Tonight Question Time comes from Burnley, best known for the fact the more Bénédictine is drunk in one bar there, the Burnley Miners’ Club, than anywhere else in the world. LibDem Gordon Birtwistle, elected in 2010, is the first non-Labour MP for the area since the Great War. On the panel we have lone Tory and serial QT underperformer Caroline Spelman MP, Simon “The Straight Choice” Hughes MP, below average … Continue reading
Wow, the last open thread is heading for 200 comments so thought I would provide a new one. Keep your comments on bias at the BBC coming… Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Wonder how the BBC will handle the announcement from Alan Johnson that he is dramatically stepping down from his senior front bench job? He cites reasons in his personal life but there are no more details. Johnson is a BBC favourite so I assume there will be gnashing of teeth at this sudden news? For a while, I got the impression the BBC saw his as the successor to Gordon … Continue reading
My goodness, has the Coalition taken umbrage against ageing Monty Python stars? Phew, no, not THAT Terry Jones but rather the US Pastor guy who had threatened to burn the Koran on the last anniversary of 9/11, to the chagrin of many. In my view, Jones is a nutter but in a democracy we must be tolerant of all views. I wondered what you thought of John Humphyrs interview with … Continue reading
Wonder what you make of the BBC’s coverage here on Baroness Warsi’s accusation that Islamophobia is acceptable in the UK? I notice that they ask for Muslims opinions of this at the bottom of the article. Perhaps they could also ask for the those who have victims of Islamic terrorism in the UK to venture their opinion? Perhaps they could also ask for those families who have had their teenage … Continue reading
Sorry, did I say “comedy genius”? What I meant was “intellectually insecure BBC tosser fishing for anti-Palin sentiment from like-minded unfunny condescending arseholes on Twitter”: Bovril! Brilliant, eh? Orwell wrote a couple of classic books highlighting the dangers of overbearing government, he despised the snobbishness and anti-patriotism of the intellectual left, and he spoke out against the incessant lies of the press. Not much there to appeal to Sarah Palin, … Continue reading
Following Five Guys Named Mohammed, broadcast over 5 days at the start of the year, last night Radio 4 gave us Young, Muslim and Black: Dotun Adebayo looks at why Islam is providing an attractive religious alternative to Christianity for Black Britons seeking answers.Next Monday you can tune in for It’s My Story: The Imam of Peace: Nadene Ghouri profiles the work of John Butt, an English Muslim convert who … Continue reading
Great to see these filling up SO quickly, here’s another one…BBC bias, surely not? Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Another malevolent aspect of the BBC is what I call the ratchet effect. In essence, the BBC uses its media bully pulpit to force political debate ever leftwards. There’s a good example of this on Today this morning in the prime time 8.10am slot. The issue being discussed is the proposal by government to introduce minimum prices for alcohol in England and Wales. Now those of us who are more … Continue reading
It’s NOT that I care much for British Foreign Secretary William Hague. His anti-Israeli comments combined with his weasel words about British sovereignty in the EU leave me cold but I did feel a bit sorry for him when he was interviewed by the BBC earlier today (Link to come) There were two things that struck me about the interview, which concerned the political upheaval in Tunisia and the prospects … Continue reading
