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I find it interesting that the latest three scandals to break at the BBC;

1) The Gaza programme narrated by the son of a Hamas member
2) The incitement to violence of Glasto morons available on iPlayer for 5 hours
3) The misconduct to two Masterchef presenters

has produced two sackings:
Both of the Masterchef presenters.

No members of the BBC staff responsible for scandals 1 or 2 have lost their jobs.
It seems their back room roles out of the limelight protects them from the consequences of their actions.
And their high profile superiors - the Director General and the Chairman of the BBC - are apparently above reproach, or accountability.
Hardly fair or transparent.
 
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Remarkable.

A Labour Chancellor calling upon British workers to move their savings from safe ISA's to inherently risky stocks & shares.
Extraordinary in these uncertain times.

A pretty transparent and desperate ruse to try and kick-start our failing Economy.
Along with other measures in the pipeline, such as a return to riskier mortgages, with people soon able to borrow God knows how many times their annual salaries - salaries earned from jobs that are generally far less secure than they used to be.
And 'massive' cuts to "red tape" in the City.
Red tape designed to prevent the Credit Crunch of 2008 ever happening again.

So conditions are being created that will allow a 2008 style financial collapse to happen again.
And when it does, guess who will have to bail out all the Banks again?
Yep. You and me. Tax-payers.

And don't imagine a Reform UK Government will prevent this.
Reform will strip away even more regulation, allowing the reckless speculators and City fat cats to run wild.
 
I agree the worst of our criminals should be removed from the UK.

The Southport murderer.
The murderer of Sarah Everard.
The murderer of MP Jo Cox.
The murderer of MP Sir David Amess.
The murderer of PC Keith Palmer.
The murderers of Fusilier Lee Rigby.

All of these currently living in relative luxury at the expense of tax-payers, while taking every opportunity to maim prison staff.
Such scum should be flown to South Georgia, where they can hunt penguins for food and hopefully freeze to death.

SG is a British territory, so it would not technically be a deportation.
No complications around revoking UK citizenship to tie up the Courts or waste more money.
UK citizenship won't keep such pond-life warm in the Antarctic Winter.

This one's a freebie Nigel.
Stick it in your 2029 manifesto and it will help you into No. 10 with a landslide majority.
 
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lardiman said:
I agree the worst of our criminals should be removed from the UK.

The Southport murderer.
The murderer of Sarah Everard.
The murderer of MP Jo Cox.
The murderer of MP Sir David Amess.
The murderer of PC Keith Palmer.
The murderers of Fusilier Lee Rigby.

All of these currently living in relative luxury at the expense of tax-payers, while taking every opportunity to maim prison staff.
Such scum should be flown to South Georgia, where they can hunt penguins for food and hopefully freeze to death.

SG is a British territory, so it would not technically be a deportation.
No complications around revoking UK citizenship to tie up the Courts or waste more money.
UK citizenship won't keep such pond-life warm in the Antarctic Winter.

This one's a freebie Nigel.
Stick it in your 2029 manifesto and it will help you into No. 10 with a landslide majority.
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I’d save the cost of their travel and replace it with the cost of a bullet :emoticon-0148-yes:
 
Smudger603 said:
I’d save the cost of their travel and replace it with the cost of a bullet :emoticon-0148-yes:
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You are too kind.
A bullet's too good for them.

Granted it'll cost a few quid to fly them down there in a military transport plane.
I had another thought though;
Perhaps as an aid to conservation of the species, we could transport a couple of dozen hungry Polar Bears to South Georgia as well.
They might thrive on the isolated island, especially with the occasional murderer to snack on, as well as seals & the odd penguin.
 
lardiman said:
You are too kind.
A bullet's too good for them.

Granted it'll cost a few quid to fly them down there in a military transport plane.
I had another thought though;
Perhaps as an aid to conservation of the species, we could transport a couple of dozen hungry Polar Bears to South Georgia as well.
They might thrive on the isolated island, especially with the occasional murderer to snack on, as well as seals & the odd penguin.
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The odd penguin??? I say old chap they've got a hard enough time as it is without polar bears to deal with.
 
