Ah the Summer Solistice where the BBC conducts an expensive ‘outside broadcast ‘ involving various hippies at prehistoric sites ….and we ll even get a lecture of midsummer global warming …
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I’m willing and available to go first. Surprising to Zephir/Thoughtful re-appearing in the week.
No surprises at chaos at the the BBC. Apparently, according to the DT, Naga Munchetty has been bullying someone, maybe Charlie Stayt? But as I don’t watch TV I cannot comment. What I can comment on is the documentary about Gaza that has been pulled because a Beeboid inolved in its production said Isarel was a ‘rogue State’. I do know that the BBC is anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian and pro-Hamas.
For sheer sneer, she can play Bridget in the forthcoming BBC doco drama ‘Front Bench Harpies of Westminster’
UPDATE
Apparently Naga Munchetty has been bullying a subordinate, so that is not Charlie Stayt, her co-presenter. Stayt is off the hook. Ho ho ho.
Congtats up2, you’ve beaten the lurker, only jesting. Wear the medal with pride.
Harry, thanks. 🙂 Sorry about the missing words ‘to see’ from the first line and misspelling of Israel further down. I must learn to proof read!
Not so sure about the ‘pride ‘…
Up2 – I referred to ‘thoughtful ‘ from long ago . But in accordance with the rules of 1984 some who appear on this site ‘disappear ‘ …
I understand that there is disharmony amongst the BBC Tv breakfast presenters – with war declared between ‘Charlie ‘ and naga – whose real name – applying the yexley doctrine – is nagabamadingdong munchetiousis …
Elsewhere .. im still trying to process ( very LA) the vote by the fruit loops to legalise killing . The bill – I understand – allows private enterprise to carry out the killings – because the NHS doesn’t want to go near it – and the abortionists will have a new income stream …
Im trying to figure out how the peers will deal with it… I think they’ll huff and they’ll puff but in the end say ‘whatever ‘ and get the emir of Windsor to sign it off .
The first killings are due in 2029 – I think – which should give Specsavers time to set up a killing wing … although boots , screw fit and Halfords may have skin in the game by then …
‘Tired of life? Six months to live ? Family want to release equity ? Come on and die … terms and conditions apply ….
The one thing that should seperate man from beasts is the absolute sanctity of life. Make that negotiable and you have ended human rights in one go!
So all those MP’s who voted for legal murder, I hope you can sleep easy because I detest you to a man or woman for your sick judgement, you are not God!
Fed, yes I am disappointed at the Abortion Law and the Assisted Dying vote in the HoC; hopefully both bills will be sunk by the Upper House.
So this week we have had killing babies and now killing old people, both ends of the spectrum. I have no idea how the BBC reported the latter but listening to GBNews on the car radio I could hear all the cheers and celebratory noises outside Parliament, it settled my thoughts. I could understand for some in great pain, it might be the right thing to do, but hearing celebrations for murder, I am against it.
It always used to be that doctors might have ‘helped’ some in great pain reach end of life. But then NHS staff (often not doctors) couldn’t wait to report those doctors. Life is full of unintended consequences.
The Left are pretty vocal about their calls to stop the dodgy supposed killing of Palestinians by Israel taking place in food queues in Gaza, not so much about killing befuddled sick old people and unborn children in UK hospitals who I would have considered more vulnerable on so many levels, strange ain’t it?
I am at a loss to understand why our parliament is so pro Murdering sick people. ( if you take the life of another human intentionally, it’s murder however you phrase it) This is worse than anything the Nazis did in Germany because they are trying to hide behind so called public consent to deflect from the evil that is this legislation.
Even the Nazis were honest enough to admit they just wanted all these people dead!
I hadn’t thought about it until after my last post. Imagine you are very poorly. The doctor tells you that you have less than six months to live. Now as well as in pain and fearing what is to come, you now have the distress in every waking moment of worrying whether you ought to apply for ‘assisted dying’ and then deciding whether this is the moment to use the prescription . With that on your mind for the rest of your life, it isn’t going to help you move towards a peaceful dying.
Deborah – im troubled by it on so many levels – I was sweet talked by a c word GP into signing off on a DNR . Even after I pulled it I noticed that their effing NHS pulled out support and was happy to go Liverpool pathway – once there was even a sniff of a DNR …
I effing fumed that their NHS cared for nothing … the reality of the state killing will be private outfits on day time `TV guaranteeing a full service including complementary cremation …
Fedup I am completely with you on this. Now elderly folk are going to be worried about getting any treatment by our beloved anychess. You go in for treatment for an ingrowing toenail and you come out in a box.
Hatie Harperson was just on Times Radio crowing about great social reforms such as getting rid of the death penalty and the abortion act. She is so blind she can not see the contradiction.
I’ll look forward to a disgruntled Postie delivering a flyer to my letterbox along with the usual double-glazing and garden ‘services’. Could the local undertaker play some sort of role in the Governments endeavours?
‘Killing’ two birds with one stone so to speak……………. (sorry about that)
I have no fear of leaving this mortal coil, but I decided a long while ago that I will not go down the mad cow avenue of a lingering and painful death. So, providing I can open my bedside cabinet, I have a good stash of relaxant pills (I’ll be past caring if they’re out of date) to take with a good glugg of brandy, and awf I go !
Brissles, ditto for me.
We are paying a high price for the Tories total ineptitude in government. Trying to outdo Labour and the LibDems in being nice to everyone irrespective of cost led to the destruction of the country’s finances but to no political avail.
Labour won a landslide victory with 34% of the vote,
In addition to the bitter and twisted politics-of-envy attack on the successful, the aspiring, the thrifty, and the pensioners, that landslide has ensured babies in the womb can be aborted at any time before term by the mother, and the apparently terminally ill can be co-erced into pulling the plug on their own lives. And all because of the block vote by the massed ‘progressive’ Labour ranks in the Commons.
But look on the bright side. Killing off the elderly prematurely should do wonders for NHS financing. Just think how big the pay rises can be for our ‘Heroes’.
And even now the Tories have learned nothing. First the ultra wet Cameron then the socialist May and next the bumbling Johnson. Then the DEI hires of Sunuk and Badenoch.
Looking at the people sitting in parliament today could you have ever imagined that a marxist robot would be sitting in the same place as Winston Churchill? It makes you want to weep
Sluff, HoC is regressive. I wonder if the HoC will bring back the death penalty?
The Nagger…the BBC’s very own Meghan Markel…both fairly talentless with a rather inflated idea of their own importance and interest to others. Markel got where she is by marrying a prince whilst The Nagger is ony where she is due to her ethnicity…if she was white she’d be local radio all day long.
‘Naga Munchetty has been accused of bullying a junior colleague.
