232 Responses to Start the Week 6th July 2026

  1. atlas_shrugged says:

    Africa or Mexico, Mexico or Africa?

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  2. taffman says:

    It looks like Al Beeb and the ‘meeja’ are getting very worried about Nigel … ?
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy0424end7vo

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  3. Flotsam says:

    A ramble through Local Taxation. Sorry not BBC other than the fact The BBC support Marxism.

    With the Labour/Marxist talk of Mansion Tax, I’ve got to thinking about Local Government Taxation in the context of our far Left Government. What is Council Tax? Is it a tax that pays for local services or is it a politics of envy a means of taxing the rich.
    At the other extreme from Council Tax was Thatcher’s Community Tax (Poll Tax) which was to replace the old Rates system.. Everybody paid the same based on the idea everyone uses local services and should contribute to the cost. Ideologically people who paid no Tax were voting in elections. Poll Tax failed due to riots by people who used public services but felt they shouldn’t pay for them.

    Council Tax was brought into being after the Poll Tax debacle . Rather than a flat rate per household a graduated scheme of value bands ensured people living in more valuable properties paid more, there is an upper limit, the highest band is H and if you lived in a Mansion the most you would pay is the same as people living in any band H property. These days the value of Band H properties could probably start at about £800K and could extend to hundreds of millions.

    The Marxists want Mansion Tax, or is it a few extra bands? Is it fair that the more valuable your house the more you have to pay? Mansion Tax, is it merely the Politics of envy? Marxism? Mansion Tax is proposed to kick in at a property value of £1.5 Million, in some areas that’s not a Mansion value. People buying and living in higher value properties will be paying significant amounts of other Taxes.

    I call Council Tax, Hut Tax, look it up.

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  4. Fedup2 says:

    Admin note

    As part of our enhanced service to site users – we will be providing added to support to those affected by the result of the Eng er land footy game – trained counsellors will be available …
    More sane people will go noo noo …

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  5. wwfc says:

    Look what we had. We gave it away like it meant nothing.

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  7. harry142857 says:

    I can’t watch the England game, no licence, you see.
    Alternative version below.

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  8. tomo says:

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    • JohnC says:

      Clearly this cretin never reads HYS comments when the article is a very important one for Labour.
      Suddenly it’s flooded with cheap, spiteful nonsense comments and ridiculous numbers of ‘likes’ for pro-Labour/anti-Right.
      And it’s impossible for the BBC to be unaware of it. But they let it happen.

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  9. tomo says:

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    • MarkyMark says:

      5000 jobs in China?
      Good jobs as opposed to being a politician – bad job?

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  10. Doublethinker says:

    The liberal establishment , the Globalists, is determined to nail Farage by one’s means or another in an attempt to prevent a Reform government. No doubt they have plenty other schemes and dirty tricks up their sleeves.
    In Germany the ‘authorities’ are considering an outright ban on the AFD, in France they are on the brink of imprisoning Mde Le Pen and of course in the USA they have been trying to bring down President Trump for a decade. All this in the name of protecting democracy.
    Are the people , the voters, going to allow this to happen? I have little faith in the ability of voters to see what is in their best long term interests , so I think the people will in the long run allow the Globalists to run their lives.
    Even if voters do surprise me and choose to defend democracy at the ballot box they will face increasingly severe and repressive tactics by the liberal establishment to hold on to power.

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    • moggiemoo says:

      Being right of centre is heading towards being an actual criminal offence, it’s already treated as such.

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    • JohnC says:

      I notice how the ‘Right’ ptotest about the policies of the Left which they can see are destroying society as we know it.

      The Left go for people personally. They never talk about policies, they just hate the people who disagree with them. And it’s that special kind of nasty idelogical hate : the sort which thinks it’s right to murder them. Like Charlie Kirk.

      That’s what we are seeing with this campaign against Nigel. It’s deliberately whipping up more and more hatred. They would celebrate if someone killed him.

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    • Ian Rushlow says:

      Best and most honestly expressed by Turkish president Mr Erdogan when he was mayor of Istanbul:

      “Democracy is like a tram. You ride it until you arrive at your destination, then you step off.”

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  11. AsISeeIt says:

    Getting the excuses in early edition

    Our print papers start with a distinct disadvantage, playing on the online team’s home turf and in an arena with far loftier news stakes than they are used to most Monday mornings.

    This morning our BBC comments on their online press line-up:

    England’s late World Cup kick-off proved difficult for some of the papers. The Sun’s front page admitted the game was on so late it couldn’t bring readers the score, instead asking “how’s the hangover?” (BBC)

    No matter, our BBC’s top four picks in their front page line-up go big on the game of keepy-uppy with the latest iteration of the get Farage initiative.

    Farage faces another sleaze investigation – comments the left-leaning i paper, with a noticeable sense of nonchalance at the news – a sort of ‘no change there then’ attitude.

    Burnham needs a realistic plan for Britain – posits the FT.

    No he doesn’t, he just needs the political, institutional and media complex to clear the pitch of Farage for him.

    If only poor old Two-Tier Sir Keir could have clung on a little longer to get a World Cup bounce.

