If Margaret Hodge’s grasp of Stemcor’s company accounts is any indication of her grasp of Amazon’s or Starbuck’s then I don’t think they have anything to worry about. In this Sky News video  (via Guido) she is left floundering when asked for details of Stemcor’s profits and taxes paid upon those profits..in the UK. Note the completely different treatment by the BBC as it runs for cover as … Continue reading →

On the Question Time panel this week – Philip Hammond, Chris Bryant, Charles Kennedy, FT journalist Gillian Tett and television producer Peter Bazalgette. Please join us over on the livechat server from 10:30pm UK time. To address some of the issues from last week’s livechat we’ll be running a beta copy of their next version of the chat software. So be aware that it will solve some problems but may … Continue reading →

 All those resources, all those journalists, all those editorial guidelines…   The BBC’s Newsnight programme once again wraps itself in glory as the Sun tells us: BBC’s Help for Heroes slur Grovelling apology for flawed report on charity THE BBC will today broadcast a humiliating network-wide apology for smearing Help for Heroes on Newsnight. An “investigation” by the flagship show last August accused the troops charity of misspending its cash. … Continue reading →

      The truth about Bulgarian and Romanian immigration into this country must lie somewhere inbetween the reassuring utterances adopted by the BBC: Polls: No indication of huge Romanian-Bulgarian influx And those of the Sun: Next stop UK: Romanians & Bulgarians are queueing up for handout Britain    The BBC however is actively working to change your opinion about immigration and the numbers coming here…going so far as to make completely ill-matched comparisons … Continue reading →

      Going to be some head scratching at the BBC where they just know that Whites are the most racist, sorry, the only racist people in the world…… Maybe this remark from a Bulgarian can help them out: “You British bring civilisation wherever you go. This is my impression at least,”   A fascinating map of the world’s most and least racially tolerant countries Here’s what the data show: … Continue reading →

The BBC is having a spate of programmes that deal with immigration and culture (Andrew Green from Migration Watch even getting decent treatment on the Today programme)…I wonder if that has anything to do with the ongoing review of its coverage of such issues…and will they suddenly be on the back burner again  once the review is published? Anyway, the floor is yours…..a new open thread for any BBC subject … Continue reading →

   Another gang of abusers….all of a certain culture…but not a particular race….race only being an issue with regard to the way the Police may have reacted…not prosecuting because of the possible appearance of being racist. Islam is the common factor between the offenders…that’s not to  say Islam makes them abusers…what it may suggest is that they came to believe that as Non-Muslims are dehumanised, deemed worthless, they can freely abuse them … Continue reading →

    Just what is the point of Mark Mardell?   When he reports a story his own politcal leanings colour his reports…getting it wrong on Boston, Obama’s foreign policy and Benghazi….but that’s when he bothers to report a story:  Two recent eye catchers don’t seem to have raised his interest judging by his Twitter feed…the Obama government targeting political opponents and journalists who embarrass them: Wider Problems Found at IRS … Continue reading →

  The BBC should be a necessary part of the fabric of our society providing impartial and balanced news and views that are accurate and truthful, a counter weight to the myriad of partisan broadcasters and publishers who offer just one side of any argument. The existence of this site, and many like it, is evidence that all is not as it should be at the BBC. Does it matter … Continue reading →

The Question Time livechat last Thursday was quite promising. There were some teething problems as you’d expect with new software. The chat window needed refreshing for most people every now and then – more for certain people in certain browsers than others. The LogIn/Out button was also in a slightly awkward place. One or two things outside of our control too; emailed passwords stuck in spam filters for example. To address … Continue reading →