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Am I really first ?
Then I am off to the pub to get my free pint.
Sorry taffman – no!
Here am I, send me to the top of this Thread. The BBC are very wasteful, in the salaries that they to their workers. Defund the BBC. An example of this was posted on the Midweek Thread. I have been waiting for nearly two years for a visit from TV licensing! The BBC are disrespectful to Bibi Netanyahu, the BBC are disrespectful to the President of the United States: Donald Trump, the BBC are pro-Palestinian, pro-Hamas. The BBC do not like Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform, the BBC do not like Reform as do the rest of the MSM. Defund the BBC – cancel your TellyTax as I did over a quarter of a century ago.
‘Will watering down government targets for how many EVs the industry sells actually solve any of these problems? The charging networks will need compensation, while it will take a lot of money to rebuild the domestic industry. In reality, Britain will still have to pay a high price for the doomed attempt to centrally plan the car market.’
Why do we have to compensate the EV charging industry, and indeed the windfarms, if we change the rules?
The government changes the rules on what type of car can be sold and basically destroys an industry and yet no compensation…not to mention all those they encouraged to buy diesel who are now demonised and made to pay through the nose for diesel vehicles now.
Let’s have some compensation for all those forced to pay vastly more for vehicle tax and fuel due to the dash and crash for nut zero…and those paying extortionate prices for home energy due to nut zero levies.
Miliband started all this followed by moronic Tories…backed all the way by the climate change cheerleaders at the BBC.
Make them pay…or lock ’em up….seriously…about time politicians had some legal ‘duty of care’ that meant if they made decisions and policies that were clearly vastly beyond what they were voted in to produce and were obviously hugely risky and controversial they could be put on trial. Climate change, the Boris Wave, Lockdowns etc come to mind.
Just what is this preparing for the end of the world. Well prepare for 3 days. It will all depend on when I last went to the supermarket. I usually have a packet of crackers in the cupboard and as long as the disaster isn’t in December I should have a few jars of homemade marmalade available. The problem will be the water. All those people carrying those thermos flask like water bottles because they are eco and won’t use plastic, will have to buy another dozen. Presumably whatever this disaster is, will come with little warning. The people with the metal water bottles will have to spend the first half hour after they get up pouring yesterday’s water out and refilling with fresh water……oh but we have a water shortage so we shouldn’t be wasting it.
Deborah,
The government knows that thanks to loony tunes Miliband et al and the idiotic Theresa May , she introduced Net Zero, blackouts are increasingly likely. So they are going to blame them on foreign forces sabotaging the country’s energy supplies.
Worse, if their focus groups and population monitoring show that a sufficiently high % of the population buy into their ‘foreign forces narrative’ they may even stage a few false flag blackouts and other operations designed to whip up war fever.
Once the ‘threat of war’ narrative reaches a certain point it can be used to cancel elections, imprison troublesome people, shut down unhelpful comments and to introduce a wide range of other draconian measures.
A Globalist gift to fight the people.
The only people sabotaging the country’s energy supplies are our government. I’d say a good chunk of them should be in jail.
Deborah,
I am going to go with an extended power-cut due to their deliberate blowing up of coal fired power stations and other insanities.
In which case find out if your water is fed from a tower or uses electric pumps. If it is pumped then maybe invest in a water butt filled from your gutters.
Also of interest is if you are upstream or downstream of the local waste water treatment plant.
Moggie, good idea about jailing. Every power cut 10 MPs get jailed.
It has started. We just had a half hour blackout. National Powergrid on its website gave their explanation for it. Apparently there was a shortage of electricity in our area and they have had to make connections to get the power from elsewhere.
At least we didn’t have to dip into our buckets of water to make cups of tea.
Wow. It’s over 50 years since I experienced a power cut caused by there being insufficient power in the grid, 1972 miners strike and the threevday week.
Where i live we do get one or two power cuts every year but these are caused by bad weather bringing down power cables or by a transformer outage.Never lack of power in the grid as a whole.
Deborah,
If you can, get a water butt fitted to a downpipe. That’l cover the loo and if you sterilise the water, your consumption too.
Deadly shooting near Paris is a ‘racist terrorist attack’, Macron says
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6ev38dj1g8zo
And here we have the sickening truth about Macron, the BBC and the Left.
Since when have you EVER seen a terrorist attack labelled as racist ?. Every single Muslims terrorist is as racist as you can possibly get, but the word is NEVER used.
Now it is. Can you guess what the shooters name is ?. They are usually Abdhul, Mohammed or such like. But for this exceptional case it’s ‘Kevin’. Of course it is.
And Macron is so without shame, he actually said ‘people had been targeted for their skin colour or religion and urged the public not to give an inch in the face of what he called “ideologies taking root”.
That ideology will be the far-Right of course. And not a word anywhere of what is causing it from him OR the BBC. They are laying on empathy as thickly as they can for the victims because it makes people hate the shooter instead of questioning why he did it.
Would a mother whose daughter got shot and needed surgery REALLY say this as the first thing on her mind ?
‘”She’s a child who was born in France, in Trappes. She has the right to live in France, to make her life in France,” she added.’
The BBC are degenerating into pure propaganda. That is a dangerous sign and takes the West another small step closer to civil war.
The irony is that if this happened in a third world shithole and the shooter was a Muslim who hated whites taking over his city, the BBC would call him a freedom fighter.
Seven shot dead by gunmen at church funeral in Jordan, officials say
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ck87zlpzny15o
And just to prove what extreme far-Left activists the BBC are, this is their report on a terrorist who killed SEVEN in a church. No mention of who got shot or who shot them and no digging up of similar events in the past to show who is doing it.
From AI:
‘The Paris attack is immediately framed through the explicit lens of identity politics, using precise terms like “racist terrorist attack” and highlighting the victims’ migrant origin and religious attire. Conversely, the Jordan attack uses depersonalized, institutional terms like “group of extremists,” scrubbing explicit mention of the targeted religious group (Christians) from the core description of the victims.’
When it suits them, the BBC put up links to other similar events in the past for some context. They do not do that for this article. Because they are all Christians being murdered by Muslims.
As I have said many times, the scum at the BBC don’t give a shit who gets killed or how much they suffer in the process. If it doesn’t fit their own far-Left agenda, they don’t want us to know.
I am still totally mystified as to why the BBC and the Left support and protect the sub-human creatures who do these abhorrent acts. Their own heads would be cut off as easily and quickly as the next infidels. The only answer I have is because of the extent of their hatred of the Right.
