Stick up for the BBC? – The Anna Raccoon Archives

by Anna Raccoon on July 25, 2010

Will Hutton has a lengthy piece in today’s Guardian entitled “Stick up for the BBC. It’s the last bulwark against rule by the mob”.

He complains about the ‘bile, unfairness and lack of restraint in the blogosphere’ infecting the mainstream media and thus American politics, and warns that if we do not support the BBC, committed to ‘impartiality and accuracy’ as it is, we will lose the ‘last bulwark against populist government by the mob’.

This morning the BBC web site is carrying a piece concerning Tory MP Philip Hollobone.

Headline – A Conservative MP has been warned he could face legal action if he refuses to meet constituents who wear burkas or niqabs, which hide their faces.

The Kettering MP said he needed to meet voters face-to-face.

He added he would invite those who did not remove their veil to communicate in a different way, such as by letter.

James Welch, legal director for Liberty, added: “We have written to Mr Hollobone to advise him of the law as enacted by Parliament and feel confident that no well-advised Honourable Member would seek to breach it by meeting with constituents on a discriminatory basis.”

Nasty racist, possibly criminal, Tory MP…….

But the story rang a bell…….

The BBC in 2006 carried a story concerning Labour MP Jack Straw.

Headline – ‘Remove full veils’ urges Straw

Cabinet Minister Jack Straw has said he would prefer Muslim women not to wear veils which cover the face.

The Commons leader said he did not want to be “prescriptive” but he believed that covering people’s faces could make community relations more difficult.

Mr Straw has said he asks Muslim women at his Blackburn constituency surgeries if they would mind removing veils.

Some Muslim women called his remarks insulting, but other Muslims said they understood his concerns.

No quotes regarding possible legal action and support from the Muslim community for his views…….

If the BBC is the ‘last bastion against populist government by the mob’ then the Labour party is the friend of the poor and disadvantaged, Ian Tomlinson committed suicide, and I’m John Demetriou in real life.

{ 13 comments }

JohnRS July 26, 2010 at 11:50

Will Hutton complaining about “bile, unfairness and lack of
restraint”!!

Pot. Kettle. Black (or should that be socialist red?)

JunkkMale July 25, 2010 at 17:51

‘..the BBC, committed to

Mick Turatian July 25, 2010 at 14:21

Will Hutton? In the Guardian? Defending the BBC?

Who could have foreseen such a righteous alignment?

Jabba the Cat July 25, 2010 at 14:04

Stick the BBC on a subscription based card access system. Then they will
have to cut their cloth accordingly whilst the rest of us can quite happily
survive without them and not have to worry about not paying their broadcast
tax shakedown.

Sarbanes Oxley July 25, 2010 at 13:58

I will give a stick up the BBC, a large sharp pointy one.

But will Hutton is right the BBC is the last bastion of the discredited Nu
Labour movement. Since it was taken over in the purge following the Kelly
affair, it has been a willing puppet of the Fabians.

It failed to report Dan Hannan’s mincemeating of the dearly departed Brown
in the EU for two days, when the Blogoshere and internet carried it round the
world for the sensation it was, a real opposition politician doing some
effective opposing. The BBC just suppressed it, until it was becoming
embarrassing that it was not carrying the story.

Furor Teutonicus July 25, 2010 at 13:52

As I see it, they wear these bin bags because they want to be ignored by
men.

So IGNORE the bastards. Knock one over in the street?

“Wha…? I didn’t see anything, what you mean Officer?”

Bob July 25, 2010 at 12:35

The answer is simple.

Anyone in public position who is faced with one of these female darth vader
clones wanting to see him should have a variety of options available.

1) His own Burka.

2) A Darth Vader uniform.

3) An old fashioned changing screen he can draw in front of his desk.

3) A gorilla outfit

4) A batman outfit.

5) A bucket over his head.

If someone is as discourteous as these cretins are, to want an interview
whilst having a bag over their heads, then the obvious solution is to join in
the game.

I suspect they will be equally offended. Let them be!

Ed P July 25, 2010 at 11:55

No, I’m JD!
The BBC is saintly and above reproach. They are totally
impartial and report every news item with balance. As the new Dark Ages are
nearly upon us, they provide a bastion of probity. Now may I have Hutton’s
job?