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  1. Synchronised says:
    September 13, 2017 at 5:42 pm

    Listened to some media discussion on R4 before 5 o’clock news. One said she thought BBC pay was a private matter although another interjected “even though it is public money”. She continued to take that line. Staggering how out of touch these media luvvies are. Someone also suggested nobody questioned that G.Norton wasn’t worth his salary. Another replied maybe we weren’t listening. Damn right they weren’t and continue with selective deafness.

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  2. Thoughtful says:
    September 13, 2017 at 6:02 pm

    Brendan O’Neill of Spiked online wrote a piece on Facebook about the warped ideology which allowed a convicted male rapist to claim he was female, get transferred to a womens prison and there attempt a re-enactment of his vile act.

    Inevitably his post was removed, without any kind of accusation or allegation of even a (fictitious) crime of hate, it simply contravened the sites so called ‘community standards’ although no one seems will to say what those standards are.

    A responsible impartial state broadcaster would be running documentary programs into the state of censorship of ideas being perpetrated by far left organisations, and goodness knows there have been enough complaints, not just about facebook, but there’s nothing, primarily because the BBC itself is involved in the same censorship itself.

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    • G.W.F. says:
      September 13, 2017 at 6:58 pm

      His article was based on this report in the Sun, but he went on to make some sensible criticism of gender fluidity notions, and that offended community standards

      https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4400327/transgender-rapist-womens-prison/

      Here is what he said in his earlier post

      Brendan O’Neill
      September 10 at 11:32am ·
      The cult of genderfluidity crosses the line from irritating to psychotic when a rapist is transferred to a women’s prison because he has decided to self-identify as a woman. What will future historians make of this? “You put a male rapist in an enclosed space with women because he told you he was a woman??” They will think us mad. And they will be right. At some point, society is going to have to say to these men, whether they’re criminals or good, law-abiding citizens, “You are not women. You just aren’t. It’s a fantasy.”

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  3. TruthSeeker says:
    September 13, 2017 at 6:07 pm

    Banned from AlBeeb myself.
    The Juncker speech reported without comment.
    But AlBeeb gave it a HYS.
    Juncker and EU being slaughtered.
    As soon as we leave, assistance, moral, financial and, if necessary, military assistance, must be given to other states to help them leave.
    Stop foreign aid and use it for this purpose until the EU is no more.
    Die you bastards.

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    • Guest Who says:
      September 13, 2017 at 7:05 pm

      http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41252653

      Could be going better for Juncker, the EU and the BBC.

      Just now didn’t get to the off switch in time to kill off Classic FM Global Propaganda.

      Interestingly this kamikaze effort did not get a mention, which is odd as they do like the EU. However, they lead with some vote that ’embarrassed the government’. A sensation their editorial seems immune to.

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  4. TruthSeeker says:
    September 13, 2017 at 6:26 pm

    What Happened. HR Clinton.
    Free audio download on Amazon UK.
    They need to make it cheaper than that!

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  5. StewGreen says:
    September 13, 2017 at 6:57 pm

    \\Are you flummoxed by #fracking ? Join @Baddiel at 8.45 Wed Radio4, & all will be explained, w some help from @CuadrillaUK & @GreenpeaceUK //
    link
    ..hmm

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  6. Synchronised says:
    September 13, 2017 at 7:02 pm

    RT talking about Italian opposition parties proposal for dual currency. Quick website search showing some media outlets talking about it but guess what, couldn’t find a mention on beeb website.

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    • TruthSeeker says:
      September 13, 2017 at 7:31 pm

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      AlBeeb are waiting for confirmation that this is permitted in the Koran before publication.
      It might be halal, in which case the Italians will have to reverse the policy.
      Strange that the Italian political parties proposing this did not state that they sought prior approval from Mo (FTDC) & Co.

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  7. Pounce says:
    September 13, 2017 at 7:19 pm

    Guess who isn’t reporting this story:

    DM has
    New York post has
    Arutz Sheva (Israel) has
    Independent. (Ireland) has
    Daily Express has
    Free news paper the Metro has
    The Daily Mirror, Sun and Daily Star have
    But the bBC hasn’t

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  8. MarkyMark says:
    September 13, 2017 at 7:35 pm

    BBC Beyond 100 Days – “Sanders (Bernie) Health Care Push” news item…. but it shows Hillary Clinton signing her books (promotional advert?) and laughing, and then camera pans across to show Bernie in the crowd of the book signing event.

