How will the BBC react if their Prime Minister is forced to resign ?
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Nobody wanted Brown as PM the first time…least of all Blair lol. - Fedup2 May 10, 11:10
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Pension eh?, you say – well, TTK had that sorted years ago – as did others. - Sluff May 10, 09:55
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I am here so send me to the top of the Thread. Am sorry to exclude Lucy but that is the way ‘goal hanging’ goes. The BBC are very wasteful! Amol Rajan left the BBC weeks ago but he is still presenting TOADY all the while claiming he might move his family to India! The BBC have paid him too much! Jobs are going to have to go at the BBC! Defund the BBC! The new D-G isn’t in Post yet but cuts have already been announced. The BBC are anti-Trump, anti-Israel and anti-Reform who will do well, hopefully, in the May elections as well as the Senedd Elections in Wales and the Election for a new Government in Scotland. Hopefully TTK will get his comeuppance in Parliament this week when the dismissed Civil Servant will give evidence to Parliament on what TTK new about the security vetting for Mandelson on Tuesday!
I posted on the previous post that I am thinking many of Starmer’s troubles are linked to the Chinese.
Monday’s Telegraph, as well as concerns about Mandelson’s connections to the Russians.
“The Cabinet Office then compiled a due diligence report which was handed to the Prime Minister, and cited concerns about the peer’s ties to China and Russia.
It noted Lord Mandelson’s business interests in China and his “flowery account” of his meeting with Xi Jinping.”
My take on the Mandleson affair.
Oily Robbins should have been sacked .
But not by Starmer , but by the people of Britain who he wanted to stab in the back .
Eight children killed in Louisiana shooting, police say
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0q9v1p2dd2o
Aother mass-murder report from the BBC which is very reluctant to say anything at all about the man who did it. They have done their usual trick of briefly describing what he did in a basic-facts only manner then quickly moving on to pure empathy quotes from other people which have no relevance to the actual story whatsoever – but stop people thinking about the man who did.
And no picture of the man who did it – even though everyone else has one. The reason is the same as it always is. Here he is:
Contrast this BBC empathy-porn with a real article telling us what actually happened and giving background about the man who did it. There is no moral justification for the BBC not reporting the details of the story. Just a far-Left racist ideological agenda one. They don’t want us to associate black people with bad things.
If you want to know anything about what actually happened, you have to look elsehere:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15746725/Shamar-Elkins-shreveport-louisiana-shooter-named-children-dead.html
Lets see what the BBC see fit to put as headlines in their ‘Live update’ about the USA disabling an Iranian oil tanker:
‘Iran vows retaliation, calls attack on its ship ‘violation of ceasefire”
‘Tehran will never cede control of Strait, senior Iranian politician tells BBC’
”Trump is threatening massive war crimes,’ says former Human Rights Watch chief’
‘Tehran has ‘no plans for now to participate’ in next round of talks – state media’
”You cannot double down on blockade and pretend to pursue diplomacy’ – Iranian ambassador to Pakistan’
All implicitly pro-Iran and hence anti-Trump.
Isn’t it amazing how – just like Hamas – Iran appears to have a hotline to the BBC who then give them a global UK-taxpayer funded soapbox to tell the world. Without any questions being asked at all.
And worst of all, there is never any context given about what they have done to be so persecuted. You would never know that they are an Islamic extremist terrorist state trying to build a nuclear bomb to commit the worst genocide possible against Israel from BBC reports like this.
Mandelson sent photos of himself topless and wearing a fluffy white dressing gown to “best pal” Jeffrey Epstein, who said “as you probably know, I represent the Rothschilds”. Les Wexner confirmed this by saying “I spoke to Elie de Rothschild. He represented their whole family.”
I’m a little uncertain if this is true or not. One fact in this Mandelson affair that doesn’t seem to be highlighted. Mandelson was appointed before the vetting completed or was he? Definite timelines and facts seem hard to come by, something I’m sure Starmer will make full use of. Most of the people who will be aware of the facts are in Government and/or have a vested interest in propping up Starmer, either that or risk exposure.
Starmer’s faux outrage at not being told is a sight to behold. He quite obviously protests too much.
Just like Julius Caesar they will be queueing up to stab him in the front, never mind the back. What a dreadful excuse of a man, accepting glasses, free housing at Lord Alli’s mansion and letting other men buy his wife clothes and underwear. A compulsive liar.
