Midweek 12th August 2026

Ah – the Glorious 12th … then .. VJ Day Friday -Solar eclipse Wednesday – Clacton bi election Thursday . BBC gearing up to run the current narrative that Reform is ‘over’ – whatever the outcome . Every political / propaganda programme will parrot the ‘disaster for Nigel Farage ‘…

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  1. Up2snuff says:

    Here am I, send me to the top of this Thread. Yes, the BBC are wasteful on salaries, notice periods and I fully expect Amol Rajan to be co-presenting TOADY this week. Defund the BBC! The BBC do not like the REFORM Party and its leader Nigel Farage. I hope Nigel wins the Clacton by-election that he called by resigning his Parliamentary seat. The BBC do not like Bibi Netanyahu, the PM of Israel, and would like Hamas to keep their weapons. The BBC are pro-Hamas and pro-Gazan Palestinians. The BBC do not like President Trump and would like to him dead. The BBC have TDS Trump Derangement Sindrome in bucketfuls.

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  2. Flotsam says:

    Those mega-giga dinghies holding 230 illegals are absolutely deadly only suitable for a flat calm sea. One day one will fold in half and seriously injure or kill the occupants.

    Put enough of those dinghies in a line and they’ll be able to walk over.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      From x 2 things

      It seems Ann Widdecombe is to be laid to rest this week – private ceremony …

      And .. in Manchester – the baseball victim of plod has been released with no further action . The plod involved should be arrested for false imprisonment – assault – I really hope victim sues – and goes the full way for punitive damages because that was a disgrace to plod – how quickly they are going third world …

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    • Emmanuel Goldstein says:

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    • MarkyMark says:

      1 bullet. 1 sniper. 1 deflated dinghy. 230 lives saved.
      Saving female/children migrants on a France beach.

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    • Up2snuff says:

      Fed, TOADY Watch #1 – Rejoice!

      Nigel Farage has won the Clacton by-election although the BBC manage to pour cold water on the result by mentioning questions relate over his finances.

      Rejoice no.2 – Amol Rajan has not co-presented TOADY again this week!

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      • Fedup2 says:

        Up2
        BBC attempting to re enforce the sleeze allegation against Farage …. ‘Convicted fraudster ‘ is thrown in every other sentence – not done for the convicted fraudster deputy labour leader ..
        Then they rolled out their ‘professor Curtis ‘ who managed to turn the win into a ‘disappointment ‘ when compared to some other bi election involving the uniparty David Davis – which was pretty desperate stuff

        The killing of Ann Widdecombe was not even remotely mentioned – nor the threats / attacks against Farage – and his refusal to attend the count didn’t get BBC approval …..

        … why give the BBC material via an attack on the stage by one of those 35 muppets who also stood for the election …..

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  3. Eddy Booth says:

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  6. tomo says:

    The An-dehmobile

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  8. Fedup2 says:

    BBC still running the president trump airforce 1 swerve – now they are moaning that maybe the ‘press pack ‘ left on airforce one might have been ‘ in danger ‘…. Never a shortage of journos ….

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  10. Deborah says:

    Watching Andy Burnham speaking about how wealthier areas will have to take more of the recently arrived. Whenever I hear Burnham speak the expression ‘word salad’ comes to mind. He waffles, choosing whatever words he can find to fill in the time and stop a more difficult question being asked.

    In my area a hotel filled with asylum seekers was in one of the best suburbs of the city. Another building which housed migrants had been student accommodation but also in one of the better parts of town.

    If the government is going to house migrants in Belsize Park where a three story single fronted house goes for around £3 million, or a house in Chelsea which will be even more expensive. Who is going to pay for the expensive properties? It will have to be us, the tax payer. I’m not sure Mr Burnham has thought this out.

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    • pugnazious says:

      Why should any area take them? Put them on a cold and wet island with water and bread and the option of a ticket home ala Ceuta [where they weren’t even given food and water so as to better encourage a bit of homesickness].

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      • Deborah says:

        Whilst I agree with you, Pugnazious, it is the fact that Burnham will waffle on and say anything which worries me more. He makes as much sense as Meghan Markle, except his rubbish costs the tax payer more.

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        • Scroblene says:

          I looked at an AI response to a query about dormant, redundant or mothballed Young Offenders Institutions, Secure Care homes etc., the other day.

          There are lots of these buildings throughout the country rather like disused air bases, but the – assumed – official response, is that these secure properties are too ‘out-of-date for new ‘residents”, and therefore not viable, as they ‘need refurbishment’ or ‘upgrdaing’.

