The Coalition is far from perfect and I am no fan of either Party but credit where credit is due! However Labour needs us to believe that if there is economic growth, it is the wrong sort of growth. They need us to swallow the “cost of living crisis” now that they cannot sell us PLAN B. But when the Coalition then produces figures that at least indicate that INCOMES … Continue reading →

Good economic news! Quick, raise doubts and pour water on it so that “cost of living crisis” meme is unaffected! Over to you gang! A new Mark Carney approved Open Thread!

        This from Bishop Hill…..where is the outrage at the intimidation and violence of the greens, including firing flares at police helicopters?  Why is ‘green’ thuggery and violence any different to any carried out for instance by the EDL during their protests?   More violence and intimidation from greens The Mail is reporting that environmentalists are flocking to the iGas site at Barton Moss, where they are intimidating … Continue reading →

  Hope the BBC still have hooman rights lawyer, Phil Shiner, on speed dial…he is needed right now…. Blasphemy case: Briton in Pakistan sentenced to death A court in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi has sentenced a 65-year-old British man to death after convicting him of blasphemy. Mohammad Asghar was arrested in 2010 after writing letters to various people claiming to be a prophet, reports say. His lawyers argued for … Continue reading →

You do wonder at the culture that prevailed at the BBC. When did it change, I wonder? An alleged victim of Dave Lee Travis said when she worked at the BBC in the mid-1970s ‘it was common practice to have tongues down your throat, tongues in your ear, bums being squeezed’. The woman, who claims the veteran DJ pinned her up against a wall and groped her while presenting his … Continue reading →

Biased BBC contributor Daniel Pycock writes… “I’ve written before on this blog about the BBC’s relentless promotion of comprehensive schooling – the worst education system the UK has hitherto had: http://biasedbbc.tv/blog/2013/12/23/the-bbc-on-education-ignore-the-evidence-believe-ofsted/ Now they’re promoting Anthony Seldon’s unworkable reform whereby parents would have to pay £15,000-£20,000 per annum per child to educate their children at “good state schools”. The article at least addresses the fact that selection is by money, rather … Continue reading →

    I knew this woman had said the BBC had ignored her complaint about Dave Lee Travis….I assumed it was a complaint made at the original time of the alleged offence….however, incredibly that’s not so….even as Savile’s actions were being publicised the BBC still buried its head in the sand….   From the Telegraph: An alleged victim of veteran DJ Dave Lee Travis has told a court he pinned … Continue reading →

    Very, very funny today on Today…Justin Webb stunned before a prolonged squealing of indignation whined its way out of him. They’re talking about racism in the acting business and why Black actors apparently have to go to the US to get work. Black actor Gary Beadle says that we are in denial….’There is’, he said…Webb interrupts to suggest ‘racism’…Beadle says…’No…more ‘institutional attitudes’ [racism then]…and it’s ‘rampant in the … Continue reading →