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
Top Gear went to Burma looking for the River Kwai but ended up up the River Kok without a bridge…so they built one….and Clarkson made his comment about the bridge having a slope…and all hell broke loose….well a few determined-to-be-offended liberals mobilised Twitter. Just as well Clarkson wasn’t in London then….who knows what he would have said about this….. At least there’s someone with … Continue reading
Sue at ‘Is the BBC biased’ has posted on this from the ‘Life Scientific’: I listened to the delightful Anne Glover, professor of molecular and cell biology at Aberdeen University amongst other things, and one thing in particular resonated with me, and stayed in my mind. The strap line to her episode states: “Opposing GM crops is a form of madness” I heard the interview as well … Continue reading
Well, the BBC response to the Budget has almost been as sneering and begrudging as that of Miliband. I heard Peston earlier today and he was doing all he could to make it all seem a bit of a flop. I also understand that one Labour MP was on BBC Newsnight last evening to inform us that “People can’t be trusted to have their whole pension at once.’ This incredibly patronising comment seems to resonate … Continue reading
It’s Wednesday and it’s also Budget Day! I see that the comrades at the BBC have sent Evan Davies up to Newcastle to gain insight into opinion on the state of the economy. Ah, that impartiality – I’m just surprised it wasn’t Liverpool airport! Anyway, a new Open Thread for you!
“Strong public broadcasting spurs a ‘race to the top’ between public and commercial media, raising overall standards across the industry. This contributes towards the sector’s economic success, cultural vibrancy and audience satisfaction.” This post is based upon a speech given by Tony Hall, BBC Director-General, at the Voice of the Listener & Viewer Conference on Wednesday 27 November 2013. From this speech come a few interesting points…the first … Continue reading
The BBC are hustling this story on every news bulletin and, Newsnight like, whipping it up into a candy floss confection of spin, smear and half truths….note trigger words and phrases embedded to suggest a very clear line of thought…‘guilty secrets‘ being destroyed: Met Police corruption probe papers shredded ‘over two days’ New details about the mass shredding of documents relating to a corruption inquiry in the Metropolitan Police … Continue reading
From WUWT: It turns out that it is the Potheads and not the Petrolheads who are destroying the planet with vast clouds of CO2, guzzling water vast resources and using huge quantities of electricity…… During California’s growing season, outdoor grows consumed roughly 60 million gallons of water a day – 50% more than is used by all residents of San Francisco. In California, indoor pot growing accounts for … Continue reading
Something else to thank the BBC for……. Press reform: Tighter regulation planned for Britain ‘poses worldwide threat’ The global organisation for newspaper publishers has questioned Britain’s reputation as a beacon of free media in a stinging rebuke to the Government over its plans to reform the press. The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) said that British plans to introduce tighter regulation of the press through … Continue reading
Which British city is known as the ‘TB capital of Western Europe’? Resurgence of disease poses grave threat worldwide London, with 681 cases of MDR-TB recorded in 2012, and nearly 3,500 cases of TB overall, is regarded as the “TB capital of Western Europe”. Globally, only half of MDR-TB’s victims survive. “one of the gravest public health threats facing the world today”
