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
BBC News in paroxysm of joy at the news that the CPS have announced that eight people, including Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, will face a total of 19 charges relating to phone hacking, the Crown Prosecution Service has said. The two ex-News of the World editors are to be charged in connection with the accessing of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler’s phone messages. I caught the PM coverage of thison … 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
