Michael Fallon was quizzed by Marr on Army numbers, Marr saying a promise in the 2015 manifesto to keep regular army numbers above 82,000 has been broken…the BBC’s Reality Check agrees…. The Ministry of Defence publishes monthly figures for the size of the armed forces, the most recent of which are for March this year. It has fallen gradually in the two years since then, so that it now … Continue reading →

    Deep joy… As a Harvard Law Student, Barack Obama Said Becoming Donald Trump Was The American Dream In 1991, Obama, a 29-year-old soon-to-be Harvard Law School grad, wrote a paper with a friend, Robert Fisher, called “Race and Rights Rhetoric.” Obama summed up the average American’s mindset with the following sentence: “[Americans have] a continuing normative commitment to the ideals of individual freedom and mobility, values that extend … Continue reading →

  Privatisation has been a huge success….playing a critical and successful role in the economy. The network is a victim of its own success. Britain’s railways are the most improved in Europe It was found to deliver good value for money. We have the safest and fastest-growing railway in Europe. According to a Eurobarometer poll, satisfaction with rail of UK respondents is the second highest in the EU, behind Finland. … Continue reading →

Consider this from Corbyn’s manifesto… Labour will halt the NHS “Sustainability and Transformation Plans” which are looking at closing health services across England and ask local health groups to redraw the plans with a focus on patient need rather than available finances. Corbyn is suggesting there will be absolutely no limit to spending on the NHS.  Any criticism from the BBC for that completely fanciful, not to mention dishonest and … Continue reading →

  This is the view of the BBC on Muslims in the UK…   Male, Muslim and marginalised Mahtab Hussain’s photographic portraits of Muslim men in the UK explore complex themes of identity and marginalisation. He says Muslim men in Britain have had a “plethora of labels” thrown on them, from terrorist to sexual groomer, and that they are struggling to find their place in society. The problem, as the … Continue reading →

  What has been one of the major news stories today, one that the BBC has been giving priority to throughout the day? BBC cameraman run down by Corbyn perhaps?  Well nothing that exciting.  Labour’s deputy leader, Tom Watson, has been in the Guardian revealing the bombshell news that Labour might get beaten in the coming election..and beaten by a landslide.  What’s new, what’s news, about that?  Nothing.  However the … Continue reading →

  Nick Robinson has allegedly been sidelined by the BBC for this election in favour of younger presenters…he’s not happy… Veteran star Nick Robinson, 53, at war with BBC bosses as he’s left off General Election team in favour of young female stars VETERAN presenter Nick Robinson is at war with BBC bosses after being left out of the election team. Young stars Steph McGovern, 34, and Tina Daheley, 36, … Continue reading →

The weekend approaches and so we need a new Open Thread to see us off into the wide blue yonder! Detail the hateful BIAS of the BBC here!

  What world does Katty Kay live in?  Her own little personal post-truth bubble presumably.  Why did Trump sack Comey?  Because Trump is a thin-skinnned, grumpy, crazy, old man. Is Trump’s thin skin getting in the way of his presidency? What if the Comey firing is nothing to do with the Russia probe or the Clinton email server but is actually just a result of the president’s thin-skinned character? And … Continue reading →

Remember the BBC’s hyperbolic, apocalypic doom-mongering about ‘austerity’?… When you sit down and read the Office for Budget Responsibility report it reads like a book of doom. It is utterly terrifying, suggesting that spending will have to be hacked back to the levels of the 1930s as a proportion of GDP. That is an extraordinary concept, you’re back to the land of Road to Wigan Pier. “The scale of cuts … Continue reading →