          I smell b******t, because that fits in with some other enquiries I’ve made about one or two places, as they’re perfectly usable and these unwanted illegals would be quite safe in there, and also under lock and key, which is what the UK wants to confirm the safety of indigenous British citizens.

          Burnham is totally blind, deaf and dumb to the issues of illegals. The seriousness of the calamity really bite him in the bum pretty soon, and it’ll be his own fault for being the wrong person in the wrong job for a village mare, let alone a ‘pm’, in name only.

          (Just checked, s*d all on the bBC’s pathetic kids’-prog style reporting about the biggest problem we all face here).

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      • Sluff says:

        Mingulay in the Outer Hebrides was populated until 1912. The old church still stands. Convert it into a Mosque, leave behind some building materials, and Robert’s your father’s brother.….

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    • Pete says:

      Very commendable,

      I think it’s only right and proper to let the whole of GB know so a mass rally can be arranged to meet up at his place for a few days to show support for his good deeds.
      A good news
      story for the BBC

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      • Deborah says:

        I gave up after this MP said walk into any classroom and heard over 50 languages. How many children in each class? Obviously been to the Andy Burnham School of Delivery, say anything that sounds good but don’t worry about delivery.

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      • pugnazious says:

        To be fair, lol, he does have to pay….£25.00….though I’m guessing if he doesn’t pay nothing will happen…and in anycase that will come out of his welfare benefits.

        Ah yeah….

        ‘Bills 100% do not get paid.
        Baliffs here all the time that can’t do a thing.’

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      • tomo says:

        You can see some people might reallywant to shut down X… (it’s a *long* list of benefits….)

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        • MarkyMark says:

          “MEGA AUDIT: RAF WETHERSFIELD — WHO IS INVOLVED, WHO IS BEING PAID, AND WHO RUNS THE NETWORK?

          We have started following the money around RAF Wethersfield in Essex, it is not pretty….

          This is not simply an accommodation centre.

          Residents have access to organised sport, football and cricket, fitness sessions, art activities, English-language support, gardening, mentoring, healthcare, welfare support, advice services and community programmes delivered by a mix of contractors, charities, CICs and public bodies.

          It is an ecosystem involving a private Home Office contractor, government departments, councils, healthcare, security, national asylum-support organisations, charities, CICs and voluntary organisations.

          Here is what the public record currently shows.”

          The Large Sites and Vessels Grant pays:
          £3,500 PER NEWLY OCCUPIED BED SPACE.

          A reported £14,125 from a ring-fenced Home Office-funded £50,000 local scheme went to Art Refuge for Wethersfield-related provision.

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  12. tomo says:

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      • MarkyMark says:

        People will put up with it to the point of being replaced! HA HAH AH AHAH AH A!

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      • pugnazious says:

        Well that problem could have been solved if they’d stopped them getting here in the first place….and when they do land put them in prison camps and not allow them to roam the streets causing misery for the locals…then ship ’em out asap to some shithole.

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  13. pugnazious says:

    The reality. It happens here already on a lesser scale but when there are uncontrollable numbers as there will be because the ‘authorities’ refuse to stop them and rather spend their time locking up Youtubers and social media commenters who supposedly post ‘offensive’ material…..why would you do this to your own society and nation? Burnham & Co want migrant votes but that’s something that will end in the opposite of what they hope as they suddenly jump off the democratic bus when it reaches their real destination…

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  14. wwfc says:

    Welsh villager pleads for Labour ‘transparency’ after asylum seekers quietly moved into new build homes: ‘No one knows anything!’

    https://www.gbnews.com/politics/migrant-crisis-welsh-villager-pleads-labour-transparency-asylum-seekers-moved-new-build-homes

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    • digg says:

      Do the numbskulls who work hard to get illegal immigrants into new build homes ever stop to think what message this sends to the countless millions across the third world who will be stimulated to break into this country to get their own new house?

      You could conclude that the officials providing this ridiculous service are guilty of treason against the UK.

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    • pugnazious says:

      No need work your socks off to afford a mortgage or for a 10% deposit or rigorous ID checks or financial credibility…just hop on a boat, toss your passport and all ID and then claim your brand new house and bounteous welfare payments for life….and then apply to bring in your extended family and claim a house for them.

      Seems like a plan.

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  15. digg says:

    East Enders to welcome two new faces…..

    Two guesses….

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2026/eastenders-two-new-fox-truemans

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  16. JohnC says:

    Fifty police chiefs call for PM to prevent early release of PC Harper’s killers
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyrkz9ryr5o

    And here we go again. Another daily headline about the release of these killers and making it totally personal at Burnham.

