April 20th, 2010

+ + + BBC’s Chris Summers Given “Alternative Duties” + + +


203 Comments

  1. 1
    PM says:

    Another one bites the dust.

    • 7
      Can't remember my moniker says:

      What a scoop! And how late of the Brown Biased Corporation to act, only after being exposed.

      It is all become rather angry since I went on my travels last week. So the British people should be with our George Orwell inspired government with its hobbled constituencies and biased national broadcaster. It is also warmer. Let us raise the temperature even further!

      “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”

      • 12
        Sir William Waad says:

        Orwell worked for the BBC, as a propagandists, only in those days the BBC was on the British side.

        • 195
          Disaffected says:

          Guido, so when do we get the chance to have a vote on cutting back the BBC and its license fee? Will all the complaints be reviewed in the light of the clear bias of its complaint department or will we be fobbed off they are all professionals like their reporters.

      • 13
        lololol says:

        You’ve brought down the Beeb single handed!!

      • 16
        MAD FRANKIE HADDOCK son of COD says:

        Mornin ar-moniker
        “What a Scoop”
        ets hope it’s a scoop to clean up the dog shit from the blue peter garden
        about the limits of a labour scumbags talents !

        • 28
          Can't remember my moniker says:

          Morning Frankie

          Hercules was ordered by Eurystheus to clean the Augean stables in a single day. King Augeas kept 3000 oxen there and it had not been mucked out for 30 years!

          Truly this was a trivial task compared with the BBC, who have a budget that poor old Augeas could have only dreamed of. But it will be done – and soon.

          • how's that landslide workin out for ya ? says:

            I bet they are shitting themselves at a poster of such awesome might such as yourself huffing and puffing

            and soon! lol

          • The BBC is worse.

            Unlike the BBC, the animals in the historic stables were Immune to the B-S around them.

        • 44
          Mr Ned says:

          Alternative duties? He was slagging off his employer in a very public forum! In the real world that is an instant dismissal offence. Why hasn’t the obnoxious little shit been fired?

      • 18
        PM says:

        Maybe we should friend him and post some heartfelt commiserations on his Wall.

      • 20
        Irony! says:

        What a scoop!

    • 41
      Sarah at the end of her teather says:

      Chris Summers, a BBC journalist who is also a Labour council candidate in Ealing, has been given a role managing the content of constituency pages on the BBC website.

      Sarah Teather, Liberal Democrat candidate for Brent East, said the corporation had “many questions” to answer over the role Mr Summers, whose role includes processing newly published stories and correcting factual inaccuracies.

      http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/7608921/Labour-Candidate-in-BBC-news-role.html

    • 43
      Down with Brown! says:

      Well done, Guido. Another scalp. Hopefully the most important scalp of all is coming on May 7th when we kick the stupid arse out of Downing Street.

      • 45
        Mr Ned says:

        It’s not a scalp at all, the BBC is still paying the little shit out of OUR money!

        • 58
          And the Winner is Chris Summers says:

          Absolutely.

          For a person who Tweets:

          “I have to spend the next three weeks at work on the most mind-bindingly dull, boring, grey, miserable, **** job – dealing with election complaints!”

          And

          “Oh, the frustration of working for the BBC! Editorial Guidelines!!! Aaaaaah!”

          Then being moved to alternative duties is a win.

    • 160
      Can't remember my moniker says:

      In response to the TaT above I would offer the Chinese saying, “Flies never visit an egg that has no crack.”

      Unfortunately, they would probably misconstrue the last word.

    • 170
      Penfold says:

      Well not quite.
      Moved to other duties……that means he ain’t been sacked.
      Mind you its difficult to get the bullet with the BeeB, look at Woosie, just a slapped wrist, which i’m sure is true of others, unless you’ve outed for being conservative.
      They did nothing when Chiles violated the sanctity of the Green Room, preferring to chop Carole Thatcher.
      Roll on post May 6 and a right victory, we will want a night of the long knives then ;-)

      • 173
        Mr Ned says:

        The only party we could really trust to kill off the BBC properly is the B&P. They would take great joy in dismantling that wretched icon to treason and they could pay off the national debt with the TV rights to the treason trials on pay-per-view!

    • 183
      Jack Bauer says:

      “Another one bites the dust.”

      Of course. that now leaves a vacancy. I can already read the Guardian ad copy.

