1765 …. **In a republic worthy of name, freedom to publish one ’s thoughts is a citizen’s natural right.** They may use a pen or their voice, and should not be prevented from writing any more than speaking …That is the law in England, a monarchical country, where people are freer than elsewhere because they are more enlightened. – Voltaire, Republican Ideas, 1765
2019 …Australia’s highest court has made a landmark ruling that a public servant was lawfully sacked for writing tweets which criticised government policies. The court rejected her claim that she had been denied a right to free speech. – Australia, 2019
1765 … **In a republic worthy of name, freedom to publish one’s thoughts is a citizen’s natural right.**
2019 … ** a public servant was lawfully sacked for writing tweets which criticised government policies.**
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Nick Lowles, the Chief Executive of the anti-racism group HOPE not hate, issued a public apology for spreading false information on X (formerly Twitter) when he mistakenly claimed a Muslim woman had been attacked with acid
“Nick Lowles Hope Not Hate: “Yes, the list was a hoax, but just look at the front pages of today’s papers. An anti-racist message is being transmitted to millions of homes this morning””
“I get the sense that the political and media class badly miss Katie Hopkins. Back when the reality TV star was still a regular on our screens and in our newspapers, she could be relied upon to be the focus of attention whenever the people in charge didn’t want the public’s attention to be focused where it ought to be.
So when a British soldier was decapitated on the streets of London, or a suicide bomber went off at a pop concert packed with teenage girls, Ms Hopkins could be found saying something that a lot of people were thinking – only in a more colourful or unwise way. A pattern emerged whereby, within 24 hours of any atrocity on the streets of Britain, the political and media class would be talking about how inappropriate Hopkins’s comments were and how forcefully we must all condemn them. Her comments were generally said to be ‘divisive’, ‘hateful’ and ‘have no place in public life’. It was a comfortable place to be, because everyone could then avoid talking about the atrocity itself.
To some extent, Nigel Farage appears to have filled the deep need for such a figure. After Vickrum Digwa’s conviction for the murder of Henry Nowak – and the release of police bodycam footage showing officers handcuffing the victim as he lay dying – the leader of Reform said we should feel ‘pure, cold rage’. Keir Starmer described Farage’s words as ‘unforgivable’ and declared that this is ‘a time for serious work, not rage’, while the BBC and other media focused their discussion on the question of whether Farage should have spoken at all – and promptly also misrepresented his words.
Perhaps the Prime Minister and others might at some point produce a chart – or Power-Point presentation – explaining the feelings that the public are allowed to hold in response to various atrocities? For instance, under what situation are we allowed to feel ‘mildly irked’? What sort of attack might we be allowed to actually be ‘angry’ about? Is the ‘serious work’ Starmer now calls for something we are allowed to participate in? Or can this Defcon 1 response only be engaged in by the professionals?
Unfortunately the past week has provided another round of such questions. On Monday a Sudanese migrant living in Belfast was caught on camera trying to behead a local man on the city’s streets. It turned out that the perpetrator had crossed into Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland and been given refugee status.
Starmer described the attempted beheading as ‘sickening’, while the Chief Constable of the PSNI warned about the challenge of toxic online commentary. ‘All of our communities in Northern Ireland contribute positively to this place,’ Jon Boutcher said, warning people not to be ‘fooled or duped into a trap by people online’.
In the Commons the government had a swift response to a question from the Northern Ireland Unionist MP Jim Allister, who asked what might be done ‘to stop the importation of an alien culture that thinks it’s appropriate to try and behead someone’. The responding minister – Hilary Benn – spied his opening. ‘I’m sorry the honourable gentleman used the term “alien culture”,’ he said. ‘What exactly is he referring to?’ It shouldn’t be that hard to understand.
Historically speaking, Northern Ireland is not a place filled with pacifists. Indeed, it was almost touching that the First Minister Michelle O’Neill responded to the attack by saying that its citizens should not let ‘other people, who don’t care about here, incite hatred or fear’. She went on to say the public should not allow ‘people who are faceless to orchestrate campaigns on the street’. Because in the normal order of things it has been the job of Sinn Fein/the IRA to do just those things.
Still, the appallingness of the crime should not baffle the political class. Why not – finally – use it as a learning moment?
For years there has been a stock response whenever anybody raised the issue of the mainly Pakistani rape gangs. ‘So you’re saying that everybody from that background is a rapist?’ was deflection question no. 1. To which the answer was: ‘Obviously no.’ But then there was a clever little question no. 2: ‘So you think white British men don’t abuse children?’ To which the answer was obviously once again ‘no’. The questions were insincere because the real answer – as with the Belfast attack – is so obvious. We have our own rapists, but why exactly do we need to import more? It is a version of the question Germany might have done well to address in the past couple of decades: ‘Given our historical problem with anti-Semitism, ought we to import a large and fresh batch of anti-Semites?’
The term ‘alien cultures’ is a completely appropriate one. It would include the sort of cultures in which it is not uncommon for people to go around trying to behead others. This certainly doesn’t mean that everybody from any particular community should be accused of crimes they have not committed. But it also doesn’t mean we should all have to pretend to be completely ignorant of what an MP like Jim Allister is referring to.
Different cultures have different traditions, customs, habits and proclivities. They include different attitudes towards women, violence, gaming the system (including the asylum and welfare systems) and much else. The problem with this pretend ignorance is precisely that: it is a pretence. Everybody knows what people are getting at when they worry about the negative sides of their own culture, so why do we have to pretend to be completely befuddled when someone raises the negative sides of other cultures?
We all know the answer. Which is that generations of politicians and pundits have given us a problem that they do not know how to solve. But people have noticed the problem. And no amount of pretended bewilderment or deflection will cover that fact over for ever.””
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2017 …. As Home Secretary in 2017, Amber Rudd led a campaign to force technology companies to grant security and intelligence agencies backdoor access to end-to-end encrypted messaging platforms like WhatsApp
2026 Hilary Benn: New Powers Will Target ‘False Information’ Online During ‘Crisis’ Events Like Belfast
I find thd position of sin Fein / Ira difficult to understand in the context of the invasion they are supporting. All those years ‘fighting for Ireland ‘ but now they support invaders over the Irish people – north south RC or Protestant . Nope – just dont get it ….
…. Unless – of course – Sinn Fein /ira – was never really about nationalism – it was about internationalism – like the uniparty and all those WEF gangs across the west ….
It has adopted a ‘holier-than-thou’ pose by defending mass immigration – only to find that the majority of Irish people are just as hostile to it as the British.
“Met Police calls on tech firms to make stolen money unusable”
“Met Police calls on tech firms to make kids unrapable”
“Met Police calls on tech firms to make others to patrol the streets”
“The Metropolitan Police and policing officials argue that retailers and the public failing to stop, challenge, or report shoplifters exacerbates the ongoing retail theft crisis. “
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Jess Phillips resigned from gvnt May 12 citing Starmer’s failure to act on this specific measure.
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Technology like this requires blanket ID vertification to take vetted photos. Kids easily verify as adults rendering measures useless while curbing liberty for everyone else.
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The Irish citizen army – composed of Protestant and catholics trying to hold on to their country – must be making the British state dust off the ladybird book of ‘troubles ‘ – meanwhile soldiers who fought Irish terrorist face TTK courts – with judges on video screens …
A Sky News reporter in Belfast is wearing a crash helmet whilst the people in the background without one are just casually walking. pic.twitter.com/J3SXPAW47y
Theres online footage of him being accosted and told to go somewhere if he doesn’t tell the truth . He replied ‘ok I will go work for the BBC ‘( this msy not be true and be an offence under the Liz Kendal act ) …
“Ed Miliband is at war with Number 10 over its attempts to slash DESNZ’s budget by at least 1% to help fund the elusive Defence Investment Plan (DIP). According to the Telegraph, Miliband has gone studs up over demands to squeeze around £600m from the department. Will someone think of the heat pumps…
Currently, around £9 billion is set to be spent on carbon capture and storage alone. Miliband thinks this is a worthy investment, even as the DIP is around £4.5 billion short of the funding requested by the MoD. Is Ed aware that Britain’s Navy more or less doesn’t exist?
The ongoing cabinet wrangling over the DIP is increasingly regarded as an academic exercise within Labour circles anyway, given Starmer’s tenure in Number 10 is coming to an end. Although under the new regime, Miliband will still sit at the top table…”
Seems the defence plan is to be published – Friday – when parliament has gone home …. Who cares – it’s as dead in the water as the Royal Navy is …. And I guess there’ll be something to upset the Americans ….
Has the BBC moved from news to social engineering …. YES.
“By 2020, the BBC wants its employees to comprise 50% women, 8% disabled people, 8% lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people and 15% people from black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds.{bbc.co.uk 14sep2017}”
It’s worse than that. Non-muslim countries are seen as inferior, waiting to be conquered, and owing a sort of Jizya tax to the ‘superior’ Muslims. Or stealing could also be seen as another form of Jihad.
So there is no shame in it, in fact it’s viewed as praiseworthy by many.
How insane is the idea of giving interviews to people without reading their CV’s first
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From Guido
Lammy’s Ministry of Justice to Hire Without CVs and Force 90% of Interview Panels to Be “Diverse”
he Ministry of Justice will force 90% of interview and sift panels to be diverse and will look to reduce the use of CVs in hiring, according to a two-year diversity strategy just released. Lammy can now get a pink-haired judge to sign off on his divorce with reality…
The MoJ complains in its new “Public appointments diversity and outreach strategy 2026” document:
“In 2024/25, across MOJ’s appointments, 57% were women, 12% were from an ethnic minority background, 4% declared a disability, and 64% were based outside London and the South East. By comparison, recent ONS economically active population data shows: 48% female; 17% from an ethnic minority background; 18% disabled; and 71% based outside London and the South East.”
It has therefore signed itself up to “a measurable reduction by 2028 in the representation gap for underrepresented groups compared to 2024/25 baseline data.” The stated 2028 goal is moving the profile of applicants and appointees “towards the diversity profile of the UK economically active population.“ No room for merit here…
Amusingly the department notes that “sex representation is broadly balanced overall” but will continue to monitor it, and that “there remains under-representation in some demographic groups.” Fans of numbers will note that women are overrepresented to a greater degree than ethnic minorities are underrepresented – so where’s the problem?
Lammy’s department has given itself another pledge:
“An expectation that at least 90% of campaigns achieve demonstrable diversity on sift and interview panels, with panel selection informed by the current diversity of the board and any representation gaps. For the purposes of this measure, a panel will be considered diverse where declared data shows representation of more than one sex, or at least one declared ethnic minority or disabled panel member. Any exceptions will require documented justification and quarterly senior oversight.”
Here are the highlights of what the MoJ has now signed itself up to do:
Host and collaborate on outreach events (virtual and in-person) to demystify the appointments process, especially targeting underrepresented groups and regions with structured pre- and post-event engagement tracking.
Enhance senior buy-in by identifying a Public Appointee Diversity Advocate and strengthening informal networks of public appointees to support engagement activity and share perspectives on diversity with the Advocate reporting annually on progress and barriers.
Utilise staff networks and MOJ Champions to raise awareness of public appointments.
Establish, where appropriate, Steering Groups for boards with poor diversity, involving No10, Cabinet Office, Special Advisors, and other relevant stakeholders who can bring additional expertise, challenge and networks to support more effective campaign planning and outreach, with clear terms of reference and escalation routes.
Explore novel application methods with colleagues across government (e.g. AI sifting, video applications, alternative to CVs) to widen access and reduce bias in the system.
Introduce a documented post-campaign diversity review for 100% of campaigns, analysing progression data, panel composition and candidate feedback.
Use feedback and lessons learned to refine future campaigns, with bi-annual reviews and a full strategy evaluation in 2028.
David Lammy is personally committed to increasing “diversity” in the judicial system while massive issues like retention in the existing judiciary continue to wreak havoc. Clown government…
If you want the best outcome you support the best people. Whereas if you want to be popular and get voted for you support the rest who happen to be the majority.
How come Welsh politicians can legislate against English people buying properties and moving in to Wales yet Northern Ireland and for that matter England cannot block or complain about people from all over the World from just moving in?
A report has revealed £465,654 has been spent on implementing and defending the Article 4 process to date. These include:
£80,000 in legal costs
£402,330 from Welsh government
£400,000 match funded from Cyngor Gwynedd via one-off revenue funding
£325,618 on staffing
£59,961 on administration
“The whole point of putting Article 4 in place was so that local people had some kind of chance to buy houses in this area, rather than everyone flowing from here to Bangor, Caernarfon, Cardiff and beyond,” Williams said.
He added that the “council’s mistakes had left communities back at square one”.
I noticed the BBC have installed a mini soccer court outside their studios and are running “smile” pieces with youngsters etc. Probably really meant to ride on the back of the World Cup and show how down with the footie kiddies they are but carrying no World Cup text or logos so possibly an attempt to capitalise on the World Cup footy mania without having to cough up any royalties?
Digg – im worried that the popcorn harvest will be affected and that there will be no bees to help produce the popcorn crop .
So I m panic buying to a plan as well as buying popcorn futures hoping to make a killing .
Watching footage of Northern Ireland increases popcorn consumption . Luckily for TTK the anger in Northern Ireland is unlikely to spread because of all that soma they have put in the water supply …
Big Brother at No. 10 has told phone companies to make it possible to make stolen phones unusable….
Would it not be a better plan to make all phones trackable built into the hardware so it could not be changed, that way you stand a chance of getting your phone back AND sending a piece of shit to jail!
“What is the controversy over Morgan McSweeney’s stolen phone?
The government-issued phone of the former prime minister’s staff was stolen in October. But why is it causing such controversy?”
Commuters on whether transport secretary was right to go https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyj4e1rk1do
Haigh, who represents the Sheffield Heeley constituency, had admitted telling police in 2013 she had lost her work mobile phone in a mugging, but later found it had not been taken.
If you discovered where your phone was do you think plod would actually do anything? Only if you went to recover the phone would they turn up. To arrest you, not the thief.
The left keep bringing up the Jenrick/Braverman part in the latest Doctor/engineer/surgeon being allowed to stay in the UK.
They should clear this up by both making a statement about what they did/didn’t do.
I think they didn’t have much choice and this type of thing helped them make up their minds to leave the Tories but keeping quiet gives the lefties a way of deflecting any discussion on the latest atrocity.
Mind, as usual it will be forgotten as soon as the next one comes along and it all starts over again.
Disinclined to cut the ex Blues much slack, but does raise a fair issue as to what gets to any Minister when, and what they actually can do about it. As I ponder anarchy as a #politicsoftheleastbad option
“I am proud of what we have done in less than two years as a Labour Government. We’ve stepped up to lead internationally for Ukraine with the Coalition of the Willing and Ukraine Defence Contact Group, established Britain as a leading voice for Europe in NATO, raised defence investment to 2.5% of GDP three years earlier than anyone expected, launched the deepest defence reforms in 50 years, won the biggest UK defence export deals for decades, published a first-of-its-kind Strategic Defence Review, gave our Armed Forces the biggest pay rise in nearly 20 years, boosted military morale, fixed over 1,200 of the worst forces family homes, reset relations with European allies and signed major defence agreements with Germany, Norway and France.
You spelled out the threats last week: “it is our intelligence assessment, and the assessment of other countries in NATO, that there could be an attack by Russia on NATO as soon as 2030.”
OR AN ATTACK ON THE STREETS OF SOUTHAMPTON OR BELFAST?
One might wonder what – if anything – recent horrors are having on the bi election voters – 6 days from now …77000 = 35000 vote got at all . How many will for bodybags Burnham ? The bbc gives him a free pass – he won’t go near real journos – Brillo – Trevor Phillips – and try to win on the basis of his name and saying – promising nothing –
There’ll be 10000? Dumb voters who will always vote Labour – then the invader / welfare vote – another 10 000 – then the rest …
Then it’s between the Lowe candidate v the farrage candidate …
I think the country loses whatever happens ……
Clearly an outrage, but not just that a TDS outrage.
Just one thing, and a bit like ovaries in Judges here making them ‘better’, what aspect of skin pigmentation adds to the Nobel chances of a scientist. Or not?
Taff – think – over the last couple of week TTK will try to use the footy to distract – which is one of many reasons i wanf both the UK teams to fail soonest
That Benn family has given us years of odd behaviour , some of it hilarious but some so serious it couldn’t be taken seriously, Wedgy was off the scale daft. And Today more proof that his son Hillary is more of the same, he was asked repeatedly on the Nick Ferrari show “was beheading someone, an act from an alien culture?” Hillary struggled and struggled until on the sixth time of asking he conceded that beheading somebody could well be an act from an alien culture.
I was amazed that Hillary wasn’t quick witted enough to tell us about Henry Vlll’s various wives in the 16th Century and indeed the end of Charles l in the mid 17th Century.
He did reassure us that so far as Sudanese immigrants were concerned, he was confident that today, yes, this very day that there would be Sudanese doctors working in the NHS saving lives.( perhaps even stitching people’s heads back on). Amazingly there are figures available that show that 1500 Sudanese doctors are licensed to work in Britain. ( total number of licensed Doctors is 300,000 ) Good job there is no disease or illness in the Sudan, and we can enjoy them all here ?
I had thought Hillary had been sent to Ireland , because until recently it was thought to be a quiet backwater, where nothing happens and he wouldn’t be noticed……….Just shows you can’t keep a good man down.
BREAKING: Defence Secretary John Healey RESIGNS over reported clashes with Keir Starmer over Defence spending.
He has stated that the Prime Minister has failed to “meet the moment” over the seemingly perpetually delayed defence investment plans (DIP) pic.twitter.com/VEHlKExbiJ
Current defence and immigration strategies are derived from John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ song…
Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion* too
Imagine all the people
Living life on welfare and voting Labour
* Well, possibly one particular religion would be okay…
“Saudi society is a fascinating mix. While historically grounded in a unified Arab and Islamic heritage, it is highly diverse today. The country boasts a large expatriate community and distinct regional traditions. However, this diversity differs from Western multiculturalism, as the society remains deeply rooted in traditional values”
Official Stance: The official FAQ on the Saudi tourist website states, “Everyone is welcome to visit Saudi, provided that they follow and respect our culture, traditions and laws… We do not ask visitors personal questions and we respect the right to privacy.”