    I am now 100% certain that both Burnham and the BBC know these people will not be released. They are just pumping up the tension so he becomes a hero when he announces – no doubt extremely publicly – that they will not be released. And the BBC will plaster it all over the front page.

    Hooray for Andy and hooray for Labour. The party for the people.

    If I am wrong about this I will go and buy the biggest hat I can find and eat it. If I’m right it will just be another day of the BBC shamelessly using their ridiculous power to dictate the news narrative in favour of their left-wing metropolitan bias.

    They don’t give a shit about those killers. Just as they don’t give a shit about the people in Gaza.

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    • Eddy Booth says:

      If anything not releasing the police killers actually reinforces the notion of selective two tier justice; here apparatchik victims getting the favours.

      And the 50 police chiefs should keep their noses out of politics and policy and do their jobs

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    • MarkyMark says:

      If you hold a blue light card you get to keep your killers in prison? Equality before the law – unless you are more equal.

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    • Deborah says:

      Sir Michael Ellis a couple of days ago said it would be easy to stop PC Harper’s killers getting out of jail. He said a paragraph could be added to a bill going through Parliament in September. Job done. Sir Michael used to be an Attorney General so I am sure he knows what he is talking about.

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  17. AsISeeIt says:

    Increasingly confident edition

    On a day when our media would have us fret over eclipse glasses, the shine is certainly beginning to come off the Burnham premiership.

    Our BBC’s title header to their print press line-up admits: ‘Andy U-turns on early release’ and ‘Hunt on for eclipse glasses’

    Let’s firstly address the degree of prime ministerial flip-flopping as reported in our various news outlets over the prison release situation: Andy U-turns on early release plan – asserts the Express – now I’m unsure whether this latest Andy U-turn change of heart is to keep the killers in prison… or alternatively whether the U-turn is to let them out as previously planned?

    The Guardian ought to be our paper of record Labour policy-wise: Burnham plan to keep PC’s killers in jail could backfire, warn unions – I’m none the wiser.

    The corporate liberal globalist FT is not at its editorially strongest on the subject of domestic current affairs – but in a minor “Briefing” news snippet it boldly asserts: Burnham says Harper killers will stay in prison – that’s the small headline – but in the underlying very small print (you’d need special glasses of some sort) the FT equivocates somewhat: The prime minister has said he is “incredibly confident” that two men convicted of killing PC Harper would not be included in the government’s early-release scheme

    Whilst the Gruan headlines the opinion of the unions – with some equivocation: Alarm over inmates to be freed comes as probation staff vote to go on strike… While the vote by members of Napo was not directly connected to the early release plans…

    The Telegraph meanwhile headlines the opinion of the coppers’ bosses: Police unite to fight early release… Unprecedented letter reveals forces’ anger at inability to keep Pc Harper’s killers in prison… every police chief in the UK

    Back to the Express and their not so small print under their U-turn headline: Just 24 hours after No10 said it was ‘not possible’ to keep PC Andrew Harper ‘s killers in prison PM now says space can be found

    Cue the Hokey Pokey

    You put your right foot in, you take your right foot out, you put your right foot in and you shake it all about. You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around. That’s what it’s all about… Hey!

    For the last word in leftist crime policy we turn to the online-only virtual cuckoo-in-the-nest of the BBC’s otherwise print press parade that is the avowedly left-leaning Indy

    Burnham vows to end ‘throw away key’ jail scandal… has pledged to end the injustice of indefinite jail terms (Independent) – because – think about it – how can the Labour government reduce the length of indefinite sentences to just a third? How long is a piece of string? Answer: A lot shorter under Labour.

    I’ll say this for the Indy, while going off alarming about the weather, they do at least swerve that old journalistic ‘despite’ today…

    Amber health warning alerts were issued yesterday, but crowds enjoyed the sunshine at Durdle Door in Dorset (Independent) – silly plebs, when will they ever learn summer sunshine is a bad thing.

    The FT is a card carrying true believer: Net zero is not a cult – it’s the only solution (Pilita Clark, FT)

    Apologies to Neil Diamond who composed this one for The Monkees

    I thought climate change was only true in fairy tales
    Meant for someone else but not for me.
    Green was out to get me
    That’s the way it seemed.
    Disappointment haunted all my dreams.

    Then I saw the sun, now I’m a believer
    Not a trace of doubt in my mind.
    I’m in love, I’m a believer!
    I couldn’t unbelieve it if I tried.

