel there are English controlled waters and French controlled waters. There are things like fishing rights all round the UK.
The straits of Hormuz are between Oman and Iran.
Is this a daft question or not.
Why don’t all the tankers etc use the Oman waters and keep out of the Iranian waters?
Have the Iranians mined the Oman waters, if they have, why is there no fuss being made about it.
If all our leaders know the Omani waters are full of Iranian mines but are doing nothing about it and just keeping quiet I suggest some enterprising Iranians (who appear to be untouchable in the eyes of the law) could start gathering up the dinghy boys in the channel and returning them back to France (being paid for it by the UK) because nobody would challenge them.
A canal about 50 km long could be built to cut through Oman and avoid the straits of Hormuz altogether.
Given the value of Middle East sovereign wealth funds and future earning from oil and gas, this should easily achievable financially. Just make sure there is no UK involvement in the project management.
I’m sure Saudi could do build a canal …
“NEOM, Saudi Arabia’s futuristic gigaproject, has seen projected costs balloon from an initial $500 billion to as much as $8.8 trillion as of early 2025, driven by ambitious engineering challenges and massive scale. While the first phase was originally set at $320 billion, soaring construction estimates have led to considerations of a scaled-down, phased approach for components like ‘The Line'”
The Saudis had a plan to build a canal (moat?) along Qatar’s southern border with KSA (no love lost between the two bands of “royals” there) – so a Dubai – Oman canal would be a breeze…
from order-order.com comment
It’s official.
The service which is used to transport mainly male Muslim illegal economic chancers across the channel is a Water Taxi!!!!!
Quote
Four people have died off the coast of northern France after attempting to cross the English Channel, local authorities have said.
Two men and two women died after they “tried to board a water taxi” and “the currents, which can be dangerous here, swept them away”
End quote
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgmenyllyz7o
The BBC. Where truth is occasionally revealed by accident.
It’s all very energy sapping…..
20 March 2024 BBC “A man has been taken to hospital with stab wounds following the arrival of a small boat at Dover.
Kent Police said it was called just after 12.50 GMT to Dover Western Docks after the vessel arrived.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgr7gd7k8peo
Iran tells the BBC attacks on Lebanon a “grave violation of the ceasefire”….
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/clyeg3224d9t
Isn’t it good to know that Iran has a better comms channel to the BBC than they have to Starmer and his government?
The BBC seem to have very close contacts with all the main terrorist group leadership.
Earlier in the article we learned (from the vile Yvette Cooper):
“This escalation in damaging, it’s wrong… we want the ceasefire extended to cover Lebanon.”
Aside from the fact that our government have absolutely zero credibility or input to the ceasefire process, it proves our government – and hence the BBC – are aware that the ceasefire does not cover Lebanon at all and the Iranian statement is pure propaganda.
Yet the BBC still put it up in big letters as the main headline of the day to portray Israel as the bad guys. Even thought they know it’s a lie. But they have no ethics whatsoever about printing the most blatant of lies to push their own agenda if they can put quote marks around it.
The ethics of the BBC are quite clear to those who read between the lines and spot the contradictions. They are dirty b@stards who have no ethics whatsoever.
“Yes, in 2009, Jeremy Corbyn invited members of Hamas and Hezbollah to speak at a meeting in the UK Parliament, during which he referred to them as “friends””
The 2009 Invitation: Corbyn, then a backbench MP, stated, “It will be my pleasure and honor to host an event in Parliament where our friends from Hezbollah will be speaking. I’ve also invited our friends from Hamas to come and speak as well”.
“Reform would deny visas over calls for slavery reparations”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g4w722peyo
I have never owned a slave, my ancestors never owned a slave and I am pretty sure that most of you readers have no connections with slaves .
Its a blooming joke !
Who were selling the slaves to the traders in the first place?
What nation was actively stopping the slave trade in the first place at great cost for many years?
