Hi folks – back from my short break and tuned in to watch the Kay Adams presented “Big Question”. (Nicky Campbell must be off on a well deserved holiday, again) What a delight to know I am back in Blighty. This morning saw the following “issues” debated; “Is it time to get out of Afghanistan” followed by “Should we legalise and tax drugs” and then “Does Islam need better PR” … Continue reading
The Weekend Starts Here.Out with the old open thread and in with the new. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
It seems that Guardian contributor and regular BBC talking head, Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Question Time tonight comes from Glasgow, where in 2006 the Centre for Social Justice reported that 29.4% of the city’s working-age residents were “economically inactive” and where the city council has been controlled by Labour for over 30 years. Coincidence? Update: Yes, apologies, it was in Canary Wharf. Was reading the wrong list. On the panel we have the halo-tarnished Business Secretary St Vince of Cable (let’s see if the BBC love … Continue reading
Oz PM Kevin Rudd has been ousted, largely because his popularity had plummeted because he was pursuing insane greenie policies. The centrepiece was a ludicrously high tax on the mining industry, despite the fact that minerals extraction is the current main reason for Australia’s prosperity. He can be seen as one of the first major politicians to have been ousted by his greenie arrogance and lunacy. Every element of his … Continue reading
Mid week, new thread. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Inspired by CifWatch, here are some What Ifs. You know that Panorama episode where they set up a Muslim honey-trap scenario to highlight Islamophobia? Well, what if they made a Panorama with a decoy Jew to expose antisemitism like the Amsterdam police had to. You know Alan ‘I’m telling your story’ Johnston, theBBC kidnapee that became a cause célèbre? Well, it’s 4 years on friday since Gilad Shalit was kidnapped … Continue reading
A truly chilling insight into the BBC mindset is provided by former BBC and Reuters correspondent Mark Brayne, who has now become – rather terrifyingly, given his views – a psychotherapist. In his case, the emphasis is definitely on the first part of the word. This nutjob, who takes the Dr David Gregory/BBC mindset I explored yesterday to its witchfinder-general logical conclusions, fervently believes that those who are sceptical about … Continue reading
Always eager to respond to requests; here is Martin’s Thread for the Budget.I fell into a trance whilst listening to it on R4 so I have no comment to make. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
The Telegraph is almost as interested in the foibles of the BBC as we are here.Today for example there’s Michael Deacon’s notebook.He went to the launch event for a set of BBC history documentaries, one of which is about Pompeii, to be presented by Cambridge classics don Mary Beard, one of the Beeb’s faves. She’s known for causing outrage by saying, less than a month after 9/11, that “the US … Continue reading
