Unemployment is down…but Stephanie Flanders is on the case…..she says it should be good news……but to her mind it is a sign of a sickness at the heart of the British economy…and it’s probably all George Osborne’s fault. ‘To get rid of that longer term mystery, the ONS would have to decide that everything it had said about GDP in the past two years was wildly wrong…..implausible, even to those … Continue reading
Morning folks, it’s mid week and so it is time for a brand new shiny Olympic legacy approved Open Thread! Enjoy!
Many years ago, I remember Billy Idol’s Generation X singing about “Wild Youth”. Wonder had he rioting French thugs in mind? I was listening to an item on Today this morning just before 7am concerning riots which have been taking place in various French cities. It seems that in Amiens, around 100 “youths” attacked police, including firing live bullets at them. Other cities like Toulouse and Marseilles seem to have … Continue reading
Mark Thompson has got a new job…as Chief Executive Officer, and President, of the New York Times…the US version of the ‘Guardian’…and equally loss making. How much might the man who presided over the anti-capitalist BBC be paid? Well look at what his predecessor got paid and her ‘retirement’ fund: Robinson’s compensation in 2010 totalled $4.48 million, an 8 percent drop from $4.86 million in the prior year, based on The … Continue reading
THE NEIL REPORT STATEMENT BY THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS For the BBC impartiality is a legal requirement. BBC journalists will report the facts first, understand and explain their context, provide professional judgements where appropriate, but never promote their own personal opinions. We will make our journalistic judgments for sound editorial reasons, not as the result of improper political or commercial pressure, or personal prejudice. “At the moment every newspaper … Continue reading
Out of 40 tweets from Mardell 28 are about Paul Ryan or Mitt Romney. For ‘two boring white men’ Mardell certainly finds a lot to talk about on them….not so much on Obama…..how’s his campaign going then? Just as well we have a Guardian hit on Obama to even things up in one fell swoop (The BBC haven’t let it bother them): ‘This swiftboating of Mitt Romney disgraces Barack Obama … Continue reading
The BBC finally admit ‘someone’ jumped an Olympic torch bearer and shouted Allah Akbar whilst doing it: ‘A boy who tried to grab the Olympic torch as it was carried through Kent has been ordered to pay compensation to the torchbearer and a police officer. The 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named, attempted to grab the flame in Rochester Road, Gravesend, on 20 July The court heard as he went … Continue reading
No sign of this story from the world’s biggest news provider, which is unusual, as they are normally pretty keen to dig the dirt on Tories falling out….. Climate committee chairman Tim Yeo under pressure over industry links Conservative MP Tim Yeo is facing a backlash from his colleagues on the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee over his paid roles within the renewable energy sector, it was reported. … Continue reading
The BBC continues its demonisation of the EDL with a ‘report’ that is merely an excuse to try to malign and abuse EDL supporters and label them all as racist…no such thing as a ‘moderate’ EDL member apparently. According to this report they are all drunken, racist hooligans….really? Note the positively scary Big Brother attitude of Leeds City Council which sacked an EDL member for being in the EDL….apparently his … Continue reading
Have you seen THIS from the BBC “explaining” the causes of the Eurozone meltdown? Wonderful stuff… So what really caused the crisis? There was a big build-up of debts in Spain and Italy before 2008, but it had nothing to do with governments. Instead it was the private sector – companies and mortgage borrowers – who were taking out loans Thank goodness that Governments had NO responsibility and the wicked … Continue reading
