Start the week 5th October 2026

A busy week . The Tory party conference – the anniversary of the Islamic attack on Israel – the Holborn bi election- and then there are ‘events ‘…. Remember – ‘ it’s our BBC ‘Lol ….

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  1. Up2snuff says:

    Here am I, send me to the top of this Thread. The BBC are very wasteful in the salaries that the BBC rewards its staff with. Defund the BBC! the BBC are also reneging on the BBC agreement to keep iPlayer free at the point of use. I would not be surprised if the BBC reneged on the agreement that TV Licences should be given to Pensioners over the age of 75! Defund the BBC. The BBC are also stupid over their enforment of TV Licences. I have been waiting for a visit from TVL for over a year now. Defund the BBC! Cancel your TellyTax.

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  2. Fedup2 says:

    You know when there is a story where most people might say ‘who cares ‘? Well – the Man City fraud job might have legs Far beyond footy … the position of the mayor or Manchester and now the unelected PM … threats by Arabs to pull their investment / bribe money … the failure of plod to investigate bribes and fraud and dirt …. The corruption of the English footy brand ….
    How many clubs have been corrupted by oil money ? The arsenal ? Who … ? Personally I care less as long as I engage a game which fills in a 99? Minute hole… but when the is the smell of corruption linked to a newly anointed PM … it gets …fruity …. And deserves proper journos …

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    • tomo says:

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      • Mrs Kitty says:

        Sounds very like the EU Brussels to Strasbourg gravy train, moving back and forth between the two cities and costing millions, paid for by the taxpayers of course with everyone creaming off money left right and centre.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “EU corruption scandal: MEP denies Qatar bribery after €1.5m seized
      Published | 13 December 2022”
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63952993
      She is one of four suspects charged after Belgian investigators found €1.5m (£1.3m) in two homes and a suitcase.

      MEPs have voted – by 625 to one – to strip Ms Kaili of her role as one of its 14 vice-presidents.

      ….

      This article is more than 4 years old
      Prince Charles given €3m in cash in bags by Qatari politician, according to report
      This article is more than 4 years old
      Money was passed immediately to one of the prince’s charities, says Clarence House
      https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/25/prince-charles-is-said-to-have-been-given-3m-in-qatari-cash

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  3. Flotsam says:

    What is particularly disturbing about the Polanski Green Party is the number of utter loons that support it. There are all these crackpots who presumably think cult leader Polanski is OK. I despair.

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    • Sluff says:

      We could be in for an interesting time.
      The Greens have come out as openly antisemitic, which should be excellent for their profile in the Muslim community.
      Remembering the five sectarian racist MPs elected by their sectarian racist electors as ‘independents’, on a pro Palestinian pro Gaza ticket at the 2024 election.
      Will it be enough to get the Greens over the line in Holborn and St Pancras?
      And how will pro Muslim Labour campaign against them ?

      And have Reform or the Tories got the bottle to spell out the elephant in the room?

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    • JonathanR says:

      Seems like a party the BBC would support. Maybe Jeremy Bowen could be their Middle East advisor.

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “I’ve been sent pledges and hustings invitations from a number of Special Interest and Liberation Groups (such as the Vegan Greens, LGBTQIA+ Greens, Feminist Greens etc.), officially recognised and not.

      I’ve chosen not to sign any – not because I don’t support their causes, but because I wanted my messages to come directly from me, ideally sitting down in conversation, and not via third parties. ”

      https://x.com/MothinAli/status/1949886610176147965

      Mothin Ali
      @MothinAli
      Deputy Leader of @TheGreenParty
      @leedsgreenparty Cllr for Gipton & Harehills
      Permaculture

      Gardening: @my_family_garden 🌱
      youtube.com/myfamilygarden
      mothinali.com
      Joined May 2024

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    • atlas_shrugged says:

      The good news is that Polanski (real name Heesacrackhead) has been banned from Israel.