    Full force… of another little tweak of the law – sorry I can’t represent that droning adenoidal accent in plain text.

    Overseas voters moving to UK could face £100,000 donations cap for year (BBC)

    How about giving us a moratorium on all ‘overseas voters’ moving to the Yookay?

    Speaking of little tweaks of our laws… sometimes these segueways will tend to write themselves…

    Tories offer PM solution to deport Rochdale ringleader… The Tories have drafted changes to the law… (Torygraph) – only about a few decades too late.

    Badenoch has the Tories smiling again – observes the left-leaning i paper with more than a hint of relief?

    Uniparty regime looking for a Burnham v Badenoch next round play-off?

    Stale pale Manc male versus woman of colourful heritage, really?

    Left-branded party to rely on the racist lizard brain of the population at the next General Election? It worked for Starmer v Sunak.

    News from the Patriarchy

    Experts tell of regret at autism ‘male brain’ label… regrets characterisation… because the phrase lends itself to misunderstandings (Guardian)

    Pink in tooth and claw

    Down in that FT bottom left-hand corner of the front page lefty-liberal spot – where the market watching paper scoffs at capitalistic entrepreneurship – we’re told: Musk crosses new frontier with Starbase enterprise… Few places in America better capture the priorities of Donald Trump’s second term… Big Tech power, geopolitical ambition and fortress mentality… Original inhabitants can spot a ‘SpaceX-er’ … ‘They’re kind of alpha males’ (FT)

    Original inhabitants…? Careful now.

    How’s that Net Zero workin’ out fo’ yer?

    Want an eco-friendly home? It’ll take 25 years to cover the costs (Times)

    Property advice: The best time to buy property is twenty years ago.

    That’s a old gag – but let me think what’s happened to the population in the last twenty years?

    How we feelin’ about the State garnering all our most personal info in one big database with their Digital ID project?

    Russian hackers steal government logins (Telegraph)

    And finally at the back end of this news review

    The dark side of the Brazilian butt lift boom (BBC) – nope, that’s not football news, it’s a health story.

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  12. JohnC says:

    An absolute classic example of how the BBC seep their bias into everybodies lives:

    Pizza Express held inquiry into Andrew’s Woking claim
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1my27lyjx9o

    This is an absolute non-story. The basic facts are that they Pizza Express decided to ask around 7 years ago if anyone saw Andrew and nobody could remember anything.

    ‘Bosses held an internal inquiry that involved looking for records from that time period – none of which could be found – and trying to talk to past members of staff and local management.
    The manager of the Woking branch in 2001 had since left the business so could not be spoken to, it is understood.’

    Then we get:
    ‘Newsnight has made extensive inquiries to see if there is any record of a customer or staff member having seen him at the Pizza Express restaurant, but has found no evidence of him being there.’
    And no evidence that he wasn’t BBC. Because there is no evidence at all. Why are Newnight wasting taxpayers money on a story like this ?. It is of no public interest at all now. It’s pure spite against someone they detest.

    Of course the entire purpose of this article is to kick Andrew in the balls while he is in the gutter with the aim to top up the hate for him as people might start to forget. So on the back of this flimsy non-story, they drag up the entire thing including the interview with the vile Maitlis.

    Basically they want Andrew (and eventually the whole Royal family) to be destroyed so we can embark on another socilaist experiment. Which would of course lead to disaster as it always does – but as usual the Left think they are the intellectuals who should decide what everyone else wants.

    There are very valid reasons why many people lose their leftist activism as they grow up and start to understand the real world. The BBC are a refuge for those special idiots who don’t.

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    • Deborah says:

      I’m sure somewhere is a desire to destroy borders and make every country little different from any other. I’m sure flooding all western countries with people from other lands is part of the policy, but so is euthanasia, gay marriage, acceptability of changing gender, net zero and limiting travel to 15 minute cities. But what makes Britain British? Well let’s destroy it by devolution. Add into the mix destroying the British pub. We will tell everyone that eating beef is bad for you and pushing a vegetarian or vegan menu among the young. We will put a woman in as a hopeless woke Archbishop of Canterbury (Gavin Ashendon who was chaplain to the late Queen pointed out she had only 2 years part time training to become a vicar compared to his 7 years full time training). Add to all this the destruction of the monarchy in which our present King seems complicit with his love of diversity and the destruction of Britain is nearing completion. I am sure there are more examples but the direction of travel is obvious.

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  13. Flotsam says:

    Further view on Hut Tax, sorry Council Tax which I meant to put in my earlier post. What is interesting is that British property taxes are already the highest in Europe.

    Decent link with stats:
    https://www.euronews.com/business/2025/08/19/property-tax-across-europe-which-countries-collect-the-most-and-whats-their-share-of-total

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  14. tomo says:

    A taster of what’s to come

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  15. atlas_shrugged says:

    The state’s stealthy strangling of TCW

    https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/the-states-stealthy-strangling-of-tcw/

    Ofcom, and the w@nkers at 77 and Wyton all have dirty hands. Add to that the bad stench of mutton.

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  16. MarkyMark says:

    Here we go …. recognition …. a statue …. reparations … pull down all the statues …

    “India need to pay reparations?”

    ….

