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		<title>By: mikestallard</title>
		<link>http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/11/22/more-bbc-lies-about-the-tories/#comment-27974</link>
		<dc:creator>mikestallard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Allow me to congratulate you on a really thoughtful and true post!</description>
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		<title>By: Gordon</title>
		<link>http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/11/22/more-bbc-lies-about-the-tories/#comment-27969</link>
		<dc:creator>Gordon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wanted to know why commercial stations have to be unbiased</description>
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		<title>By: Johnny Norfolk</title>
		<link>http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/11/22/more-bbc-lies-about-the-tories/#comment-27938</link>
		<dc:creator>Johnny Norfolk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You have a choice if you decide what paper to buy.
 You have no choice about the BBC.
 Thats the difference.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You have a choice if you decide what paper to buy.<br />
 You have no choice about the BBC.<br />
 Thats the difference.</p>
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		<title>By: David morris</title>
		<link>http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/11/22/more-bbc-lies-about-the-tories/#comment-27934</link>
		<dc:creator>David morris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Actually I have no problem with a tax on TV ownership that either went to treasury or was shared around between a number of licenced broadcasting companies.    Like many, however, I do object to the outdated notion that all the proceeds should go to the BBC, who are, currently, little more than the government propaganga department.  

What Sky (in fact Boulton would not be out of place on the BBC his head is so far up Gordon&#039;s rear end but I&#039;m not forced by law to pay to hear his bias), Fox or Germany have absolutely nothing to do with your completely fatuous defence of the indefensible.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually I have no problem with a tax on TV ownership that either went to treasury or was shared around between a number of licenced broadcasting companies.    Like many, however, I do object to the outdated notion that all the proceeds should go to the BBC, who are, currently, little more than the government propaganga department.  </p>
<p>What Sky (in fact Boulton would not be out of place on the BBC his head is so far up Gordon&#8217;s rear end but I&#8217;m not forced by law to pay to hear his bias), Fox or Germany have absolutely nothing to do with your completely fatuous defence of the indefensible.</p>
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		<title>By: Bazman</title>
		<link>http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/11/22/more-bbc-lies-about-the-tories/#comment-27916</link>
		<dc:creator>Bazman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>SKY for you then? Not much free choice there is there? Maybe we could have them run the BBC. In a Fox news type way. Or Local TV broadcast locally like in Germany.
The license is in fact a tax and why should you be allowed to decide what tax you pay.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>SKY for you then? Not much free choice there is there? Maybe we could have them run the BBC. In a Fox news type way. Or Local TV broadcast locally like in Germany.<br />
The license is in fact a tax and why should you be allowed to decide what tax you pay.</p>
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		<title>By: Gordon</title>
		<link>http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/11/22/more-bbc-lies-about-the-tories/#comment-27906</link>
		<dc:creator>Gordon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Obviously the BBC should be unbiased due to its nature, but can anyone tell me why the broadcast media in general has to be unbiased while the print media can do what they want? (I&#039;m not saying the print media should be restricted, but why can&#039;t, say, James Whale tell people to vote for Boris without being fired but the newspaper columnists can?)

Thanks for any answers</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obviously the BBC should be unbiased due to its nature, but can anyone tell me why the broadcast media in general has to be unbiased while the print media can do what they want? (I&#8217;m not saying the print media should be restricted, but why can&#8217;t, say, James Whale tell people to vote for Boris without being fired but the newspaper columnists can?)</p>
<p>Thanks for any answers</p>
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		<title>By: Bryan Davies</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bryan Davies</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>John - all very sound and reasonable comments BUT unless the Tory front bench start getting their act together in terms of firepower against Labour and its many mistakes, lies etc there might well prove to be a fickleness in the public that retains GB for another term. The message of Labour failure and Conservative alternatives is just not coming across. One has to ask the question - were the high polls for the Tories due to their policies or Labour /Brown failings.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>John &#8211; all very sound and reasonable comments BUT unless the Tory front bench start getting their act together in terms of firepower against Labour and its many mistakes, lies etc there might well prove to be a fickleness in the public that retains GB for another term. The message of Labour failure and Conservative alternatives is just not coming across. One has to ask the question &#8211; were the high polls for the Tories due to their policies or Labour /Brown failings.</p>
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		<title>By: jean baker</title>
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		<dc:creator>jean baker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>anthonythesensitive,

Obama&#039;s landslide victory was based and won on integrity and intelligence, publicly displayed throughout - without hatred.
He rose above the opposition&#039;s dirty tricks and gimmicks - he wisely turned &#039;the other cheek&#039; which placed him &#039;head and shoulders&#039; above his opponent.  