The BBC Breakfast presenter, 50, was also allegedly reprimanded for making a sex jibe on Radio 5 Live.
The series of claims about Munchetty were reported in The Sun following the announcement that Richard Frediani, the editor of BBC Breakfast and News at One, had taken a period of “extended leave” following allegations of bullying made against him by the Deadline website.’
Never watch her but saw the clip where they ganged up two against one at Farage and instantly realised what an arrogant, unpleasant bully she was. She gave him no respect at all and constantly interrupted him. She thought it was all about her.
She reminded me a lot of Emily Maitlis. Another BBC high-flyer.
Emily is a Muslim rape gang denier. It won’t be long before that is a much worse label than Climate change denier or even racist.
Israel-Iran conflict unleashes wave of AI disinformation
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0k78715enxo
‘A wave of disinformation has been unleashed online since Israel began strikes on Iran last week, with dozens of posts reviewed by BBC Verify seeking to amplify the effectiveness of Tehran’s response.’
Almost burst out laughing : I wonder if they reviewed the BBC’s own reports.
I made a post last week about how the BBC ‘live update’ made it look like Iran were winning and not being totally whipped.
I still cannot find any mention on the BBC of Iran using cluster bombs against civilians which itself is a massive piece of misinformation in a lie by omission. Nor do I see any credit to Trump for using American involvement as a threat against Iran attacking shipping in the Gulf of Oman. It’s a very clever piece of diplomacy and the first ship struck will be his excuse to join in.
The BBC are as guilty as misinformation as anyone. But in some ways they are much worse : they do it using their lies by omission and inference under a cloak of false respectability. The very best lies are those which are woven around pieces of truth.
A degree of irony here.
https://x.com/jonathan_k_cook/status/1936011090779160930?s=61
Why BBC editors must one day stand trial for colluding in Israel’s genocide.
What a complete idiot. I see his only actual job was 5 years at The Guardian.
His view is absolutely typical of the far Left : he claims the BBC are biased towards Israel because they are not biased as much as he thinks they should be towards the Palestinians.
And anyone who uses the word ‘genocide’ goes straight into my ‘extreme-Left cretin’ bucket. As Douglas Murray points out, the population of Gaza has actually doubled since 2000.
Bit more irony.
https://x.com/tstandfield1789/status/1935971934560285056?s=61
The irony of a right wing BBC presenter, who is paid more than NHS consultants from public money, giving a representative of NHS consultants a hard time over pay from public money.
@BBCr4today @bbcnickrobinson
Who is more deserving?
Neither?
lol – that blokes bio says:
‘Hate the Tory Party. Hate Reform. Hate Russia.
Automatic block.
Rejoin the EU.’
That’s the Left for you. Chock full of hate.
The degree of hate does rather define them.
There are many with whom I disagree, and the % in the BBC is oddly skewed. Despise, yes. Mock, yes. But hate? I just wish they would do their job.
Noticeable how the more feral critiques and demands for something more tangibly painful unless they conform comes from those the BBC tends to favour.
Nick Robinson’s next door neighbour was Brian Redhead – posssibly a source of Nick ‘Right Wing’ Robinson’s politics.
Keen BBC viewer here.
https://x.com/mcneilwillson/status/1936110307748823547?s=61
Also a cornerstone of the educational establishment. Apparently.
They need him on QT.
Pompous twats.
“Another video with 21.1 million views on TikTok claimed to show an Israeli F-35 being shot down by air defences, but the footage actually came from a flight simulator video game. TikTok removed the footage after being approached by BBC Verify.”
Lilliputian SAMs? As for ‘being shot down’…. tense moment.
So Palestinian Action is to be banned.
WotAbout the other 40,000 on the terrorist watch list?
Time for a night of the long flights.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn81g4e0nlyo
So they Voted for assisted Dying …….Starmer and his useless band to go first followed by illegal invaders …….now where did I put my Herr Flick reenactment uniform ?
I’m so out of touch with the Biased BBC these days and being licence free for many years , Happy Days until the Grandchildren want the inheritance early ……we’re all doomed !
Never mind, Charlie, here’s the antidote…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Now,_Pay_Later
And what a great cast they had in a superb film!
32 nations but only one man matters – Nato’s summit is all about Trump
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93kqnz3pxgo
Another spiteful BBC article which trys to put Trump in a bad light at every opportunity – but what caught my eye was that they actually wrote this:
‘Russian forces are still driving into Ukraine – and there are fears it could invade other European states’
Fears by who BBC ?. And which European states ?. The only ones not in NATO are Austria, Cyprus, Ireland and Malta and no chance it’s any of them. So the BBC are fearmongering that Russia will attack a NATO state next.
Gutter level irresponsible lies quoted from ‘sources’ nobody can trace. Something the BBC are doing a lot these days.
‘Russian forces are still driving into Ukraine – and there are fears it could invade other European states’
Right, so after more than 3 years, at a cost of several hundred thousand of its men, in the neighbouring territory which it knows like the back of its hand, with supply lines as good as gets for them, it has managed to capture a few thousand square miles of territory, much of it populated by people of Russian background who want to be part of Russia anyway. And we’re supposed to be believe that they are straining at the bit and have the resources to consequently march to Warsaw, Berlin and Paris? Yeah, sure BBC. Get back to promoting granny and baby killing in the UK, it’s more your area of expertise.
It’s a caption, and no obvious further indication of where these ‘fears’ are originating.
So likely a BBC Verify cubicle.
Do like the dirty blondes though.
I do wonder if Israel had to release their salvo of drones on Iran behind enemy lines because of Ukraine attack on Russia – i.e. it was no longer a secret way to attack so could be found out before being used.
BBC and its ‘sources’ who, as a postscript ‘say’ things that mean the BBC can print it.
https://x.com/bbcworld/status/1935999252292919805?s=61
#ccbgb
BBC World’s Diversity % would be interesting.
And they knew who this would bring out.
https://x.com/bbcworld/status/1936065834935300206?s=61
BBC shelves Gaza doc over impartiality concerns
Why commission it?
Why a ‘doc’ on a place they cannot properly assess, like a Verify/Panodrama cubicle special, unless it’s based on heresay ‘sources’ on a see what sticks basis, with a nifty topping of relentless recirculating if ‘withdrawn’.
The gradual decline in membership of the Reform party continues, I reckon that it fallen by 5000 from its peak of a month ago , about 2%. The loss of Rupert Lowe , the Yusuf mess and Farage’s going soft on Islam and migrants are the likely reasons.
The party is still doing well in the opinion polls and surely the Casey Report will boost them further as all other parties have been complicit in the cover up of the Muslim rape and torture gangs for decades.
Now is surely the time for Yusuf to make a statement clearly condemning the propensity of his co religionists to be members of these gangs and saying that Reform will never allow religion to get in the way British laws and justice. Country first religion second.
