A censored choice

Ahad Ha'amoratzim

Meanwhile, according to yourish.com, two Orthodox Jews today were stabbed within minutes of another by a Muslim man in and near Golders Green, but the London police say it is not a hate crime.

JJS

Yes, I'm afraid that it IS too much to hope.....

Sara W

I despair of the pusillanimity of the media and the political class in the face of this determined Islamist onslaught on our values which has been going on now for a generation. And who is going to purge the BBC of these PC appeasers? Sadly the judiciary too seems infested with the PC bacillus; and since judges' salaries now compare so poorly with barristers' earnings, it's not hard to see that becoming a judge is increasingly less a career choice than and an ideological one.

Michael B

"... the corporation asked for ‘controversial’ instead."

Unsurprising. From Hollywood's advertisers to political operatives and pundits seeking to coopt the mushy and marginal voter and on to those who simply seek to obfuscate rather than lend clarity, "controversial" seems to be an established word of choice. It's use offers a certain frisson while avoiding moral and intellectual clarity. I.e. it offers meaningless enticements for non-committal, voyeuristic types - which is just short of saying it offers voyeuristic enticements for meaningless types.

Shy Guy

"How can the BBC think that such a view is moderate?"

Since moderation is subjective, draw the obvious conclusions about the BBC.

Tom

Melanie,

you might be interested to know the Law Lords have essentially considered this issue already: R(Pro-Life Alliance) v BBC, a case widely recognised as being completely and utterly incorrectly decided. The BBC - surprise, surprise - refused to screen a PEB with images of a foetus, and 'graphic' description of abortion, even after the watershed, even with a warning at the begninning.

Your old favourite Lord Hoffmann's judgment is particularly revealing for the left wing mindset you criticised last week.

Geoff Miller

Its interesting how, in a so-called democracy, the BBC gets to decide what is broadcast by political parties.

Isn't that the kind of activity reserved for dictatorships?

In a mature society the electorate should be allowed to hear whatever the parties wish to put out and make their own decisions.

I expect the BBC will be chewing my food for me before long.

david skinner

The BBC and ITV’s attempt to scramble and gut Allan Craig’s text of his London mayoral election broadcast, of any meaning and sense, should stand as another warning signal as to the way the British nation is insidiously being converted to evolutionary humanism. His Christian voice, before the lights go out completely. may be the last heard in British politics.

This year’s televised London mayoral contest is nothing but another version of Big Brother, with Brian Paddick being included as the obligatory homosexual representative of an oppressed, bullied, minority. victim class that would include many who presently run the government and media industry. One wonders why the BBC and ITV didn’t included a transvestite or transgender person in the line up? Obviously, for fear that this might wake up the British public, they need to tread softly. Next time definitely.

Ever since the sixties, there have been numerous signs on the broad and gently sloping highway of moral decay in Britain. One of many that flashed past, unnoticed, was in 2003 when Big Brother was about to fold and it was claimed by Barbara Ellen in the Sunday Observer, August 22nd 2004, that this was due to a Christian, Cameron Stout from Aberdeen, winning the contest.

She said: “It wouldn't be too wild a claim to say that Nadia has single-handedly 'saved' the Big Brother franchise. She certainly revitalised it, giving it a much broader and deeper emotional appeal. Big Brother 2003, when 'Cameron the Christian' won, was an acknowledged flop. This year, the makers, Endemol, pulled out all the stops, delivering 'evil' Big Brother. They were rewarded with nude lawn-mowing, bitterly polarised cliques, sex under a table, and a fight so bad the show was taken off the air temporarily, not to mention the customary newspaper headlines screaming about exploitation and the moral decline of the nation. Whether you loved it or loathed it, or did both at once, no one could deny that Big Brother was on form again.”

Needless to say that Nadia is a Transvestite.

Is it really a fact of life that the public no longer wants to hear the true truth and like the baying mob attending the gladiatorial contests of Roman times, only want their itching ears to be entertained with the latest idea - such as the one put forward by Professor Barrie Wilson of York University, Toronto Canada, that Jesus Christ had nothing to do Christianity but was the brain child of a man called Paul of Tarsus.

The only thing standing between Islam and the British nation is the unshakeable Christian faith of men like Allan Craig, whose life and family have already been threatened by Muslims on the Utube for daring to oppose the building of the Mega Mosque at Newham. It is his faith, this and this alone, that gives him the moral courage to stand in breach. The Muslims don’t have to do a thing, the BBC and ITV are doing the work for them.

Paul Weston

Democracy is on it's last legs in this country.

In 2050 Britain will be a very different place indeed.

A child born today will only be 42 in 2050. Unless their is democratic change driven by revolutionary thinking, Britain is likely to be a totalitarian state by then - be it post Christian atheist or Islamic.

By the end of the century heaven knows what the situation will be like.

Our present leaders, be they in Westminster or Brussels are guilty of the greatest betrayal in history.

Dee Ranged

David Skinner - Well said Sir!

Darren

Melanie thanks for posting the pre-edited and post-edited messages. The original text is far from inflammatory, and reads fairly. Shame on the BBC for seeking to shape reality per their preferences. George Orwell would have a thing or two to say I'll bet.

And great that Mr. Craig is prepared to call a spade a spade.

