On Saturday the BBC made its football commentator and former Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler apologise on air for describing two footballers as „fighting like girls”. It made for uncomfortable viewing. It was obvious to any viewer with more than one brain cell that Fowler’s comment, made about a tussle between Fernando Torres and Jan Vertonghen… Continuă lectura The BBC’s humiliation of Robbie Fowler shows that football is fair game for censorship
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The best thing for a company to do is honestly to maximise its profits
Suppose you owned a pharmaceutical company. Why would you want it to manufacture a dangerous drug? Set aside the moral considerations. Imagine you were one of those inhuman capitalists that fill the fevered imaginations of Occupy types. Wouldn’t you none the less see that bumping off your customers was bad for business? I ask the… Continuă lectura The best thing for a company to do is honestly to maximise its profits
For the mainstream media, the Boston bombing has been one of the messiest stories ever reported
A Facebook user, David Green, helped the investigation with a high-res photograph of the suspect It started with the false claim that a Saudi man was a suspect (he was actually a victim), something the networks ran with (including the rumour that he had been thrown into a cage) and were then forced to retract.… Continuă lectura For the mainstream media, the Boston bombing has been one of the messiest stories ever reported
Gove condemned by teaching union for putting knowledge at the heart of the National Curriculum. They’d prefer children to be taught how to walk
Quelle surprise. The Association of Teachers and Lecturers has passed a „vote of no confidence” in Michael Gove and the new head of Ofsted Sir Michael Wilshaw, accusing them of failing to improve education and not treating teachers and parents with respect. Exhibit A in the case for the prosecution is the new National Curriculum,… Continuă lectura Gove condemned by teaching union for putting knowledge at the heart of the National Curriculum. They’d prefer children to be taught how to walk
Memo to all radical campaigners: please stop exploiting suicidal people for political ends
There’s a nauseating new trend in campaigning circles: the exploitation of suicides for political gain. All sorts of activists are indulging in this most ghoulish political behaviour. They’re claiming that the thing they hate and campaign against – whether it cuts to welfare benefits, student debt, or Daily Mail articles – is causing people to… Continuă lectura Memo to all radical campaigners: please stop exploiting suicidal people for political ends
EU migration has to be managed better, but overall, it has benefited the UK and Europe
Germany’s Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich put it well when he said of EU migration: If people in Germany feel that their openness is being abused and our welfare system is looted then there will be legitimate anger. In the UK, EU free movement is effectively one controversial issue, Europe, laid on top of an even… Continuă lectura EU migration has to be managed better, but overall, it has benefited the UK and Europe
Mass immigration and the housing market – two Ponzi schemes that benefit the wealthy
David Cameron has given a speech on welfare and immigration, and as always when a Tory talks tough on the subject, it has been panned by the commentariat of Left and Right. That’s because this is a subject that cuts across the political divides. Various opinion polls attest that the real division over migration is… Continuă lectura Mass immigration and the housing market – two Ponzi schemes that benefit the wealthy
Global warming: if only we’d listened to the experts, eh
Sir John Beddington, the government’s retiring Chief Scientist has been doing the media rounds today, telling anyone who’ll listen how „Climate Change” is still a serious problem about which we should all worry greatly. Has he looked out of the window recently Looking out of my window just now, I noticed that the Northamptonshire landscape… Continuă lectura Global warming: if only we’d listened to the experts, eh
The farce of UK immigration policy: letting in parasites, turning away entrepreneurs
So, another week, another bad week to be an immigrant in the UK. On Friday, we had Nick Clegg calling for £1,000 „security bonds” for immigrants – a policy sure to put off poor legitimate migrants, like students or holidaymakers, but equally one that sounds great to the sort of people who want to disappear… Continuă lectura The farce of UK immigration policy: letting in parasites, turning away entrepreneurs
Sorry global warming. We’re just not that into you.
Please excuse the radio silence: I’ve been at my old school Malvern College all week, poisoning the minds of the young with my dangerous views on sustainability, climate change, „biodiversity” and other sacred green cows. But a lot of the time, it has to be said, my work wasn’t necessary. In one geography class specifically… Continuă lectura Sorry global warming. We’re just not that into you.
