Question Time LiveBlog 10th June 2010

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Question Time tonight comes from Plymouth, a city with the 11th largest University in the United Kingdom by number of students, and the largest operational naval base in Western Europe – HMNB Devonport. Plymouth is represented by the three constituencies of Plymouth Moor View (Oliver Colvile Con), Plymouth Sutton and Devonport (Alison Seabeck Lab) and South West Devon (Gary Streeter Con). On the panel we have SecState for Culture, Olympics, … Continue reading →

SPAIN’S GOLDEN PAST

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Interesting BBC treatment of the Spanish past. On the one hand, in this programme “The Art of Spain” the BBC proclaims the glorious Islamic rule that Spain enjoyed and how much we owe to that missed Muslim golden age. Then, on the other hand in this programme “The Dark Heart” we learn of the evils of Catholic Spain. Meme is simple; Islam = Good. Christian = bad. Click through to read and … Continue reading →

GIVE THEM JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME….

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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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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? … Continue reading →

LIKE MINDS

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Has anyone being following the terrifying messages being delivered with chilling fanaticism in this year’s annual BBC propaganda-fest, the Reith lectures? Lord Rees of Ludlow regards humankind as a disease or a “fever”. Man-made global warming is an indisputable fact that must be tackled before and above everything else. He talks menacingly about over-population and unsustainability (so did Hitler). He postulates a new cadre of scientists (who think similarly to … Continue reading →

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. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →