Nick Robinson reports on Harriet Harman’s new National Equality Panel : She spoke instead of “investigating how “people’s life chances” are impacted by “where they were born, what kind of family they were born into, where they live and their wealth” as well as their gender, race, disability and age. It does seem so wrong that a child’s life chances are so dependent on who their dad is : James … Continue reading
Please use this thread for comments about the BBC’s current programming and activities. This post will remain at or near the top of the blog – scroll down for new topic-specific posts. N.B. This is not an invitation for general off-topic comments, rants or chit-chat. Thoughtful comments are encouraged. Comments may also be moderated. Any suggestions for stories that you might like covered would be appreciated! It’s your space, use … Continue reading
Here‘s another great opinion piece from the Beeb. The story begins in the aftermath of al-Qaeda’s 9/11 attacks on America (a pre-emptive strike by Muslim freedom fighters against the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq): But some of the defendants in this trial believed passionately in aiding fellow Muslims and undertook voluntary work at the charity’s Chatsworth Road base. Four of them went on to deliver aid – and their experiences … Continue reading
I was reading over on Drudge that whilst US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama may be struggling to nudge ahead of his Republican rival John McCain in polls at home, people across the world want him in the White House, a BBC poll said! Naturally. All 22 countries covered in the BBC poll would prefer to see Senator Obama elected US president ahead of Republican John McCain. In 17 of … Continue reading
“Daring Mission: Al-Qaeda’s most ambitious attempt since 9/11,” says the Beeb’s website. Thrill as jihadists plot to blow up men, women and children; gasp as they target the UK; laugh as Rashid Rauf eludes the infidels; cry as you realise your license fee is being used to produce this. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Following Hugh’s post on the ‘redneck’ item – I listened on the weekend to the views of that people’s tribune Liz Forgan (Benenden and Oxford) on Any Questions. Ms Forgan’s career took her from the Guardian to Channel Four and then to the BBC, where she was MD of BBC Network Radio. When she left the BBC she became a Guardian columnist and is now chair of the Scott Trust, … Continue reading
Because I seem to be missing the point of this brilliant piece of irony. Is it the Today programme’s last ditch effort to give the Mail editor an aneurysm; an article designed to achieve the Beeb’s aim of balance over time, and I just missed the Mark Steyn piece preceding it; or could it be just what it seems* – a lament that the left has failed to reach the … Continue reading
You’ll have your own views on the bias of this piece on immigration by Easton, but the main objection must be that it’s astonishingly silly. After careful study of his colour-coded maps, Easton has concluded that we can, after all, fit a few more people on this island without pushing the Cornish into the sea. “The debate, it seems to me, is not ‘can we cope?’ but ‘how would a … Continue reading
Again early this morning on the business section of the Today programme between 6am and half pas the hourt, I listened to a BBC correspondent suggest that the state sector had suffered in recent years with very modest wage increases. This was related to the TUC conference today where the comrades are seeking to encourage Brown and Darling to open the cheque-book for some inflation-busting wage increases for the army … Continue reading
Listened to a report on Today this morning around 6.20am concerning the saga of the death sentence handed down by the Afghan authorities to a 23 year old student whose crime was to download an article of the net on the treatment of women in Islamic societies and noted the references by the BBC correspondent to the “conservative” mullahs behind this rampant stone(ing) age intolerance compared to the “liberal” elements … Continue reading