Harry, back to the glasses. It wasn’t the glasses but why any man on a good income (plus his protected DPP pension) would allow another man to pay for his spectacles or indeed his wife’s dresses. Talking of the dresses, I haven’t seen Lady Victoria standing by her husband’s side as he protests his innocence.
Rumour has it the frocks were for him.
Tomorrow’s BBC headlines:
‘Middle Eastern terrorist regime inspired gang carry out terror-style terroristic attacks in London intended to terrorise British population… anti-terror squad called in to lead investigations… police say the incident is not being linked to terrorism’ – I jest, of course.
Police have been accused of failing to protect the Jewish community from Iran-backed “thugs for hire” after another attack on a synagogue (Telegraph)
Spat at, threatened and kidnapped: British Jews tell of rising antisemitism… A venue cancelled Amanda’s booking for a Hanukkah party citing security concerns, she says (Judith Moritz and Daniel Wittenberg, BBC Panorama)
It’s somewhat of a paradox how mid-twentieth century central European organised persecution of the Israelites – the crime of the epoch used as our liberal exemplar of ultimate historic evil with which to beat any and all expression of English national patriotism (except football) – not forgetting our late-comers Slavery and, heaven forfend, The Crusades, of course – is now sort of understandable and allowable for reasons of community cohesion (of all things!).
Your Mr AsI’s mischievous theory is that the official downgrading of incidents from terror attack to hate crime is all about the stats. The liberal regime wants to bleat about rising hate crime numbers – but brush terrorism under the carpet.
The Guardian is back at the top of the BBC online press pile. Natch. Closely followed by the Times in second place. Times and Graun editorials pretty much define the narrow limits of regime thinking. Throw in the BBC and there you have everything they want you to think.
Hello sailor
Tweedledum(b) and Tweedledee mirror frontpages feature the same feature photo: Keir Starmer in Faslane naval base yesterday – Keir is pictured exploring a submarine dressed in sailor-like dark blue denims and shirt (Guardian, photo credit: Simon Dawson/No 10 Downing Street); Escape hatch? – joshes the Times, gently: Sir Keir visited one of four submarines that make up Britain’s nuclear deterant to thank the crew (Times – same photo, same official source photo credit, obviously)
All the nice girls love a sailor
You can see what Starmer’s Coms Team were thinking in its clearest expression by turning to the in-the-
tanksubmarine for Labour Daily Mirror: Heroes of the deep… Exclusive: The hidden ‘war’… Mirror joins the Prime Minister on board a British nuclear sub… as we are given unprecedented access to the front-line defence against Russian aggressionNot all that ‘exclusive’, was it? But gosh the Mirror loves a ‘hero’.
As of December 2025, there were an estimated 6.19 million people employed in the UK public sector, representing an increase of 43,000 compared to December 2024. – thank you A.I. – and all of them heroes!
And while Starmer enjoys his vicarious heroic life under the ocean wave… Britannia weeps.
Belgian officials help small-boat migrants cross the Channel (Telegraph); Putin has sailed 121 tankers off Britain’s coastline. None were seized under new powers (frets the left-leaning i paper)
As so often happens the Daily Star cuts the crap: Starmer’s sinking feeling
Hat tip to fellow poster above herabouts for this next one…
Man kills seven of his children, and an eighth child, in Louisiana mass shooting (Grace Eliza Goodwin and Toby Mann, BBC News) – You’d never have guessed it – from BBC photographs illustrating their report – he’s black.
I wonder whether the pale blue Manchester City beating the Arsenal reds at football is some form of colour coded omen for the upcoming local election results?
Unemployment set to surge to over two million (Telegraph) – and what with Olly Robbins getting the elbow… the public sector had better pull its finger out and recruit more people so we can save the economy. Disclaimer: This economic advice should be taken as simply comic opinion and not taken seriously by our First Female chancellor.
Good news, despite the Patriarchy…
The almost entirely female interest i paper does a fair impersonation of the long-defunct Spare Rib magazine…
The women bouncing back from mid-life redundancy (i paper); Never mind the age gap… I’m 46, he’s in his 20s – but don’t call me a cougar (i paper)
And in one of those serendipitous little headline segueways: The Lioness who deserves the Ballon D’Or (i paper)
And finally, in another possibly ominous occurance the Financial Times front page in the BBC’s press line-up has gone all out of focus.