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  4. Yasser Dasmibehbi says:

    Gosport yet again! There seems to be at least two migrant boats that have arrived and a third is possible!!
    I used to live and work in Gosport when I was young (eons ago)
    Now Burnham is using the place to land his beloved new voters.
    I think there are a few protesters there. With Danny Thommo effectively in preventative detention the authorities can do what they like.
    I see the Express are reporting on the situation on the net but the main topic is Harry and Meghan or something even less uninteresting. The Telegraph has no mention, but it did have three articles boosting the supposedly great saviour Kemi.
    It is many years since the day I hopped on a bus in Gosport and got off at Southampton docks and embarked on a liner for the antipodes. One of the reasons I left was I foresaw that Gt Britain was heading to be an overpopulated country and I didn’t want to be around to see it happening.
    It still hurts seeing it happening on the screen.

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    • Lucy Pevensey says:

      Police have put Gosport under a Section 34 dispersal order.

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      • atlas_shrugged says:

        The Crown People Traffickers have issued an order to ban UK people from an area in the UK in order to welcome illegal invaders into the UK who should never be in the UK.

        Let that madness sink in.

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      • Mrs Kitty says:

        @ Lucy That’s why Bodybags had the rapists and sex offenders released early so they can bang up the patriots.

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  5. JonathanR says:

    The Rachel Reeves of the “Conservative Party” Who likes to go by the name of “Kemi”

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    • Fedup2 says:

      And that’s one of the many reasons to never vote for the dead blue uniparty again …. Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke “Kemi”
      Badenoch Yaxley Lennon indeed ….

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    • tomo says:

      Not advice I’d expect Kemi to see or take – but she needs to stop being groomed and PR’d so much – the blue Labour wet faction are in there making the case for pandering to “wavering Labour voters”. People can see that….

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  6. taffman says:

    Have our borders become so weak that our national security is at risk?
    The Americans are pulling out of the UK ! …https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmwyve191dlko
    “Stop the boats crush the gangs”.
    We are in need of a new government, a government that will defend Great Britain and its people . We are being invaded !

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    • tomo says:

      BBC gloating over US bomber withdrawal from Fairford.

      Ladling on the sneer

      If one accepts / assumes that a credible Iranian attack force is in situ… (and that’s the actual reason behind the move) They ain’t going to melt away meekly – are they?

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  7. tomo says:

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Tories agree with this as their profits are up! Inshallah as they shout in green part councils in the UK as USA pulls out it’s bombers as UK cannot even send a warship to protect it’s own bases in Cyprus! HA AH HAAH HAH AHAAH !

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  8. Fedup2 says:

    Today

    The 7am news was 10 minutes long – 8 minutes was on various forms of Islamic terrorism – the other 2 minutes was on ‘parents ‘ being trained to potty train – and the snp failing some nonsense poverty target …..

    The days when stories of new factories and more jobs are long ago ….

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  9. AsISeeIt says:

    Greens are in the news…

    British families not eating enough peas… consumption plummeted to a 50-year low (Telegraph)

    Could it be that our rather elastic definition of the term “British” contributes in some way to many of these kind of new social and consumer trends?

    Lets consult an expert to judge the situation on our behalf…

    Peter Judge, from Choose British Peas, said: “Peas are being increasingly overlooked by consumers, who no longer view them as a British staple” (Telegraph) – there he goes with that nowadays rather catch-all category “British”

    I’m suddenly mindful of that famous “Going for an English” sketch from the Goodness Gracious Me Asian/British sketch show that parodied British pub/curry house culture by having a British-Asian group enter a traditional English restaurant and demand the blandest, most tasteless food on the menu

    To get serious for a moment – one speculates along similar lines at the Guardian top headline this morning:

    ‘Horrifying’ scale of child-on-child sexual abuse in schools revealed… Nearly five such crimes a day reported to police in England and Wales (Guardian)

    Expert view

    …children’s commissioner of England, Dame Rachel de Souza, described peer-on-peer abuse in schools as “widespread, normalised and too often brushed under the carpet… This is not simply a school or college issue, it is a societal one” (Guardian) – draw your own conclusions there.

    It’s centrist dad’s pin-up day!