Raynor let it out when she called all Tories scum – and said it didn’t get close to how she really feels about them. And the BBC didn’t bat an eyelid because they hate them too.
The BBC ?
Scrap the outfit as it is not fit for purpose.
Just tinkering with AI and asked it to:
‘act like someone who thinks the BBC is left-wing biased and they use many tricks to include their bias while not breaking their own rules.’
And it came back with this:
‘If you look closely at how the BBC operates, they are absolute masters at maintaining a veneer of strict “impartiality” while subtly tilting the scales to the left. They don’t usually break their own rules outright; instead, they use structural and editorial tricks to bake their bias right into the cake.
Here is exactly how they do it without setting off the regulatory alarms:
1. The “Stacked” Panel Trick
They comply with balance rules by inviting guests from both sides, but look at who they choose to represent each side.
• They will bring on a highly articulate, polished left-leaning commentator or academic.
• To “balance” them, they will invite a right-leaning figure who is either highly polarizing, less articulate, or holds fringe views.
• The Result: The left-wing position naturally comes across as the reasonable, “adult” viewpoint, while the conservative position looks unhinged or poorly thought out. They achieved formal balance, but completely skewed the presentation.
2. Framing the Premise of the Debate
The bias happens before anyone even opens their mouth. The BBC sets the boundaries of the discussion by choosing which questions are allowed to be asked.
• Instead of asking, “Is this public spending project affordable or necessary?” they will frame the debate around, “How much more funding does this project desperately need?”
• The Result: By taking the expansion of the state or a progressive goal as the default good, the conservative argument is immediately forced onto the defensive, fighting a rearguard action against a biased premise.
3. Asymmetrical Fact-Checking
Watch how their presenters interview guests. A left-wing politician will often be allowed to speak in broad, emotional platitudes about “fairness” or “investment” with minimal interruption. But when a conservative guest comes on, the presenter will immediately switch into a hyper-aggressive, prosecutorial mode, interrupting every sentence with hyper-specific data points or gotcha questions.
• The Result: They claim they are just doing “robust journalism” to both sides, but the intensity and cynicism of the scrutiny are heavily weighted against the right.
4. Bias by Omission and Placement
They can’t easily lie about the news, but they can decide what constitutes “top story” material.
• A negative story about a conservative policy will sit prominently on the top of the BBC News homepage for days.
• A massive failure or scandal involving a progressive initiative or a left-leaning institution will often be buried halfway down the page under a boring, technocratic headline, or dropped entirely after a few hours.
• The Result: They ran the story, so they technically covered it, but they minimized its cultural and political impact.
5. Weaponizing “Expert” Labeling
Pay attention to the adjectives they use to introduce guests.
• A right-leaning think tank will almost always be explicitly introduced with a warning label: “The right-wing, free-market Institute of Economic Affairs.”
• A left-leaning or progressive think tank, however, will frequently be introduced simply as “an independent research institute” or “the respected charity.”
• The Result: The viewer is primed to distrust the conservative perspective as “biased” before they even speak, while the left-wing perspective is handed the shield of objective truth.’
I was quite stunned : it got them 100% spot-on in half a second flat. I’ve commented on virtually all of those points myself in the past. AI got them all in one.
Incredible blind, socialist stupidity displayed in an excellent piece here!
The fishermen were forced into decline for many years while successive administrations gave the seas away to foreigners, the farmers are getting it in the neck now and with energy prices through the roof, the country is set – as mentioned above, for a crisis, manufactured by Bodybags and his frankly evil mates in a stalinist cabinet, to literally take over the country, ban elections and succumb to the failed EU.
The reason for keeping the far-left bBC in place is an obvious choice for the inevitable propaganda produced by these bad people.
Enough of this shit…
Not sure if that one beats the ‘cuddle authority ‘ nonsense …Irish nut job politicians are doing well …
For an ex-commie – she be sound imho
“I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but my God!”
Here’s one for the teenagers – the left-leaning Independent used to be a newspaper and its supposed unique selling point was that it promised never to promote royal tittle-tattle stories to the front page.
Oh, how times have changed. The low-circulation title is now online only and virtual – although, extraordinarily, picked up by the BBC’s daily otherwise print press review. And that ban on tabloid-style royal gossip stories is a custom more honoured in the breach than the observance (as Hamlet once put it). This morning the title prefixes its banner headline: Royal bombshell – ditto the Daily Mirror
What with its arty concept cover pages and rather po-faced support for the EU, the Indy regularly ticks BBC news priority boxes:
The Independent’s headline is “Meghan ‘distressed’ over abuse images claim against father”. Elsewhere, it reports that Scotland is braced for Storm Boleo after Storm Austen caused disruption in south-west England on Friday. Its photo shows part of Brighton’s historic West Pier that has collapsed after 100mph winds hit. (BBC)
We’ve an apparent divergence of opinion here:
Met investigates reports of letter detailing claims about Meghan’s father (Harry Sekulich, BBC)
…but Met Police say they are not investigating her estranged dad over the claims (Indy)
Can our modern coppers resist getting involved? What with not much other crime going on.
Meanwhile the utter obsession with US politics is palpable: Are California voters about to impose world’s first ‘tax on billionaires’? (The exotically monikered Sareen Habeshian, BBC, Reporting from Los Angeles)
As regular readers will be cognisant, Mr AsI regards the BBC fixation with US politics serves as a cipher to enable the more blatant political commentary otherwise restricted by the balance rule.
The rise of AI election ads in US midterms campaign. Researchers say AI ads are being used more than ever in the US midterms campaign ahead of the elections in November. Some of the ads are being funded by outside political groups but they have also come directly from candidates in some key races. BBC Verify has tracked dozens of AI ads to assess how they are being used by campaigns – as Jake Horton explains. (BBC)
British people shouldn’t care less whether Americans are encouraged to vote for Bernie Sanders or KFC’s Colonel Sanders.