But we all know that he won’t .
And that in a nutshell is the problem with having imported millions of Muslims to our country. They put their religion and Co religionists, perhaps cult is a better word than religion , above country and are committed to spreading their way of life ie converting us by the book or by the sword.
I suspect that Nigel’s attempt to include Islam inside Reform will become known as Farage’s Farago.
Draw Mohammed day is on the 1st of Feb along with wear a Hijab!
Watch how the baying mob of savage Beeboids howl in outrage at the statement by James Delingpole that the grooming gangs (real name: Paedophile Rape Gangs) were Pakistani Muslims.
Out of curiosity, does anyone know who the shrill vile hysterical harpy is who’s screaming that most rapists are white?
(Incidentally, Delingpole then goes on to say some pretty stupid stuff.)
The video is timestamped.
Of course, we now know that Delingpole was absolutely right, if anything understating the scale and depravity of those Pakistani Muslim rape gangs.
But here’s the thing: a lot of people knew it was true then as well.
And a lot more people didn’t want to know it was true! (Probably those who were screaming the loudest in that BBC audience).
Savouring the word Chinese edition
In a week that sees the promotion of the distopian sci-fi movie 28 Years Later – (that would take us back to roughly 1997 and Tony Blair coming to power, by the way) the film being advertised with an image of a pile of human sculls and a biohazard symbol – everything now falls into place…
MPs vote to decriminalise abortion for women in England and Wales (BBC)
Victory! For Kim Leadbetter MP. For Dame Esther Rantzen. For choice in assisted dying (Express)
DNA test for every baby on the NHS… Wes Streeting, the Health Secretary, said the advances in genomics would allow people to “leapfrog” major killers… (Telegraph) – leapfrog? Whatever that’s supposed to mean?
I’m oddly put in mind of that little ditty from the satirical musical Oh What a Lovely War…
One staff officer jumped right over another staff officer’s
back.
And another staff officer jumped right over that other staff
officer’s back…
They were only playing leapfrog…
And in international news – from the totalitarian communist/capitalist regime that taught our MPs how to do Lockdowns and ran the first really big experiment in extreme birth control measures…
China has millions of single men – could dating camp help them find love? (BBC)
28 Offences Later
Hopefully they don’t teach ’em all this technique: Chinese student convicted of drugging and raping 10 women. A serial rapist – who drugged and raped a number of women both in the UK and China – has been convicted… Zhenhao Zou, 28 (dob 20.02.97), of Churchyard Row, Elephant and Castle, was today found guilty of a total of 28 offences (Metropolitan Police) – the Met cops there in a sudden reversal of their former community cohesion ethnic redaction policy almost savouring the opportunity of putting the word “Chinese” out there – and he was aged 28…? I can almost hear that Scots-accented Billy Connolly voice intone the word “Spooky!”
In defence news…
Security shambles fury… Air Heads… idiots spray RAF jets with red paint (The Sun)
Do news stories repeat themselves or as they say about history do they just rhyme?
Security review launched after activists break into RAF base… protesters… spraying paint into its jet engine (BBC); New series of Radio 4’s The Banksy Story hears first-hand accounts from residents who have woken up to a surprise installation on their property… people who woke up to find a Banksy spray-painted on their walls – and have totally different experiences as a result (BBC)
Our old mate Matt in the Telegraph is bang on target again this morning – possibly channelling comic duo Armstrong and Miller with their Battle of Britain pilots and the teenaged rap patois – Matt sketches a pair of our brave fly boys chatting over a pint in the mess: “My old crate bought it when Johnny protester gave me a burst from both spray cans”
Mind you, there’s some good news – according to the BBC report: The protesters did not spray paint on the Vespina aircraft – used by the prime minister for international travel – which was also on the base. – that’s presumably how our authorities can be pretty sure these protesters making a point about our foreign policy were pro-Palestinian – not some gang of young Ukrainian ne’er-do-wells.
Given the trend to skewing infant birth and survival towards male, maybe camp dating would help more?
And a real BBC pleaser. Zou too, best be careful about the soap in the shower.
‘convicted of drugging and raping 10 women’
A case where the Met decides to side-step the term ‘Asian’ – for the sake of community cohesion?
” The Banksy Story ” avoids tax by hiding his name and identity
Starmer – Vandalism = terrorist attack on a military base to stop UK army
Theresa May – Missing = 22 blown up by a terrorist, whom nobody could question for fear of being called a racist
“But Amnesty International UK said it was “deeply concerned at the use of counter terrorism powers to target protest groups.”
“Terrorism powers should never have been used to aggravate criminal charges against Palestine Action activists and they certainly shouldn’t be used to ban them,” it wrote on social media.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer earlier condemned Friday’s incident as “disgraceful”.”
incident / vandalism – soft words.
Amnesty International UK
“Amnesty UK breaks silence after activist clapped Labour councillor’s ‘cut throats’ threat”
Amnesty International UK
Be funny if BBC Activism kitted out one of their close Relationships PR squads with that paintballing gear from the good old days…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8067908.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-38099302
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7231492.stm
… and dispatched them one dark night to a base in Herefordshire.
Just remember as the BBC armourer tools you up:
“Paintballing for Muslims is permissible if certain conditions are met, primarily concerning the ingredients of the paintballs and the conduct of the players. It’s permissible to use paintballs made with non-porcine (non-pig) gelatine. Additionally, the activity itself should be conducted in accordance with Islamic principles, including appropriate attire and behavior. “
Shouting faith based incantations dressed in combats is of course a must. Watch out for L96A1s, mind
The ‘Four Lions’ sequels are in planning, with ironic titles.
King is struggling to be relevant…. next BBC story time … “King Charles has recorded a warm personal message to researchers in Antarctica celebrating a frozen Midwinter’s Day – the first time a monarch has given the annual broadcast.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn9yxv2lvl0o
oh wait “King praised the work of scientists to better understand climate change.”
……………………………
According to Forbes, the monarch now owns at least seven palaces, 10 castles, 12 homes, 56 cottages, and 14 ancient ruins. Not only did he inherit the Crown Estate, but Charles also took over the Queen’s private estates, including her beloved Balmoral Castle in Scotland, where she died, and Sandringham in Norfolk.1 Nov 2024
BREAKING FAKE NEWS: King to move into B&B hotel with Migrants to save the planet.
“32 nations but only one man matters – Nato’s summit is all about Trump”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93kqnz3pxgo
Lammy dismisses past criticism of Trump as ‘old news’
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2z1zm1pk3o
When he was a backbench MP in 2018, David Lammy described Trump as a “tyrant” and “a woman-hating, neo-Nazi-sympathising sociopath”.
