A comment from Nick Robinson…..   The prime minister has not sought to impose a government enquiry on the BBC undermining the independence of the BBC Trust.   So the BBC doesn’t want an inquiry into how it runs its services…..unlike the private, commercial companies such as News International……is the BBC questioning the need for Press regulation imposed by a government inquiry then? For months we  endured … Continue reading →

Astounding statement by Paxman…..complete lack of perspective and awareness……and again this shows how the BBC great and the good are completely unprepared to accept that they are in the wrong.…the ever present shadow of Hutton that they refuse to acknowledge as a truthful indictment of their journalism is something that they continue to try to rewrite in the history books or blame for present bad practise. Was it ‘cowardice and … Continue reading →

Well, BBC D-G George Entwistle has resigned. But the question is rather larger – should the BBC now be AXED as a parasite bleeding off the public purse? One sacrificial lamb is not sufficient. “The BBC’s director general, George Entwistle, has resigned in the wake of the Newsnight child abuse broadcast. In a statement given outside New Broadcasting House, Mr Entwistle said: “I have decided that the honourable thing to … Continue reading →

Think we need this one…

Labour’s millionairess Margaret Hodge’s family business pays very little tax: The Labour MP has been one of the fiercest critics of tax avoidance by companies such as Starbucks, Google and Amazon. However, she is likely to face questions over the limited tax paid by Stemcor, the steel trading company in which she owns shares and which was founded by her father and is run by her brother.Analysis of Stemcor’s latest accounts show … Continue reading →

  Read the headline to this post…it came from Guido Fawkes before the Newsnight programme was broadcast.  Who knew eh? This if anything, proves absolutely that George Entwistle failed utterly and completely to get a grip of his news team.    Ian Overton editor of the London-based Bureau of Investigation working for Newsnight, claimed : “We’ve got a Newsnight out tonight about a very senior political figure who is a paedophile”. … Continue reading →

Roger Harrabin slides seamlessly into Black’s place:   roger harrabin ‏@RogerHarrabin Asking if climate change caused Sandy is like asking if gravity caused an old house to collapse when it did. Ex NYT http://nyti.ms/TKJPnz   This is amusing too: roger harrabin ‏@RogerHarrabin  DfT consults on plan to increase single carriageway lorry speed from 40 to 45 or 50 “to boost economic growth and cut congestion. Aniol Esteban ‏@aniolesteban  @RogerHarrabin do … Continue reading →

You almost, very, very nearly feel sorry for George Entwistle when you hear him being given the 5th degree on the Today programme this morning. Very nearly but not quite….he is the Director General and yet he was like a rabbit in the headlights, almost clueless.  A pretty poor performance for a man who has reached such heights in management. He seems to lack entirely the necessary political antenna that … Continue reading →

I caught a rather interesting debate on BBC Today @ 7.50am this morning concerning that BBC favourite, Windfarms!  “This week one of the world’s biggest wind turbine manufacturers announced it was cutting 3,000 jobs around the world. Chairman of the UK’s independent Committee on Climate Change Lord Deben and Dr John Constable, Chairman of the Renewable Energy Foundation, discuss the matter.” If you get a chance, give it a listen … Continue reading →