    I thought Net Zero was more or less a givin’ thing,
    Seems the more I gave the less I got.
    What’s the use in tryin’?
    All you get is pain.
    When I needed sunshine I got rain.

    Amber Met Office extreme heat warning issued as temperatures could reach 38C (BBC) – Amber warning, they’re two a penny this summer. Go on, reach for the Red Warning – you know you want to.

    Speaking of showing us the Red Card – as we were, sort of…

    The map showing world’s division over Infantino (Laura Scott, Sports news correspondent and Daniel Austin, BBC Sport senior journalist) – I’m not absolutely sure which job title is the most important there so can’t interpret who is holding the handle bars and who is bringing up the rear on this BBC tandem effort. Girl gets named first but boy has senior in his title. Correspondent v journalist…?

    For a moment there as I contemplated the various shades of red and of blue colouring the BBC map I wondered is this the latest situation concerning military manoeuvres on the Donbas front? Or do we not talk about that any more? Apparently not.

    The world is far from united over whether Infantino should stay or go. To illustrate that division, BBC Sport has mapped the apparent view of all 210 member associations who are able to vote (Nepal, Fifa’s 211th member, is currently suspended and has no voting rights). (BBC) – For some reason I have a sudden urge to fetch out from the attic that old board game Risk

    I suppose it’s easy to scoff. Or perhaps not: Price of bread, broccoli and steak set to rise as drought pushes up prices (i paper)

    Middle-class areas ‘must house migrants’ – relates the Torygraph, resignedly. After all, their Boris, Rishi, et al, didn’t do any better versus the boats. And they ushered in millions via the front door.

    As the rather more excitable Daily Mail goes off alarming: As small-boat arrivals under new PM hit 3,000 and unrest grips rural towns… Burnham: Middle-class must take more migrants

    Why?

    Theirs not to make reply,
    Theirs not to reason why,
    Theirs but to do and die.

    The Charge of the Light Brigade
    By Alfred, Lord Tennyson

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    • Fedup2 says:

      I was blinded by solar eclipse- no one told me not to look ?

      I missed the solar eclipse because of cloud – who can I sue ?

      The eclipse glasses didn’t work – can I get my money back ?

      Can there be an eclipse at night ?

      Will the power fail if my solar powers are stopped by the eclipse ?

      Will the eclipse cause global warming?

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      • MarkyMark says:

        After Brexit solar eclipses have less value.

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      • AsISeeIt says:

        Let’s add:

        ‘Solar eclipse glasses on the NHS’

        ‘How women suffer more from eclipses’

        (Well surely you’ve heard of Preeclipsia)

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        • MarkyMark says:

          Woman fear eclipse will empower the patriarchy?

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        • Fedup2 says:

          BBC report – saint burnham pictured watching the eclipse ‘ it’s a new start ‘ sez Andy ….

          … meanwhile – does it strike you as a bit odd that all of a sudden all 43? Chief plod have written to TTK / Burnham about the law which passed into law while they said and did nothing …
          Will they all resign if the killers are released …. ? Somehow I don’t think so – but as others here have observed – the whole thing is a setup by number 10 to show ‘strong ‘ burnham …

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      • Eddy Booth says:

        Why did the sky stay blue during the eclipse?
        Why did it, light wise, just look like the Sun had clouded over?
        Why did the animals go about their business as normal?

        Answers on a 90 % postcard.

        I’d heard about this colander method, but fruitlessly spent hours searching the garage for one.
        Thanks BBC.

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        “Colander – find one in the kitchen”

        https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gdxyjnz3do

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        • MarkyMark says:

          Watch the Eclipse through your BBC TV Tax to get value for money – remember to pay it before watching the eclipse.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “Net zero is not a cult – it’s the only solution ” Final solution? H AHA HHA HAH AH A HAHHAH!

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  18. G says:

    The Prime Minister will attend a COBRA meeting later today to discuss ……….Weather……… But yes, and?……….and?……….and?.
    Surely the PM and his COBRA mates would want to discuss the 230 illegal migrant boats? No mention. Wonder why. Its as if the Government look forward to the arrival of more and more and more and more and more and more and more……………….

    I have never known a time in my long life where the Elite/Government(s) are so untrustworthy and purely evil toward the indigenous Brits. Only an uprising of the people will change anything and I do hope some ‘high-ups’ in the military, whether retired or serving, are standing by to take the country over. This is the only hope. Only.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Cabinet Office Briefing Room A – COBRA – where tea and biscuits and free wifi are guaranteed.

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    • Deborah says:

      I have a suspicion that the Met Office knows when the weather will break. Weather usually changes with the month (give a few days either side) but occasionally it happens mid month. Wonderful if the government can be seen doing something during the summer, especially if it proves to be unnecessary. It will rain again eventually, and when it does it will forget to stop. Besides it was known that this year was an El Niño year, planning should have been a year ago.

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  19. MarkyMark says:

    When the Sun stops does the UK defence system stop and more boats cross in the darkness? HA AH AHHA AHAH AH

    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
    4 August 2026 0 0 0
    5 August 2026 0 0 0
    6 August 2026 0 0 0
    7 August 2026 0 0 0
    8 August 2026 258 4 0
    9 August 2026 423 5 0
    10 August 2026 230 1 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

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    • Guest Who says:

      *t&cs will apply

      The bit South of Manchester where the WAGs graze will be declared an exclusion zone.

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  20. Fedup2 says:

    A third world import from N17 gets sentenced today – a multiple murderer and a multiple racist – allowed bail by their state to carry out his crimes . There are – apparently – many more but victims haven’t bothered coming forward – why would they bother?

    There will be calls for a public inquiry – there will be silence from the ‘wimmins minister ‘ apart from spouting crap about stopping ‘violence against wimmin ‘…

    Meanwhile the killer will probably be given early release….

    Echoes of the Nottingham slaughter because he was released for being a coloured madman ( what another one ?)

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  21. MarkyMark says:

    “SpaceX Is Going Beyond Starship — Musk Reveals What’s Next In New Company Update”| Scientia Plus

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  22. atlas_shrugged says:

    Naomi Wolf: “A Mass Murder Has Taken Place”

    https://www.steynonline.com/16352/a-harmful-warning

    When it came to convid this feminist was bang on the money. Fauci’s diaries even show that he too knew the clotshots could be deadly.

    Ofcon and the bBC are a disgrace.

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  23. friend of yogi bear says:

    BRAVE, BRAVE, “KING ANDY”……

    Back from his holiday ” KING Andy” is solving problems, now he is fighting, fighting with every fibre of his being ,to stop those cop killers being released by…..wait for it , the government , that incidently he’s in charge of .

    Brave “KING Andy” keep up the good work….anybody who thinks he’s just a con artist must be wrong, surely…?

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  24. MarkyMark says:

    Women – we must stop rapists roaming the streets.
    Women – refugees on a 230 seater boat are welcome to my area.

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  25. MarkyMark says:

    “Home Office Minister: Wealthier Areas Will Take “Their Fair Share” of Migrants”
    https://order-order.com/2026/08/12/home-office-minister-wealthier-areas-will-take-their-fair-share-of-migrants/#comments

    Fair
    Fair
    ………………….
    Deng Majek stabbed Rhiannon Whyte 23 times with a screwdriver in a frenzied 90-second attack in 2024 after following the 27-year-old to Bescot Stadium railway station in Walsall.

    He was later caught on CCTV dancing and laughing.
    ………………….
    A migrant sex offender mistakenly released from prison was given a £500 payment after threatening to disrupt his deportation from the UK to Ethiopia.

    Hadush Kebatu was jailed after sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl and a woman while living in an asylum hotel in Epping, Essex, but was mistakenly freed by prison staff on Friday. He was re-arrested after two days.

    The Ethiopian was put on a flight on Tuesday night and landed the following morning, the Home Office said.

    The payment was made by the removal team as an alternative to a slower and more expensive process, Sir Keir Starmer’s spokesman said.
    ……………….
    Fair
    Fair

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  26. pugnazious says:

    Cultural Jihad….the same aims as violent Jihad but applied stealthily in order to ‘boil the frog’ so that no-one notices the Islamisation creep or if they do the defence is that each new measure introduced is a minor measure that will make Muslims feel welcome etc…the cumulative effect of all those measures is the final introduction of full on Sharia with all the backward and deeply unpleasant impositions that that enforces. This is well under way in Britain with naive politicians eager to please and ‘buy’ votes as well…at the cost of our own society, culture, civilisation and lives ultimately.

    ‘Cultural Jihad…we must get into key positions of power in order to influence decisions….we don’t try to enforce Sharia completely ‘for the time being’…it is a programme to eventually apply it.’

    From 5:20….

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    • MarkyMark says:

      2018

      “…and don’t you worry. It’s coming to a place near you…we cannot have state subsidized preachers (Mayors,UK Security MP, Religious guidance)…give it up
      (Islam) or give it to your deadliest enemy and pay for the rope that will choke you.“

      Home Office, UK Security … Islamist …. Sajid Javid.

