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John Sweeney 'leaves' BBC

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  • 02-10-2019 1:01am
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    Veritas Libertas
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    John Sweeney after 17 years has left the BBC.

    He has been holidaying since Tommy Robinson's release of "Panodrama".
    This led to Tommy Robinson supporter's protests outside their studios and BBC apologizing on John's behalf.

    Interestingly he fired a parting shot at Tommy Robinson which is leading some to suspect Robinson's documentary might have had something to do with it.
    3/3I'm sorry our @bbcpanorama on Tommy Robinson wasn't broadcast. (I paid for all the drinks, BTW.) So after 17 years I can finally say these are not the views of the BBC but he's a complete c**t. I remain an old school reporter, up for the right kind of trouble. I'll be back.


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    sk8erboii
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    Who cares


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    Veritas Libertas
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    sk8erboii wrote: »
    Who cares

    Both of these fellows:

    John-Sweeney-Tommy-Robinson-Foto4-Robinson-team-1024x535.jpg


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    paw patrol
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    whether you like Robinson or not , it should be a worry the BBC get up to this type of thing.
    that stuff was real nasty and bizarre stuff esp trying to get the ex girlfriend to accuse him of all sorts. it was clear in the recording published that he wasn't acting as a journalist just looking to smear somebody


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    LastLagoon
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    Tasfasdf wrote: »
    Tommy brought John sweeney to his knees, a perfect reverse uno
    Jesus wept do we really have fanboys of Stephen Yaxley Lennon on boards. They guy is a stunted little twat.


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    Venom
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    LastLagoon wrote: »
    Jesus wept do we really have fanboys of Stephen Yaxley Lennon on boards. They guy is a stunted little twat.


    All the more reason for news organisations to report the facts as they are and not push out some biased driven hit piece a 4-year-old could see through which only results in making the person in question sympathetic to the general public.


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    CinemaGuy45
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    Venom wrote: »
    All the more reason for news organisations to report the facts as they are and not push out some biased driven hit piece a 4-year-old could see through which only results in making the person in question sympathetic to the general public.

    Totally agree with this post.


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    biko
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    LastLagoon wrote: »
    Jesus wept do we really have fanboys of Stephen Yaxley Lennon on boards. They guy is a stunted little twat.
    You're not scooping Robinson's real name, in case that's what you think.
    Do you also refuse to use Bob Dylan, Lady Gaga etc because it's not their real names?

    Using "stunted little twat" just shows you have nothing real to add to the conversation except vitriol.


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    biko
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    John Sweeney goes on the lash
    Talks about one of his political heroes, the IRA man Martin McGuinness, and about Tommy

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u2-JYsffa8


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    ohnonotgmail
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    biko wrote: »
    You're not scooping Robinson's real name, in case that's what you think.
    Do you also refuse to use Bob Dylan, Lady Gaga etc because it's not their real names?

    Using "stunted little twat" just shows you have nothing real to add to the conversation except vitriol.

    no "stunted little twat" is a very apt description of yaxley-lennon and far more polite than how i would describe him. and Yaxley-lennon is his real name. It is the name the courts charge him under. Tommy Robinson is an alias.


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    biko
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    "Tommy" is the name Sweeney uses, but woke boardies are above it.

    Also in this recent video Sweeney refers to Stephen as "Tommy"

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igtwWJMYO3Y


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    ohnonotgmail
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    biko wrote: »
    "Tommy" is the name Sweeney uses, but woke boardies are above it.

    Also in this recent video Sweeney refers to Stephen as "Tommy"

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igtwWJMYO3Y

    Sweeney can call him what he likes. that places no obligations on the rest of us. I mean i understand why he adopts multiple names. makes it easier to commit fraud. but even then he couldn't do that properly.


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    Billy Mays
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    Why do the Yaxley Lennon fan club get so upset when people use his real name?

    I doubt he reads these boards lads


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    Varik
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    Name and gender, both "assigned" at birth but one is permanent apparently.


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    ohnonotgmail
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    Varik wrote: »
    Name and gender, both "assigned" at birth but one is permanent apparently.

    He has never legally changed his name


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    Dj Stiggie
    Registered Users Posts: 619 ✭✭✭Dj Stiggie


    biko wrote: »
    You're not scooping Robinson's real name, in case that's what you think.
    Do you also refuse to use Bob Dylan, Lady Gaga etc because it's not their real names?

    Using "stunted little twat" just shows you have nothing real to add to the conversation except vitriol.

    It's to differentiate him from the other scumbag hooligan Tommy Robinson, that he named himself after. Also, given he has several aliases, this clears it up.


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    Boggles
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    biko wrote: »
    Using "stunted little twat" just shows you have nothing real to add to the conversation except vitriol.

    Are you a big fan of Little Stephen?

    I can't see how you could have a conversation about the career criminal without heavy dollops of vitriol.


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