Here is the news....

[notdeadyet]

Goebbels understood that a very big percentage of people would rather believe a lie that fits their prejudices than accept the truth.

It doesn't even need to be that overt. Every time you have bacon and eggs for breakfast it's the result of manipulation by one advertising exec a century ago. Same man who turned Chiquita bananas into a global brand (and overthrew the government of Guatemala in the process).

[MarkA]

I think, Hartlepool turned blue at the last election. Nick Robinson was interviewing a bloke who voted Tory for the first time in his life because his town had lost its A&E facility and police station. It hadn’t occurred to the fuckwitted specimen that Tory policies were responsible for the closure and that its previous MP had fought to maintain their

These are the people who voted for a guy in a monkey suit to be mayor. I won’t mention the rumour they may have hanged a monkey as a French spy

[MarkP]

I am as guilty as the next person (more so I guess) at calling people stupid. The real problem is that although this is partly true and many are a bit dim this crackers belief system is not simply down to stupidity but a whole misinformation system that is funded by people who are quite determined both to stay rich and to totally fuck up the environment.

My pinned Tweet sums this up. (I've posted its contents here before, so I wouldn't bother clicking the link if you assiduously follow my pearls of wisdom on TDF. And if you don't, shame on you!)

Same man who turned Chiquita bananas into a global brand (and overthrew the government of Guatemala in the process).

If only there were a term for a nation effectively governed by a corporation...

[MikeF]

My pinned Tweet sums this up. (I've posted its contents here before, so I wouldn't bother clicking the link if you assiduously follow my pearls of wisdom on TDF. And if you don't, shame on you!)

If only there were a term for a nation effectively governed by a corporation...

United Kingdom? Have you read Captive State?

[steelemonkey]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59987935

I'll bet we don't see him down the dole office though.

[MarkP]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59987935

I'll bet we don't see him down the dole office though.

The Andrew formerly known as prince.

[Jay_Benson]

Seals injured by dogs:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-59997657

[jamesp]

Two quotes from a sky news link online:-

"Boris is preparing to lay down the lives of his staff to save his own. It will be the Night of the Long Scapegoats."

One minister said: "He is in total survival mode. He is so worried that he has started to read his Government papers."

I wonder how many people the second one flys over their heads.

[Adrian]

Two quotes from a sky news link online:-

"Boris is preparing to lay down the lives of his staff to save his own. It will be the Night of the Long Scapegoats."

One minister said: "He is in total survival mode. He is so worried that he has started to read his Government papers."

I wonder how many people the second one flys over their heads.

Some people can see no wrong in him. I think some also want him gone, but can't face the choice of 'who next'.

[cazyoung]

Seals injured by dogs:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-59997657

Why oh why do any dog owners let this happen? Very sadly it is almost certainly the dog owner that is at fault as they chose not to control ie put the b*stard on a lead.......

Some days I wish that the UK had the very liberal gun laws that USA has, not very often but sometimes!!!!