      BBC SENIOR COMPLAINTS EDITOR, TO BEGIN IMMEDIATELY

      Do you have what it takes to deal with the thousands of whiny, pointless complaints the BBC receives daily regarding its so-called Labour bias?

      Incredible as it sounds, there are many reactionary losers who do not appreciate the hard work the BBC puts into the necessary re-election of the Labour party.

      They flood the BBC with their silly Nazi-like attitudes. However as an impartial public body, with a charter that demands we pay lip-service to these creeps, we do need a certain type of person to appear on the “books.”

      So, do you have a deaf ear? Can you crunch up printed complaints and file them in the giant shredder proviuded?

      If yes, then you will also be an elite university educated snide (no former Polytechnics unless you are a recent arrival practising the religion of peace). And you must be prepared to leave the Labour party until the election is over.

      In the first instance, contact Labour Party HQ for initial vetting. Short listed candiates will be asked to swear an oath of loyalty to Gordo Brown.

  2. 2
    Snotsicle says:

    Lavatorial hygiene co-ordinator would seem suitable.

  3. 3
    Algy says:

    But who will replace him?

    • 17
      lololol says:

      no-one can of course!
      this was the most important scalp since whatsisname on the facebook thingy!
      the beeb will now crumble as this world famous mover and shaker no-one had heard of till yesterday now gets a transfer from a posting he didn’t seem to like anyway

      scoops don’t get much bigger than this!!!!

    • 118
      Brown's a Tosser says:

      Gordon Brown has sent a letter applying for the job but has asked for the interview to be delaying until after May 7th. He loves the Beeb you know!

      • 150
        Dave loves the Beeb you know! says:

        Mr Cameron stressed that he supported the BBC

        He said: “The BBC is an important national institution. I want to see it prosper and succeed and be a fantastic cultural asset.”

        He added that he was a “supporter of the licence fee”

        So Dave can have a job application too on May the 7th when we get a hung parliament and David Davis and the Party turn on him.

  4. 4
    Resident of Lib Dem UK Immigrant Redistribution Zone 4 (East) says:

    Strange it took the cold light of exposure in the court of public opinion to get this blatant case of bias addressed.

    • 9
      Canary Wharf Rat says:

      Fab Handle!!!!

    • 10
      The Court of Public Opinion says:

      As was the case with last summers corruption exposure – we all knew it had been going on for years but couldn’t nail the slimy bastards down.

    • 46
      Anonymous says:

      I assume you mean Lib DEm EU Immigrant Redistribution Zone 4 (East) – the UK is no more

  5. 5
    Canary Wharf Rat says:

    Just checked my email and have yet to recieve a reply to the complaint I submitted, maybe his successor will take the time later on. I wonder how many more moles at work there?

    • 57
      Ordinary Bloke says:

      Here’s the reply they sent me:

      “Thanks for your e-mail regarding our news coverage.

      I understand you’re unhappy as you feel our coverage is biased in favour of the Labour Party.

      It is not always possible or practical to reflect all the different opinions on a subject within individual programmes. Editors are charged to ensure that over a reasonable period they reflect the range of significant views, opinions and trends in their subject area.

      We don’t seek to denigrate any view or to promote any view. We try to identify all significant views, and to test them rigorously and fairly on behalf of the audience.

      I realise you feel this isn’t the case so I’d like to assure you that I’ve registered your comments on our audience log. This is a daily internal report of audience feedback which we circulate to all programme makers. It ensures that your complaints are circulated and considered across the BBC.

      Thanks again for taking the time to contact us.

      Regards

      Michelle Wiggins
      BBC Complaints
      ____________________________
      http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints

      —–Original Message—–

      Your presenters and reporters are openly and shamefully biased
      towards Labour and against the Conservatives. There have been many examples
      already on this first day of the GE campaign. It is brazen and it is wrong.
      You are public servants paid to serve even handedly.

      http://www.bbc.co.uk/
      This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated.
      If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system.
      Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately.
      Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received.
      Further communication will signify your consent to this.

      • 189
        Ivor Tapeworm says:

        Your complaint would have carried more weight if you had identified examples.

  6. 6
    The Director of Politically Krect 'n Convenient Troof at AlJaBeeba, the Brhoon Bullshit Corpse says:

    It was The Right Thingy To Do.

  7. 8
    Postlethwaite says:

    No doubt it will take a couple of months before a replacement can be found . . .
    Meanwhile life / bias goes on.

