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You must be having a laugh! Yes Minister and The Thick of It were among the satire programmes flagged by beleaguered counter-terror Prevent scheme for 'encouraging far-right sympathies'
The UK Daily Mail ^
| February 17, 2023
| Sam Merriman, Chris Hastings & David Barrett
Posted on 02/20/2023 7:35:33 AM PST by Twotone
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posted on
02/20/2023 7:35:33 AM PST
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Twotone
To: Twotone
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posted on
02/20/2023 7:36:52 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Twotone
Wonder what they think of The New Statesman, if they have enough of a sense of humor to get the satire?
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posted on
02/20/2023 7:39:21 AM PST
by
BlackAdderess
(Representatives are supposed to represent their constituents, that is their job. )
To: dfwgator
I wonder what they think of Benny Hill?
To: mkmensinger
To: mkmensinger
The BBC pretty much kicked him off years ago.
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posted on
02/20/2023 7:41:08 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Twotone
I recently obtained a copy of Prevent’s programming code. Here it is, in its entirety.
Is the author of the work a straight white person?
If yes, goto line 10.
If no, goto line 20.
10 The work is extremist. Ban it.
20 The work passes. It is not extremist.
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posted on
02/20/2023 7:41:53 AM PST
by
Leaning Right
(The steal is real.)
To: dfwgator
To: mkmensinger
They’ll eventually go after Monty Python, even though none of them were conservatives.
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posted on
02/20/2023 7:43:45 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: BlackAdderess
The show I mean, with Alan B’Stard
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posted on
02/20/2023 7:44:35 AM PST
by
BlackAdderess
(Representatives are supposed to represent their constituents, that is their job. )
To: Twotone
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posted on
02/20/2023 7:45:33 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: Twotone
I am proud to say I have read many of the books and watched the movies and TV shows on the list. Just a reminder this is from a program run under a so called Conservative government
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posted on
02/20/2023 7:55:45 AM PST
by
C19fan
To: Twotone
Has the system ever flagged a single thing for “far-left” input during its existence?
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posted on
02/20/2023 7:57:23 AM PST
by
SaxxonWoods
(The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself. 111 is the key.)
To: Twotone
Great Britain is circling the toilet.
It won’t be long before all that remains is rump England, ruled by woke Marxists, raging at its total impotence.
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posted on
02/20/2023 8:00:43 AM PST
by
PGR88
(, )
To: dfwgator
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posted on
02/20/2023 8:36:13 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
To: dfwgator
“Yes, Minister” and “Yes, Prime Minister” are comedies about the Deep State. In fact, that was the first time I ever thought about a “shadow government” of unelected officials running our lives. Watching it now is almost as chilling as it is hilarious.
To: Twotone
NOTHING humorously exhibits the utter stupidity and uselessness of the bureaucratic infrastructure of government than the shows Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister
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posted on
02/20/2023 8:48:50 AM PST
by
Roccus
(Veritas, non verba magistri)
To: Retrofitted
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posted on
02/20/2023 8:49:23 AM PST
by
Roccus
(Veritas, non verba magistri)
To: wally_bert
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posted on
02/20/2023 9:07:30 AM PST
by
seowulf
(Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
To: mkmensinger
Or “Are You Being Served?”....
Heck, how about “It Ain’t Half Hot Mum”?
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posted on
02/20/2023 9:12:18 AM PST
by
M1903A1
("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy...and call it progress" )
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