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What was it? A documentary about Air China?
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The BBC: are claims of political bias justified? Part 2.
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LE
What was it? A documentary about Air China?
Simmerit
LE
yep and the development of a pathogen. Nice biological weapon....
Daz
LE
No, and I care less seeing as I don't have a TV
Wightsparker
LE
A BBC Covid story on the 6 p.m. news actually included a brief hospital interview with a Dr Wong. I didn't make a "Two Wights" comment at the time because I was just within smiting distance of of Mrs Wightsparker.............
And Dr Wong was talking sense anyway!
And Dr Wong was talking sense anyway!
Taffwob
LE
Not as bad as a hotdog with a vein in it.
Awol
LE
Paradoxically, when I first joined Arrse (when dinosaurs hadn’t yet been invented) I was firmly in favour of ID cards. It was the subsequent eloquent discussion of the pros and cons here that made me change my mind, mostly on civil liberties grounds.
It’s genuinely the only time that I can ever remember changing my mind over a serious issue (planning to murder my ex-wife doesn’t count).
BobbHope
War Hero
Nah ... they breathe oxygen into it.
Awol
LE
Me too. Got a little card two weeks before leaving school and memorised it the same day.
I can remember numbers, I just can’t add the buggers up...
Taffwob
LE
I hadn't a clue what mine was until about 10 years ago when I found it in some documents & made a note of it.
I've registered 3 times with NHS surgeries and dentists and twice they were surprised that I knew it. I got the impression that most people don't know it but isn't difficult for the NHS to find out from your other details.
Bearing in mind that was me actually registering at specific establiahments and I've never been asked for it at any other time. It's not the same as rocking up to A&E for example as, as its never been asked for there.
So as you say, not being able to produce one isn't a bar to treatment.
NSP
LE
That's me, too!!
I have to admit, though, that when he's on with Mayo they have a chemistry that makes their review slot quite entertaining - even though he's talking up a movie I know will send me to sleep and slating one that will keep my eyes on screen. He does know his subject, I'll grant - he's got a PhD in cinema. His wife is a professor at Exeter University (forty minutes down the M5 from me) and lectures in film. His rapidly-learned harmonica playing to do the theme to Midnight Cowboy at some movie-based event the Mayo programme was involved with was good, too.
This may shed some light; his politicking may have been hyped and actually be behind him (progressing in the real world does that to a fair few lefties - Bolshies in the common room, Tory voters when they start working - and paying taxes):-
"Kermode describes himself in this period [the mid-'80s] as "a red-flag waving bolshie bore with a subscription to Fight Racism Fight Imperialism and no sense of humour.""
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Awol
LE
Too true. Pol Pot could have rocked up outside Great Ormand St hospital and he would have been given first class treatment even if he just thought that he might have earache. In fact, if anyone, from wherever around the globe (and probably Mars as well) had appeared needing treatment they would no doubt have received it. The only possible downer for them would have been getting a (fücking) monumental bill. Luckily there are lots of litter bins outside GOSH, and the NHS aren’t told to root through them for evidence.
If the whole goddamn world is guaranteed emergency medical treatment on the NHS, what the hell is the point of NHS numbers?
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Lardbeast
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Used to fly coolers around the southern christian/animist south of Sudan, full of polio vaccines. Don't think we did much distribution around the bigger muzzie towns. They might have had theirs brought in on the bigger aircraft in larger quantities, as they had better facilities in larger settlements, so not an accurate reflection.
Sexton Blake
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I have emailed the BBC to ask if they will now use Israel as a 'yard stick' for any other random measure the BBC wish to choose.
Perhaps road deaths per annum, free school meals, Police brutality, cheese production, anything you want etc.
I love Israel, but I don't love the BBC.
Is this part of the all new teletubbies?
How RuPaul's Drag Race UK faced Covid challenge
Oh look, you can get the full set.
How RuPaul's Drag Race UK faced Covid challenge
Oh look, you can get the full set.
dogmeat
LE
How come radical feminists haven't shut down this open display of hate, misogyny and gender appropriation?
Every one of those people are literally Hitler.
They are doing it ironically duh!
Bardeyai
Old-Salt
Oh dear!
I hope Mr Cold Collation will be along shortly to guide us through the selection of colours and fabrics. At my age it’s difficult to avoid giving offence and he has considerable expertise in soft furnishings and turmeric tea.
Laura Ashley was never like this.
UKRaider
War Hero
Years back I had a piece of Cod from the chippy and after cutting into it there was a lovely red worm wriggling about in it! I'm sure the Arrse fisherpeople (PC me!) can maybe ID?
dogmeat
LE
That is not possible. Section 127 of the 2003 Communications Act disallows the defence of context in grossly offensive hate crimes such as these.
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