    Why BBC? Why show Hillary BBC? Why show her new book BBC?
    BBC why not just show Bernie talking in the Senate?

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  9. gaxvil says:
    September 13, 2017 at 8:49 pm

    Err maybe it’s just me but I don’t recall such a furore over the Yazidis et al as there is over the Rohingyas – wonder why?
    Anyhow, between the ‘very concerned’ Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia and Bangladesh they ought to be able to accommodate them. Otherwise it’ll be down to us no doubt.

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    • Number 7 says:
      September 13, 2017 at 9:18 pm

      Slipped out on Sky tonight.
      It appears that this latest conflict was kicked off by a Rohingya armed attack on a local police station.
      The ‘problems’ with a certain ‘community’ in this area have been going on for years according to, long term, reports I have noticed over a period of time.

      ROP – Rowlocks (Cockney rhyming slang in translation).

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  10. Al Shubtill says:
    September 13, 2017 at 9:05 pm

    Look North last night had a piece about the £40,000,000 investment by Boeing, into what will be their only manufacturing plant outside the U.S. in Sheffield; near to with the new Maclaren and Rolls Royce plants there.

    At the end of the piece the al Beebus reportress couldn’t resist the standard “despite Brexit” line.
    How the f**k does she know? Maybe they made the investment: “because Brexit”.

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    • Number 7 says:
      September 13, 2017 at 9:29 pm

      Maclaren? Rolls Royce? What do they have in common (in the Sheffield area)?
      Possibly a tradition and skill base of precision engineering that has worldwide respect (excluding the BBC).
      The same can be said, skill base and work ethic, of S Wales, vis. Aston Martin. (However, from experience, you need eyes in the back of the head 🙂 – sorry taffman.

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  11. taffman says:
    September 13, 2017 at 9:30 pm

    “Brexit: UK will ‘soon regret’ leaving EU argues Juncker”
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41252653
    HYS is taking a pasting again with a lot of Brexiteers ‘up ticking’ .

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    • MarkyMark says:
      September 13, 2017 at 10:12 pm

      Never mind the Juncker EU Army mentioned in his speech – why not build one with the EU unemployed youth? What is the European Solidarity Corps? {europa.eu}

      The European Solidarity Corps is the new European Union initiative which creates opportunities for young people to volunteer or work in projects in their own country or abroad that benefit communities and people around Europe.
      The young people who participate in the European Solidarity Corps will all agree with and uphold its Mission and Principles.

      – the participation in the European Solidarity Corps does not involve the payment of any fee;

      ‘initiative which creates opportunities for young people‘ vs ‘European Solidarity Corps projects will be available to people up to the age of 30 years old.’
      – Young? 30 year olds?

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  12. gaxvil says:
    September 13, 2017 at 11:48 pm

    At least Hitler stood up and spoke but Merkel – like a fat spider, unseen in the centre of the web but pulling the strings.

    I’d echo Farage and say, thank God we’re leaving. When foreigners talk like Junckers – you should be concerned.
    The United States of Europe – will it last for a thousand years?

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  13. wronged says:
    September 14, 2017 at 8:23 am

    Junker is on the record as stating that he he does not believe in borders

    To my knowledge the BBC has never reported this.

    Remainers, during the referendum, said that there were not many laws that have ben imposed on us by the EU. I believe the latest figure is over 2,000 laws to be scrutinised.

    To my knowledge the BBC has never reported this.

    The BBC could quite easily get the recorded tape on the screen where Paddy Asdown, Chukka Umuna et al were openly lying during the referendum and expose them as frauds. They won’t, but they would if Farage had said something which was untrue.

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  14. Up2snuff says:
    September 14, 2017 at 8:32 am

    The BBC insist today on telling me that a minor American actor has died.

    What is it with BBC R4 that they insist on digging up relatively obscure American musicians, singers and actors to announce their deaths on the TODAY Programme? Is it some kind of warped obsession?

    If they love the EU so much, why do they not do it with some one-hit-wonder from France or Italy?

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