The Tories focus and policies are based on the good of our nation and electorate&#039;s concerns.   The historically dire results of Nulabor unionists self profiting rule, based on lies, and media manipulation is the reason 85% of people want a return to government based on honesty, integrity and intelligence.
David Cameron has shown integrity and intelligence  throughout many vicious &#039;opposition&#039; attacks by pro labour (unionist) biased interviewers.    

Taxpayers and TV licence payers have been conned into profiting biased &#039;unionists&#039; for years - BBC lost it&#039;s independent status in our democracy years ago.  Voters are not as stupid as Nulabor presumes ......  public head to head debates always sorts the &#039;truth from the lies and spin&#039; - as Obama (and Cameron to date) have overwhelmingly shown and confirmed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>anthonythesensitive,</p>
<p>Obama&#8217;s landslide victory was based and won on integrity and intelligence, publicly displayed throughout &#8211; without hatred.<br />
He rose above the opposition&#8217;s dirty tricks and gimmicks &#8211; he wisely turned &#8216;the other cheek&#8217; which placed him &#8216;head and shoulders&#8217; above his opponent.  </p>
<p>The Tories focus and policies are based on the good of our nation and electorate&#8217;s concerns.   The historically dire results of Nulabor unionists self profiting rule, based on lies, and media manipulation is the reason 85% of people want a return to government based on honesty, integrity and intelligence.<br />
David Cameron has shown integrity and intelligence  throughout many vicious &#8216;opposition&#8217; attacks by pro labour (unionist) biased interviewers.    </p>
<p>Taxpayers and TV licence payers have been conned into profiting biased &#8216;unionists&#8217; for years &#8211; BBC lost it&#8217;s independent status in our democracy years ago.  Voters are not as stupid as Nulabor presumes &#8230;&#8230;  public head to head debates always sorts the &#8216;truth from the lies and spin&#8217; &#8211; as Obama (and Cameron to date) have overwhelmingly shown and confirmed.</p>
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		<title>By: Chris Thompson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chris Thompson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>On Tuesday 18th November everyone witnessed a Tory U-turn on policy. Several days’ later John Redwood is complaining that the BBC’s Today programme is biased against his party.

The Today programme was not lying it was merely reinforcing what David Cameron announced a few days’ earlier regarding his public spending cuts. His announcement was covered by all the main news channels not just the BBC. Indeed Channel 4 News dedicated 15 minutes of air time to this very issue.

Maybe what concerns John Redwood is the wide gulf his leader’s message created between Labour and Conservative public spending policies. Such a chasm makes it easier for the electorate to see which political party operates in their best interests. 

There’s no BBC bias, there’s only Tory paranoia in having a leader who’s rating in tumbling when it should be growing!

Reply: not so - try reading what the Conservative leadership said for a change</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On Tuesday 18th November everyone witnessed a Tory U-turn on policy. Several days’ later John Redwood is complaining that the BBC’s Today programme is biased against his party.</p>
<p>The Today programme was not lying it was merely reinforcing what David Cameron announced a few days’ earlier regarding his public spending cuts. His announcement was covered by all the main news channels not just the BBC. Indeed Channel 4 News dedicated 15 minutes of air time to this very issue.</p>
<p>Maybe what concerns John Redwood is the wide gulf his leader’s message created between Labour and Conservative public spending policies. Such a chasm makes it easier for the electorate to see which political party operates in their best interests. </p>
<p>There’s no BBC bias, there’s only Tory paranoia in having a leader who’s rating in tumbling when it should be growing!</p>
<p>Reply: not so &#8211; try reading what the Conservative leadership said for a change</p>
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		<title>By: Cameron&#8217;s U-Turn &#171; Mid Dorset Labour</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cameron&#8217;s U-Turn &#171; Mid Dorset Labour</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Tory U-turn on policy. Several days’ later under the heading ‘More BBC lies about the Tories’ John Redwood complains that the BBC’s Today programme kept repeating that the Conservatives have done a U turn [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Tory U-turn on policy. Several days’ later under the heading ‘More BBC lies about the Tories’ John Redwood complains that the BBC’s Today programme kept repeating that the Conservatives have done a U turn [...]</p>
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		<title>By: David morris</title>
		<link>http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/11/22/more-bbc-lies-about-the-tories/#comment-27889</link>
		<dc:creator>David morris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh dear, let&#039;s analyse this one.

1)  When I last looked every one of us had a choice whether or not to buy any newspaper.  Don&#039;t like the Daily Mail = don&#039;t buy it, don&#039;t like the BBC = tough pay up or go to jail..

2)  BBC programming has advertisements between every programme, albeit for their own programmes, and usually completely unnecessary digital channels. 

And as for the &quot;may or may not be bias(ed)&quot;  - give me a break, the only reason Vince Cable is a permanent fixture on BBC political programmes is because he can be guaranteed to criticise the Tories whilst completely ignoring the party that actually got us into this mess. 

Anyway are you moving up to Manchester with the rest of your BBC chums?  Got a really good apartment available with stunning views of the pennines........</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh dear, let&#8217;s analyse this one.</p>
<p>1)  When I last looked every one of us had a choice whether or not to buy any newspaper.  Don&#8217;t like the Daily Mail = don&#8217;t buy it, don&#8217;t like the BBC = tough pay up or go to jail..</p>
<p>2)  BBC programming has advertisements between every programme, albeit for their own programmes, and usually completely unnecessary digital channels. </p>
<p>And as for the &#8220;may or may not be bias(ed)&#8221;  &#8211; give me a break, the only reason Vince Cable is a permanent fixture on BBC political programmes is because he can be guaranteed to criticise the Tories whilst completely ignoring the party that actually got us into this mess. </p>
<p>Anyway are you moving up to Manchester with the rest of your BBC chums?  Got a really good apartment available with stunning views of the pennines&#8230;&#8230;..</p>
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		<title>By: APL</title>
		<link>http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/11/22/more-bbc-lies-about-the-tories/#comment-27887</link>
		<dc:creator>APL</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Blank Xavier: &quot;Worse than this, it opens the possibility of not merely the bias inherent in self-interest, but a worse thing, a deliberate collusion with those who control funding.&quot;

Yes. We ought to scrutinize carefully where else the BBC receives funding from, for example the EBR&amp;D.

I like Stewarts suggestion put forward a few days ago. First act of an incoming Tory administration. A one line bill.

&quot;The BBC licence fee is abolished.&quot;

Let the BBC sort its own affairs out from then on.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Blank Xavier: &#8220;Worse than this, it opens the possibility of not merely the bias inherent in self-interest, but a worse thing, a deliberate collusion with those who control funding.&#8221;</p>
<p>Yes. We ought to scrutinize carefully where else the BBC receives funding from, for example the EBR&amp;D.</p>
<p>I like Stewarts suggestion put forward a few days ago. First act of an incoming Tory administration. A one line bill.</p>
<p>&#8220;The BBC licence fee is abolished.&#8221;</p>
<p>Let the BBC sort its own affairs out from then on.</p>
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		<title>By: Bazman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bazman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The BBC may or may not be bias. Is the Daily mail Bias? Don&#039;t see many complaints on this site about their nonsense. The BBC are a state funded organisation so are probably supporters of socialist causes. I&#039;m sure you all love paying your subscription to SKY and enjoy it&#039;s excellent news coverage and wide range of quality  informative channels,  programmes and ADVERTISEMENTS!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The BBC may or may not be bias. Is the Daily mail Bias? Don&#8217;t see many complaints on this site about their nonsense. The BBC are a state funded organisation so are probably supporters of socialist causes. I&#8217;m sure you all love paying your subscription to SKY and enjoy it&#8217;s excellent news coverage and wide range of quality  informative channels,  programmes and ADVERTISEMENTS!</p>
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		<title>By: Johnny Norfolk</title>
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		<dc:creator>Johnny Norfolk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 08:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sad but so very true.</description>
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		<title>By: Johnny Norfolk</title>
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		<dc:creator>Johnny Norfolk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is the BBC for you. They will try and show Labour in a good light and the Conservatives in a bad one all the time. It is getting more and more blatent.  What do the BBC managers do about it. Nothing as i suspect most of them are also Labour supporters.

 What are the Tories going to do about the BBC. The very least they should do is to promise the return to impartial reports and a clear spilt between news and views.

There is a massive difference between cuts and  a reduction in the rate of spending.

For those at the BBC who do not understand.

A cut is if you spend £100 last year and propose £95 this

A reduced increase is that you were going to spend £110 but now it £105.

Its still an increase on the £100 but less than was planned.
 This information is for the BBC not others that read this blog so pleae forgive me.

If anyone cannot see the need for this. Then heaven help us.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is the BBC for you. They will try and show Labour in a good light and the Conservatives in a bad one all the time. It is getting more and more blatent.  What do the BBC managers do about it. Nothing as i suspect most of them are also Labour supporters.</p>
<p> What are the Tories going to do about the BBC. The very least they should do is to promise the return to impartial reports and a clear spilt between news and views.</p>
<p>There is a massive difference between cuts and  a reduction in the rate of spending.</p>
<p>For those at the BBC who do not understand.</p>
<p>A cut is if you spend £100 last year and propose £95 this</p>
<p>A reduced increase is that you were going to spend £110 but now it £105.</p>
<p>Its still an increase on the £100 but less than was planned.<br />
 This information is for the BBC not others that read this blog so pleae forgive me.</p>
<p>If anyone cannot see the need for this. Then heaven help us.</p>
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		<title>By: newmania</title>
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		<dc:creator>newmania</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I get so so angry with the BBC .Still , nice new poll out today which shows the Brown bounce to be a dead cat  as it was before .

