It’s been a busy morning attacking the Conservative led Coalition on the BBC Today programme. The focus of attack, of course, is always on the Conservative element of that Coalition. We were treated to Ed Balls whingeing about changes to welfare which come into effect with the new tax year today. Balls was allowed to bluster and he stuck to his script paying little regard to the gentle questions asked … Continue reading
On Monday, the President made a pre-emptive attack on the Supreme Court because He’s afraid they’re going to vote to overturn ObamaCare on the grounds that part or all of it violates the Constitution. Needless to say, there’s been a huge outcry, and a lot of fuss in the press about it. I commented about it here yesterday to give everyone a heads up before the BBC came in with … Continue reading
This BBC item has been brought to my attention. Sessions to encourage men to help stop female genital mutilation (FGM) will be held in Bristol, it is hoped. Campaign group Daughters of Eve has started hosting workshops for men in London after gaining funding from the Staples Trust in December. Wonder who these “men” might be? Any thoughts? The world class BBC journalists don’t seem to know….
Interesting post here over on Guido’s site that is well worth a read. In essence, BBC Newsnight favouring the Green Party over UKIP for the Mayoral debate this evening. Shame on them, again. Well done to Guido for flagging up this blatant bias.
Middle of the week and time for a new one of these for your edification!
Interesting piece on the BBC here concerning the emerging threat from Al Queda in AFRICA, and how this could increase the Jihad threat in Britain. British youths from African communities could become radicalised as al-Qaeda looks to Africa to build its strength, the Rusi think tank has suggested. It says such a development would pose new challenges for UK and other Western intelligence services. It warns of potential for new or … Continue reading
Ah. Giles Fraser. A BBC favourite, on the speed-dial for comment, with a guaranteed line of thinking that flows effortlessly into the BBC group-think. B-BBC’s Alan picks up on this here… “Another little BBC programme just adding to the undercurrent of anti-capitalism, anti-banker rhetoric and whispers that are the cause celebre uniting the unthinking chattering classes and the great unwashed of the Socialist Workers Party and Occupy. ‘Ceremony and Society, … Continue reading
This is a lengthy post but I fully commend you read all of it below the fold because it is a wonderful dissection of the current BBC series fronted by Professor Diarmaid Macculloch which aims to subvert everything we know about being British. Biased BBC’s Alan writes… ‘It is only now at the beginning of the 21st Century that history is being rewritten.’ The Story of Maths – 2. The Genius … Continue reading
Yesterday, I queries the BBC view of the Falklands war all those years ago. I am reminded by a B-BBC contributor of this; “Here’s an interesting snippet from the BBC revealing what it thinks about the Falklands and perhaps the Argentinian claim on them: ‘Thirty years after the Falkland’s War, journalist and military historian Max Hastings explores the conflict’s impact and its legacy. The Falklands could well be the last … Continue reading
B-BBC’s Alan observes; Funny how the BBC can always remember this from 20 years ago in 1991 from Norman Lamont: ‘Rising unemployment and the recession have been the price that we have had to pay to get inflation down. That price is well worth paying.’ but have so far managed to ignore this from Labour: ‘One of Ed Miliband’s closest allies has described rising unemployment and inflation as ‘an orgasmic … Continue reading