Really strange that the msm views plod as ‘neutral ‘ when they are supporters of Islamic protests – openly wear Palestinian flags ….
https://static.jewishnews.co.uk/jewishnews/uploads/2023/11/F-uzbjtW4AAJ_Oz-e1699860036490-640×400.jpg
Police criticised for letting schoolchildren use toy guns on firing range
https://e3.365dm.com/17/06/2048×1152/03f73df224404ccce5288ea39601b0ce84f2a09b352642913e37b89b17532c4e_3987916.jpg?20170627093217
Greater Manchester Police sorry for ‘Muslim terrorist’ mock blast
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-36254254
Police who staged a mock attack featuring a bomber shouting “Allahu Akbar” have been forced to apologise for stereotyping.
Cannot stop one boat.
Cannot send one navy boat on time.
Cannot protect his wife’s Jewish friends.
Arrives late to all the meetings.
Loves Davos over Westminster.
Says men can have cervix.
Being British is being able to tolerate the intolerant who want you destroyed.
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602 new voters appeared on the 18th
Small boats data
18 April 2026 602 9
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“Rupert Lowe MP
602 illegals crossed the channel yesterday. 602. Never let that become normal. It is NOT normal.
Pakistanis, Sudanese and whatever else – young men invading Britain from these cultures that treat women like utter dirt. I don’t want these criminals in our country. Do you?”
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2013 Billboards telling illegal immigrants to “go home or face arrest” are “nasty”, says UKIP leader Nigel Farage.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23450438
2016 ……
Starmer was told about Mandelson red flags
Whitehall sources said PM had already been warned of the risks that led disgraced peer to fail security vetting
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/04/19/starmer-knew-about-mandelson-red-flags/
This is EXACTLY the kind of addition to the story which the BBC used every day for their non-stop onslaughts against the prominent Tories. They would start a fresh ‘live update’ then go asking Lefty politicians for comment. They would do this every single day with the flimsiest of excuses to run as a headline until the target was under so much pressure, they had to quit to let the government actually function.
So what is their headline on this story today ?.
‘Starmer would have blocked Mandelson over vetting failure, ministers say’
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c80m2z42pr1o
We have TWO Labour lackies saying the same thing !. Lammy and Liz Kendall.
The first thing is that it is a ridiculous thing to run as a headline : they cannot possibly know what Starmer would do. It’s pure speculation.
Second: it’s such an odd thing to say that it is beyond doubt that Starmer has instructed them to say it.
The article is stuffed full of the defense of Starmer without question. All the other parties get one sentence each right at the end. And only because they have to by their own rules.
The other key point which would have been a headline if it were Boris is that Starmer knew the truth on a Tuesday but said nothing. It only got out because ‘The Guardian’ leaked it. How long was he going to wait ?. Was he going to say anything at all ?.
And of course the BBC do not report the content of Telegraph article at all.
The bias is as clear as day to anyone who follows what the BBC do. Clearly they are in a panic over the May elections.
A POTENTIAL DISASTER FOR THE BRITISH PEOPLE……
It would surely be a disaster for the British people if Starmer resigned this week….
I’ll pause for that to sink in.
The disaster would be a new Labour leader and some “dead cat bounce” at the local elections. A new Labour leader would be a disaster , whoever it might be…..just look at any potential candidate list.but the fools who voted Labour 20+ months ago will do so again and maybe in similar numbers if Starmer were replaced.
Better but only just, if a truer picture came from the local elections. My preference would be more lies exposed this week, more lies next week and on and on , until there are no doubts in anyone’s mind and no room for the indefensible…..
Fat chance maybe.
Let’s get this party started!
Mandelson (again sorry)
Some Starmer defenders argue the vetting was confidential. The detail of the vetting might be but the fail result surely couldn’t be. To say the outcome was never disclosed is poppycock, what would be the point of a procedure which demands vetting and not know the result? Mandelson was Starmer’s selection he must have been the one advised.
“At last, they learned how to love Peter Mandelson”
This article is more than 16 years old
Simon Hoggart
Simon Hoggart’s sketch
Labour conference 2009
This article is more than 16 years old
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/sep/29/peter-mandelson-labour-conference
No wonder they went berserk for him. Any kind of hope is preferable to despair, and a false dawn is better than no light at all.
Today
Didn’t listen much but caught ‘Douglas Alexander ‘ do his ‘Scottish ‘ routine desperately trying to defend TTK … after number 10 put out the ‘nice ‘ Elizabeth Liz Kendal on Sunday they thought a nice Scottish accent would do it today – more trustworthy apparently ….
