This is a response by Milverton to this rather self-indulgent attempt at humour……I might suggest he represents the views of most people who read this site and puts them across very well and concisely….namely that the BBC is, in concept, a good idea, that in reality it provides much of value but falls down seriously by ‘polluting’ its output with its own political and social agenda and that privatisation … Continue reading →

      The BBC produced a programme recently following the lives of some ‘girls’ who are already, or are thinking about becoming, members of the EDL….they began filming before Tommy Robinson jumped ship.   EDL Girls – Don’t Call Me Racist The English Defence League has gained notoriety as the far-right street movement with racist and extremist members whose protests often end in violence. Many of its members feel … Continue reading →

    In case you missed it and don’t want to plough through 3 hours of ‘Sport Relief’ here’s the ‘Only Fools and Horses’ bit…at 2 hours 38 mins on the actual show: Sport Relief – 2014   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9H6Yxq1-EQ

    We cough up 145 beer/irn bru tokens every year for the privilege of being patronised and manipulated but what has the BBC ever done for us? Is it worth the cost? Does it do anything useful? Here, via the Telegraph, is a site that provides, at no cost whatsoever and completely unadulterated by political spin, a sterling  public service of immense usefulness: http://www.fixmystreet.com/   How to get potholes … Continue reading →

  The BBC demands a ‘sustainable recovery’ and never mind what recovery there is now you’d better batten down the hatches because it forecasts a grim, depressing future as austerity really bites…you ain’t seen nothing yet….and welfare cuts are impoverishing the demonised poor. Remarkable how the BBC have totally ignored the wave of criticism that Miliband received, much from his own side, for his abysmal response to the budget……Pienaar and … Continue reading →

    According to Guido the BBC has pulled a video from the iPlayer at the insistence of Gordon Brown Guess Brown has no problem negotiating the BBC’s complaints procedure.      

  Via The Spectator….. The BBC’s latest recruit to Newsnight, Duncan Wheldon,  has admitted to having been a teenage werewolf.  The romance of the horror, the thrill of the chase, adolescent hormones coursing through the veins, the moonlight, all lured him into making that fatal decision.  But he’s better now. He’s over his brief dalliance with demonic Beastliness and has settled down in comfortable old age as a dinosaur…cosying up … Continue reading →

The BBC has been digesting the budget and I was a tad surprised to hear none other than Chris Huhne invited on the Today programme this morning around 6.45am to give his judgement on the green credentials of the Coalition. The swivel eyed eco-loon former jail bird Huhne is hardly a bastion of balanced opinion but Evan Davies nonetheless was happy to let him ramble.

Brand new OPEN THREAD to see us all off into the wild blue yonder of the weekend. The floor belongs to you….

Iraqi gunmen launched a three hour assault on British troops with the aim of killing them all……the Iraqis ended up dead or captured…the survivors now complain they were questioned oppressively and shouted at quite loudly. They want money…no sorry, justice….and they knew, or thought they did, just the man to get it for them.   Lawyer Phil Shiner has been filling his boots at tax payers expense for quite some … Continue reading →