OCCUPIED LAND

OCCUPIED LAND

 TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2009

Israeli PM Netanyahu was in London today (So am I!) to see Macavity and I have lost count the number of times that BBC reports make references to"occupied" parts of Jerusalem. Let us be straight. This is right out of the Palestinian propaganda playbook and it seems to me that the BBC is institutionally incapable of being fair-handed on this issue. Palestinians do not "own" so much as one grain of soil in Jerusalem and the notion is risible. Judging by our poll numbers (Thanks to the almost 3000 people for taking part btw) along with Islam, most of you agree with this proposition. I would hope that the more sensible BBC people reading this (Not you, Medicated) might reflect on this. There is a major problem here and the BBC must answer.

BBC GIVES SHELTER TO MACAVITY

Just watched the BBC evening news. Macavity has been found almost a week after it became apparent that the Scottish administration was preparing to release the convicted mass murderer Megrahi. And the BBC reports he is"repulsed" and "angry" at the scenes of celebration in Libya as they got their boy back. In a display of testosterone-induced anger that would have done Caster Semenya proud - Brown showed his true colours, right? Wrong.

On the substantive issue as to whether he approved of this decision, he remains mute. The BBC plays along with this nonsense - refusing to explore WHY the British Prime Minister refuses to accept responsibility for the UK releasing this killer. Around the world, people wonder why the UK Government dares not express an opinion on what happens in the UK. It's a tricky business for the BBC. Obviously the ill-considered and reckless devolution experiment carried out by Blair must not be criticised, nor must the moral degeneracy of the Scottish administration. Instead attention is switched to what happened in Tripoli and Brown feigns rage when in fact all we see is impotency.

DODGY DVDS? BLAME THATCHER!

It's a laugh, isn't it. The BBC were salivating this morning about the fact that retailers who sell violent video games and 18-rated DVDs to children cannot be prosecuted because of a legal blunder 25 years ago. Yes - made under the evil Thatcher junta! At no point does the BBC query why after more than a decade of Socialist nirvana nothing has been by Labour done to fix it. Nor, for that matter, did it pursue the point why a BRITISH law made by a BRITISH government carries no force in BRITAIN because of the EU!

GREEN SHOOTS EVERYWHERE!

It's been a big day for the UK economy if one believes the BBC. Green shoots of recovery are everywhere. "The recession is at an end" goes one headline. Confidence is shooting up ( just like the unemployment figures, sssh!) and it looks like Captain Brown, employing his formidable Keynesian skills, has saved the day. Such is the fantasy being peddled by the BBC today - how long to go before Party conference time?