Author Archives: David Vance

GIVE THEM JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME….

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An Iranian woman holds a banner in support of Iran's nuclear programme at the Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facility, 2005
I suppose when we consider that the report is by Barbara Plett (Remember her?) we should not be too surprised to read the Mad Mullah’s plans to bring about a Second Holocaust gets a sympathetic press. Headed “Fourth Iran sanctions; Last Resort or Lost Opporunity?” Plett ensures that any tough approach to Iran is contextualised against the background of a kindly artistic people whose only crime  is toy seek nuclear energy. Can’t we just given them just a little more time?

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EASTON ON INTEGRATION..

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Did you read this curious piece by Mark Easton?

The home secretary says her demand that foreign wives and husbands of British citizens learn basic English before they come to the UK is about promoting integration. But critics claim there’s a more sinister and discriminatory reason for introducing the new rules.

So it’s now ‘sinister’ to demand people speakEnglish? Oh well this is what you might expect “critics” to say.  Mark then reveals his own thoughts on the issue…
   

The real issue here is not integration or removing cultural barriers, it might be argued. It is about trying to reduce the economic impact of a legacy of British colonial rule. 

Easton reveals his own typical BBC antipathy to our British heritage. Little wonder the BBC was such a cheer-leader for the destructive policies of Labour that forced unrestricted unassimilated immigration down our throats,

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BAD REPUTATION DESERVED

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This was pointed out to me as an example of the pernicious menace of the BBC.  Have a read.

We’re all told to watch our carbon footprint these days, but some so-called “environmental nasties” are not as bad as you might think – at least from a carbon point of view, says Mike Berners-Lee.

Can you guess what are “good” environmental activities, at least from a carbon point of view? Yes, make yourself a nice cup of tea, read a book and switch on the TV, then settle down and let the BBC educate you. Social engineering, using the green pretext, on the license fee. How long before those who refuse to follow such helpful “advice” are damned as carbon criminals?

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UNITED WE STAND…

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Did you listen to this interview with Comrade Derek Simpson? I felt that Justin Webb was nipping at his ankles but holding off from taking a bite out of him. Why was no-one from BA interviewed? It seems obvious that Unite are losing this one but Comrade Simpson was dodging any responsibility for this and Webb let him.

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THAT DUTCH ELECTION….

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The BBC has been curiously silent about the Dutch election, up until today. I think the Wilders factor perturbs them so they have to be careful how they cover this story. Earlier this morning, before 7am, I listened to the BBC state that because of the economic situation, immigration was less of an issue and therefore Wilders Party would not do as well as it was hoping though “it may double its vote”! Jonny Dymond produced a slightly more comprehensive coverage here – I bet he enjoys the relaxed lifestyle of the Dutch. His report is better balanced but there is the same line being sold that the Dutch will vote on the economy, and that Immigration is less of an issue than it was. The implication is that there is no connection between immigration and a country having to deal with severe recession! We shall see.    

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DON’T BE BEASTLY TO DARLING…

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Some mornings, the BBC can’t wait to get stuck in to their important business of attacking the Government now that it is no longer a Labour Government. Take this at 7.09am. Evidently irritated by David Cameron unveiling the sheer scale of Labour’s profligacy, the BBC hits back by having Tim Harford (Who presents a BBC programme) declare that all the figures now being quoted were public knowledge. Note Harford’s final sneering comments. The idea being sold here is that the Coalition can’t be trusted when it comes to quoting financial figures so don’t be beastly to Darling.

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IN PRAISE OF PREZZA?

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Did you catch this “interview” on Today between Zac Goldsmith and John Prescott? I feel that James Naughtie allowed Prescott to interrupt, make childish class-baiting allegations and then dared to suggest they were both “going at it”. This is not what I heard. I carry no candle for Goldsmith but he was courteous whilst Prescott was rude and arrogant and got much more time to defend his own stupid housing schemes. This is a favoured BBC tactic – invite on two people, allow one of them (usually from the left) to rant and rave uninterrupted and then when the other interviewee dares to respond they are both labelled the same. Prescott hectored and blustered and Naughtie made no attempt to ensure any fairness. More pathetic bias.

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KILL THATCHER!

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Any ideas on why the BBC seem so relaxed about the fact that John McDonnell – a man seeking to lead the Labour Party – regrets that he could not go back to the 1980’s and assassinate Margaret Thatcher? I understand his comments got a round of applause from the Trade Union comrades in the audience, so any ideas on why the BBC seem so relaxed on this celebration of wished for murder of a British Prime Minister? Remember the rule – whatever is wrong Thatcher is always to blame.

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NOTHING LIKE A DAME..

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They say that there is nothing like a Dame, and that is assuredly true when one reflects on Dame Ann Owers – the Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales. This wet as a fresh fish liberal maroon can always be relied upon to echo BBC sentiment and so it is that she was on Today this morning (7.24am) to inform us that Muslim inmates of our prisons could be radicalised because of… insensitive treatment by Prison Officers. We need to respect these Muslim inmates as individuals and ensure that care is given when dealing with them. Remember, when good Muslims go bad, it’s OUR fault.

Liberal-minded Owers is perfect for the BBC. She regularly parades onto Today to attack the penal system and she must be a real downer for all those hard-working prison officers who do their best to keep order in the liberal system that Owers and her ilk have put in place. Why was there no one allowed on to put a counter view to the drivel served up by Owers? With some of our prisons being virtually taken over by Muslim gangs, I would have said staff are already far too easy on practitioners of the Religion of Peace

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BIAS NOT UNCOMMON!

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Interesting catch here by another eagle-eyed B-BBC reader…It related to this story.

Scroll over to the Jon Donnison “analysis” box…  

“The BBC’s Jon Donnison, in the West Bank town ofRamallah, says it is not yet clear exactly what happened. 

But it is not uncommon for the Israeli navy to open fireon fishing boats it feels are too far out at sea, he adds.”

Our reader ask “What is the relevance of the second line?”
Simple – Jews= bad.
Wonder could Helen Thomas get a gig at the BBC, I believe she is now looking for a job?

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