    “Thousands of forgotten soldiers from pre-partition India who served and died in World War One are finally being recognised in the biggest update to casualty records in more than 80 years.”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgqjpqjgxzgo
    Work is now being done to trace British descendants of those whose sacrifice is now acknowledged.

    “Of the thousands of newly recognised dead, around 25% are Sikhs, another 25% Hindus, with around 40% having been Muslim.”

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  17. Althepalerp says:

    Back in my day we were poorer. .

    But society was so much nicer.

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  18. MarkyMark says:

    “Overseas voters moving to UK could face £100,000 donations cap for year (BBC)”

    “Labour MP Barry Gardiner received over £500,000 in staff funding and donations between 2015 and 2020 from Christine Lee, an individual the Security Service (MI5) later identified as a covert Chinese Communist Party agent. Gardiner maintained he was transparent about the funding and cooperated with security services, who confirmed Lee gained no political advantage.”

    “Lord Alli funded at least seven Cabinet ministers
    Labour peer has given more than £300,000 to members of Sir Keir Starmer’s front bench during span of almost two decades”

    “Revealed: House of Lords members have given £109m to political parties”

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  19. MarkyMark says:

    King moves out of BUckingham Palace and then rent sit out to foreigners…. HA HAH AHA HA

    “Prince Harry has formally accepted an invitation to stay at Buckingham Palace for part of his visit to London this week, a spokesperson for the Duke of Sussex has confirmed.”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c77yykl87yno

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    • Deborah says:

      Yes but now Mail on Line says Harry didn’t confirm that he was accepting the offer to stay at Buckingham Palace within the required timeframe and the offer has been withdrawn! Good on whoever made the decision!

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      • MarkyMark says:

        Cannot build HS2.
        Cannot house an ex-Prince.
        Cannot know if Andrew had Pizza.

        UK Banana republic.

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  20. Fedup2 says:

    Apparently comrade blunkett has done a report ( doesn’t every one ) on plod – telling them not to be woke and to be neutral and fight real crime …

    This is a bit rich comrade Blair and every politician afterward has followed the woke policy going from the top to the street plod – covered in rainbow – hamas – Palestine badgess …

    No badges apart from the flag and poppy in November – don’t like it – leave – try policing the coloureds in the same way as whites … take away the handcuffs and stab vests and boiler suits …and make a national police force …

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  21. Emmanuel Goldstein says:

    I often see references to WAGs which I believe stands for Wives and Girlfriends.

    Surely this is wrong, players should not have Wives and Girlfriends. They have Wives Or Girlfriends.

    I think some of these woke, politically correct people should correct this so that we see them called by their correct acronym.

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  22. tomo says:

    The “I left the country” lie bit is one that most folk I know will be exasperated by .

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  23. Emmanuel Goldstein says:

    The government want to control the media platforms so that we get their version of events and news saying they will put ‘trusted’ providers first.

    GB News is, in my opinion, the most trusted news channel. It is watched by the more people than the others such as bbbc and Sky News.

    GB News should be the first option when you type in some question or ask about some news story. Maybe Talk TVshould be up there as well.

    But it’s not about trust though is it. It’s blatant propaganda and lies. They think by saying they are putting ‘trusted’ sources in their spiel that the public will believe them.

    Some will because there are increasing numbers of low IQ people in the population and there’s the gullible lefties who believe what they want to believe.

    They are losing loads of people who once did trust the bbbc but ‘Auntie’ has lost her credibility.

    I don’t think they will be able to control X and other platforms and this ‘trusted’ bollox is doomed to fail.

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    • MarkyMark says:

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    • Ian Rushlow says:

      Whilst the government do indeed want to control what you see – and especially get rid of Elon Musk and X – I’m going to play Devil’s advocate here and give another perspective:

      The proposals are simply intended to give priority to established and trusted providers in accordance with existing practices and policies dating back many decades. In the 1960s, UK television sets began to be equipped with push-button tuners for channel selection; these had to be configured such that the first button was BBC1, the second button was BBC2, the third button was ITV. When the numbers of channels dramatically increased and electronic selection and TV guides became the standard, these also had to be organised with BBC1 at the top, followed by BBC2, ITV, Channel 4 and Five. All Freeview, Freesat, Sky, Set top boxes and televisions are organised this way without exception. When Smart TVs became the norm, the BBC IPlayer app had to be included by default and in a prominent position.

      Let’s not be naive: the government’s aim is to control all information, initially by de-emphasising contrary voices, restricting access through age control and digital ID, and banning and censoring if necessary (sic). There is also an agenda of pushing the BBC on YouTube and Netflix (the deals have already been inked), then using this as the excuse to extend the hated TV licence to all media consumption, possibly made inescapable by adding it to Council Tax. But, the idea of promoting official media is certainly not new at all in this country – it’s just that the average person wasn’t aware of what was going on.

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      • tomo says:

        There is a legitimate (albeit variable) case for controlling information – that’s not what we’re looking at here – this is a Jacinta Ardern style attempt to monopolise “truth”.

        Coming from an ideologically constipated troupe of authoritarian, ignorant eejits like the present Labour Party it’s very dangerous indeed.

