It strikes me that the BBC has been a powerful advocate for devolution. I have come across this phenomena personally here in Northern Ireland – getting perplexed looks from BBC interviewers when I insist on the importance of shrinking all forms of big government and retaining full sovereignty at Westminster. But have you read this BBC report in which David Cameron is presented offering a mea culpa for the Conservatives … Continue reading
So, who feels sorry for BBC D-G Mark Thompson who moans he is paid but a third of someone doing the same job in the private sector? Isn’t it awful? I wonder that instead of Children In Need we should have a “DG in Need” – a chance for the nation to put their hand in their pocker and see if we can bridge the wage gap for poor Mark? … Continue reading
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Douglas Carswell MP was listening to the BBC talk about their expenses today… “Listening to Radio 4 news item on BBC executives’ expenses. They spivishly turn it into a feature on social attitudes to money. They’ve even got some moocher “expert” attacking Thatcherism. That’s right; when in doubt over how you’re spending the license fee, blame Maggie. I imagine there a few MPs who’d like the BBC to have turned … Continue reading
Meant to ask you if the read the BBC’s shocking, yes shocking, commissioned survey of British Muslim opinion that shows three-quarters of those surveyed said it was wrong for the West to intervene militarily in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Around a third of those surveyed reckon the UK police and society to be anti-Muslim. Encouragingly, ONLY 16% oppose our forces fighting Al Queda. With a UK Muslim population of around 2.5 … Continue reading
Just to let you know that there has been a slight improvement in Geoff’s condition and his chances of survival are a bit better. This is welcome news and I hope that more will follow in the days ahead. I would ask those who have offered up a little prayer for Geoff to please continue – he needs all the help possible. Click through to read and contribute comments on … Continue reading
I read that the astonishing salaries and expenses claims of the BBC‘s most senior executives are revealed for the first time today. They show the corporations’s 50 highest earning executives take home up to £13.8 million in taxpayers’ money between them. The salaries of the executive board members of the publicly-funded corporation range between £310,000 and £650,000 excluding bonuses. Should Sir Fred Goodwin apply for a job? Nice to know … Continue reading
Bleeping out, (or should I say redacting) strong language is a bit ****ing ridiculous if you ask me. Which you didn’t. It’s not so much the ****ing gratuitous bad language that the BBC ought to be ****ing-well worried about, it’s the general decline in quality and morality. For one thing, this token exercise merely draws unnecessary attention to something wretched, and for another…. I think that one’s ebleepingnough for now. … Continue reading
It’s not JUST MP’s who like to take our taxes and lavish them in entirely unsuitable directions; The BBC is poised to provoke a fresh row over expenses by refusing to disclose how much its executives spend on entertainment for their stars. Days after MPs caused public outrage by blacking out details of their expenses, the BBC is refusing to reveal how much is spent on hospitality and gifts for … Continue reading
I wonder what you make of BBC DG Mark Thompson’s suggestion that there is an ideological plot behind plans to “topslice” the television licence fee….. In an impassioned attack on the proposals, Mark Thompson said that the Corporation was the victim of a clique of Labour policymakers who want it to hand over £130 million a year from the levy to prop up regional news bulletins on ITV. In a … Continue reading
