The BBC and others have been quick to associate the EDL with the fires at two Islamic centres. The fire at the Islamic school has been established as caused by arson and four teenagers have been arrested. The cause of the first fire at the Al Rahma Islamic Centre is as yet undeclared….but blame has been instantly attached to the EDL because of graffiti sprayed onto the wall … Continue reading →

  The EDL says Islam is ‘Extreme’. Is it? People who cut other people’s heads off in the name of Islam are obviously extreme, suicide bombers are extreme, people who hang 16 year old girls from cranes are extreme.  But is Islam, when compared to our democratic, progressive, secular nation ‘extreme’?   That’s not a question many people will ask..or ‘allow’ to be asked. To do so means disposing  ‘of the first … Continue reading →

A report by Rajini Vaidyanathan about the forthcoming trial of George Zimmerman for the shooting of Trayvon Martin takes a clip of Zimmerman’s phone call to the police completely out of context to give the impression his actions were racially motivated. Here’s the relevant segment: Vaidyanathan: He was unarmed, carrying a bag of sweets and iced tea. He’d been spotted by George Zimmerman, a neighbourhood watch volunteer. Believing the teenager … Continue reading →

  This relates to an article by Paul Moss…though you might have thought it was by Occupy’s Paul Mason: Boom times in Dubai are attracting more and more Westerners – but a night with the expat elite was an awkward experience for the BBC’s Paul Moss.  A weekend stopover in Dubai – a friend had asked some of her friends who live there to take me out. So, here I … Continue reading →

Another open thread…..

    The BBC breathlessly reports that a Bridgwater social club has gone up in smoke and are claiming it was definitely an arson attack by the far right EDF who very definitely attacked it because it was rumoured the club had received a membership application from a Muslim, and in a positive move for community cohesion the club was actively considering letting him join. Locals say there are EDF links to the … Continue reading →

  The ‘Right Wing’ Patrick Mercer was an agreeable target for the BBC…they had no problem setting him up for a fall. The Chairman of the Energy and Climate Change Committee, Tim Yeo, was a different matter altogether….and even now as the BBC reports this latest potential scandal they downplay its significance, miss out ‘evidence’ and in fact actually deny that some of the claims were made despite them being highlighted … Continue reading →

Stop the world, but Mandela is ill, again, and BBC instantly go into full panic. I dread to think what their coverage will be like should this ancient communist loving terrorist commander pop his clogs.

Here you go, a new Open Thread! Wasn’t it fantastic that Her Majesty put John Humphrys in his place the other day?

          Seems to be a slightly different tone from the BBC when reporting the same story, that of the US PRISM electronic intelligence gathering revelations.   This side of the Pond the Brits get this headline: GCHQ US spy claims ‘chilling’….allegations that Britain’s electronic listening post GCHQ has been gathering data through a secret US spy programme and the report adopts a pretty negative attitude towards … Continue reading →