    Both Times and Telegraph front page feature photographs focus on: Queen of the catwalk… Olivia Colman… debut during the Miu Miu Spring Summer-show at Paris fashion week yesterday (Telegraph); Olivia Colman, 52, swapped movie cameras for the catwalk… modelling leathers and loafers (Times)

    She was quite endearing – at first – as Mark’s office girlfriend in Peep Show – but soon became super annoying. The character, I mean. No wonder he left her for Dobby. As for the leathers… as freely admitted hereabouts Mr AsI has a thing for opera gloves (but he doesn’t want a Parade or a month of the year to celebrate it)

    The right-leaning tabloids go with Kemi as pin-up.

    Kemi’s common sense blueprint… Taking charge: Kemi Badenoch in Birmingham yesterday (Daily Mail)

    Tory leader Kemi Badenoch… save triple lock (Express)

    Mum’s the word… Kemi Badenoch will be like a ‘no nonsense mum’ (giveaway Metro)

    In-the-tank for Labour Daily Mirror can’t resist a diss: Same old Tories… Bad to the future – I think that’s meant to be a pun on Badenoch – the Mirror editorial is fretting about her taking us back to “austerity” which was a post-2008 financial crash thing. Whereas Burnham wants to go all the way back to the 1970s?

    Just me, or does the supposedly ‘serious’ media’s obsession with foreign elections begin to pall?

    Watch: How Brazil’s dramatic election unfolded – enthuses the BBC.

    Of course the liberal globalist corporate FT is all over it. Both front page feature photo story: Brazil faces crunch vote… Brazilians on the outskirts of Brasilia wait to vote yesterday – and mind you there’s a front page “Briefing” synopsis of: Bosnians go to the polls (FT)

    In my opinion, on the one hand it’s akin to football fans cheering on their side – and on the other hand it’s a handy cipher for the editorial expression of home-grown political views – but at one remove.

    Watch out of the giveaway epithets…

    President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 80, is running for his fourth non-consecutive term in office, while his challenger, right-winger Flávio Bolsonaro, 45, is competing in his first presidential race. (BBC) – my emphasis.

    …highly polarised contest that has repercussions for Donald Trump’s aim of expanding US influence… Leftist incumbent… Lula… challenger… Bolsonaro, the son of hard right former president (FT) – my emphases.

    Bosnians… decide the successor to hardline pro-Moscow strongman… whether the country turns more toward Europe or Russia (FT) – my emphases.

    From Yookay Uniparty to Brazil to Bosnia – for this reviewer it’s much like betting on two rain drops trickling down a window pane.

    Speaking of centrist dads – here’s a don’t blame me guv from the home sec

    Mahmood: Ministers push me for more visas… she told the podcast The Rest is Politics (Telegraph) – Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart – in case you were wondering.

    Ah, the British government visa-issuing department – the one and only branch of the public sector that has shown increased productivity over recent years.

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  10. MarkyMark says:

    Andy Abu Dhabi Burnham – nothing like Keir’s Lord Ali’s backdoor passes?! HA HAH HA HAHA HAH! Islam saved Manchester!

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  11. MarkyMark says:

    UK cannot defend a USA army base.
    UK cannot defend its bases in Cyprus (3 week to send a boat)
    UK does not know who can use the male/female toilets – still up for debate.
    UK has 40K+ on terror watch list.

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  12. Althepalerp says:

    I can see another Red Bus being painted with the words:

    “Lets take £40 Billion from the NHS and fund the EU instead”

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  13. 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
    27 September 2026 526 7 0
    28 September 2026 0 0 0
    29 September 2026 61 1 0
    30 September 2026 0 0 0
    1 October 2026 0 0 0
    2 October 2026 91 1 0
    3 October 2026 164 2 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

    …
    Protesters scuffle with police as migrants brought ashore on south coast
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmrly809n8p6o

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  14. MarkyMark says:

    “Ministers are aware that children can use a VPN or in some cases draw beards on themselves for selfie-checker verification systems.”
    order-order.com

    ….
    “Bearded and wrinkled Sudanese illegal migrant is a CHILD rules immigration judge”
    https://www.gbnews.com/news/migrant-crisis-bearded-wrinkled-sudanese-illegal-immigrant-child-rules-judge

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “BRUSSELS — Violence in the Christian town of Suqaylabiyah in central Syria has renewed concerns over the security of Christian communities and the ability of the country’s authorities to protect civilians in areas where Christians remain a historic and deeply rooted population.”

