Interesting treatment here by the BBC of two of the candidates in the forthcoming Eastleigh by-election. On the one hand, we have Tory hopeful Maria Hutchings “provoking a backlash after suggesting her son would need private schooling to be a surgeon.”  Meanwhile, comments in a 1998 book by Labour candidate John O’Farrell have surfaced, in which he said he was “disappointed” that Mrs Thatcher had not been murdered by the … Continue reading →

  Thatcher’s the best! New poll names ex-Tory leader as greatest prime minister A new poll by ComRes for the Independent on Sunday and the Daily Mirror shows that Margaret Thatcher the most respected leader of the past five decades A new poll by ComRes for the Independent on Sunday and Sunday Mirror newspapers has revealed that the former Tory leader, Margaret Thatcher, is still the nation’s best leader since … Continue reading →

The BBC refused at first to report the ‘Muslim Patrols’ in London…but were quick to head off to Israel to report on Jews being racist. The BBC are quick to report Sadiq Khan explaining Labour’s next great plan for the economy. Not so quick to report death threats from Muslims to the very same Sadiq Khan because he voted in favour of gay marriage….apparently he is ‘selling out his religion’. … Continue reading →

“We are socialists ….” “We are socialists, we are enemies of today’s capitalistic economic system for the exploitation of the economically weak, with its unfair salaries, with its unseemly evaluation of a human being according to wealth and property instead of responsibility and performance, and we are all determined to destroy this system under all conditions.” —Adolf Hitler It is now clear beyond all reasonable doubt that Hitler and his … Continue reading →

What’s the US military doing in a remote corner of the Philippines? Kate McGeown’s gone to find out.(12mins 30 secs) International terrorism brought the US troops to the islands….to advise and assist…‘and its clearly paying off’. And  look, the Filipino Jollibee restaurant chain is opening up franchises….   ‘The place is a bit safer now but also a bit more American too.’ Do I detect a bit of regret about … Continue reading →

The Guardinianista’s are up in arms about the Sun’s frontpage:     But not too bothered about the Star:     The Guardian’s Paul Harris though is most upset to see similar frontpages in New York and says: ‘But after having read about the scandal in the UK, what I was not expecting to see as I walked to work in New York was the same offence repeated in New … Continue reading →

‘There is no living musician who has been more influential than Bob Dylan.’ So he must have something worthwhile to say…. “I realized at the time that the press, the media, they’re not the judge – God’s the judge,” says Dylan. “The only person you have to think about lying twice to is either yourself or to God. The press isn’t either of them. And I just figured they’re irrelevant.” … Continue reading →

Had to laugh at this! The BBC will negotiate “tougher” contracts with new managers in future to avoid a repeat of the fiasco over George Entwistle’s £450,000 pay-off when he quit as director-general, Lord Patten has said. Oh really? Meanwhile… The appointment of a former Labour cabinet minister to a senior BBC job on a salary of almost £300,000 a year last night re-ignited concerns over the corporation’s links with … Continue reading →

I had the misfortune to listen to BBC Radio 4 “Saturday Live” this morning, presented by Rev Richard Coles and Sian Williams.  The special guest was Billy Bragg, yeah, I know. He was introduced as an intrepid fighter against “fascism” and the entire tone of the interview as simpering sycophancy. Bragg moaned about the fact that too many posh boys were in the charts these days and he proclaimed that … Continue reading →

The BBC pursues any Israeli weakness or fault with a vengeance that belies bias; Here is BBC Watch picking up the details… On February 14th – just one day after a report about a group of racist fans from the Beitar Jerusalem football club (one of two produced until then by the BBC) had finally given up the place it had held on the Middle East page of the BBC News website … Continue reading →