  8. 11
    English Liberation Front says:

    Well done Guido! But it is beyond parody that he was doing that job in the first place – just what were the BBC thinking of?

    • 22
      Gormless Clown says:

      The licence fee.

    • 24
      NotaSheep says:

      They were thinking that a government of the ‘same old Tories’ must be avoided by all means necessary.

    • 27
      The Director of Politically Krect 'n Convenient Troof at AlJaBeeba, the Brhoon Bullshit Corpse says:

      We was thinking of:

      - preserving our nice cushy undemanding jobs
      - preserving our nice pension pots
      - preserving our Glorious and BL
      - preserving our arrogant tance whereby we tell the sheeple what to do (bcos we’re TOPP)
      - preserving our extremely lavish way of life (champagne socialists to a person)
      - preserving our . . oh – excuse me . . Gorgon’s on the phone again . .

      • 53
        Grumpy Old Man says:

        A blow for the weak and powerless. One of your better strikes against the Stalinist monolith that relentlessly spews Red propaganda 24/7.
        O/T. Out canvassing last night in deepest Kent. No sign of any move to DimLibs on the doorstep. One labour vote in 3 hours doorstepping.

    • 54
      Mr Ned says:

      They only ever think of wasting ever more of our money to prop up their left/liberal agenda for as long as possible.

  9. 14

    AljaBeeba still not covering Scottish Labour Party sleeze. In other news, Red Kites are being poisoned though.

  10. 15
    Laocowboy2 says:

    If there is any cash left in the kitty, someone should start a project whereby Conservative supporters trawl through the Facebook et al pages of ALL BBC staff (and perhaps some other broadcasters etc as well) to see how many more committed labour (or Liberals) are holding down theoretically “neutral” positions.

    • 65
      Victoria Anne D'Albert says:

      In the civil service there used to be a rule prohibiting staff above a certain (quite low) grade actively participating in party politics. I’m not sure if this still applies in the age of New Labour but it should do and should also apply to state broadcasters.

      • 97
        TosserWatch says:

        well it certainly isn’t a rule that counts at the BBC once the yardstick of national and international news reporting and respected worldwide and now a totally discredited coterie of lefties set on a path of biased representation of fact as fiction and fiction as fact as suits the individual presenter’s whim.

    • 125
      Brown's a Tosser says:

      That would take a very long time though in the case of the Beeb its probably around 95% of the workforce. It is s prerequisite on the application form if you put the cross against Tory you get the dear john letter.

  11. 19
    The Bolshevic Brainwashing Corporation says:

    What, us, fair, balanced and impartial? Pull the other one!

  12. 21
    Anonymous says:

    sack the smug bastard

  13. 23
    The Sleeper says:

    Just got a reply to my complaint about bias…

    Of course,Pravda were keen to demonstrate that they carefully monitored the time allocated to each political party and that all was within their ‘guidelines’

    What they were less keen to respond to was not the time allocated,but the content of that coverage.

    And that was my complaint in the first place.

    Heads..banging…and brick walls came to mind.

    • 35
      starfish says:

      Craig Murray does a better job

      http://beebbiascraig.blogspot.com/

      Allocating equal time is hardly the point as different times of the day have different value

      For example, the 0810 slot on Toady is worth ‘more’ than 0630 on R5Live

      The only area of the BBC I can see attempting impartiality is the Daily Politics – Brillo seems to be giving all politicians a hard time

      • 131
        Brown's a Tosser says:

        I agree with that. I would like to see Brillo take over from Dimbleby on Question Time.

        • 136
          Thames Valley voter says:

          I’d like to see Dimblebum keeping his fucking gob shut on QT.

        • 140
          Brown Hater says:

          Very little (if any!!) MSM coverage of Hague’s demolition of the Marx Brother (major) and that anonymous Liberal waffler in yesterdays Foreign Affairs debate.

          Brillo is the only sign of impartial journalistic rigour at the BBC.

          • Will Heaven in the Telegraph reported it, but either he’s Will Straw’s pseudonym or he was watching a completely different programme to the one I saw, because he seemed to think that Millitwat won the day.

            There were lots of sideways glances and hand signals from Millitwat in Urban’s general direction – perhaps they should have got a room and left the debate to the grown-ups.

          • Mr Ned says:

            Will heaven: “96% of Guido’s readers are wrong!”

            O RLY?