The Legal Reality: Same-sex sexual acts and LGBTQ+ expression are strictly illegal under the country’s interpretation of Sharia law, with harsh penalties on the books. However, foreign tourists are generally not questioned or investigated, and enforcement of these laws has shifted toward discretion
The Government prohibits public non-Muslim religious activities. Non-Muslim worshippers risk arrest, lashing, and deportation for engaging in overt religious activity that attracts official attention.
The Mayor of London’s free annual festival is back! Bringing Londoners and visitors together to celebration Eid al-Adha, this year marks the 20th anniversary Eid has been held in the iconic Trafalgar Square. https://www.london.gov.uk/events/eid-square-2026
“The Mayor of London’s free annual festival is back!” Non-Muslim worshippers risk arrest, lashing, and deportation for engaging in overt religious activity that attracts official attention.
this year marks the 20th anniversary Eid has been held in the iconic Trafalgar Square. Non-Muslim worshippers risk arrest, lashing, and deportation for engaging in overt religious activity that attracts official attention.
Part of that culture is to form a massive traffic jam on a Wednesday night on the causeway to Bahrain, so they can spend the weekend on an almighty lash up.
Men only. Of course.
One short paragraph on the attempted beheading by an asylum seeker.
All the rest on the aftermath.
Sad to say but I did mention in an earlier post how rioting just plays into the hands of the Far Left open door immigration globalists who, with their MSM friends and BBC, can just avoid the key issue.and just focus on the violence.
Government crisis – defence Secretary says PM won’t defend Britain ( nothing new there ) maybe they’ll get another dud aircraft carrier … HMS £Hermer £
No defence plan will stop the invasion …. Defence is a waste of money without border control – fact .
Good diversion for the blob from Northern Ireland …
Have to admit – the footage of the US defence / war secretary visiting the US base on Cuba – versus the resignation letter of the UK defence / surrender Secretary – at the same time has a certain .. resonance…
Someone I know. Born in South Africa but family in 1900 from Berkshire. Wife and kids have British passports. He does not. Highly educated and a key member of a senior leadership team. Speaks perfect English. Repeatedly acknowledged for good work. He is a known person with a long back history and manifestly poses no threat.
He has had to fork out £15 k, jump through hoops, fill in numerous forms, and do the test to claim citizenship and get a UK passport.
Versus any number of cross channel boat people, asylum seekers aka economic migrants.and hundreds of thousands from the Indian subcontinent. Who have no skills, no provable history, and don’t speak English. The Northern Ireland knife man didn’t even get a check when he walked over from the Republic. Yet allowed to stay for five years. Many get indefinite leave. Many have no cultural allegiance whatever to the UK but are here only for the free meal tickets.
Truly the government has some sort of deliberate death wish regarding our once great Britain.
John Healey, Defence Secretary, has resigned because Rachel from Complaints won’t give him the money to meet the 3% Defence spending commitment. (Admittedly the MoD is totally incompetent when it comes to project management on new defence procurement and development)
TTK is more interested in appeasing his Far Left backbencher comrades, who measure success by how much money we can thrown into the unreconstructed welfare budget, than he is with ensuring the Defence of the Realm.
The UK spends a significant portion of its overseas aid budget—about £2.8 billion, or 20%—on hosting refugees and asylum seekers domestically. Under international rules, donor countries can count the first 12 months of domestic refugee subsistence costs, such as food and accommodation, as Official Development Assistance (ODA).
France Soir was a widely read newspaper and is now a major online French media company.
So if France Soir can publish a clip of a UK Oncology expert Prof giving alarming evidence to a US senate committee on the cancer dangers of the mRNA gene therapy then why the hell can’t the useless incompetent bBC show the same clip?
“11 June 2026, 13:07 BST
Updated 35 minutes ago
A shop worker who groomed and trafficked seven girls aged between 12 and 16 for sexual abuse has been jailed.
Bawan Harwe, 28, messaged his victims on social media under a fake name, offering them money and e-cigarettes to win their trust, before raping and abusing them.
Harwe’s accomplice, Sharam Muhamadi, who helped facilitate the abuse, failed to attend the hearing at Sheffield Crown Court and will be sentenced at a later date.
Sentencing Harwe, of no fixed abode, to 29 years imprisonment, Judge Sarah Wright told him: “The harm you have caused is of unimaginable proportions.””
Bradford – City of UK Culture 2025.
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“The trial heard that, after arriving in the UK as an unaccompanied asylum seeker, Muhamadi was taken into the care of social services in Bradford.” https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy0v8741pxo
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“Five local inquiries, which cannot compel the production of evidence, just will not do. Fifty towns were affected, not five. Bradford, where some of the worst abuse occurred, is refusing to co-operate with any inquiry at all. There has never been an inquiry in Bradford, because the council is refusing to participate.” https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2025-04-28c.33.0&s=bradford+council+rape+gangs#g34.0
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A socialite who killed a mugger by running him over to reclaim her stolen bag has been sentenced to 18 years.
Italian businesswoman Cinzia Dal Pino, 65, was caught on street CCTV ramming the Moroccan man with her white Mercedes GLE in Viareggio, Tuscany, in September 2024.
The footage shows the socialite swerve off the road in her £80,000 SUV and repeatedly plough into Noureddine ‘Said’ Mezgui, 52.
As he fell to the ground, Dal Pino reversed and then drove forward, crushing him under the front wheels of her two-and-a-half-tonne motor.
But as the Moroccan national writhed in agony, Dal Pino reversed and ran over him twice more until he stopped moving.
She stepped out of the luxury vehicle in her stiletto heels before she took back her bag, then continued to drive off.
Mr Mezgui was later declared dead at the scene after passersby called paramedics.
Dal Pino was on trial for aggravated voluntary homicide and the judge ruled she will be able to serve her term under house arrest after prosecutors argued she sought ‘excessive’ revenge.
Dal Pino told police earlier that Mezgui had mugged her as she came out of a restaurant after a dinner date.
Her lawyer Enrico Marzaduri said: ‘She didn’t want to kill, but to stop the man and get her bag back.
‘Inside it were her documents and house keys, and she was fearful he would have committed other crimes.’
But despite this fear, rather than calling police or paramedics Dal Pino calmly returned to the restaurant where she had been dining with friends before the attack to bring back an umbrella she had borrowed, local media reported.
Dal Pino admitted to police she had chased after him and had only wanted to get her bag back.
She told police: ‘He had threatened to kill me with a knife. I was scared. I didn’t mean to kill him I just wanted my belongings back.
‘There were important documents in my bag and I couldn’t call the police because my phone was in there.’
Officers later revealed no knife had been found on Mezgui and Dal Pino was initially held in jail on suspicion of manslaughter before being freed under house arrest.
Her lawyer Enrico Marzaduri dismissed the video and said last year: ‘I understand from the autopsy that it was certainly the initial impact that proved fatal and there are no tyre marks on the body.
‘She just wanted to stop him and was aiming for his legs. She is suffering for what she did and is feeling remorse for what happened.’
Dal Pino, a well known socialite in the Italian coastal city, was identified through her SUV’s number plate and arrested by police just hours after the incident.
The high-flying socialite, who was under house arrest before her trial, was also accused of cruelty, deceitful methods and killing her victim while he was unable to defend himself.
Mr Marzaduri’s motion to downgrade the charge to self-defence or manslaughter was rejected by the court. The woman was granted mitigating circumstances and the aggravating circumstance of cruelty was dropped.
Police had been monitoring Mr Mezgui in the lead up to his death and had wanted to repatriate him, but authorities had not responded to their requests, meaning he had remained at large in Viareggio.
Mr Mezgui’s family in Morocco previously spoke of their horror following the incident and criticised Italian authorities for placing Dal Pino under house arrest while she awaited trial rather than in jail.
‘Not even an animal is killed in this way,’ his sisters told Moroccan channel Chouf TV, adding: ‘We ask for justice for our brother, Cinzia Dal Pino must remain in prison.’
Mezgui’s family said of the 52-year-old, who had lived in Italy for 24 years: ‘He was a good man and we want justice. Everyone who knows him will tell you that.
‘She ran over him four times and then just calmly drove off when he was dying and didn’t even ask for help.’
Local archbishop monsignor Paolo Giulietti said just after the mugger’s death: ‘Other than self-defence, the video shows astonishing behaviour.
‘How do you drive your car over a person’s body several times? How could we think that a quiet and esteemed lady, a capable entrepreneur, could carry out such an action?
‘Evil wins when it makes us evil: those who rejoice because this episode would be an episode of self-defence demonstrate how evil wins.
‘I say, let’s not rejoice, this is not self-defence, and it is not justice. Nothing, absolutely nothing can justify murder.
‘Not just because we live in a state of law. But because every person, in every situation they find themselves in, has the right to live.’
Italy’s deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini took a different view and wrote on Facebook: ‘This drama is the consequence of a crime. If the man who lost his life hadn’t been a delinquent this wouldn’t have happened.’
Interesting story. 18 years is basically life at her age, but house arrest doesn’t sound too bad. I presume she has a nice house and can have pizza and pasta delivered regularly – maybe even continue her ‘socialite’ lifestyle, just with dinners at home.
UK – “UK Gov to decide who can use a toilet and when the internet can be used.”
