The Dalai Lama’s Little Book of Wisdom by His Holiness the Dalai Lama (15 Sep 2003) £9.99 £8.62 Hardcover Many other books also available by the Dalai Lama from Amazon Mark Tully questions the pursuit of economic growth at all costs: Something Understood Why do we have to get richer? The BBC is here, as Ed West might agree, in full on pious … Continue reading
The BBC have no problem with those taking illicit peeks at top secret government docs…but if you watch the Telly, without a license…maybe not even the BBC, you’d better watch out…(via Guido) TV LICENSING offences now account for more than a tenth of all criminal prosecutions in the UK, City A.M. can reveal. More than 180,000 people – almost 3,500 a week – appeared in front of magistrates during 2012 after … Continue reading
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13JK5kChbRw The BBC have come up with a new and ingenious angle to tackle the government’s claims of signs of economic growth. The BBC will grudgingly admit that, yes, there may well be green shoots appearing but only in certain industries…and it’s the sunny weather, the wrong sort of consumer buying…bangers, BBQs and bikinis…it’s not sustainable. But look….the growth, what there is of it, is all in a … Continue reading
(Cartoon by Cartoons by Josh, courtesy of Tallbloke’s Talkshop) Hacked climate emails: police seize computers at West Yorkshire home Police seize equipment as part of investigation into the theft of thousands of private emails from the University of East Anglia Tallbloke towers raided: many computers taken “AN Englishman’s home is his castle they say. Not when six detectives from the Metropolitan Police, the Norfolk Constabulary and the … Continue reading
We’ve had the Hitler Youth, and of course the Commie version, the Young Pioneers….but now apparently the Nation’s liberal, progressive judicial system is under threat from ‘Dad’s Waffen SS’…in WWII they defended us from the Nazis now Dad’s Army are the Fascists. The age limit for jury service may be raised to 75. Evan Davis’ main concern seemed to be that as we get older … Continue reading
The Guardian is huffing and puffing about the indignity, the complete unfairness of the stop and search on Glenn Greenwald’s partner, David Miranda. ‘Journalism is under threat’….it’s a ‘betrayal of trust and principle.’ Funny how they were completely unconcerned about the arrests of News International journalists…in fact they in effect helped engineer those arrests with the BBC cheerleading all the way…never mind causing the closure of a … Continue reading
These things fill up quicker than a BBC’s presenters eyes at the news of the fall of the Muslim Brotherhood, so here’s a new one for you.
Here I am again, continuing the look at the BBC’s internal plumbing and checking out the close ties between some very influential people. Professor Laurie Taylor is the link to this second post….though he comes later in the piece…first I’ll start with the BBC struggling to create some interesting programmes. A summary of the links: iCreate…Patrick Younge…Gary Younge….the RSA….Matthew Taylor…Laurie Taylor……Marxism…the BBC…poverty…Open University.…The IPPR…The Labour Party….and finally James … Continue reading
The BBC is keeping itself busy, time waits for no man but if you can rewrite history it doesn’t really matter does it? The BBC last night had another go at polishing the turd that was Degsy Hatton, expelled from the Labour Party for belonging to the ‘Revolutionary Socialist League’…or Militant Tendency as it had renamed itself….also known as ‘’The Loony Left’…with some justification. … Continue reading
A new week AND a new thread for you to detail the bias! Off you go….