In 2019, ahead of Trump’s state visit to the UK, Lammy also posted that the then-president was “deluded, dishonest, xenophobic, narcissistic” and “no friend of Britain”.
JD Vance Just Completely Destroyed The Left…
Comment:
Seven things Trump says he will do as president
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cev90d7wkk0o
1) Deport undocumented migrants
2) Moves on economy, tax and tariffs
3) Cut climate regulations
4) End Ukraine war
5) No abortion ban
6) Pardon some Jan 6 rioters
7) Sack Special Counsel Jack Smith
650 MPS and 800 Lords to try out the new assisted dying bill powers on themselves and will report back on it’s success….
A Saturday essay from the DT bu Sam – posh – bloke – it’s about the usual failing nation – coming revolution / civil war type stuff ..
STARTS If you were to try and sum up the British state this week, you would be spoiled for choice. After a few days in which failure after failure came to light – from the damning review into the official response to grooming gangs to the slow-motion crash of the High Speed 2 project to the ability of pro-Palestine activists to damage RAF planes on an airfield unhindered – you might charitably opt for “incompetent”. A better phrase would be “head in the sand”.
The failures in these cases, as with the inability of the Westminster system to respond to public demands on migration, rein in the out-of-control spending of the benefits system or perform its most fundamental function of providing security from criminals, all have different underlying causes.
But at the core of each is a strange lassitude, a body politic that no longer responds to crises that seem startlingly obvious to voters, remaining instead locked in a spiral of internal obsessions, agonising over the idea that to confront gangs might trigger episodes of racism and continuing with projects that long ago failed any sane cost-benefit analysis.
The result is a state that is less “managed decline” than “unmanaged collapse”, with no obvious pressure valve in sight prior to the next election. One way or another, something will happen to force the British state to pull its head from the sand. The question is whether it happens in time to prevent an explosion. Or not.
A week of failures
In recent years it became popular to discuss the “volatility” of the British electorate. People who had previously voted loyally for one party were suddenly up for grabs; votes swung wildly between parties, giving first one, then the other a crushing majority or unexpected defeat at the ballot box.
It’s true that one way of reading this pattern is to simply say that voters are less loyal to an ideal than they were in the past. Another interpretation, however, would be to view these as attempts by voters to find some way – any way – of shocking Westminster out of its default pathway. If there were any doubt remaining, the failures laid bare over the last week illustrate just how badly a course correction is needed.
First, we had Baroness Casey’s review into the grooming gangs scandal. This made for tough reading. It laid out how police officers had responded to children pleading for their help: “sometimes turning a blind eye but often actively enabling abuse”, and accused some of being “incompetent at best” and “corrupt at worst”. It showed how officials had attempted to dismiss the issue of ethnicity out of hand, uncomfortable with the implications for Britain’s multicultural success story, terrified of “community tensions”. It all but accused the Home Office of fabricating data to maintain there was no particular problem with men from Pakistani backgrounds. Worse still, in doing so it told us very little we didn’t already know.
We knew that officials were tacitly or actively complicit in what unfolded. We knew that they had effectively deemed it better for society if children were raped and government covered it up, than to risk “tensions” by intervening. We knew that they had arrested parents who had tried to save their children.
News reports and official reviews had laid this story bare for over a decade. Yet even with the failures visible to all, Westminster has proved utterly unwilling to look closely at the extent of offending across Britain, to learn the lessons necessary to fight ongoing abuse, and to deliver justice to those who were wronged. It was more important to protect what was left of the narrative of a diverse nation united than to look honestly at the consequences of previous waves of migration.
This is still going on. Casey’s review highlighted that “a significant proportion” of the live police cases she examined involved foreign nationals and asylum seekers. Examining the extent of criminal activity by these groups is hard, given that the Government refuses regularly to publish data on the subject. But data from Freedom of Information requests has shown that a quarter of all sex assaults on women successfully prosecuted in Britain are carried out by foreign nationals, with another 8 per cent by offenders of “unknown” nationalities.
One response to this would be to publish this evidence, alongside data on fiscal contributions and benefits withdrawals, and use it to inform policy on migration. Yet for a political class that sees immigration less as a tool to reshape the country for the better and more as a necessity, the economic and cultural lifeblood of the nation, these are figures to be hidden away. Indeed, for those who see it as an axiomatic good with no need for supporting evidence, there is a moral imperative to crush opposition to it. Virtue comes not in addressing associated problems – the province of populists – but in being blind to them.
High speed to nowhere
And this scandal is only one manifestation of a deeper disease: Britain appears to be effectively incapable of changing course, locked into assumptions and decisions made decades ago.
The unravelling of the High Speed 2 project is another prime example from the last week. The economic case for the project collapsed almost as soon as it was published. A project linking London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds, originally set to cost £53 billion in today’s money, grew out of all control, with costs spiralling past £120 billion before the sheer scale of the failure triggered the Conservative government’s decision to slash the project down to a far less ambitious link between London and Birmingham. Even this, however, is set to cost £67 billion. A project that has been slashed in scope has still somehow risen in price.
In the process, the cost-benefit ratio has crumbled. We can attribute some mistakes to naivety at the outset; beliefs about greater efficiencies, or the correct way to allocate risk between the government and contractors. But over the course of the project, even as costs rose, the value of the line somehow kept pace – until suddenly it didn’t.
The project is now delayed again, with inquiries underway into how the cost of infrastructure has grown so rapidly and the Cabinet Office facing accusations of ignoring concerns over fraud and financial mismanagement.
The grooming of children and failed infrastructure projects are about as far away as it is possible to be in policy terms. The manner of the failures, though, is instructive: signals that something is going awry are getting scrambled, incentives for individuals to act are lacking. No-one capable is across the details and willing to speak out about failures.
A failed state
The list of policy failures in Britain is long. Some symptoms are directly visible in the state’s activities. Take the sheer size of NHS waiting lists in a system that translated a 27 per cent cash increase in the budget from 2019 to 2022 into an absolute reduction in the number of people it treated. A 16 per cent rise in the number of full-time equivalent junior doctors alongside an 11 per cent increase in the number of nurses, has led to productivity levels 8 per cent below the 2019 baseline.
We could also talk about the spiralling levels of debt, and the fiscal plans that have caused the Office for Budget Responsibility to warn that we are on an unsustainable course, or the benefits system which appears utterly unable to distinguish between the disabled and the workshy.
Into this category, also, goes the shoplifting epidemic, the release of prisoners to make room in overcrowded jails, the inability of the state to combat actual crime paired with its obsession with policing speech in case stray thoughts ignite the riots politicians fear are permanently just around the corner.