“Although officially abolished in the 1960s, reports indicate that forms of chattel slavery and modern slavery still exist in Yemen, with estimates suggesting over 100,000 people may be affected. Slavery in Yemen is often characterized by inherited status, where families remain bound to masters, or through forced labor and human trafficking driven by extreme poverty and conflict. ”
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Yes, Eddie Izzard was born in Aden, South Yemen, on February 7, 1962
“Parents’ Work: Her parents, Dorothy Ella and Harold John Michael Izzard, were English, and her father was an accountant working for British Petroleum (BP) in Aden at the time.”
Izzard has often stated that she feels a connection to Yemen due to her birth there and has supported UNICEF relief efforts for the country.
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MarkyMark
She ?
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee/Zhe/Haaaaaaaaaaaa
Her parents
“Russian Navy frigate Admiral Grigorovich escorts sanctioned oil tankers through the English Channel, accompanying vessels linked to Russia’s shadow fleet. The move signals direct defiance of UK plans to intercept sanctioned ships transiting its waters. #Russia”
Comment “Asked, reasonably, what on earth he was doing there, Starmer replied ‘I get the opportunity… to have the discussions, to coordinate our actions and to go forward collectively.’ ”
https://order-order.com/2026/04/09/watch-polanski-refuses-to-rule-out-55-mph-motorway-speed-limit-policy/#comments
UK commits £15 million for vulnerable people affected by Middle East conflict
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-commits-15-million-for-vulnerable-people-affected-by-middle-east-conflict
Published | 18 March 2026
£3.5 million for urgent humanitarian appeals in Lebanon to deliver food, shelter, clean water, medical assistance, and other life‑saving support to displaced civilians.
£2 million for the Lebanese Red Cross to provide medical care, relief items and other life-saving assistance to keep essential emergency services running.
£2 million for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to provide immediate relief, including vital medical support, to people fleeing violence.
£3 million for the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and UNICEF’s operations in Afghanistan to help support emergency preparedness, including for Afghans moving back to Afghanistan as result of the conflict in Iran, and to support the procurement of essential nutrition supplies for vulnerable children.
£0.5 million for UNICEF to deal with emerging humanitarian needs across the region, including child protection and support for women and girls.
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Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said, in a statement to Parliament:
This weekend I announced that the UK would provide an additional £5 million in essential humanitarian aid [to Lebanon],
Today I can announce a further £10 million pounds of humanitarian support to provide emergency medical care, shelter, and other life-saving assistance in Lebanon and the region.
This funding is primarily targeted at supporting vulnerable and displaced civilians in Lebanon and countries bordering Iran (Armenia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, and Turkmenistan).
Kier speech to the boys
I have to give you Madeleine Grant in the Speccie!
Sheer genius. Her closing paragraphs:
“…
His speech in front of the disgruntled RAF crew inevitably swerved from fantasy into management speak. Asked, reasonably, what on earth he was doing there, Starmer replied ‘I get the opportunity… to have the discussions, to coordinate our actions and to go forward collectively.’ Move over Metternich, there’s a new international relations guru in town! We might as well have sent over ChatGPT with a pair of comedy glasses.
Behind him, the airmen stood, arms crossed and frowning, articulating via body language what anyone – except, it seems, the PM and the circle of second rate LinkedIn Praetorians with which he surrounds himself – can see: that Sir Keir hasn’t got a clue.”
Keir Starmer’s Gulf trip is a masterclass in delusion
9 April 2026, 10:58am
https://spectator.com/article/keir-starmers-gulf-trip-is-a-masterclass-in-delusion/
Sir Keir’s latest trip is a masterpiece in ambulance chasing. He has jetted out, thus conveniently avoiding being present for the slow-motion multi-clown car pile-up that is his party’s local election campaign, to the Middle East in a desperate attempt to be involved in the de-escalation of the Iran war. Sir Keir’s decision not to be involved – even if it was taken basically by accident – was a wise one, however it is baffling why he thinks, having been unable to even mobilise one warship, anybody would be hanging on his word when it comes to clearing up the mess. Yet here he comes, clattering in, the Frank Spencer of international relations: ‘I have just one thing to say to all sides: “Ooo Betty!”’
