CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE

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Richard Black, reporting self-indulgently and with puffed-up arrogance about his earth-saving role at Copenhagen, notes: Most of the real deals are done behind closed doors guarded by security guys with stern faces and impressive pectorals.That’s where the important countries and blocs reveal more of their real demands, where trades are bartered between national delegations. Reporting it is a nightmare. So that’s how the new world government that Richard wants to … Continue reading →

Biasville

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Coming up on Monday, the next film to be screened as part of BBC 4’s Storyville documentary slot is “Age of Stupid“, climate catastrophe porn for the green cultists. Even the Observer’s Philip French called the film “a hectoring lecture”, which makes it perfectly in keeping with the rest of the BBC’s Copenhagen-related coverage. And don’t forget, still to come on Storyville – “By the People”, described by the Washington … Continue reading →

Open Thread

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Bit of festive poetry for you: “I bought a magic goose from a jolly farmer.This goose laid Barack Obama.” (From Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy’s Twelve Days of Christmas, commissioned by the Radio Times. Critique from Oliver Mare here.) Like the first seven windows on your advent calendar, this thread is open. (Bumped). Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

"YOU RUN THE ECONOMY…."

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I was watching a debate on Newsnight concerning the Pre Budget Report. Kirsty Wark said to Liam Byrne “You run the economy….”. Erm, no, he doesn’t. We don’t live in a full on totalitarian State, yet. But an interesting insight into BBC think. Maybe she meant to say “You ruin the economy….”? Paul Mason and Michael Crick were also on to try and suggest that all three main political parties … Continue reading →

If Only

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Reproduced fully and without further comment by Melanie Phillips is a superb speech made by historian Andrew Roberts at the annual dinner of the Anglo Israel Association.It is lengthy and all encompassing, touching on every aspect of the predicament of Israel and Jews, with particular emphasis on the Arabist sentiment that influences Britain’s conduct in Middle East affairs. I have long been fantasising about a television series of the calibre … Continue reading →

MIND YOUR LANGUAGE

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OK, so it’s not the lead story and indeed one has to click across from the main newspage to even see it. I refer to the item curiously entitled “UK Muslim guilty of planning attack”. Mmmm – a tad innocuous but curiosity got the better of me so I went over and discovered that the actual story is that several Muslims have been convicted of planning mass murder over the … Continue reading →

Question Time 10th December

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In what appears to be a blatant bit of ratings tourism, Question Time tomorrow comes from Wootton Bassett and is set up to be completely devoted to the war in Afghanistan. The panel will consist of former head of the British Army General Sir Richard Dannatt, Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague, and former News of the Screws editor Piers “Moron” Morgan (as Private Eye styles him). Armed Forces Minister Bill … Continue reading →

VICTORY FOR COMMON SENSE

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I wonder if you noticed the BBC coverage here of the welcome news that an English Court has found a Christian couple who had been accused of “insulting” a Muslim to be innocent? Quite obviously this was another pointless prosecution by the CPS but I notice that twice in the BBC item they repeat the CPS claim that there was sufficient evidence to bring the prosecution. If only the Judge … Continue reading →

COPENHAGEN CHALLENGE

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So far, the BBC is totally silent on the Copenhagen Climate Challenge, an open letter to the UN signed by 141 leading international scientists who work in relevant fields. It challenges them to provide hard evidence on 10 questions relating to alleged AGW, including whether CO2 rises are causing harm, whether surface station measurements are accurate, and whether there has been a threatening rise in sea levels due to ‘climate … Continue reading →