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Douglas Carswell on BBC bias


Douglas Carswell today discusses BBC bias: Mark Thompson, head honcho at the BBC, has admitted that the BBC has had a left wing bias.  Progress. While refreshing to hear Mr T say what the rest of us have known for years, to fix the problem, it is important to grasp the nature of the BBC’s inbuilt prejudices. The BBC does not tilt to the left in a partisan sense. It’s coverage of political parties tends to be pretty fair and balanced.  Rather, […]

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Man, 97, completes 120mph skydive


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A 97-year-old man from Dorset is believed to have become Britain’s oldest skydiver after jumping out of a plane at 10,000ft (3,048m). George Moyse, who will celebrate his 98th birthday on Wednesday, landed safely on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire. via BBC NEWS | England | Man, 97, completes 120mph skydive. Good on him 🙂 And remarkably, to watch the video on the BBC site from Austria, I had to watch an advert first: I had forgotten the games the BBC […]

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Commons officials prevent MPs asking about BBC license fee


Douglas Carswell MP writes candidly about the ability of Parliament to do its job: The House of Commons is useless at holding those with executive power to account. If Mr Speaker presides over a Table Office that won’t allow questions about the license fee, what’s the point of Parliament or of elections to decide its composition? (The Table Office claim its because the license fee isn’t part of ministerial responsibility – but its the executive deciding what is and what […]

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