Comrade Robinson was in full sneer mode – as well as he might be with some lame reference to ‘Casablanca ‘ ….
“Robots can do servicing of other robots.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY2xyrmV44Y&t=22s#Introducing GEN-1
“Visiting the crew of a Vanguard-Class submarine as they return from deployment.
As we face an increasingly volatile world, our nuclear deterrent is more important than ever.
Thank you for keeping Britain and NATO safe 🇬🇧”
https://x.com/10DowningStreet/status/2045943303430869327
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“our nuclear deterrent is more important than ever.” CAN NOT STOP A SMALL BOAT!
Close the hatches and dive dive dive!
Why does this plank never miss an opportunity to kit up in faux military gear.
He makes my stomach turn!
Sexual fetish.
I wonder if TTK has finished rehearsing his ‘thing ‘ today ? Has Hermer been coaching the witness ? Will it amount to desperate ‘wgataboutery ‘ or deflection from the crime against parliament / ministerial code ?
Popcorn
Release the Ukrainian sausages!
Japanese Tsunami warning.
The authorities have advised Smarmer to seek higher ground.
Yes – this time next week the CPS will be offering no evidence against TTKs pretty boys ….
BBC Could Receive Special Treatment as YouTube ‘Content Creator’ Under New EU Rules
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As Guido has long predicted, the BBC’s declining audience share meant that YouTube overtook the state broadcaster as the most-watched outlet by Brits earlier this year. YouTube is bigger than the BBC…
Now regulators are running to catch up. Under new ‘prominence’ rules being considered by Starmer after his ill-advised reset with the EU, the BBC could be given special treatment as an organisation hand-picked by ministers. Attempts are being made to ask social media platforms to change their display algorithms to give more ‘prominence’ to this content. In other words, some want to try to force YouTube and other video sites to give ‘prominence’ to the BBC over every other creator…
That’s ironic as the video sites themselves are massive net givers to the creative economy: YouTube alone contributed 7 billion Euros to the EU’s otherwise faltering media market in 2024. In the UK, that platform alone has added more than £2 billion to GBP…
State regulation of poplar platforms never works. Starmer’s internet crackdown is reaching insane new levels…
https://order-order.com/2026/04/20/bbc-could-receive-special-treatment-as-youtube-content-creator-under-new-eu-rules/
” change their (YOUTUBE) display algorithms to give more ‘prominence’ to this (BBC) content”
WILL IT PROMOTE EDITED CLIPS OF TRUMP? HA H HA HAHA HAHAH !
They’re spooked (in many ways)
“The Home Office has told a grieving man he must leave the UK after his wife and two-year-old daughter died in last year’s Air India plane crash.
Mohammad Shethwala applied to extend his visa on humanitarian grounds after the tragedy, but on 9 April had his request rejected and was placed on immigration bail – an alternative to being detained for people without the legal right to be in the UK.
He moved to the UK from India in March 2022 with his wife, Sadikabanu, who was on a student visa studying at Ulster University’s London campus, Metro reported. Their daughter Fatima was born in the UK.
Sadikabanu had just started a new job in Rugby and was about to apply for a skilled worker visa when her plane from Ahmedabad to London crashed seconds after takeoff on 12 June 2025, killing 260 people.
Her death meant Mohammad lost not just his family but his path to staying in the UK.”
https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxrJUOfmVkjbSeeKZ7GoGDWnsd0Y1ChQZs
The poisonous penpusher always reaches for low hanging fruit
Keep going IDF
https://order-order.com/2026/04/20/cabinet-secretary-advised-starmer-to-conduct-developed-vetting-before-announcing-ambassador-choice/
Cabinet Secretary Advised Starmer to Conduct Developed Vetting Before Announcing Ambassador Choice
A flashback to advice provided by Simon Case on 11 November 2024 to Starmer on appointing a new ambassador in DC:
“Political Appointment – The second option would be to make a political appointment to the post (directly appointing a non Civil Servant to the post without a competition.)… If this is the route that you wish to take you should give us the name of the person you would like to appoint and we will develop a plan for them to acquire the necessary security clearances and do due diligence on any potential Conflicts of Interest or other issues of which you should be aware before confirming your choice. A letter is then needed from the Foreign Secretary to the PUS to FCDO formalising the decision to make a political appointment.”
