Weekend 1st August 2026

Following from my comment on the Midweek Thread – the Police have provided clear evidence of their two tier political approach to law enforcement by failing to do Anything about the incitement to murder published by the leader of the Islamic Green Party – even after the killing of a reform politician – Ann Widdecombe

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156 Responses to Weekend 1st August 2026

  1. JonathanR says:

    This is the video mentioned by Fedup2 earlier. Thought I would post it so you didn’t have to scan youtube.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Jonathan – thanks for posting- its good to see the RICU getting some well deserved publicity – and exploiting the grief of the bereaved using plod ‘familty liaison officers ‘ is a special kind of ‘ low’ ..

      Im sure RICU will have a ‘brand change ‘ once the google search numbers increase ..

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  2. Scroblene says:

    There’s an interesting quote from our very own site pages, ‘In their own words’.

    “I absorbed and expressed all the accepted BBC attitudes: hostility to, or at least suspicion of, America, monarchy, government, capitalism, empire, banking and the defence establishment, and in favour of the Health Service, state welfare, the social sciences, the environment and state education. But perhaps our most powerful antagonism was directed at advertising. This is not surprising; commercial television was the biggest threat the BBC had ever had to face.

    – Sir Antony Jay, former BBC producer and creator, inter alia, of “Yes, (Prime) Minister””

    Funny how these comments come back to be so true, yet again, after all these years…

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  3. harry142857 says:

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  4. atlas_shrugged says:

    Looks like option 2 is being deployed i.e. the dumping of the illegal invaders of Cueta onto the EU mainland. Here is the ‘Save Europe Act’:

    ​Dear Patriots,

    We have announced a demonstration in Algecira. This is the city where the Sanchez State want to ferry in the migrants from Ceuta.

    🕜  2. August, 12:00 Uhr
    📍  Algeciras, Av. Villanueva, 7 in front of the Consulate General of the Kingdom of Morocco

    We are mobilizing Spanish patriots, printing banners, organizing material.

    Many activists have interrupted their summer holidays and are on their way to Spain from Germany, Italy, Austria, France and Switzerland.

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  5. Fedup2 says:

    It’s Sunday so it’s hit piece on Nigel Farage Day – becoming more ‘intense ‘ in the run up to the clackton bi election on 17th ?
    Will body bags ‘visit ‘ clacton – with imported screaming fans ..?

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  6. pugnazious says:

    Solar and wind generation and the failure to create the infrastructure necessary to deal with it has led to the threat of blackouts…as in Spain recently.

    For some reason the BBC has not reported this at all as far as I can see…..whereas the Telegraph put out a couple of big stories and then the Times jumped aboard and has been making a lot of noise about this…but not the BBC. You might think it was a big story that blackouts are a growing threat…but obviously not in BBC world.

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/07/28/grid-bosses-tried-to-water-down-rules-before-blackout-scare/

    ‘Grid bosses tried to water down rules before blackout scare’
    ‘Britain’s grid operators sought to weaken the electricity system’s shock-absorbers just months before they breached safety limits during June’s heatwave, new documents show.

    The revelations will add to questions about energy security after whistleblowers alleged the rapid growth in wind and solar farms on the system had left Neso “flying blind” and struggling to manage the system.

    Neso’s decision to reduce inertia in Britain risked leaving the grid more exposed, pointing to a major blackout in Spain in April 2025, which was exacerbated by low inertia.’

    The BBC does not want to publish stories that will undermine confidence in the Nut Zero Stalinist plans….similarly they don’t want to publish anything that will raise questions about the wisdom of immigration, especially by Muslims, to Europe…which is why they completely ignored the attack by a Muslim in Paris where he stabbed three women because ‘Allah told him to do it’ and IS is urging Muslims to carry out lone wolf attacks…

    ‘A week after counter-terrorism analysts warned of Islamic State-linked groups inciting lone-wolf attacks on digital platforms against Western targets, a man in Paris stabbed three women, claiming his jihadi-style actions had been ordered by Allah.’

