Author Archives: David Vance

THAT CAMERON SPEECH!

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Well, Cameron has made his big speech on the UK’s future relationship with the EU. I have provided my one line summary here. Wonder what you make of the BBC coverage of it? I thought Today was loaded with those who either oppose the IDEA of any change with the EU (Mandelson) or those who are raining praise on Cameron’s alleged “toughness (Bernard Jenkins) Not that much space for those who hold the view that this is just contrived spin and cynical triangulation aimed at warding off UKIP.

WHEN CONSERVATIVES GET A GOOD PRESS

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Yes, of course we all know that the BBC is unrelentingly hostile to anyone even vaguely right of liberal in the normal run of things BUT when the likes of William Hague and those wise old (Arabist) coves at the F.O. churn out press releases supportive of the urgent need for a Palestinian State, then all of a sudden, the BBC is almost kind to them! Almost like the BBC has an agenda on this…

Potato, potahto, tomato, tomahto!

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Wonder what you make of this?

The Prime Minister said the attack that killed six Britons should be “condemned utterly” after a Conservative MP expressed “surprise and disappointment” at the broadcaster’s reporting. The BBC, which has strict guidelines for reporters on the terms they should adopt, described the attackers as “militants” 12 times in one report on its website. However, in the same report, the only use of the term “terrorists” occurred in a quotation from remarks by the Algerian prime minister.

Of course the BBC, like other leftist institutions such as the UN, struggles with the word terrorism. The vile Jihad scum that terrorised those poor people at the BP gas plant in Algeria before killing them are “militants” because that is the BBC’s idea of not being “judgemental.” But by definition those  who set out to kidnap, take hostage and threaten innocents  with death ARE terrorists Here’s the definition of a terrorist;

“One that engages in acts or an act of terrorism”

Isn’t Jihad the very definition of terrorism? If it isn’t terrorism, what IS it?  What are “militants”?

“Having a combative character; aggressive, especially in the service of a cause”

What do YOU think?

THE KILLER PRINCE

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So Prince Harry reveals that he may have killed Taliban when on active service in Afghanistan. Good. Well maybe not. This item from the BBC seems fairly neutral but the idea that our soldiers actually KILL Jihadists never sits easy with the preaceniks and dhimmis at the BBC and so I invite you to comment on any additional BBC coverage you may have heard as regards Harry’s interview..

KERRYING FAVOUR

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DB often picks up on the visceral bias that drips from KATTY KAY, head of the BBC World News in America. Here is her received and tweeted wisdom on Jean Francois Kerry …

  1. The world still looks for American leadership, will Obama#2 deliver? American foreign policy: The Economist http://econ.st/WKiBed 

  2. @KattyKayBBC how will John Kerry be as Secretary of State?

@alainlewis good, I imagine. He certainly knows foreign policy.

ALGERIA

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Is it just me or is the BBC rather outraged that the Algerian  Government has taken a no-nonsense approach to dealing with Islamic terrorists? I have been following the coverage these past few days and apart from floating the views of those .. ahem.. wise old coves at the F.O. the BBC main meme is to warn of the dangers presented by a robust approach to Jihadi.