    • 77
      Victoria Anne D'Albert says:

      There is also the not so subliminal bias in non-political coverage e.g. BBC London local news mentions a play at the Royal Court about Toffs in a dining club at Oxford, not as part of a general arts round up which features other plays but as a stand-alone news item.

      • 138
        Anonymous says:

        I heard Kevin Maguire on Sky last night talking about Nick Clegg saying you can’t criticise him for the school he went to as his parents chose it but you can criticise Cameron for things he did at university as he was an adult.

        Jesus, where to begin. Firstly Cameron is constantly criticised for going to Eton by the likes of Maguire. Secondly, if what you did when you were 19 or 20 is fair game what about all these Labour MPs who were Socialist Workers and Communists well into their 20s. Why do we never hear anything about that?

      • 176
        genghiz the kahn says:

        Sunday night at the Beeb – A Passionate Woman – set in the 1980s with a background to the closure of a steelworks with a van load of women singing along to Today’s the day, McGregor closed the coal mines or something similar.

        This week’s Radio Times carries a profile of Phoney Robinson or Baldrick, citing involvement in Labour Politics, and other ’causes’.

  14. 25
    Norman Dee says:

    You’ll get nothing done about the BBC while this government is in office, vote conservative and then hound your MP to privatise the news division of the BBC.

  15. 26
    QWERTY says:

    Other duties? Like picking up the used condoms on Hampstead Heath perhaps?

  16. 30
    'The BBC is infested by Labour luvvin celt cunts', Adrian Chiles says:

    Fucking BBC Hunt’s, that shower of Labour luvvin celt filth will probably give the gig to the ginger mong, Chris fucking Evans now.

    And I am unanimous in that sentiment

    • 52

      Eeyup Chiles – I think we’ve discovered how a droning dolt like you got in Chrissie’s knickers – according to the Telegraph, monotonous voices attract the bints!

      Good luck with the inanity that is GMTV and the increasingly poor ITV footie coverage, and remember – Trevor McDonald is not a golliwog (he’s a piss-artist from Farnham).

      • 151
        Thats News says:

        I find the Brummie dialect very appealing in a woman. Black Country, also, but to a lesser extent. We had a chat about this at work the other day.

  17. 31
    genghiz the kahn says:

    The Ealing Council website shows that all three councillors for Northolt Mandeville ward are Tories.

    I wonder if Mr Summers will lose badly, I’m sure that someone will be laying money on him losing a deposit.

  18. 32
    wavy davy not waving but drowning says:

    15 days of campaigning left and the tories in a shambles as a hung parliament begins to looks ever more certain
    what’s changed ?
    not the internet not twitter not bloggers not even the dead tree press but that old dinosaur TV
    amusing stuff

    • 79
      Mr Ned says:

      When you analyse the figures it is such a small movement of opinion too. 10% of the 50% who are sure to vote have moved their support from tory/labour to liberals. Most of that has come from the tories who see Clegg as more of an heir to Blair than Cameron is. The new labour voters from 1997 who the tories should have told to fuck off, are finding a more natural home in the pro EU rabidly anti British and anti-democratic loony lib-dems.

      Cameron SHOULD have given us REAL Conservative policies and values. If Cameron wanted to run with the “big society” meme he should have been explaining it for at least 2 years before now. Unfortunately it is a good idea, badly explained and too late. It goes above most people’s heads and the tories have allowed labour to spend the last two years repeatedly lying about the current tories and paint an image in the public’s minds of baby eating Nazis that is so different from what the tories actually are now (wooly liberals) that people cannot make the stretch from Nazi to wolly liberal in one quick and easy step.

      So why have the tories been campaigning so ineptly? Either the tories are soooooo inept and out of touch that they are utterly unfit to govern, (possible) or they do not want to win at all (possible) or they are being forced to promote the same agenda as the other main parties by their back-room political masters (most likely) and they are having difficulties making a potential irrelevant left-wing government ruled by Brussels sound distinct and different from the other two potential irrelevant left-wing Governments’ run by Brussels.

      • 106
        Ike says:

        It woz the Lizards that won it.

        • 161
          I Remember You Hoo says:

          They are not lizards, they are however traitors under British law, whichever way you view it.

      • 121
        DNTT says:

        In my opinion, the tories do not want to win.

        Let there be either a very small Labour majority (<5 seats) or a hung parliament. Let Brown hang by the rope of economic incompetence.

