Wonder did anyone else catch the BBC coverage of the “Prison overcrowding” issue on Today this morning? It was on at 8.10am. First, the Chief Inspector of Prisons Nick Hardwick was brought on and tossed several softballs, allowing him to parrot the Labour “incompetence” meme. Hardwick is very much on the side of making life as good as possible for the convicts. The sympathy exuded towards the line being retailed … Continue reading →

The BBC have been to the fore in pushing the Labour meme about the alleged “incompetency” of Theresa May’s running of the Passport agency.  Now regardless of one thinks of THAT, isn’t it interesting that the BBC seem unable to deal with this partial explanation of the massive back up…. ‘A surge in applications from migrants is fuelling the Passport Office crisis, it emerged last night. A record 207,989 foreigners were … Continue reading →

I’ll admit my bias. I have been a fan of Rik Mayall ever since Kevin Turvey and was gutted to read of his death at such a young age.  Then I read this … and liked him even more.

    This is an interesting film from one of the dark corners of the BBC:   Iran’s Secret Army   http://www.bbc.co.uk/arabic/multimedia/2014/02/140219_close_up_eng_irans_secret_army_new.shtml      

      A map marked with crude chinagraph-pencil in the second decade of the 20th Century shows the ambition – and folly – of the 100-year old British-French plan that helped create the modern-day Middle East.  Courtesy of the BBC       The BBC, most recently in the shape of Mardell and Bowen, disregard history and context at will in order to push a particular narrative of events … Continue reading →

Here you go, a new thread to take us off into the wide blue yonder…over to you!

  The BBC’s Alan Yentob obviously didn’t get the memo…no one is supposed to know that the Mirror also hacked phones……the proper line to take is that it was Rupert Murdoch who personally hacked all the phones and more than likely did away with young Milly Dowler.   Alan Yentob takes Sunday Mirror to court over alleged phone hacking Senior BBC executive Alan Yentob is taking the Sunday Mirror to … Continue reading →

      I have already mentioned that it looked like Emily Maitlis was having a dig at Gove in her report on snap Oftsed inspections but had the rug pulled from under her by a BBC reporter with a more professional approach….and the facts of course. Guido has highlighted her tweet about Gove’s apparent little problem:   As the allegations made in the interview were total rubbish and have … Continue reading →

    According to research Britain’s under 30’s are more inclined to lean to the right politically…the BBC in its radio trailer for a programme on this thought this might be a bit of a problem and have set out to investigate. Generation Right It’s a commonplace thought that the young start their lives as idealistic left-wingers, only to become more conservative with age. But are today’s twenty-somethings going to … Continue reading →

Here you go, a new Open Thread to continue the debate! The floor is yours!