    Telling what the BBC doesn’t want you to see and hear.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Clockwork radio – bottled water – charged power pack – working good torch / lantern. Head lamp – – camping gas to heat food /boil water – matches – candles … tin foil hat … as the fridge freezer melts – cold flasks – at least half a tank of juice – important stuff written down on paper – there will no internet – no wi fi – you won’t know why – nor for how long …

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      • MarkyMark says:

        Ed Miliband has two fridges and two kitchens – he will be ok!

        ….
        Ed Miliband responds to ‘two kitchens’ media furore
        Published | 13 March 2015
        https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-31875297
        The story has led to critics branding him “Two Kitchens Ed” – a play on the “Two Jags” nickname given to Labour’s John Prescott over his apparent fondness for official luxury cars when he was deputy prime minister.

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  7. atlas_shrugged says:

    In the future there will be no past:

    Fears stem from a copyright lawsuit brought against AI company Anthropic in the United States by book authors. Unsealed court files revealed earlier this year that the company was engaging in the practice of “destructive scanning” – buying physical books, slicing off the spines to more efficiently scan the pages, then pulping the remains – and had sought to keep it quiet. The judge ruled this was lawful under US copyright law, as it amounted to “transformative use”.

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/02/australian-book-sellers-alarm-destruction-rare-titles-ai-supply-chain

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “Fahrenheit 451 is a 1953 dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury.[4] It presents a future American society where books have been outlawed and “firemen” burn any that are found.[5] The novel follows the viewpoint of Guy Montag, a fireman who becomes disillusioned with his role of censoring literature and destroying knowledge, eventually quitting his job and committing himself to the preservation of literary and cultural writings.”

      ………..

      “The Pedestrian” in 1951. In “The Pedestrian”, a man going for a nighttime walk in his neighborhood is harassed and detained by the police. In the society of “The Pedestrian”, citizens are expected to watch television as a leisurely activity,

      ………..

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      • JonathanR says:

        Apparently wanting Europe to be for Europeans is far right So what is Africa for Africans? That must also be far right.

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  8. MarkyMark says:

    60,000 illegal migrants – BBC release the nice stories quickly….
    “Chernobyl disaster evacuee ‘forever grateful’ to Welsh family who took him in”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36dxp822k4o

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  9. pugnazious says:

    They don’t like it up’em….pity such home truths aren’t taught in schools these days instead of the inflammatory anti-British rhetoric that provokes the likes of Axel Rudakubana.

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  10. Emmanuel Goldstein says:

    With Lowe saying Restore and Reform should work together (which I fully support) he could make a show of goodwill gesture by withdrawing from the Clacton by election.

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    • Yasser Dasmibehbi says:

      EG, Restore doesn’t seem to be standing in the Clacton By-election. Unless I’ve missed something. In fact wasn’t Lowe quick to announce he wasn’t going to stand when his friend Kemi announced her Tories would be boycotting it? Anyway why would Reform want to work with Lowe? The man is bad news all round. Nobody of any standing has joined his party, and he is notoriously difficult to work with.
      His sole mission is to destroy Farage and he and his deluded followers thought they would be well on the way to doing that by now the cracks have been showing and his party remains on the fringes with no talent whatsoever. His support is largely online and from arrogant twits like the Lotus Eaters, and the ever hysterical Dan Wooton.
      So Lowe is having to change his tactics so now we have him going public trying to present himself as the reasonable person making a magnanimous offer showing us what a great person he is!?
      He does so by issuing demands! That is not how to bring about reconciliation. Some of these demands he knows are totally unacceptable. For example banning Reform’s former Tory Minsters from holding cabinet positions. This means Nigel has to tell Danny Kruger, Suella Braverman, Lee Anderson etc they have to leave the party because they wont be getting anywhere for all their efforts.
      I hope Nigel dismisses these demands immediately. Lowe is the failed politician. The most difficult man to work with posing as a unifier, give me strength! I wouldn’t trust him an inch.

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      • Emmanuel Goldstein says:

        YD
        You’re correct, Restore are not standing in Clacton. Maybe I misread Reclaim who are standing or didn’t notice Restore had withdrawn. So much for that idea.

        What I do know is these other Parties on the Right may well end up giving us another Labour government so there must be some sort of deal to stop splitting the vote.

        In Makerfield and Manchester the Restore vote added to Reform would not have won but there will be a huge number of places where a few percent off Reform’s vote going to Restore would let Labour in and perhaps give Labour another 5 years to finish off the UK.