Other signs of failure are in the private sector, in inflation-adjusted wages that are still below their 2008 peak, in housing that remains stubbornly out of reach of those without substantial assistance from the bank of mum and dad.
People in Western countries know what failed states look like. They look like Somalia, or South Sudan. The government’s grip disintegrates, power fragments and society fragments with it. Basic services collapse and with it the safety of the population.
But as the American economist Mancur Olson has pointed out, developed states have a different failure mode. They become too stable, insulated from political upheaval, bound up by interest groups that use their grasp on the institutions to strangle anything which might disrupt their position.
Britain’s failure mode looks a lot more like the second than the first. We might not be matching the fall of Rome for debauchery, but we are certainly doing our best with a particular form of decadent self-indulgence: from social capital to physical capital, our leaders are eating the seed-corn, running the country down without replacing what they take out.
“There’s a bunch of obvious, relatively surface phenomena, like the NHS, or the stupid boats, that are the visible manifestations of things not working,” says Dominic Cummings, the former adviser to Boris Johnson, in an interview with The Telegraph that you can read in full on Sunday.
“But I think what’s happening at a deeper level is we are living through the same cycle that you see repeatedly in history play out, which is that over a few generations, the institutions and ideas of the elites start to come out of whack with reality.
“The ideas don’t match, the institutions can’t cope. And what you see repeatedly is this cycle of elite blindness, the institutions crumbling – and then suddenly crisis kicks in and then institutions collapse.”
The Blob
For a useful short-hand, we can borrow the description of these elites which is often attributed to Cummings: “the Blob” – an emergent phenomenon with no governing intelligence and no clear leaders, instead resulting from people from the same classes, with the same beliefs and the same incentives, taking the same decisions across public life.
Where do the civil servants on the prestigious Fast Stream (a program to accelerate the careers of graduates coming into Whitehall) come from? From families who overwhelmingly had university-educated parents working in “higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations”, arriving in government after education at Oxbridge or other Russell Group universities where the consensus is stifling: one in five academics feel unable to teach controversial views. Given that one in five academics vote for Right-wing parties, and three quarters for the Left, it’s not terribly hard to work out which views might count as controversial in this milieu.
We might equally ask where Cabinet ministers, senior judges – and, yes, newspaper columnists – come from. The resulting gaps between the political classes and the public can be vast. Shortly after the 2019 election, one study concluded that Conservative MPs were not only more socially liberal than Conservative voters, but of the median for all voters, adopting positions not that far away from Labour’s base.
The result is that even when signals of voter discontent do cut through the noise surrounding Westminster, they are sometimes simply ignored. In 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019 the party or cause offering reductions in migration won. The electorate’s reward for this was Boris Johnson’s systematic dismantling of our borders, a quadrupling in net migration over its 2019 level to 906,000 per year.
There’s nothing wrong with having some merit in your meritocracy, but when people are drawn from the same backgrounds, they will tend to think in the same ways. In the political system, this manifests as a blindness to the idea that the values of politicians can drift from those held by voters, an unwillingness to deliver what the population want; self-centred governance by an establishment class propped up by its hold on the traditional party duopoly and the major institutional organs of British life.
One manifestation of this group’s beliefs is a form of pathological compassion driven by insulation from its effects: an unwillingness to jail prisoners, turn away illegal migrants or crack down on benefits cheats because to do so would be cruel. The end result of this “kindness” is often to kill the system that provided for those who were genuinely in need.
In toxic combination with these beliefs is a political structure that works actively to evade accountability, with decision-makers rarely facing serious consequences for their failures; so long as they follow process, scrutiny is generally evaded.
The crisis of competence
Alongside the problem of willingness is the problem of ability. Public fury with politicians is not helped at all by their willingness to make grandiose claims that they fail to live up to. In the words of political strategist James Frayne, “politicians of all parties have created a toxic climate by assuring voters they can solve practically any problem regardless of size and complexity, while permanently under-delivering”.
This has “fuelled immense public cynicism because voters assume failure derives from incompetence and corruption – always moral corruption, sometimes even financial corruption. This cynicism has become one of the most defining and corrosive aspects of modern electoral politics. Voters increasingly think the worst of politicians and what drives them. They are prone to think they’re mostly interested in lining their own pockets or clinging on to power.”
“On HS2, people will be asking whether politicians found themselves under the influence of big businesses, rather than delivering jobs for the North. On the grooming gangs, others will be asking whether politicians sacrificed vulnerable kids to make sure they didn’t lose friends and votes. Such feelings absolutely aren’t levelled at any party in particular. While Labour will get more short-term anger on grooming gangs, that’s only because they were forthright in suggesting calls for proper investigations were politically-motivated. There is a widespread sense that all politicians are the same.”
This leaves open a fundamental question: is there a fundamental limit on the British state’s ability to deliver things that it seemed able to do just two decades ago? Or, is the disconnect between reality and the signals reaching politicians (through the ideological predisposition of their civil servants) so great that many MPs and ministers are no longer capable of reaching sane evaluations?
Reforming the state
In Nigel Farage’s view, “everything the British state touches collapses, regardless of colour”. With his party surging in the polls – the beneficiary of two decades of failed red and blue governance – he has every right to pin the blame for these failures on the selection into government of a certain cadre of establishment true believer.
“There are two types of people in politics; those who want to be something, and those who want to do something”, Farage says. “And the be-something’s have dominated for decades: Oxbridge kids who want to be PM, cabinet minister, MP – not driven by thoughts about how to make the country better.”
The resulting consensus is stifling. “Everyone wants to be nice. If you’re nice, you’re liked and socially acceptable. And anyone with a different opinion is unacceptable”. But this doesn’t work when the state is failing: “When Starmer u-turns on rhetoric, don’t believe it will lead to reality because it won’t. He’s saying it to fend off Reform. He has no intention of acting on it.”
Competence, too comes in for a blast. “As a result, we get cabinets full of people lacking in real life experience. They haven’t run businesses. They haven’t achieved anything. It’s mediocrity – we’re governed by people who are unqualified to be a middle manager in an Asda in Birmingham”.
For Farage, there is only one way left out. “This country needs political surgery through every single sector of public life. We need a very gentle, British, political revolution. I’m the moderate. If I don’t succeed, watch what comes after me.”ENDS
Ok – bit wordy – but worth it .
Trying to ‘game ‘ 2029 is tricky – and it makes the assumption that the lid doesn’t come off britainistan before then .
A coalition government of Marxists and liberals ?
More of the same ?
Can’t see a reform government with a working majority – unfortunately – because the blob won’t allow it .
So after 2029 ? The money will run out – nothing left to tax – public spending – welfare – out of control even more than now – £ devalued even further …. The inevitable civil disorder ….
Happy solstice …
“We might equally ask where Cabinet ministers, senior judges – and, yes, newspaper columnists – come from.”
