WEEKEND OPEN THREAD….
Well then, the weekend beckons and so time for a new one of these for your edification!
Well then, the weekend beckons and so time for a new one of these for your edification!
Racism is ’embedded into our [white] culture but people don’t even think of themselves as racist.’ Peter Allen 5Live I did laugh when I heard Jim Naughtie’s schoolboy crush on the Washington Post Editor Ben Bradlee…. No-one took on the aura of the swashbuckling newspaperman with more style than Ben Bradlee, who became one of the great editors. He loved the life, but he was also a man … Continue reading
Mitch Benn on BBC Radio 4:
I got back from France late Monday evening and caught the BBC “Today” programme running a story about the “racist” song released by Mike Read in support of UKIP. The BBC oozes visceral contempt for UKIP and whether one supports them or not, this bias is self evidently wrong. Is it possible that UKIP’s views on our continued membership of the EU and its focus on enforcing immigration limits are … Continue reading
Hi all. Sorry for the lack of posts but I have been across in France for the past several days and came home to power cuts!!! The floors is yours….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPtStl81Fyk Why is the BBC’s use of a West Indian tune for its Test Match cricket theme not racist? Surely it is mocking Afro-Caribbean culture? Is it not cultural theft and mis-appropriation? Modern day slavery exploiting Black people and their work for white people’s profit and gain. Mike Read has unfortunately caved in to the intimidation and bullyboy tactics of a few race … Continue reading
BBC open to charging subscriptions for premium content, head of Corporation’s trust reveals The BBC would be open to charging subscriptions for premium content, the new head of the BBC Trust has revealed for the first time. Rona Fairhead, who took up her new role two weeks ago, said that subscriptions could be an “intelligent way” to generate extra money for the Corporation. Asked whether “niche” and “premium” programmes could … Continue reading
The BBC brings us a celebration of girl power: Wonder Women: busting stereotypes across the world On 28 October the BBC will host a day of events focusing on the power of women – those who have changed the world around them and inspired others to do the same. Our keynote speakers include Joyce Banda, president of Malawi from 2012 to 2014 and named by Forbes magazine … Continue reading
We know that Labour’s mass immigration policy was a secret scheme to ‘brown Britain’, to rub the Right’s nose in diversity, and that it was to be done without alerting the working classes who would undoubtedly see it for what it was…a policy designed to eliminate them from their place in Britain…to be replaced by a compliant workforce who will work cheaply and come ready educated and trained….something Labour … Continue reading
This morning John Humphrys mentioned that there had been a backlash against Miliband’s ambush on Cameron at PMQs when Miliband tried to exploit the disabled as a political football. Unfortunately there was no sign of the man himself who cobbled together this tissue of lies…Miliband, as ‘Thoughtful‘ said in the comments, has lit the blue touch paper and disappeared like the proverbial Cheshhire Cat, grinning at the chaos that has … Continue reading