On the BBC website today: Kate Beckinsale has been awarded 20k libel damages over an “entirely false” story in the Express which claimed she was dropped from a film which, in fact, she was never involved with.
Interesting Arthur, a properly and verifiably sourced bit of work from the DE, surprisingly.
For those who can’t be ar$ed giving the DE site hits this is what it says –
“BNP leader Nick Griffin, who last week branded gypsies “anti social and criminal”, can trace his roots to travellers hawking cheap goods from a horse and cart.
The controversial MEP’s great-grandfather George Griffin roamed from town to town in a horse-drawn caravan with his wife Esther and their children, selling china and crockery.
Census reports show he spent years living the gypsy life, never settling in one place because as an impoverished traveller he was on the margins of society and never fully accepted anywhere.
Last week Griffin, 50, who condemned attacks on Romanian gypsies in Northern Ireland, said: “We have to bear in mind that the gypsy community is notorious for its extremely high rate of criminality and antisocial behaviour.
“Everyone in Romania and eastern Europe knows this and it is one reason why their governments are so keen to encourage them to come over here.”
Yet between 1868 and 1874 records show his great-grandfather represented just such a minority. He travelled in one caravan with his family while his business partner, Mary Ann Hollis, travelled in another.
George habitually lied about his age, describing himself as 25 in the 1871 Census, 41 a decade later, 47 in the 1891 Census and 58 in 1901. He plied his precarious trade in Devon and Cornwall and could often be found parked outside the London Inn pub in Liskeard.
The 1871 Census shows the caravans were parked next to the Cornish pub, noting: “Six persons not in houses”. In the column marked “Houses” it reports them as living in vans.”
It’s not exactly a surprise.
A bit like that generation of ‘more English than the English’ tory MPs who turn out to be the children of eastern European immigrants.
Similar to the tales that Hitler had some Jewish roots.
There’s usually some sort of related secret behind those who hold outrageously extreme views.
Mail Man-An interesting story there. Thanks for pasting it onto here, as I wasn’t feeling in the mood to go on the DE turd-filled site and read it on there. It’s funny if it’s true and really will embarrass him. I’ll bet they loved calling him an MEP, something they’ve been longing to write. But by the looks of things, it is clear to see that they are using that article to secretly and discreetly attack gypsies.
This new discovery was being discussed on the radio today.
I bet they don’t mention the side-effects much in that article.
There was some encouraging information from some of the lab mice but it was also heavily off-set by the scientists observing terrible side-effects
(apparantly there is a dangerous & unwanted immunity system suppression effect…..hooray! we can live 20yrs longer, perhaps one day, but only in a sterile bubble).
The story about the pill on the Sexpress website has attracted the predictable comments about why people would want to live longer under McMugabe Broon. Yawn.
It’s called Nurofen.
It’s called arsenic and that’s the typical prison sentance.
A monsoon is not a heavy rain fall.
Please, just for once, try to get it right.
On the BBC website today: Kate Beckinsale has been awarded 20k libel damages over an “entirely false” story in the Express which claimed she was dropped from a film which, in fact, she was never involved with.
This is an absolute classic Express front page. Sod real news, we’ve found the elixir of youth! How are they going to top this?
@Railroad Man – tomorrow “WE FIND HOLY GRAIL”.
Daily Express has a well written piece on Nick Griffin’s ancestors: http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/108958/Dark-family-secrets-of-BNP-leader-Nick-Griffin
Utter bollocks as usual!
Interesting Arthur, a properly and verifiably sourced bit of work from the DE, surprisingly.
For those who can’t be ar$ed giving the DE site hits this is what it says –
“BNP leader Nick Griffin, who last week branded gypsies “anti social and criminal”, can trace his roots to travellers hawking cheap goods from a horse and cart.
The controversial MEP’s great-grandfather George Griffin roamed from town to town in a horse-drawn caravan with his wife Esther and their children, selling china and crockery.
Census reports show he spent years living the gypsy life, never settling in one place because as an impoverished traveller he was on the margins of society and never fully accepted anywhere.
Last week Griffin, 50, who condemned attacks on Romanian gypsies in Northern Ireland, said: “We have to bear in mind that the gypsy community is notorious for its extremely high rate of criminality and antisocial behaviour.
“Everyone in Romania and eastern Europe knows this and it is one reason why their governments are so keen to encourage them to come over here.”
Yet between 1868 and 1874 records show his great-grandfather represented just such a minority. He travelled in one caravan with his family while his business partner, Mary Ann Hollis, travelled in another.
George habitually lied about his age, describing himself as 25 in the 1871 Census, 41 a decade later, 47 in the 1891 Census and 58 in 1901. He plied his precarious trade in Devon and Cornwall and could often be found parked outside the London Inn pub in Liskeard.
The 1871 Census shows the caravans were parked next to the Cornish pub, noting: “Six persons not in houses”. In the column marked “Houses” it reports them as living in vans.”
It’s not exactly a surprise.
A bit like that generation of ‘more English than the English’ tory MPs who turn out to be the children of eastern European immigrants.
Similar to the tales that Hitler had some Jewish roots.
There’s usually some sort of related secret behind those who hold outrageously extreme views.
Mail Man-An interesting story there. Thanks for pasting it onto here, as I wasn’t feeling in the mood to go on the DE turd-filled site and read it on there. It’s funny if it’s true and really will embarrass him. I’ll bet they loved calling him an MEP, something they’ve been longing to write. But by the looks of things, it is clear to see that they are using that article to secretly and discreetly attack gypsies.
Also, how long is it before this pill causes cancer or is banned by the evil NHS?
This new discovery was being discussed on the radio today.
I bet they don’t mention the side-effects much in that article.
There was some encouraging information from some of the lab mice but it was also heavily off-set by the scientists observing terrible side-effects
(apparantly there is a dangerous & unwanted immunity system suppression effect…..hooray! we can live 20yrs longer, perhaps one day, but only in a sterile bubble).
The story about the pill on the Sexpress website has attracted the predictable comments about why people would want to live longer under McMugabe Broon. Yawn.
The most bizarre headline yet.