        In the case of a Labour majority, watch as the old school labourites defect to the Lib-Dems and Brown sees his majority wiped out. A vote of no-confidence and another General Election within 12 months just as we have another Winter of Discontent, striking and rioting.

        If there is a hung parliament, let Labour and the Lib-Dems fight it out amongst themselves while the country finds itself mired deeper and deeper in debt. Then watch the Watt Tylers start to stir up trouble in the streets as interest rates increase and the price of food inflates enormously. Again another Winter of Discontent and a vote of no confidence in the government.

        Conservatives win GE 2011 with a sizable majority.

    • 116
      purpleline says:

      I blame educashum educashun as the iliterate Brits think a hung parliament means we get to hang Brown.

      We have to get the message out that it mean 5 more years of the most useless jock in jockendem.

      Although the Purps does have a lamp post ready waiting and able to string the Hunt up

      Well done Guido good hit on this one!

  19. 33
    Ann Innis says:

    Well done Guido

  20. 37
    Gorgon, the Moron's Moron, - embodiment of all that Noo_Lie_Bore stands for - mendacity, sleeze, etc says:

    Aye – ye’ll have 5 ma’ years o’me – an’ that’s fae sure!

    An’ yon Tory twerps tha’ chose a no-hoper tae lead them will run awa’

    cos ah’m tha Hope an’ tha Light o’ tha Wuld!

    Me!

  21. 38
    Sarah Tweet says:

    joined GB after his volcano meeting and economy press conference at Euston for train trip to the Midlands today

    http://twitter.com/SarahBrown10/status/12468090431

    • 42
      Sarah Twit, the Twatty Totty says:

      And G*d, couldn’t I do with a really good fuck!

      Oh well, another day of bullshit instead.

    • 47
      jgm2 says:

      That economy press conference must have been mercifully short.

      ‘The economy? It’s still fucked. I fucked it. It’s totally fucked. Fucked. Completely. By Me. Gentlemen, thankyou for coming. There will be no questions.’

    • 48
      Recipient of incoming Nokias says:

      Every meeting with Gordon is a volcanic meeting.

    • 50
      Brown soon to be out says:

      Jump off a cliff you old hag bag

      Utter fraud.

      • 64
        Anonymous says:

        i see brown is getting the economic figures before the next debate but not
        Cameron and clegg.ffs

        • 101
          Anonymous says:

          But its the right thing to do. We will do all that we can to do the right thing.

        • 139
          Brown's a Tosser says:

          You will know from the tone whether the numbers are bad or just luke warm. We all know they are not going to be good that is a given. If he keeps spurting the crap we must not jeopardise this recovery and so on then the figure is up or stable. If the figue is slightly down or heaven forbid negative he will go nowhere near it.

          • Gordon, Ed, Mandy and Harriet says:

            Stop talking the country down! The reason there is no recovery is because of Tory toffs talking the country down.

    • 59

      “Volcano meeting”. Aren’t they all, Sarah?

    • 67
      QWERTY says:

      Fuck off you ugly mong loving hag

    • 82
      Bloody Great Fishes are Whales says:

      Has Gordon visited Iceland recently to discuss the banking fiasco?
      Just a thought.

    • 96
      A Pensioner says:

      Fat legs – no way disguising the facts.

  22. 39
    Pickles in a Pickle says:

    Will Fat Eric prepare Cameron properly this time or will he send him off on the Campaign trail to shore up the Lib Dem marginals ?

    Decisions, decisions..

    • 80
      Desperate Dan says:

      The Conservative Party have decided they’d rather be nice to everyone and lose than put the boot in and win.

      • 110
        Anonymous says:

        Forget firing up the Reliant, its already junked. Time to put on Tebbit’s DMs and start kicking the crap out of LibLabs policies. But knowing Cammo they will be pink and decorated with flowers.

        • 165
          I Remember You Hoo says:

          The problem for Dave is, his policies do not bear serious scrutiny either. Greenhouse, stone and throw, come to mind.

    • 168
      Mr Ned says:

      Why did the labour and conservative leaders tell the nation to support Nick? All the times that they said “Nick is right …” they were giving Nick the biggest hype and exposure possible. Only the tory and labour’s own arrogance prevented them from realising what they were doing. They thought that they would impress liberal leaning voters and steal their votes for themselves. What they actually did was tell many people who were holding their noses to support the tories and labour, that actually, Nick is the best candidate up here! The I agree with Nick debate was a, I am an arrogant fuckwit debate.

