The Mail suggested that Miliband’s father’s politics were important…their legacy damaging to this country, its democracy, its society. Today you have an example of why a bit more credence should have been given to what the Mail had to say. Miliband has had a reshuffle in his shadow cabinet….and out went three Blairites…..all three of whom had been given the ‘blackspot’ by Len McCluskey, Unite’s dinosaur union … Continue reading
I should even things up a bit and say that ‘Have I Got News For You’ (17 mins 30 secs) didn’t spend half hour doing a Miliband party broadcast….they did put the boot into Miliband as well….here he is, as they claimed, with his new Boy Band…The World’s Dullest Boyband…..’No Direction’: And here is the new ruthless, but caring Miliband, putting his own boot in…. That’ll teach the … Continue reading
The Tea Party, like UKIP, is always a source of mocking outraged humour on the BBC, always guaranteed to raise a snigger from presenter or guest. A comparable negative and insulting characterization of similar groups on the left is completely absent from the BBC…Occupy or the Socialist Worker’s Party or UK Uncut (well…they’re pretty much the same group in reality) get an unwarranted amount of respect and regard for their … Continue reading
There is an old Bedouin saying that once the camel gets his nose in the tent the body will surely follow. Sunday Morning Live which asked ‘Are Muslims doing enough to stop the radicalisation of young people?’, was I think pretty groundbreaking for the BBC, at least I have never heard anything quite so open, raising so many contentious and taboo issues. There were quite a few … Continue reading
Via Bishop Hill Clive James has had a dig at Brian Cox and the BBC’s climate change coverage: Clive James: I’m not sure I trust this science rock star But hey, the smiling Professor (the smile sometimes switches itself on for no reason at all, like a refrigerator door loose on its hinges) might be right, and certainly seems so when backed up by so much … Continue reading
Polly Toynbee is a long time fan of the BBC and defends it relentlessly whilst being a long time not such a fan of the Daily Mail’s editor Paul Dacre (2008): The feeding frenzy against the BBC, spurred on by Dacre and Murdoch, grows ever more threatening. It matters because politicians are afraid of both men. More sinister than the trip to Deripaska’s yacht was the less publicised … Continue reading
The BBC love Mehdi Hasan. He is an everpresent presence on our screens, as much or possibly more than that other wretch Alastair Campbell. I wonder why….of course he’s a Muslim but he wears a nice suit and he talks of reform of Islam…the BBC lap it up. But really, what is it about this two faced, duplicitous, lying little toady of the Iranian regime who on … Continue reading
The Telegraph slams the BBC for its tidal wave of pro-Labour reporting over the Mail/Miliband punch up: The BBC insisted that its coverage of what was a significant political story had been “appropriate, balanced and impartial”. However, an analysis by The Telegraph found the story took up almost 49 minutes of the 12 hours of broadcasting by Today, BBC Radio 4’s flagship current affairs programme, over the four … Continue reading
It is a fact…Oswald Mosley loved Britain. How do we know this for sure? Because he served not only in the British Army in the First World War but in the Royal Flying Corps as well. The Westminster Gazette told us…‘He has human sympathies, courage and brains.” So let’s have no more derogatory remarks condemning Oswald Mosley for his Fascist beliefs. He loved Britain, he served in … Continue reading