The government claims that the political appointment process which saw Mandelson’s appointment announced publicly is based on precedent from past governments. Here we have the sitting Cabinet Secretary advising Starmer to do the due diligence before announcing his choice. Ignored by the PM…
Fujisawa (Japan) – Locals have strongly opposed the construction of the first mosque proposed in the city of Fujisawa, Japan. They have launched a signature campaign and demonstrations. The mosque is being opposed as it is larger than a nearby Shinto shrine.1 day ago
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‘A fantastic feeling’: unfinished Cumbria mosque to open for Ramadan prayers
This article is more than 1 month old
South Lakes Islamic Centre, which has been targeted by far right, will host nightly prayers before official opening in July
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/18/unfinished-cumbria-mosque-to-open-early-for-ramadan-prayers
“A lot of doctors only stayed a year and a half, and then left, because there were no facilities for Islamic education, prayer or community here,” says Dr Ghulam Jeelani, 76, who has lived in Barrow for 40 years and worked as a GP before he retired last year. “So we started looking for land.”
MORE MOSQUES = MORE DOCTORS
“A lot of doctors only stayed a year and a half, and then left, because there were no facilities for Islamic education, prayer or community here,”
“What has been really encouraging has been the response of local people who continue to oppose the racists,”
I see the woke nhs Human Resources department have found another ridiculous reason to try and justify their existence.
You cannot use “It’s raining cats and dogs” now because they say it’s offensive.
These people are being paid more than nurses.
I hope Reform will have a massive clear out of all these daft departments infecting so many work places.
There must be many thousands of them contaminating just about every workplace and all of them trying their hardest to find ever more obscure micro aggressions.
They slow down the workers and cause much resentment and anger amongst the workers who want to be left alone to get on with their work.
Coupled with all of these ‘diversity awareness courses’ and the like, how much productive time is being wasted and how much money would be saved by removing the lot.
I was going to add that nobody would miss them but it’s more than that, we would be glad to see the back of them.
A bit like a surgeon removing a cancerous tumour.
If you paint a stupid idea as being “the right and proper thing to do” it becomes a sacred cow which no one henceforth can criticise or dismiss without being labelled a baddy!
Hence the mushrooming DEI crap and personnel. They are however a deadweight poisonous cancer in business and society.
In the run up to the execution ( hopefully ) of TTK in the commons at 1530 number 10 is desperately trying to prepare the defences – pictures of a serious determined TTK on a RN boat ( did we borrow it ?) and now he is admitting misleading parliament but not knowingly ….
Maybe they’ll get Rachel to cry again ….
I think there shouid be a prize for the most loyal backbencher question …
With bells and tassles!
Given that Trevor was a Labour politician……
“Given Mandelson was best man at Trevor Phillips’s wedding, and they have been friends and political allies for 50 years, shouldn’t Phillips recuse himself from all Mandelson coverage at Sky News? What am I missing here?”
https://x.com/mehdirhasan/status/2020790010622963943
Ha!
Peter Mandelson was best man at Trevor Phillips’s first wedding, to Asha Bhownagary (also referred to as Asha Aline Francine Bhownagary), in 1981.
I wonder if they are still mates?
“Phillips married Asha Bhownagary, a Parsi child psychotherapist with Indian ancestry, in 1981 and they had two daughters,[69] one of whom, Sushila, died in April 2021 due to anorexia.[70] His brother is the writer Mike Phillips with whom he has collaborated on writing about the Windrush generation.[71]”
He won’t be flushed
Random Question:
AI panic attacks:
I asked Grok AI about HMRC Income Tax (simple sums) about 10 days ago and my perception was that it went into a tailspin…. anyone else seen anything similar?
“Grok’s “unhinged mode” is a, often premium-only, persona designed for wild, unpredictable, and sometimes uncensored, humorous, or argumentative responses. It is particularly noted in voice mode for enablingnsfw behavior, including sarcastic, crude, or abrasive language, and is accessible by enabling NSFW content settings.”
@MM
interesting, hadn’t heard about that… bit like having Basil Fawlty on a satnav?
I work on the principle that AI’s record and analyse everything so I try to be precise / on topic.
I wonder if “The Thick of It” script advisor Ian Martin has been training AI models?