      ….

      “Archbishop of Canterbury withdraws award from Muslim cleric who praised Osama bin Laden”
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckr50lrz5e6zo

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  15. MarkyMark says:

    “Prime Minister Andy Burnham announces new high streets policy”

    ….

    “We’ve got too many chicken shops in our town centres (London), … We’ve got too many pawn brokers in our town centres (London 2015). We’ve got too many gambling shops in our town centres (London 2015). Elect me (Sadiq Khan) to be the London Mayor and we’ll sort all those three things out. {metro.co.uk aug2015}”

    http://metro.co.uk/2015/08/07/labour-mp-sadiq-khan-said-there-are-too-many-chicken-shops-at-chicken-cottage-awards-5331814/#ixzz4nAeOQ7jW
    – Mayor promises fewer chicken shops (2017) but was promoting more Halal chicken production (2012)!

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  16. MarkyMark says:

    Potty training scheme to roll out to 20 more areas
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck4glnl2v9p5o

    Diane Abbott vs basic maths on LBC policing interview BBC News
    angry aardvark

    Potty mmouth training?
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    • Fedup2 says:

      I think they were hard on Diane – it’s not as though she said chairman mow did a lot of good ….

      I wonder if there is a compilation somewhere of politicos just unable to say the correct figure for the subject they are being interviewed about …
      I only very occasionally see media interviews as I know they’ll be crap … back to potty training ….in free breakfast clubs ….

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      • MarkyMark says:

        Maybe combine the two and they can be trained by young migrants? Oh wait – Mohammed liked girls of a certain age … might fail!

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  17. Sluff says:

    Greetings from Amritsar-on-Thames

    A near neighbour is extending his property. The ahem multicultural council has waved through the plans even though they contravene the council’s own policies. Quite normal here.

    I spoke to the builders. Well I say spoke. Except for the boss, none of them speak English. What are they doing in this country? I confidently say they are not filling in a jobs shortage as such, as they will only work on jobs required by other immigrants of the same Indian subcontinental ethnicity.

    This does not make them bad people. Instead it shows the utter fiasco of this country’s successive governments’ immigration non-policies as they deliberately obliterate over 1000 years of incremental Western European civilisation.

    How many non-whites do you see in the queue for the Bayeaux Tapestry? I rest my case.

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    • Loobyloo says:

      On a recent trip to London it was evident how many Indian Asians were working in hospitality – behind bars, in hotels, cafes etc where you wouldn’t expect to see them. Also went to Malta and saw the same thing- a bit like on a cruise ship. I am presuming that it’s agency recruitment.

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  18. Emmanuel Goldstein says:

    I wonder what the numbers will be with the greens going openly antisemitic.

    That should get them the Muslim vote which will increase their percentage. How much will it affect the old greens, the ones who are all for net zero, vegetarians and ban the bomb.
    It seems all their values are being binned (halal slaughter for example) so will they go to labour or the libdems.

    Will labour drop its adoration of Muslims once they’ve left them for the greens and how will it affect their policies.

    Mind, once Polanski has lost his boyish charm and good looks they will probably lose even more supporters. Will he be replaced by a Muslim as they will have the numbers (and rapidly increasing)

    Will the real Greens split and form another party (Recycled Greens?) as the current Green Party is nothing like the real greens of old.

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  19. MarkyMark says:

    “World’s First Large-Scale Robot Theme Park Opens in Zhuhai”

    … UK ….

    An agreement to end the long-running 2025–2026 Birmingham bin strike could potentially be signed off in late September or early October 2026, according to council leadership.