      London Mayor, UK Prosperity … Islamist … Sadiq Khan.

      CEO of Bernados, UK Children … Islamist .. Javed Khan.

      Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief … Islamist … Lord Ahmed.

      BBC religion and ethics commissioning … Islamist … Fatima Salaria

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  27. MarkyMark says:

    5.5 years – 2.5 years – released!

    Lord Ahmed of Rotherham (Nazir Ahmed), a former Labour peer, was convicted in February 2022 of historical child sex offences committed in the 1970s and originally jailed for five and a half years. His sentence was later reduced to two and a half years on appeal, and he has since been released from prison.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-60260113

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    • tomo says:

      I wonder that the guy seemingly gets to keep his title/gong

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      • MarkyMark says:

        “Yes, Lord Ahmed of Rotherham kept his title. Although he resigned from the House of Lords in November 2020 and was later jailed for child sex offenses, life peers retain their titles for life. Stripping a life peerage requires a specific Act of Parliament, which has not occurred.

        Peter Mandelson has not been formally stripped of his peerage, but he retired from active membership of the House of Lords in February 2026 following revelations regarding his past contact with Jeffrey Epstein. While Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the government stated he should lose his title and initiated steps toward relevant disciplinary changes, stripping an actual peerage requires a specific Act of Parliament.”

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        • Guest Who says:

          There is a donation threshold that needs to be reached, no matter the severity, or political impacts.

          ‘which has not occurred’

          ‘should’

          ‘unaccptable’

          ‘change’

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  28. Jeff says:

    We keep hearing that this is “The hottest summer EVER!” However…

    Old gits like me can well remember the long hot summer of 1976. I was a young apprentice gardener, working in a delightful little secluded garden in south London. I’m back there now, though these days as a volunteer. I love it.

    The drought of ’76 went on well into September. We had hosepipe bans, were encouraged not to flush the toilet; “If it’s yellow let it mellow”, blimey, even the tarmac was melting and vast swathes of Wimbledon Common caught fire.

    Last Friday I took in a photo of us youngster from ’76, drawing water from a cesspit to quench our parched crops…and I took a snap of the present day volunteers in the same spot.

    Since ’76, I think I’m right in saying, we haven’t built a single decent reservoir…even though our population has been allowed to increase massively. In 1976 the population of Blighty was (about) 56 million. In 2026 it’s officially (about) 70 million…that we know of…with at least 10 million plus that we don’t know about.

    We don’t need ever more fretting about the climate. We need sensible and sane immigration controls and grown ups in government.

    Some chance…

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    • Fedup2 says:

      In order to regulate the service – please turn on every electrical item between 2000 and 2130 today … ……

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  29. MarkyMark says:

    Ed Miliband to sacrifice 100 goats to keep the Sun shining.

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    • tomo says:

      In terms of odd sacrifices – I’m thinking Dale Vince, a pyramid, an obsidian knife – does that make me a bad person ?

      Tonatiuh “He Who Goes Forth Shining” and Huitzilopochtli “Left-Handed Hummingbird”

      must be honored

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  30. atlas_shrugged says:

    Octopus part-time Energy say please do not run your washing machine or dishwasher from 6-8pm because of the partial eclipse generating less solar power.

    Forgot to say please do not run them at all on cloudy days in the summer, and never run them in winter at all at all.

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  31. MarkyMark says:

    BBC Report “At 6.15pm Andy Burnham will stop the sun from shinning for an hour, then he will make the sun shine again.”
    (c) BBC Verified Fact

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  32. MarkyMark says:

    Octopus Energy urges millions of households to use less electricity during solar eclipse

    Octopus Energy suggests wrapping up warm in a woolly jumper or extra layers during winter as a practical way to stay cosy while lowering central heating use. Combining extra clothing with smart adjustments helps reduce gas and electricity waste during peak cold months

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    Octopus Energy’s Greg Jackson: ‘Climate change is no longer this vague thing’

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    • tomo says:

      Jackson is a larcenous, lying twat (imho) – who’s been enabled by the Green blob – Octopus is a scam company that’s been contrived from the ashes of the “competitive” retailers who went comprehensively bankrupt due to inept market manipulation by the idiots in the civil service -again imho. At every damn step of the way the customers and taxpayers are rinsed (see Thames Water).

