Of course the BBC will sometimes run with the Conservative narrative if it happens to synch with the BBC’s visceral contempt for private industry. Today they are merrily spinning this story… The government has announced measures to clamp down on “rip-off” staffing agencies used by the NHS to plug gaps in nursing and doctor rotas. It will set a maximum hourly rate for temps and cap the amount trusts that are … Continue reading
No sooner had Cameron announced his intention to double free provision for three and four-year-olds in England than the BBC ran this angle on it.. “Childcare changes threatened by underfunding, providers say” I suppose with Labour in its death throes the BBC feels an obligation to use its multi-billion pound media soapbox (extorted from the License payer) to attack the Conservatives but I don’t see why I should fund this outrageous … Continue reading
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyZGzIGWJDA ‘Under the Conservative and then Labour governments, radical preachers toured Britain trying to rally and isolate Muslim youth. They said that to be a Muslim you had to sympathise with your Muslim ‘brothers’ anywhere in the world. What you should not do was to feel any of that gratitude or desire to assimilate which had existed in their parents’ generation. Everywhere, this madness was allowed … Continue reading
Sorry about the delay but here is a fresh Open Thread for you to complete.
The BBC is to set poverty stricken Pleb against poverty stricken Pleb in a vicious and exploitative TV entertainment that makes Benefits Street look like a heart-warming examination of the lives of the ‘poor’. ‘The BBC has defended a new TV reality show pitting unemployed and low-paid workers against each other for a cash prize, which has been accused of echoing film the Hunger Games, arguing it is a … Continue reading
Although outwardly more liberal than the Saudis, the Qataris have surpassed them as financiers of extremism and terrorism. U.S. officials reckon that Qatar has now replaced Saudi Arabia as the source of the largest private donations to the Islamic State and other al-Qaeda affiliates. Qatar, the world’s wealthiest country per capita, also has the unsavory reputation for the mistreatment and effective slavery of much of its workforce. Leaders of Western … Continue reading
This week the show comes from the mythical city of Aberdeen, on the sainted shores of Scotland, and is unspoilt by people from anywhere else in the world. Join us if you will to gaze in awe at these fantastic people, as a mere hobbit may gaze upon an elf.
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Note that this is not the last program before the summer break as was stated originally.
Sandi Toksvig makes Hitler jibe about Nigel Farage Sandi Toksvig disclosed last month that she has given up her role on Radio 4′s The News Quiz in order to focus on launching the Women’s Equality Party. Toksvig saved her most cutting remarks for Nigel Farage. ‘I watched the count for South Thanet and I found myself cheering for the Tory candidate,’ she told the audience. ‘I hate Farage for … Continue reading
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPDQ8rrupEA It must be nice to have the abundant resources of the BBC available to you to promote your own personal agendas…such as gay marriage. In 2013 when we had a vote to legalise gay marriage the BBC broadcast an epsiode of Mrs Brown’s Boys which involved a gay marriage the night before the vote in Parliament ….the intention clearly to persuade people of the correct way to … Continue reading
Middle of the week and time for a new one of these! Enjoy it and detail the bias here!
