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Geoff M

Barf!

Funny how the BBC has come over all "balanced" recently. Even the BNP are getting a hearing.

What a change from the past 15+ years of Socialist ars* licking and media spin from an organisation that is supposed to be balanced and represent ALL political views. After all - we ALL pay for it. I wouldn't mind if only Labour voters and their assorted marxist/leninist/Stalinist/Maoist/Multiculturalist friends had to pay.

Could it be that they realise that the TV licence, their obscene salaries/pensions/perks/manning levels and political partiality may come under the spotlight? That there may be some long overdue settling of scores?

It seems that Labour, the BBC and the frings Liberal media are about to get a taste of Democracy - and they are bricking themselves.

Augustus

Clapped out Labour in heading for an epoch-making defeat next Spring. They have had it, and Brown, Harman, and Mandelstein et al can disappear for good. The 'New' Labour show's coming to an end. They may not even survive until polling day. Good riddance! 2010 - a vintage to savour.

John Edwards

On the more serious point there was an excellent article in the Independent today about the threat to the BBC. It's not perfect but a public service broadcaster is more necessary than ever in today's world.

Adam B.

John Edwards, is "Strictly Come Dancing" and "Tittytittybangbang" essential to public service broadcasting?

If you want it, you pay for it. Don't be so generous with my money, which I would rather spend on more deserving things than the BBC, with its far left propaganda channels.

Suffolkbor

I think that after Boris the bike,s absymal performance concerning the grinding to a halt of london transport during a snowy spell last Winter that a cameo role in Cinderella On Ice would have been more appropriate .

Brian Moshe

I hope for Boris's sake that he doesn't get a puncture outside a pub in Liverpool.

Marcus

AdamB
Leaving aside the fact that Strictly Come Dancing makes millions happy, what about Radios 3 and 4, the finest channels in their respective fields? I was thinking about all this while listening to some of the final proms broadcasts this year,and then hearing James Murdoch's speech in Edinburgh. As John Edwards says, the BBC has flaws, but can anyone seriously imagine the Murdochs paying for the greatest music festival in the world, or for all the BBC orchestras, regional proms in the park concerts or Young Musician of the year - or for Question Time, or the internationally trusted output of BBC news, or for the quality of BBC Childrens' TV, or for all their community programming? Who would swap all this for the deranged and hate-filled rantings and distortions of Fox News? Apart of course from the more oddball denizens of this blog.

NotaSheep

Just wait for More 4's When Boris met Dave mockumentary set to air the evening before Dave's conference speech. Plenty of opportunities for the BBC to bring up the Bullingdon Club stories etc. again.

YA

Marcus - oh please, BBC 4 and alike, Sharia hogwash channels.

All - read an article by Boris Johnson in today Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/borisjohnson/6238077/Moctezuma-When-one-civilisation-deserves-its-bloody-nose-from-another.html

At least some of his sins Boris did redeedm by this piece.

Sam ARMSTRONG

EastEnders is the government funded propagandist drama. It fears its fees being cut. It won't be able to run any more plots of lesbian teenage mothers on crack killing themselves, so it climbs into the bed with the Cameroons to do a dirty little deal.

Adam B.

Marcus, you are rather selective aren't you? Whenever anyone attacks the BBC, Radio 3 is trotted out in its defence, whilst the dreck of BBC 3, the inflated salaries at our expense and political propaganda is ignored. If people want "Strictly come dancing", fine. They can pay for it. Why am I forced to be a consumer of something I don't want? Don't you see how outdated the concept is?

If indeed we have to have a "public service" broadcaster, then it should fill the gaps in the market (such as radio 3). It shouldn't be competing for ratings with the commercial channels with public money. The BBC is gargantuan - a huge website, 4 TV channels, numerous radio channels - why?

The BBC spews forth a diet of anti-Israel, anti-American, anti-family, left wing Marxist inspired drivel. Journalists are hired for their political slant, not for their intelligence (!) or objectivity. I know - my father worked there - and was hired for his (then) far left views, which matched those working there.

Adam B.

Furthermore Marcus, do you think it's right that the BBC suppresses the Balen report, and has spent over £100,000 of our money in lawyers' fees keeping it secret from us, who paid for it in the first place?