Times Radio starts up soon. The Today programme may haemorrhage listeners. Talent is fleeing from BBC News, from Eddie Mair to John Pienaar. Emily Maitlis won’t be sacked, even if the BBC wanted to, because it is having too many problems with women presenters, most recently, Naga Munchetty, Samira Ahmed and Carrie Gracie. None of… Continue reading BBC Bias Part 8
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Enoch Powell and Repatriation Part 3
It has been 50 years since British shadow defence secretary Enoch Powell gave his “rivers of blood” speech on April 20, 1968. To mark the half-centenary, the BBC broadcast his speech for the first time in full, on the radio. The decision caused outrage from those who would rather the speech, and its popularity at… Continue reading Enoch Powell and Repatriation Part 3
BBC Bias Part 7
This is an understatement. Too many BBC reporters and presenters think they are addressing like-minded people, especially about Brexit, Johnson and Cummings. Damazer is wrong. Bias is not “rarely an issue”. It is a growing issue, on Twitter and on air. Why are there so many interviewees from Novara Media, an unrepresentative Leftist organisation? Why… Continue reading BBC Bias Part 7
Enoch Powell and Repatriation Part 2
The UKIP Wales Leader Neil Hamilton has said, “…although Powell was sacked while the Tories were in opposition, when Mr Heath later became prime minister he introduced a scheme for “voluntary repatriation of immigrants” in 1971. “The idea that Enoch Powell was some kind of uniquely racist villain is absolute nonsense,” Mr Hamilton told the… Continue reading Enoch Powell and Repatriation Part 2
Enoch Powell and Repatriation Part 1
The idea Enoch Powell was a “racist villain” is “absolute nonsense”, UKIP Wales leader Neil Hamilton has said. The AM was defending Powell’s anti-immigration “rivers of blood” speech of 50 years ago. He told BBC Radio Wales the former Tory MP had been “proved right by events” in terms of social change if not violence.… Continue reading Enoch Powell and Repatriation Part 1
Muslim Grooming Gangs Part 11
Research on the “characteristics” of grooming gangs is to be published by the government following a U-turn. In response to a Freedom of Information (FoI) request by The Independent, the Home Office previously said releasing the paper would not be in the “public interest” in February. The response sparked a government petition that has so… Continue reading Muslim Grooming Gangs Part 11
BBC Bias Part 6
On 29 May, The Mail Online reported that the BBC had announced that Richard Sambrook, former head of BBC global news, will be heading an inquiry into whether tweets by BBC talent breach its impartiality policy. Sambrook has been in BBC News and Current Affairs for thirty years. For those of us who have been… Continue reading BBC Bias Part 6
BBC Bias Part 5
On 27 May there was a piece in TheArticle about bias at BBC News. The main argument was that whatever you think of Boris Johnson or Dominic Cummings, we are entitled to unbiased news coverage from BBC TV and radio news. We are not getting it. In just a few days the debate moved on… Continue reading BBC Bias Part 5
Tommy Robinson Part 10
Mosques across Britain could sound the call to prayer through loudspeakers after councils gave permission to alert the faithful. Allama Sadiq Qureshi, who is an imam at the Minhaj-ul-Quran mosque in Newham, East London, said: ‘We want this practice to continue in the future. ‘But at the same time, we must be bothered about our… Continue reading Tommy Robinson Part 10
Muslim Grooming Gangs Part 10
In the UK, the debate around so-called Asian grooming gangs and the sexual threat they pose to vulnerable white girls shows no sign of abating. A leaked report produced by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has upheld a complaint made by a father whose daughter had been missing for a week. He said… Continue reading Muslim Grooming Gangs Part 10