Miliband relaunches his abysmal ‘predistribution’ policy and the BBC give it 2nd highest billing on its frontpage and plenty of airtime. And yet it is an old story from over a year ago: Ed Miliband unveils ‘predistribution’ plan to fix economy For 2013 Miliband has rejigged his plan slightly: Ed Miliband pledges living wage tax breaks for firms Some of Britain’s lowest-paid workers could get pay rises … Continue reading
Ex Beeboid Rosie Millard….a voice from the trough… The BBC left leaning?…..All an agenda by the right wing Press. The BBC isn’t watched by the Northern Labour voting working classes…and therefore it isn’t Left Wing because it must reflect its audience….(So it’s the type of audience which watches the BBC that defines whether the BBC is biased?….therefore Question Time is biased?) The Daily Mail’s … Continue reading
“In a world where people can choose their news when and where they want it, and from a huge range of sources, we want to understand how best the BBC can retain their trust and confidence so that it remains clearly their number one choice.” Probably by not being the broadcast arm of the Labour Party, the European Union, Climate fanatics and Al Qaeda. Trust … Continue reading
BBC faces new bias row over charity given millions by EU The BBC is facing questions over the impartiality of its coverage of the European Union after its charity arm received millions of pounds to promote the EU’s political agenda. BBC Media Action, which is part of the broadcaster’s Global News division, was paid £4.5 million from Brussels last year, mostly for work designed to ensure the … Continue reading
Rob Wilson MP: Time to scrap unfair poll tax on television The writing is on the wall. The Telegraph tells us that: 49% of people questioned wanted the BBC licence fee scrapped…. and 21% want it cut. Only 18% wanted it frozen… and 10% want it increased. The BBC tells us: ‘…the licence fee is the most popular means of funding the BBC, ahead … Continue reading
The same wilful blindness that allowed girls to continue to be abused by Muslim gangs is still in operation…..it is a wilful blindness that refuses to examine some harsh realities about Islam. From Harry’s Place: The Quiet Death of Moderate Islam These days, one can happily believe and even state publicly that the death penalty should apply to anyone who has sex outside of marriage, takes part in … Continue reading
Better late than never, here you go, a new Open Thread to start the month and end the week!
Mark Easton, the BBC’s immigration cheerleader, has leapt upon some research about ‘Diversity’ and manages to put a classic BBC spin on it. Unfortunately the ‘research’ tells us nothing that you couldn’t dream up yourself….i.e. that where communities are segregated, separated into different races and religions, things will fall apart as a ‘society’. Conversely where there is no segregation and everyone mingles without adopting the identity politics … Continue reading
BBC coming under political pressure to silence climate sceptics (as if it needs it): From the Guardian: The BBC has come under fire from the chairman of an influential committee of MPs for favouring climate change sceptics in its coverage – and, according to documents seen by the Guardian, replied by saying that putting forward opinions not backed by science is part of its role. That has enraged … Continue reading
As comedian Robert Webb re-joins Labour the New Statesman tells us: With Eddie Izzard and John O’Farrell already among the party’s celebrity supporters, it looks as if Miliband has the comedians’ vote sewn up. Who’d a thunk eh? Webb’s move was one of the unexpected consequences of panto dame Russell Brand’s guest-edit of the New Statesman In the same issue Slavoj Žižek tells us: “Most … Continue reading
