Question Time LiveBlog 20th October 2010

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Question Time tonight comes from Glasgow. David Dimbleby is joined by Jacob Rees-Mogg, a rebellious Conservative with absolutely no connection to Glasgow at all, LibDem MP Alistair Carmichael (who dropped out of Glasgow Uni so a tenuous connection at least), local Labour MP Margaret Curran, the SNPs Education Minister Mike Russell, journalist Cristina Odone and a Scottish actor called Brian Cox. Jacob Rees-Mogg, eh? You might as well scrawl Ambush on … Continue reading →

WAKE-UP CALL

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If, unlike me, you missed the first half-hour of this morning’s Today programme on Radio 4 here’s a summary of the main points. You may detect a theme. BBC R4 TODAY CLIMATE CHANGE OBSESSION (mp3) That was as much as I could take on a frosty morning. On the plus side – shouting expletives at the radio wakes you up, so there is that at least. Click through to read … Continue reading →

GREEN GREED

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What these 200 companies actually mean when they say they demand “more action on climate change” is that they are after more subsidies from the money that government is taking off us in taxes, and they want more green taxes on the public so that the government will be able to give them more subsidies. This story proves beyond doubt the grim reality that every single one of our major … Continue reading →

MORE ON THAT BBC COMPLAINT

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The BBC does not seem to enjoy having complaints about it being made public. Yesterday, I blogged the genuine concerns of a B-BBC reader and license payer; here is what he received back this morning from the BBC. In my view, a Public Broadcaster should have nothing to fear from frank and honest examination of complaints, don’t  you think? From: NewsOnline Complaints <newsonline.complaints@bbc.co.uk>Date: Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 8:40 AMSubject: … Continue reading →

ANYTHING BUT THE TRUTH…

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Spot what’s missing from this piece of so-called reporting by the BBC. Predictably, this most disturbing report about the agonising impact of fuel poverty has been processed by BBC business “reporter” Damian Kahya without mentioning at all the key fact – namely, that all this heartbreak has been engineered by green policies which have deliberately jacked up the price of electricity generation in the lunatic quest to shift to so-called … Continue reading →

BBC REJECTS COMPLAINING!

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Here is a tale of how the BBC treats those who raise genuine concerns. I am sharing the email exchange for your interest with the permission of the person concerned. Have to say I was stunned by the decision made against the license payer concerned; Your views? ———- Forwarded message ———- From: NewsOnline Complaints <newsonline.complaints@bbc.co.uk> Date: Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 4:16 PM Subject: Re: Your complaints To: XXXXXX Mr … Continue reading →

BLACK TAX

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Here we go again…Richard Black advocating at full throttle that governments should start taxing oil at the well-head to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Begrudgingly, he concedes that efforts to create a “carbon” market have been a fiasco and a farce, but now he reckons that every barrel of oil should cost more. Words fail me…he is actually advocating – at a time when energy prices are going through the roof … Continue reading →

A HOME IS NOT A HOUSE…

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I blogged on this over on A Tangled Web but I have to admit I was HORRIFIED by the way the the BBC ran it earlier today. In true totalitarian style, the idea that the old should be “encouraged” to swap their property with our booming younger population (Demographics suitably opaque)was posited with little sense of alarm. In fact. it all made such good sense. All the State needs to … Continue reading →