The BBC is all about the Meghan dirty dad story but less so on this trans-Atlantic tale of misdoings: Defiant Ilhan Omar dodges questions as federal probe into sham marriage, name hits boiling point… amid a federal immigration probe into whether she married her brother, lied about her birthday and has been living under an alias… Omar, a Somali-born naturalized US citizen, was first elected to Congress in 2018 and represents Minnesota’s heavily Democratic 5th Congressional District… Federal agents searched the “Squad” Democrat’s Washington, DC home on Oct. 12, seizing her cellphone, while grand jury subpoenas were issued to members of her family. (New York Post)
Let’s celebrate the return of the millionaire female celebrity angst oh-woe-is-me interview – and where else but the formerly serious Times: Keeley Hawes at 50 I wasted years worrying
There are those who would argue the former level of seriousness of BBC news presentation and journalism has nosedived in recent years – they mention the term “dumbing down”
BBC presenter battles strong winds as Storm Austen hits Newquay… BBC lead weather presenter Simon King is in Newquay as the “full force” of the storm arrives. (BBC)
I’m oddly reminded of that apparently forgettable former PM of ours Keir Starmer and his “full force” of the law.
Melania helps negotiate ceasefire in Russian-occupied Ukraine (Telegraph)
Oh no she doesn’t: Melania Trump claims to secure ceasefire in Ukrainian town (scoffs the Indy)
One gets the impression the Guardian doesn’t much like that quintessentially British fictional action movie hero: Jump! Flirt! Run! Who will triumph at this weekend’s final 007 screen test?
We complain hereabouts over BBC output – but think of the children: Children have been fed an almost unchanged diet of unsafe content that has often left them frightened, confused and upset…
This is of course the Guardian: …according to an Ofcom review… – demanding a lot more censorship of social media.
We’ll leave it there – hoping the lights aren’t about to go out hereabouts.
Asiseeit – the latest branch of royal scandal ( diversion ) should be welcomed – if markell senior acts like a kiddy fiddler and looks like one – perhaps there’s smoke and fire – is there an Epstein link – where does Andy Windsor some into it ? Bread circuses distraction …
Today
Our Justin on his lonesome – you can hear the strain …. He interviewed some AI ‘government minister ‘ about a British approach to AI ( see Hs2) …. Bearing in mind the body bags regimes wants to announce some dross policy every day – today it is AI – not announced in parliament but announced by press release .
I reckon bodybags will announce the first AI minister – a programme which has advanced expenses claiming capability and active in scouring the political world for bungs and bribes ….
Btw – the character our Justin interviewed sounded like an AI chat thing no humanity at all…. They had a nice meaningless chat … comish comeri I think this Marxist was called
Tommy Robinson political show trial update
Friday saw the closing speeches – not sure if the judge has directed the jury yet …. But perhaps the verdict will come on Monday 26th October . If found guilty betcha he gets remanded in custody for a year for ‘reports ‘ ( see Tommo) – if found not guilty their state will just find another ‘allegation ‘ to go for him …..
An American Asked me the other day ‘what happened to Britain ‘? I couldn’t answer …
Israeli forces begin demolishing Palestinian buildings in Hebron after two Israeli soldiers shot dead
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq4g1p974wxko
Shouldn’t the headline be ‘Two Israeli soldiers shot dead in Hebron’ ?. The way the BBC write it, the main story is that Israel are demolishing the buildings of the poor Palestinians. When in fact they are bulldozing the area where they were fired upon from.
They do use the word ‘extremist’ – but not about the Muslims:
‘It comes at a time of high tensions, with extremist Jewish settlers targeting Palestinians during the annual olive harvest.’
And then after this attack, Hamas released this:
‘Following the October 23 escalation, the militant group Hamas praised the ambush as a “heroic operation” and publicly called on armed Palestinians to continue targeting Israeli soldiers and settlers.’
Another MASSIVE lie by omission from the dirty BBC scum. They are pushing the narrative that the Jews are the ones causing all the trouble so they just didn’t report it.
“What happened to Britain?”, yes, the 64 million pound question…
When I was a lad (okay, quite a while ago) you could pretty much say what you liked. This country felt free.
We looked askance at Marxist eastern Europe. We could barely comprehend their lack of basic freedoms. The state control over everything they thought and said. We felt almost arrogant about being British. “I’m a freeborn Englishman” we would brag. Not now, alas…
We’re constantly re-examining our opinions and reassessing our history. We’re kept in a permanent state of angst about some potential catastrophe and constantly apologising for some possible misdeeds from donkey’s years ago.
Right on comedians, who were cutting edge and adored by the trendy media only 10 years ago, are now having their old shows dismantled and being forced to make public apologies for some (now) unfashionable opinion. These alterations of what is deemed acceptable can occur almost overnight.
I can’t help but wonder if this is one of the reasons the BBC have chosen to do away with Radio 4 Extra. I mean, it can’t cost much; the programmes were made decades ago…but, of course, there’s the rub. These old sit-coms were often genuinely funny and reflected the accepted norms of those times. The BBC don’t want us to remember what those times were like. They’re too busy refashioning our past to resemble the future they have planned for us.
Poor old George Orwell must be spinning in his urn…
Jeff
Radio4 x was my main access to the bbc when it started up – but a woke woman ( my guess ) aged about 30 took over the listing and as a result I reckon 90% was ‘message ‘ and white men over – say – 40 need die as it wasn’t for them … so I went to YouTube where there good free stuff hidden away …
‘A struggle of our generation’
‘Tony Blair has warned UK Christians they live in an age of “aggressive secularism” and criticised recent “ludicrous decisions” which have seen them punished for expressing their beliefs.’
‘David Cameron has said the UK is a Christian country “and we should not be afraid to say so”.’
Be afraid, be very afraid…the Muslim Home Secretary will come for you.
As the Islamo-Far-Left try to mount a coup in France and we have a government which is nostalgic for the good old days of Communism and is in hoc to the Islamists here wonder who the real threat is?
Buuut…Better safe than sorry….those nostalgic for old time chocolate bars, sweets and custard with sponge puddings are certainly highly suspect…those who drive vintage Landrovers even more so…potentially providing mobility for the Christian militias…and God help you if you go to a rural pub and you have a black Labrador.
And watch the youngsters…they’re the worst…
‘A five-year-old girl was scolded at school for discussing her Christian beliefs. ‘
https://www.stevenedginton.com/p/leaked-counter-terror-report-links
‘“Nostalgia for traditionalism” and the belief that multiculturalism, immigration and liberal values threaten Christianity have been identified as features of “Christian Extremism” in leaked counter-terrorism documents.
It describes the ideology as a “radical interpretation of Christianity”, stating: “Central to this is the belief that Christianity and traditional values are under existential threat from multiculturalism and immigration and so must be defended.”