USA – “Donald Trump on Truth Social:
“The United States will be hitting Iran (Whose Navy, Air Force, Radar, Anti Aircraft, and all other forms of Defense, together with most of its offensive capability, are GONE!), VERY HARD TONIGHT. At some point in the not too distant future, we will be taking Kharg Island, and other oil infrastructure points, and assume total control of their Oil and Gas Markets, much like we have with Venezuela, which is working out brilliantly for both Venezuela and the United States of America. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP””
Not sure why Trump keeps signalling what he intends to do to Iran…. One would think massive and deadly surprise responses would be far more persuasive.
As opposed to advance private briefings to BBC TNI partners so they can give a heads up to foes, maybe blurting stuff out that may happen, or may not, keeps everyone guessing.
Might piss off Allies, and their media mates. Doubt he cares much.
Meanwhile a submarine drops the corpse of a naval officer off the coast of Ireland.
….buuut they do fear ‘fear, anger and shock’….just about the protests not the attempted beheading…..you must foregt all about that….toxic, hateful social media is the cause of the protests not that…erm….well you know.
“I believe Britain’s response to Brexit must be based on core progressive values: internationalism, cooperation, social justice and the rule of law.”
“Strip away the factual misinformation repeatedly peddled about the Human Rights Act and almost everyone acknowledges that it works well in practice. Police up and down the country have found the Human Rights Act a much clearer and firmer basis for practical policing than the common law ever was.”
Iranian and Iraqi….when will they stop it? How many more girls are to be sacrificed for our ‘elite’s’ ideological addiction to open borders? Both likely asylum seekers…one certainly is….why does the BBC headline not mention that very salient fact?
They loudly object to the word ‘invaders’ being used but many looking on might suggest that is the most suitable word as it seems that rape is being weaponised and used almost as an act of war against the native population by that Elite who could care less for ‘white trash’ and use the ‘fighting age males’ whom they traffic over here as their own militia to destroy Britain.
So when will TTK publish his surrender / defence document ?
It was meant to be today – Thursday – or Friday . But at the moment there is no defence cabinet minister to present it .
Whoever takes the job will instantly declare they don’t give a damn about defence and it’s the usual party before country .
I suspect TTK might put his gimp – the chief treasury one in the job – he’s another who sold his soul long ago … Darren jones
Then – of course TTK has to go to a NATO conference in early July to tell President Trump the UK won’t be paying its way after all – it would rather give its tax money to the parents of window lickers and the like ….
Curious omission….Badenoch pounded Starmer concerning defence spending during PMQs just yesterday….but the BBC seems to have forgotten that as Defence Secretary John Healey resigns on the very basis that Badencoh was pounding Starmer about…..I haven’t heard a single mention of the battering Starmer got during PMQs on defence spending.
Guess they don’t want to give Badenoch any credit for her part in Starmer’s coming downfall.
Any body seen the overhead videos of the confrontation between police and “right wing rioters” in Belfast. It is typical of the same vision of Romans v Barbarians. Could be a matter of time before some ex RM / SBS and/or Hereford person steps in to take control. Then the Government will be really f*cked.
ITV local news now
A religious broadcast about Saint Jo Cox
This prog is full woke-supremicist, so of course the item included platforming a lot of Labour MPs doing propaganda about recent news
“Jo would have hated the divisiness of today”
… Oh did she support foreign beheaders ?
Mr Cox, who married Jo Cox in 2009, was reported to police in Massachusetts in the US in 2015 for “inappropriate touching” while on a trip to Harvard – a claim which he denies.
This is an outrageous, disgraceful smear on John Healey — and an outright lie. There are a ton of ways to finance more for defence — starting with net zero — without taking a penny from schools or hospitals. Reeves should be ashamed of herself for allowing this nonsense. Suggests… https://t.co/hzYShehcmq
The UK spends a significant portion of its overseas aid budget—about £2.8 billion, or 20%—on hosting refugees and asylum seekers domestically. Under international rules, donor countries can count the first 12 months of domestic refugee subsistence costs, such as food and accommodation, as Official Development Assistance (ODA).
Looks like TTK is going to have to threaten the back benchers with a general election again to keep his job . I think it’s the third time he has done it .
We live in very dangerous times – Russia is no threat – but the invasion and body bags Burnham is – he ll re grade every ones council tax in an attempt to destroy the housing market and put invaders in the resulting repossessed homes …. Then he’ll sell out to the EU … screw us further on green crap and fix the 2029 election .
This after the reform / Lowe vote gives him victory next Thursday …
FlotsamJul 23, 15:28 Midweek 22nd July 2026 A very good point. However the timing of Burnhams appointment means he won’t have to put an appearance in Parliament…
Fedup2Jul 23, 15:20 Midweek 22nd July 2026 A woman driving a car has been filmed hurling abuse at Nigel Farage in Clacton and then driving into a…
tomoJul 23, 15:07 Midweek 22nd July 2026 Palestine Action promotes “direct action” involving hammers. [img]https://i.ibb.co/20yqvx39/Noname.jpg[/img] [img]https://i.ibb.co/ZpK16sPs/Noname2.jpg[/img] Some trans peeps seem fond of them too it seems [img]https://i.ibb.co/RkgZGbsT/Hammers.jpg[/img]…
MarkyMarkJul 23, 14:59 Midweek 22nd July 2026 Maybe use those barracks – they could fight for a bed? “Burnham pauses early prison release scheme that was due…
tomoJul 23, 14:33 Midweek 22nd July 2026 Am I a bad person for thinking all those lanyards might have alternate uses?
MarkyMarkJul 23, 14:20 Midweek 22nd July 2026 “On March 31, 2022, President Joe Biden announced that his administration would release 1 million barrels of oil per day…
MarkyMarkJul 23, 14:15 Midweek 22nd July 2026 Why not just put all their expenses and costs out into the public to see how to avoid TAX? HA…
MarkyMarkJul 23, 14:04 Midweek 22nd July 2026 “Abdoela Berhan, 35, an Eritrean asylum seeker staying at the Britannia migrant hotel in Bournemouth, has been jailed for six…
GJul 23, 14:04 Midweek 22nd July 2026 There is a limit to how much they can drain to maintain the structural integrity of the storage salt caverns.…
JonathanRJul 23, 13:58 Midweek 22nd July 2026 Exhibit 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSuEbblh6N8
So the State will be targeting “misinformation” on line, and will seek to punish those spreading it.
Back in my day, we would use the word “Lie”
So we will be soon locking up liars. But who gets to choose what are lies
A ministry of truth would sort that out!
“A ministry of truth would sort that out!”
We’ve already got one…
Oh wait, I meant Verify and Ofcom – how silly of me!
The State will be targeting “truth” on line, and will seek to punish those spreading it.
Today, they use the word “misinformation”
So they will continue to lock up people who tell the truth. But ofcom gets to choose what is true
The ministry of truth (ofcom) sorts that out!
Dark times ….. need strong leaders …. like Keir and Labour
2026 “Hilary Benn: New Powers Will Target ‘False Information’ Online During ‘Crisis’ Events Like Belfast”
https://order-order.com/2026/06/11/hilary-benn-new-powers-will-target-false-information-during-crisis-event/
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1765 …. **In a republic worthy of name, freedom to publish one ’s thoughts is a citizen’s natural right.** They may use a pen or their voice, and should not be prevented from writing any more than speaking …That is the law in England, a monarchical country, where people are freer than elsewhere because they are more enlightened. – Voltaire, Republican Ideas, 1765
2019 …Australia’s highest court has made a landmark ruling that a public servant was lawfully sacked for writing tweets which criticised government policies. The court rejected her claim that she had been denied a right to free speech. – Australia, 2019
1765 … **In a republic worthy of name, freedom to publish one’s thoughts is a citizen’s natural right.**
2019 … ** a public servant was lawfully sacked for writing tweets which criticised government policies.**
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Nick Lowles, the Chief Executive of the anti-racism group HOPE not hate, issued a public apology for spreading false information on X (formerly Twitter) when he mistakenly claimed a Muslim woman had been attacked with acid
“Nick Lowles Hope Not Hate: “Yes, the list was a hoax, but just look at the front pages of today’s papers. An anti-racist message is being transmitted to millions of homes this morning””
Long Read sorry….
“Douglas Murray in the Speccie:
“I get the sense that the political and media class badly miss Katie Hopkins. Back when the reality TV star was still a regular on our screens and in our newspapers, she could be relied upon to be the focus of attention whenever the people in charge didn’t want the public’s attention to be focused where it ought to be.
So when a British soldier was decapitated on the streets of London, or a suicide bomber went off at a pop concert packed with teenage girls, Ms Hopkins could be found saying something that a lot of people were thinking – only in a more colourful or unwise way. A pattern emerged whereby, within 24 hours of any atrocity on the streets of Britain, the political and media class would be talking about how inappropriate Hopkins’s comments were and how forcefully we must all condemn them. Her comments were generally said to be ‘divisive’, ‘hateful’ and ‘have no place in public life’. It was a comfortable place to be, because everyone could then avoid talking about the atrocity itself.
