Start the Week 13th April 2026

Can we expect full on Trump Derangement Syndrome from the BBC / Labour -following the failure of talks between the Us / Iran ?

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  1. Up2snuff says:

    Maybe Scrobie will or will not? I am here, so send me to the top of the Thread. The BBC are wasteful on recruitment. TDS is guaranteed, Fed. The BBC are also anti-Orban, anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian and expensive. Defund the BBC! The TellyTax Inspectors are not very good at their jobs. I was promised a visit before Christmas 2025. We are now in mid-April 2026. Goal hanging pays off! I am anti-BBC, the BBC have reneged on their arrangement over iPlayer. Let us make the BBC plain over! The BBC, just like the MSM, are anti-Reform.

    Will the Labour Party reform the TellyTax rates to ease the cost-of-living-‘crisis’? You could save meony by not paying the TellyTax

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  2. Deborah says:

    Not the BBC but just highlighting the standard of the MSM.

    Today the MailonLine had a story about the Princess of Wales and how she avoided the ‘wild’ Princess Eugenie when they were at school. The journalist (should that title be in inverted commas?) forget to include in the article that Princess Catherine is 8 or 9 years older than Eugenie. As Princess Catherine wasn’t involved with Prince William at the time, if they were at the school at the same time, the two would have little in common.

    The Mail on Line seems determined to cause trouble wherever it can but the people writing in the comments were able to point out the stupidity.

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    • tomo says:

      SOP for the Daily Mail

      Seen it twice now from fairly close to a story – fabrication is a standard tactic.

      Scummy hardly covers it

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    • Up2snuff says:

      Deborah, there is an alternative to soft or tougher Canterbury City Council waste sacks for compostable food bins: bread bags. I’m sole dweller in this household but I get through quite a lot of bread.

      Why not put your compostable waste in a bread bag. I think you and Mr D get through quite a bit of bread in a week so why not put your compostable waste in a bread bag?

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  3. Nibor says:

    International Law .

    Can someone make a citizens arrest of someone or a sea vessel contravening international law ?

    Who do you turn the culprits over to ?

    BBC please tell .

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  4. pugnazious says:

    Not news then?

    Islamist Erdogan threatens to wipe out Israel…and er…the BBC doesn’t report it?

    ‘Mr Erdoğan said: “Had Pakistan not been mediating in the war between the US and Iran, we would have shown Israel its place… Just as we entered Libya and Karabakh, we can enter Israel. There is no reason not to do it.”’

    Think we might have roast Turkey if he ever did try it….those Israeli nukes would be put to the test….and good riddance to Erdogan….another Islamist menace the world would be better off without….“Israel will continue to defend itself with strength and determination – and he had better sit quietly and shut up.”…..and somewhat ironic that the man who spends his time murdering thousands of Kurds and wiping out hundreds of their villages should suddenly stand up for human rights…..‘The move prompted a strong Israeli response, with Mr Netanyahu saying in a social media post that Mr Erdoğan had “massacred his own Kurdish citizens”.’…..

    ‘Human rights groups here say Turkish security forces destroyed as many as 4,000 villages and hamlets and displaced hundreds of thousands of Kurds. The villages were burned during the ferocious war between the Turkish government and Kurdish rebels. More than 30,000 people died.’

    Hard to portray Erdogan as anything other than an Islamic Hitler but I’m sure the BBC will try its hardest to portray him as a latter day saint and the Jews as the problem.

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  5. pugnazious says:

    Ah yes…the Far-Right AFD…..just what exactly is ‘Far-Right’? Please define it BBC….but of course they don’t…it’s not in their editorial guidleines….if they defined it they would have to justify calling someone ‘Far-Right’ and so by not defining it they can label and smear anyone they like, or dislike, as basically a Nazi.

    Interestingly what they call Far-Right is basically Labour policy now….and as for Russia…erm…Labour was pretty keen on that too under Blair.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy3wwgyd6do

    ‘This weekend the AfD officially adopted what has been described as a “radical” and pro-ethnic German government programme for Saxony-Anhalt at a party conference in the central city of Magdeburg.

    The programme, which is more than 150 pages long, contains wide-ranging plans to overhaul Saxony-Anhalt, clamping down on immigrants and supporting large families of German origin.

    It also wants to improve relations with Russia, directly contradicting the policies of the federal coalition government, which is a key supporter of Ukraine.

    “We say yes to consistent deportations, we say yes to free childcare facilities, we say yes to remigration,” Siegmund said.’

    Hmmm….remember this…the BBC obviously forgets as it castigates Trump for wanting closer relations with Russia….

    ‘Putin visit to London claimed as No 10 coup’
    ‘Downing Street billed it as a diplomatic coup that Mr Putin should make Britain his first port of call. Tony Blair and the foreign secretary, Robin Cook, have been working hard to establish a rapport with Mr Putin, a former KGB career officer.’

    And of course the Queen was made to meet Putin as part of Labour’s charm offensive…

    ‘Mr. President,

    It is a great pleasure for me to welcome you and Mrs. Putina to London. By coming here you give Prince Philip and me a chance to repay the generous hospitality given to us on my State Visit to Russia in 1994, and to underline once more the close friendship between our two countries.

    You personally have been energetic and determined in promoting reform in Russia. In particular, your dedication to the task of reforming and strengthening Russia’s economy, so improving the quality of life for ordinary Russians, wins our real admiration.

    We support your efforts to create a modern, prosperous and dynamic state, and we look forward to working with you on this and on many international questions on the basis of our shared values.

    My message to you, Mr President, is therefore one of admiration, respect and support. ‘

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  6. pugnazious says:

    Reply-of-the-Zaporozian-Cossacks-1-e1555067935228.jpg

    In the 17th century the Turks continued to try and conquer various parts of Europe…demanding Ukrainian Cossacks surrender….

    ‘As the Sultan; son of Muhammad; brother of the sun and moon; grandson and viceroy of God; ruler of the kingdoms of Macedonia, Babylon, Jerusalem, Upper and Lower Egypt; emperor of emperors; sovereign of sovereigns; extraordinary knight, undefeated; steadfast guardian of the tomb of Jesus Christ; steward chosen by God himself; the hope and comfort of Muslims; confounder and great defender of Christians – I command you, the Zaporozhian Cossacks, to submit to me voluntarily and without resistance, and to desist from troubling me with your attacks.

    -Turkish Sultan Mehmed IV’

    Their reply….