“How Politeness Comes With a Price Tag
Behind ChatGPT’s friendly interface lies a vast network of servers powered by high-performance GPUs (graphics processing units). Every user input (no matter how short or polite) triggers an inference process, i.e. the AI’s work to interpret, generate, and deliver a response. For example:
– A simple “Please help me draft a job application” requires more compute than just “Draft job application.”
– Adding extra pleasantries leads to more data being processed, however small it might seem.
According to estimates by semiconductor analyst Dylan Patel, OpenAI’s running costs were around $700,000 (£525,000) per day for GPT-3 models in 2023. Given the far greater complexity of the newer GPT-4o model, it may, therefore, be reasonable to assume that these daily operational costs have increased substantially.
The cumulative impact of billions of interactions, each a few characters longer because of user politeness, adds up over time, hence, “tens of millions” might not be such a wild estimate after all.
The Environmental Cost Is Also Mounting
In terms of costs, it’s not just about money but also the environmental toll of generative AI that is significant … and growing.
For example, the International Energy Agency (IEA) reports that data centres, AI processing and crypto mining together accounted for almost 2 per cent of global electricity demand in 2022. Alarmingly, the IEA forecasts this could double by 2026, which is a consumption level equivalent to that of Japan!”
https://www.rg-cs.co.uk/tech-news-why-being-polite-to-chatgpt-is-costing-millions/
LET’S JUST HOPE THAT THE EXPLANATION IS A GOOD ONE…
Thinking back to June 2025, when our beloved and Frank Spencer like leader said the words ( outloud and very much in public) “an island of strangers” gasp..gasp…he managed to explain everything to do with that supposed misjudgement with the suggestion that he hadn’t previously read that speech which, of course had been written for him.
A complete and seemingly full explanation . It’s a one use trick , or maybe not, let’s see…what fun.
Perhaps a basis for a new BBC quiz show..”what he said and did he mean it” sounds catchy..
Not enough praise for the Guardian though, at this interesting time and it’s very brave editor….who unless I’m mistaken is married to a man called Tom Whitehead, who is he? well, he is a senior civil servant who works in the Foreign office of all places…..ho.hum.
Of course that’s a coincidence and nothing whatsoever to do with the story about vetting etc.
dual citizen of the United Kingdom and the United States
dual citizen of the United Kingdom and the United States
About Thomas Whitehead
Thomas Whitehead is a Senior Trade Policy Advisor at the British Embassy in Washington. His work focuses on international trade policy, transatlantic commerce, economic growth, competitiveness and innovation. He holds bachelor’s degrees in economics and government from the College of William and Mary and a law degree from American University. Prior to law school he worked in the worldwide arbitration and dispute resolution practice of Steptoe & Johnson LLP in and at the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation. While in law school he worked with the Office of the United States Trade Representative. He is currently pursuing an LLM at Georgetown University, where he is a Fellow in the Institute for International Economic Law, and holds a certificate in trade regulation from the World Trade Institute in Berne, Switzerland. A Washington-area native, Mr Whitehead is a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and the United States
https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/author/thomaswhitehead/
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“The thing is Pippa, now that your husband Tom Whitehead is Head of Strategic Communications at the Cabinet Office you prob ought to let readers and viewers know that. Full disclosure. Or even partial disclosure, now we’re discussing partiality….”
https://x.com/clarescastle/status/1633106157429563401
“The most densely populated ward with the most HMOs and no open green space. Addy, originally from Bangladesh, is ready to stand up for his community with Reform UK.”
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/reform-forced-to-defend-candidate-from-their-own-racist-supporters-401249/
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“Cllr George Madgwick
@GeorgeUK
This is the kind of migration we want. People who PAY to come here. People who are educated. People who work full time. People who pay taxes. People who integrate and people who want to help their community.
I’m fully aware Addy plans to return back to his homeland one day. One of the things he said about Reform is he loves how patriotic they are and prioritises British people and wants to help. We also have a number of Polish and Estonian campaigners in our local branch. Are they a problem too?
What we don’t want is people travelling over illegally. Claiming off the benefit system and committing crimes. Those are the people we need 0 tolerance on and to deport.”
Isn’t it funny when politicians keep on referring to the ‘ministerial code’
They seem to think all us plebs must regard them as extremely honourable and righteous people and this ‘code’ of theirs is a set of very high principles and truths.
Even calling each other ‘the right honourable member for …..…’ when debating in parliament.
It may have been the case a long long time ago but not now.