“Most of you are political junkies, most of the country isn’t … lets’ go round the panel … hereditary peer….”
David Starkey Harriet Harman Victoria Coren fight on Question Time
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Marky – that quote is the fairest of them all . I wonder how many MPs have had real jobs – no public sector – not NGOs or charities – and whether their parents are the same….?
I cannot see any real change unless it is forced on britainistan by outside forces – economic or otherwise . How the welfare junkies are going to get along without money will be something to see – perhaps mega food banks … with plenty of parking for the State provided car ….
Hey, they were just ahead of the curve. First women’s rights, then homosexuals’ rights, then transexuals’ right. next paedophiles’ rights (sic). Already partially implemented in Rochdale, Rotherham, Oldham etc on long term experimental basis. Not withstanding a bit a blowback at present, watch for a call ‘for greater understanding’ on nonces in the future.
I can feel a left wing presence in the article …. “While Labour will get more short-term anger on grooming gangs, that’s only because they were forthright in suggesting calls for proper investigations were politically-motivated.”
short-term anger – suggests you should not be angry too long
forthright in suggesting – suggests they wanted it
Yes he danced around his handbag a lot – with not much reference to the changes being demands by our new masters – Islam …
How’s that Net Zero workin’ out fo’ yer?
Hundreds of Lime e-bikes have been dumped in rivers and canals since hire schemes were introduced across England – raising concerns about pollution and flooding… lithium-ion batteries… contain substances that can enter a watercourse… young people get bored and think ‘I’ll throw it in the river’ (BBC)
The Bike-Share Oversupply in China: Huge Piles of Abandoned and Broken Bicycles
Alan Taylor March 22, 2018
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GUADRIAN.. BEAUTY …. HA HA AH AH AH….
The unexpected beauty of China’s bicycle graveyards – in pictures | Cities | The Guardian
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Keep self-destructing, BBC, don’t stop!
“Bullied juniors & made sex jokes” BBC Breakfast host Naga Munchetty exposed as BULLY in shock probe.
Her mentor was Huw Edwards?
Pretty obvious what type that is ….
Everyone knew but could do nothing because she was a star like JimmySaaville
And she giggled at the British Flag in an interview, but what do you expect from a shoo-in ‘presenter’…
She’s yet another reason never to watch the awful far-left BBC.
Munchetty’s sniggering and giggling is classic passive aggression.
Not that I have ever watched Saturday Kitchen but a few years ago Naga Munchety was a guest. I can’t remember the details but I remember her sneering was involved. Something like she wanted truffles or caviar on whatever was made her. That might be slight exaggeration but she was rather looking down on something that wouldn’t be served in a Michelin restaurant.
The abuse of language by the leftoid public sector
Lambeth always looks at its best in the rear-view mirror…
Scrobs
I wonder at the funding of their antics?
If the council tax payers shouldered the entire burden willingly … then fair enough
– I doubt that that’s the case?
Just relatives coming in, Tomo, thousands of them…
They’ll always be channel hoppers or gimmegrants to me .
“The idea of linguistic relativity, known also as the Whorf hypothesis, the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis (/səˌpɪər ˈhwɔːrf/ sə-PEER WHORF), or Whorfianism, is a principle suggesting that the structure of a language influences its speakers’ worldview or cognition, and thus individuals’ languages determine or influence their perceptions of the world.[1]”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity
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Political language, which, according to Orwell, “is designed to make lies sound truthful (Divorce) and murder respectable (Grooming), and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. (Divorce Bill)”
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2018
Is ‘sanctuary’ the new term for ‘free council house’?
The term “Sanctuary City” is not formally defined or recognized in UK law. However, the City of Sanctuary UK movement aims to build a culture of hospitality and welcome for refugees and asylum seekers. Many cities and towns across the UK participate in this movement, with some being officially recognized as “Cities of Sanctuary”.
Here’s a list of some notable UK cities and towns involved in the City of Sanctuary movement:
Sheffield: The first official City of Sanctuary in the UK.
Bradford, Bristol, Chester, Coventry, Derby, Huddersfield, Hull, Ipswich, Leicester, London, Nottingham, Oxford, Swansea, and Wakefield: According to the City of Sanctuary UK
Leeds: Also a City of Sanctuary
Cardiff: A Nation of Sanctuary: Wales
Glasgow:
Brighton & Hove:
Newcastle: Has a strong history of welcoming refugees
Cambridge:
Liverpool:
Manchester:
Oxford:
Edinburgh:
Belfast:
Birmingham:
Derry/Londonderry:
Plymouth:
Portsmouth:
Swansea:
Wakefield:
This list is not exhaustive,
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Are Abbott & Lammy – the comedy duo, brother and sister ? Listening to Lammy ‘s slow and measured way of speaking, is almost the same as Abbotts deliberately snail like delivery. Perhaps they have little to say so string out what they can remember 😉
Brissles, I have to confess – or be grateful for, the fact that I’ve never noticed, as I never listen to their drivel…
Brissles – I was watching the mother of the house making her speech about assisted killing yesterday – she stood reading from an I pad until she lost the plot and stood in silence trying to find her place …
After a bit a sista sitting behind handed her another iPad and she continued reading out loud … a sad loss to jackanory and a definite statesman ….i wondered if she has early Parkinson’s as her hands were shaking ….
Mother of the RACIST UK House! HA AH AHHA H AH AH H A!
I will never forget the image of her with different shoes on each foot . Clearly left the other pair at home.
So if Diane’s speech was also on someone else’s iPad, had she distributed it to her Labour colleagues before the debate, or had someone else written it?
I understand it was being streamed to all their iPads from an NGO funded by malevolent American billionaires with financial interests in assisted killing.
Why are they dressed like that? They are in the open air for goodness sake.
Becuase … they are credulous, virtue signalling low information complete twerps (morons even)
They’d have dancing, costumed up Village People behind them if the budget ran past 5 minutes at the local Toolstation.
Safety gloves ! – someone’s having a laugh.
Mr Miliband will have that brain tumor out in a few moments, you won’t feel a thing
😆 🤣 😂
In case the sky falls in?
Nothing says ‘Girl power boss’ and ‘You go, girl!’ better than a model in a hard hat and high-viz vest pretending to be a construction worker, architect, miner, or crane operator.
Of course, real feminists aspire to important jobs like reading the news on the BBC or heading up the HR department.
The first law of PR for any nationalised body is to make sure everyone who appears before a camera looks like they are at very least capable of doing a job. Simple!
