Election Year or Fear!

[Geoff Parkstone]

I’m not sure he’s got it yet. I think they may have to find it first. Knowing him, which fortunately I don’t, possibly confused it with hymen.

OOOH how rude, but of course on that basis he may have lost the hymens of others rather than himself

[Andy_Faber]

I?m not sure anyone on here would be willing to do harm to people or property, although I might wish it on two or three current politicians and believe that the world would be a better place without them.

I don?t agree with your first paragraph but that in no way means you?re wrong.

I was referring to football-related rumbles not premeditated violence

Interesting that over the past few days there appears to be a bit of a gloves-off attitude around current and ex BBC journos, I mentioned Katy Razzle earlier, Emily Maitless has pitched in, and 'I can't remember who' has 'outed' The Telegraph as 'right leaning' which of course it is but its breaking a bit of an unwritten rule to do so and will ellicit who knows what level of response

I think Swale suggested that HMG should keep out of the spat with Trump, I disagree simply because Keir Starmer appears to have generated some sort of respect/friendship between them and I think BBC need an ally at the mo

[ramAnag]

I was referring to football-related rumbles not premeditated violence

Interesting that over the past few days there appears to be a bit of a gloves-off attitude around current and ex BBC journos, I mentioned Katy Razzle earlier, Emily Maitless has pitched in, and 'I can't remember who' has 'outed' The Telegraph as 'right leaning' which of course it is but its breaking a bit of an unwritten rule to do so and will ellicit who knows what level of response

I think Swale suggested that HMG should keep out of the spat with Trump, I disagree simply because Keir Starmer appears to have generated some sort of respect/friendship between them and I think BBC need an ally at the mo

I think Swale suggested he’d be disappointed if the BBC apologised or if HMG tried to force such an apology.
Beyond acknowledging and apologising for a poor edit, I feel much the same way too, although I take your point because politics at the highest level involves far more pragmatism and less sentiment than the thoughts of we, mere men in the street, and Starmer, imo, deserves praise for his development of a relationship with a man I regard as a dangerous, odious and hateful liar, albeit one who happens to be the POTUS.

Got a great deal of respect for Emily Maitless. She usually speaks sense imo. The fact that Trump seems to be currently fighting about four court battles with different media outlets speaks volumes, again imo.

[Geoff Parkstone]

Good news.... bad news

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd7rp5zj484o

why there not here?

[Geoff Parkstone]

I’m not sure anyone on here would be willing to do harm to people or property, although I might wish it on two or three current politicians and believe that the world would be a better place without them.

So thats Starmer, Lammy and who?

[Geoff Parkstone]

I was referring to football-related rumbles not premeditated violence

Interesting that over the past few days there appears to be a bit of a gloves-off attitude around current and ex BBC journos, I mentioned Katy Razzle earlier, Emily Maitless has pitched in, and 'I can't remember who' has 'outed' The Telegraph as 'right leaning' which of course it is but its breaking a bit of an unwritten rule to do so and will ellicit who knows what level of response

I think Swale suggested that HMG should keep out of the spat with Trump, I disagree simply because Keir Starmer appears to have generated some sort of respect/friendship between them and I think BBC need an ally at the mo

Was she named after the softcore p orn magazine, or maybe conceived after reading it? Whoever she is but I assume BBC mouth

[ramAnag]

So thats Starmer, Lammy and who?

Let’s just say that I feel the world would be a much better and safer place without the likes of Trump, Putin, Netanyahu, Farage and Johnson.

Not entirely sure what your Thai comment means. Just hoping it’s not as tasteless as it seems.

[Geoff Parkstone]

Are you really that bitter about Johnson still, despite hime having been out of any meaningful authority for over 3 years. I'm sure you could find a more meaningful candidate for elimination: Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi or Yahya Sinwar perhaps. Elimination of the latter might even stop Manchester City fans singing about him.

Im sure the comment is just as tasteless as you fear

[ramAnag]

Are you really that bitter about Johnson still, despite hime having been out of any meaningful authority for over 3 years.

Not bitter at all, but, he still hopes for a return and there remain some fools who would have him. I’m amazed that he has the audacity to suddenly relaunch his attack on the BBC. Can think of few individuals who are less well placed to criticise anyone on the basis of a lack of honesty and integrity.

[swaledale]

So anyway rA, if they are whiter than white why have the DG and CEO News resigned today. Time to stop defending the indefensible.