    ‘O Sultan, Turkish devil and damned devil’s kith and kin, assistant to Lucifer himself. What the Devil kind of knight are thou, that canst not slay a hedgehog with your naked arse? The devil shits, and your army eats. Thou shalt not, thou son of a whore, make subjects of Christian sons; we have no fear of your army, by land and by sea we will battle with thee. Fuck thy mother.

    Thou Babylonian scullion, Macedonian wheelwright, brewer of Jerusalem, goat-fucker of Alexandria, swineherd of Greater and Lesser Egypt, pig of Armenia, Podolian thief, catamite of Tartary, hangman of Kamyanets, and fool of all the world and underworld, an idiot before God, grandson of the Serpent, and the crick in our dick. Pig’s snout, mare’s arse, slaughterhouse cur, unchristened brow, screw thine own mother!

    So the Zaporozhians declare you to be a lowlife. You won’t even be herding pigs for Christians. Now we’ll conclude, for we don’t know the date and don’t own a calendar; the moon’s in the sky, the year with the Lord, the day’s the same over here as it is over there; for this kiss our arse!

    – Koshovyi otaman Ivan Sirko, and the entire Zaporozhian Host.’

    Would that get you cancelled these days…or get you a visit from the tweet police?

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  7. JohnC says:

    Just been browsing AI to learn the ways in which the EU interfered with the election in Hungary. They include:

    ‘Financial and Legal Measures
    Withholding EU Funds: The EU has frozen billions of euros in cohesion and recovery funding due to concerns over judicial independence and corruption in Hungary. Orbán has explicitly called these sanctions “punishment” for his policies on migration and national sovereignty.
    Conditionality Mechanism: In April 2022, the European Commission triggered a new “rule of law” mechanism to make budget payments conditional on domestic reforms.
    Court Rulings and Fines: The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has imposed daily fines (e.g., €1 million per day in 2024) for Hungary’s failure to comply with EU asylum rules, which Orbán has used as a campaign talking point.

    Allegations of Direct Interference
    U.S. and Domestic Claims: During the 2026 campaign, U.S. Vice President JD Vance visited Budapest and accused “bureaucrats in Brussels” of conducting “one of the worst examples of foreign election interference” by trying to suppress the will of Hungarian voters through economic sabotage.
    Targeting Disinformation: EU officials, citing the Digital Services Act (DSA), have pressured social media platforms to mitigate disinformation during the campaign, which critics have labeled as a form of censorship.
    “Electoral Autocracy” Designation: The European Parliament officially labeled Hungary a “hybrid regime of electoral autocracy” in 2022, a classification that Orbán’s Fidesz party argues was a deliberate political attempt to delegitimise his government before voters.’

    And of course there is also the oil pipeline from Ukraine which they have deliberately kept offline until after the election (similar to how they delayed the announcement of the COVID vaccine until after the USA election when Trump lost to Biden).

    So I then check the BBC article:
    ‘Orbán era swept away by Péter Magyar’s Hungary election landslide’
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd9vg782kx7o

    Not a mention of it anywhere. It seems that election interference is only wrong when other people do it to help the Right. And even then they just made it up …

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  8. harry142857 says:

    Traitor Kier wants to effectively rejoin the EU, without giving anyone any vote on the matter. This would let more younger overseas people in to take jobs, whilst their youth unemployment rates are twice ours, Using the trouble in Iran as an excuse to basically declare we should be part of some European Army.
    Turkey is a third world dump that thinks it is part of “Europe”, God knows why we are flooded with immigrants from there. Kebab shops and barbers are hardly part of any Highly Skilled jobs and minimum earnings restraints we impose with other countries.

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    • Flotsam says:

      Spain has recently granted citizenship to half a million illegal immigrants who have the right to move and live anywhere within the EU. Welcome to benefits Britain.

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      • MarkyMark says:

        “right to move and live anywhere within the EU” but not in neighbours to Angela Merkel?

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  9. Fedup2 says:

    Today watch

    I turn the wireless on to hear what the reaction to the US blockade on the strait of Hormuz – but hear the voice of comrade Robinson . So it’s off switch .

    I understand that the ‘ratings counter ‘ only counts listening for 5 minutes – so I won’t count in BBC ratings ….

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  10. AsISeeIt says:

    Our in-house newspaper cartoonists don’t make it to the front page in our straight-laced po-faced dailies – so their trick of combining two disperate news lines into one gag is left this morning to the headline writer in the freebie Metro: Government tackles oil crisis… …with ban on deep fried food in schools

    In no change to old habits it’s ladies day again in the front page feature photos.

    The Megham PR team score a win today hoping to counter Harry’s falling out with his African charity boss lady – probably sparked by Meghan elbowing her out of a polo photoshoot.

    What Netflix rift? Meghan embraces wife of streaming giant’s boss… Hug: The Duchess of Sussex with Nichol Avant in California (the ever-excitable Daily Mail) – You guessed it, she’s black (the Netflix boss, not so much Meghan)

    In case you were wondering: Theodore Anthony Sarandos Jr… is an American media executive who has been the co-chief executive officer of Netflix since 2020… In 2009, Sarandos married former United States Ambassador to the Bahamas (2009–2011) Nicole Avant, the daughter of former Motown chairman Clarence Avant… Sarandos and his wife held a fundraiser for President Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign in Southern California in 2009, and raised over $700,000 for the Democratic candidate. – thank you, Wiki

    The Rachel Zegler PR team likewise score a victory today (well, if the Spurs can’t manage a Premier League win this year and play like a bunch of girls, then it’s up to the actual screen prima donnas)

    Don’t cry for me… I’ve won an Olivier… American actress Rachel Zegler was celebrating after winning best actress… She gained new fans making stunning mid-show balcony appearances while starring in Evita (Telegraph)

    In case you were wondering: Disney’s live-action version of the classic fairy tale Snow White was released earlier this month, and has faced a slew of underwhelming reviews (the Observer’s Wendy Ide described it as “toe-curlingly terrible”) US reviewers have been somewhat more positive – but despite it topping the North America box office chart, it hasn’t made as much money as expected… Jonah Platt, the son of Snow White producer Marc Platt… said Zegler had “[dragged] her personal politics” into the film’s promotional campaign, adding: “Her actions clearly hurt the film’s box office.”Before the film was released, Zegler faced abuse online by people who disagreed with her casting in the role of a character deemed to have skin “as white as snow”. Zegler made headlines after her comments, in 2022, about the original film. “There’s a big focus [in the original] on her love story with a guy who literally stalks her. Weird! So we didn’t do that this time.” Zegler also said the original film was “extremely dated when it comes to the ideas of women being in roles of power”, adding: “People are making these jokes about ours being the PC Snow White, where it’s like, yeah, it is – because it needed that.” (Noor Nanji, Culture reporter BBC, March 2025)