To some extent, Nigel Farage appears to have filled the deep need for such a figure. After Vickrum Digwa’s conviction for the murder of Henry Nowak – and the release of police bodycam footage showing officers handcuffing the victim as he lay dying – the leader of Reform said we should feel ‘pure, cold rage’. Keir Starmer described Farage’s words as ‘unforgivable’ and declared that this is ‘a time for serious work, not rage’, while the BBC and other media focused their discussion on the question of whether Farage should have spoken at all – and promptly also misrepresented his words.
Perhaps the Prime Minister and others might at some point produce a chart – or Power-Point presentation – explaining the feelings that the public are allowed to hold in response to various atrocities? For instance, under what situation are we allowed to feel ‘mildly irked’? What sort of attack might we be allowed to actually be ‘angry’ about? Is the ‘serious work’ Starmer now calls for something we are allowed to participate in? Or can this Defcon 1 response only be engaged in by the professionals?
Unfortunately the past week has provided another round of such questions. On Monday a Sudanese migrant living in Belfast was caught on camera trying to behead a local man on the city’s streets. It turned out that the perpetrator had crossed into Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland and been given refugee status.
Starmer described the attempted beheading as ‘sickening’, while the Chief Constable of the PSNI warned about the challenge of toxic online commentary. ‘All of our communities in Northern Ireland contribute positively to this place,’ Jon Boutcher said, warning people not to be ‘fooled or duped into a trap by people online’.
In the Commons the government had a swift response to a question from the Northern Ireland Unionist MP Jim Allister, who asked what might be done ‘to stop the importation of an alien culture that thinks it’s appropriate to try and behead someone’. The responding minister – Hilary Benn – spied his opening. ‘I’m sorry the honourable gentleman used the term “alien culture”,’ he said. ‘What exactly is he referring to?’ It shouldn’t be that hard to understand.
Historically speaking, Northern Ireland is not a place filled with pacifists. Indeed, it was almost touching that the First Minister Michelle O’Neill responded to the attack by saying that its citizens should not let ‘other people, who don’t care about here, incite hatred or fear’. She went on to say the public should not allow ‘people who are faceless to orchestrate campaigns on the street’. Because in the normal order of things it has been the job of Sinn Fein/the IRA to do just those things.
Still, the appallingness of the crime should not baffle the political class. Why not – finally – use it as a learning moment?
For years there has been a stock response whenever anybody raised the issue of the mainly Pakistani rape gangs. ‘So you’re saying that everybody from that background is a rapist?’ was deflection question no. 1. To which the answer was: ‘Obviously no.’ But then there was a clever little question no. 2: ‘So you think white British men don’t abuse children?’ To which the answer was obviously once again ‘no’. The questions were insincere because the real answer – as with the Belfast attack – is so obvious. We have our own rapists, but why exactly do we need to import more? It is a version of the question Germany might have done well to address in the past couple of decades: ‘Given our historical problem with anti-Semitism, ought we to import a large and fresh batch of anti-Semites?’
The term ‘alien cultures’ is a completely appropriate one. It would include the sort of cultures in which it is not uncommon for people to go around trying to behead others. This certainly doesn’t mean that everybody from any particular community should be accused of crimes they have not committed. But it also doesn’t mean we should all have to pretend to be completely ignorant of what an MP like Jim Allister is referring to.
Different cultures have different traditions, customs, habits and proclivities. They include different attitudes towards women, violence, gaming the system (including the asylum and welfare systems) and much else. The problem with this pretend ignorance is precisely that: it is a pretence. Everybody knows what people are getting at when they worry about the negative sides of their own culture, so why do we have to pretend to be completely befuddled when someone raises the negative sides of other cultures?
We all know the answer. Which is that generations of politicians and pundits have given us a problem that they do not know how to solve. But people have noticed the problem. And no amount of pretended bewilderment or deflection will cover that fact over for ever.””
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2017 …. As Home Secretary in 2017, Amber Rudd led a campaign to force technology companies to grant security and intelligence agencies backdoor access to end-to-end encrypted messaging platforms like WhatsApp
2026 Hilary Benn: New Powers Will Target ‘False Information’ Online During ‘Crisis’ Events Like Belfast
I find thd position of sin Fein / Ira difficult to understand in the context of the invasion they are supporting. All those years ‘fighting for Ireland ‘ but now they support invaders over the Irish people – north south RC or Protestant . Nope – just dont get it ….
…. Unless – of course – Sinn Fein /ira – was never really about nationalism – it was about internationalism – like the uniparty and all those WEF gangs across the west ….
Sinn Fein has painted itself into a corner.
It has adopted a ‘holier-than-thou’ pose by defending mass immigration – only to find that the majority of Irish people are just as hostile to it as the British.
“Met Police calls on tech firms to make stolen phones unusable”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg4dey905yo
“Met Police calls on tech firms to make stolen money unusable”
“Met Police calls on tech firms to make kids unrapable”
“Met Police calls on tech firms to make others to patrol the streets”
“The Metropolitan Police and policing officials argue that retailers and the public failing to stop, challenge, or report shoplifters exacerbates the ongoing retail theft crisis. “
“Keir Starmer
@Keir_Starmer
This government will not stand by while children are put at risk online.
Today I am calling on the tech companies to introduce device-level controls to prevent children from taking, sharing or viewing nude images.
And if they don’t act, we will.”
Community Notes
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https://x.com/Keir_Starmer/status/2063900280299675847
Readers added context they thought people might want to knowReaders added context
Jess Phillips resigned from gvnt May 12 citing Starmer’s failure to act on this specific measure.
lbc.co.uk/article/keir-s…
Technology like this requires blanket ID vertification to take vetted photos. Kids easily verify as adults rendering measures useless while curbing liberty for everyone else.
eff.org/pages/uk-onlin…”
The Irish citizen army – composed of Protestant and catholics trying to hold on to their country – must be making the British state dust off the ladybird book of ‘troubles ‘ – meanwhile soldiers who fought Irish terrorist face TTK courts – with judges on video screens …
the replies are predictable
Theres online footage of him being accosted and told to go somewhere if he doesn’t tell the truth . He replied ‘ok I will go work for the BBC ‘( this msy not be true and be an offence under the Liz Kendal act ) …
Controversial on here I know, but I think SKY is now worse than the BBC.
There! I said it.
“Ed Miliband is at war with Number 10 over its attempts to slash DESNZ’s budget by at least 1% to help fund the elusive Defence Investment Plan (DIP). According to the Telegraph, Miliband has gone studs up over demands to squeeze around £600m from the department. Will someone think of the heat pumps…
Currently, around £9 billion is set to be spent on carbon capture and storage alone. Miliband thinks this is a worthy investment, even as the DIP is around £4.5 billion short of the funding requested by the MoD. Is Ed aware that Britain’s Navy more or less doesn’t exist?
The ongoing cabinet wrangling over the DIP is increasingly regarded as an academic exercise within Labour circles anyway, given Starmer’s tenure in Number 10 is coming to an end. Although under the new regime, Miliband will still sit at the top table…”
https://order-order.com/2026/06/11/miliband-digs-in-over-net-zero-in-funding-clash-with-starmer/
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Small boats data ZERO DUE TO WEATHER?
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
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HMS Prince of Wales expected to be on the move again soon following “technical issue”
By Kelly Brown
Editor
Published 6th Jun 2026, 09:23 BST
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HMS Dragon docks after ‘minor technical issue’
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gxw7px8glo
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The UK government’s total welfare bill, which includes the State Pension, has frequently exceeded income tax receipts, but this is not a new phenomenon. In fact, welfare spending has been higher than income tax revenue for the past 13 consecutive years, with both the Full Fact and Institute for Fiscal Studies confirming this dynamic predates the current parliament.
Seems the defence plan is to be published – Friday – when parliament has gone home …. Who cares – it’s as dead in the water as the Royal Navy is …. And I guess there’ll be something to upset the Americans ….
“The MoJ complains in its new “Public appointments diversity and outreach strategy 2026” document:
“In 2024/25, across MOJ’s appointments, 57% were women, 12% were from an ethnic minority background, 4% declared a disability, and 64% were based outside London and the South East. By comparison, recent ONS economically active population data shows: 48% female; 17% from an ethnic minority background; 18% disabled; and 71% based outside London and the South East.””
https://order-order.com/2026/06/11/exc-lammys-ministry-of-justice-to-hire-without-cvs-and-force-90-of-interview-panels-to-be-diverse/
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Has the BBC moved from news to social engineering …. YES.
“By 2020, the BBC wants its employees to comprise 50% women, 8% disabled people, 8% lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people and 15% people from black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds.{bbc.co.uk 14sep2017}”
MoJ will not be happy until 100% are wimmin and at least 50% of those must be one-legged Ukrainian black lesbians.
Edit: and blind.
Finally it’s revealed what burqas are really for: shoplifting on a massive scale!
When you have no allegiance or pride in the Country you live in stealing is just another very economic form of shopping!
It’s worse than that. Non-muslim countries are seen as inferior, waiting to be conquered, and owing a sort of Jizya tax to the ‘superior’ Muslims. Or stealing could also be seen as another form of Jihad.