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  33. digg says:

    I don’t think I can recall any time in my life when this Country had such a weak and pathetic political landscape, a pointless, gesturing, Anti-British, unelected PM heading a rag-tag bunch of pointless Marxist leaning Polit-Bureau party of teenage mentality….

    It’s going to take a lot of sorting out when it inevitably collapses in on itself.

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  34. tomo says:

    elsewhere

    tolerance eh?

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  35. Emmanuel Goldstein says:

    In Piddington, because of the huge number of doctors and engineers recently arriving the house prices must have dropped considerably.
    Will their council tax be dropped because their houses are worth a lot less now and will surely be down at least one band.

    Isn’t it a very convenient argument to keep all these enrichers away from the ‘elite’ lot who live in expensive areas when they house them in poor areas amongst the lower classes and in cheap housing.
    They tell us the costs are down and they keep the docs and engineers away from their homes.

    It’s actually a good argument as it makes sense but it isn’t a fair way of handling the mass numbers of new labour voters.
    If Burnham starts putting them in expensive areas the rich will squeal and the rest will complain about the cost.

    I don’t think they will be put into the more affluent areas or perhaps only one or two for the PR.

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  36. tomo says:

    Seriously – how many are there?

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  37. Fedup2 says:

    Today – it seems – is the funeral of Ann Widdecombe. Rest in Peace .

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  38. MarkyMark says:

    The rough weather is stopping the UK boats.
    The hot weather will stop illegal car washing businesses to close.
    No wind will mean windfarms will not block radar systems from seeing missiles.
    The eclipse will stop you using energy.
    Too much wind and we pay companies to stop producing it.

    We are living like the Aztecs – ha ha haha hahah ah a!

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  39. pugnazious says:

    As Burnham throws open prisons and continues to hold the border open and is now offering even more expensive houses in middle class areas to illegal migrants perhaps if the likes of the BBC expressed the truth and the politicians ‘lost’ the political cover that the BBC provides them on immigration then there would be vastly more pressure on them do genuinely do something. If the BBC started reporting truthfully as here in the Telegraph we might get somewhere….

    ‘If our political masters really cared, they’d do something about that. Both legal and illegal immigration may be thorny problems to solve, but they are the product of Britain’s own policies and political culture, and our leaders are squarely to blame.

    Take the small boats: forget “smashing the gangs”, for heaven’s sake. If every man landing on our shores was incarcerated pending deportation, possibly in some nightingale-hospital-style pop-up prison on a remote Scottish island, with no mobile phone, no access to black-market work, no cash handouts and no hotel accommodation, the problem would soon dry up.

    This vandalism is, in other words, the result of political choices. It is not some natural disaster afflicting our country that requires us all to pull together and share the burden.

    It was brought upon our heads without our consent by a political class that is a) incompetent and b) steeped in the twin dogmas of centrist fundamentalism and niceism, both of which have been resoundingly discredited.

    I repeat: we never wanted it, we never consented to it, and we have frankly had enough of it. For this reason, let me float a counter-proposal.

    Every prime minister since 1997, and every home secretary, should take four illegal migrants into their homes, and pledge to care for them with great compassion until such time as the migration crisis is over. Starting with Burnham himself. That should focus their minds.’

    Same for every BBC person who sneers at anyone who wants to limit immigration….they should be made to take in several illegal migrants and take on all the expense and issues that that would involve….those with daughters should be first in the queue to offer their generosity.

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  40. tomo says:

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  41. tomo says:

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  42. Fedup2 says:

    The prison thing is still bugging me … look … around 3 months ago ? The law allowing baddies out early was passed – Lammy done it .
    But what scrutiny was there ? Did anyone in the lords say ‘wtf’? What did the blue uniparty say ?

    I ask because the msm seems to be focused on the outcome – not the cause …. Yet .. in my limited exposure to msm – there seems little ‘reflection’ yet alone ‘blame ‘…

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  43. MarkyMark says:

    “Jack Grove, a reporter at Times Higher Education who first began investigating alleged plagiarism by Arday last year. Incredibly, Arday reported Grove’s dogged journalism to the Met Police as “harrassment”:

    Scribbling down shorthand notes at a hearing in the Royal Courts of Justice on 3 February this year, my phone began to silently buzz – a call from an unknown mobile number. Waiting until the eminent KC had finished his speech, I left the oak-panelled chamber to listen to the message. Rushing to file copy, however, I decided, on second thoughts, to take the voicemail at my desk, about 10 minutes away in Holborn.

