The President of cool, calm and thoughtful If there was a message, it was about tone. Opinion polls seem to show that whatever people think of his policies, people like the president. His calm and thoughtful manner, the impression that he will look at a picture in the round, rather than make a knee-jerk judgement, seems to go down well. This interview showed him as almost professorial, like a distinguished … Continue reading
Hi all! Just to let you know that after our summer break (what summer?) we will be returning with the LIVEBLOG of BBC Question Time. I will flag it closer to the time, on Thursday coming but wanted to give you a heads-up! Marking 30 years on air, Question Time returns on Thursday 24th September and will be in Bournemouth as the party conference season kicks off. The panel will … Continue reading
BBC taking a Sympathetic view concerning the softening of the law on assisted suicide. BBC via Mark Mardell giving thumbs up to the Obama leftist media blitz Stateside (‘Bama ignored Fox, of course. None so brave, eh?) BBC giving us Ed Balls truly ludicrous “cuts” strategy positive spin. News? No. Liberal propaganda? You betcha! Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
OK, as we all settle in to the new commenting system, let’s not talk about it and instead talk about the BBC! Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Six nutty females yesterday deposited a load of horse manure on the drive of Jeremy Clarkson. The reason? They don’t like free speech and especially his sceptical views on global warming. Most people would view such mindless, antisocial behaviour as worthy of a court appearance. But for the BBC, they are heroes, climate change warriors doing what they do best. It’s here. Still on the subject of excrement – the … Continue reading
Just to say the upgrade has taken place and I want to thank the All Seeing Eye for all his efforts. There is a lot of technical work behind this kind of thing – way beyond me – and we all owe him a vote of thanks! Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.” The Equality Commission has appointed former BBC Northern Ireland controller Anna Carragher as one of four new commissioners. Also appointed are human resources consultant Lyn McBriar, academic and former UUP MLA Dermot Nesbitt and retired policeman Peter Sheridan.The appointments to the … Continue reading
Hi All. We have some scheduled maintenance at 8pm UK time. Can I ask that everyone stops posting from that time until I advise otherwise? We’re preparing for the commenting upgrade and fingers crossed all goes well. Thanks for your patience, I will ensure you are kept posted. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Further to my earlier post about the BBC’s obsession with racism in America, Radio 4’s From Our Own Correspondent (13.20 in) has served up yet another piece on the subject which goes over much of the same ground already covered this week by Mardell, Connolly and Esler. For this one the BBC invited Guardian columnist Gary Younge, the tiresome left-wing race obsessive, to do the honours. (You may recall that … Continue reading
Ok folks, come tomorrow evening there is going to be a change as to how commenting works here! Our leading technical expert, Professor All Seeing Eye, explains how it will work. Tomorrow we are upgrading the Comments facility and you will see some changes. The new system is called Echo (which used to be called Haloscan). Comments will now be integrated in to the main webpage rather then in a … Continue reading