        The Right MUST get its act together.
        Maybe the Tories could split and the proper Tories could support Reform leaving the wet Tories to join their mates in the liblab parties.

        I don’t know what will happen but it’s obvious to me that the squabbling Right Parties need to get together.

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        • Ian Rushlow says:

          Unfortunately, Reform are fading fast, having peaked too early and now Farage is easily being called out by the Establishment and its dirty tricks brigade. If the new UK mayor was to call a General Election this side of Christmas, then it is likely that Labour would win it outright, albeit by a greatly reduced majority. Burnham would then have a straight five years to pursue Labour’s scorched earth policy on behalf of their globalist masters. If the General Election does not take place until 2029, we are likely to end up with a satanic coalition of Labour, Greens, Lib Dems, independent Islamist MPs, Binfaces and anybody else to ensure that the left stays in power. A lot of people have to eat humble pie, hold their noses, and work together to try and achieve some form of viable patriotic alliance consisting of the best people from Reform, Restore and the Conservatives.

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          • Yasser Dasmibehbi says:

            Ian, You say Reform are ‘fading fast’. may I politely point out a few facts. They were recently number one in the opinion polls and now have slightly slipped to second. Considering the Burnham bounced and the coordinated media attack on Farage and the party I would say they are still in a strong position.
            That they haven’t won the last four by-election is being cited elsewhere as a failure. This is media spin. Reform were never favourites to win any of them, but if you look closely at the results you will see that Reform has increased its share of the vote in all of them and is the strongest opposition party in the country.
            To expect that Reform has to win every by-election or otherwise it is failing is the height of political stupidity but that is the line the MSM will keep pushing hoping to weaken the resolve of the Reform members and supporters.
            None of the recent parliamentary byelections have been in areas where Reform has any great strength. The local elections were only a few weeks and Reform stormed to success in much of the country. Suddenly the msm tell us its all over.
            Rupert Lowe has made his so called olive branch, in reality a last nasty attempt to save his dwindling credibility, not out of love for the country but because he’s got no choice. Surely people should or smell a rat over this.
            Reform has built up a substantial network of strength. It is the establishments No1 enemy. In Scotland and Wales it is the major opposition. This is no time for faint hearts and fair-weather friends

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  11. MarkyMark says:

    60,000 illegal migrants see the writing on the wall…

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  12. MarkyMark says:

    Country of birth Foreign born
    1981 11%
    2021 31%
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Manchester
    ……
    Total share: Nearly 41% to 48% of London residents were born outside the UK depending on the specific metric and census boundaries used.
    ……
    According to official Census data, 41% of Leicester’s population (151,492 residents) were born outside the United Kingdom
    ……
    Muhammad overtakes Noah as most popular boy’s name
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly4g2v0ej6o

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    • Ian Rushlow says:

      Meanwhile the BBC has kicked into top gear today with anti-natalist propaganda to ensure that Britons become a minority asap. First we have a piece extolling the virtues of the single life for women: why have a marriage and family when you can spend your life doing pretend HR or marketing for an anonymous corporation and then have a lonely old age with a cat and a bottle of wine? Girl power! Then we have a Soy-boy special, in which the highest aspiration for a man is to have a vasectomy, ideally once he’s hold enough to shave and preferably before he can do his bit to help create the next generation.

      Take a look at the photos in the two articles. Notice anything? Here’s a clue: none of the many pictures are from Getty Images, the BBC’s go-to source for photos. Yep, you’re right: no diversity allowed here. When the BBC promote the globalist’s anti-natalist agenda, what they really mean is less White people.

      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y63dw2x3wo

      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c04kdk9v590o

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  13. MarkyMark says:

    BBC Included bomber in totals of victims killed! HA HAH AHH AHAH!

    Three killed after bomb detonated at Moscow restaurant, state media say”
    1 August 2026
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c86n4ljxp63o
    “The device detonated, killing the woman (terrorist), the guard and a visitor to the Balzi Rossi restaurant, which had been holding a private function.”

    ???? The restaurant said it had taken measures to ensure it would not happen again ????