The bank does not teach you money management, the bank has an interest in charging you interest which is a conflict of interest.” @10:49
Pro-Life Comedy in London (Commedia per la Vita) | Nicholas De Santo
Week in Westminster
A test for you – there are two subjects – one is that Simon case – the retired cabinet secretary – is to become a Lord … ok – nice chat
The other subject is the announcement of an inpedendent inquiry into Pakistani – Islamic child rape gangs … and the U turn ….
Now which subject wasn’t mentioned at all ? BBC eh – ?
UK Gov making you sad and lonely? Don’t worry the UK GOv has an answer…
The depressed should be allowed to end their life, says AC Grayling
“by philosopher in 2021 raise concern about safeguards surrounding assisted dying Bill
Janet Eastham
Acting Religious and Social Affairs Editor
Related Topics
Assisted dying, Labour Party, Depression, Disability
21 November 2024 8:12pm GMT”
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Some people have more power than they need .. “Esther Rantzen urges Lords not to block assisted dying”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx23nd10295o
Broadcaster Dame Esther, who joined the Swiss assisted dying clinic Dignitas after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in 2023, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “Their job is to scrutinise, to ask questions, but not to oppose.”
HOW COME SHE HAS NOT DIED YET? IF SHE SO WANTS TO?
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The average cost for a person traveling to Dignitas in Switzerland for assisted dying is approximately £15,000. This includes travel, accommodation, and Dignitas’ fees. Dignitas itself has a tiered fee structure, with initial membership costing around 80 Swiss francs (£47). There are also fees associated with the process of assisted dying and taking over family duties (including funerals). Some people are able to pay less, according to The Guardian.
Even the royalty are running out of friends…..
“Prince William celebrates birthday with puppy photo”
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** BBC report dogs are banned in Iran because Western culture is bad and demand William kill the dog using assisted dying FREE on the NHS.
That goodness BBC Verify is on the case
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0k78715enxo
I fell for it, even the cockpit, big enough to house a double decker bus didn’t alert me.
https://x.com/BBCWorld/status/1936374812697346214
Tulsi Gabbard now says Iran could produce nuclear weapon ‘within weeks’
Alexa, please use Google BBC Editorial Shenanigans to Actuality TDS Translate…
That was the position she had in March when she addressed congress. Media purposefully clipped only a portion of her statements to create the narrative. Now you’re making it sound like this is new news. Shame on you.
BBC World must have as many ‘internal network’ folk as the Home Office.
This story is what made me watch the BBC closed … in 2015 … Lest we forget how it all works … videos, words, pictures … you don’t get to choose the arrangement …
Chaos as police stop Hungary migrant train – Gavin Hewitt – BBC -Sep 2015 @53s
“… the a really distressing incident happened. A women who was carrying a small baby began crying for help (photo of lady carrying baby). One of her companions tried to help her (photo of man with women on track, riot police reaching towards them) Somehow there became a push and a shove with the police. She ended up on the railway lines (by the male refugee dragging her and the baby to the floor, but this is not said) with the riot police trying to pull her back, and this of course inflamed all the other people…”
-Gavin Hewitt – Sep 2015
Watch the video and the male refugee (companion trying to help?) drags the women and baby to the floor, by force.
Even the Mirror (03Sept2015) says “… this refugee couple cradle their tiny baby, after throwing themselves (NO! Male refugee drags women and baby onto train tracks) on train tracks as police try to take them to migrant camps in Hungary”
Gets better. Two days (05Sept2015) later the Mirror then report it as
“Refugee who dragged pregnant wife and baby son onto train track did it because ‘death would be better’”
Lest we forget how it all works … videos, words, pictures … you don’t get to choose the arrangement …
Eddy, are those solar panels on the fuselage? And what military ID is a star on a white ground?
Reminds me of my airfix kit – always got glue on the cockpit …
“I live in the UK, and I wish our government would put our country and its citizens first.”
Karoline Leavitt Said Just Two Words, That Left The Reporter Speechless.
Starmer is an arse – yes, obvious … but it needs constant repetition.
‘Sir Keir argued that while the actions were against the law, they were justified because they were trying to stop the planes from committing war crimes.’
“stop the planes from committing war crimes” – genocide replacing the local population with 1000 boats a day? AH A HAH A HAH HA HAH HAHAHAH AH !
blocks replies
Der Starmer – moral compass completely demagnetised.
https:/twitter.com/LeeHurstComic/status/1936330822615023662
“Siri, how did Palestinian supporting terrorists break into Brize Norton?”
“As a member of the LGBTQ+ community I am very proud to see this project completed and unveiled on the 31st of March, which is Transgender Visibility Day. The Rainbow Crossing has strong ties with the LGBTQIA community, but over the past three years, it has also become a symbol of thanks to emergency staff during COVID.
“It serves as a reminder of the progress within the MOD and its stance on making the Armed Forces a more inclusive and accepting environment. I am exceptionally proud of all involved”
Sara Hayes
Estates Facilities Manager
Defence Infrastructure Organisation
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“Her mother, who comes from Morocco and speaks fluent Arabic, said she told restaurant staff three times about Lily’s food allergies and what she could not eat, before ordering chicken and chips.
“The restaurant staff said we had to eat something, and I told them she had allergies and we would rather not eat, but they insisted it would be fine,” Lily’s mother Aicha told the BBC.
“I told them to be careful and they didn’t listen.””
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“The restaurant staff said we had to eat something”
“The restaurant staff said we had to eat something”
“The restaurant staff said we had to eat something”
Always cautious with these, but was I prone, or had kids prone to a potentially fatal food allergy, I would be a bit more circumspect taking someone’s word for it because they say the family ‘looks hungry’, even with a good translator handy.
Hope there were no iffy snacks on the flight back.
Order the food and don’t eat – wonder if there is a swab test kick like for date rape nails?
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#BBCtrending: Backlash against polish to detect ‘rape drug’
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One to add to the ‘Don’t kick the bucket’ list, along with hiking in the mountains when blonde.
Much in the same way we will not be returning for a second Nile cruise despite enjoying it immensely, as both banks are now well within AK47 range and the security guard on the airport X ray was waving his mates through and the one outside was resting on his gun with barrel in the sand.
437 rats came across the channel yesterday ffs….
437 new Labour votes.
437 new doctors.
437 new tolerant kebab owners.
437 new people waiting for 20 family members to reunite.
437 with their own water/house/sewage treatment centre.
A pro-Palestine demonstration brought a parade celebrating LGBT+ culture to a standstill in the centre of Cardiff. The Pride Cymru march started outside the Angel Hotel on Castle Street but was halted outside Cardiff Castle shortly before 11.30am on Saturday.
Hannah, from Cymru Queers for Palestine, told WalesOnline: “We contacted Pride, met with them and they ignored us. So we will not stop and we will not rest until we say that Pride Cymru has no ties to the Israeli war machine.”
