Culture, Media and Sport – Fourth Report Future of the BBC     No long-term future for BBC licence fee, MPs say   The TV licence does not have a long-term future and is likely to be replaced by a new levy within the next 15 years, a group of MPs has said. The fee is “becoming harder and harder to justify” given changes in the media, according to the House of … Continue reading →

    You have to understand what the root cause of radicalisation is in the Muslim community. Here’s the maths…. British Society is increasingly intolerant of Islam, that intolerance is being fostered by a sensationalist media that fuels prejudice, the intolerance and attacks on Muslims leads them to become angry, alienated and marginalised,  under such a siege they understandably feel the need to fight back and defend their prophet and … Continue reading →

Ok, here you go, middle of the week and a new one of these. Hope you enjoyed the BBC pushing out loads of pro-muslim PR this morning. It seems that “only” 27% of UK muslims support Jihadi butchers. That’s around 700,000 by my calculation. Over to you…

  This is the Telegraph’s report on the OECD’s conclusions about the UK economy…   OECD head: Britain’s economic recovery ‘a text book example’ George Osborne’s handling of the economic recovery has been “remarkable” and Britain must now stick to his plans and “finish the job”, the head of the OECD has said. Angel Gurria, General Secretary of the international economic forecaster, congratulated George Osborne on the success of his … Continue reading →

  The BBC doesn’t like criticism, it likes to hand it out but doesn’t like it when the tables are turned. Last year it started to operate a new policy of attempting to charge down any criticism it received in the Press… Contact right! BBC’s rapid rebuttal unit goes into action against the Sun   The Guardian told us to… Dig your foxholes good and deep, people – it’s going … Continue reading →

It was reported over the weekend that a Labour councillor has claimed that aliens are influencing Vladimir Putin. The BBC didn’t find this newsworthy, which got me thinking that things would be different if the councillor had been a member of UKIP. Here’s the exchange I had on Twitter today with BBC politics reporter Giles Dilnot. You need to follow the links to fully understand what’s going on. Credit to … Continue reading →

    The Head of the IPCC, that highly influential and political climate change propaganda pressure group, has resigned.  It’s on the front page of the BBC’s website but way, way down the page in the Environment section. UN climate head Rajendra Pachauri resigns The head of the UN climate change panel (IPCC), Rajendra Pachauri, has resigned amid sexual harassment allegations. In a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, … Continue reading →

  ‘The bad news is that culture and creativity are being erased from the classroom, and that audiences for the arts are substantially white, middle class, affluent and well educated.’   Yesterday the BBC launched it’s ‘Get Creative’ campaign to encourage greater participation in the Arts of all kinds and broadcast a programme talking especially about the Arts, or lack of, in schools. Ostensibly very worthy ideals but is there … Continue reading →

Here we go, a brand new Open Thread for your edification and completion! The floor is yours!

      The Telegraph published this article about so-called cultural appropriation, the adoption of other races’ or culture’s art,  music and style…apparently it’s not allowed…at least for White people to ‘Black up’, metaphorically, culturally, speaking. Azealia Banks vs Iggy Azalea: ‘Privileged white people shouldn’t steal hip-hop’   It’s a minefield out there….cultural theft, cultural smudging, identity theft, reverse racism, bigotry, the ‘angry black woman syndrome’, minstrelsy, fetishized depictions of … Continue reading →