Via Bishop Hill (h/t Umbongo), here’s John Bell of the Iona Community on this morning’s Thought For The Day comparing bankers and climate sceptics to paedophile gangs and terrorist regimes. Because we live in a broadly patriarchal society, we should not be surprised that the culture which brought about the worldwide financial meltdown was overwhelmingly masculine. But consider also that the people who are most vocal in denying human responsibility … Continue reading
Very busy here so here’s an Open Thread until I get time to get back here.
Tonight Question Time comes from Oldham – which holds the record for the most Vauxhall Corsas per square mile. The name derives from Aldehulme; an Old Norse word meaning “Get the horses; we’re off” On the panel: Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman MP who famously paid for her nanny on expenses, the Labour bloke who posted a picture of himself on the internet in his Y-fronts Chris Bryant MP, Liberal Democrat … Continue reading
Biased BBC contributor Alan bravely visits the BBC’s print arm aka The Guardian. “The BBC ‘in print’, ie The Guardian, does have a cartoon section…..though they call it ‘Comment is Free’…and being highly educated sophisticates for them a thousand words are better than a line drawing to arrange and display your finest thoughts for public consumption and adulation. You could I suppose, if you were being mean, compare it to … Continue reading
I’ve been given the maintenance keys to the blog while The All Seeing Eye is out of town, and have added a plug-in allowing images to be posted in comments. See this example of my recent comment in the open thread. Please note that it’s not uploading anything here, but requires uploading the image to a hosting site of your choosing, then linking here. It’s not a perfect solution, but … Continue reading
A Biased BBC reader sent me this… “I watched both Sky and BBC News yesterday to compare their respective ‘takes’ on the Asian rape gang subject. Both reported the sentences and both reported the Judges suggestion that there might have been racial overtones. BBC interviewed the ex head of Dr Barnardos who reported that there was a known Asian dimension to the matter. And this had been known for some years. … Continue reading
Mark Mardell is so excited about Obama giving his support for gay marriage. A “courageous act” on this “hot button issue” chirps the Beeb’s man in Washington as he religiously obeys the BBC handbook on brown-nosing Barack Obama at very possible opportunity. But many Democrats would rather their man led, than followed. Just because the timing of this announcement was unplanned and unwanted doesn’t mean it was undebated within the … Continue reading
BBC Home editor Mark Easton believes Downing Street must be disappointed by the small scale of today’s strikes because, apparently, it shows that the government’s attempts to create an engaged citizenry is failing: But if there is a surprise at the action today, it is that we haven’t seen more of it. And as I shall explain, I think for some in Downing Street, that is a bit of a … Continue reading
The Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate for President in Egypt has launched his campaign. A leading Egyptian cleric, Safwat Higazi, gave a keynote address. I give you the following highlights (translated by Memri): Ceremony leader : Mursi will liberate Gaza tomorrow. Crowds : Mursi will liberate Gaza tomorrow. Ceremony leader : I am an Egyptian and proud of it. Crowds : I am an Egyptian and proud of it. Ceremony leader : … Continue reading
Another recurrent BBC theme at the moment is the idea that the shareholders are revolting…..against the “big bosses” and their pay and bonus schemes. In fact they are prepared to go to the ends of the Earth to prove it, in this case, Australia. The government is to set out in the Queen’s Speech how it plans to give shareholders more power to control executive pay. Vas Kolesnikoff, chief executive … Continue reading
