Nicky Campbell ran a phone in about the state of the economy…notably several callers said that when they raised the question of a pay rise with their bosses the answer was ‘There are plenty of East Europeans who will do it for a lot less’. Whilst Campbell eventually highlighted such comments this is what the BBC’s economic genius from Wake Up to Money, Adam Parsons, said in response … Continue reading →

    One of our occasional off thread rambles to provide a short break from the usual.  

      I see the BBC is employing the services of a firm that employs Lord Hall’s wife to headhunt a new BBC Trust Chairman. As the BBC previousily spent £350,000 to headhunters to fill two vacancies and then filled them from within its own ranks perhaps the money might be better spent on employing the services of a cleaning company, whether or not it has relations of Lord … Continue reading →

  AA Gill comments on the BBC’s coverage of the Euro elections on Vote 2014. His conclusion…. Political reporting on television…..moribund, unchanged and unconsidered.  Politics on televison is a shabby, undemocratic national disservice. No kidding. He goes on to say that BBC 2 has been good, but is now ‘an arty social worker.’ No kidding…and of course that is a description that could sum up pretty much all of the … Continue reading →

Interesting item here by the BBC. It almost looks like they are trying to tell us that Sharia has a bright side to it.

Wonder what you make of this news? “Sebastian Coe is today being urged to step down from some of his current work commitments if he wants the role of BBC Trust chairman. The former track star and London 2012 chief is the frontrunner to replace Lord Patten, who stood down three weeks ago after heart surgery. However, MPs are today urging Lord Coe to step down from some of his 20 other … Continue reading →

I wonder why the BBC provide has-been singer Billy Bragg with influential platforms such as Any Questions from which he can spew his 1970’s agitprop?

Hi all. Here’s a Joey Barton endorsed Open Thread for you to complete. And to think some claim Question Time has been deliberately dumbed down. Next week, Wayne Rooney?

  Will the BBC spend a day pouring relentlessly over this report, as they did with the ‘racial prejudice ‘ one,  that over the past 10 years overcrowding has become a huge problem:   The Telegraph reports: Figures show surge in ‘overcrowded’ homes More than three million people now live in a household with at least five other individuals, according to figures from the ONS The number of people living … Continue reading →

The BBC reports: One third of Britons ‘admit being racially prejudiced’ Nearly a third of people in Britain admit being racially prejudiced, research has suggested. The British Social Attitudes survey found the proportion had increased since the start of the century, returning to the level of 30 years ago. Some 30% of the 2,000 people polled by social research company NatCen described themselves as either “very” or “a little” race … Continue reading →