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      • MarkyMark says:

        “The “Nudge Unit,” officially known as the Behavioural Insights Team, is a UK-based global consulting firm that applies behavioural science to public policy. It operates on the concept of “choice architecture” from Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein’s 2008 book Nudge, subtly guiding people toward better decisions without restricting their freedom of choice.”


        Nudge Nudge | Monty Python (Official Sketch)

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    • Deborah says:

      I am curious how few questions are asked about Andy Burnham and the Mid Staffordshire Health Authority. Last night I asked google’s AI. All it cited was the BBC and the Guardian and didn’t mention any deaths. Anyone under perhaps 50 wouldn’t know any different. And the information is disappearing.

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  24. MarkyMark says:

    “The country is moving the right direction….”

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  25. MarkyMark says:

    Comment “If the Government is so worried about “misinformation”, they should stop the BBC being on YouTube!”

    Authoritarian f**kery
    Andrew Lawrence

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  26. tomo says:

    Bristol will start charging residents for the amount of “carbon” they exhale?

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “Watch this.

      Green Party led Bristol City Council is charging people to use our parks – including mother and baby groups.

      The Green Party then claim they don’t actually lead Bristol City Council and have campaigned against themselves to have the fees lowered!”

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      • Fedup2 says:

        Since everyone and everything is taxed – why shouldn’t mother and baby groups ? The money can be used for ‘free breakfast clubs ‘…
        Charity taxation should be reviewed too – eg the RNLI should be taxed in proportion to the harm it does .. charged for every invader it facilitates …

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “The window tax was an 18th- and 19th-century property tax based on the number of windows in a house. Introduced in England in 1696 by King William III, it was designed as a “wealth tax,” operating on the assumption that larger homes with more windows belonged to the affluent.”

      However, this method led to severe unintended consequences:Bricking Up Windows: To avoid paying higher taxes, many homeowners and landlords bricked up their windows. Many historical buildings still feature sealed, bricked-up window spaces as physical remnants of this practice.Public Health Crisis: The lack of natural light and ventilation created dark, damp living conditions that contributed to the spread of diseases such as typhus, cholera, and smallpox.Repeal: Following public outcry and documented evidence of its devastating impact on public health, the UK government abolished the tax in 1851

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    • Ian Rushlow says:

      Parks were private until the 19th Century, the property of wealthy land owners and the aristocracy, not accessible by most people. The concept of public parks – safe and pleasant places for families, women, working class people – was driven by Victorian social reformers to help make life more pleasant for all. One of the most important early public parks was Birkenhead Park, opened in 1847, which became the inspiration for New York’s Central Park.

      Ultimately, rulers seek a return to the feudalism of the Middle Ages – they never really got over the impact of the Black Death and the liberation of the peasants which came in its aftermath. The modern version is somewhat more sophisticated and subtle of course, but the basic principles remain, with billionaires in place of the Earls and Barons and everyone else in subservience to them. And like their predecessors, they want to own all the land and keep it for themselves, the modern equivalent of the King’s hunting grounds. In some cases they buy it up: step forward Bill Gates, Ted Turner, John Malone, Stan Kroenke et al.

      But they can’t buy it all, at least not yet, but their paid allies – the NGOs and politicians – can do their bit by pushing green nonsense and concepts such as re-wilding and privatising the parks. You can bet your bottom dollar that if councils can get away with charging fees, the next steps will be to outsource the charging to private companies, and then to sell the parks themselves. It’ll be promoted as saving money for the council tax payers – see, it’s all for your benefit! The exact same playbook as was used for hospital car parks…

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      • Scroblene says:

        Getting parked in many places in Kent is an absolute nightmare – including the hospitals, although the two in Tunbridge Wells and Maidstone do lay on shuttle buses.

        So if these towns want to charge me for visiting, and spending money there, they can whistle, because I won’t go there – ever!

        Same goes for Londonistan, I’ll never go back there because even the smallest amount of my diminishing pension will never go to the four-foot mare’s smug motorcade expenses!

        Tough, when you have a choice, isn’t it! Amazon Prime solves all my delivery issues, and my local supermarkets are a welcome visit, as everyone knows everyone else, so it’s a win-win situation!

        I even had a letter from an optician, telling me they’d be pleased to come to my home – which sounds like a plan, if Rita Chevrolet turns up with her travel-case of various close-up machines…

        It’s rather like the choice of what you want to listen to, or watch, I only look at the beeboid website when I absolutely have to, I certainly never believe a word they say because of their unabated bias, and I still have the choice, and there are far better journos and programmes out there!

        Labours want to eliminate ‘choice’, and they can f**k off!