    Rosamund Pike, 47 gets the Times front page feature full-colour pin-up spot. She’s British and has had a very British bad experience: Rosamund Pike Recalls Getting Mugged and Punched in the Face for Her Phone… The Gone Girl actress revealed during a recent interview with Magic Radio that she was attacked during a mugging incident in London. The Independent reported that it happened in 2006. (The Hollywood Reporter, May 2025)

    Oh, no! I’m a mum to six puppies – frets the formerly serious now mainly female interest Times

    Due to print run deadlines we’ve a before and after the vote count situation betwixt FT and Guardian

    In the pink paper the Hungarian ladies are pictured lining up at the polling booths ready to oust our western liberal bogeyman (mythical, amorphous monster used in folklore to frighten children into good behavior)

    But by the time the edition of the Gruan that makes it to the BBC’s frontpage line-up went to press, she’s photographed happily waving a Hungarian flag: Celebrating in the streets of Budapest

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    • pugnazious says:

      So what attracted you, the B list actress, to the millionaire mega high profile and well connected Royal Prince?…..

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  11. Sluff says:

    If ever there was proof of the ‘impartial’ BBC’s fawning pro-EU credentials, we had three example in about 5 minutes on Toady.

    Interviewing the Marxist Scottish Green leader, Ina tally heard him say this. ‘We want to be independent. We want to rejoin the EU’.

    This glaringly ironic comment should have been an open goal for a half decent reporter but produced absolutely no comment from comrade Robinson, he did not even draw breath’

    Next up. The Hungary election result. Since when would this rate as the LEAD story in a news bulletin? But the BBC have been reporting it openly gleefully since the result was announced last night, and they are banging on about it for all they are worth. The tone of voices, the smile on Katya Adler’s face give the game away.
    And to cap it all, TTKs announcement of scheming to rejoin the EU Customs Union is portrayed as a sort of admin. issue rather than the total betrayal of democracy that it represents.

    Maybe the BBC have a vested interest in the EU and its institutions. Like receiving money. Over to you, Marky.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Beware perverse incentives….

      “EU farmers are increasingly navigating a shift from intensive production toward environmental subsidies under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). While subsidies provide vital income support, structural changes reward environmental actions—like conservation, land rewilding, or reducing livestock—sometimes making it more profitable or less risky than active growing, which contributes to farm income uncertainty.”

      “In building the first transcontinental railroad in the 1860s, the United States Congress agreed to pay the builders per mile of track laid. As a result, Thomas C. Durant of Union Pacific Railroad lengthened a section of the route forming a bow shape unnecessarily adding miles of track.[8]”

      “In 2002 British officials in Afghanistan offered Afghan poppy farmers $700 an acre in return for destroying their poppy crops. This ignited a poppy-growing frenzy among Afghan farmers who sought to plant as many poppies as they could in order to collect payouts from the cash-for-poppies program. Some farmers harvested the sap before destroying the plants, getting paid twice for the same crop.[13]”

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  12. pugnazious says:

    Those who sit and wait also serve.

    Apparently, according to Labour, Starmer is leading on the world stage…presumably leading a sit-in as America and Israel try to dismantle the Iranian terror regime that has had such a malignant effect on the Middle East and now the world.

    Trump needs to get the Iranian people out onto the streets en masse….helped out by arms drops so that they can defend themselves this time. Only way to get regime change and thus a change of policy is from within in the end…unless you’re prepared to put massive numbers of boots on the ground yourself.

    The BBC meanwhile is cheering on Irananian propaganda…

    ‘We spoke to the man making viral Lego-style AI videos for Iran. Experts say it’s powerful propaganda’

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjd8jrd1vnyo

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    • Guest Who says:

      To speak to power propaganda experts they at least only needed to lean over to the next cubicle.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      ‘We spoke to the man making viral Lego-style AI CLIPPING videos for IranBBC. Experts say it’s powerful propaganda’ ?????

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Pug
      One one of the us Sunday politics show president trump really dug into nato and in particular TTK – who seems to get a mention every time … feel those tariffs coming …. I think TTK might have promised a ‘mine sweeper ‘ which leave leave UK in July – break down – and get there for Christmas before breaking down again …

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  13. pugnazious says:

    It was notable in major BBC articles on the Hungarian elelction that the BBC never mentioned immigration…and today that is still the case….

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd9vg782kx7o

    Listening to the news, and indeed Times Radio, immigration just isn’t mentioned….odd when it was such a huge huge part of Orban’s policies and his disagreement with the EU.

    You might suspect that the BBC, whilst shilling for a more EU friendly candidate, didn’t want to remind any Hungarian readers that if Orban goes then so does their country, their culture, society and their lives.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Yes – when the new WEF puppet does a merkel and imports a million vermin into a nice country i think the Magyars won’t accept it as placidly as victim mini states like Germany – Spain – britistan – Ireland – France – Denmark – …

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “Since Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto announced on 17 June that his government had decided to build a 175km-long (109 miles) steel barrier against illegal migrants, another 57,000 have entered the country.

      News of the impending barrier along Hungary’s border with Serbia spread rapidly among the diverse groups of migrants travelling northwards through the Balkans, or still hesitating before setting out on the journey from northern Greece or western Turkey.

      But the immediate effect seems to be the opposite of what the Fidesz government intended.

      Before the announcement, 500 people a day were walking through the narrow bottleneck of woods close to the E75, the main Belgrade to Budapest motorway. Now the daily average is 1500.”
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33802453

      Hungary races to build border fence as migrants keep coming
      Published
      6 August 2015

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  14. atlas_shrugged says:

    Those ‘men’ at it again in Surrey:

    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/12/police-launch-appeal-after-woman-raped-by-several-men-outside-surrey-church

    Now that schoolchildren are being given chaperones home from school to prevent stabbings, should women leaving nightclubs also have chaperones to prevent rape?

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “A Muslim male chaperone, or mahram, is a close male relative (father, brother, husband, son) who accompanies a woman, ensuring her safety and adhering to Islamic modesty laws during travel or meetings with non-related males. They prevent forbidden interactions (khalwah) and provide protection.

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  15. pugnazious says:

    ‘Fabulo-Speculation’

    Lol….the irony of this is that this is exactly how the BBC itself operates…it raises a ‘concern’, one that it has invented in order to push a certain agenda, and then demands someone answer for it, apologise and probably resign. And of course it turns it into fact. One technique is to wheel in, for instance, someone who hates Trump, they will make outrageous, subjective, claims and the BBC will report it as news and then it becomes ‘fact’. The other technique is a Nick Robinson special…ask a loaded question, get an answer but then intepret that answer to suit your own message, tell the interviewee ‘so this is what you are saying’ and then before they can reply say ‘We’re out of time’ and the interview ends with Robinson’s own opinion becoming ‘fact’.