Alongside views that overlap with mainstream social conservatism, officials include white supremacy and antisemitism in their broad description of Christian extremism.
The report, circulated around Whitehall earlier this year, says “anti-Muslim prejudice is prevalent” within the ideology and that Islam is considered incompatible with “white Christian culture and values”, aligning with what officials call a “‘Clash of Civilisations’ perspective”.
“Socially ‘liberal’ sections of society are also interpreted as undermining ‘traditional’ values relating to sexuality and gender roles,” it adds.
Officials warn that a “siege mentality” can promote “anti-government sentiment”, with some Christian extremists blaming governments for “increased liberalisation and erosion of traditional norms”.’
Well yeah….tell me where they are going wrong…is that not in fact a pretty good description of what is happening in this country as its culture, religion, history and people are being erased and replaced?
What this is saying is that the government has absolutely no interest in defending ‘British values’ and instead is trying to enable their erasure and replacement with as little upset and opposition as possible.
From that people would come to the natural conclusion that the Government is in fact the enemy and is engaged in a war against our nation, identity, culture and history….with a Muslim Home Secretary in charge of Prevent one might have good grounds to suspect that.
How times change…who knew Cameron was a terrorist…or is it this present government that are the terrorists?…
‘David Cameron: UK must defend Christian values against terror’
‘The prime minister said Britain should be proud of being a “Christian country with Christian values”….what I am saying is that the Bible has helped to give Britain a set of values and morals which make Britain what it is today.”
“But they are also values that speak to everyone in Britain – to people of every faith and none,” he continued.
“And we must all stand together and defend them.”
He added: “When terrorists try to destroy our way of life as they have tried to do again so despicably in Brussels this week – we must stand together and show that we will never be cowed by terror.
“We must show that in this struggle of our generation we will defeat the pernicious ideology that is the root cause of this terrorism by standing up proudly for our values and our way of life.” ‘
Context to TR being on trial for fighting back against the press harassing people
CrewkerneMan has recently tweeted that his partner of 7 years committed suicide.
..He admits she was not mentally stable anyways, but it was the pressure harassment that tipped her over the edge
.. https://x.com/CrewkerneMan/status/2112907259302846590
It is legitimate for pressure to report CrewkerneMan ten years ago served a 3 year prison sentence
But not OK for them to harass his partner today
“We had seven wonderful years together.
But the press attention was hard on her: the knocks at the door, the comments,
the remarks from figures in and around Reform UK, including Raheem Kassam, Nigel Farage and Robert Jenrick.
It weighed heavily on her that her life was being shaped by mistakes I made a decade ago.
Lucy was the love of my life and my soulmate.
She is irreplaceable. Our boys will grow up knowing how much their mother loved them, and their care now rests with me.”
Stew – the responses to him are brutally against him . But I guess they are by kidults who have no experience of death or suicide …. Goes around – comes around ….
I saw a piece on x from an ex military chap who got a ‘standby ‘ letter telling him he is on a list should the state set up a war to take our remaining freedoms away completely
Apparently they have increased the recall age from 55 to 65 ….?
And there’s gonna be an ‘exercise ‘ in 2027 to see how many return to the colours ….
What do you reckon ? 5% …? Less … ?
Just 5
Leading Labour race grifter Dawn – so dense that she approximates an ideological black hole.
Trouble is we didn’t steal the slaves…they were paid for…bought from the people who did ‘steal’ them. Go back to your own ancestors and claim the money back….and we also paid to free them. And what value did slaves add? Just the cost of wages…which would have been low anyway…and they had to be fed and housed and otherwise kept. So in reality slavery did not make us rich…it just saved the wages….the goods produced helped some people become wealthier but not specifically due to slavery but to the inherent value of the goods and the price people paid for them…so it was in fact the people here buying the goods that made the merchants wealthy….the wage slaves in factories and mines and working on the land who bought the goods from their own meagre wages….much as tithes from the poor etc funded the glories of the cathedrals…..the Church wants to pay reparations to slaves…then pay reparations to the poor whom you robbed blind for centuries.
And then there’s the huge benefits that the descendants of slaves have accrued….such as being able to live and work here….the financial and social benefits of that as opposed to being in a mud hut in Ghana.
Let’s quantify that and subtract from the bill…I think by the time we have worked out the relatively small benefits of not paying meagre wages and the benefits of those who descended from slaves, and the cost of ending slavery, the cost of buying slaves and feeding , housing and clothing them, we might find they owe us.
And then there’s the Romans, Angles and Saxons, the Vikings, Normans and oh yeah conscription….which was basically slavery at its worst sending you to your death quite likely.
From any imagined reparations must be subtracted the huge cost of crime by those from the Indian sub-continent, Africa, the West Indies, etc. For instance, Pakistan might pay compensation to the victims of “grooming” in Rotherham (and at least 50 other locations where similar organized rape/sexual exploitation took place). Caribbean nations might pay for the costs of riots and damage by Blacks (e.g. in 1976, 1981, 1985 and 2011) and African ones for cases like Axel Rudakubana or the butchering of Lee Rigby. Keeping their criminals in our prisons costs a huge amount.
When we are told that “diversity built (modern) Britain” we need to remember the cost of court and medical interpreting, plus translating official documents and guides into Urdu and countless other languages; the value of the real estate (e.g. London) handed over to Third World people as Council housing, while native Britons have to wait in long queues; the cost of dealing with the results of first- and second-cousin marriage to “our” NHS.
I think we in the UK could be due quite a windfall, if people from ethnic backgrounds really want to go down that road.
‘“Anyone who has ever worked for the corporation’s news operation knows its global influence, and in this case it was deployed in entirely the wrong way…..it helped fan [anti-Semitic] fires all around the world, including literal fires at synagogues””’
‘Former Panorama producer accuses BBC of pro-Palestine bias’
‘Phil Craig, who spent two decades working for the corporation, claimed a “new, more radical generation” had taken over the broadcaster.
The veteran producer, who was later chief creative officer of Discovery Networks International and head of factual for the Australian broadcaster ABC, warned that output from the BBC was being “insufficiently policed”.
Speaking at the Battle of Ideas festival last Saturday, he said: “I’m afraid as I saw what played out in Gaza, my career-long faith in the BBC, just ebbed away. In its fairness and objectivity.”
We all know news coverage, it can be faulted. There are wars, people spin them, both sides spin, and there’s propaganda.
