Gordon Brown, you remember him…Prime Minister and Leveson stalwart…..but where is he now?  Even the BBC seem to have lost track of him….. Funny old world when one of the most important characters in the last 15 years in British politics  goes off the BBC radar…and he didn’t make the ‘New Elizabethans’ either…those Britains who have had the greatest influence…for good or bad….in the reign of  the Queen.

Can I ask if anyone has had problem accessing the site today? I’ve found it hasn’t been loading for me and want to know if the problem is wider than just my connection?

Funny how the BBC hasn’t given this more profile… “MPs have demanded that the BBC reveals details of all commercial deals its journalists have with other organisations, amid fears of an increasing number of conflicts of interest affecting their work. The Corporation is under pressure following The Mail on Sunday’s disclosure two weeks ago that senior BBC journalist Roger Harrabin, acting on behalf of the BBC, accepted £15,000 in grants … Continue reading →

I was on the BBC earlier today here (45mins in)discussing some of the comments made by Conservative David Gauke concerning the “morality” of paying cash and also in tax avoidance.  As ever with the BBC there is an agenda and in this case the meme is naming and shaming “the wealthy” who dare to limit their tax exposure in a lawful manner. I asked the BBC presenter if those who have … Continue reading →

Before the 2003 Iraq War Russia, China, France and Germany opposed the US resolution to ‘legalise’ the war.  The BBC fully endorsed their stance because it opposed the war itself.  No questions were ever asked about why any of these countries were opposing the resolution….was it for some humane anti-war reason or the reality…a grubby backing of a murderous dictator for commercial and geo-political reasons. The vetos were therefore themselves ‘illegitimate’ being … Continue reading →