I'm not sure RA is claiming the BBC are whiter than white to be fair, just that the fuss over the edit is a touch overblown, which it is, but then the BBC brought that on themselves or at least those responsible for the edit did.

As fir the resignations, as I have said, they will walk away from a job which is poorly paid compared to other jobs they will certainly walk into and those higher paid jobs will come with much less stress, scrutiny to deal with.

It suits them and it suits the BBC who can claim there has been accountability.

[swaledale]

I was referring to football-related rumbles not premeditated violence

Interesting that over the past few days there appears to be a bit of a gloves-off attitude around current and ex BBC journos, I mentioned Katy Razzle earlier, Emily Maitless has pitched in, and 'I can't remember who' has 'outed' The Telegraph as 'right leaning' which of course it is but its breaking a bit of an unwritten rule to do so and will ellicit who knows what level of response

I think Swale suggested that HMG should keep out of the spat with Trump, I disagree simply because Keir Starmer appears to have generated some sort of respect/friendship between them and I think BBC need an ally at the mo

My point on that is Trump has absolutely no case and HMG should politely tell him that. The only claim could be damage to reputation and there is enough evidence of Trump's actions and comments which would show there was none. Upsetting another world leader? Tough, HMG should ensure that trump knows that unlike in the US, the BBC isn't going to be subject to his influence, bullying and threats.

[swaledale]

The Telegraph has used a handful of BBC errors to claim the corporation is institutionally biased, deceptive, and should be defunded.

The Telegraph is basically a total hypocrite, attacking the BBC given that a paper that's always been right leaning, but for the past few years has been both right wing and inaccurate and on many occasions printing verifiable lies and falsehoods.

Here’s what you won’t find splashed across The Telegraph: in 2025 alone, the paper has been forced to publish over 100 corrections, clarifications, and formal regulatory apologies. These are the kind of breaches that would, if committed by the BBC, spawn days of front-page indignation in The Telegraph itself.

These are just regulator’s findings below.

In April, the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) ruled against The Telegraph over its claim that the Muslim Association of Britain was “the British affiliate of the Muslim Brotherhood”.

The Muslim Association of Britain has said this allegation is false – and, worse, The Telegraph printed it without giving the group any opportunity to comment – a cardinal journalistic sin. IPSO called this a clear breach of Clause 1 (Accuracy), and the paper was ordered to publish a correction. This from the outlet now preaching about the BBC’s moral collapse” and “failure of impartiality”.

A few months later, The Telegraph was pulled up again – this time for declaring that “one in 12 people in London is an illegal migrant”. The figure was taken from a misreading of a population study. The regulator noted the paper had failed to take care over accuracy, and demanded corrections in print and online.

Yet even that wasn’t enough to dent the swagger of a publication that portrays itself as Britain’s last bastion of truth.

There was another zinger in August: “Quarter of s ex crimes carried out by foreigners,”the paper had stated.

The article itself admitted the figure was closer to 15%, but the headline – the part most readers actually see – inflated it to 25%.

IPSO found the headline misleading. Another breach.

[Geoff Parkstone]

Hmm over 100 ? That's 3 examples. You'd crucify anyone else for a similar crime of ocerexaggeration. Source

[MadAmster]

Hmm over 100 ? That's 3 examples. You'd crucify anyone else for a similar crime of ocerexaggeration. Source

https://writesbright.substack.com/p/the-telegraphs-bbc-hypocrisy

Sam Bright. Trustworthy? Also involved with Byline Times, Bullingdon Club Britain and the DeSmog. I know nowt about these 3 organisations, ditto with Substack. Maybe on of my fellow posters can give me a truthful, unbiased view on the veracity of these 4 organisations.

[ramAnag]

https://writesbright.substack.com/p/...-bbc-hypocrisy

Sam Bright. Trustworthy? Also involved with Byline Times, Bullingdon Club Britain and the DeSmog. I know nowt about these 3 organisations, ditto with Substack. Maybe on of my fellow posters can give me a truthful, unbiased view on the veracity of these 4 organisations.

Byline Times is a monthly newspaper which claims to search out the truth the more official media suppresses. De Smog claims to investigate the real impact of climate change and Bullingdon Club Britain is a book by Sam Bright about how the rich elite have infiltrated various UK institutions to inflate their own power and wealth.

All sound intelligent and reputable, as does Sam Bright. That’s just first impressions and you can never be too careful, but I’d say they seem like sources worth taking notice of.