. The story is that last September a Conservative activist sent an email to the Conservative leader of Bradford City Council referring to the leader of Bradford Labour Party as a ‘cripple’ and a ‘reptile’. A mischief-maker then posted a copy of the email to the leader of Bradford Labour Party who is, needless to say, less than pleased with it. So, Person A sends an email to person B … Continue reading
Please use this thread for off-topic, but preferably BBC related, comments. Please keep comments on other threads to the topic at hand. N.B. this is not an invitation for general off-topic comments – our aim is to maintain order and clarity on the topic-specific threads. This post will remain at or near the top of the blog. Please scroll down to find new topic-specific posts. Click through to read and … Continue reading
I’m a little pressed for time at the moment, but I prefer blogging to working can just spare a moment to post some links. Some are things I have seen around the internet, some are emails from readers. “Like Dresden, But With Cows.” – the escalating bovine security crisis in Somalia is covered by House of Dumb My old barber is as biased as the BBC – Daniel Finkelstein in … Continue reading
Call for faith-based NHS services The NHS should provide more faith-based care for Muslims, an expert says. Muslims are about twice as likely to report poor health and disability than the general population, says Edinburgh University’s Professor Aziz Sheikh. Ostensibly based on an article in the British Medical Journal, Should Muslims have faith based health services?, BBC Views Online quote Professor Aziz Sheikh at length. Near the end of BBC … Continue reading
where they claimed that “a row has erupted” about a museum display, complete with some pseudo-official sounding quotes from a university professor to back up their claims. It turned out that the academic in question is a well known Marxist and SWP activist, though the BBC omitted to mention this, even though they knew full well about him from their own website! After this manufactured ‘row’ was exposed here and … Continue reading
, writes the ever erudite Daniel Finkelstein in today’s Times. Here’s an excerpt: Which brings me to the BBC. Unlike a lot of columnists, I like the BBC. I think its reporting is generally excellent, its news programmes are of high quality and its foreign correspondents are usually both brave and illuminating. Although the corporation can be high-handed in dealing with complaints (the theory that if both sides complain they … Continue reading
Last week, BBC Views Online, reporting on the case of Molly Campbell/Misbah Rana, told us Misbah’s mother in custody offer, including the following quotes from Misbah at a press conference in Pakistan: However, Misbah said she wishes to have nothing to do with her mother. The girl said: “They say I have been abducted. “This is not true. I am living with my father and I don’t want to go … Continue reading
Please use this thread for off-topic, but preferably BBC related, comments. Please keep comments on other threads to the topic at hand. N.B. this is not an invitation for general off-topic comments – our aim is to maintain order and clarity on the topic-specific threads. This post will remain at or near the top of the blog. Please scroll down to find new topic-specific posts. Click through to read and … Continue reading
Tony Blair enjoyed free airline upgrades worth thousands of pounds during his controversial holiday to the Miami mansion owned by Robin Gibb, the former Bee Gee… MPs said Mr Blair had become a national embarrassment for repeatedly failing to pay his own way. Mr Blair has taken “free” holidays worth more than £775,000 with wealthy hosts since taking office. They include four holidays at a Barbados villa owned by Sir … Continue reading
we find in the Sunday Times that the BBC says it’s running out of money – apparently: Despite job cuts at the BBC, ministers have felt the corporation has not tightened its belt enough. They were particularly angered by revelations last year about the salaries paid to presenters such as Jonathan Ross, who signed an £18m three-year contract. Meanwhile, according to the Sunday Express, ‘Hard up’ BBC blows £33m on … Continue reading
