These results prompted the campaign group 38 Degrees to warn the government to leave the BBC alone. Lorna Greenwood, the campaign manager at the organisation, which launched a petition signed by 400,000 people calling on the BBC to be protected, said: “There is huge public support for a properly funded and fully independent BBC. “It’s been rumoured that the government has declared ‘war on the BBC’. But this huge show … Continue reading →

  The Young Conservative, Nick Robinson, is proof positive that joining an organisation such as the BBC eventually means you will be absorbed into the orthodoxy and conform to the majority view, the BBC news-speak….Nick is now an Old Communist at heart as he suggests on the Today programme yesterday how sad it is that Cuba opens its doors to the malign influences of the Great Satan where ‘there may … Continue reading →

Well then, a new week starts and time for a new Open Thread. Did you watch IDS on the Marr Show yesterday? What did you think of his treatment? I notice the BBC has been giving the CBI’s latest doom and gloom report on the consequences of the UK leaving the EU loads of exposure this morning. The floor is yours..

  Obama to visit Cuba. The Ladies in White are a Cuban dissident group formed in 2013 by the wives of political prisoners. Some of the group’s members will meet US President Barack Obama next week when he visits Cuba. The trip is the first for a US president in decades. The US government has continued to criticise the Cuban government for human rights abuses and cracking down on protest … Continue reading →

  ‘The richest fifth of the population are worse off now in terms of disposable income than they were before the 2007 financial crash, but the poorest fifth have typically become better off, according to official figures.’ “The economic downturn “had a negative impact on the incomes of all but the poorest fifth of the population”  ONS   Remember this from last year?  How times change…   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGCp82eDlZg A plan … Continue reading →

  Huge Penis and the little Jeremy Hunt fronted the Now Show with the usual litany of lefty laughs…so-called. Why did a ‘comedy’ programme bring on a left wing polemicist from lefty Der Spiegel to talk about Brexit?  What did we hear?  ‘What the hell are you thinking!?’  Apparently it is all too mad to contemplate Brexit….oh and any anti-EU opinion in Germany is the government’s fault not the EU’s. … Continue reading →

    Lord Hall Hall is bemoaning the BBC’s poverty and inability to compete with the commercial companies… The BBC must look beyond its traditional competitors of ITV and Sky as it seeks new audiences. Lord Hall describes it as a “flight to quality”, and says that the corporation cannot hope to match the spending of an organisation such as Netflix, which plans to spend $5 billion (£3.5 billion) on … Continue reading →

Schools are required to report on racist incidents and Surrey has produced annual reports on the information provided. We know from this information that racist incidents can occur in any school in any part of Surrey. It is important to report racist incidents as this enables both schools and the County to identify trends and work together to address the issue. Schools should recognise that reporting these incidents will be … Continue reading →

    Listening to Sunday this morning and we were apparently going to have a look at the Pope Tweeting what we actually got was the talk hijacked by, given over to,  a Muslim who went on to tell us how wonderful the internet is for Islam.  This may have backfired for the BBC who undoubtedly thought this was a good opportunity to show how modern, connected and integrated Muslims … Continue reading →

Time for a new one of these. This is where to detail the bias. The floor is yours!