Author Archives: David Vance

ASHES TO ASHES

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Is it just me or is the BBC leading a crusade to stop the cancellation of flights because of the drifting volcanic ash clouds? I note that they are running several items on Today asking the same recurring question – why are we not airlines just “get on with it.” I suppose the Beeboids must be getting frustrated at missing their flights as they seek to travel the world to bring us bias from the four corners!

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THE FORCES OF PROGRESSIVENESS…

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I don’t think I have heard the use of the words “forces of  progressiveness” deployed on the BBC as much as in recent days. It seems to me the BBC is establishing a new post election meme, namely that Labour is opposition is the distillation of “progressiveness”. And of course there is the oh so subtle implication that IF Labour is “progressive” then what does that make the new Government?

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ATTACK, ATTACK, ATTACK…..

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Anyone catch John Humphyrs “interview” with Andrew Lansley this morning on Today? Here it is if you didn’t.  The sneering patronising and hectoring tone is what we can now expect each time a member of the new Government is interviewed. The Labour attack dogs are located in Broadcasting House. Any idea of balanced neutrality is shot to pieces – the bit at the very end in particular is worth a listen.

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WHEN INTERVIEWS GO WRONG…

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A biased bbc reader writes…

“Mosab Hassan Yousef is the eldest son of a senior Hamascommander. He was arrested by Shin Bet and beaten by three of their agents. Hepoints out that this is not Shin Bet or Israeli policy, but the actions ofindividual agents who hate Palestinians. He has converted to Christianity andnow works to save lives – Israeli or Palestinian. If that means informing onHamas or Fatah operations he will do it. He blames the war not of Israelis orPalestinians but on ideology – specifically the Koran.

He was presumably asked onto Hardtalk on account of abook he has written. Zeinab Badawi persistently interrupted him, and tried todivert him from points he wanted to make to issues which she considered moreimportant. Badawi is from a Muslim background, though whether she is apractising Muslim is not known to me. It was obvious that Yousef’s criticism ofPalestinians and Islam were getting under her skin. That Yousef should hold upa Koran at the end and blame it for the whole Israel/Palestine conflict musthave shot a dagger through her multicultural spleen. Watch for yourself.”

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00sggyw/HARDtalk_Mosab_Hassan_Yousef_Palestinian_who_spied_for_Israel/

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TIME FOR A NEW ELECTION?

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It’s been entertaining listening to the BBC do everything possible to undermine the new Lib/Con Government. Every card is being played to give the impression that things look grim. I liked the BBC comment that the press conference in the Downing Street garden looked liked “a civil partnership.” I guess they would know?

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CAN IT HOLD TOGETHER?

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I suppose it was predictable that after the horror of Labour being thrown out of Downing Street has sunk in to the BBC, the fightback would commence. This morning, on Today, between 7 and 7.30am, the meme is “But can it gold together”? BBC line is to question the stability of the Con/Lib pact and to claim that it could all fall apar. Gracious in defeat, eh?

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