Very gloomy here (South Hampshire) at the moment, so checked BBC Weather
Bright Sunshine!
That just about sums up the BBC
The BBC busy pushing climate fantasy stories based around momentarily high (sic) spot temperatures taken at or next to airports. Comments aren’t going too well, as they say… read ’em while you can.
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Pretty hot where I am. Sat in the garden listening to Boom Light which started at the beginning of June. Older posters might like a nostalgic trip back to the 50s – with the likes of Lita Roza, Malcolm Roberts (May I Have the Next Dream), Henry Mancini. My own “moment” came with Rosemary Clooney – Me and My Teddy Bear My 4 year self came flooding back.
The power of music eh ?
I’m surprised nobody seems to be talking about this DNA from every baby to be taken at birth ‘to help the nhs to identify any future health issues”
It’s the ultimate intrusion into your personal life.
The non changeable ID card.
They will be able to know everything about you.
They dress it up as being something good for you but that’s not the reason they will be doing it.
A national data base with everybodies DNA gives then almost unlimited options to intrude into your life.
And nobody seems to be bothered.
Far right DNA to be removed at birth.
“WE ARE WILLING TO DIE FOR OUR CAUSE.”
White saviours “March to Gaza” – and instantly regret it
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“The world does not need any more white saviours. As I’ve said before, this just perpetuates tired and unhelpful stereotypes. Let’s instead promote voices from across the continent of Africa and have serious debate.” (c) DAVID LAMMY
https://x.com/DavidLammy/status/1100807931233226752
Not only dishonest – ineptly dishonest
There shouldn’t be any debate if it were genuine…
She looks similar to this women
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Haha would this be the one and the same. No clue in the company name then……Abby Raworth – Talent Agent – Leftside Creative Ltd
BBCWEB-SITE Watch #1 – the Times and Gabby Logan https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c994r3kv4rmo
“D’ya think I’m sexy?” [© Rod Stewart] but I think what former gymnast wears heels like that? Since 2009, Logan has been a frequent stand-in presenter on The One Show on BBC One. Logan stated that she was once criticised by a BBC executive for wearing “too sexy boots” – according to Wiki. The Times photographer and stylist have made Gabby Logan look cheap …… like a tart. Bear in mind she is taking over from Gary Lineker.
The 2025 / 6 prem footy schedule has been released – the tradition of Boxing Day games has been abandoned . The FA says prem footy is a global brand and some countries don’t do Christmas ..
I’ve a suggestion – get god to move Christmas Day to another day … or dump the idea altogether – it could even be sponsored by emerats like every thing else ….
Fed, I think you will find many ME countries with Christmas trees in shopping malls and hotels. The Emeratis probably do and as the Saudis have bought Newcastle Utd they will be enjoying Geordie Christmases for many years to come. 😉
Youtube has decided im coloured . Just got fed an advert by their NHS telling me – as a coloured man – to give blood …. Britain is african now
Good news: Muslims in Iran can’t leave Islam fast enough.
(The same is true throughout the muslim world, whatever the liars at the BBC say about the ‘fastest growing religion’.
BS.
vlad, I seem to recall the fastest growing Christian Church is in Iran. Think I may have posted before that fact courtesy of Tony Pearce at the Bridge
I’d guess it’s the fastest growing religion in the UK, anything up to 1000 per day. Plus 20 relatives each.
Where on earth are we going to put all these illegals getting here everyday?
Is the ridiculous overseas budget for other countries being used to shove them into camps and then, hopefully deported?
I wish my income tax bill was being used to support indigenous British Citizens, not loads of foreign spongers telling lies.
Needless to say, the awful far-left BBC wants these hoards over here, so their TV tax might just increase a bit, when these foreigners have been installed in homes meant for our own people…
I must apologise in advance, but this made me laugh so much, I nearly spilt my beer…
A bloke walks into a restaurant fancying some calimari.
The waiter points to a fish tank and says: “we only have one squid left. The rare wild moustached green squid.”
“That’ll be fine” says the bloke. “Get it chopped up quick”.
“Excellent choice sir. I shall summon, Gervais, our French chef.”
The chef comes out, knife in hand and grabs the squid from the tank, he holds the knife up, but the squid looks at him with puppy dog eyes and whimpers.
“Pardone, Monsieur” says the chef. “I just don’t have the heart to do it”.
“Begone!” Shouts the waiter. “I shall summon Hans, our Bavarian pot washer. He is made of sterner stuff.”
Hans appears and takes the knife in his hand, but again the squid whimpers and a tear rolls down its face and drips from its moustache.
“Gott in Himmel” says the pot washer. “Bitte, mein herr, I cannot bring myself to do it”.
“I’m so sorry sir” says the waiter. “I can’t believe we employ such great jessies here”.
“Never mind” says the bloke.
“I guess Hans that does dishes can be soft as Gervais with a mild green hairy lip squid”.
(Hat and coat applied for…).
(And I must apologise for diverting any vitriol which is usually directed towards the awful far-left BBC, but as they don’t ‘do’ real humour any more, I decided to beat them at their own game)!
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Scrobie, that is a very old joke! I heard it told really well by a 12 y.o. daughter of some friends of mine at a church social at my old church in N.London days. Must have been more than 35 years ago!
It’s similar to the old chestnut about Procol Harum leaving a restaurant in disgust because they couldn’t get a Wider Shape Of Snail.
These might be old chestnuts but I’ve never heard them before. 🤣 😂
But, but but, the old ones are the best…
I lived a very sheltered life, and laughter is still the best medicine!
(Non S, I didn’t even know that a ‘Salty Dog’ was a cocktail, until a few minutes ago)!
And I’d never heard that joke as well, Brissles…;0)
BBC “sanitised language” is called “Newspeak”
Ten Examples:
(1) Grooming gangs = Mass Rape
(2) Abortion = Infanticide
(3) Progressive = Satanic
(4) Drug & Vaccine Culture = Celebrating Big Pharma
(5) Pride Month = Celebrating Bisphenol Poisoning
(6) Misinformation = BBC News
(7) Disinformation = BBC Propaganda
(8) Malinformation = Censored Truth
(9) Assisted Suicide = Euthanasia
(10) Populism = Democracy
(11) Far Right = Anyone to right of Chairman Mao
(12) Diversity and Inclusion = Divide and Rule strategy
(13) Vibrant neighbourhood = Crime ridden neighbourhood
(14) British person = Anybody who isn’t
(15) Ordinary person = BBC plant in a news story
(16) Vulnerable person = Someone that a charity or NGO can making a living out of
(17) Verified = Made up ‘fact’
(18) The BBC has learned that… = Government propaganda being pushed by BBC
(19) BBC reporter = Blonde airhead on work experience
(20) Controversial = Any opinion the BBC doesn’t like