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  27. harry142857 says:

    Big Brother / Sister plus 70 odd others is watching

    https://order-order.com/2026/07/06/labours-social-media-crackdown-consultation-doesnt-let-people-oppose-state-control-of-platforms/

    Labour’s Social Media Crackdown Consultation Doesn’t Let People Oppose State Control of Platforms

    Guido first reported on the government’s plans to strangle non-state approved social media last month. Now everyone is catching up…

    Labour’s consultation does not even allow people to say they are opposed to state control of algorithms:

    The now-published green paper from DCMS details that Labour is committed to a “prominence regime” for social media, requiring platforms and video sharing sites to make state-approved news more prominent to the detriment of independent content. The government would decide who counts as a “trustworthy news provider” but admits the criteria aren’t yet written apart from BBC etc…

    Labour says prominence could be made conditional on providers taking on extra “responsibilities.” Compliance…

    The scope goes beyond broadcasters to national and local newspapers. The government also says this will be useful during “community tension, social unrest and democratic events.” There is a big Labour effort to shut down free communication during elections and protests…

    This all comes as Lisa Nandy quits X in a huff. The war between the state and free information exchange has only just begun…

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  28. tomo says:

    Morbid ideological constipation is a Westminster thing …

    £5 to FSU from me for the first notification of this incarnation of Bodybags saying “Fatcha”

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “This is a medical scandal of epic proportions and people of power and influence are still too frightened of trans activists and trans lobby groups to do the right thing and put an end to the insanity. Kids are being sacrificed to ideology and cowardice.”

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    • Rob in Cheshire says:

      I think “trans” is the new thalidomide.

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    • atlas_shrugged says:

      Something of the mengele about him.

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  29. tomo says:

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    • Rob in Cheshire says:

      Does he play the pink oboe?

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      • Scroblene says:

        Ha ha ha!

        As Binbags got some sort of ‘degree’ at a Uni some years ago, presumably he’s of the age where there were massive grants and expenses for his type, so can he perhaps pay some back to help some poor sod who is going to be in debt for most of his – or her – life?

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      • Thatcherrevolutionary says:

        or the fleshy flugelhorn?

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  30. Doublethinker says:

    I have no team representing my country in the World Cup.

    This is my position but not one which I share outside of a small group of trusted friends. But I notice that the likes of the esteemed Allison Pearson is a strong supporter of the English team despite being Welsh.

    In my view an England victory with a side containing most players with an ethnicity that isn’t English will be used by the liberal establishment to burnish the credentials of their false narrative that diversity is our strength.Many simpletons and football nuts will be swayed by this line of argument , ‘look what they did for the country, they brought the World Cup home’.

    I’m surprised therefore that Ms Pearson , who certainly understands the threat posed by migration and all that goes with it, is very happy to go into print about her support for this multiethnic team.

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    • Lucy Pevensey says:

      The English have a short memory.

      I stopped supporting our White Guilt team when they started the kneeling. What awful role models they are for English children.

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      • Ian Rushlow says:

        Agree with the sentiment. In fairness, they are only doing what they are told and they are not the brightest creatures on the planet. I am informed that the number on the back of the shirts or the shorts is often the IQ.

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        • Scroblene says:

          Ha ha ha! The days are long gone, when a pro footballer made a ‘name’ for himself by ‘opening a boutique’…

          (John Cleese in Monty Python – c.1969).

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  31. Emmanuel Goldstein says:

    Heard the Harry Kane interview?
    Sounds like him singing here.

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  32. vlad says:

    “If it wasn’t for Knockout Audit recoding this incident, this poor lad would be getting 2 years in jail and a criminal record because of this horrible evil b#tch on the left. Name and shame this officer let’s make her know we are disgusted by her actions.”

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/2042982459262790/

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  33. Fedup2 says:

    I’m looking for a bit of help … I mentioned I bet the house on Mexico winning – so I am due to be evicted pretty soon – if anyone has spare accommodation I’d be grateful ….

    In fact – my 50p bet on Mexico was balanceb by a red card bet and penalty …so I live again …. Well done to anyone who stayed up …

    Bread circuses … btw – watching Americans talking about soccer ball can be quite funny ….

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  34. Richard Pinder says:

    The Ministry of Truth (ofcom) is to force YouTube to prioritise BBC Propaganda.

    American video-sharing platform YouTube told users in Britain that, under pressure from the left-wing Labour government, unapproved independent media content on YouTube will be suppressed. Only State approved BBC propaganda is trusted by the Socialist Government.

    YouTube said “Mandating prominence for established media networks would push the UK’s diverse mix of independent journalists, educators, and digital-first businesses down the line”

    The Free Speech Union said that if the BBC was “trusted” by the public, the government would not have to force them to watch their propaganda. The director of the Free Speech Union, Lord Young of Acton, said “The reason the BBC now attracts fewer viewers than YouTube is precisely because people don’t trust it – and with good reason, given the misinformation it pumps out about the Israel-Gaza conflict, its fake-news Panorama documentary about Trump and its one-sided coverage of the ‘climate crisis’. Forcing social media platforms to label it ‘trustworthy’ is unlikely to restore its authority. More like the final nail.”

    Starmer trusts the BBC to censor the truth and spread lies: https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/07/05/youtube-warns-independent-uk-creators-their-content-is-set-to-be-down-ranked-in-favour-of-trusted-outlets-like-bbc/

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  35. friend of yogi bear says:

    BBC WETTING ITS PANTS , AGAIN……

    The BBC is very, Oh so very, concerned about Donald Trump making a call to a FIFA bloke , seemingly about red cards, suspension blah,blah,
    They are horrified that the red card has been overturned….but..only the Donald Trump part of it. Not the FIFA officials actions.

