The BBC can still surprise me. I was driving home from work and had the PM programme on. It covered the rather bizarre story that Bradley Manning has issued a statement saying that “he” is now a she and wants to be called Chelsea henceforth. What amazed me was that Eddie Mairs instantly started calling this man a she … and called her Chelsea. Is this how it works then? … Continue reading
Douglas Carswell in the Telegraph suggests that: The BBC’s mid-twentieth century TV poll tax should be consigned to the history books Carswell thinks a subscription service might work…Mark Thompson thought not…or rather put the case for keeping the license fee/poll tax: We want to build a digital world based on universal access, open standards and unencryption. Encryption, subscription and other forms of digital exclusion lead to … Continue reading
I am sure that you, like me, have been gripped by a sense of suspense as to the fate of the ‘Irish” family “caught up in a stand-off at a Cairo mosque” as the BBC poetically puts out. Here these fine upstanding Irish citizens are; Now then, the BBC tell us that they were caught up but they choose not to tell us WHY they were in Cairo and what … Continue reading
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The Dalai Lama’s Little Book of Wisdom by His Holiness the Dalai Lama (15 Sep 2003) £9.99 £8.62 Hardcover Many other books also available by the Dalai Lama from Amazon Mark Tully questions the pursuit of economic growth at all costs: Something Understood Why do we have to get richer? The BBC is here, as Ed West might agree, in full on pious … Continue reading
The BBC have no problem with those taking illicit peeks at top secret government docs…but if you watch the Telly, without a license…maybe not even the BBC, you’d better watch out…(via Guido) TV LICENSING offences now account for more than a tenth of all criminal prosecutions in the UK, City A.M. can reveal. More than 180,000 people – almost 3,500 a week – appeared in front of magistrates during 2012 after … Continue reading
The BBC have come up with a new and ingenious angle to tackle the government’s claims of signs of economic growth. The BBC will grudgingly admit that, yes, there may well be green shoots appearing but only in certain industries…and it’s the sunny weather, the wrong sort of consumer buying…bangers, BBQs and bikinis…it’s not sustainable. But look….the growth, what there is of it, is all in a tiny … Continue reading
(Cartoon by Cartoons by Josh, courtesy of Tallbloke’s Talkshop) Hacked climate emails: police seize computers at West Yorkshire home Police seize equipment as part of investigation into the theft of thousands of private emails from the University of East Anglia Tallbloke towers raided: many computers taken “AN Englishman’s home is his castle they say. Not when six detectives from the Metropolitan Police, the Norfolk Constabulary and the … Continue reading
We’ve had the Hitler Youth, and of course the Commie version, the Young Pioneers….but now apparently the Nation’s liberal, progressive judicial system is under threat from ‘Dad’s Waffen SS’…in WWII they defended us from the Nazis now Dad’s Army are the Fascists. The age limit for jury service may be raised to 75. Evan Davis’ main concern seemed to be that as we get older … Continue reading
The Guardian is huffing and puffing about the indignity, the complete unfairness of the stop and search on Glenn Greenwald’s partner, David Miranda. ‘Journalism is under threat’….it’s a ‘betrayal of trust and principle.’ Funny how they were completely unconcerned about the arrests of News International journalists…in fact they in effect helped engineer those arrests with the BBC cheerleading all the way…never mind causing the closure of a … Continue reading
