Will the BBC use taxpayer cash to fund Trump's $1billion lawsuit?
Beat the system with TallyMoney. Gold you can spend. Discover more here: https://click.tallymoney.com/A64P/df08xa5e #adLicence fee payers' money must not be used to pay off Donald Trump by the BBC over the Panorama editing scandal, former Conservative Culture secretary Sir John Whittingdale has said.Whittingdale told Chopper's Political Podcast that the BBC had to tell Trump that using the licence fee to pay compensation to the US President would be unacceptable.On Monday, the President had threatened the corporation with a $1billion-valued lawsuit over the "biased" footage, which aired in a Panorama documentary before his 2024 election triumph.He gave it until 10pm on Friday to apologise and offer a settlement figure - or face his lawyers in a Florida court.Since then Trump has now said it is his "obligation" to sue the BBC for defamation after the broadcaster allegedly doctored footage of him in a speech.Asked about the scandal, Whittingdale said: "They [the BBC] did do him [Trump] a grave injustice. And he is entitled to have that apology. Now, the billion dollar lawsuit - we know Trump. He loves a sort of headline, and he's a businessman. "If the BBC said, 'look, we absolutely got this wrong. We really do apologise. But you've got to understand that this is not our money. It's paid for by the British taxpayer' and we would have real problems. "And if the British government made it clear that they were very sympathetic to the request that Donald Trump should accept the apology..." The purchase of gold and investment in bullion is not FCA regulated nor do they benefit from the protections of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme or the Financial Ombudsman Service. The value of your investment can go down as well as up. Consider the risks involved before choosing to invest. This card is issued by Transact Payments Limited pursuant to licence by Mastercard International Incorporated Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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More MPs will LOSE to Nigel Farage at next election than EVER before - Zia Yusuf's warning
Beat the system with TallyMoney. Gold you can spend. Discover more here: https://click.tallymoney.com/A64P/xuvbajli #ad Reform UK’s Head of Policy Zia Yusuf joins Christopher Hope in Westminster where he explains why he believes Britain’s political class has betrayed the public, why anger is rising across the country, and why Nigel Farage could become the most consequential Prime Minister in modern history.From immigration and welfare reform to the future of Reform UK’s shadow cabinet, Yusuf sets out his vision for a radically different Britain and why he believes more MPs will lose their seats at the next general election than ever before.The purchase of gold and investment in bullion is not FCA regulated nor do they benefit from the protections of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme or the Financial Ombudsman Service. The value of your investment can go down as well as up. Consider the risks involved before choosing to invest. This card is issued by Transact Payments Limited pursuant to licence by Mastercard International Incorporated Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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REVEALED: How Nigel Farage can GUARANTEE success at general election to take Downing Street
Beat the system with TallyMoney. Gold you can spend. Discover more here: https://click.tallymoney.com/A64P/xuvbajli #ad Could Nigel Farage genuinely lead Reform UK into government and become Prime Minister? In this episode of Chopper's Political Podcast, journalist James Frayne joins Christopher Hope to analyse what is driving Reform’s surge, what could still stop them, and what the party needs to do if it wants to be taken seriously as a government-in-waiting.The purchase of gold and investment in bullion is not FCA regulated nor do they benefit from the protections of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme or the Financial Ombudsman Service. The value of your investment can go down as well as up. Consider the risks involved before choosing to invest. This card is issued by Transact Payments Limited pursuant to licence by Mastercard International Incorporated. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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No stitch-up: Jess Phillips, justice, and the grooming gangs inquiry
Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips will not allow there to be "a stitch up" over the grooming gangs scandal, one of her key Labour allies has said, as five victims said she should not have to resign.Phillips position as the minister in charge of the grooming gangs inquiry is under threat after four victims quit a panel advising the setting up of the statutory grooming gangs inquiry and called for Phillips to quit.However Natalie Fleet, Labour MP for Bolsover, backed Phillips and said she was intent on delivering justice for the victims.Phillips has campaigned successfully for a law change which comes into force on Monday to stop rapists who make their victims pregnant from having access to their children. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Boris Johnson told to stop defending mass migration by Tory grandee Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Beat the system with TallyMoney. Gold you can spend. Discover more here: https://click.tallymoney.com/A64P/df08xa5e #adBoris Johnson should stop defending the so-called "Boris wave" of hundreds of thousands of migrants who arrived legally in the UK when he was Prime Minister, a Tory grandee has said.Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, the treasurer of the 1922 committee of backbench Tory MPs which helps to select future leaders, said Johnson should be "seen and not heard".The purchase of gold and investment in bullion is not FCA regulated nor do they benefit from the protections of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme or the Financial Ombudsman Service. The value of your investment can go down as well as up. Consider the risks involved before choosing to invest. This card is issued by Transact Payments Limited pursuant to licence by Mastercard International Incorporated Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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