“But all the mistakes in this particular war seem to be in the same direction. Mistakes of hiring people with incredibly partisan views or maybe even hiring people who were actually part of Hamas. The most outrageous of all, the October hospital moment.” [But in that case it was the old sweats who told the lies…and in Bowen’s case said he had absolutely no regrets about his ‘reporting’] ‘Mr Craig was referring to the criticism the BBC faced for its coverage of the al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza…He said: “It really worried me. I suspect the thing that caused all this is group think. It’s a new generation, perhaps, a new, more radical generation, young people, activists, people insufficiently policed, insufficiently guided, old principles not being enforced in the way they have been on us.”…He later told The Telegraph he had watched the BBC’s coverage of the alleged hospital strike with “mounting alarm and dismay, and noted how it helped fan fires all around the world, including literal fires at synagogues”.’
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10/24/former-panorama-producer-accuses-bbc-of-pro-palestine-bias/
The BBC reports President Micron’s comments on the Paris drive-by shootings: “Macron said the attack was a “turning point in the life of our Republic and our nation” – the first time there has ever been a random racial killing like this.”
Is the man mad ? There have been dozens and dozens of random racial killings. What does he think the countless shootings, stabbings, car-rammings and bombings were?
They were random racial killings, brown on white! (They were also random religious killings, muslim against kafirs)
‘The ‘homicidal empathy’ of the Islamo-left’
‘Do progressives get a sado-masochistic thrill out of being doormats for terrorists?’
Yes, yes they do….but it’s more a welcome mat than just a simple doormat.
https://www.spiked-online.com/2026/10/24/the-homicidal-empathy-of-the-islamo-left/
Here’s another take on suicidal empathy: it’s suicidal motherhood misdirected!
“As the fleet approaches the Suez Canal, Egyptian military forces fire a warning shot, causing the fleet to steer south, around the Cape of Good Hope. To the surprise of observers, the apartheid regime of South Africa floats out barges of food and supplies, which the migrants throw overboard. The international press is thrilled, believing the rejection of these supplies to be a political statement against the apartheid South African regime. Western leaders, confident the migrants will accept supplies from their “more virtuous” nations, organize a supply mission, funded by governments, charities, rock stars and major churches, to meet the migrants off São Tomé. However, the fleet does not stop for these barges either, and when a worker from the Pope’s barge attempts to board one of the ships, he is strangled and thrown overboard. The press attempts to contain coverage of the murder.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Camp_of_the_Saints
I see FSU is getting sneering censorious treatment from The Guardian (flak over the target)
– she’s grown two new legs in 72 hours?
The BBC refusing to report the green deranged eco-crazy driven motivation for the attack.
Australian MP’s condition improves after alleged car attack
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c670pr1ryxyno
Nugent, who was arrested moments after he allegedly drove his Toyota LandCruiser into the MP, appeared in court to face three charges: dangerous driving causing serious injury, intentionally causing serious injury, and causing harm to a Commonwealth public official.
Police said more charges might be laid, including attempted murder.
His lawyer said his client had “mental health concerns” but did not give any further detail.
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Widdecombe suspect had ‘particular hostility to Reform’, court told
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmkgknz19z7po
He is accused of “online reconnaissance” of prominent people and institutions, travelling to Nigel Farage’s home in South London on 19 April 2025, and trying to break into it 15 months before Widdecombe was killed.
The former Tory MP was hit on the head with a hammer 21 times at her home as she ate lunch, prosecutors said during a hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in July.
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“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.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yvwdgjpj3o
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The first duty of the government is to keep citizens safe and the country secure. The Home Office plays a fundamental role in the security and economic prosperity of the UK.
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/about
“keep citizens safe and the country secure”
From the DT another ex BBC type jumps ship
STARTS A former senior producer on Panorama has accused the BBC of bias in its coverage of the conflict in Gaza.
Phil Craig, who spent two decades working for the corporation, claimed a “new, more radical generation” had taken over the broadcaster.
The veteran producer, who was later chief creative officer of Discovery Networks International and head of factual for the Australian broadcaster ABC, warned that output from the BBC was being “insufficiently policed”.
Speaking at the Battle of Ideas festival last Saturday, he said: “I’m afraid as I saw what played out in Gaza, my career-long faith in the BBC, just ebbed away. In its fairness and objectivity.”
The ‘outrageous’ hospital moment
Mr Craig, who was recruited by the BBC from Cambridge University, where he read history, added: “Of course, news makes mistakes. We all know news coverage, it can be faulted. There are wars, people spin them, both sides spin, and there’s propaganda.
“But all the mistakes in this particular war seem to be in the same direction. Mistakes of hiring people with incredibly partisan views or maybe even hiring people who were actually part of Hamas. The most outrageous of all, the October hospital moment.”
Mr Craig was referring to the criticism the BBC faced for its coverage of the al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza, when a correspondent speculated on air that an Israeli air strike was probably to blame. Western intelligence agencies later concluded that a misfired Hamas rocket was to blame.
He said: “It really worried me. I suspect the thing that caused all this is group think. It’s a new generation, perhaps, a new, more radical generation, young people, activists, people insufficiently policed, insufficiently guided, old principles not being enforced in the way they have been on us.”
Recalling his production company’s work on a documentary for the broadcaster in 1998, titled The Fifty Years War: Israel and the Arabs, Mr Craig said they had been held to “super high standards” of balance and fairness.
He later told The Telegraph he had watched the BBC’s coverage of the alleged hospital strike with “mounting alarm and dismay, and noted how it helped fan fires all around the world, including literal fires at synagogues”.
He added: “Anyone who has ever worked for the corporation’s news operation knows its global influence, and in this case it was deployed in entirely the wrong way.”
Mr Craig joined the BBC’s trainee scheme in 1982, aged 23, rising to become a senior producer on Public Eye and Panorama before leaving to work for Brook Lapping, a London production company that made programmes for the BBC as an independent contractor.
BBC ‘fully committed’ to impartiality
As an independent producer co-running Brook Lapping, he made numerous series for the BBC, including the 2000 Finest Hour series, the 2005 BBC and Africa series, and the Live Aid at 40 and Live 8 documentary series.
In December, The Telegraph revealed that Panorama had edited a speech Donald Trump made on Jan 6, 2021, to make it seem as though he had incited the Capitol Hill riots. The US president has since launched defamation proceedings against the BBC.