    ‘Stewart Lee: The speculation is now a technique. You speculate, and then you get from the speculation into the fact. The guy from a new made-up thing, Concerned Alumni of the Oxford Union, James Price, he’s from the Tufton Street think tank Centre for Policy Studies. He was saying, ‘there may have been donations withdrawn from the Oxford Union, because the bloke criticised Charlie Kirk. There may not be. But, if there have been, blah blah blah blah blah blah blah’.

    Armando Iannucci: And then that’s what sticks.

    Stewart Lee: And then you’re into that. And we need a new name for this, and I would like to call it “fabulo-speculation”.

    Armando Iannucci: Fabulo-Speculation.

    Stewart Lee: Fabulo-speculation yeah, where you can speculate about something that you have no evidence for because the fabulo-speculation gets you to the insubstantiated point that you want to make.

    Armando Iannucci: Yes, and if that insubstantiated point becomes then real for a lot of people because it sounds real so I would suggest facto-speculation.

    Stewart Lee: Facto-speculation

    Armando Iannucci: Or facto-fabulo-speculation

    Stewart Lee: Facto-speculation is the second, is the result of fabulo-speculation ‘

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Why ‘nudge’?
      It is called ‘nudge’ after the book by Richard Thaler (who went on to win the Nobel prize in economics) and Cass Sunstein which set out how people are not the rational economic actors beloved of conventional economic theory – but can be influenced by “choice architecture” into making better choices in their own interests.

      https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/article/explainer/nudge-unit

      into making better choices in their own interests – BUT NUDGED BY SOMEONE ELSE!

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  16. tomo says:

    £2 / litre for diesel in Wiltshire…

    Dear Climate Crazies, Doom Goblins, and Gang Green- You are now living 20% of your dream…

    In an odd turn, I find myself thinking that leaving the Strait of Hormuz closed might be the best thing we could do for the world. It is just 20% of the Oil & Gas only (NOT the coal or nuclear power) taken off line. Given that the “goal” of the Climate Crazies is 100% net zero by 2030 (last time I looked), we have simply moved 1 year closer to that goal, and will need to do the same every year… ’27, ’28, ’29, ’30 & ‘success’… so WHY bother to reopen it? It will just set the world back a full year on their “progress” to their “goal”…

    Embrace the pain. Live with the economic collapse, the $10 / gallon gasoline & Diesel fuel. The hunger from food system collapse and the lack of damn near everything as shipping and international trade shudders to a halt. That IS what will come anyway, as long as the goals do not change.

    So think of this as a small 20% “taster” of stopping oil & gas. Realize that more power comes from Coal, and that isn’t done yet (so really this is about a 10% “hit” of the total).

    https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2026/04/10/welcome-to-20-of-net-zero-oil-gas-not-coal-think-about-it/

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Nothing to see here….
      ….
      “Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder (1998–2005) has been the primary figure associated with joining Russian energy companies, specifically taking roles at Nord Stream AG, Rosneft, and being nominated to the board of state-owned Gazprom. His work for these firms, often close to Vladimir Putin, has faced immense criticism for alleged corruption and legitimizing the Kremlin, particularly amid the Ukraine conflict”

      …………….

      Amber Rudd
      Non-Executive Director
      Amber joined the Board on 10 January 2022 and is the Chair of the Safety, Environment and Sustainability Committee, a member of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nominations Committee.
      https://www.centrica.com/who-we-are/leadership/amber-rudd/

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    • pugnazious says:

      No irony the BBC is so worried about oil now…just as it was suddenly very concerned about the hundreds of lorries that transported parts to, shock horror, car factories that could have been effected by Brexit. The anti-car BBC suddenly campaigns for cars. The anti-Nazi BBC that campaigns for Islam.

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  17. MarkyMark says:

    “Details
    The men and women who serve in our Armed Forces make extraordinary sacrifices to keep our nation safe. They are rightly respected here at home and abroad for their dedication and professionalism. Yet we know that when a country is under threat, its Armed Forces are only as strong as the industry that stands behind them.

    Our Defence Industrial Strategy will make defence an engine for growth, backing British jobs, British industry and British innovation.”
    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defence-industrial-strategy-2025-making-defence-an-engine-for-growth

    ……….

    Small boats data
    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.

    Date Migrants arrived Boats arrived Boats involved in uncontrolled landings Notes
    5 April 2026 0 0 0
    6 April 2026 0 0 0
    7 April 2026 137 2 0
    8 April 2026 159 2 0
    9 April 2026 74 1 0
    10 April 2026 0 0 0
    11 April 2026 0 0 0
    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/migrants-detected-crossing-the-english-channel-in-small-boats/migrants-detected-crossing-the-english-channel-in-small-boats-last-7-days

    …………….

    8468b330-6fa0-11f0-b5fb-6f47bc0a9825.jpg

    The men and women who serve in our Armed Forces make extraordinary sacrifices to keep our nation safe.

    The men and women who serve in our Armed Forces make extraordinary sacrifices to keep our nation safe.

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    • moggiemoo says:

      The men, no women, in the foreign invading army need not make any sacrifices as they’re given everything they want the moment they jump out of their dinghy.

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    • pugnazious says:

      BBC last week broadcasting a narration about the RNLI….and of course we had a tear-jerking tale about all the women and children having to be rescued…

      ‘Call outs may be to a trawler or a tanker in distress, a yacht with engine difficulties, a day tripper blown out to sea or a swimmer caught by the current. But it is when inflatable dinghies – overloaded with desperate people – begin arriving on the shores of Dungeness that the lifeboat crew must face perhaps their greatest test. ‘

      Curiously nothing about all the women and children murdered and raped by illegal migrants when they get here…nor the huge huge cost, in money and social breakdown, that they impose upon us….however as the lifeboatman spoke to a colleague from a different station who expressed doubts about the wisdom of providing such a taxi service, sorry, rescue service, we were left in no doubt that such a person was a heartless, callous and immoral beast.

      https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002tpry

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    • taffman says:

      All allowed in as “they are potential Labour Voters”?
      “stop the boats”!

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    • taffman says:

      “housing male asylum seekers” from France ?
      Britain is in need of a government that defends our borders !

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  18. tomo says:

    Has Hunter Biden just taken a holiday in South Africa – or is it a strategic move?

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Was Epstein Island closed? HA HHA AHAH AHHA!