    BAN WOMAN? BAN BOMBS?
    ……………… REMINDS ME OF ………………….
    Tarek Fatah | @TarekFatah
    “I am not kidding. @BBCNews website leaves the impression the Syrian suicide bomber as a victim in a ‘German blast’.”
    https://x.com/TarekFatah/status/757442737037770752
    5:09 · 25 Jul 2016

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  14. Flotsam says:

    Whatever the Ceuta invasion was about, it is a total failure by Spanish Intelligence services………….Unless the Spanish Government decided to ignore the warnings, if given.

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  15. MarkyMark says:

    “Manchester has a total student population of over 100,000, making it one of the largest student hubs in Europe. ”

    ……………. Wonder if 33% of voters were students in Manchester …………..

    After no candidate secured outright victory in the first round by winning more than half of the vote, Craig beat Reform UK’s Sian Astley by 309,525 to 157,178 after second-preference votes were added.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy74n1n1lnxo

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    Reform+Restore+Conservatives = 21+8.7+7.7 = 37.4%

    Turn out 25%! This is vert Sad.

    …………………..

    “She pointed to HM Pasties, a Greater Manchester business which she said had approached the combined authority seeking investment with a social benefit, as an example of the type of organisation she wanted to support.

    “I want to see more organisations like HM Pasties have access to institutional wealth that otherwise they would be closed off [from],” she said.

    On her plans for a Gen Z Commission, Craig said it would be designed by and with young people rather than imposed on them by politicians.

    “You don’t need some 41-year-old mayor telling 18 and 19-year-olds what life should look like,” she said.”
    https://labourlist.org/2026/07/bev-craig-manifesto-launch-greater-manchester/


    Handcrafted Pasties & Pies with a Purpose
    Baking a better future, one pie at a time. Proudly employing ex-offenders and serving the North West
    https://hmpasties.co.uk/
    …..

    HM Pasties received a £300,000 loan from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) to help fund their relocation and business expansion.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      I misread the above and saw HMP Pasties which I assumed was a Greggs ‘outlet ‘ …when you read about socialists and business you get a vague whiff of fraud … or bought votes
      Eg Democrats and $omalians and minisota and ‘early leering centres ‘ .. breakfast club fraud on the way …

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  16. MarkyMark says:

    Comment “We live in a time where intelligent people are cancelled, so the stupid won’t be offended.”

    This Is How Elites Make You Disappear
    andrew gold | heretics. and Andrew Lawrence

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  17. MarkyMark says:

    Small boats data
    This page shows figures for the last 7 days for migrants attempting to cross the English Channel in small boats without permission to enter the UK.

    Date Migrants arrived Boats arrived Boats involved in uncontrolled landings Notes
    26 July 2026 0 0 0
    27 July 2026 0 0 0
    28 July 2026 26 1 0
    29 July 2026 752 9 0
    30 July 2026 72 1 0
    31 July 2026 0 0 0
    1 August 2026 326 4 0
    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/migrants-detected-crossing-the-english-channel-in-small-boats/migrants-detected-crossing-the-english-channel-in-small-boats-last-7-days

    326 new MALE nurses, MALE doctors and MALE uber drivers in one day!

    ………

    A man wanted by German authorities in relation to sex abuse allegations has been arrested at an army barracks in Sussex being used to house single male migrants.

    https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/26425404.two-arrests-made-crowborough-training-camp/

    The National Crime Agency confirmed the arrest, along with the arrest of another man at the Crowborough Training Camp on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children.

    Sussex Police issued a statement on the arrests following speculation on social media.

    A statement issued by the force said: “We are aware of reports circulating in the press and on social media regarding arrests made at the Crowborough Training Camp.

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  18. Fedup2 says:

    World at one

    This ‘news ‘ programme doesn’t do news any more – today it was blah blah about AI …. I think AI is great … I’d rather have AI running things than human politicians … yawn …

    .. nothing about the invasion of Spain …. Invasion of Blighty …look away. …

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  19. Althepalerp says:

    I see the small boat arrivals are accelerating under Burnham.

    They will blame the weather.

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  20. Althepalerp says:

    So the invasion of Spain.

    Why don’t they put these Doctors and engineers into 4 star hotels I wonder.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Diversity built Ceuta?