A BBC spokesman said: “The BBC is fully committed to reporting the Israel-Gaza war impartially, with no agenda and to the highest standards of journalism.
“We have delivered comprehensive coverage of the conflict with breaking news, ongoing updates on developments and in-depth analysis. BBC News has a duty to our audiences to provide a range of perspectives on the conflict.
“When mistakes are made, we are transparent and accountable in acknowledging them and making corrections.”ENDS
“acknowledging them and making corrections.(BBC)” on a single web page that nobody goes to! HA HAH AHHA HA HAH AH AH!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/helpandfeedback/corrections_clarifications
My usual message to the politicians and the BBC …….
You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time !
You can get them to pay you to fool them all the time! HA HAH AH A!
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“British Muslims serve, contribute to, and defend this country alongside their fellow citizens. That has been true for decades, and it remains true to this day. To state otherwise is to dishonour the memory of the thousands of Muslim soldiers who served and protected this country.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/helpandfeedback/corrections_clarifications
Islamic slaughter at a Christian funeral in Jordan – bet the Marxist mp s won’t be lining up to condemn that one ….
Fedup2, remember to not cause any Islamophobia….
Labour’s Islamophobia Policy
https://labour.org.uk/resources/labours-islamophobia-policy/
Complaints of Islamophobia will be investigated and processed in accordance with the Labour Party’s disciplinary policies, which can be found on the Labour Party’s website and in the Labour Party Complaint Handling Handbook.
“… rooted in racism and is a type of racism that targets expressions of Muslimness or perceived Muslimness”.
BBC spin and bias exposed. And even a touch of racism!
Producer to reporter: find me a cute blonde, blue-eyed girl.
While TR is on trial for “harassing” those who harassed him, the lead please officer in the Alex Belfield case has put out some videos that seem very harassing and stalky to Alex Belfield the guy rejailed for stalking
Andrew Bridgen has seen a long letter from Notts Police where the police admit doing lots of illegal things and say that if the officer had not “retired” very early they would have disciplined her
The stench coming from Notts plod + judiciary + BBC is strong there
From the DT – looks like the met is gonna need a new commissioner –
STARTS Scotland Yard has admitted it told the Duchess of Sussex about child sexual abuse allegations against her estranged father seven years ago, but did not pass them to other law enforcement bodies.
The Metropolitan Police said it had received a letter about Thomas Markle Sr in January 2019 “containing a number of claims about alleged offending” outside the UK.
The letter was passed on to the Met’s Diplomatic Command as it raised concerns in relation to the Duchess’s security arrangements.
A Met Police spokesman said: “Following a thorough review of Met Police systems and records, we have confirmed that in January 2019, we received a letter containing a number of claims about alleged offending outside the United Kingdom.
“It was sent to the MPS Protection Command to raise concerns in relation to the security of the Duchess of Sussex.”
Run|Hide|Tell … Always|Stay|Indoors.
“We have refugees now, for example, or people of Arab origin, who bring a different type of antisemitism into the country,” she said during the interview. “But unfortunately, antisemitism existed before this.” {bbc.co.uk 25apr2018}
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/angela-merkel-antisemitism-germany-violence-hate-crime-syria-refugee-asylum-seeker-a8320131.html
“Several Jewish students have reported antisemitic bullying in schools in recent months and Israeli flags were burned during a recent protest in the capital city.”
– ‘different type of antisemitism’ – how many types are there?
– not the normal type of antisemitism?
– does anyone question these politicians?
– reminds me of Met Officer Cressida Dick – “I don’t think this was a phenomena (gang r*pe culture) that was invented in the last few years. It really wasn’t. It’s been part of our society probably for centuries and centuries and centuries. It’s hard to really know exactly what is really going up and what is changing. ” – Cressida Dick
“bring a different type of antisemitism into the country,“
Impromptu halal shops springing up?
Go HALAL! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7CdTkJ7J4o
FFS
KNEEL IDIOTS!
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/black-lives-matter-kent-police-knee-video-protest-george-floyd-a9558986.html
Black Lives Matter: Chief Constable ‘takes a knee’ at protest in Kent
The absolute state of that MP
Crisis Caucus
Crisis Caucus
Crisis Caucus
Vice Chair of the Climate and Nature Crisis Caucus. This is an unpaid role.
Arose On: 2025-07-15 Vice Chair of the Climate and Nature Crisis Caucus. This is an unpaid role.
Registration Date: 08 September 2025
Published Date: 08 September 2025
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/regmem/?p=26505&chamber=house-of-commons
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https://www.thecncc.org/
bour
Carla Denyer
Vice-Chair
Carla Denyer MP
Green Party
Pippa Heylings
Vice-Chair
Pippa Heylings MP
Lib Dems
Chris Hinchliff
Vice-Chair
Chris Hinchliff MP
Labour
Simon Hoare
Vice-Chair
Simon Hoare MP
Conservative
Clive Lewis
Vice-Chair
Clive Lewis MP
Labour
Simon Opher
Vice-Chair
Simon Opher MP
Labour
Roz Savage
Vice-Chair
Roz Savage MP
Lib Dems
Alex Sobel
Vice-Chair
Alex Sobel MP
Labour/Co-op
Nadia Whittome
Vice-Chair
Nadia Whittome MP
Labour
Head screwed on against the thread.
Hinchliffe official portrait
Admin note
The clocks go back tonight – can we go back maybe 30 years ?
We’ve gone back 88 years, to when the PM said that what everyone said about the threat of foreign invasion, was nothing to worry about
And waved his piece of paper.
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain delivered the famous “peace for our time” (frequently misquoted as “peace in our time”) speech on September 30, 1938
Peacefuls for our time?
What is it with the BBC having the diverting non story of Megan plastered on the front page of Al Beeb’s website, for ever!
Meanwhile France in flames and we have all been told to stock up with coffee when the avoidable blackouts are about to hit the UK by that gurning idiot ‘Treasury Minister’ James Murray; not sure I want to go back 53 years when we last had the lights turned off..
Listening to the gunners v Everton game – I was expecting to hear that TTK Was entertaining bodybags for their respective clubs …
But let’s face it – politicians for ever pretend to care about the things real people care about …
.. must be time TTK surfaces to sell his book …
A new Janet and John?
Here is something from the ‘Tunbridge Wells weekly briefing’ – coming to a village near you!