‘There’s work to do’ he continued. True, but you won’t be doing it. Starmer claiming some active part in the Iran ceasefire is like the cast and crew of The Clangers wanting credit for the Artemis moon mission. ‘I’m here to carry out this work’ he continued. Having burned bridges with America and being hated by Iran, that work is probably more likely to look like three hours idly browsing the duty free at Dubai airport than actually sitting down with the belligerents.
Seen the picture – tells us all we need to know – I bet the soldiers were searched for weapons to stop them doing the decent thing …
Heart warming
Another good day for UK as a global leader in Ai – a USfirm has pulled out of a plan for a data centre citing the cost of electricity …. Miliband must be pleased
Coming soon…
“An “opportunistic” thief ”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj6098jngryo
look elsewhere…
“Algerian thief…”
https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/uk/2026/04/09/algerian-thief-jailed-for-stealing-2m-faberge-egg-and-watch-in-london-handbag-snatch/
HAHA HA HAHA! BBC Ignore nationality completely! HAH AH AHHA HA! Social cohesion – did not want to misgender him!
Really good to see TTK getting the treatment he deserves from other politicians – hopefully the BBC will be treated the same …..
I knew Starmer would be bad / awful – I thought he’d be nasty / a liar / only barely competent – I have to say he’s *way* beyond any negatives I’d naïvely imagined pre-election …. I do believe there might a case for a TDS-alike condition – SDS if you like … I simply can’t abide the git.
As for the rest of his team – pisspoor – really, fundamentally pisspoor in every category.
The 6pm news on tv reminds me of one of those crude soviet propaganda films – it’s designed to make the defence twerp John healey to sound like his has a clue – apparently Russian submarines have been targetting undersea cables ( and why not ) you might recall last week he didn’t know how many ships the ex navy has –
– as well as distracting from the broken HMS dinghy which was meant to be protecting Cyprus … no wonder the US can’t be bothered with Europe / TTK any more ….
I think Greenland is some part of Denmark and Denmark is in NATO.
If Trump invades Greenland would the USA have to both attack and defend Greenland (unless it leaves NATO)
Must be hitting a sore spot with our London Mayor I think, usual reason for trying to ban people who call you out…
He is trying to deny claims of a crime and unrest surge in London and not only that, he wants people who claim there is a surge to be silenced by law.
A guaranteed sign the calls are too close for comfort (khans comfort that is!)
With what?
It more likely surfaced under a dinghy.
I don’t know if this is real, but I hope so:
Orban snubs Starmer.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/04/09/starmer-id-cards-wont-say-if-you-are-a-man-or-a-woman/
Starmer’s ID cards won’t say if you are a man or a woman
Critics label proposals a farce as Government insists gender information is not needed on new documents
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Keir Starmer: It’s wrong to say ‘only women have a cervix’
The Telegraph
BBC WEB-SITE Watch #1 – The BBC appear to be obsessed with coloured wimmin.
No doubt about it – the BBC are! i cite as evidence: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckge155rz10o
“Traci Quinn is the founder and boss of Chicago-based construction firm Pink Hats”
successful all-female construction company after three years in prison.
successful all-female construction company after three years in prison.
successful all-female construction company after three years in prison.
Sexist?
BBC WEB-SITE Watch #2 – the BBC are obsessed with wimmin in general …
I cite as evidence: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgmej4yz0gzo
Zack Polanski’s Green Party election speech today was a masterclass in simplistic student style pie in the sky Marxism. There was a nasty anti Israel edge to it as well. In short it was a wish list for people with little idea of how the real World works.
I would describe the Green Party under Polanski as a cult for people with their heads in the clouds. Polanski is its cult leader.