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      One Nation Made By Many – only black children in the photo?

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  21. MarkyMark says:

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    During his 2025 deputy leadership campaign, Ali was the only candidate who did not sign the 10 pro-LGBTQ+ pledges put forward by the LGBTIQA+ Greens.

    https://lgbtiqa.greenparty.org.uk/2025-hustings/pledges/deputy-leader/

    “Yes – as a member of the LGBTIQA+ community myself I am proud to represent our Party and it’s policy.”
    Mothin Ali No Response

    HA HA HA HAHAH! Zack didn’t even respond to the non responses! HA HAH AH AHHA HA!

    For each candidate we have either given them one or zero points for their answers to their questions, and their final scores and what we think for each candidate are below:

    Mothin Ali

    0/10

    Mothin didn’t reply to our pledges.

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  22. Fedup2 says:

    Telegraph shows thousands of Africans invading Blighty – it’s actually the ‘Ghana party ‘ – by Ghanaians for Ghanaians – in – er Barnet complete with a major incident – stabbing – crushes and Ghanaian emergency services ……

    Play spot the white man …

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  23. Jeff says:

    I’ve just seen a very clever, but actually quite cunning, post by Restore leader, Rupert Lowe, offering an olive branch to Nigel Farage. He’s offering to “unite the right”. For a minute or two I almost fell for it…

    He starts off well, talking about returning all illegals, making sure that Whites don’t become a minority in Blighty by 2063, cutting welfare, removing entire families associated with Pakistani child rapists, if they knew what their husbands/brothers/fathers were up to. I mean, this is music to my ears. I’m agreeing with every sentence and syllable…And then comes the googly…

    He insists that no former member of the Conservative Party can be a member of any future Reform government. Now this is, as he well knows, utterly ludicrous. Robert Jenrick and Suella Braverman jumped ship and defected to Reform with great fanfare. Their defections caused a heck of a political storm…as well they should…No party leader would have two heavyweights like these and not use them.

    So, a very subtle subterfuge by Rupert. He knows that Nigel can’t accept his “offering”, but that both Reform and Restore followers will be nodding in agreement with what he had earlier said and hoping he does.

    As the late, great Jimmy Greaves almost said

    Politics is a funny old game…

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    • Fedup2 says:

      Jeff – yes – boys – please get together – the cause is the same and it’s more important than the individual. …

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    • Yasser Dasmibehbi says:

      Well put Jeff. It’s trick and a trap. He’s designed it so it will fail and Farage will look the sinner and he will be the saint.
      Lowe is good at playing the victim too, loathsome man.
      It’s time people saw through him.

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  24. wwfc says:

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  25. vlad says:

    Well, the reverse-Reconquista is in full swing, and the first thing the savages do is to start stabbing the locals.

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    • Guest Who says:

      Even for the BBC, impressive.

      https://x.com/bbcworld/status/2083718803276316823?s=61
      How Spain’s migrant crisis created a political storm – whipped up by social media

      #ccbgb

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      • vlad says:

        Yes, it’s all the fault of social media… which must be censored in favour of… the BBC!

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      • MarkyMark says:

        60K men accidentally arrived to invade a country – HA HAH AHHA AH HAHA AH AHHA!

        …………………

        “Barbary pirates were sea raiders and privateers based along the North African coast of Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli, and Morocco who attacked European shipping and coastal towns. Operating from the 16th to the 19th century, they captured over a million Europeans to sell into slavery or hold for high ransoms.”

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  26. Lucy Pevensey says:

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    • pugnazious says:

      Scots aren’t safe even if they’re in Greece doing good works…

      Telegraph…

      ‘Afghan arrested over death of Scottish woman found in suitcase’
      ‘An Afghan man has been arrested in Athens in connection with the death of a Scottish woman whose body was found in a suitcase.

      Elisabeth-Jane Ross, 38, from Edinburgh, was discovered on July 18 stuffed inside the suitcase and hidden in an abandoned building in the Kypseli district of the Greek capital.
      Ms Ross, a committed Christian who was known as Lisa, often travelled to Greece to volunteer and help people through non-governmental organisations, and was regarded as a “good Samaritan”.
      Greek police said a 26-year-old foreign national from Afghanistan had been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter, robbery and weapon violations after CCTV footage showed him carrying a large travel bag to the location.