Just DON’T click on the ‘about us’ bit at the bottom…
…you have been warned…
(‘The Chequers’ pub next door is a far better bet, with the best haddock and chips in the district, the chowder is magical too and well worth a visit)!
https://twcancoalition.org.uk/?event=the-peoples-emergency-briefing-lamberhurst-war-memorial-hall
ps. Lamberhurst has a Lib Dem MP…
https://twcancoalition.org.uk/?page_id=6
Who are we?
The Tunbridge Wells Climate and Nature Coalition is an umbrella group containing the following local groups:
Members:
Tunbridge Wells Friends of the Earth (founding member)
Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge and Sevenoaks Extinction Rebellion (founding member)
Tunbridge Wells Climate and Nature Community Interest Company
Tunbridge Wells and Wealden United Nations Association
Tunbridge Wells Repair Cafe
Greener Rusthall
Friends of Tunbridge Wells and Rusthall Commons
Greenpeace Tunbridge Wells
Associate members:
Tunbridge Wells Green Party (founding member)
Tunbridge Wells Quakers
West Kent Palestine Solidarity Campaign
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West Kent branch of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign
We are the West Kent Branch of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, a community of people working together for peace, equality, and justice and against racism, occupation, and colonisation.
Nationally we are the biggest organisation in the UK dedicated to securing Palestinian human rights.
If you live in the area and are looking for ways to support us and stay informed, welcome! We need you now more than ever.
https://www.westkentpsc.org/
We believe the Palestinian people should have the same rights and freedoms as everyone else. Under Israel’s oppressive occupation, this will never be possible.
We are part of a mass movement for Palestine and we will speak up against Israel’s flouting of international law when the international community refuses to do so.
We stand for peace, equality, and justice. We stand against all forms of racism, occupation, and colonisation.
Church of England to give £100 million to slaves held in hotels by Serco. Serco provides slaves as cheap labour for large corporations and public-private partnerships, to undercut white working-class labour. The BBC takes the knee to slaves who riot in the streets for freedom. But slaves are free to vote Labour: https://dailysceptic.org/2026/10/23/church-of-england-is-facing-financial-disaster-because-of-net-zero-targets-and-its-plan-to-spend-100-million-on-slavery-reparations-report-warns/
CofE needs rebranding as The Moron Temple
Macron returns home with ET, and the clocks go backward, as Soviet forces and hundreds of thousands Islamosocialist mercenaries sack and burn Paris to the ground: https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/10/24/clashes-break-out-at-protests-across-france-as-green-red-demonstrations-continue/
This will quietly go away?
UK riots: Police officer filmed telling men ‘stash weapons in mosque’
The officer was filmed in a video, which was livestreamed on TikTok, addressing a crowd of men outside the Darul Falah mosque in Hanley, near Stoke-on-Trent on Saturday.
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By Jon Austin
13:00, Mon, Aug 5, 2024 Updated: 13:21, Mon, Aug 5, 2024
Most people in the UK don’t know who/what this guy really is…
more DC stuff
EU anti-fraud office keeps its black box shut
1 July 2026 · 4 min. reading time
https://www.ftm.eu/newsletters/eu-anti-fraud-office-keeps-its-black-box-shut
The organisation distributed EU funds to start-ups and other companies in the manufacturing business. After two reports by the EU’s anti-fraud office (OLAF) – issued in October 2024 and December 2025 – flagged “serious irregularities”, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) froze its funding. EIT Manufacturing eventually filed for liquidation in March 2026.
This funding freeze hit small companies across Europe who participated in projects funded via EIT Manufacturing. One estimate stated that it owed these firms €15 million.
Among the affected companies is Nightingale HQ, a Welsh start-up that develops software for the metal sector. It was part of two EIT Manufacturing projects.
Blasphemy!
Meanwhile, boneEd doubtless thinks he’s being clever
https://twiter.com/BGatesIsaPyscho/status/2113923249692156043
RSPCA latest campaign……
Don’t kill ANY animal for any reason…. Including eating them….
So what effect is this going to have if adopted?
My guess is the protection of plants to stop evil humans from eating them..
So watch out for “save our strawberries….” Onions are not just food etc…
These people are demented!
Doh if the carnivores don’t eat the herd animals then pretty soon the planet gets over run with them
There are too many deer now so they are a traffic menace
Since the UK is now without wolves and bears , we need culls to control deer numbers
Oct 19th #BiasedBBC video did the “mostly peaceful riots” meme
https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/2112274690072776733
Then did the same today Oct 24th
https://x.com/Artemisfornow/status/2114069023839465841
Whoops, repetition for effect.
Almost 1,000 arrested as clashes follow another day of mass protests across France
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c95ynd587ynzo
Another BBC masterclass in describing events while deliberately not telling us who is behind them.
‘The text refers to those engaging in property destruction as “radical activists”, “rioters”, or “masked youths”. It avoids identifying the specific political ideologies, such as far-left anarchist or anti-capitalist groups (like the Black Bloc), which routinely orchestrate clashes with police at French trade union marches.’
‘The piece allocates significant space to interviews with unnamed, masked protesters who attribute the civil unrest to “poverty” and “the violence of the police”. By highlighting these structural arguments, the article gives weight to systemic explanations rather than focusing strictly on individual criminal accountability for arson and looting.’
‘The reporting attributes the underlying public frustration exclusively to “the cost of living and poor school conditions”. It completely omits any discussion regarding the long-standing debates over failed immigration policies, urban segregation, and cultural integration, which many conservative commentators argue are central drivers of unrest in cities like Paris and Marseille.’
‘The article explicitly mentions a peaceful rally against the “hard-right National Rally party”. Including this specific political detail serves to contrast the right wing negatively, even though the primary disorder featured in the report stems from anti-government and radical left-wing factions.’
The BBC are now so desperate to attack the Right and protect the Left they have degenerated into almost pure propaganda for topics like this. It’s clear to see for anyone who wants to look.
Between quick wins and big dreams lies Burnham’s biggest test
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwq6n09qpy90o
Bit of a long one, but worth it as a one-off to highlight in depth how Kuenssberg slants everything she does in favour of Labour.
I still vividly remember watching her barking at and interrupting Theresa May one day then having a cosy, smiling fireside chat with Corbyn the next. It opened my eyes to what a dishonest far-Left shill she really is.
‘An analysis of Laura Kuenssberg’s piece regarding the upcoming Budget provides a clear case study of how the BBC maintains technical compliance with its impartiality guidelines while structurally framing the narrative to favor the incumbent Labour government.