So there is no shame in it, in fact it’s viewed as praiseworthy by many.
https://www.thereligionofpeace.com/
How insane is the idea of giving interviews to people without reading their CV’s first
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From Guido
Lammy’s Ministry of Justice to Hire Without CVs and Force 90% of Interview Panels to Be “Diverse”
he Ministry of Justice will force 90% of interview and sift panels to be diverse and will look to reduce the use of CVs in hiring, according to a two-year diversity strategy just released. Lammy can now get a pink-haired judge to sign off on his divorce with reality…
The MoJ complains in its new “Public appointments diversity and outreach strategy 2026” document:
“In 2024/25, across MOJ’s appointments, 57% were women, 12% were from an ethnic minority background, 4% declared a disability, and 64% were based outside London and the South East. By comparison, recent ONS economically active population data shows: 48% female; 17% from an ethnic minority background; 18% disabled; and 71% based outside London and the South East.”
It has therefore signed itself up to “a measurable reduction by 2028 in the representation gap for underrepresented groups compared to 2024/25 baseline data.” The stated 2028 goal is moving the profile of applicants and appointees “towards the diversity profile of the UK economically active population.“ No room for merit here…
Amusingly the department notes that “sex representation is broadly balanced overall” but will continue to monitor it, and that “there remains under-representation in some demographic groups.” Fans of numbers will note that women are overrepresented to a greater degree than ethnic minorities are underrepresented – so where’s the problem?
Lammy’s department has given itself another pledge:
“An expectation that at least 90% of campaigns achieve demonstrable diversity on sift and interview panels, with panel selection informed by the current diversity of the board and any representation gaps. For the purposes of this measure, a panel will be considered diverse where declared data shows representation of more than one sex, or at least one declared ethnic minority or disabled panel member. Any exceptions will require documented justification and quarterly senior oversight.”
Here are the highlights of what the MoJ has now signed itself up to do:
Host and collaborate on outreach events (virtual and in-person) to demystify the appointments process, especially targeting underrepresented groups and regions with structured pre- and post-event engagement tracking.
Enhance senior buy-in by identifying a Public Appointee Diversity Advocate and strengthening informal networks of public appointees to support engagement activity and share perspectives on diversity with the Advocate reporting annually on progress and barriers.
Utilise staff networks and MOJ Champions to raise awareness of public appointments.
Establish, where appropriate, Steering Groups for boards with poor diversity, involving No10, Cabinet Office, Special Advisors, and other relevant stakeholders who can bring additional expertise, challenge and networks to support more effective campaign planning and outreach, with clear terms of reference and escalation routes.
Explore novel application methods with colleagues across government (e.g. AI sifting, video applications, alternative to CVs) to widen access and reduce bias in the system.
Introduce a documented post-campaign diversity review for 100% of campaigns, analysing progression data, panel composition and candidate feedback.
Use feedback and lessons learned to refine future campaigns, with bi-annual reviews and a full strategy evaluation in 2028.
David Lammy is personally committed to increasing “diversity” in the judicial system while massive issues like retention in the existing judiciary continue to wreak havoc. Clown government…
The lunatics are running the asylum!
If you want the best outcome you support the best people. Whereas if you want to be popular and get voted for you support the rest who happen to be the majority.
How come Welsh politicians can legislate against English people buying properties and moving in to Wales yet Northern Ireland and for that matter England cannot block or complain about people from all over the World from just moving in?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvglx4y1g7mo
A report has revealed £465,654 has been spent on implementing and defending the Article 4 process to date. These include:
£80,000 in legal costs
£402,330 from Welsh government
£400,000 match funded from Cyngor Gwynedd via one-off revenue funding
£325,618 on staffing
£59,961 on administration
“The whole point of putting Article 4 in place was so that local people had some kind of chance to buy houses in this area, rather than everyone flowing from here to Bangor, Caernarfon, Cardiff and beyond,” Williams said.
He added that the “council’s mistakes had left communities back at square one”.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvglx4y1g7mo
SOMEONE WAS PAID! HA HHAH AH AHAH AH AH !
digg
Scrap the Welsh assembly , simples!
A waste of money and a waste of time .
Its just a talking shop .
I noticed the BBC have installed a mini soccer court outside their studios and are running “smile” pieces with youngsters etc. Probably really meant to ride on the back of the World Cup and show how down with the footie kiddies they are but carrying no World Cup text or logos so possibly an attempt to capitalise on the World Cup footy mania without having to cough up any royalties?
Any idea what flags they’ll be showing, Digg?
Just asking for an Englishman…
How is everyone else enduring the predicted El Niño weather roasting we were told was going to hit us all?
As for me I’m going to dig out my overcoat today, it’s perishing.
Digg – im worried that the popcorn harvest will be affected and that there will be no bees to help produce the popcorn crop .
So I m panic buying to a plan as well as buying popcorn futures hoping to make a killing .
Watching footage of Northern Ireland increases popcorn consumption . Luckily for TTK the anger in Northern Ireland is unlikely to spread because of all that soma they have put in the water supply …
Starmer to visit Belfast ….. or may be not … send mad milliband first …
Big Brother at No. 10 has told phone companies to make it possible to make stolen phones unusable….
Would it not be a better plan to make all phones trackable built into the hardware so it could not be changed, that way you stand a chance of getting your phone back AND sending a piece of shit to jail!
Just saying Mr S!
That would suit Mandelson and his cronies ….
“What is the controversy over Morgan McSweeney’s stolen phone?
The government-issued phone of the former prime minister’s staff was stolen in October. But why is it causing such controversy?”
Commuters on whether transport secretary was right to go
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyj4e1rk1do
Haigh, who represents the Sheffield Heeley constituency, had admitted telling police in 2013 she had lost her work mobile phone in a mugging, but later found it had not been taken.
If you discovered where your phone was do you think plod would actually do anything? Only if you went to recover the phone would they turn up. To arrest you, not the thief.
The left keep bringing up the Jenrick/Braverman part in the latest Doctor/engineer/surgeon being allowed to stay in the UK.
They should clear this up by both making a statement about what they did/didn’t do.
I think they didn’t have much choice and this type of thing helped them make up their minds to leave the Tories but keeping quiet gives the lefties a way of deflecting any discussion on the latest atrocity.
Mind, as usual it will be forgotten as soon as the next one comes along and it all starts over again.
Disinclined to cut the ex Blues much slack, but does raise a fair issue as to what gets to any Minister when, and what they actually can do about it. As I ponder anarchy as a #politicsoftheleastbad option
As mentioned earlier, it would have been the ‘Blob’ which farted around, and I could hardly comment on them making mistakes…
COULD NOT STOP ONE BOAT…..
“I am proud of what we have done in less than two years as a Labour Government. We’ve stepped up to lead internationally for Ukraine with the Coalition of the Willing and Ukraine Defence Contact Group, established Britain as a leading voice for Europe in NATO, raised defence investment to 2.5% of GDP three years earlier than anyone expected, launched the deepest defence reforms in 50 years, won the biggest UK defence export deals for decades, published a first-of-its-kind Strategic Defence Review, gave our Armed Forces the biggest pay rise in nearly 20 years, boosted military morale, fixed over 1,200 of the worst forces family homes, reset relations with European allies and signed major defence agreements with Germany, Norway and France.
You have led this as PM, earning wide respect at home and abroad. Like me, I know you are exceptionally proud of our Forces and all of those who work in UK Defence.”
https://order-order.com/2026/06/11/breaking-john-healey-resigns/
You spelled out the threats last week: “it is our intelligence assessment, and the assessment of other countries in NATO, that there could be an attack by Russia on NATO as soon as 2030.”
OR AN ATTACK ON THE STREETS OF SOUTHAMPTON OR BELFAST?
One might wonder what – if anything – recent horrors are having on the bi election voters – 6 days from now …77000 = 35000 vote got at all . How many will for bodybags Burnham ? The bbc gives him a free pass – he won’t go near real journos – Brillo – Trevor Phillips – and try to win on the basis of his name and saying – promising nothing –
There’ll be 10000? Dumb voters who will always vote Labour – then the invader / welfare vote – another 10 000 – then the rest …
Then it’s between the Lowe candidate v the farrage candidate …
I think the country loses whatever happens ……
This seems like one for BBC Verify
https://www.science.org/content/article/study-finds-sharp-decline-black-hispanic-researchers-receiving-nih-funding?
Drop in those receiving grants and fellowships in 2025 shows impact of Trump administration rollbacks to diversity initiatives
Clearly an outrage, but not just that a TDS outrage.
Just one thing, and a bit like ovaries in Judges here making them ‘better’, what aspect of skin pigmentation adds to the Nobel chances of a scientist. Or not?
So who is to be the new defence Secretary ? I reckon mad Ed milliband would be ideal for the PRC ….
Or maybe Jarvis or that other ex military who sold his country and soul for a ministerial car …
Alex Jones Show: HAPPENING NOW – Northern Ireland Is In FULL REVOLT As Mass Demonstrations & Riots Go UK-Wide! “Civil War Is Coming… This Is The Final Straw That Broke The Camel’s Back!”: https://www.alexjoneslive.com/2026/06/10/must-watch-wednesday-live-ireland-leads-uk-wide-revolt-against-globalist-sponsored-3rd-world-islamic-invasion-after-attempted-beheading-video-goes-viral-tune-in-now-for-latest-shocking-developments/
Famous last words…………..
Showing naked shoulders is Haram! Allah Akbar as they say in the streets of Belfast and in Leeds Council meetings.