The best comment I found while trying to locate the text of Polanski’s speech was……….”A Circus is missing one of its clowns”
MM, your text does not fit!!!!!!!
darn it
BBC WEB-SITE Watch #3 – the BBC are obsessed with wimmin in general …
I cite as evidence: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0q98w57k25o
Clap on a Thursday to help the Nhs!?
Tomo
Check out the Williams Institute in the US.
They separately detailed evidence showing suicide rates increased during the process of gender transition.
C’mon clap
We have an early winner the BBC ‘bullshit’ article of the year award this year. In conjunction with Starmer and The Hypnotits of course.
‘We should not be at the mercy of events abroad’ – Starmer
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly7d9rv4nro
This is Starmer’s solution.
First the meaningless rhetoric:
“I’m fed up with the fact that families across the country see their bills go up and down on energy, businesses’ bills go up and down on energy because of the actions of [Russian President Vladimir] Putin or Trump.”
‘He promised that “this time, it will be different” and that the conflict in Iran “must now become a line in the sand”.’
And then the plan:
‘He argued that government policies such as investing in renewable energy, strengthening workers’ rights and removing the two-child benefit cap would help prepare the country for increased global instability.’
WTF ??????. That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. But it clearly does to the BBC who do not question any of it.
And the divisive Hypnotits – who the BBC now regularly give a soapbox to ?. His solution ?.
‘we cannot rely on the US for security, we need European security partnerships.’
So stop relying on the USA and rely on the EU then. That utterly corrupt, non-democratic war-mongering bunch of ‘leaders’ who elect themselves ?.
This is a utterly absurd article which is pure propaganda to help Starmer in the upcoming elections. He should have been ripped to pieces for his clear incompetence to deal with any of it.
And will the BBC hold him to account for these bold statements ?. Of course not.
And just look at the picture the BBC chose from Getty. All women or gay blokes and of course one woman is black.
When you know what a pathetic, nasty, whining far Left w@nker this man, it’s almost enough to make you sick.
Tycoons’ wives edition
One often notes how FT headlines read like cryptic crossword clues: Oil prices spike above $100 a barrel as shut strait strains fragile ceasefire – the problem there is that they try to cram too much information into a single line header – necessitating the deployment of the preposition ‘as’. At least the FT sidesteps the old journalistic ‘despite’
Our BBC likewise avoids that familiar cliché with an ‘even if’: ‘Endless fears’: Even if fighting stops, the damage to Iran’s children will endure (BBC) – they do say the author of a news report doesn’t pen the headline – that’s the job of the sub-editors – but I’d like to think that a gifted story-telling son of Erin such as our Fergal Keane
(Special correspondent – no less) steeped as he must surely be in the celtic poetic bardic tradition (some would say he’s kissed the Blarney Stone) is more than capable of getting his message across in both long and short form: The war is inside his head now. A slamming door or cutlery being dropped makes him jump. The ceasefire doesn’t change that. “Before the war, I had no stress at all,” says Ali. (BBC)
We’ve more from those over-taxed Financial Times headlines to come but first, inspired by the FT headlines, here’s a little cryptic conundrum for you to solve : When is a distraction itself a distraction?
Answer: When it’s a news line handed to the press by a Starmer government minister.
Let me explain. Up and down market Labour-friendly outlets go with: We see you: Putin warned over spy subs in UK waters (online only former broadsheet Independent); We see you, Vlad (tabloid Mirror)
The left-leaning junior poundshop (plus 10% inflation) Gruan that is the i paper explains: Defence secretary also reveals three Russian submarines tried to spy on underwater data cables in UK waters… Healey said ‘no damage’ was done but accused Russia of using ‘distraction’ of Iran war
So you see how Britain’s military response to the Iran conflict – which your Mr AsI has likened to Starmer waving Ken Dodd’s tickling stick (there’s one for the teenagers) – perhaps the PM ran a health & saftey risk assessment and noticed people get hurt in wars – and International Lawyer par excellence Starmer finding it impossible to act against Russia’s oil tankers: Navy barred from boarding Russian ships in the Channel… would breach international law (Telegraph) – it’s a tad 4D Chess (as they say) but there might also be questions over how come if we can stop the big Rusky boats, then why can’t we stop the small rubber ones? Well now the Starmer regime needs a distraction… hence the new Coms Team advises him to reveal there’s Klingons off the starboard bow… With world’s eyes on Middle East, Russian subs tried to spy on UK – the humble comma doing all the conjunction work there for the Times
Speaking of matters grammatical and literary…
Books changed my life, says Queen’s first reading hero… Selina Brown pored over books as a child, enthralled at the wonders leaping from the pages. (BBC) – you guessed it, she’s black.
