Interesting Times

Former Tory leader @WilliamJHague tells @EmmaBarnett the UK will get a worse Brexit deal because of the #GE2017 result #5liveDaily pic.twitter.com/CO9HOOjuZV — BBC Radio 5 live (@bbc5live) August 30, 2017     The R4 paper review this morning headlined with the pro-Remain Sunday Times own headline ‘scoop’ that May is being forced to do a deal with the EU on the ‘divorce bill’ and that she will keep it secret … Continue reading

A Warming from History as ‘Arctic Mission’ Put on Ice

  If we can produce a visual image of a sail boat at 90 degrees north I think that could become an iconic image of the challenge that the twenty-first century faces. Are we serious about running this planet, which is actually what we need to start doing, and it’s biophysical resources on a sustainable basis, or are we just here for a laugh?   Funny old world…and still quite … Continue reading

Doom about the Boom

  Typical BBC effort to hide the inconvenient truth that Brexit hasn’t wrecked the economy…far from it…….UK manufacturing hits four month high and the BBC hardly notice at all, the report not being  on the frontpage, nor the UK page, not even top billing on the business page…merely a small additional story buried in the small print half way down the page….. Note that the PMI figures are also surging…have … Continue reading

The Jewish Lobby

  Not BBC bias but a good friend [from the Islamist and anti-semitic MPACUK] of the BBC responds to the reaction to the C4 Islamist video….he says the negative reaction is the result of a Zionist conspiracy……hate speech?  Will he get his collar felt?….will the BBC et all be damning him as they did with Kevin Myers?  Myers of course was using ‘positive dscrimination’ to praise Jews, this guy is … Continue reading

Every cloud has a silver lining

  No opportunity lost at the BBC…absolutely no proof the storms in Texas have anything to do with ‘man-made’ climate change…but the BBC can’t help raising the notion… Record water levels are only expected to surge following a huge storm in Houston, Texas. Can events like Hurricane Harvey be linked to climate change and if so, what can we do to mitigate them? Professor Sir Brian Hoskins is chair of … Continue reading

Truth and Consequences

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSdG-RRlqpw ‘Ordinary Muslims’ A senior reporter has left Channel 4 News amid presenting a package last week promoting a racist Islamist who supported ramming attacks. Last Thursday Channel 4 News aired a film presented by reporter Assed Baig showcasing Muslim women who “fight back by rejecting stereotypes”. The film heaped praise on notorious anti-Israel activist Nadia Chan.  Guido And yet the BBC still employs so many who help promote the exact same … Continue reading