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  20. Lucy Pevensey says:

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  21. MarkyMark says:

    UK Gov to release new Mobile App- find an early released prisoner near you and your child. Free to download – requires age verification which can be skipped by drawing a beard on your face.

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  22. Lucy Pevensey says:

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  23. MarkyMark says:

    “Raised in Birmingham and Saudi Arabia
    Shabana Mahmood was born in Birmingham to parents from the Pakistani-administered region of Azad Kashmir.
    Soon after they were born, they moved her and her twin brother to the Saudi Arabian city of Taif, where her father worked as a civil engineer, and the family would make regular visits to religious sites in Mecca and Medina.”
    https://peopledaily.digital/news/shabana-mahmood-makes-history-as-britains-first-muslim-woman-to-become-home-secretary
    After seven years, they moved back to Birmingham and her father, still employed as a full-time engineer, bought a corner shop and became chairman of the local Labour Party.

    ‘My faith is the centre point of my life’

    In an interview with The Times, she said: “My faith is the centre point of my life and it drives me to public service, it drives me in the way that I live my life and I see my life.”

    She has also been vocal on Labour’s stance on Gaza, warning the prime minister that “British Muslims are feeling a very strong sense of pain” and that the government would have to rebuild their trust.

    Answering questions on Asian grooming gangs, she previously told former Tory minister Michael Gove in The Spectator that there is “still a moment of reckoning” and an “outstanding question of why so many looked the other way”.

    …………………………….

    “Our moral compass is so off that , I regret to say, even a nuke would not change things.” – Makr Steyn

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  24. Guest Who says:

    Just caught a Global news item through a window and thought I just heard 2 men had died trying to cross the channel in a boat…. and two women are being treated for burns!

    How in the name of one’s fave sky fairy does that happen?

    Educational trip from France took a turn?

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  25. MarkyMark says:

    UK – Churches turned into homes and pubs ….

    A sex establishment license application for the Greenhouse Health Club in Luton was withdrawn in 2016 after local objections and political lobbying regarding its proximity to a local mosque.
    Case Overview
    • Venue: Greenhouse Health Club, a health club operating in Luton.
    • The Application: The business applied for a sex establishment license to sell adult items and show adult films.
    • The Opposition: Over 430 residents signed a petition and 103 formal objections were filed with Luton Borough Council citing cultural sensitivity and proximity to a place of worship.
    • The Outcome: The application was withdrawn by the owners following local resistance and opposition from the Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner, who stated the location was too close to a major mosque

    …..
    Police commissioner objected to gay sauna license because it’s ‘too close to a mosque’

    https://www.thepinknews.com/2016/06/02/police-commissioner-objected-to-gay-sauna-license-because-its-too-close-to-a-mosque/

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  26. MarkyMark says:

    HA HA HA! We cannot let Marine win in France – H AHA HAHA HA

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    • tomo says:

      It is often called the Paris massacre of 1961 or the massacre of 17 October 1961.

      Major French outlets still diverge: some follow the “several dozen” official-archive range; Le Monde and others have used “at least 120.” some put the figure over 200

      At some point – if these folk don’t desist – it’s going to get messy

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    • vlad says:

      How ridiculous. How obscenely stupid. The French riots are instigated by leftists and North African islamists. So who does The Speccie blame? The one person trying to curb the Left and the flood of invaders !
      I despair of the so-called right-wing press who are increasingly indistinguishable from the BBC.

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      • tomo says:

        Spectator owned by GB News backer Paul Marshal (via Old Queen Street vehicle) – supposedly right wing …

        Uniparty / blob / establishment.

        Johnson territory…. f’ing Gove at the helm…

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  27. taffman says:

    IMHO it is about time that the MOD started doing its job. Defending this country ! Criminals are invading these islands .

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  28. Emmanuel Goldstein says:

    Instead of giving out hijabs to any woman who makes it across the Channel alive in a rubber dinghy they would be better off handing out the ‘morning after’ pill.

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    • Guest Who says:

      Maybe they’re handing out repurposed flash hoods from mothballed RN ships

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    • MarkyMark says:

      “According to Islamic history, the immediate family of the Prophet Muhammad consisted of 13 wives (historically referred to as the Mothers of the Believers) and 7 biological children.”

