Nick Clegg, Porn and Light

Yes, it’s time to look at the news from today…

Clegg defiant against the voters

An odd day to read the news, Nick Clegg says people should not “write off” the Lib Dems, despite them slumping to sixth place in the Barnsley Central by-election.

“”In truth it was a no contest for any non-Labour candidate,” [...]

Meddling with YOUR BBC.

Well before the General Election, I gave some examples of how politicians were trying to fundamentally meddle with the BBC’s political independence.

I sat down to watch Question Time last night, and nearly spat my teeth out when Dimbleby announced that Cameron’s Government would only send a representative if Alistair Campbell was not on the [...]

I want my app

Today, the BBC Trust has had to force the BBC to postpone the launch of it’s smartphone applications. Apparently the Newspaper Publishers Association is worried that the poor biased newspapers would not be able to make money on mobiles.

That’s fine, for those of us who actively buy, read or subscribe to newspapers. There are [...]

Effectively ruining your charity

Pratt on BBC News last night

Christine Pratt was a name none of us had heard of before Sunday. She is the woman from the National Bullying Helpline that told the BBC her charity had received calls from employees in Downing Street.

When I heard this on the news before going to bed last [...]

Harman on old women

Harriet Harman MP famously wearing a stabproof vest in Peckham, 31 March 2009. Image from South London Press.

To celebrate the launch of Age UK (Age Concern and Help the Aged working together), Harriet Harman made a speech, talking about older people. Harman is the Equalities Minister.

The speech included a few lines about [...]

You’re mocking me!

These are the few seconds of television which put Frankie Boyle onto the naughty seat.

I’m a bit confused, though. The BBC Trust took its time as usual to decide that this joke went too far. It decided that Adlington had not ‘courted publicity or celebrity status’, adding that there was no editorial reason [...]

What is a watershed?

Ofcom (and probably the BBC) have been receiving a small number of complaints about the smash Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood.

Why did people complain? Not because it’s got John Barrowman in it, not because it’s being condensed from 13 to 5 episodes, in the same week. They didn’t complain about the fact that the programme [...]