BBC News: Baby P official fired without pay So it's happened again. A scandal, a press hullabaloo, the demanding of heads, the swish of the metaphorical axe and said heads duly served up, freshly dripping blood, to a vengeful public...
Posts by Stephen from 2008
Who runs Britain?
Wiser counsels prevail
BBC News: Clarkson joke cleared by watchdog Joking about truck... sorry, lorry drivers killing prostitutes was bound to offend some people. The murder by Steve Wright, a lorry driver, of five prostitutes in Ipswich touched a raw nerve, and was...
Family values?
Mail editor accuses Mosley judge As other EMC writers will confirm, I sometimes get into trouble for championing (some) Daily Mail values and the rules of polite society in an arena that delights in using that newspaper's name as a...
A harsh lesson
Brand quits BBC over prank calls The resignation of Russell Brand from the BBC can hardly be good for the Corporation. He is - I'll try not to choke on the words - a talented performer who reaches the sort...
They would say that, wouldn't they?
The main story occupying the attentions of the Westminster village, if not the wider public, this week was that of George Osborne, and his escapades on the yacht of a Russian oligarch. Curiously, Lord Mandelson also features. Dear old Mandy;...
Response: Reports of capitalism's death are exaggerated
The Economist: Capitalism at bayRichard G Elen wrote recently on this blog about the financial crisis sweeping the world. The Thatcher/Reagan economic experiment was a disaster; it is time to sweep the existing consensus aside and revisit the period of...
More troubles at Talk Sport
It's not been a good few years for Talk Sport, the station that former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie fashioned in his old newspaper's image after buying Talk Radio in 1998 and sacking half the presenters. First, a lawsuit Mr MacKenzie...
The premium rate phone scandal, cont.
Here's a question for you: What is Google best known for? Is it a) Web services b) Industrial manufacturing c) Food recipies If you think you know the answer (ha!) ring 09012 345678 with your answer for a chance to...
How to make the BBC fit for the twenty-first century?
A top-sliced licence fee will trigger the BBC's destruction Whether de-coupling the licence fee from the BBC is the way forward or not (and I personally have my doubts), I can't help but think that the BBC still hasn't yet...
