Here you go, an really early Open Thread for your use!!! Try to restrict your European election analysis to THAT thread and let’s keep this for other issues. I am out of the UK on business for a few days, back mid week!

Right. It’s time for a new thread to discuss BBC coverage of the EUROPEAN elections results as they roll in! I see the Front National have topped the poll in France…

Biased BBC Graeme Thompson aka Hippiepooter offers us this! Clearly, £ Stirling as “Britain’s currency doesn’t make the BBC happy. http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20140522-are-money-and-happiness-linked The death of the Queen Mother couldn’t induce BBC presenters to wear black ties, but one suspects tomorrow’s euro-election results may well do so!”

    Just a few confirmations of the usual casual bias or lazy thinking from within the Bubble.   Nicky Campbell on Friday declared that it was quite unfair of the Press to publish those photos of Miliband munching on a not very Kosher bacon sarny: However…Miliband was on the stump looking for that photo opportunity to present himself as a man-of-the-people….he made a mess of it and showed bad … Continue reading →

      Is it just me or is the new iPlayer a complete shambolic mess? The old one wasn’t perfect by anymeans, clunky but usable, but the new one is abysmal, confusing and hard to navigate and find anything…browsing wasn’t a delight before, now it’s just a lucky dip or a grind through the hidden listings…almost as if they didn’t want you to find things to watch. Pretty certain … Continue reading →

    Why does UKIP not attract so many voters in London?   The BBC tells us: Demography Neil Hamilton said London was “difficult territory” for UKIP because it was so “cosmopolitan”. Earlier it was put to the party’s communities spokesman, Suzanne Evans, on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that the party had some difficulty appealing to Londoners because they tended to be “cultural, educated, and young” – reportedly a … Continue reading →

  The Daily Mail reports: Why Britain bombed Germany with copies of the Beveridge report: Dream of a welfare state ‘helped bring down Hitler’ RAF crews dropped copies of the Beveridge Report on occupied Europe The report was seen as a psychological weapon to undermine morale Senior Nazis thought Britain had accepted the theory of ‘national socialism’   British airman dropped copies of the plan for a post-war welfare state … Continue reading →

    Different take on events from the BBC and the Telegraph….curious the BBC not keen to report someone saying Europe’s wind and solar energy drive is a shambles….. This is what the BBC tells us Alexey Miller from Gazprom said about the latest Russian gas deal with China: Alexei Miller, Chief Executive of Gazprom said the new deal was “the biggest contract in the entire history of the USSR … Continue reading →

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd77eNaKEck     As we know, Jasmine Lawrence, a channel editor at BBC News, decided to reveal her disdain for UKIP voters and her deep knowledge of UKIP policies by Tweeting this: “#WhyImVotingUkip – to stand up for white, middle class, middle aged men w sexist/racist views, totally under represented in politics today.”   The irony?  A woman who presumably, judging by her tweet, has a pious self regard for her … Continue reading →

I’m on the Jon Gaunt radio show tomorrow morning at 11.20am discussing the Jasmine Lawrence debacle. A quick reminder.. Jasmine Lawrence, a channel editor at BBC News, has been removed from playing any part in the corporation’s coverage of the European and local council elections after tweeting a derogatory comment about Ukip.  Lawrence, who has now shut her Twitter account, posted a tweet on Wednesday that said: “#WhyImVotingUkip – to stand up for white, middle class, middle aged … Continue reading →