Albaman quotes this in reference to wind strengths over the Philippines: Haiyan hit Guiuan, on the Philippine island of Samar…the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) assessed Haiyan’s sustained winds at 195 mph, gusting to 235 mph, making it the 4th strongest tropical cyclone in world history. Satellite loops show that Haiyan weakened only slightly, if at all, in the two hours after JTWC’s advisory, so the super typhoon likely … Continue reading →

You would need a heart of stone not to smile at the BBC’s desperation to cloak the news that the UK economy is indisputably on the mend. It’s not so many months since Miliband, Balls and Cooper were never off the State Broadcaster imploring the Coalition to abandon current strategy and adopt “PlanB” – the Labour recipe for success. Now, as it becomes crushingly clear Labour got it so badly … Continue reading →

Oh my, it’s so tricky for the BBC. Yesterday we heard David Blunkett warn of riots on our streets as Roma queue up to bring us their multicultural riches and now today Jack Straw reveals that Labour got it badly wrong with their (deliberate) embrace of Open Borders. I am sure the BBC will give both these mea culpas from their political wing every due prominence. Now, back to the … Continue reading →

Here we go – middle of the week and time for a new Open Thread.

Problems with the site earlier prevented me posting this but I thought I would share anyway. I was listening to the TODAY programme this morning, just before 7am, and they were doing all they can to push the notion that the Typhoon that has caused so much destruction in the Philippines was “somehow” linked to global warming.  They had political hustler Justin Forsyth from Save the Children on asserting that … Continue reading →

     The Spectator asks: Why can’t we admit we’re scared of Islamism?   The article reveals that an art exhibition examining freedom of expression had to be moved to a different location due to ‘threats’ towards the gallery…. ‘Enemies of the exhibition’ had made threats, and it was worried about a ‘potential terrorist attack’ The article continues: There was no secret about its decision. But not one of the … Continue reading →

    Front page news: Broadcaster David Dimbleby gets first tattoo aged 75     Not front page news, in fact not news at all on the BBC: Roma migrants could cause riots in cities, warns Blunkett British cities could face race riots as an influx of Roma migrants creates “frictions” with local people, David Blunkett warns British cities could face race riots as an influx of Roma migrants creates … Continue reading →

  The reliability and predictability of the licence fee has been a huge reason for the News Division’s success.   MarkDamazer ex R4 Controller Andrew Marr, BBC journalist recently voted top political reporter by Press Gazette describes “we have become too powerful, too much the interpreters, using our talents as communicators to crowd them (politicians) out. On paper we mock them more than ever before and report them less than … Continue reading →

    The 181,880 people prosecuted last year for not paying for a TV licence, presumably some of the poorest in the country, will be delighted that if they had paid up their money would have gone into Labour Party coffers, or representatives of, and would undoubtedly be put to good use campaigning for the poor and needy: BBC pays seven times more to Labour MPs, figures show The corporation … Continue reading →

Here you to, let’s start the week with a new Open Thread to populate! Off you go…