In the news

I'm mystified as to why the BBC R4 news this evening headlined with the gravity thing like it's the second coming, even if it is never going to impinge a jot on ordinary people. Unless to NOT headline with the Junior Doctors being presented with both barrels by Government attack dog Jeremy rhymes-with-Cunt. It seems to me the BBC are running scared of this government.

Their charter is up for renewal later this year, of course they are. They've already taken one stiff one up the arse, agreeing to fund the free license fee for over-75s.

It seems to me the BBC are running scared of this government.

Those on the right constantly complaint that the BBC is massively biased against the tory government. Whichever side you are on, it is easy to perceive the BBC as biased against your beliefs. The fact that there is regular whining from both sides means they are doing their job.

I think the doctors have been well represented, here is one interview I saw today:

http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a782876/watch-junior-doctor-rachel-clarke-take-down-liar-jeremy-hunt-in-a-stunning-live-bbc-interview/

Huh?

Wrong link FFS

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-35552638

It's not a good time for frisky Adams who break the law:

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/feb/11/sunderland-sack-adam-johnson

I see now :')

The right pushed the 'lefty Beeb' line for years, with added threats about abolishing the licence fee, and have been completely successful in turning it into their mouthpiece. The left is not threatening the BBC, so they can ignore it.

+1 there! I was not protesting bias so much as astonishment that this gravity waves thing, which will affect no-one anytime soon or probably ever, had somehow been regarded as a more important issue than the Government war on the doctors.

The 'Beeb is a lefty outfit' thing, long trumpeted by the right, is smoke and mirrors. Rather than the left-wing bias the Tories frequently complain of the bias is clearly to the right. Nick Robinson, now the Today programme’s newest big hitter (formerly President of the Oxford University Conservative Association); flagship political TV presenter Andrew Neil (current Chairman of the Spectator), Neil’s editor (former chief of staff to recent Tory Minister Francis Maude); and Robert Peston’s replacement as BBC business editor was Kamal Ahmed (ex Sunday Telegraph).

Meanwhile, former BBC economics editor Stephanie Flanders departed for the UK arm of Wall Street’s JP Morgan; George Osborne's special advisor Thea Rogers is ex BBC; Cameron’s media bloke is former BBC news controller Craig Oliver; and Boris Johnson's communications supremo was ex-BBC political correspondent Guto Harri, replaced not long ago by the ex-BBC Will Walden. The list goes on!

^ that's quite a good post - wow.

Thankfully, in my experience, Radio 4 remains a bastion of right (I mean left) thinking.

Once in a lifetime major scientific breakthrough vs. local workforce dispute.

Think the BBC got that one right.

Lewisham council seeking to use a compulsory purchase order to buy land from Millwall FC so they can sell it to a property developer who, it appears, are then going to dispose of it to other property developers. http://www.millwallfc.co.uk//news/article/millwall-regeneration-john-berylson-lewisham-council-2951073.aspx

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/news/northern-ireland-cycling-retail-giant-chain-reaction-to-merge-with-rival-wiggle-34448081.html Hm I hope they don't close their local shop.

I was not protesting bias so much as astonishment that this gravity waves thing, which will affect no-one anytime soon or probably ever..

pish > http://physicscentral.com/explore/writers/will.cfm

an application will be found, and hot too far hence

Gravity waves are massive. It's an extension, in a way, of the same line of research that brought us radio communication.

The news that tory politicians have hired ex-broadcasters to work for them is astonishing. Clear proof that the tories run the BBC.

Which, given that Cameron is middle management who reports to Murdoch means that the Beeb is, unfortunately, going to go the way of the NHS.

Is Jeremy Corbyn hiring Seamus Milne as an advisor proof that the labour party runs the guardian newspaper? I think we should be told.

More on Jeremy 'Rhyming Slang' Hunt:

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/feb/15/weekend-effect-on-hospital-deaths-not-proven-say-hunts-own-officials

I talked about this to a junior doctor tonight. Very interesting.

Gravity waves will be great when it leads to the creation of space-time warp bubbles which allow me to travel FTL to other parts of the universe with habitable exoplanets.

Meanwhile, back on earth:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/16/eagles-of-death-metal-frontman

^ just coming to post that. A bit wtf but in context of his experience and country of origin possibly no surprise. Some of his logic is questionable still.

No surprise, but still incredibly stupid.

Er, he's a fucking pop star... Who gives a fuck what any of them think?

Have you read this?
http://koshh.org/the-connection-between-the-junior-doctors-contract-and-the-american-corporate-takeover-of-the-nhs

so he's ted nugent with even less memorable tunes.

/shrugs

Increased mortality associated with weekend hospital admission: a case for expanded seven day services?

The case for increased mortality is based on shitty science.