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
Given current circumstances, I just cannot bring myself to do the weekly QT liveblog tomorrow night. It has always been a (fun) part of my week and Geoff has been central to making it work. It will return when things improve. Hope you understand. This is the update on Geoff…. He is intubated, on a ventilator and sedated, the next 24/48hrs are critical. Please continue to spare a thought and … Continue reading
Here is an item looking at Australian immigration in the 1990’s and how it dealt with “far right” parties. How can this be applied in the UK with the rise of the BNP, asks our wonderful BBC? It is a demolition job on Pauline Hanson and her “One Nation” Party and I have little interest in her but the thing that struck me was the sneering of Nick Bryant at … Continue reading
I’ve covered this issue elsewhere BUT the BBC have chosen to run an item critical of the speech by French President Sarkozy in which he suggested that it would be a good idea to ban the Burqa in France. He sees it as a symbol of oppression and I entirely agree with him. In fact I see it as much more than that – it is a way in which … Continue reading
