The Environment Agency Chair, Lord Smith, has lied twice when talking about flooding and his agency’s reaction to events. Once when he claimed the Agency had no policy to deliberately flood the Somerset Levels, and again when he claimed Eric Pickles was wrong when he said the Agency had advised the government wrongly about dredging. The BBC has ignored the huge inconsistencies in his story and continues to report … Continue reading →

  Name: Lord Smith Rank: Incompetent Number:  Well, his number’s up.   Or his number should be up if the BBC were doing its job properly and fully investigating Lord Smith’s role as Chair of the Environment Agency and its policies.   Lord Smith has made two statements today which can unequivocably be called lies….about issues that go right to the heart of the flooding in the Somerset Levels.   … Continue reading →

You would have needed a heart of stone NOT to laugh at Evan Davis this morning when he was advised by Ed Davey re the floods  “It’s been 300 years since there were floods like this, it’s unprecedented” Haha! New open thread for you.

    Same story…..completely different take:   From the Guardian 13 Sept. 2013: Ofcom could easily regulate BBC, says chief executive Ofcom boss Ed Richards says it would be ‘comparatively easy’ to oversee corporation, but parliament has ultimate responsibility       From the BBC Sept. 13 2013: Ofcom ‘should not govern’ BBC, says regulator     Here’s another story that you might keep an eye on to see the … Continue reading →

    Amazing what a difference a month makes. One month ago: Storms’ link to climate change uncertain – Met Office   One month later: Met Office: Evidence ‘suggests climate change link to storms’     Originally they told us: The recent storms that have brought heavy rain and floods to much of the UK cannot definitely be linked to climate change, the Met Office has said. A spokesman said … Continue reading →

  Climate Change has brought freezing cold rain dripping down the back of my neck so I recommend you stay indoors and fill this up…

      You’d never have known that there were any concerns about growing Union power over the Labour Party from this Today interview last Saturday in which we had Labour man Jim Naughtie interviewing (08:10)  (unfortunately now timed out) Ian Davidson, Labour MP for Glasgow south-west and the former Labour lord chancellor, Lord Falconer to discuss the proposals….so three Labourites in a BBC studio…any possibility they might come up … Continue reading →

  Two think tanks, Policy Exchange and Civitas, have criticised Ofsted…..apparently that is not allowed. The boss of Ofsted, Sir Michael Wilshaw, said he was ‘spitting blood’ about the ‘attacks’…he claims the ‘attack dogs’ were set on him by Michael Gove. Apparently Sir Michael Wilshaw believes he is above criticism. The BBC seems to agree…at least when it is from ‘Right leaning’ think tanks…or ‘rightwing’ think tanks as they described … Continue reading →

  The BBC were quick to follow Miliband’s lead and challenge the Tories on their supposed lack of women in government…as opposed to Miliband’s  abundance of the female of the species on his front bench….most of whom shouldn’t actually have been there…merely shipped in ‘decoration’ for a photo opportunity….a bit of Politicians’ Page three…..not cheap exploitation of women by Labour there then!   Political point scoring aside…does it do Miliband … Continue reading →