What will Polly say this time ?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I get so so angry with the BBC .Still , nice new poll out today which shows the Brown bounce to be a dead cat  as it was before .</p>
<p>What will Polly say this time ?</p>
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		<title>By: The Wilted Rose</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Wilted Rose</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Many BBC staff consider it their duty to campaign for Brownian socialism. Thus, they will tell the most ludicrous lies to trick the public into voting Labour in again.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many BBC staff consider it their duty to campaign for Brownian socialism. Thus, they will tell the most ludicrous lies to trick the public into voting Labour in again.</p>
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		<title>By: Span Ows</title>
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		<dc:creator>Span Ows</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Someting is seriously wrong at the BBC, all programmes, blogs and reports seem to be (no, not seem to be...they are...) giving Brown the easiest possible ride; is it to cover their own blatant cosing up to NL over the last decade? Is it because they fear what the Conservatives would do to a patently bias &#039;public service&#039;? Why is it? When they do things that are indeed lying, blatant untruths or accidently-on-purpose misrepresenting what has been said what can be done?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Someting is seriously wrong at the BBC, all programmes, blogs and reports seem to be (no, not seem to be&#8230;they are&#8230;) giving Brown the easiest possible ride; is it to cover their own blatant cosing up to NL over the last decade? Is it because they fear what the Conservatives would do to a patently bias &#8216;public service&#8217;? Why is it? When they do things that are indeed lying, blatant untruths or accidently-on-purpose misrepresenting what has been said what can be done?</p>
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		<title>By: A. Sedgwick</title>
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		<dc:creator>A. Sedgwick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The licence fee today has as much logic as the window tax. The cost is now sufficient to prevent less  well off viewers paying a subscription service for what they want to watch. There is a clear bias to their paymasters. The Corporation is vastly overstaffed - more staff went to Beijeng than UK competitors and are the Olympics in the middle of the night that popular? The vastly expensive move to Manchester is inexplicable. They have foul mouthed employees masquerading as entertainers. Their original remit as the public service broadcaster could be accommodated on BBC2 and Radio4 at a fraction of the cost. If you choose not to pay you can end up with a criminal record. It is about time there was some political honesty about this broadcasting dinosaur.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The licence fee today has as much logic as the window tax. The cost is now sufficient to prevent less  well off viewers paying a subscription service for what they want to watch. There is a clear bias to their paymasters. The Corporation is vastly overstaffed &#8211; more staff went to Beijeng than UK competitors and are the Olympics in the middle of the night that popular? The vastly expensive move to Manchester is inexplicable. They have foul mouthed employees masquerading as entertainers. Their original remit as the public service broadcaster could be accommodated on BBC2 and Radio4 at a fraction of the cost. If you choose not to pay you can end up with a criminal record. It is about time there was some political honesty about this broadcasting dinosaur.</p>
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		<title>By: mikestallard</title>
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		<dc:creator>mikestallard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And, yes, I blame the Conservatives for letting the BBC get away with it.
Lord Mandelson and Alistair Campbell are managing to get the Labour lies across splendidly. &quot;Spending our way out of the crisis&quot; = bribing the electorate for the coming election in the spring; &quot;infusion&quot; = pumping borrowed money in; &quot;Not cutting back on schools and hospitals and other public services&quot; = 50,000 more non jobs in the Guardian next week too; &quot;this is a World Wide crisis&quot; = not my fault, gov.; &quot;We will soon pay back this loan which, in any case is much smaller than the one we were saddled with by the Tories in 1997&quot; = yes, if you leave out PFIs, banks now supported or nationalised and the enormous liability for public service pay and pensions.
So where are the people who are priming the BBC and other media (what about the Times, for heaven&#039;s sake?) on the Conservative side?
There are a LOT of people who do not want another five years of the same. Where is our voice?
Fingers out, please.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And, yes, I blame the Conservatives for letting the BBC get away with it.<br />
Lord Mandelson and Alistair Campbell are managing to get the Labour lies across splendidly. &#8220;Spending our way out of the crisis&#8221; = bribing the electorate for the coming election in the spring; &#8220;infusion&#8221; = pumping borrowed money in; &#8220;Not cutting back on schools and hospitals and other public services&#8221; = 50,000 more non jobs in the Guardian next week too; &#8220;this is a World Wide crisis&#8221; = not my fault, gov.; &#8220;We will soon pay back this loan which, in any case is much smaller than the one we were saddled with by the Tories in 1997&#8243; = yes, if you leave out PFIs, banks now supported or nationalised and the enormous liability for public service pay and pensions.<br />
So where are the people who are priming the BBC and other media (what about the Times, for heaven&#8217;s sake?) on the Conservative side?<br />
There are a LOT of people who do not want another five years of the same. Where is our voice?<br />
Fingers out, please.</p>
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