“As a young black girl growing up in Britain, I found possibility in stories long before I saw it in the world around me,” she told the BBC. (Yvonne Brissett, Reporting from in Birmingham, BBC) (Hat tip to History Debunked for this one)
In other “NOT News”
I’m not Epstein’s victim, says Melania Trump (Times)
How’s that Net Zero – and by the way: Artificial intelligence will be unleashed across the UK to deliver a decade of national renewal (Prime Minister sets out blueprint to turbocharge AI, Gov.UK) – workin’ out fo’ yer?
OpenAI puts Stargate UK data centre project on ice in ‘sovereign’ AI setback (FT) – the Telegraph does a better job with a plain English headline – but one supposes it isn’t quite as editorially commited to Green policies as the obfuscating corporate pink paper: AI giant scraps British base over energy costs (Telegraph)
Is it for the captain of industry that the FT clings to its Green commitment – or is to reassure his little woman, with a hankering for Zac Polanski and who might fancy voting Green? – you decide…
Greens’ record in power tests claims to radicalisation… in Mid Suffolk where they won control in 2023, the evidence suggests that, in office, they might be fiscally conservative, not very radical (FT)
Disambiguation: Central government rules and regs on what councils are allowed to do are so strict that Nigel’s Reform have found there’s precious little scope where they run local administrations for the spending cuts they would have wished to make. Naturally the crypto-communist Greens will find the same road blocks in their path.
Local Government is a fiction. Central Government sets out legal statutory requirements and financial controls, most funding is from General taxation. Apart from that senior local authority officers run the show, elected councillors are more or less advisors rather than controllers. Put together with the ultra left woke ethos and Unions we have a right mess, a very expensive one too.
Layer upon layer of blame.
Apparently TTK has said he is ‘fed up’ .. I’d like to put on record the fact that I am not TTK and that I am fed up with him .
On X there is a gallery of TTK pictures with people standing behind him looking really – rightly – fed up ….
You are the only Fed Up we need and like here, Fed and there’s a very good reason that everyone is completely fed up with Rodney, because he insists that he is photographed with a group of totally disinterested professionals, workers, soldiers etc., while all the time he looks and sounds like the proverbial spare prick at a wedding…
Like friends above, I just cannot stand his thin, strangled, nasal whinge every time he opens his mouth. He’s utterly without charisma in PQTs, he purposely doesn’t ever answer any direct questions, and he’s totally oblivious to the fact that his mummified morons in a disastrous ‘cabinet’ are in the process of wrecking this coountry with the utter madness of his ridiculous posturing ‘crap zero’ ‘policy’, run by an incoherent madman, a tax regime which would make an old-style communist country blush, and a desire to apply Sadamesque scorched earth plans to all of us.
I really do think, that large private organisations should just ignore all his anti-fracking ‘laws’, anti-drilling rubbish, and just go ahead without his consent. When he whines about it being ‘against the law’, as he always does, then we’d all stick up for them and give him two fingers, and tell him to sue us! I bet his little commie committee would be arranged for an enquiry in a matter of hours, and not like his eternal avoidance of the raping foreigners infesting our country! Larger companies can all join in, and refuse to pay taxes etc., The general public would all start to join in and the whole economy would be through the floor in days!
There! Goferit the lads…
I feel a bit better now…