      “Hunter Biden has quietly bolted from the US and is ‘living overseas’…as he claims he is $17 million in debt and can’t pay his lawyers”
      By JOSH BOSWELL, CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER
      Published: 22:21, 9 April 2026 | Updated: 15:12, 10 April 2026
      …..
      Hunter Biden’s artwork has been sold by the Georges Berges Gallery in New York with listed price points ranging from $75,000 to $500,000 per piece. While these high valuations drew criticism and investigations regarding potential “influence peddling,” the gallery has claimed the art is important and defends its market value.

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  19. MarkyMark says:

    I guess we can all escape when we become rich like BBC Amol to India – and President Biden’s son Hunter Biden to Africa!

    ““Hunter Biden has quietly bolted from the US and is ‘living overseas’…as he claims he is $17 million in debt and can’t pay his lawyers””

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  20. digg says:

    The BBC have dropped their pagan instincts to get behind the pointless Catholic Pope who in turn has thrown his weight behind the murderous Islamic regime in Iran. All down to TDS of course!

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp841y07w5xo

    The BBC will have the UK turn Muslim however long it takes! Not sure how this will end for their “pink” adherents though not to mention many of their “star” employees!

    The other reported notable event is the get together between Starmer and Macron who are proposing protecting the Straights of Hormuz, only last week we witnessed the pathetic scurrying away of a single UK warship due to a claimed plumbing issue. These two twats are way beyond a joke!

    Starmer does nothing but chase headlines to keep his name in the press, he is so close to absolutely useless it’s breathtaking!

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  21. MarkyMark says:

    Found on order-order.com comments
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  22. G says:

    I trust everyone here does know that the Consultation is out for so-called “Digital ID”

    https://digitalidconsultation.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/t/haveyoursayondigitalid

    It is a lengthy online document. Just for a flavour of my response overall, this is my contribution to Chapter 4.5:

    “”To ensure everyone eligible can access the national digital ID, the government is exploring how the digital ID could be accessed in a safe, accessible way without using a device.” Experience has already shown that the hackers will ensure the information is eventually exposed to the World without an alternative. But, as the last resort, why not have an identity number tattooed on the left forearm of each prisoner? Auschwitz records will provide guidance.”

    Do your bit worthless though it may seem.

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  23. digg says:

    Watching the unelected EU commission chief laying down the law on what we are going to be forced to do about the energy crisis.

    I for one thought the EU had f-All to do with the UK so why are the British B C giving it pole position and so much time unless they already have Starmer’s new EU mandate with the UK as lapdog?

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “Germany joined France, Belgium, and Spain as key importers of Russian LNG in 2024, a new study reveals. German energy company SEFE, federally-owned by the government, imported 58 shipments from Yamal LNG into the EU port of Dunkirk, a 650 percent increase over 2023. Some of this Russian LNG finds its way into Germany counter to its government’s assurances that it does not import Russian gas.”
      Malte Humpert | Published 30 January 2025

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      • G says:

        I see that Orban is resoundingly out of power. Don’t know anything about his replacement’s views on the EU but it seems he will condone their non-elected dictatorship.

        I wonder how long it will be before the bleating starts. You know, “we are being overrun by invaders”; “how can we stop the invaders knifing other people”; “how do they get their hands on a vehicle with which to mow people down on the streets”. Etc………

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  24. harry142857 says:

    If we had Orban leading the UK we wouldn’t have backward savages stabbing people in lawless London, the city with the four foot Mayor, surrounded by armed guards whenever he goes out.

    The man accused of stabbing a film student to death on Primrose Hill dramatically told a court today: ‘I didn’t kill anybody.’

    ——————————————————————————-
    Guy stabbed to death in the park, maybe because someone wanted to mug him for his new camera

    Oluwadamilola Ogunyankinnu, who is pictured for the first time, raised his hands in the air and made the claim as he stood in the dock at Stratford Magistrates’ Court in east London charged with murdering 21-year-old Finbar Sullivan.

    The 27-year-old defendant, of Enfield in north London(really from Lagos, Nigeria, more like), spoke to confirm his name, address and date of birth.

    The district judge told him: ‘Your case is too serious to be held at this court.’

    He was remanded in custody.

    Ogunyankinnu was arrested on Friday and charged with murder on Sunday.

    A 25-year-old who was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender was released with no further action.

    Film student Finbar was stabbed to death when a fight broke out in front of shocked crowds at the beauty spot in north London on Tuesday afternoon.

    Several tributes have been placed by wellwishers, including customised T-shirts featuring the victim’s face and his nickname, Sully.

    His father, Christopher Sullivan, founder of 1980s band Blue Rondo à la Turk, said his son was trying out a new camera when he was attacked.

    The grieving father previously told the Mail: ‘This is the worst tragedy I could ever imagine. He’s my only son… I had him when I was 45. He can never be replaced.’

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    • G says:

      Correct re Orban.
      But we now will witness the dam break on those refusals of entry. What did obi wan kanobi say? The Force is with the EU……………

      But will the bodyguards be armed anymore? Will the Met take the risk in arming the bodyguards in the knowledge they lose guns…………

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “He can never be replaced”
      “She can never be un-raped”
      “We need to shut up for the sake of diversity.”

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  25. G says:

    UK Fraud in 2025.

    https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/natureoffraudandcomputermisuseinenglandandwales/yearendingmarch2025

    “that the odds of being a victim of fraud were greater for disabled people compared with non-disabled people, and for women compared with men, after adjusting for a range of other factors”

    “the odds of being a victim of fraud were reduced for those who identified as Asian, those with no educational qualifications and those living in households with a total income of less than £10,400, compared with those who identified as White, those with a degree and those living in households with an income of £52,000 or more, respectively, after adjusting for a range of other factors”

    Corollary?
    1. More women required in power particularly decision making in Parliament;
    2. Asians/dim-wits with Animal Cunning. Takes one to know one……………..

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “that the odds of being a victim of fraud” – Keir Starmer to increase all taxes – isn’t that fraud?

         3 likes

    • Fedup2 says:

      I had one of those texts from my ‘son’ the other day saying his phone had been stolen and needed money ….

         7 likes

      • moggiemoo says:

        I’ve only ever had the one, from a daughter I don’t have, calling me mum.

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    • harry142857 says:

      Indian call scammers can’t scam Pakistanis, wheres the equal rights people.

