160 Responses to WEDNESDAY OPEN THREAD

  1. Reed says:

    Immigration boom under Labour changed face of Britain faster than any major country except Italy, Oxford experts reveal

    -Immigrant population soared by 22% during Labour’s open door policy
    -During past two decades number of foreign-born residents has doubled
    -Only Italy – with rise of 44.6% over same period – recorded bigger rise
    -Watchdogs say figures show why it will be hard to reduce immigration

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2132012/Immigration-boom-Labour-changed-face-Britain-faster-major-country-Italy-Oxford-experts-reveal.html

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  2. Reed says:

    Excellent ‘fisking’ of Owen Shouty’s article on Livingstone…

    But it’s clear that all-out war is now being waged against Ken.
    –No it isn’t. Livingstone’s claims are being subjected to scrutiny during an election campaign.

    A display of human emotion at his campaign video launch led to a tirade of abuse from the obsessive, no-holds-barred right-wing Twittersphere…
    –Narcissism is not a “human emotion”: it is a character flaw.

    http://www.thecommentator.com/article/1119/fisking_owen_jones_on_ken_livingstone

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  3. Guest Who says:

    Time is well overdue for the BBC to get our Owen and Laurie Penny together as a dream team on par with that Brummie bloke and the forgettable woman on The One Show, in ‘The We Speak For The Nation Show’.
    I’d say it may need targeting at the yoof market slot, but my two, having caught him in full flow once, asked me ‘who that [mildly-dismissive pejorative] was’, so maybe for the huge audience base just before Newswatch, coming back of a morning from clubbin’ (dancing, not expressing diverse freedoms on those who do not conform to their now ring-fenced value systems by the politico/legal/media estate)?

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  4. George R says:

    What BBC-NUJ is complicit in:

    “Immigration boom under Labour changed face of Britain faster than any major country except Italy, Oxford experts reveal.
    Immigrant population soared by 22% during Labour’s open door policy.
    During past two decades number of foreign-born residents has doubled .
    Only Italy – with rise of 44.6% over same period – recorded bigger rise.
    Watchdogs say figures show why it will be hard to reduce immigration.”

    By Julian Gavaghan

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2132012/Immigration-boom-Labour-changed-face-Britain-faster-major-country-Italy-Oxford-experts-reveal.html#ixzz1sZ7XcUYX

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  5. George R says:

    Another massive cost of Islam to British people:

    A 2011 report:

    “Hay Festival 2011: Professor risks political storm over Muslim ‘inbreeding’.

    ” Prof Steve Jones, one of Britain’s most eminent scientists, has warned that the level of inbreeding among the nation’s Muslims is endangering the health of future generations.”

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/hay-festival/8544359/Hay-Festival-2011-Professor-risks-political-storm-over-Muslim-inbreeding.html

    ‘Today’ programme (with Islamic context relegated):

    “Bradford’s cousin marriage boom ”

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9714000/9714582.stm

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    • David Preiser (USA) says:

      But, but, but….it’s for the children! Why doesn’t the BBC care about the well-being of Mohammedan children? Are they racist?

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  6. George R says:

    ABU QATADA.

    In its ‘impartial’, pro-Labour language, BBC-NUJ headline is this:-

    “Labour slams Qatada ‘farce'”

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/house_of_commons/newsid_9714000/9714469.stm

    Alternative from Richard LITTLEJOHN:-

    “Theresa May has been done up like a kipper over Abu Qatada”

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2132280/Theresa-May-like-kipper-Abu-Qatada.html#ixzz1sZkVruey

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