In the news

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36271515

'Fantastically corrupt'

Mind how you go in Greenwich:

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/may/12/london-sinkhole-partially-swallows-car

web cache of the comments made on the offending laura k petition showing a cavalcade vile, sexist abuse.

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:UEe0lzwst0IJ:https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/e83cce2f-9558-4947-b971-3374d1dc1190/BBC-Laura-Kuenssberg-38-degrees-petition-comments.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=nl&client=firefox-b

2x "cow", 2x "witch". Clear evidence of appalling sexist attitudes amongst the leftist hordes.

Wait a minute, I must be going blind, I can't see any sexist comments.

well you WOULD say that, MISOGYNIST SWINE etc...

comments such as:

‘mad woman’
‘The woman is an utter disgrace’
‘she’s rubbish – bring back Nick Robinson’

are being touted as clear evidence of this...

https://thestoryandthetruth.wordpress.com/2016/05/13/only-one-sexist-comment/

Confirmation bias can be a sad thing to watch

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36308976

What is the Tories problem with the BBC?

too few roast swan recipes.

#allrecipesmatter

They've so little confidence in the free market working effectively that a few thousand recipes threatens it. Obviously.

i hope this means more CAT5 celebrity chefs being given an opportunity to front their personal brand at the licence fee payers expense.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-36313027

As this severed head is thought to originate from a building site, I would like to be the first to suggest the idea that it is because there was a pencil behind its ear.

theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/­may/12/london-sinkhole-partially-swallow­s-car>

Same spot, 2008: ruh roh

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.4890321,0.0465072,3a,75y,154.91h,71.66t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sZY8_8ExHfhcMZ2Lbcd85Bg!2e0!5s20080601T000000!7i13312!8i6656

luminarty?

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/may/17/dj-searches-old-couple-fabric-nightclub

such stamina, much respect

https://tompride.wordpress.com/2016/05/17/who-benefits-from-the-tory-decision-to-axe-bbc-recipes/

I'm quite enjoying watching Boris Johnson destroy his leadership and priministerial hopes with his terrible Hitler / EU comments. What was scary about him before was that he seemed pretty clever, and able to dupe people. Really good to see him screwing up now, and showing everyone the creep he really is.

OMG if the Beeb stopped publishing recipes I'd have no choice but to get them from Rupert Murdoch because there are no recipes anywhere else on the Internet at all!!!!!1

Lolz

I think you're missing the point somewhat.

It makes no sense to me. If the recipe section is very popular it's a crap way to axe costs surely?

They're used, they're offer the BBC brand a good step up (and people may have a look elsewhere, that you can check with server stats...).

Maybe BBC can't get ad revenue from the recipes website, but private companies can?

Sounds to me like the Beeb have intentionally picked some very popular things to axe in order to maximise outrage and garner more support for cuts to the cuts.

basically this

Removing a bit of news coverage or something wouldn't have had much public impact. Removing recipes however has hit the headlines and already got a petition with ~ 170,000 signatures. https://www.change.org/p/bbc-save-the-bbc-s-recipe-archive

I reckon this could be a move similar to the proposed axing of 6 music to get the public support.

Sounds to me like the Beeb have intentionally picked some very popular things to axe in order to maximise outrage and garner more support for cuts to the cuts.

This.

Maybe BBC can't get ad revenue from the recipes website, but private companies can?

But now the recipes are moving to BBC Worldwide, they can!

I think you're missing the point somewhat.

I suggest you read the report on the BBC's purchase and sale several years later for a screaming loss of Lonely Planet.

You can see the summary here http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/our_work/commercial/lonely_planet_review.html

Basically, they bought a private travel guide company with the intention of turning it into a portal like the recipe site. What would that have meant for the likes of Rough Guides?

They utterly ballsed up the integration, so the travel portal never materialised. But this was basically the pinnacle of the Beeb's overstretch problem.

I don't really care if the BBC publishes recipes or not - it makes much more sense for non-core activities to be part of the profit-making arm, though, like the travel portal was supposed to be.

But this idea that the recipes were threatened with the axe precisely to create an opening for Murdoch properties alleged to be waiting in the wings is utterly fucking bonkers wingnut conspiracy nonsense, IMHO. You can google recipes from dozens of places. Hell, you can even buy recipe books in shops. Yes, the existence of the BBC recipe site basically limits the opportunity for the private sector, but no, you can't just give that opportunity to Murdoch wrapped up in a bow.