Fedup2
IMHO our UK Government is banking on the world cup to take the heat out of the rioters i.e. “Bread & Circuses “.
Taff – think – over the last couple of week TTK will try to use the footy to distract – which is one of many reasons i wanf both the UK teams to fail soonest
Fed,
I hope we stay in for a long run so long as the supporters keep on singing the new national anthem at all the games.
Is that ‘Starmer is a w****r’ at every match!
WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE BENNS………
That Benn family has given us years of odd behaviour , some of it hilarious but some so serious it couldn’t be taken seriously, Wedgy was off the scale daft. And Today more proof that his son Hillary is more of the same, he was asked repeatedly on the Nick Ferrari show “was beheading someone, an act from an alien culture?” Hillary struggled and struggled until on the sixth time of asking he conceded that beheading somebody could well be an act from an alien culture.
I was amazed that Hillary wasn’t quick witted enough to tell us about Henry Vlll’s various wives in the 16th Century and indeed the end of Charles l in the mid 17th Century.
He did reassure us that so far as Sudanese immigrants were concerned, he was confident that today, yes, this very day that there would be Sudanese doctors working in the NHS saving lives.( perhaps even stitching people’s heads back on). Amazingly there are figures available that show that 1500 Sudanese doctors are licensed to work in Britain. ( total number of licensed Doctors is 300,000 ) Good job there is no disease or illness in the Sudan, and we can enjoy them all here ?
I had thought Hillary had been sent to Ireland , because until recently it was thought to be a quiet backwater, where nothing happens and he wouldn’t be noticed……….Just shows you can’t keep a good man down.
The good old days when comedy was removed due to outrage…. before AI and Keir in a bikini…..
August 26, 2020 “Guardian takes legal action to shut down parody headline generator
By Freddy Mayhew”
OJ has been very quiet of late, is he dead? Cancelled?
Perhaps he’s been existentialised – about time…
retards, toxic retards
tomo
Warning ! Censorship.
Clearing the way for a Miliband MoD?
IMHO there is a General Election is on the way .
Current defence and immigration strategies are derived from John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ song…
Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion* too
Imagine all the people
Living life on welfare and voting Labour
* Well, possibly one particular religion would be okay…
Nosferatu
Elsewhere the Khant weighs in…
“Saudi society is a fascinating mix. While historically grounded in a unified Arab and Islamic heritage, it is highly diverse today. The country boasts a large expatriate community and distinct regional traditions. However, this diversity differs from Western multiculturalism, as the society remains deeply rooted in traditional values”
Official Stance: The official FAQ on the Saudi tourist website states, “Everyone is welcome to visit Saudi, provided that they follow and respect our culture, traditions and laws… We do not ask visitors personal questions and we respect the right to privacy.”
The Legal Reality: Same-sex sexual acts and LGBTQ+ expression are strictly illegal under the country’s interpretation of Sharia law, with harsh penalties on the books. However, foreign tourists are generally not questioned or investigated, and enforcement of these laws has shifted toward discretion
The Government prohibits public non-Muslim religious activities. Non-Muslim worshippers risk arrest, lashing, and deportation for engaging in overt religious activity that attracts official attention.
The Mayor of London’s free annual festival is back! Bringing Londoners and visitors together to celebration Eid al-Adha, this year marks the 20th anniversary Eid has been held in the iconic Trafalgar Square.
https://www.london.gov.uk/events/eid-square-2026
“The Mayor of London’s free annual festival is back!”
Non-Muslim worshippers risk arrest, lashing, and deportation for engaging in overt religious activity that attracts official attention.
this year marks the 20th anniversary Eid has been held in the iconic Trafalgar Square.
Non-Muslim worshippers risk arrest, lashing, and deportation for engaging in overt religious activity that attracts official attention.
Part of that culture is to form a massive traffic jam on a Wednesday night on the causeway to Bahrain, so they can spend the weekend on an almighty lash up.
Men only. Of course.
Hypocrite? Moi?
One short paragraph on the attempted beheading by an asylum seeker.
All the rest on the aftermath.
Sad to say but I did mention in an earlier post how rioting just plays into the hands of the Far Left open door immigration globalists who, with their MSM friends and BBC, can just avoid the key issue.and just focus on the violence.
Government crisis – defence Secretary says PM won’t defend Britain ( nothing new there ) maybe they’ll get another dud aircraft carrier … HMS £Hermer £
No defence plan will stop the invasion …. Defence is a waste of money without border control – fact .
Good diversion for the blob from Northern Ireland …
Now back to the footy
HMS InPortWithNoWindows
Have to admit – the footage of the US defence / war secretary visiting the US base on Cuba – versus the resignation letter of the UK defence / surrender Secretary – at the same time has a certain .. resonance…
Back to des at the footy . There .
Indeed.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4602123/philadelphia-district-attorney-says-little-about-murdered-college-student/?
“Labour is getting better and better at digitally scrubbing all evidence of a departing Cabinet minister. It’s had plenty of practice by now…
Healey has already been removed from the party’s website. ”
https://order-order.com/2026/06/11/labour-quickly-removes-evidence-of-john-healeys-existence/
BBC starts removing Huw Edwards from archives

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0w44nz6nneo
Just mentioned Uncle Joe.
BBC Graphics on balcony PR duty?
Compare and contrast.
Someone I know. Born in South Africa but family in 1900 from Berkshire. Wife and kids have British passports. He does not. Highly educated and a key member of a senior leadership team. Speaks perfect English. Repeatedly acknowledged for good work. He is a known person with a long back history and manifestly poses no threat.
He has had to fork out £15 k, jump through hoops, fill in numerous forms, and do the test to claim citizenship and get a UK passport.
Versus any number of cross channel boat people, asylum seekers aka economic migrants.and hundreds of thousands from the Indian subcontinent. Who have no skills, no provable history, and don’t speak English. The Northern Ireland knife man didn’t even get a check when he walked over from the Republic. Yet allowed to stay for five years. Many get indefinite leave. Many have no cultural allegiance whatever to the UK but are here only for the free meal tickets.
Truly the government has some sort of deliberate death wish regarding our once great Britain.
John Healey, Defence Secretary, has resigned because Rachel from Complaints won’t give him the money to meet the 3% Defence spending commitment. (Admittedly the MoD is totally incompetent when it comes to project management on new defence procurement and development)
TTK is more interested in appeasing his Far Left backbencher comrades, who measure success by how much money we can thrown into the unreconstructed welfare budget, than he is with ensuring the Defence of the Realm.
I suspect a COBRA meeting is on the way ?
The UK spends a significant portion of its overseas aid budget—about £2.8 billion, or 20%—on hosting refugees and asylum seekers domestically. Under international rules, donor countries can count the first 12 months of domestic refugee subsistence costs, such as food and accommodation, as Official Development Assistance (ODA).
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9663/
France Soir was a widely read newspaper and is now a major online French media company.
So if France Soir can publish a clip of a UK Oncology expert Prof giving alarming evidence to a US senate committee on the cancer dangers of the mRNA gene therapy then why the hell can’t the useless incompetent bBC show the same clip?
The uiBBC is awaiting instructions. How long before anyone checked on Stalin?
“11 June 2026, 13:07 BST
Updated 35 minutes ago
A shop worker who groomed and trafficked seven girls aged between 12 and 16 for sexual abuse has been jailed.
Bawan Harwe, 28, messaged his victims on social media under a fake name, offering them money and e-cigarettes to win their trust, before raping and abusing them.
Harwe’s accomplice, Sharam Muhamadi, who helped facilitate the abuse, failed to attend the hearing at Sheffield Crown Court and will be sentenced at a later date.
Sentencing Harwe, of no fixed abode, to 29 years imprisonment, Judge Sarah Wright told him: “The harm you have caused is of unimaginable proportions.””
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy0v8741pxo
There were gasps from people sitting in the public gallery when the sentence was delivered.
In 2023, he moved to Doncaster and began working “long shifts” in a shop.
“long shifts” – overworked?! Sympathy?
Bradford – City of UK Culture 2025.
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“The trial heard that, after arriving in the UK as an unaccompanied asylum seeker, Muhamadi was taken into the care of social services in Bradford.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy0v8741pxo
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“Five local inquiries, which cannot compel the production of evidence, just will not do. Fifty towns were affected, not five. Bradford, where some of the worst abuse occurred, is refusing to co-operate with any inquiry at all. There has never been an inquiry in Bradford, because the council is refusing to participate.”
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2025-04-28c.33.0&s=bradford+council+rape+gangs#g34.0
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Italian woman has the right idea
Running over a lowlife invader mugger
Unfortunately gets a long sentence
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15891763/Socialite-ran-killed-Moroccan-mugger-stole-bag-sentence-Italy.html
A socialite who killed a mugger by running him over to reclaim her stolen bag has been sentenced to 18 years.
Italian businesswoman Cinzia Dal Pino, 65, was caught on street CCTV ramming the Moroccan man with her white Mercedes GLE in Viareggio, Tuscany, in September 2024.
The footage shows the socialite swerve off the road in her £80,000 SUV and repeatedly plough into Noureddine ‘Said’ Mezgui, 52.
As he fell to the ground, Dal Pino reversed and then drove forward, crushing him under the front wheels of her two-and-a-half-tonne motor.
