I did wonder what Newsnight would make of Milibandism (30 mins) as they had Rafael Behr, the New Statesman’s political editor, on to explain the new political force in the land and the ideas behind it.   What I saw was a slick, well produced party political broadcast….and I’m sure it will be immortalized on You Tube as such…..Behr did manage to get a dig in at Cameron…though … Continue reading →

  The BBC hasn’t been very pro-active in examining Labour’s claims about the so called ‘Living standard’s crisis’ but at least someone is having a go…..and it’s not Tory Central Office….. Rafael Behr, political editor of the New Statesman examines ‘Milibandism’.…but along the way he mentions this…leading in with a quote from Miliband’s conference speech….. “For generations in Britain, when the economy grew, the majority got better off. And then … Continue reading →

  Another interesting few words from ex-Beeboid Roger Mosey: I can say what I think now, too, which is cheering after 30-odd years of friendly corralling by BBC minders. Deviation from past orthodoxy is as welcome to some former colleagues as a cat bringing in a mangled sparrow but there was plenty of support, too, including some from unexpected internal sources. The brickbats seemed to be about the principle of … Continue reading →

    What does Robert Peston mean?  And who are these political activists?   The Co-op Group has told me: “Given the serious and wide-ranging allegations, Co-op Group has started a fact-finding process to find any inappropriate behaviour and will take action accordingly.” And the board has also launched a “root and branch review of the democratic structure of the organisation, because we need to modernise to make sure the … Continue reading →

  I put this at the bottom of the last post but thinking about it it deserves its own post.   The BBC has put this headline on its frontpage: David Cameron follows ‘high-class escorts’ on Twitter     and look….way, way down at the bottom after the BBC has headlined the story: The site speculated that the Prime Minister – or more likely, an aide – might have been … Continue reading →

  Can’t find any BBC report on this (Got to be one somewhere surely!?) Student loans to Bulgarians and Romanians frozen Loans to students from the two countries frozen after “suspicious” surge in the number enrolling at British colleges   Definitely no BBC report on this: When it comes to Europe, we’ve been mugged I’m seething. But not half as angry as my constituent. Her daughter had studied hard and … Continue reading →

The last one’s overflowing so better have a new one of these…..

      Victoria Derbyshire had a caller (24 mins 40 secs), Sonora(spelling?), who relayed to us her tale of woe as she became a victim of the callous Bedroom Tax. Worth a listen….Sonora lives in Holloway under the care and protection of Labour’s Islington Council…..Derbyshire didn’t listen, didn’t have enough facts and didn’t seem inclined to challenge anything being said….it seemed more like a sympathetic ear and a shoulder … Continue reading →

    ChrisH seems to have taken over the world: EmersonV says in response to Dominic Sandbrook’s ‘Cold War Britain’: Just finished watching bbc2 Cold War what a load of lefty crap. Totally bias view , how the west was so bad and the East was just misunderstood and wouldn’t hurt a fly. ChrisH replies: Can`t say I agree. It was pretty balanced to me….Sanbrooke was ironic, but pretty fair … Continue reading →

  As noted in the previous post the BBC made a curious omission in their programme about the Kennedy assassination…..forgetting to mention that Oswald was a Communist…whilst also making less than subtle intimations that seemed intended to suggest the Republicans may have shot Kennedy.   Perhaps they should have read the BBC’s own report from the time by Peter Watson:   (Text Version here)     The BBC’s attitude towards all … Continue reading →