    FIFA has a long rich, history of dare I say it , corruption. I can’t recall the BBC being bothered about that…FIFA’s Sepp Blater, Michel Platini both banned from football administration, 16 FIFA officials charged with “involvement in criminal bribery schemes involving in excess of $200 million.
    The bidding process for the Russian world cup, the bidding for the Qatar world cup…money laundering, misappropriation of funds.
    Don’t forget Jack Warner the $ multi million “payment to secure the deal for the South African World cup. But none of that interesting …Yet Trumps phone call ( without providing evidence of its contents) .
    Still the BBC can spot corruption when they fall over it…hmm!
    Well Trump matters to the BBC in a special way only the BBC understands, the commentary of the next USA match will be all about Trump , the “soccer” might get a mention.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      For that to be leading the news shows how mad things are …

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    • Richard Pinder says:

      The Brussels Belgium Corporation v the USA. FIFA World Cup history: United States 3–0 BBC (July 13, 1930; Montevideo, Uruguay).

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  36. Fedup2 says:

    I wonder what the reaction be if the blob orders a bi election at clacton should farage be lawfared ?

    And the uniparty engineers him to lose ?

    Does it make any difference him being an MP now ? Perhaps when a GE is called he should stand …but the rules on accepting donations before becoming an MP seem a bit daft

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    • Scroblene says:

      When the Democrats were chucking the kitchen sink at Donald Trump, all he did was ignore the blather and press on! And he still has the goods on the nastiest of them all for a ‘present’ one day…

      The best strategy is exactly what Nigel Farage is doing, keep your head down, wait untll the bBC and the rest of the far-left MSM run out of ideas, and wait for the votes for Reform to pile in by the hour!

      Reform lap up this panic by beeboids, the awful Graun and the other rags, desperate for stories; the more I hear about anything that Nigel Farage has done to make a difference to the foul marxist state so beloved by the ridiculous Rodney and now Binbags, and the other pathetic Labours, scrabbling around for a ‘ministry’; the more I feel like cheering him on.

      Contd. p94…

      (Ms Badenoch is a person in some sort of role in the previous, somewhat diminished conservative – er – party).

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  37. MarkyMark says:

    2022 … At least 25,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel to Kent so far in 2022
    The government has paid private companies more than £2.5m this year to help pick up people attempting to cross the Channel on small boats.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-62728398

    Ian Baylis, managing director of Aeolian Offshore, said it bid for the contract “on the basis that it secures employment for our vessels and therefore crew, but also we felt this work was an important thing to be able to assist with, given the importance of the humanitarian element”.

    A Home Office spokesperson said: “We do not comment on operational matters.

    2026 … EXC: Home Office Pays Firm £30 Million for Migrants to Be Picked up in Channel

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  38. Scroblene says:

    From Samizdata…

    “If you want to understand what’s happening regarding Farage right now… READ THIS

    Perry de Havilland (Prague) · UK affairs
    Gawain Towler explains the ongoing campaign by the British establishment to destroy the existential threat The Reform Party poses to them.

    The first aim, the one they would toast if they achieved it, is to take Farage down altogether, to force a resignation. They will not be so lucky. The second aim is subtler and in its way just as dangerous. It is aimed at the rear echelon. At the Reform leaning voter, the not sure but interested, the undecided man or woman who is being told, day after day, that these people are chaotic, tainted, not quite safe. Frighten the reserves and the front line starves.

    If Farage were to resign, which he will not, Burnham would call a general election the next morning, before the smoke cleared. Since he will not, there will be a delay, and the pounding will continue. That is the nature of the thing. Preparatory bombardments do not stop because the defenders are steady. They stop when the attacker runs out of shells or out of time.

    So what is required of us is not cleverness. It is resilience. We have been shelled before, in 2016, in 2019, in 2024, and we have remained undimmed. Morale is the true objective of every barrage, and morale is the one thing entirely within our own keeping. Courage under fire is not a slogan, it is a discipline, and it consists mostly of not doing things. Not wavering. Not sniping at our own. Not mistaking noise for damage.

    If you are even vaguely considering supporting Reform, then you are the target of this carefully orchestrated campaign to convince you to do otherwise. I urge you to read the entire linked article: The Guns Before the Whistle.

    Thucydides famously observed that “the secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom is courage.”

    Take courage.”

    (Scrobs says: –
    Spottensionavitch…)

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  39. Sluff says:

    A propos of nothing.
    Why do children of those on Universal credit get free school meals?
    They already get over £350 per month per child.
    Are they not supposed to buy food with it?

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    • moggiemoo says:

      I thought it was for booze, fags and scratchcards?