         5 likes

      • Fedup2 says:

        H
        I used to ‘enjoy ‘ the call from the fraudster ( Indian) telling me there’s a virus on the ‘puter … sometimes I’d manage to keep him on the phone for 30 minutes before delivering the c word ….
        … oh and there’s a security breach on your PIN … LOL

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  26. Philip_2 says:

    Beer causes Climate Change: (or vic-versa)
    “Decades of careful grooming of incurious journalists designed to whip up a non-existent climate emergency have failed to halt a dramatic continuing collapse in mainstream media stories backing the Net Zero fantasy. Last year saw a 14% global slump in climate-related stories compared to 2024, which was already 38% down on peak Greta hysteria in 2021. Perhaps there is only so long that once trusting consumers are prepared to read, let alone pay for identical, narrative-driven drivel that is often so one-sided that it is an insult to the intelligence. Exhibit 1: the BBC’s October 2023 classic – Climate change could make beer taste worse”.

    ” The Guardian can only do so much, but in the UK, coverage was 34% down in the 12 months to November 2025. In the USA, the sackings have started with a vengeance. Last year, new managers at CBS News removed most of the climate crisis team. Recent reports suggest that everyone on the climate beat has now been binned. In February 2026, the Washington Post cut 14 climate writing positions, leaving only five journalists in place.”
    Writes: Chris Morrison of ‘Climate Skeptic’
    https://www.climateskeptic.org/p/continuing-slump-in-global-media

    As proof here it is: Beer tastes worse!
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67078674

    Note:
    BBC employs over a x150 ‘Climate experts’, mostly involved in BBC VERIFY unit to denounce skeptics as ‘climate-deniers’.

    So BUY a TV license – whilst STOCKS last! SALE now on!!!!!!
    Another Climate emergency due soon! – just £200/year annual license with all the lefty perversions you can eat unfiltered from the Guardian Climate Flagship. Barely afloat, due to a Climate Change.

    Back in the REAL world: BBC false flag claims listed:
    https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/04/11/no-bbc-disaster-losses-cant-be-tied-to-climate-change/

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  27. Fedup2 says:

    The Southport whitewash is continuing . The families of the slaughtered students have been strong on X giving an account of what is going on that we won’t see on the sanitised BBC .

    One mum says the witnesses sound ‘schooled ‘ ‘researched ‘ and a huge amount has been spent on avoiding personal responsibility or blame .

    No doubt the ritual report will recommend common sense stuff which should have been applied in the lead up to the third world slaughter – but nothing will change whilst ferals are amongst us …

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  28. Emmanuel Goldstein says:

    The Southport enquiry.

    You can bet your house that nothing will change.
    Some lawyer types have made a tidy sum and the politicians can pretend they have dealt with it.

    That’s every enquiry, lots of hand wringing and plenty of blame spread about but nobody held accountable.

    Enquiries are a complete waste of time. They all end up the same way and any action that actually does happen is when the State uses the incident as a reason to control us more.

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  29. Emmanuel Goldstein says:

    Any entrepreneurs out there?

    Get supplying stab vests, diversity barriers, rape alarms and other stuff that will soon be required in Hungary.
    It hasn’t been needed until now so it’s a new market.

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  30. MarkyMark says:


    Keir Starmer
    @Keir_Starmer
    The brutal, senseless murders of Bebe, Elsie and Alice marked one of the darkest moments in our country’s history.

    The report today is truly harrowing and profoundly disturbing. It sets out systematic failures that led to this terrible event.

    I’ve been overwhelmed by the bravery and determination of their families and while nothing will ever bring these three little girls back, I’m determined to make the fundamental changes needed to keep the public safe.

    I will do everything I can to honour the memory of Bebe, Elsie, and Alice.
    https://x.com/Keir_Starmer/status/2043658913099211167

    ………………….

    About us
    The first duty of the government is to keep citizens safe and the country secure. The Home Office plays a fundamental role in the security and economic prosperity of the UK.
    https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/about

    ………..

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    I will do everything I can to honour the memory of Bebe, Elsie, and Alice.” Keir Starmer

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    • atlas_shrugged says:

      But Surkeer will do nothing to help future baby Prestons, stolen from his family for the alphabet people:

      Justice for Preston Davey

      The trial of two men charged in connection with the death of a 13-month-old baby boy is due to begin on 14th April and expected to last up to eight weeks.

      Jamie Varley and John McGowan-Fazakerley (both in their 30s) are charged with a multitude of offences in relation to the death of Preston Davey in 2023.

      Varley, a former secondary school teacher, is accused of murder as well as multiple counts of child rape, sexual assault, child cruelty and inflicting grievous bodily harm. He is also accused of taking and distributing indecent images of a child and possessing extreme pornographic images.

      His co-accused McGowan-Fazakerley is accused of causing and allowing the death of a child as well as child cruelty and sexual assault charges.

      All the charges against the former couple, who lived in Grimsargh, Lancashire, span between March and July of 2023, and relate to Preston Davey, whom they were in the process of adopting. Both men deny the charges.

      A police investigation began after an “unresponsive” baby boy was brought into Blackpool Victoria Hospital on 27th July 2023. Lancashire Police were immediately alerted, and the toddler was pronounced dead. Varley was suspended from his job as a teacher from South Shore Academy in Blackpool when he was arrested later that year.

      Preston’s family wept in court last year at a pre-trial hearing and the trial is sure to be extremely distressing as the full details of his tragic life are revealed. Whatever the outcome, it’s clear that baby Preston was failed by the adults who were meant to care for him.

      From the Family Education Trust

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  31. MarkyMark says:

    The best the gov can do is produce a report… thank you foe being a member of the UK population …..

    Independent report
    The Southport Inquiry: Phase 1 report
    Phase 1 report of the inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the Southport attack of 29 July 2024.
    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-southport-inquiry-phase-1-report

    Fundamental problems 4 Introduction 5 A failure of any organisation or multi-agency arrangement to take ownership of the risk that AR posed 5 Poor information management and sharing 9 Excusing AR’s behaviour on the basis of his perceived or diagnosed autism spectrum disorder 11 Failure to oversee and intervene in AR’s online behaviour 13 The role of AR’s parents 15 Consequences 17 Recommendations

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    • Fedup2 says:

      As I sit in a lounge waiting for my post Easter flight out of Blighty .. I wonder if any work has been done on the outcome of public inquiries – apart from the legal tax fees received ..?

      I suppose it would break down into ‘institutional change ‘ or better ‘cover ups ‘.

      I mean – hills borough ? Bloody Sunday ? Aircraft incident have to be the exception because the CAA – up to now – impose legal duties on airlines after an ‘incident’ … the rest?

      Vacuous lessons will be learnt – dont be in charge when it happens again ….