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The Penguin said:
The odd penguin??? I say old chap they've got a hard enough time as it is without polar bears to deal with.
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I have great respect for Penguins.
The conditions they have to survive all year round, they really live on the edge.
Even the little ones are harder than any Millwall fan. A few Polar bears lolloping around won't trouble them much.
And I have heard that Polar bears don't eat penguins, as they can't get the wrappers off.

But I'll admit putting the bears in a position to munch on murdering scumbags is an offence to the Polar bears' dignity.
 
lardiman said:
I have great respect for Penguins.
The conditions they have to survive all year round, they really live on the edge.
Even the little ones are harder than any Millwall fan. A few Polar bears lolloping around won't trouble them much.
And I have heard that Polar bears don't eat penguins, as they can't get the wrappers off.

But I'll admit putting the bears in a position to munch on murdering scumbags is an offence to the Polar bears' dignity.
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Could feed them to the crocodiles in London zoo , again saving the expense of airfares <cheers>
 
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The folk of Epping are not standing for any more nonsense.

It is likely things will explode big style, and should it do expect widespread disorder elsewhere.
 
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The folk of Epping are not standing for any more nonsense.

It is likely things will explode big style, and should it do expect widespread disorder elsewhere.
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None of what's happening now is good news I'm afraid.
Disorder leads to local property being damaged (small shops, people's cars or homes) and general vandalism.
It exposes families and children to fear of lawless violence.

I'm all for protests.
I'll admit I even approved of local people in Peckham not so long ago obstructing enforcers trying to remove supposed illegal migrants by force on the streets there. But as far as I'm aware there was no destruction of property on those occasions, or attacks on Police that caused injuries to them.

The re-emergence of these migrant hotel protests and the associated thuggery is not surprising.
The new Government has produced no results whatsoever after more than a year of their different approach.
But in my opinion mass lawlessness is not the answer.
I feel terribly for our poor brave Police officers, being targeted yet again in a despicable political gutter war.
 
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None of what's happening now is good news I'm afraid.
Disorder leads to local property being damaged (small shops, people's cars or homes) and general vandalism.
It exposes families and children to fear of lawless violence.

I'm all for protests.
I'll admit I even approved of local people in Peckham not so long ago obstructing enforcers trying to remove supposed illegal migrants by force on the streets there. But as far as I'm aware there was no destruction of property on those occasions, or attacks on Police that caused injuries to them.

The re-emergence of these migrant hotel protests and the associated thuggery is not surprising.
The new Government has produced no results whatsoever after more than a year of their different approach.
But in my opinion mass lawlessness is not the answer.
I feel terribly for our poor brave Police officers, being targeted yet again in a despicable political gutter war.
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However, what is happening now has been inevitable.

The talking has had to stop, now people are fighting back.
 
The Penguin said:
No excuse for targeting the police.
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It is inevitable that plod will get involved.

I believe it is fact that the African culprit arrived illegally and sexually assautled a schoolgirl only 11 days after arriving.

If this happened to any of our family I am thinking that deportation and a beating would be what we would want.
 
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Not sure about the facts. And I would not trust social media to supply them,
We cannot have trial by X (Twitter).
Claims there that the Southport monster was an illegal migrant were 100% false.
 
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Here we are.

https://www.essex.police.uk/news/essex/news/news/2025/july/epping-man-charged-with-sexual-assault/
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And that justifies violent attacks upon Police officers?
Or the consequences if they do not stand their ground to keep order?
Hotels burnt down with people inside them. Possibly dozens killed by fire, or smoke inhalation, or by being lynched by a mob.

If that's justice in the UK now, then I would advise everyone to hang a Union Jack in your window, or you might find a brick coming through it.
And anybody who doesn't have white skin - fear for your life and the lives of your kids.
Because once these vigilante thugs get control of the streets, that will be the new way of life here.
 
lardiman said:
And that justifies violent attacks upon Police officers?
Or the consequences if they do not stand their ground to keep order?
Hotels burnt down with people inside them. Possibly dozens killed by fire, or smoke inhalation, or by being lynched by a mob.

If that's justice in the UK now, then I would advise everyone to hang a Union Jack in your window, or you might find a brick coming through it.
And anybody who doesn't have white skin - fear for your life and the lives of your kids.
Because once these vigilante thugs get control of the streets, that will be the new way of life here.
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I think you're avoiding the root cause of the problems in this country.
 
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