Author Archives: David Vance

Yes unemployment has dropped, yes the economy shows signs of positive growth, BUT — having listened to the BBC PM programme this evening on the way home from work there is a two word agenda for the day … yes, Lynton Crosby! BBC proving itself an echo of Labour party talking points!

It’s funny the little differences that can occur between the BBC’s web based version of a story and their radio coverage. On the web, the BBC proclaims that the House of Commons Committees on Arms Export Controls is questioning the validity of  arms  export licences to to countries with “questionable” human rights. These include China, Iran and Saudi. But on the TODAY Programme, they managed to also thrown on ISRAEL. Seems to me that those working on Today have an issue with Israel, since on no basis can it be said to have “questionable” human rights issues.

And time for yet another NEW Open Thread as the last one exceeds the 200 comment mark! Off you go..BBC being annoying you?…Have something to say about it..detail it HERE!

We already know how the BBC lavishes praise on the shrew Labour MP Margaret Hodge in her role as Chairman (sic) of the Public Accounts Committee. So when the Duchy of Cornwall representative William Bye was invited to appear before this Labour dominated Star Chamber, one could be sure that the BBC would fall in behind Labour is suggesting that the Duchy of Cornwall is dodging tax. There was an item on Today this morning before 7am on the topic and it was clear the BBC (Along with Labour) wanted to imply that Prince Charles is a tax dodger.  The Guardian – the BBC in print – gives you a taste here of what the Comrades discussed this morning.

“This item on Radio 5Live at about 0800 ‘ish attracted my attention mid-shave this morning (13th of July). Amidst the standard  BBC deprecation of the repatriation and ‘overhang’ problems (much of which I agree with, to be honest) who should appear but Keith Best. His brief is to oppose repatriation on the grounds of the dangers of torture of the returnees, should the repatriation process become successful. Again, difficult to be in support of torture but hard also to support a blanket acceptance of anyone who pleads fear of torture as a reason to come here and to stay.

BBC seem to have gone out of the way to allow Labour MP and former Health Minister Andy Burnham to try and distance himself and his Party from the scandalous behaviour of the NHS on his watch.

Anyone catch Andrew Marr interviewing David Miliband this morning? Any more sycophantic and Marr would have been on his knees. The BBC obviously prefer David to Ed but in both cases their innate bias towards the left shines through.

I can see the old one is bulging with comments so here is a new one for you.

It’s a recurring BBC theme – the alleged cruelty of the IDF. I was reading this nonsense on the BBC today.

The Israeli army has been accused of illegally detaining a five-year-old Palestinian boy for throwing stones in the West Bank town of Hebron. Israeli human rights group B’Tselem said the child should not have been detained because the age of criminal responsibility in Israel was 12. Video showed the boy taken into an army jeep accompanied by a Palestinian man.

It’s only when you get past this diatribe that you read the IDF explanation that this young boy was not arrested, he was not detained, he was simply returned  to his parents. So this is a non story but the BBC gratefully take up the theme since it helps blacken the reputation of the IDF.

The BBC loves B”Teselem as they provide a stream of anti-Israel stories that the State Broadcaster can they take and utilise. B”Tselem is always presented as an impartial human rights group. The BBC chooses not to question the motivations of this group but you might want to have a look at this ..by way of balance.