Ann

"the British nation is insidiously being converted to evolutionary humanism" - the usual disgusting, blinkered religious rant from the usual source.

david skinner

The chief opponents of people like Allan Craig, apart from committed Muslims, will be atheists, who though a tiny minority, make up for their lack of numbers and actual intellectual argument with the same, old, tired clichés, red herrings, straw men, ad hominem, repetitive bluster, rhetoric and kindergarten temper tantrums. If nothing else they are vocal. It is all huff, puff, wind and trousers. One only has to realise this by checking out their contributions to this site. One would not mind if their insults were Shakespearian in their creativity, but they are not; it is just the same old, dull and limited - very limited -fare. Ann, you can do better than this.

Commondog

David Skinner.

I don't necessarily agree with all you say, but I for one see nothing disgusting or blinkered in what you set out recently. Nor is it a rant.

David Lindsay

There are 10 candidates for Mayor of London, but even someone I know who teaches Politics to Sixth Formers (not in London) thought that there were only three. We are only allowed to know about those three. "The others are not going to win", apparently. Well, no, not with zero coverage they're not.

We have had whole editions of Newsnight and Question Time given over to those three candidates alone. Is that even legal?

"Others" was how the BBC was still classifying UKIP during its results programme for the last European Elections, even after it had taken more actual votes than the Lib Dems and won 12 seats from nowhere.

Whereas the time before that, poor old Auntie had relentlessly plugged the Pro-Euro Conservatives and been left utterly baffled by their failure to win even one seat.

But you can get a lot done below the radar screen. Watch out for all the Councillors elected tomorrow whom the media simply ignore.

For example, look out for big, nationally unremarked upon, gains for Independents in Wales. These are often people who have left Labour, though they are by no means necessarily of the Labour Left.

And they are going to give Labour a proper kicking. If that can happen in parts of South Wales, in particular, then it can happen anywhere.

Perhaps someone with a national newspaper column (hint, hint) might do something to raise the profile of the "others"? Or are we in the Great Unwashed for ever to be left with the impression that the Trots and the BNP are the only alternatives to the cartel?

YA

David Skinner: your expression "evolutionary humanism" is a bit strange. Why not "gravitational humanist", or "quantum-mechanical humanist", or "electromagnetic" humanist?

D Gray

The general hatred the bbc have for British life,Jews and Christians is well known amongst those with a brain.I am not suprised they wanted to hack this broadcast to pieces....why allow something to be broadcast that goes against everything they preach?More and more people are hating the bbc in they same way the bbc hates the UK.

david skinner

Ya, unlike you, my knowledge of science is practically nil. So for me to answer your question is very difficult. However, if I were to have a rough stab at it I would say that the words “gravitational,” "quantum-mechanical,” “electromagnetic” are measurable qualities that can be observed through controlled experiments, which can be repeated over and over again in order to test various hypothesises . The word “evolutionary,” however refers to a particular theory that has never been tested, let alone repeatedly. Those who believe it are indeed using blind faith.
Again I am no scientist but I can refer you to eminent scientists who can logically argue that it is simply an unworkable theory .
May I recommend this debate between Richard Dawkins and Dr. John Lennox (MA, MA, Ph.D., D.Phil., D.Sc.), Reader in Mathematics and Fellow in Mathematics and Philosophy of Science, Green College, University of Oxford, a debate or talk of which I am sure you can make more sense, than me.
http://www.bethinking.org/resource.php?ID=290

Frank Pulley

Melanie you say:

"Is it too much to hope that, somewhere in the bowels of the Law Courts, there exists an English judge who will stand up for sanity and backbone in the face of all this?"

Alas, a vain hope, Melanie. We all know what is in the bowels of the Law Courts (and the bowels of the entire body politic of this country now) - the same stuff that you find in the bowels of any extant body. The time for a purge is long overdue. Let's hope that later today a stiff dose of castor oil will be administered via the local elections followed by a heavy duty enema at the general election that must surely come soon. Then we will need another Hercules, plus the entire London Fire Brigade with pressure hoses to clean the Augean Stables. And if, and when, this miracle occurs it is devoutly desirable that Joan Hari is available to record the event, with the characteristic descriptive turn of phrase for reporting the discharge of effluent.

Unfortunately I fear that only thing that will shift the serious faecal impaction in the intestines of power is dynamite!

Frank Pulley

David Skinner

Bwaaaahahahaha! Your last two posts are little literary gems worthy of much wider circulation: the first a concise and witty summary of the current British predicament; The second a silkily sarcastic riposte of the highest order, with a great link, to boot. Congratulations sir, you've brightened this very gloomy East Anglian evening.

Bridgette Devin

I support and agree with the views of Cllr Craig and Ms Phillips. A mosque of this magnitude must NOT be built . THe British have lost their backbone and gone insane by condedcending to minority extremists petty requests . THey can pray in their homes same as a couple of millions of people do globally . THese people are not so special that we have to bow to their religious needs . THey are imposing their religious cutlure on us and we are feeling the strain of fighting their advances without any support from the government . Britain might no longer be great but it is a Christian country and must remain so for as long as its native populace requires it as such . If immigrants don't like it or enjoy keeping their faith to themselves tell them to go HOME , ie where they came from !! I reiterate - DON'T ALLOW THE MOSQUE TO BE BUILT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES .

Bridgette Devin

David Skinner , sir , well said my good man and i support the comment proposing a higher profile for your latest post about the effluent matter . Thank you for brightening up my morning .