Anyone else caught this interview with Armando Iannucci on Today this morning? It allegedly concerned parallels between story lines in his TV programme “In the Thick of it” and the current McPoison Gate. I noted that Armando was able to get the sly line in that David Cameron also has spin doctors around him and so the culture of spin and spite evident in the current case was likely to … Continue reading
This morning has seen a Cuban celebration on the BBC as Obama lifts travel restrictions to Castro’s gulag of our times. Listen to BBC reporter Michael Voss ENTHUSE about this. We’re all Cubans now. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
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SHIVER ME TIMBERS! Happened to catch BBC News at One O’Clock on R4. I see they are now pushing the line that the decisive actions by the French and Americans off the Somali coast may actually increase the risk to the lives of mariners! Those pesky pirates may stop being so co-operative next time round. Can’t stand up for falling down, eh? Click through to read and contribute comments on … Continue reading
Anyone else catch Postie Johnson being interviewed by Naughtie this morning on the topic of those Downing Street smears? For me, the crux of this interview – which sums up the BBC approach – is that Johnson was blatantly allowed to get away with suggesting that Gordon Brown could not be held responsible for everything that people who surround him get up to. Naughtie eventually DID bring up the substantive … Continue reading
BBC can always be relied upon to give the appropriately entitled NUT conference favourable coverage. The Keffiyeh adorned hordes that turn up for this annual circus are now complaining that the government plan to extend “free” nursery care are actually reducing the care children get. How? Well, it seems that some teachers work loads are being increased as a consequence of this policy. Oh dear – that would never do, … Continue reading
So, with the UK PM mired in sleaze, as Global economies go into meltdown, and with the mad Mullahs in Iran going nuclear, what better time for the BBC to update us on…….the new puppy that Obama has chosen. (It’s a Portuguese water dog – given by Ted Kennedy. Yip – you couldn’t make it up!). Obama has a water dog and the BBC is a poodle. Click through to … Continue reading
Interesting to see how BBC Radio 4 covered the Damian McBride resignation this morning. The line being peddled was that this sort of political “gossip” handles all the time and that the blogosphere which broke the story (Congrats to Guido, of course) is dominated by right wing blogs! There was also a total acceptance of the fabrication that no one else in No. 10 knew anything about McBride’s scheming. Even … Continue reading
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An item on Today about the popularity of Venezuela’s Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra gushed about the uplifting effect of such projects. I agree, but I couldn’t help thinking of the Palestinian string orchestra that was disbanded by the Palestinian Authority for performing to holocaust survivors. A mention would have been nice. However, today’s Today was not its usual self. Chris Grayling was given a jolly good stab at both radical … Continue reading