      I suppose it breaks down into – failing the common sense test – failing to listen to those who know -the woke excuses – ( Southport ) – overworked key staff – crap staff – failure of senior management to have any real idea of what the hell is going on every day ( but taking the wages ) …

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      • MarkyMark says:

        “Manchester Arena Inquiry: Security ‘did not approach bomber over racism fears'” Published | 27 October 2020
        https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-54695580
        A security guard had a “bad feeling” about suicide bomber Salman Abedi but did not approach him for fear of being branded a racist, an inquiry has heard. Kyle Lawler, who was 18 at the time of the Manchester Arena attack, was standing 10 or 15ft away from Abedi.

        …………

        “Manchester police force ‘racist’ for mock Islamist terror attack
        Published | 11 May 2016”
        https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-36266131
        Greater Manchester Police (GMP) apologised for stereotyping for using a fake terrorist shouting “Allahu Akbar” in the mock terror attack.
        “Syed Azhar Shah said further events would be held to condemn using a Muslim as a fake terrorist”

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  32. MarkyMark says:

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    ………

    “And there is no humanity or compassion in endlessly condemning the people smugglers, but then time and again ducking the big calls needed to break the business model of the gangs and stop these boats coming.” Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave a speech on plans to tackle illegal migration.
    https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-speech-on-action-to-tackle-illegal-migration-14-april-2022

    ……..

    “The “Boriswave” is a political term for the sharp, post-Brexit increase in UK immigration following 2021,, driven by new points-based visa rules implemented under Boris Johnson’s premiership. It refers to high levels of legal immigration, particularly from non-EU nations, peaking at 906,000 net arrivals in the year to June”

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  33. MarkyMark says:

    “An Israeli minister has announced his government’s plan to expand the country’s borders into Syria, Lebanon and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territories.”

    ….

    What is enlargement?
    Enlargement happens when new countries join the European Union. This has taken place several times in the EU’s history, each time transforming both the EU and the countries that join.

    The enlargement of the EU has contributed significantly to the spread of stability, peace and prosperity across the continent.
    https://european-union.europa.eu/principles-countries-history/eu-enlargement_en

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  34. MarkyMark says:

    UK is now just a comedy act that lasted too long…. “Brazilian migrant wins immigration appeal after claiming he would be killed by Latin America’s biggest drug cartel after having fling with gangster’s ex-wife”

    The Brazilian also said that he owed an outstanding debt to a moneylender, who he feared would use violence on him.

    He said that he had been diagnosed with anxiety, depression, and post‑traumatic stress disorder.

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  35. MarkyMark says:

    “New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced the location of the city’s first publicly owned supermarket, marking a step towards delivering on his pledge to bring down the cost of food.

    The city will spend $30m (£22.3m) on the store, which is due to open next year at a marketplace in East Harlem, Mamdani announced on Sunday during an address to mark his first 100 days in office.

    He wants to open five of the stores – one for each of the city’s boroughs – before the end of his first term in 2029. They will operate without paying rent or taxes and pass those savings onto shoppers.

    “Former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders made a surprise appearance at Mamdani’s address. “

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  36. Richard Pinder says:

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    The Royal Navy has more Admirals than frontline warships

    The Royal Navy has 15 Admirals, but only 13 frontline warships. The First Sea Lord is a General, not an Admiral. General Sir Gwyn Jenkins (Royal Marines) is the First Sea Lord. However, the Royal Navy has 15 serving Admirals of the fleet. 10 Vice Admirals and 5 Rear Admirals. The highest ranking Admiral in the Royal Navy is Vice Admiral Beattie, the Second Sea Lord and Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Admiral Beattie says “England expects that every man will do his duty to stop the boats”.

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    • MarkyMark says:

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      • pugnazious says:

        Must be a fake…where’s the massed ranks of women and children?

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        • MarkyMark says:

          Woman and children are dressed as men to be gender neutral! HA AH AAHH AH A HAH HA!

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    • tomo says:

      “Warships” is being Economical with the Actualités

      The broader total of Admirals and Flag Officers (Rear Admiral and above, including Vice Admirals) stands at around 134 as of July 2025 (the most recent detailed parliamentary/MoD figure available). This encompasses all senior ranks (OF-7 to OF-9) across Navy Command, joint/MoD roles, and related positions. A “core” count of flag ranks (Rear Admiral and above) is often cited around 38–41, excluding some reserves, medical, or honorary appointments.

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      • Emmanuel Goldstein says:

        tomo,
        That’s 10 Admirals per warship.
        I don’t know how many sailors are on each ship, 1 or 2 hundred I would guess.
        In the Army a Sergeant would be in charge of a Troop of soldiers, around 20 – 30 in a Troop.
        On a warship you would have an Admiral for every 10-20 sailors.

        I think the vast majority of these Admirals were probably promoted to get them out of the way, rewarded for not speaking out about the state of the Navy and because they moved in the same circles, went to the correct schools and knew the ‘right people’

        Just like the House of Lords.

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        • tomo says:

          – a similar exercise likely works about the same for the Army and RAF?

          The Kiwis and Aussies have been poaching officers from the RN for some years iirc.

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  37. pugnazious says:

    The inquiry into the Southport murders definitely won’t be an Establishment whitewash….and yet nowhere is a motive admitted other than to claim this was senseless violence by someone obsessed with violence.

    Oh wait….on Times Radio we had ex-BBC Fi Glover claim she knew the motive…misogyny…he attacked girls because he hated women. You can take the woman out of the BBC but you can’t take the BBC mindset out of the woman.

    I seem to remember Axel Rudakubana’s brother said that he believed the motivation was ‘racism’…ie Axel Rudakubana had been fed a diet of anti-British, anti-White narratives that enraged him so much that he had to attack ‘us’ and chose to do so by attacking a target that would create the most shock and distress possible.

    This is the most likely motivation….consider how just about the whole Establishment, not to mention the race grifters and agitators, spin such narratives…from the politicians, to cultural and other institutions, to schools, to the media, not least the BBC.

    Any wonder they don’t want to find a motivation and seek to hide behind calling this a ‘senseless tragedy’.

    Blood on their hands.

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  38. MarkyMark says:

    Ministerial statemen: Middle East
    https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/19aca8e2-db6c-4c0a-a539-44eca0fdb7cb?in=15:35:21
    Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer MP, The Prime Minister (Holborn and St Pancras, Labour)

    ……………….

    Cannot stop one boat.

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  39. taffman says:

    I suspect that many Labour Members of Parliament will lose their seats at the next election because our borders are not secure?

       9 likes

    • MarkyMark says:

      Borders as so secure the UK can defend everyone else’s border! HA HHA HAH AAH!