    I was shocked to hear it was from the Metropolitan Police, asking me to call them back. Why? Nothing remarkable had happened to me in the previous year. When I rang back the officer explained a complaint had been made against me regarding the University of Cambridge professor Jason Arday, but the matter was now closed.

    But it was important, the officer explained, that I not contact him again, because it was affecting his mental health.”

    https://www.steynonline.com/16351/cambridge-con

    “‘It gradually dawned on us that we were learning nothing of substance, and that much of his talk was nonsense.’
    Fiona Brown on her time being taught by Jason Arday “

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  44. Emmanuel Goldstein says:

    Has anybody got any idea or guesses as to what the next World extinction level event will be.

    We’ve had all the things like ozone layer, acid rain, Covid, oil running out by 1990 and others. The current one, global warming/cooling/climate change still has about a year to run so I was wondering about the next one.

    It has to be something the politicians and the rich can make lots of money from.
    It must be something which the politicians can use to bring in more control over their populations.
    It must allow the politicians to slag off all those who try to show it’s all rubbish. Call them deniers, fascists or something equally distasteful.
    They need to force their will onto their populations such as making jabs compulsory or lose jobs (like health carers) and it will cost us in so many ways.

    So then, what’s your predictions for the next end of the world scam?

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    • MarkyMark says:

      AI will cause mental breakdowns. Buy some more AI to fix it!


      “AI psychosis” is a non-clinical term for instances where extended, uncritical interaction with AI chatbots triggers or amplifies delusions, paranoia, or grandiosity. In China, regulators and researchers are heavily scrutinizing how deeply engaging virtual companions and overly agreeable algorithms impact user mental health and social stability.

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    • Fedup2 says:

      EG – it will be a proper bug – something like flu or Ebola which has a Far higher infection / mortality rate than Covid ….

      All the opportunities for fast cash for politicians ‘ ‘friends ‘ will be there and people can be crushed again …

      .. either that or an accidental nuclear event contaminating a big area bigly …

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  45. MarkyMark says:

    “Cambridge University Launches ‘Full Investigation’ Into Jason Arday Appointment” TO BE LEAD BY Jason Arday? HA HA HAAHHAHA HAH AHH AHA HAHA HA H!

    https://order-order.com/2026/08/12/cambridge-university-launches-full-investigation-into-jason-arday-appointment/

    ………..

    “Her research focuses on social norms.[6] She writes that her early focus was on attachments to both abstract views and concrete items; she then researched the way in which social groups form a “dynamic system” that both reflects and is affected by the way in which their members act. She has applied her research to methods of helping people to alter problematic behaviors such as overconsumption of alcohol, gender stereotyping, and violence against domestic partners.[3] Her pioneering work on pluralistic ignorance applied to college campus alcohol use is a foundation of numerous campus alcohol education and bystander intervention programs.”
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Prentice

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  46. JonathanR says:

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  47. MarkyMark says:

    Andy no-burh-em HA HAH AH A!

    “Burnham says disposable BBQ ban under consideration”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr59p2nr6dqo
    Andy Burnham has said the government is considering a ban on disposable barbecues amid increased wildfire risk driven by this summer’s droughts.

    Ban banning!

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  48. pugnazious says:

    The problem in flesh and blood…or is he a social construct himself with his belief in totally open borders and that transwomen are women…gender is a social construct after all.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Rhiannon Whyte played her part …….looking after labours new citizens…. and so did her child ….

      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yvwdgjpj3o
      “He was later caught on CCTV dancing and laughing.”

      “It’s always the undocumented illegal immigrants that are doing this, and it’s not fair, they’re taking over our country,” she said.

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  49. pugnazious says:

    Kind of suspect this is so many BBC ‘journalists’…..

    Lol…one comment that might connect with the Beeboids…

    ‘I grew up in a 90% Cuban neighborhood in the 70’s. The cubans who escaped castro frequently clashed with their kids, who were taught that his regime was benevolent, and that it was America that was garbage. I remember one time (around 6th grade), my cuban friend was busting his dad’s chops by complaining about America. His grandpa hears this, stops typing, shows his hands with a few fingers missing, and just says, “Castro”. You see, Grandpa was a journalist in Havana in the 60’s and refused to write the stories Castro wanted, so they cut his fingers off. He fled to USA and wrote an Anti-communist NewsPaper. Real Cubans remember. And always will…..’

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “China provides financial support and emergency aid to Cuba to help the island nation navigate its severe economic, food, and energy crises. This includes an $80 million financial assistance package approved by Chinese President Xi Jinping to purchase electrical equipment, alongside large-scale food donations like 60,000 tons of rice”

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