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Allan Girvan
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Glasgow born and bred. Full-time servant to a wee black cat.
Will they be declared a terrorist organisation?
December 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I checked the BBC's site to check their reporting on this story and...

Nothing!

Could it be because of this:-

bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output
The Director General Tim Davie and other executives discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the "trust" of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party
bylinetimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I'm sure that Labour will step in and condemn this.

Just like they did when P&O sacked 800 staff.

Or when British Gas implemented their "fire and re-hire" policy.

And, having condemned it, they'll do absolutely nothing.
December 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
In the first half of 2025, their profits were £2.3 Billion:-

www.bp.com/en/global/co...
Second quarter 2025 results | News and insights | Home
www.bp.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Reposted by Allan Girvan
We could cut out the middle man and just make ‘Streeting’ into an insult.

“Did you see that politician with the briefcase? What an absolute Streeting.”
December 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Correct. Full Fact have investigated the photo and concluded "We don’t know who the person next to Mr Webster is, but it almost certainly isn’t Mr Farage."

fullfact.org/online/Farag...
There is no evidence to suggest Nigel Farage was a member of the National Front. – Full Fact
There is no evidence to suggest Nigel Farage was a member of the National Front.
fullfact.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I've just scored Nottinghamshire off my list of "Places to visit in England".

(The list is diminishing daily!)
December 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Israel is already turning it into a propaganda success:-

"Israeli president: Allowing us to compete shows solidarity and fellowship".

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce...
Netherlands, Spain and Ireland boycott Eurovision after Israel allowed to compete
They were among a number of countries who had called for Israel to be excluded over the humanitarian toll of the war in Gaza.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
There's nothing that can be done to convince right-wing voters to be anything other than right-wing.

It's hard-wired by their lower IQ (and I'm not being deliberately insulting - that's what the study shows).

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Predicting political beliefs with polygenic scores for cognitive performance and educational attainment
Intelligence is correlated with a range of left-wing and liberal political beliefs. This may suggest intelligence directly alters our political views. Alternatively, the association may be confounded or mediated by socioeconomic and environmental ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
December 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM