Anybody who isn't woke (check out the actual definition) probably needs locking up.

John Barnes - "We don't hear language about Ukrainians being rapists & murderers, but we hear it about the Iraqis & Syrians.... we need to be talking about the worthiness of everybody,... "

https://twitter.com/haggis_uk/status/1634868183755800576?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw

Preach Barnesy!!

comment by Jonathan Moore (U11781)
posted 2 minutes ago
John Barnes - "We don't hear language about Ukrainians being rapists & murderers, but we hear it about the Iraqis & Syrians.... we need to be talking about the worthiness of everybody,... "

https://twitter.com/haggis_uk/status/1634868183755800576?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw

Preach Barnesy!!
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He gave a good interview. I think Sophie was impressed

comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted about 3 hours ago
Bit harsh to lump CNN in with Fox but I'm only really familiar with the international version which a bit like the BBC World Service/News output has a lot more integrity
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Not really, they are just as agenda driven and even though am on that side of the house I don't like it nor agree with it.

comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 2 hours, 41 minutes ago
Anybody who isn't woke (check out the actual definition) probably needs locking up.
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Yes but the actual definition has long since gone.

Woke in GB News terms means those who take their personal view of do gooding or political correctness to extremes.

For example sticking your face to a road, tearing down a statue or supportng the Brits going gender neutral.

Harry preaching about unconscious bias doesn't go down very well either.

U cannot just arbitrarily decide 2 change the “meaning” of a word tho. That is incredibly dumb n stoopid

Y not then decide “yes” means “no”?

comment by #4zA - Sto pazziann (U22472)
posted 4 minutes ago
U cannot just arbitrarily decide 2 change the “meaning” of a word tho. That is incredibly dumb n stoopid

Y not then decide “yes” means “no”?
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it's Barry you are trying to preach to 4za.

comment by #4zA - Sto pazziann (U22472)
posted 7 minutes ago
U cannot just arbitrarily decide 2 change the “meaning” of a word tho. That is incredibly dumb n stoopid

Y not then decide “yes” means “no”?
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Haha, well write a stiff letter/email to GB News and tell them then don't shoot the messenger.

In fairness lots of folk regard the modern definition of woke as political correctness gone mad whether they watch GB News or not.

comment by Jonathan Moore (U11781)
posted about an hour ago
John Barnes - "We don't hear language about Ukrainians being rapists & murderers, but we hear it about the Iraqis & Syrians.... we need to be talking about the worthiness of everybody,... "

https://twitter.com/haggis_uk/status/1634868183755800576?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw

Preach Barnesy!!
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John Barnes makes a lot of sense

Grate read

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/13/long-shadow-of-us-invasion-of-iraq-still-looms-over-international-order

Match of the Day viewing figures soar by 500,000 with 2.5MILLION tuning in for bizarre episode after Gary Lineker axing

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LAThe Wokies

Tuned in more out of curiosity in my case, I rarely watch it live

Rishi Sunak’s new private heated swimming pool uses so much energy that the local electricity network had to be upgraded to meet its power demands, the Guardian has been told.

While many Britons are facing increased electricity bills – and are trying to limit their energy usage – extra equipment was recently installed in a remote part of North Yorkshire to provide extra capacity from the National Grid to the prime minister’s constituency home.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/mar/12/rishi-sunak-has-electricity-grid-upgraded-to-heat-his-private-pool

This should be very juicy material for Keith in PMQ’s

comment by Jonathan Moore (U11781)
posted 36 minutes ago
Rishi Sunak’s new private heated swimming pool uses so much energy that the local electricity network had to be upgraded to meet its power demands, the Guardian has been told.

While many Britons are facing increased electricity bills – and are trying to limit their energy usage – extra equipment was recently installed in a remote part of North Yorkshire to provide extra capacity from the National Grid to the prime minister’s constituency home.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/mar/12/rishi-sunak-has-electricity-grid-upgraded-to-heat-his-private-pool

This should be very juicy material for Keith in PMQ’s
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He's paying for it all himself, can't see the issue here.

comment by Oscar #TeamFury. It’s Coming Homeeeee! (U12980)
posted 41 minutes ago
Match of the Day viewing figures soar by 500,000 with 2.5MILLION tuning in for bizarre episode after Gary Lineker axing

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LAThe Wokies
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Anyone who tries to read anything into this is an idiot. So it's no surprise Oscar is here celebrating it.

People just watched it to see what it looked like, likw how people slow down on the motor way to see a car crash. If it carried on next week then viewing figures would plummet.

More people probably watched it when Lineker did the show in his undies.

comment by Hector (U3606)
posted 11 minutes ago
More people probably watched it when Lineker did the show in his undies.
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It wasn't a record for viewing figures. It was just higher than the previous week. They have had higher viewing figures this season.

comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Hector (U3606)
posted 11 minutes ago
More people probably watched it when Lineker did the show in his undies.
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It wasn't a record for viewing figures. It was just higher than the previous week. They have had higher viewing figures this season.
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I thought it must have broken all records going by the gammon hysteria.

People like bin fires.

comment by HB Fashion Sakala is offside again (U21935)
posted 10 minutes ago
People like bin fires.
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I think most stuck around even after the Liverpool game though.

comment by Clockwork Red: With or Wout You (U4892)
posted 18 minutes ago
comment by HB Fashion Sakala is offside again (U21935)
posted 10 minutes ago
People like bin fires.
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I think most stuck around even after the Liverpool game though.
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Anything to back up that claim?

A lot probably did, to see the football highlights anyway. It was only 20 minutes so hardly a struggle to watch it all. I haven't seen anything to suggest how long people watched it for though.

comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 13 minutes ago
comment by Clockwork Red: With or Wout You (U4892)
posted 18 minutes ago
comment by HB Fashion Sakala is offside again (U21935)
posted 10 minutes ago
People like bin fires.
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I think most stuck around even after the Liverpool game though.
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Anything to back up that claim?

A lot probably did, to see the football highlights anyway. It was only 20 minutes so hardly a struggle to watch it all. I haven't seen anything to suggest how long people watched it for though.
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Nothing to do with the Lineker debacle, but my rules for watching motd are only if Arsenal win or if something funny happens, like a defeat for a 'big 6' team. Saturday I watched Liverpool lose to Bournemouth then turned off. Motd 2 I watched in it's entirety, obviously the Arsenal win, but also the Utd red card, and the Pope penalty incident I found quite funny.

To be fair, I only watch it if Wolves win or aren't on. I'll sometimes watch it and then switch it off when Wolves come on if they lose.

The Pope incident yesterday was ridiculous. In 2023 alone we have had the incident at Liverpool where they didn't have the correct camera angle, the Lemina sending off for jogging towards the ref and now this with Pope.

Lineker returns and gets a pay rise.

Did MOTD2 go ahead as normal or was that the same thing?