Targeted Serenading

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We’ve had many surprises this week. One was seeing Mark Regev in the studio, speaking without constant interruptions and contradictions. We had the usual anti Israel tripe from various talking heads too, endlessly bringing up the illusory obstacle to peace, Netanyahu’s refusal to extend the settlement freeze.Eventually, Hamas’s mourning of Bin Laden’s assassination, or heroic martyrdom, was mentioned. Even the fact that the Arab Spring might not necessarily presage enlightenment … Continue reading →

Young Voters’ Question Time

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If comments on Twitter are anything to go by, Richard Bacon was an extremely inept and very biased host on last night’s Young Voters’ Question Time. This will come as no surprise to regular readers of this blog who already know that he is simply incapable of being impartial and shouldn’t be covering politics at all, either on BBC TV or radio. One audience member even tweeted that Bacon said … Continue reading →

LOVING MOHAMMED

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No, not THAT one! I mean Mohammed el Baradei. Did you catch this interview with this snake oil salesman this morning. As he points out, he doesn’t hate America, just its policies. He doesn’t hate Israel, he just wants equality for Palestinians. Lovely guy and a nice reception from the BBC. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY…

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Nice to see the BBC giving yet another “Thought for the Day” Slot to Abdal Hakim Murad, Muslim chaplain at the University of Cambridge. Abdal gets a lot of platforms which is curious given the tiny % of the UK population Islam constitutes. Then again, remind me who is head of BBC “Religious Programming”? No Bias here for sure. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

Bin Laden’s Death: Illegal Assassination or Legitimate Target? Depends On Who’s President…..

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Have Your Say, 2001:Can state assassinations be justified? US President George Bush has told the CIA to find and destroy Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda terrorist network. The president has given the agency the green light to do “whatever is necessary” – which could include an assassination attempt – and has given it £700 million in funding to carry out the mission. The operation will include the CIA … Continue reading →

Mission Accomplished

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And so we wake up this morning to news that Osama bin Laden is dead. Countless trees will die as newspapers bring us details and analysis but the BBCs instant reaction has been interesting – especially as they’ve had 9 years, 7 months and 21 days to prepare. The BBC has a rolling obituary which better suits a head of state or great friend of the world which is…typical. Take … Continue reading →

5th May LiveChat for QT and Election Results

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As usual on Thursday we’ll be bringing you the Question Time LiveChat session. But as it’s also Local Election results night we’re going to extend the chat to cover that as well. So we’ll start at 10:30pm as usual and finish up whenever the last wibbling drunk can’t type any longer. The AV Referendum count won’t be happening until the next day because they haven’t yet bought the voting machines … Continue reading →

A PERFECT DAY….

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Wanted to share this with you; “BBC has its ideal guests on this morning’s Saturday Live in the form of 1, Mark Thomas. http://www.markthomasinfo.com/ Introduced as an ‘activist’ who jettisoned Christianity for materialist atheism, he was brought onto the programme to puff his book ‘Extreme Rambling’ about his walk along the Israeli security fence (called the ‘Separation Barrier’, natch). The Guardian quote ‘From the Back Cover I expect that the … Continue reading →