      Now let’s get to the heart of the “I agree with Nick” and the “Nick is right” idea. Nick is right? FUCKING WHAT? In whose universe? He is not fucking right at all.

      Nick Clegg is a lying sack of shit who betrayed liberal democrats and this country by ordering his Lords to vote AGAINST the referendum that they had explicitly promised. (labour did the same).

      The conservatives were the ONLY big parliamentary party to promise to vote for a referendum and carry that through to vote for a referendum.

      Now that we are in the legal reality of the Lisbon Treaty being EU law, the game has changed and the tories have gone in the wrong, anti-democratic direction.

      Even if they support being in the EU, they must offer the people of the UK an “in-or-out” referendum. The cumulative effect on our sovereignty of all the previous treaties combined is massive. We MUST be given our opportunity to accept or reject those changes. Anything less is treason!

      Nick Clegg has said he would scrap Trident’s replacement. His own foreign policy spokesman has said that they will replace it with a more appropriate nuclear defence. They HAVEN’T A FUCKING CLUE! designing and developing a new deterrent now would cost far far far more than the planned replacement. We are already tooled up and ready to make the replacement.

      So there you have the Liberal Democrats “saving billions” by re-designing a more expensive version of a deterrent that half the party do not even think we need.

      They are willing to throw away our safety, our international influence, our seat on the Security Council (Which buys us billions in global trade just because we ARE a big player punching way above our weight internationally) and any possibility of defending the British people of the Falklands,

      Do they think that the USA would give a flying shit at all about the UK if we lose our nuclear deterrent and our seat on the security council? Do they think China or India or Brazil or any of the other emerging nations would? The UK would lose the last tiny scraps of international influence and become as influential as Luxemburg, but with a much higher tax regime.

      The Argentine’s would go to the UN and beg them for the Falklands. The UK would then be powerless to stop them. We would not have influence and without a seat on the security council, we would not be able to veto it!

      The Liberal Democrats are treasonous sacks of shit and should be imprisoned.

  23. 40
    50 Calibre says:

    Nice one…

  24. 55
    Axe The Telly Tax says:

    Waste of time. He will just be replaced by another paid up member of ZanuLiebore.

    When are the british sheeple going to wake up and grow a pair. Stop paying the telly tax and blow up the tv transmitters. The Australian government tried to impose a tv licence and the people told the government to fuck off. They duly shat their kecks and dropped the idea like a hot potato.

    Aussies have backbone and huge hairy bollocks. The British sheeple are a bunch of spineless, castrated, pussy whipped wimps.

  25. 56
    Sir William Waad says:

    I was impressed by the way BBC News led with the Chris Summers on all channels this morning. At least, that was the impression I got, but as I was trapped in a giant vat of onion gravy with John Prescott at the time, who rescued us both by drinking all the gravy, I may have been dreaming.

  26. 61
    Feck Off ZaNuLab says:

    Feckin’ Labour Shill Naughtie gave Mandleson and Fox an interview each on Toady, guess which one saw ‘Our Jim’ in ‘harassment mode’?

    WTF!!

    • 70
      BillyBob - Time for benefits reform !! says:

      They are shit scared of Mandy…….

      • 144
        Brown Hater says:

        Twice disgraced and still allowed air time. The words “twice disgraced” should be always inserted – automatically – before his name.

        • 190
          Hang The Bastards says:

          TWICED DISGRACED MANDY !

          The initials spell TDM (or tedium !) hmm how apt

          • giant bee says:

            I once owned a Yamaha TDM850, fucking great bike that was, how dare you besmirch its good name sir !!!

            “Twice Disgraced Slimy Unelected Arrogant Fucktrouser” Mandy would be more accurate anyway..

  27. 63
    The Court of Public Opinion says:

    Replaced by Damian McBride perhaps?

  28. 68
    BillyBob - Time for benefits reform !! says:

    Forget it, time to move on, no doubt, we are getting on with the job!!!!!

    Bunch of tw*ts !!

  29. 72
    How the mighty fall says:

    On today’s Guadianista home page:

    Download our “Clegg as Obama” poster
    Download “Clegg as Churchill”
    Clegg as Che Guevera, anyone?

    The Guarianista twats have really have lost it, it’s a comic. Thank heavens I don’t pay for it.