         3 likes

    • moggiemoo says:

      They’ll be replaced by the very Muslims they’re supporting and protecting.

         4 likes

  40. Richard Pinder says:

    Britain Will Send Minesweepers to Strait of Hormuz, Says Starmer, But ‘Not Yet’ because the last Royal Navy Minesweepers were withdrawn in January. The final minesweepers in the Royal Navy returned home as deck cargo, as they’d become too worn out. Britain has no mine-hunting ships on hand to deploy. “The situation is frustrating”, said former mine warfare officer Tony Carruthers: https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/04/13/britain-will-send-minesweepers-to-strait-of-hormuz-says-starmer/
    The Border Force is trying to solve the problem by shipping in thousands of engineers from France.

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  41. Guest Who says:

    https://order-order.com/2026/04/13/lobby-journalists-dance-to-no10s-tune-with-fake-rejoin-single-market-exclusives/

    And which suck up propaganda client shills are top of the queue.

       8 likes

  42. pugnazious says:

    LOL

    Adam Boulton on Times…

    ‘Holding a referendum [Brexit] when you can’t control the result is a bad mistake…’

    Hmmm…yeah….that’s Democracy for you….though Starmer seems to want to disregard Democracy by stealth now…he couldn’t control the result but he can rig the future by selling us to the EU….is there any British territory he won’t surrender to another regime? Some might think he is in fact working for Putin given the damage he is doing to British interest home and abroad.

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  43. vlad says:

    The slimy BBC are delighted to compare Trump to Hitler and Mussolini – in fact he’s worse than them.
    They do their usual trick of quoting someone whose views they agree with.

    ‘Trump’s remarks also drew criticism from Catholics around the world, with one expert comparing the comments to the Pope’s relationship with fascist dictators in World War Two.
    “Not even Hitler or Mussolini attacked the Pope so directly and publicly,” said prominent Italian Catholic commentator Massimo Faggioli.’

    Yes, because Trump (rightly) criticises the woke pope for being soft on crime, soft on immigration and soft on Iran, that makes him a fascist.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp841y07w5xo

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  44. tomo says:

    Alison-Madueke was elected the first female head of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec)

    How can she be prosecuted in the UK? – did any UK outfit bribe her?

    – patriarchal colonialism!

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crl141ern74o

       5 likes

  45. tomo says:

    As an aside – the RAF have retired their Reaper drones (about a dozen are gathering dust in a shed somewhere) – one might think the Yanquis might take them ?

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  46. tomo says:

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  47. andyjsnape says:

    bbc reports:-

    Vance accuses Iran of ‘economic terrorism’ in Strait of Hormuz as US blockade comes into effect

    “Accuses” what is wrong with the likes of the bbc where it
    constantly comes out on the side of the aggressor

    Guess this lot in government are pulling the strings and dictating what to report

    #defund
    #closedown

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  48. andyjsnape says:

    Five key failures of killer’s parents and agencies ahead of Southport attack
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c239zz1m324o

    Summary IT SHOULDN’T OF BEEN HERE

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    • JohnC says:

      The fact they called him an English National instead of the son of Rwandan immigrants tells us everything we need to know.

      The BBC (and Leftist activists in general) don’t care about the girls who got murdered or why it happened. They only care that that it damages the perception of their agenda.

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    • harry142857 says:

      Headteacher who feared Southport killer was a risk ‘was accused of racially stereotyping’.
      ————————-

      Headteacher Joanne Hodson told the public inquiry that, from his first day, she realised the teenager was ‘very high risk’, with a manner ‘devoid of any remorse’.

      But when she tried to raise the risk he posed to others, Mrs Hodson said she was accused by children’s mental health worker Samantha Steed of ‘racially stereotyping [Rudakubana] as “a black boy with a knife”‘.

      Mrs Hodson told the inquiry that the accusation of ‘racial profiling’ had ‘effectively shut me up’.

      The warning about the risk Rudakubana posed – which featured in a draft of his education, health and care plan – remained in the document.

      But parts were rewritten, such as a reference to his ‘sinister’ internet use being replaced with the word ‘inappropriate’.

      Inquiry chairman Sir Adrian Fulford concluded that it was ‘unwise’ for Ms Steed ‘to raise issues of racial stereotyping.
      ————————–

      This Steed woman, their boss, and everybody upwards are responsible for letting this savage loose.

      ————————
      The poor parents.

      There are claims the some of the professional’s written testimonies have been drafted up by lawyers trying to cover this up by using words and phrases not in common usage to effectively pass the blame onto other nameless departments to avoid any responsibility.

         9 likes

      • JohnC says:

        But of course white people are racially stereotyped all the time.

        This is one of the big Leftist racist double-standards. There are many of them. All against whites.

        My own theory of why they loathe themselves so much (based on years of observation trying to work it out) is that they know deep down what nasty, spiteful people they actually are and they cannot do anything about it. They live their lives in torment because they also consider themselves intellectually superior to everyone else – so they compensate with hypocrisy + virtue signaling.

        If they didn’t have double standards, they would have no standards at all.

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        • harry142857 says:

          Just an observation. I’ve worked in a private company for many a year, I’ve ran a bar, on the committee of my social club, know hundreds of people, yet I would say 95% of them work in the same sector. Apart from a few teachers and a couple that work for the council, they are all not employed by government. Maybe others here have opposite. Is it like them and us, socially?

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  49. JohnC says:

    How Trump’s Jesus-like image and feud with the Pope are sparking backlash
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c624dy3pgg2o

    Here we have the BBC’s far-Left Sarah Smith showing she has all the narcissistic qualities required for a BBC clone. And in doing so, she shows us that she too is one of life’s oddball weirdo’s who clearly have something a bit wrong with them.

    It’s a ludicrous non-story the BBC have made into a huge front-page story and it’s chock full of the usual nasty little snipes. They have done the trick of finding a couple of tweets which match their agenda and showing them as if they are the majority opinion.

    I was looking for any story which might update me on the entire reason for all of this : Iran’s ambition to nuke Israel and Trump taking action at the eleventh hour to save the world from nuclear catastrophe. But anything about that is nowhere to be seen and hasn’t been since the war started as it justifies what Trump is doing. Funny how the topic is never brought up when they tell us about Starmer pledging not to get involved.

    I do note how we hear nothing on this war from Russia or China. I presume it’s because they both know it is a just war and are relieved Trump has done something about it – though of course they are enjoying all the trouble it is causing the USA.

    The REAL test comes from this blockade : will China pressure Iran to step down or will they confront the USA blockade ?. It shows just what the BBC have become when they are only interested in what memes Trump shared (then deleted) on twitter.

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