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  29. Fedup2 says:

    Although there is bound to be more to the removal of B1 bombers than meets the eye – the fact that it appears that the base cannot be defended from Muslim vermin – suggests another reason for the US to down grade it’s’ contribution to NATO – where members countries are becoming / have become hostile to America and the freedom it represents ….

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  30. MarkyMark says:

    BBC “BREAKING NEWSTwo men dead and two women severely burned following fire on overcrowded mega-dinghy heading for Britain from France”

    ….

    Dover MP Natalie Elphicke told the Commons that the BBC’s “shocking report” contained the “breath-taking” disclosure of free French public bus services being used to ferry migrants from camps to Dunkirk beaches.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-63229010

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  31. MarkyMark says:

    “Offices and residential buildings across the centre of the capital and east London were affected by the outage at around 10.30am this morning, plunging them into darkness.”
    https://metro.co.uk/2026/10/05/huge-power-cut-hits-32-london-postcodes-see-full-list-29679815/

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  32. MarkyMark says:

    Radical Islam = Islam = modern Islam!

    Rupert Lowe Says “We Will Reverse The Islamification Of Our
    Country” | Restore Britain Agenda

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    • vlad says:

      No such thing as ‘radical islamists’. Just muslims, who are a little more active than the others in carrying out their mandate to conquer the world, or destroy it.

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  33. MarkyMark says:

    BBC “BREAKING NEWSTwo men dead and two women severely burned following fire on overcrowded mega-dinghy heading for Britain from France”

    …

    “Migrant crisis: Bodies found on Turkish coast as boats sink
    Published | 5 January 2016”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35230839
    At least 34 bodies have been washed up on the Turkish coast in the latest tragedy to hit migrants and refugees trying to cross the sea to Greece.

    Late last year, Turkey reached a deal with the European Union to tighten its borders and reduce the numbers crossing to Greece in return for €3bn (£2.1bn) and political concessions.

    Turkey has a money maker! €3bn €3bn €3bn €3bn

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  34. MarkyMark says:

    “Strong economy. low taxes. reduce benefits, that is the conservative way!” (not reduced government)

    “In Full: Kemi Badenoch speaks from the Conservative Party Conference Main Stage”

    …………………

    “I will implement what ever the Uk chooses.” – Cameron on Brexit.

    “I quit” – Cameron after vote does not go his way.

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  35. MarkyMark says:

    “Birmingham’s wealth was built on the hard work of ordinary people, not by growth strategy from No.10 North” Kemi Badenoch

    …..

    “Council has highest debt among UK local authorities”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnv7p3dzz7yo
    ….
    According to the Census 2021, Birmingham, UK has an ethnically diverse population where minority ethnic groups make up 51.4% of the total population
    …..

    Record number of sexual offences recorded in Birmingham
    https://www.birminghamworld.uk/your-birmingham/birmingham/record-number-of-sexual-offences-recorded-in-birmingham-4002698

    …..

    Birmingham MP says Cologne sex attacks are like ‘heckling’
    Published
    29 January 2016
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-35440954

    …
    Forced marriage cases will stay ‘underground’ after law change
    Published
    15 February 2024
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-64873897

    …..
    More than 600 new victims of female genital mutilation (FGM) have been identified in seven months in the West Midlands.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-33211823

    There had been no reports to West Midlands Police of mutilation in the area but there had been some intelligence to suggest girls “are brought to Birmingham to be cut”, the panel said.

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  36. MarkyMark says:

    Isn’t this paying homage to slavery and a Christian God? HA HAH AHHA!

    “National Anthem at Conservative Party.”

    ‘God Save The King’ was a patriotic song first publicly performed in London in 1745, which came to be known as the National Anthem at the beginning of the nineteenth century.

    In September 1745 the ‘Young Pretender’ to the British Throne, Prince Charles Edward Stuart, defeated the army of King George II at Prestonpans, near Edinburgh.