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Zakat is a mandatory Islamic duty where Muslims who meet a specific wealth threshold (the nisab) must donate 2.5% of their accumulated wealth and savings annually. It is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, designed to purify income and support the poor, vulnerable, and indebted

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  40. MarkyMark says:

    MINNESOTA MADNESS: Governor Tim Walz Pardons Criminal Illegal Alien Convicted of Sexually Assaulting a 10-Year-Old Girl
    Release Date: July 1, 2026
    Governor Walz’s pardon removes this child rapist’s qualifying convictions that made him removable from the United States

    WASHINGTON – The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement condemning Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and his fellow sanctuary politicians after they granted a pardon for an illegal alien who had been convicted of repeatedly sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl.

    https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/07/01/minnesota-madness-governor-tim-walz-pardons-criminal-illegal-alien-convicted

    3231.jpg?width=1200&height=1200&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&s=b7e0e66075bd7d8207b28a118fde1daf

    On June 10, 2026, the Minnesota Clemency Review Commission voted to grant a pardon for Tou Lue Vang, a criminal illegal alien from Laos. Vang had been convicted in 2006 of first-degree criminal sexual conduct.

    Vang entered the United States in California in 1994 and was granted legal status by the Clinton Administration. That status was revoked upon his conviction and final order of removal in 2006.

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  41. Lucy Pevensey says:

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Gravy trains do not to ride themselves!

      ………………

      “Remind me: why weren’t we able to meet in Washington DC?” David Lammy asks, spoon of Pret chicken laksa suspended in front of his mouth. It’s lunchtime in the foreign secretary’s office, a vast room of gilt edges, damask drapery and waxed oak. “Because Israel bombed Iran, and your trip was cancelled,” I say. “Oh, yes.” He scrapes the bottom of the pot, perhaps remembering the snap Cobra session on 13 June, the world holding its breath, the shared feeling we were on the brink of global war.
      https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/aug/02/david-lammy-interview-gaza-israel-trump

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  42. Lucy Pevensey says:

    “Yes, media training for politicians routinely teaches evasion tactics to stay on message and avoid risks. UK psychologist Peter Bull documented 35+ “equivocation” techniques used by British politicians in interviews, such as pivoting, reframing the question, attacking its premise, or bridging to unrelated points.

    This isn’t standard college teaching but professional coaching via parties, consultants, or spin teams—common in the UK and globally. It helps control narratives in PMQs or press but often frustrates voters and reduces trust when overdone. Examples appear daily in UK politics”

    “Politicians get media training on pivoting & message discipline, not formal ‘dodging’ classes. This leads to equivocation. Peter Bull’s research lists 35 techniques in categories like: ignoring or acknowledging questions without answering; questioning or attacking the question (most frequent); attacking the interviewer; refusing to answer; making political points; giving incomplete or repeated answers; claiming it’s already been answered; excusing & changing topic; answering literally.

    Seen often in UK Parliament, including heckles.”

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Lucy – there must be a list somewhere –

      I saw a bit of one with some Marxist justice minister who is letting rapists out – his opening line was ‘we inherited a failed system – spent his time referencing the blue uni party and never accepting what he is doing – letting rapists out ….

      It’s all a game for them – but not the victims …

      I saw another one where the repulsive Steve street ? Housing minister explaining the latest funding restriction was to ‘protect democracy ‘… any objective journo would say – ‘and what about your corrupt attempt to stop council elections?’ But it was c4 which prefers the one party Marxist state …

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  43. MarkyMark says:

    “The instinct forgets something basic. Sovereignty lives in deed; not in a flag or an anthem or a line in a speech, but in who actually owns the ports and the power and the water. Own them, and you can decide things for yourself. Sell them, and at the decisive moment the decision sits in a boardroom in Tokyo or a sovereign fund in Abu Dhabi whose loyalty is, quite properly, to its own shareholders and its own government, not to yours. Every one of these sales trims, by a little, the range of things Britain is still able to choose, and they are cheered on by a governing class that will spend the next election talking passionately about “taking back control” while it signs the actual controls away, one asset at a time.”

    https://x.com/AllForProgress_/status/2074123953036231080

    “We cheered England this week for refusing to be beaten on someone else’s ground. Ask yourself why we keep giving the ground away. And ask what you’re doing to make sure that ground is properly stood.”

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  44. Sluff says:

    BBC reporting a road crash 3 miles north of Spean Bridge in Scotland.

    I wonder how quickly the public sector authorities are clearing it up?
    Do they have detectives piecing together how exactly it happened?
    Are tape measures being used?

    What’s the betting it will all take hours?

    Why do I mention this?
    Because the poor bloody private motorist is faced with a detour of…..wait for it….One Hundred and Fifty Four miles.

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  45. MarkyMark says:

    Mr UTURN confused by UTURNS….

    “Speaking at a Downing Street reception, Sir Keir said: “We had to battle with the FA to get it back to where it was, which was counterintuitive.””

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjwgggp28dlo

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  46. Lucy Pevensey says:

    The partner of murdered school teacher Ashling Murphy has settled his High Court claim for defamation against the BBC, receiving substantial damages.

    Ryan Casey, 27, sued the corporation following the broadcast of a discussion on BBC News NI’s political programme The View on 30 November 2023.

    The discussion focused on the victim impact statement Mr Casey made following the sentencing of Jozef Puska for the murder of Ms Murphy.

    Ashling Murphy, 23, was murdered in January 2022 as she jogged on the banks of the Grand Canal near Tullamore, County Offaly.

    In a statement read to the court in Dublin on Thursday, the BBC said it stood by the journalism involved in the episode in question, which it said “debated serious issues of public interest”, and acknowledged Mr Casey’s personal tragedy.

