That’s a rather neat summing up of the BBC attitude according to Rod Liddle in the Sunday Times. Something backed up, at least the part about women, by the former Today programme editor Jenny Abramsky who says that the BBC has a ‘huge responsibility’ to employ more women. Liddle says: ‘This is an open letter to a man called James. This particular James is white, middle-aged and public school and … Continue reading
Another open thread to kick the week off…the sun is shining, the day is beautiful and the future’s bright….but there is absolutely no connection to Islam I should make clear.
The Director of the IRS’s tax-exempt enforcement division, Lois Lerner, has been placed on “administrative leave” after her publicly derided appearance in front of Congress the other day. Reality forces the BBC to report on a story they were quietly avoiding until the story got too big to ignore. Lois Lerner on administrative leave in US tax scandal There are some glaring omissions here, as well as the usual partisan … Continue reading
‘Right Thinking Muslims’ What are they? Who are they? What do they think? I don’t know, but Nicky Campbell and all those BBC presenters who use the phrase obviously do…perhaps it is similar to the ‘Right Thinking Tory’ who has dumped all his principles in favour of a ‘Good Press’ from the BBC. I seem to know what a ‘Right Thinking Muslim’ isn’t….he isn’t someone who adheres to the … Continue reading
The weekend beckons and so time for a brand new fresh and shiny OPEN thread! And guess what, this hasn’t cost £98m…..
Jim Nocknees accusing Cameron of being out of touch: (08:13) ‘You know that there are a lot of your MPs and activists and so on, party members, who tramp the streets in your interests and say listen, same sex marriage was not in the manifesto, we didn’t know what was coming along, he’s just charging on surrounded by a metropolitan clique who don’t know what we think.’ Good job … Continue reading
In January the BBC were boasting how much money they estimated they generated for the economy…but one stand out phrase is this from the Telegraph: ‘It concludes that value-for-money has improved overall at the BBC, even though total spending has risen by more than £100 million in the last year.’ I think you’re probably ahead of me already. Just where did that £100 million go? Down which … Continue reading
‘The far right is here. In our midst. And we see it not. Or worse still, we care not.’ Colonel Mike Dewar told us today on Nicky Campbell’s show that we tiptoe around the causes of radicalisation..we need a counter narrative, an alternative approach…he said the murder of Lee Rigby was a ‘stark warning’ that we needed to start countering the rhetoric and propaganda that radicalises these … Continue reading
Mr Thompson said: ‘Without question, “I complain in the strongest possible terms”, is different from, “I complain in the strongest possible terms and I am loading my AK47 as I write”. This definitely raises the stakes.’ Teddy Bear in the comments points out this grovelling response from the BBC after a few complaints….just like the one they issued for broadcasting ‘Jerry Springer The Opera’ after 10’s of thousands of … Continue reading
A World Transformed…how…by the power of UKIP?….or through the love of Jesus? Is religion political? Ask Justin Welby: The church continues to have the power to transform society, the Archbishop of Canterbury said today in his inauguration ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral. ‘For more than a thousand years this country has to one degree or another sought to recognise that Jesus is the Son of God; by the ordering of … Continue reading
