I have been in London over the past few days and just happened to be in Oxford Street/Regent St at the moment when those students protesting against Tuition Fees demonstrated the substance of their case by….smashing in windows, spraying graffiti on private property, emptying bins of rubbish across Oxford Street etc. The attack on Prince Charles/Camilla had just taken place a few moments beforehand. I was talking to some of the … Continue reading
Well, the Religion of Peace strikes again, this time in Stockholm. I notice that the BBC is quick to play UP the “terrorist” angle whilst being careful to play down the Islamic one. It must gut them when it is clear that this vicious act of cruel terror WAS carried out by Islamists proud of their hatred of all things Western. It’s going to be tough for the BBC to … Continue reading
Good to see the BBC affording Ferne Brittan paying gushing tribute to Rev Jesse Jackson on her Sunday morning programme. Brittan takes sycophancy to a whole new level treating this monstrouus clown as if he were a Martin Luther King. Brittan also salivated over Obama (I’m guessing she is closing her eyes to what is happening to HIS popularity at the moment) I remember being berated when I appeared on … Continue reading
I don’t know culture secretary Jeremy Hunt. But I do know something of his views, courtesy of the Observer, today; and what is increasingly clear is that he talks utter nonsense. This, for example, is his considered pronouncement about the BBC: “It is one of our crown jewels,” he says. “It produces fantastic TV programmes.” And it has “probably the most respected news service in the world”. Despite such vomit-inducing … Continue reading
So, an agreement has been reached by the 20,000 fanatics at Cancun. Billions of pounds are to be wasted in battling the biggest non-existent problem ever imagined, and millions of people worldwide are going to be condemned to needlessly intensfying fuel poverty; meanwhile the UN bureaucrats will get fatter and more powerful as they dream up endless Gormenghast laws. The BBC, of course, is crowing about how marvellous this is … Continue reading
I just heard Eddie Mair on PM conducting an admiring – to put it politely – interview with the agency photographer who was following a gang of ‘student protesters’ who were ‘trashing everything that wasn’t nailed down‘ (as the photographer put it), when the mob came upon Prince Charles and Camilla. Our hero was able to get off five ‘good’ shots of the attack on their car. I paraphrase : … Continue reading
A new open thread, and a different image just for a change. This one comes from Paul Mason’s dreams last night (he dreams in rather poor photoshop, I’m afraid): Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
This week’s edition of Americana on Radio 4 will be presented by regular MSNBC political analyst Richard Wolffe. His political leanings are so obvious that earlier this week Craig Ferguson mocked him on his talk show (via Newsbusters) : CRAIG FERGUSON: You’re a Democrat, aren’t you? RICHARD WOLFFE: I am a journalist. FERGUSON: A journalist? Much the same thing, isn’t it? A Democratic Party supporter and a journalist – well, … Continue reading
Oh the irony. John Pilger getting a spot on Today to promote his new film about distorted reporting. Justin venturing the suggestion that Pilger himself wasn’t exactly known for impartiality, Pilger retorting “I was waiting for that”, then citing, with a flourish, former £172,800 p.a. (+ £6,907 expenses) BBC news gatherer Fran Unsworth who “admits, for the first time”, the pressure put on the BBC by Israel. That would be … Continue reading
Question Time tonight comes from London. On the panel we have Liam Fox MP, Norman Lamb MP, Sadiq Khan MP, Aaron Porter and Janet Daley. For those playing the Buzzword Bingo we’ll be using the Broken Promises Rules. You should play your Clegg joker early as riot police, any excuse to miss lectures, anarchy, fire extinguisher, and we’re all in it together are all in play. References to Aaron Porter’s emails suggesting cutting grants and loans … Continue reading
