Interesting interview here concerning the decision by Eric Pickles to remove the Audit Commission on the basis it has become costly and inefficient and by axing it the taxpayer can be saved at least some cash Compare the treatment handed out to Michael O’Higgins of the Audit Commission with that dished out to Bob Neill from the Government. I wonder what it could be about the idea of Government axing … Continue reading
Just when you think the world can’t get any madder, or crueller… Saudi man ‘faces spine-op punishment’ A Saudi judge is reported to have asked hospitals if it is possible to cut the spinal cord of the man, found guilty of paralysing another man in a fight.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11045848 We’ve been waiting days now for the BBC to report this story – another instance of commenters here and elsewhere on the internet … Continue reading
Have a read of this report from the BBC. It concerns the latest efforts from the Mad Mullahs to upgrade their killing potential and perhaps it is just me but the BBC seems almost giddy with excitement at the potential. I also like the pay-off line “The US said it saw no “proliferation risk” from the plant, though Israel condemned the move.” Damn Jews, right? The modern BBC would have … Continue reading
There seems to be consensus at the BBC that the peace talks will fail solely because of obstacles put up by a Mr Net’n’Yahoo. Something to do with the interweb?As ever, the obstacles they constantly posit are: Settlements, 1967 borders and Jerusalem. Oh yes, and the right of return. Oh yes, and the necessity of talking to Hamas which Israel regards as a terrorist organisation. Oh yes, and the newly … Continue reading
Heavy demand forces Sunday Extra Open Thread. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
The Palestinian Solidarity Campaign has set about summoning the masses to rise up in anger in the form of an Action Alert about the Panorama programme ‘Death on the Med’. Revised: ‘Death on the Med’ – taking your complaint to the BBC furtherFollowing feedback from members to our email ‘Death on the Med – The Next Steps’; we encourage you to write back to the BBC and go through the … Continue reading
I missed this and am indebted to the wonderful Ozzie blog Greenie Watch for pointing it out. Don’t faint, but the BBC Editorial Complaints Unit has actually upheld a complaint against Roger Harrabin. Here it is: ECU Ruling: BBC News at 10, BBC1, 25 January 2010Publication date: 19 July 2010 Complaint In a report on calls for Dr Rajendra Pachauri to resign as Head of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel … Continue reading
(Further to Robin’s observations) Ever since Tony Abbott challenged Malcolm Turnbull for the leadership of Australia’s Liberal Party at the end of last year the BBC’s Sydney correspondent Nick Bryant has, at almost every opportunity possible, dismissed the chances of the man he never fails to remind us is nicknamed the “Mad Monk”. From his smirking obsession with Abbott’s “budgie smugglers” to his quaint conviction that climate scepticism could lead … Continue reading
As an experiment, I thought I’d pick a single story from yesterday’s news and follow it throughout the course of the day on the BBC News Channel. I thought I’d choose whatever was the BBC’s ‘Cuts Story of the Day’. Yesterday it was the government’s proposal in a consultation paper to cut the benefits of any drug addict who refuses treatment. A sensible-sounding idea you might think. Well, I’m not … Continue reading
This week’s Any Questions and its loony appendage Any Answers. For once the panel consisted of two estimable non-leftists, Douglas Murray and Baroness Ruth Deech, but their rational approach was counteracted by Quilliam founder Maajid whassisname and Alex von-something-to-do-with-Jeremy Paxman. Her PC fanaticism was more than enough to outweigh the others, with plenty left over for a rainy day. The questions raised concerned Tony Blair’s ‘generosity’, the NY mosque, Lockerbie … Continue reading
