Pic from Don’t Tea On Me The latest in the Guardian’s increasingly demented run of attempts to blame China for every disaster screeches out: “BP oil spill: failed safety device on Deepwater Horizon rig was modified in China”. Tim Webb’s article then goes on to admit: There is no evidence that the significant modifications to […]
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Great. Yet another paean to capitalism and the glorification of the boss class. Not content with blitzing us with Dragon’s Den, The Apprentice and a whole genre of TV programmes shoving you in your place (how very Confucian), C4 gives us another series naturalising the New Order, in Undercover Boss (C4 9pm, Thursdays). Watching Alan
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The press is telling us that the Haitians are primitives to be feared, hence the slowness in distributing food. But I was looking at this picture when it dawned on me what I was seeing. I’m looking at the photograph of 15 year-old Fabienne Geismar shot dead by police for stealing three pictures. See the
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Yay! Starting the year with the good news that Culture Minister Ben Bradshaw has heard our woes and written to the communications watchdog Ofcom asking where all the Chinese are. I’ve just seen the letter and it’s a welcome sight. Apart from me presenting the occasional programme for BBC Radio 4 (two due this year),
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Anna Chen – 19 December 2009 Well, I used to be a fan of The Independent, what with having Robert Fisk and being so brilliant on the Iraq war. But with an article yesterday headlined, “China’s delaying tactics threaten climate deal” by Chris Green, and allowing racist epithets in their comments threads, has The Indy
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Catherine at Dolphinarium has posted this great interview with Suresh Grover at the BBC demonstration against Nick Griffin’s appearance on Question Time. In another video, everything you (didn’t) want to know about Nick Griffin plus part one of last night’s Question Time. Cassette Boy vs Nick Griffin on Question Time video. Very funny. Front line
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