But as the Moroccan national writhed in agony, Dal Pino reversed and ran over him twice more until he stopped moving.
She stepped out of the luxury vehicle in her stiletto heels before she took back her bag, then continued to drive off.
Mr Mezgui was later declared dead at the scene after passersby called paramedics.
Dal Pino was on trial for aggravated voluntary homicide and the judge ruled she will be able to serve her term under house arrest after prosecutors argued she sought ‘excessive’ revenge.
Dal Pino told police earlier that Mezgui had mugged her as she came out of a restaurant after a dinner date.
Her lawyer Enrico Marzaduri said: ‘She didn’t want to kill, but to stop the man and get her bag back.
‘Inside it were her documents and house keys, and she was fearful he would have committed other crimes.’
But despite this fear, rather than calling police or paramedics Dal Pino calmly returned to the restaurant where she had been dining with friends before the attack to bring back an umbrella she had borrowed, local media reported.
Dal Pino admitted to police she had chased after him and had only wanted to get her bag back.
She told police: ‘He had threatened to kill me with a knife. I was scared. I didn’t mean to kill him I just wanted my belongings back.
‘There were important documents in my bag and I couldn’t call the police because my phone was in there.’
Officers later revealed no knife had been found on Mezgui and Dal Pino was initially held in jail on suspicion of manslaughter before being freed under house arrest.
Her lawyer Enrico Marzaduri dismissed the video and said last year: ‘I understand from the autopsy that it was certainly the initial impact that proved fatal and there are no tyre marks on the body.
‘She just wanted to stop him and was aiming for his legs. She is suffering for what she did and is feeling remorse for what happened.’
Dal Pino, a well known socialite in the Italian coastal city, was identified through her SUV’s number plate and arrested by police just hours after the incident.
The high-flying socialite, who was under house arrest before her trial, was also accused of cruelty, deceitful methods and killing her victim while he was unable to defend himself.
Mr Marzaduri’s motion to downgrade the charge to self-defence or manslaughter was rejected by the court. The woman was granted mitigating circumstances and the aggravating circumstance of cruelty was dropped.
Police had been monitoring Mr Mezgui in the lead up to his death and had wanted to repatriate him, but authorities had not responded to their requests, meaning he had remained at large in Viareggio.
Mr Mezgui’s family in Morocco previously spoke of their horror following the incident and criticised Italian authorities for placing Dal Pino under house arrest while she awaited trial rather than in jail.
‘Not even an animal is killed in this way,’ his sisters told Moroccan channel Chouf TV, adding: ‘We ask for justice for our brother, Cinzia Dal Pino must remain in prison.’
Mezgui’s family said of the 52-year-old, who had lived in Italy for 24 years: ‘He was a good man and we want justice. Everyone who knows him will tell you that.
‘She ran over him four times and then just calmly drove off when he was dying and didn’t even ask for help.’
Local archbishop monsignor Paolo Giulietti said just after the mugger’s death: ‘Other than self-defence, the video shows astonishing behaviour.
‘How do you drive your car over a person’s body several times? How could we think that a quiet and esteemed lady, a capable entrepreneur, could carry out such an action?
‘Evil wins when it makes us evil: those who rejoice because this episode would be an episode of self-defence demonstrate how evil wins.
‘I say, let’s not rejoice, this is not self-defence, and it is not justice. Nothing, absolutely nothing can justify murder.
‘Not just because we live in a state of law. But because every person, in every situation they find themselves in, has the right to live.’
Italy’s deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini took a different view and wrote on Facebook: ‘This drama is the consequence of a crime. If the man who lost his life hadn’t been a delinquent this wouldn’t have happened.’
“Car hits man who wanted to dress as woman by collecting bags” BBC Verified Story
Interesting story. 18 years is basically life at her age, but house arrest doesn’t sound too bad. I presume she has a nice house and can have pizza and pasta delivered regularly – maybe even continue her ‘socialite’ lifestyle, just with dinners at home.
UK – “UK Gov to decide who can use a toilet and when the internet can be used.”
USA – “Donald Trump on Truth Social:
“The United States will be hitting Iran (Whose Navy, Air Force, Radar, Anti Aircraft, and all other forms of Defense, together with most of its offensive capability, are GONE!), VERY HARD TONIGHT. At some point in the not too distant future, we will be taking Kharg Island, and other oil infrastructure points, and assume total control of their Oil and Gas Markets, much like we have with Venezuela, which is working out brilliantly for both Venezuela and the United States of America. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP””
Not sure why Trump keeps signalling what he intends to do to Iran…. One would think massive and deadly surprise responses would be far more persuasive.
Or maybe he has a hidden plan?
As opposed to advance private briefings to BBC TNI partners so they can give a heads up to foes, maybe blurting stuff out that may happen, or may not, keeps everyone guessing.
Might piss off Allies, and their media mates. Doubt he cares much.
Meanwhile a submarine drops the corpse of a naval officer off the coast of Ireland.
….buuut they do fear ‘fear, anger and shock’….just about the protests not the attempted beheading…..you must foregt all about that….toxic, hateful social media is the cause of the protests not that…erm….well you know.
Forget Climate Emergency because we have a Defence Emergency !
Forget the defence emergency we need to feed people coming in dinghies!
“I believe Britain’s response to Brexit must be based on core progressive values: internationalism, cooperation, social justice and the rule of law.”
“Strip away the factual misinformation repeatedly peddled about the Human Rights Act and almost everyone acknowledges that it works well in practice. Police up and down the country have found the Human Rights Act a much clearer and firmer basis for practical policing than the common law ever was.”
“Labour’s priorities are clear: jobs and the economy must come first; not party interests or ideological fantasies.”
https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/keir-starmer-quotes
Iranian and Iraqi….when will they stop it? How many more girls are to be sacrificed for our ‘elite’s’ ideological addiction to open borders? Both likely asylum seekers…one certainly is….why does the BBC headline not mention that very salient fact?
‘Rapist jailed for trafficking and abusing girls’
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy0v8741pxo
They loudly object to the word ‘invaders’ being used but many looking on might suggest that is the most suitable word as it seems that rape is being weaponised and used almost as an act of war against the native population by that Elite who could care less for ‘white trash’ and use the ‘fighting age males’ whom they traffic over here as their own militia to destroy Britain.
Could be wrong there but ‘some might say’…
So when will TTK publish his surrender / defence document ?
It was meant to be today – Thursday – or Friday . But at the moment there is no defence cabinet minister to present it .
Whoever takes the job will instantly declare they don’t give a damn about defence and it’s the usual party before country .
I suspect TTK might put his gimp – the chief treasury one in the job – he’s another who sold his soul long ago … Darren jones
Then – of course TTK has to go to a NATO conference in early July to tell President Trump the UK won’t be paying its way after all – it would rather give its tax money to the parents of window lickers and the like ….
Curious omission….Badenoch pounded Starmer concerning defence spending during PMQs just yesterday….but the BBC seems to have forgotten that as Defence Secretary John Healey resigns on the very basis that Badencoh was pounding Starmer about…..I haven’t heard a single mention of the battering Starmer got during PMQs on defence spending.
Guess they don’t want to give Badenoch any credit for her part in Starmer’s coming downfall.
Not newsworthy. Apparently.
Any body seen the overhead videos of the confrontation between police and “right wing rioters” in Belfast. It is typical of the same vision of Romans v Barbarians. Could be a matter of time before some ex RM / SBS and/or Hereford person steps in to take control. Then the Government will be really f*cked.
Drones? Haven’t even thought about that…………….
ITV local news now
A religious broadcast about Saint Jo Cox
This prog is full woke-supremicist, so of course the item included platforming a lot of Labour MPs doing propaganda about recent news
“Jo would have hated the divisiness of today”
… Oh did she support foreign beheaders ?
Jo Cox was a Fabian
The precoding item was “A DONCASTER man has been jailed for grooming raping young girls”
The other chap was referred to as “his accomplice”
FFS actual 9 points to BBC national news show at 6 who referred to the men as an Iraqi and an Iranian
Both shows quickly named the men, so their non Britishness was obvious
“The husband of murdered MP Jo Cox, Brendan Cox, has quit two charities he set up in her memory after allegations of sexual assault were made public.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43101434
Mr Cox, who married Jo Cox in 2009, was reported to police in Massachusetts in the US in 2015 for “inappropriate touching” while on a trip to Harvard – a claim which he denies.
The UK spends a significant portion of its overseas aid budget—about £2.8 billion, or 20%—on hosting refugees and asylum seekers domestically. Under international rules, donor countries can count the first 12 months of domestic refugee subsistence costs, such as food and accommodation, as Official Development Assistance (ODA).
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9663/
Greens are stupid …
Black Lives Matter protesters confront white diners outside DC cafe
Jaguar | Copy Nothing
Looks like TTK is going to have to threaten the back benchers with a general election again to keep his job . I think it’s the third time he has done it .
We live in very dangerous times – Russia is no threat – but the invasion and body bags Burnham is – he ll re grade every ones council tax in an attempt to destroy the housing market and put invaders in the resulting repossessed homes …. Then he’ll sell out to the EU … screw us further on green crap and fix the 2029 election .
This after the reform / Lowe vote gives him victory next Thursday …