JUST WAITING FOR THE END OF THE WORLD..

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Three cheers for the Met Office, things had gone awfully quiet on climate change recently, hadn’t they? “Catastrophic climate change could happen with 50 years, five decades earlier than previously predicted, according to a Met Office report.” The lurid eco-fantasy continues.. “An average global temperature rise of 7.2F (4C), considered a dangerous tipping point, could happen by 2060, causing droughts around the world, sea level rises and the collapse of … Continue reading →

NEW SYSTEM, OLD WAYS

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Hi all. One of my favourite soul songs is “I can’t stand up for falling down.” Sometimes, that’s how it feels here. Thanks to the great help of others, this site has been redesigned (for free) and had the most modern of commenting systems installed (for free). Yet when I read some comments I detect a feeling that things were better in the golden days when we had a haloscan … Continue reading →

Radio Five Live Guests

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In a column from last November titled “BBC must end its smug comedy consensus” the Guardian’s Martin Kelner said he was helping produce some pilots of a talkshow for Radio Five Live; he explained that he was keen to avoid the “cosy broadly leftwing” consensus found on shows such as Richard Bacon and Gabby Logan. I was reminded of this when, flicking through the stations this morning, I heard Mrs … Continue reading →

Pushing the Boundaries

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Will the BBC put the brakes on the incremental nudging, step by step, of the acceptable limit of on-air condemnation of Israel before the momentum takes us over the top and tumbling down the other side to hell in a handcart? The boundaries are being pushed further and further towards outright antisemitic hostility, in casual and formal BBC output.This consensus-creep defies logic and reason. It deliberately airbrushes out most of … Continue reading →

Compare And Contrast

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Looks like the Men Of No Appearance have struck again in Croydon, comparing the BBC descriptions of the robbery suspects with that of the local paper. UPDATE – and (possibly for similar reasons) this goes unreported. Sixty years back it would have been all over the media. That’s two rape/torture convictions in Greater London (we covered the other here) in the last three weeks that the BBC have failed to … Continue reading →

NEVER MIND THE FACTS

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Have you heard of Anna Coote or Aleski Knuutila? No? Well, neither had I until today. But these are the luminaries of a body called the New Economics Foundation. I hadn’t heard of that until this morning, either, but it turns out that they are self-appointed “experts” on economics and the welfare of our planet. And immediately, in the eyes of the BBC, that makes them very important gurus who … Continue reading →

Anti Obama Violence Erupting in Kentucky?

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Pelosi might be right about those anti Obama wingnuts, according to the BBC US police are investigating the death of a man who was found hanged from a tree in rural Kentucky with the word “Fed” scrawled on his chest. Bill Sparkman, 51, had been going door-to-door in Clay County collecting census data. The FBI is investigating whether Mr Sparkman was victim of anti-government sentiment. Earlier this morning it was … Continue reading →

MORE TORIES?

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Best laughs of the day. The shadow culture secretary has called for the BBC to “actively” recruit more Conservatives to its news team. Jeremy Hunt said the BBC had “made huge strides” on diversity issues but should “not forget the core audience” Well, that’s the warm up line. What are these “huge strides” that so impress Mr Hunt? Not good to hear Conservatives talk in this way. Anyway, here’s the … Continue reading →

"KEYNES IS THE WORD…

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..is the word, is the word, it’s got meaning..” BBC bigging it up for John Maynard Keynes this morning. Just before 8am I heard Humphyrs ponder “Has John Maynard Keynes saved the world” regarding the G20 farce. The political left may not invest a lot in understanding the essence of how economic works but when they do direct their though process that direction, Guru Keynes is their idol. And so … Continue reading →