They are now seen as a bunch of grifters,’owt for nowt’ers, liars, greedy, money grabbing, claiming expenses for everything, bent, shifty, unprincipled den of thieving scum.
There are very few exceptions such as Rupert Lowe who I hope will be PM in 2034.
Do they really believe we think they are honourable and that this ‘ministerial code’ means anything at all.
Don’t they realise we have lost all respect they once might have had and we laugh down at them now.
From 2018 …
List updated … Keith is still on top … 5 April 2018 …
Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP – Alleged breach of paragraphs 10 and 16 of the Code of Conduct
Mr Ian Paisley MP – Alleged breach of paragraph 13 of the Code of Conduct
Mr Ian Lavery MP – Alleged breach of paragraphs 14 and 15 of the Code of Conduct for Members
Mr Bill Esterson MP – Alleged breach of paragraph 15 of the Code of Conduct
Mr Craig Mackinlay MP – Alleged breach of paragraph 13 of the Code of Conduct
Mr Neil Coyle MP – Alleged breach of paragraph 15 of the Code of Conduct
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP – Alleged breach of paragraph 15 of the Code of Conduct
Mr David T C Davies MP – Alleged breach of paragraph 15 of the Code of Conduct
Mr Robert Courts MP – Alleged breach of paragraph 15 of the Code of Conduct
https://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/standards-and-financial-interests/parliamentary-commissioner-for-standards/complaints-and-investigations/allegations-under-investigation-by-the-commissioner/
Number 10 says “inadvertently”
“I remember chanting death to America in assembly in primary school.” – Rita Panahi
Mastermind Out ‘n About
Summary
Lammy was photographed with attendees including Alex Soros and Mia Mottley (her of “The UK owes Barbados $4.9 trillion reparations” infamy)
No wonder reporting suppressed – what an absolute git.
“Mia Amor Mottley[1] (born 1 October 1965) is a Barbadian politician and lawyer who has served as the eighth prime minister of Barbados since 2018 and as Leader of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) since 2008. Mottley is the first woman to hold both positions. Having overseen the abolition of the Barbadian monarchy, she is the first prime minister of the Barbadian republic.”
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“Barbados warned over ditching Queen as China ‘gifts’ £400m ‘No such thing as free lunch’
BARBADOS is counting down the hours before it becomes a republic and says goodbye to the Queen but some commentators have expressed concerns over China’s growing influence on the Caribbean island.”
Alice Scarsi, Publishing Lead | 03:58, Tue, Nov 30, 2021
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Britain may have the Queen, but China has the cash, and in recent years Beijing has ploughed almost £500 million into the Barbadian economy, which equates to around a tenth of its gross domestic product. Roads, homes, sewers and a hotel have all been constructed with Chinese yuan, not British pounds or US dollars.
The picture is the same in Jamaica, widely expected to be the next Commonwealth realm to become a republic, where £2.6 billion of Chinese investment, against a GDP of £16.4 billion, makes it the biggest recipient of Chinese cash in the Caribbean.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/11/26/beijings-billions-buying-commonwealth/
It’s good to see police doing something right for a change. (Greater Manchester)
Just been watching a western on tv.
It’s showing a wagon train in the early days, making their way into America, looking out for Indians.
It’s only one wagon train with perhaps 100 settlers.
It reminded me of our ‘settlers’ in their dinghies, also maybe 100 or so on the larger ones.
It didn’t take long for the Indians to be shut up in reservations in their own Country.
I wonder if that’s how it will go here, will we be put in special areas once we’re taken over or will they go for the Nigerian type of solution.
It happened 10 years ago….
” This article is more than 10 years old
Bradford’s language bubbles: ‘it’s perfectly possible never to speak English’
This article is more than 10 years old
Local MP says poor standard of English among many women is a barrier to integration, but some say people should be free to speak their own language”
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jan/18/bradford-language-bubbles-never-speak-english
“Rupert Lowe MP
I have recently completed jury service – not ideal timing immediately after launching a national political party, but there we go.
Having seen the system from the inside, I can see it needs a fundamental overhaul.
The way jurors are treated by the staff and the process is appalling. Decent taxpaying men and women doing their civic duty are not properly compensated and are constantly messed around.
Losing time and money. There one day, nothing happens. The next, nothing happens. It’s unclear, confusing and disrespectful to working men and women.
I absolutely believe in the jury trial, and voted to defend it in Parliament.
But like so much else wrong with the state, the system needs tearing apart and starting again – giving the jurors more respect and compensation. I don’t care, I don’t need the money. It’s the self-employed men and women losing thousands who I worry about. I spoke to several who were going to be significantly out of pocket. That is just wrong.
Time wasted, badly planned, and put the accused at the centre of the process. Strong confirmation to me that the law is now half a cut above itself!
I will be raising my experience in Parliament in the hope to improve the system.
The judge’s name who demanded I attend?
Rupert Lowe.
You couldn’t make it up.”
“Figure Robot has introduced Vulcan, a new AI robot controller. This is an important safety feature that allows the F.03 robot to lose up to 3 actuators in the lower body and still hobble around without falling.”
“Under funding of teacher pay rise,breakfast clubs and FREE school meals. £4.4 Billion blackhole found…..” – Munira Wilson MP (Twickenham, Liberal Democrat)
https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/ecc98384-b320-483b-9c1a-4e69eeef2ea7?in=15:05:09
Clever advert …
Here we go
https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/ecc98384-b320-483b-9c1a-4e69eeef2ea7?in=15:31:20
SL – House of Commons
Monday 20 April 2026 Meeting started at 2.33pm
“Could a digital twin make you into a ‘superworker’?”
Digital Richard knows everything Skellett knows. He was built as a small language model which used ChatGPT to digest all of Richard’s meetings, calls, documents, presentations and more. It was then refined to follow Skellett’s way of thinking and problem solving. The end product is a text-based window which Skellett can consult, helping him make business decisions and presentation to clients, as part of his work as chief analyst for research and design at technology consultancy Bloor Research.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1d907lq6nyo
Comment “Having your employer make you design and train your own digital replacement sounds like a scenario from dystopic sci fi thriller.”
Comment “Why not just go the whole hog and sell your actual soul?”
Burnside @BurnsideWasTosh
“Now he’s stuttering like a teenager caught wanking by his mum.”
https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/ecc98384-b320-483b-9c1a-4e69eeef2ea7?in=16:21:08
A REMARKABLE AFTERNOON……PMQs
Sir Rodney despite announcing repeatedly “let me be clear” …he was alas anything but, save that it’s clear that nothing is his fault.
Another amazing turn up for the books was clarity from none other than…….wait for it Diane Abbott……that’s how bad this is for all of us. Diane Abbot has greater clarity than the P.M.
Despite it all Starmer is absolutely safe in his job because watching the tv coverage we see the reality…Starmer at the despatch box, flanked by David “mastermind”Lammy , who seems not to know where he is and “Chess champ” Reeves, ditto. No real rivals.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) failed to prosecute Jimmy Savile in 2009 despite police investigating four allegations of sexual abuse against him, a failing for which the CPS later apologised. An investigation found that while police and prosecutors took an “unjustifiably cautious” approach, there was no evidence of an improper motive or a conscious cover-up
Starmer says we will have a review of the review to review the review with 20 committees involved in the review of the review. The review will come before the Defence Funding report but after kneeling for George Floyd
UK Potholes are stopping the UK Transport Minister from travelling the roads but we are discussing Keir’s gay friends … HA HAH AHAH AHAA H
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Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander, had been driving her Mini Cooper on the B4437 outside Burford, in Oxfordshire, last month when her vehicle struck the pothole.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyj27e482jo
“Prime Minister’s Anti-Corruption Champion. The Rt Hon Baroness Margaret Hodge DBE”
https://www.gov.uk/government/people/margaret-hodge
16:30:43 Dr Rupa Huq MP (Ealing Central and Acton, Labour)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyj27e482jo
The Champion has three core responsibilities:
helping the government to drive development of the new Anti-Corruption Strategy and provide a challenge function for its delivery
acting as a government entry point on anti-corruption issues for Parliamentarians, private sector representatives and civil society
engaging internationally to help drive progress on UK priorities
HA AH AHHA AHH AHA HAH AHA! Breathe … HA AH HAH AHA HAH AH!
The Champion is not responsible for investigating allegations of corruption.
Oh lee anderson – described TTK as a liar and got thrown out by comrade speaker
All through the ttk cover up ttk ignored proper questions like ‘ why did ttk want mandelson in that job ?’
Ignored that question x3 i think ..
Crewkerne sometimes depicts ttk as a darlek – listening to him monday afternoon – he is a darlek ..,,
The answers are just robot like – not human –