Applying the analytical framework of institutional left-wing bias, the article utilizes several subtle mechanisms to steer public perception without breaching editorial rules.
1. Agenda Setting and “Humanising” Framing
The article opens not with a critical analysis of taxation or fiscal deficits, but with a highly positive, aspirational framing of a taxpayer-funded initiative: a proposed “Northern Games” in 2040.
• The Mechanism: By dedicating the opening section to a £7 million sporting plan, the author establishes an emotional baseline of “national feel-good, jobs and development”. The narrative shifts focus away from severe economic constraints toward a digestible, positive headline.
• The Rule Compliance: The BBC remains factually accurate. The funding exists, and the proposal is real. However, elevating this minor spending detail over structural macroeconomic concerns serves as an editorial cushion for the government.
2. Validation of Government Branding
The text actively adopts and validates the government’s internal terminology, treating political spin as a legitimate analytical framework.
• The Mechanism: Kuenssberg uses phrases like “Brand Burnham,” “the politics of trying,” and “little things that mean a lot”. By linking Andy Burnham’s strategy to former Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson, the article frames the current administration within a historical tradition of benevolent, well-meaning governance. The administration is depicted as full of “sympathy to the public” rather than being scrutinized for ideological or economic policy failures.
• The Rule Compliance: Because these terms are attributed to “some ministers” or “an echo,” the author technically avoids speaking in her own voice, thereby maintaining the appearance of detached journalistic observation.
3. Asymmetric Source Selection and the “Overton Window”
The article relies heavily on anonymous quotes and insider perspectives, but the spectrum of these voices is heavily weighted toward managing internal Labour dynamics rather than presenting robust external critique.
• The Mechanism: The text quotes an “influential Labour MP,” a “senior official,” a “well-connected senior MP,” a “minister,” and a “source involved in the Budget prep”. The central tension of the article is framed as a balancing act between the “Labour left” and the “Labour right” or Treasury traditionalists.
• The Rule Compliance: By showcasing internal disagreement (the “seesaw” metaphor), the broadcaster claims it is presenting a balanced, multi-faceted argument. In reality, this narrows the Overton window: the debate is presented entirely within the parameters of the Labour Party’s internal factions, marginalizing fundamental right-wing or free-market critiques of the government’s tax-and-spend direction.
4. Mitigation of Negative Data
When the article is forced to address difficult economic realities—such as historically high borrowing, tax levels, and potential spending cuts—it uses defensive language to shield the government from direct accountability.
• The Mechanism: The text notes that “prices [are] jacking up again because of war in the Middle East,” which attributes economic hardship to external, uncontrollable geopolitical factors rather than domestic policy choices. Furthermore, critics of the budget are introduced late in the piece, and their criticisms are neutralized by immediate counter-arguments from “Downing Street sources” highlighting popular polling numbers.
• The Rule Compliance: The inclusion of outside critics (like Andy Haldane or opposition politicians) fulfills the technical requirement to present opposing viewpoints. However, the placement, volume, and immediate refutation of these views ensure they do not disrupt the dominant narrative of a “broadly successful” government start.
5. Domesticating the Narrative
The piece concludes not with a hard-hitting summary of fiscal policy, but with an intimate, domestic detail: “The chancellor was working late in his Downing Street flat last night, finishing off his plans after having fish pie for tea…”.
• The Mechanism: This classic narrative technique humanizes the political actors, evoking empathy and a sense of diligent public service just before the reader finishes the article.
• The Rule Compliance: Mentioning what a politician ate for dinner violates no rules of impartiality, yet its inclusion serves a distinct rhetorical purpose: softening the image of the state’s chief tax authority on the eve of a major fiscal statement.’
The media is a cliché-ridden world – and by their clichés we shall know them…
Clashes erupt in Paris and other cities after thousands join mostly peaceful protests across France (BBC)
They either decided to walk that one back as more information came in or some news manager advised against the use of the BLM riots era platitude…
Almost 1,000 arrested in protests across France, minister says, as clashes erupt (BBC)
The Sunday Times is pleased to find a photograph of the French protests featuring a sans-culotte (baggy distressed black jeans – in case you were wondering) brandishing the red white and blue of the Tricolore for the camera amid the tear gas enveloped crowd wearing improvised gas masks and hard hats: France on the march
Gosh, just it’s like the poster for Les Mis – so nothing to worry about there then.
The formerly serious Sunday Times draws a comic cartoon alarm clock on its masthead to exclaim: Tock tick! – presumably so as to deliver the public information message the somewhat more left-leaning po-faced managerial Guardian on Sunday that is the Observer cites in the tone of a sarcastic headmaster: Did you remember? Clocks went back an hour.
Let me rephrase with a more up to date analogy – in the tone of a hi-viz vest, rainbow lanyard-wearing clip board brandishing ‘elf n safety type. “If only we ran on Central European time, (sigh)”
Burnham open to adopting EU free movement (Times)
Left-leaning habitually unfunny in-house cartoonist Newman draws some bloke holding onto his umbrella whisked up over the Channel beyond the white cliffs of Dover by the autumn storm winds: “Horray! It’s the return of free movement to Europe (Times)
Left-liberal Remainer stormy night wet dream, eh?
PM calls for honest conversation, saying pre-Brexit migration not ‘as difficult’ as now (Times) – hinting perhaps that Newman ought to have pencilled in a rubber dinghy coming the other way – despite the rough weather?
Migration not as difficult as now…? Does Andy Pandy’s nudge and a wink to Remainers serve as a double entendre?
Does it not only suggest it’s harder for Brits to go live and work in the EU (by the way, they’ve taken about two or three of our British footballers – while we’ve taken about three hundred of theirs – figures anecdotal but you’ll notice the analogy) – and yet does this Delphic Oracle-like sound bite also hint it is now harder for us to control inward migration? – which is a lie – but once again a sop to Remainers and a lie big enough to convince some liberal-minded voters at their wits end with immigration (à la Piddington?) – Allah, Piddington indeed.
The cynic in your Mr AsI smiles wryly when leftists claim to want to have a conversation or a debate on such and such. Of course they do – they want it. Anything they don’t want they will clamp down hard on any debate.
Burnham open to ‘honest discussion’ on EU free movement – celebrates the BBC, care of Harry Farley, political correspondent and Harry Sekulich riding tandem.
Charley Farley and Piggy Malone – there’s one for the teenagers.