Labouring under an Illusion

This heartfelt comment by Jarwill101 on the Open Thread deserves a main post. I liked it, and I’m taking the liberty of reproducing it here. Hope that’s okay. “Yvette Cooper’s nauseating admission, ‘We got things wrong over immigration’, has to be challenged. No, Yvette, credit where credit’s due, given New Labour’s avowed policy, as revealed by speech writer, Andrew Neather, you got things right over immigration. You wanted to obliterate … Continue reading

GOING FOR GROWTH?

I take a great interest in the Economy and so I am increasingly perplexed at the BBC/Flanders/Balls meme which suggests the UK can choose either “austerity” or “growth”. This makes no sense but it is how left wing politicians like to portray the situation. I keep hearing BBC interviewers ruminate on whether we should be adopting “Plan B” and choosing growth AS IF this was a real option. It’s not!! … Continue reading

COMING UP

Hope you will be tuning in to hear Michael Portillo – the BBC’s favourite nominal Conservative – conduct “Capitalism on Trial”  And wonder if you caught Jonathan Dimbleby pay tribute to that wonderful Marxist haven of Venezuela? Such diversity, 24/7. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

A READER WRITES!

Here’s a mail I received today and I thought I might share it. It gave me a laugh.  Carlo writes; “Has it ever struck you that the BBC has such an easy ride because their only credible critics are your website? What intelligent person with an open mind would bother contributing to your site when the openly CIA/Zionist-run BBC get`s accused of being anti capitalist/Zionist/American by the political cretins you … Continue reading

CONSPIRACY?

Rod Liddle may say BBC bias is not a conspiracy, and John Humphrys on Friday claimed in the BBC’s blunderbuss response on Today to Peter Oborne’s Guilty Men paper that the corporation is not “monolithic”. But it’s hard to avoid such a conclusion when – as part of their vast tapestry of newspeak and bias on major issues – someone, somewhere in the corridors of BH and White City has … Continue reading

COUNTDOWN!

“Sunday Morning Live” have been in touch and I will now be solely partaking in the debate on Israel. More precisely the question is; “Should Britain support a Palestinian State?” On the panel with me are; George Galloway and Milo Yiannpoulos and yours truly. It kicks off at 10am – I’m the blue corner. I think Galloway is being sponsored by Whiskas? Click through to read and contribute comments on this … Continue reading

Rod Liddle Explains BBC Pro-Euro Bias

The former editor of Today, Rod Liddle, has a brief blog post for the Spectator defending his former colleagues at the BBC against charges of a pro-Euro conspiracy. That sentence doesn’t contradict my headline. As most people here know by now, Peter Oborne wrote recently about how Liddle complained to upper mandarins about the complaints he was hearing about the obvious pro-Euro bias among the talent on his programme. He … Continue reading

Knell’s Toll

Yolande Knell has taken sides. In Knell’s eyes, and in the eyes of most of the BBC’s Middle East staff, Israel’s existence automatically places it in the wrong.An unpleasant article in the Independent by Christina Patterson drifted into stormy waters not so long ago because it characterised London’s Jews as boorish freaks. She managed to dig herself even deeper in a follow-up article entitled “How I was smeared as an … Continue reading

SUNDAY MORNING LIVE

OK folks, just to let you know that yours truly will be appearing on Sunday Morning Live (BBC network 10am). I will be debating with George Galloway amongst others on the subjects of Capital Punishment and “Palestine.” I would welcome any comments or suggestions that you may have. My views are as follows; I support the Death Penalty and believe it is the appropriate punishment for those such as child-killers … Continue reading