I actually think the BBC board hiring a partisan hack as their bias consultant is a bigger problem than any of the issues he's identified. (View Post)

We might laugh, but Prescott is basically saying just that in his dossier. (View Post)

I have just read it. It's a report about bias in the BBC that is massively biased itself, ironically. And therefore useless as a guide for improvement. Prescott's basic complaint is that th… (View Post)

To defect wouldn't you need a prior allegiance to the party you are supposedly defecting from? (View Post)

There's a Horace quote for that (which of course I had to look up): Cui lecta potenter erit res, nec facundia deseret hunc, nec lucidus ordo. Choose your subject matter carefully in your writing… (View Post)