Victoria Derbyshire was comprehensively routed and put to the sword today….twice. The latest GDP figures were announced and apparently the economy is sinking fast…or as the BBC put it in every news report…‘Britain is in the worst recession since records began…50 years ago.’ Hang on! The worst recession since records began…but only since the 1960’s?…that’s very convenient….was there no record of the Great depression then? Was that just a legend, … Continue reading
Stop the Presses…hold the front page….new evidence has emerged of Christian perfidy! Libby Purves rewrites history on Midweek and reveals the little known ‘fact’ that Spain was in fact Moorish, a Muslim country, until it was conquered by the Christians in the 13th century whereupon they forced everyone to convert to Christianity and were force fed pork by the Inquisition. A slight liberty with the facts there by Purves…which totally … Continue reading
Today fabricated a story to keep climate change in the headlines….. 0838 Analysts are saying that America’s worst drought for 50 years could mean that rising food prices could hit some of the world’s poorest countries. Joe Kelsay of the Indiana Department of Agriculture explains how bad the situation is, and Dr Alice Bows, senior lecturer in Energy and Climate Change at the Sustainable Consumption Institute, explains what needs … Continue reading
BBC pretty exultant that the subsidy cut to onshore wind generation is only going to be 10% and not that 25% that “right wing” Conservatives wanted. The Limp as Lettuce politician Ed Davey was portrayed in heroic tones for seeing off the challenge to the Green Lobby although to be fair he gives such a bad interview that even this was somewhat diluted. Our friend Roger Harrabin was also on … Continue reading
With the London Olympics consuming more and more BBC coverage as we approach the start of the Games, I though this was an interesting set of observations from a B-BBC reader; “This is a slightly different complaint from what is normal, in that the BBC hasn’t yet deployed its bias and general idiocy. It’s more of a plea to counter it. A lot has been said of the BBC’s woeful … Continue reading
Well, the site seems to running a bit better this morning so let me put this new Open Thread up for you. More to follow..!
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