    In a fit of patriotic fervour after news of Prestonpans had reached London, the leader of the band at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, arranged ‘God Save The King’ for performance after a play. It was a tremendous success and was repeated nightly.

    This practice soon spread to other theatres, and the custom of greeting monarchs with the song as he or she entered a place of public entertainment was thus established.

    There is no authorised version of the National Anthem as the words are a matter of tradition. Additional verses have been added down the years, but these are rarely used.

    The words used today are those sung in 1745, substituting ‘Queen’ for ‘King’ where appropriate. On official occasions, only the first verse is usually sung.

    The words of the National Anthem are as follows:

    God save our gracious King!

    Long live our noble King!

    God save the King!

    Send him victorious,

    Happy and glorious,

    Long to reign over us,

    God save the King.

    Thy choicest gifts in store

    On him be pleased to pour,

    Long may he reign.

    May he defend our laws,

    And ever give us cause,

    To sing with heart and voice,

    God save the King.

    May he defend our laws,
    May he defend our laws,
    May he defend our laws,
    May he defend our laws,
    May he defend our laws,
    May he defend our laws,

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  37. MarkyMark says:

    1 migrant in, 1 MP UK (starting with Boris, Rishi, Cameron, May, Starmer, Burnham)

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  38. MarkyMark says:

    Comment “I didn’t see anything on the mainstream media about it funnelly enough. Stop the gangs. How can you stop the gangs? When the government are the gangs”

    It’s just an invasion. | Andrew Lawrence | 184k subscribers

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  39. Fedup2 says:

    There is clear evidence that it is now a state controlled invasion of our country – gosport is now in a police lockdown for large scale invasion.
    How can it end ?

    When i hear of death in the channel i have a thought which i wont share …

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  40. Sluff says:

    The BBC are forever telling us that cross channel chancer numbers are down by 40%. Barely concealed message. Their beloved Labour government are doing a great job.

    Does the BBC realise that in the opinion of many many BRITISH citizens, that’s 60% too small?

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  41. Sluff says:

    BBC hire new director of news.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjrvl8n82wvo

    Here’s the eye-watering bit of the story., buried way down the article.
    Quote
    Jupp will have responsibility for about 4,500 staff
    End quote.

    What on earth do they all do? Read 4450 copies of The Guardian?

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    • MarkyMark says:

      BBC appoints Rachel Jupp as new director of news
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjrvl8n82wvo
      Jupp is a former deputy editor of BBC Two’s Newsnight and has also served as Panorama’s editor

      The BBC said Jupp would be paid a salary of £400,000. Turness started on a similar salary in 2022, but that had increased to between £445,000 and £449,999 in her last year before leaving the role.

      £400,000

      The BBC apologised and said the edit had given “the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action”, but rejected his demand for compensation.

      …………..

      BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast
      BBC Radio 5 Live, Wednesday 3 January 2018

      During a phone-in on the programme a contributor, Danielle Tiplady was introduced as a staff nurse. We should have established and made clear on air that she was a political activist.

      08/01/2018
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/helpandfeedback/corrections_clarifications/corrections_2018/

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  42. MarkyMark says:

    How the bare nails trend became a class issue
    BBC News website, 26 September 2026

    This article examined the trend of bare nails and what might be motivating it, hearing from a range of contributors as well as looking at the cultural significance of manicures. It was removed on 29 September pending an editorial review. Following this review the article was permanently removed on the same day because it reported criticism of the bare nails trend without sufficient context or challenge and so did not meet our editorial standards.

    Associated social media posts have also been removed.

    30/09/2026
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/helpandfeedback/corrections_clarifications

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  43. MarkyMark says:

    Radio 4 News and Papers
    20 September 2026

    At 7am and 8am we reported Ed Sheeran’s on-stage response to the controversy over Macklemore being dropped from his tour over pro-Palestinian remarks. Although the report in these two bulletins focused on Ed Sheeran’s apology and his view on the situation in Gaza, we should have also included his condemnation of the 7th October attacks, which was featured in other Radio 4 output that morning and extensively across BBC News.

