Dimbo hosts from High Wycombe with David Davis MP, columnist Melanie Phillips, Financial Times editor Lionel Barber, Labour MP Caroline Flint and for the second week in succession, some person from a party which is an irrelevance in England. No Ukip representation though. Chat here Register here if necessary.
The BBC gets it wrong again and again. Instead of reporting the news it takes a ‘line’ and presents us wth a story that is pre-packaged in such a way that we are supposed to absorb the ‘message’ the BBC wishes to impart…and it nearly always has a ‘message’. The BBC’s own prejudices, beliefs and values colour everything it does and this means it gets things spectacularly, and … Continue reading
We all know that any suggestion that there is a streak of bias coursing through the BBC’s corridors is ludicrous, or so says the BBC’s top newshound, James Harding. However, should you happen to come across any vestigial bias lurking in the darkest corners of the BBC please feel free to list it here so that the BBC can immediately rectify the unfortunate lapse in standards…..a new open thread….
The BBC has launched a fevered campaign against any interference in its business and has brought out the big guns to fend off its ‘enemies’ as it calls them. One of those is David Dimbleby who has not only been given room in the Radio Times to grace us with his views on how important the BBC is to us all but has also been sent into battle on … Continue reading
The Luvvies are all out in force as they see the end is nigh for their easy life troughing aboard the BBC gravy train. We’ve had BBC top brass manning the barricades with Hall and Harding telling us what a brilliant job they do, now we’ve got the Grunts coming out to join the frontline in the battle against the dark forces of evil that … Continue reading
The National Union of Miner’s own website says: Throughout the 1960s, with a Labour Government in office from 1964, the pit closure programme accelerated; it decimated the industry. During this period, nearly 300 more pits were closed, and the total workforce slumped from over 750,000 in the late 1950s down to 320,000 by 1968. In many parts of Britain, miners now became known as industrial gypsies as pit closures … Continue reading
‘Almost one in three of England’s primary school children is from an ethnic minority – the highest level yet. One pupil in five speaks English as a second language.’ ‘The UK’s population has increased by around 5 million since 2001.’ There is an enormous and growing pressure on schools as they struggle to cope with the influx of new pupils who turn up on their doorsteps expecting … Continue reading
You may have heard that Mo Farah’s coach and training mate were outed by the BBC in an alleged ‘doping scandal’… ‘One of the world’s best known athletics coaches is at the centre of doping allegations, according to a BBC investigation. Alberto Salazar has been accused of violating anti-doping rules, including claims he was involved in doping US record holder Galen Rupp, in 2002. Rupp and GB Olympic … Continue reading
Looks like a new open thread is well behind time……so here’s a fresh one….
The Daily Mail has an indepth look at the case of a white woman who pretended that she was black in America and has numerous photographs to show just how white the woman really is…….blond, blue eyed and whiter than white…. The BBC, which reduced the story to a BBC Trending ‘man bites dog’ story, comes up with this… I met Rachel Dolezal – and never … Continue reading