      They added that the man, who has not been named, confessed during police questioning to dumping Ms Ross inside a suitcase before taking it to the site in Kypseli where the body was later found.’

      BBC headline…usual omission…

      ‘Man admits killing Scottish woman found in suitcase, Greek police say’

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      • atlas_shrugged says:

        > Ms Ross, a committed Christian who was known as Lisa, often travelled to Greece to volunteer and help people through non-governmental organisations, and was regarded as a “good Samaritan”.

        No Good Deed Goes Unpunished.

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      • MarkyMark says:

        “Greek police said a 26-year-old foreign national from Afghanistan”

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  27. pugnazious says:

    ‘Prof Jason Arday says he featured in series that started in 1964… despite being born decades later

    A Cambridge professor hailed as a diversity poster boy claimed that he had featured in Seven Up decades before he was born.

    Prof Jason Arday said he had appeared in the TV series, which follows the lives of a group of people for decades from the age of seven.

    The inaugural episode was broadcast in 1964. He was not born until 1985.’

    Lol….what’s the problem? This is standard practice now…inserting Blacks into history that they were never part of.

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    • Guest Who says:

      Maybe he watched a repeat and thought he saw himself?

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “Keir Starmer accidentally stated during Prime Minister’s Questions in May 2026 that the UK secured a trade deal with North Korea instead of South Korea. He quickly apologized for the mix-up, joking that a deal with the North would be “breaking news and not very good””

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  28. tomo says:

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  29. atlas_shrugged says:

    Today ‘Save Europe Act’ protest in Spain:

    https://x.com/SaveEuropeAct/status/2083887224983097851

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  30. vlad says:

    Then tell me it’s not an invasion!

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  31. Fedup2 says:

    I missed this one – from the telegraph

    BBC considering putting the iPlayer behind a pay wall …

    STARTS The BBC is considering blocking iPlayer for viewers who do not pay the licence fee.

    Putting the on-demand service behind a paywall is thought to be an “opportunity” the broadcaster could pursue in the years ahead.

    Kerris Bright, the BBC’s chief customer officer, raised the prospect during an all-staff call on Monday.

    The proposed clampdown comes as the corporation grapples with growing licence fee evasion and significant job cuts.

    Under current rules, anyone who watches or records live TV on any channel or uses BBC iPlayer must have a valid TV licence, costing £180 a year. Around 12.5pc of households are thought to evade the bill.

    In a recording obtained by Deadline, Ms Bright told BBC staff that the broadcaster should “absolutely keep looking” at putting iPlayer behind a paywall, but conceded that such action was not yet viable.

    “iPlayer is the only service really that’s licensable where you could actually decide to put a gate in front of it, but the data today says that actually [there’s] not really the return on investment for doing that,” she said.

    “The data says … [it] is not the silver bullet to generating more revenue. There’s probably more cost in it than revenue, but it is something we should absolutely keep looking at because it might be something that you actually would want to do in the future.”

    A source confirmed to The Telegraph that while blocking iPlayer was not currently viable, staff were informed that the BBC would keep the idea under review as streaming technology continued to improve.

    iPlayer has long been easily accessible for those who do not pay the fee. The platform occasionally asks users whether they have a licence fee, though it does not require proof.

    The BBC took in £3.8bn from the licence fee in 2024-25, but up to £550m is estimated to have been lost through evasion.

    A damning report by the public accounts committee in November accused it of “not doing enough” to enforce the requirement.ENDS

    ( it goes on a bit more but I just couldn’t be asked …)

    I’ve never used ‘iPlayer ‘ – the BBC seems to think it has stuff people really would pay for … im not so sure …

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    • Scroblene says:

      I guess that iPlayer is for stuff chucked around by the bBC for people who can’t watch it live.

      I can’t remember ever seeing stuff there, but no doubt, they think that people will pay!

      Fat chance, with proper commercial companies leading the market!

      With a bloke from Google, and a labourite ex-bBC face in cahoots with ‘our An-deh’, the whole issue is doomed to fail.

      Good.

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  32. Fedup2 says:

    Time for the new thread – thanks all for your contributions and others for visiting the site ….

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