    22/09/2026

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/helpandfeedback/corrections_clarifications

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  44. MarkyMark says:

    No 10 insists RAF Fairford is safe after US withdraws bombers
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmy56yvv1kxxo

    Security review launched after activists break into RAF base
    20 June 2025
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx24nppdx0lo

    UK warship HMS Dragon not expected to sail to Cyprus until next week
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y5505w4lzo

    Prison population
    On 31 March 2025, 108 (41%) of the 266 prisoners in custody for terrorism-connected offences defined themselves as White, 96 (36%) as Asian or Asian British, and 19 (7%) as Black or Black British.
    The majority (62%) of prisoners in custody for terrorism-related offences on 31 March 2025 declared themselves as Muslim (166 prisoners). 53 prisoners (20%) were Christian.
    https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-7613/

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  45. MarkyMark says:

    2024/25 262
    Number of prisoners released in error

    Year ending March, England and Wales

    Number of prisoners

    2006/07

    52

    2007/08

    31

    2008/09

    63

    2009/10

    68

    2010/11

    63

    2011/12

    42

    2012/13

    44

    2013/14

    50

    2014/15

    49

    2015/16

    64

    2016/17

    72

    2017/18

    66

    2018/19

    64

    2019/20

    50

    2020/21

    46

    2021/22

    54

    2022/23

    81

    2023/24

    115

    2024/25

    262

    https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/prisoners-released-in-error/

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  46. vlad says:

    Is this for real? If so, it’s hilarious. If not, it’s also hilarious.

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  47. vlad says:

    Is Labour trying to destroy this country? First they let in 3rd world riff raff by the millions. Then they release criminals by the hundreds of thousands. Then they lock up those who complain.

    In the words of Katie Hopkins, Batshit Bonkers Britain.

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  48. vlad says:

    Israel claims it warned UK Intelligence of an Iranian-sponsored plot against an Air-Force base, which the UK ignored.

    Given that all government agencies, from Shabana down, are infected with muslims, some of which are most likely radicalised or at the very least pro-Palestine and anti-Israel, it’s not surprising.

    And it would seem Trump doesn’t trust the UK either, as he’s now pulling out all bombers from RAF Fairford.

    What an untrustworthy, third-world shithole we have become.

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  49. Fedup2 says:

    Must be a challenge to work out who subverts the ‘intelligence community ‘ most – the Russians or Chinese or Islam ….

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Religious infiltration almost complete …
      USA 2009
      On November 5, 2009, a mass shooting took place at Fort Hood, near Killeen, Texas, (USA). Nidal Hasan, a U.S. Army major and psychiatrist, fatally shot 13 people and injured more than 30 others. The shooting was the worst mass shooting on an American military base.

      Berlin, Germany 2016
      Arrested German spy was a onetime gay porn actor — and a secret Islamist {washingtonpost nov2016}
      “BERLIN — Two weeks ago, German intelligence agents noticed an unusual user in a chat room known as a digital hideout for Islamic militants. The man claimed to be one of them — and said he was a German spy. He was offering to help Islamists infiltrate his agency’s (In April 2016, the man began working for the BfV, assigned to monitoring potentially violent Islamists in Germany.) defenses to stage a strike.

      Agents lured him into a private chat, and he gave away so many details about the spy agency — and his own directives within it to thwart Islamists — that they quickly identified him, arresting the 51-year-old the next day. Only then would the extent of his double life become clear.
      …
      It’s not only a rather bizarre, but also a quite scary, story that an agency, whose central role it is to engage in counterespionage, hired an Islamist who potentially had access to classified information, who might have even tried to spread Islamist propaganda and to recruit others to let themselves be hired by and possibly launch an attack”

      USA 2017 (no lessons learnt)
      US Army names Muslim chaplain spiritual leader of 14,000 mostly Christian soldiers {jihadwatch feb2017}
      “Army Lt. Col. Khallid Shabazz, a Muslim chaplain, has accepted the job of handling the spiritual affairs of 14,000 mostly Christian soldiers.”

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