    “The BBC is however happy to clarify that it does not consider Ryan Casey to be a criminal or a racist, or someone guilty of or attempting to incite hatred, or someone seeking to pose as a hero of the far right through his victim impact statement,” the statement continued.

    “This statement clarifies any unintentional inferences that could have been drawn from the broadcast and has enabled the BBC and Ryan Casey to resolve this matter amicably.”

    It is understood Mr Casey has received substantial damages as well as a contribution towards his costs amounting to a six figure sum.

    In a statement, Mr Casey said the settlement marked the “end of a long and difficult chapter of frustration and censorship”.

    “I took this legal action against the BBC not solely out of anger, but out of a need for accountability and dignity for Ashling, for myself, our families, and for all victims who deserve to have their voices heard without such harsh criticism or judgment<" he said.

    "I welcome the resolution of these legal proceedings and the acknowledgements made by the BBC in their statement in open court today.

    "I hope this serves as a reminder to all media organisations of the high level of responsibility that comes with running such public platforms.

    'Finally free to use my voice again'
    "This was never just about me, it was about truth, fairness, and decency."

    Mr Casey thanked those who had supported him over the last few years.

    "I now move forward, finally free to use my voice again, to honour Ashling and to advocate for the changes we desperately require in this country, for the increased safety measures we so clearly need, and for a society that listens to its people, free of gaslighting, blacklisting or censorship," he said.

    "We all have a lot more in common than what separates us.

    "Let's honour Ashling by building a better and safer Ireland, we all know we can do so much better."

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yg0ee65eqo

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  47. vlad says:

    How they laughed when Trump said the migrants were eating the swans and the dogs.

    Well, as usual he was right and here’s the footage.

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  48. AsISeeIt says:

    We’ve all heard of the condition known as Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) – and there’s a lot of it about this morning – but has our Labour government somehow caused a widespread deterioration in the nation’s mental health..?

    No need to seek work for 100,000 with ADHD… Cases up 40% since Labour came to power (Times)

    World Cup storm… Foul – shrieks the in-the-tank for Labour Daily Mirror: Trump: I did call Fifa chief over USA star’s red card

    President Donald Trump admitting he lobbied Fifa’s boss to rescind a red card ban for the top US goal scorer dominates today’s papers. The Daily Mirror headlines on the moment as “foul”, and quotes Trump as saying: “All I did was I asked for a review because I didn’t think it was a foul.” (BBC)

    Calm down dears! (TM Michael Winner, 2002)

    I’m sure this sort of political intervention in sport happens all the time – behind closed doors – it’s just that The Donald is open about it and not being a typical politician he doesn’t keep to the usual politicians’ rules of omertà

    News from the Patriarchy

    I blame Mother Nature

    Women face hidden fertility ceiling despite donor eggs (Michelle Roberts, Digital health editor… “Doctor, Doctor, I’ve come about my Digital Health!” – “Try turning yourself off, and then back on again”)

    Explain to me what precisely is the feminist issue here – Afterall, you did rather boldly deploy the buzz word “Ceiling”?

    Experts studying 1,774 women say the findings challenge the idea that donor eggs can fully “reset” the reproductive clock… even when using young donor eggs – with a marked drop-off from around the age of 49, new research suggests… Women aged 49 and over had double the risk of miscarriage than those aged 35 to 40, and were also less likely to get pregnant. (BBC) – and that’s the fault of men, how exactly? No, thought not. So can we drop the “ceiling” business.

    Two birds with one stone

    Not content with the official anti-Farage finances sniping onslaught, the left-leaning i paper goes off-piste with a piece targeting not the primary target – but a secondary target – putting their trust in the exact same brand of ammunition: The mystery over Restore’s £2.5m start up cash

    The OG Guardian helpfully reminds its junior iteration: Spotlight on Reform leader’s convicted fraudster friend

    And let’s keep that spotlight on target, ok, got the message?

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    • Fedup2 says:

      I know I shouldn’t wish it – but in a mad way – forage being thrown out of their parliament by corrupt Marxist procedures – and then having his seat stolen at a clackton bi election – could do wonders for the ‘reform ‘ vote – making people even more angry about the failures of the uni party ….

      And the mediocre Nigerian Tory girl having fun against a dolt PM will be ending when slimy body bags takes over ….

      Btw TTK is going to his final international bash today – NATO – where – hopefully president trump will publicly call him out as an enemy along with his regime …. As he stands there with that empty stare ….

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  49. vlad says:

    Cheer up: the country’s going to the dogs but at least the insufferable Meghan’s not coming – to London anyway.

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    • Scroblene says:

      Thanks Vlad – I need some good news!

      My dog’s got a sore paw which needs attention at the vets, and that’s far more important than having to suffer seeing an unwanted foreign guest around the place, preening herself to the red-top rags, and the awful bBC. We’ve got enough unwelcome ‘incomers’ already!

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  50. friend of yogi bear says:

    BBC ..QUALITY NEWS PRESENTATION……..???

    Laugh out loud stuff….

    BBC headline this morning 7 am they used the words FIFA and “the integrity of the game” in the same sentence.

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