    You couldn’t make it up

    • 81
      Guardianista twat says:

      They even have “is Clegg the new Tim Henman”

      Obama, Churchill, Che Guevara and now Tim Henman, boy Clegg should be in short trousers and told us last night “of course I would like to be the next PM”. I use to say that to my dad……when I was 6.

      • 91
        Sunday Sport Twat says:

        I read the Sunday Sport for serious political commentary, of course i read it inside a copy of the Guardian. People on the train keep asking me why I am reading the paper upside down.

  30. 73
    Anonymous says:

    hey Guido i see will heaven at the telegraph says he disagrees with you on the result saying Milband romped home.

  31. 74
    Desperate Dan says:

    “Given alternative duties” means he’s been promoted.

  32. 76
    Mr Plum says:

    Much as I dislike the beeb, it seems that all the channels are the same.
    Its a bit like if only newspaper you can buy was the Mirror

  33. 83
    Anonymous says:

    Alternative fucking duties my arse. He will be replaced by someone else just as bad. The state broadcaster really needs to be handed over to Murdoch as soon as possible, or better still, disbanded.
    What a collection of Trotskyist bastards. They are truly the opposite face of Fox news.

  34. 84
    Postal Vote says:

    It’s too late

    The BBC has taught the country that

    -borrowing is good

    -education has improved

    -public sector pensions are affordable (otherwise, the bbc’s wouldn’t be either)

    -postal votes are a good thing

    etc

    Remember the tales about the champagne bottles in 1997. The beeb will always be biased towards the political party that will grant it the most generous settlement – hands, feeding and not biting come to mind.

  35. 88
    Highly paid BBC News presenter says:

    So how do you pronounce Eyjafjallajökull ?

  36. 90

    Well done Guido – it’s a war of attrition, but any socialist scalp is a good one.

    Regarding the BBC, I think what many people still miss is their role as the *question setter*. The broad thrust of media inquiry is hugely influenced by the BBC’s agenda setting; the terms they use, the questions they ask, the areas they focus on; this is their influence. So when they exhibit their repellent lefty bias as they did on the new last night – choosing to describe illegal immigrants as “irregular migrants, or “migrants without papers”, you know those phrases (picked up from the american left btw) will surface elsewhere. The *language* determines the argument – Orwell was no fool.

    And they are, as has been admitted, organically, scrotally, to the marrow, lefty. People, systems, structure, contractually, elementally – Lefty. Solution? Shut it down, detonate the buildings, salt the earth, feed the staff to pigs.

    Firm but fair.

    If I want to watch Attenborough, and I do, give me the choice to pay for it. I do not want to pay to be lied to, I do not want to pay for Graham Norton’s suits, I do not want to be *forced* to pay for this shit, with the cell door swinging shut as an alternative. The BBC is an affront to liberty.

  37. 92

    A bet some BBC exec, went o-shit we’ve been found out and decided to paper of the cracks by moving him to another job

  38. 93
    The Sleeper says:

    O/T….

    I am now of the opinion that the British Electorate has taken leave of its senses and is likely to submit itself to five more years of torture under Labour.

    Browns TV broadcast just now on the Ash problem was an example of his inability to think on his feet…he just churned out the word for word script that had been prepared for him..with added ridiculous gurning smile at precisely the wrong time.

    As for the Clegg phenomenon….do people not realise that all the LibDems are doing is cynical exploitation of peoples frustrations? Their policies are populist without substance..let alone downright dangerous. This is shallow politics of the worst kind,and yet the Electorate seems to be falling for it hook line and sinker.

    Britain is in danger of entering its blackest age…and we will have nobody but our foolish electorate to blame when it happens.

    • 112
      An Aussie says:

      You tits deserve it for falling into the NuLab trap. 1997 was (OK) an excusable error, but henceforth you should have seen the light. Reep as ye sow. Dickheads. You are truly stuffed.

      • 119
        Leaky pipes says:

        A stuffed dickhead. Oooooooer Matron. (Shrewd comment though)

      • 156
        still not a Republic eh cobber ? LOL! says:

        We’ll tell Liz to visit you peons sometime to keep you happy.
        Can’t say fairer than that.

    • 113
      Anonymous says:

      Down the Swanney?

    • 115
      KGBski says:

      British politics is now just x factor..spin..lies and manipulation by the media to up the ratings. Farce of an election…charade of bias …the public fucked and another 5 years of the chin grinner…oh what a depressing realistic picture to contemplate.

    • 159
      Infamy! Infamy! they've all got it Infamy! says:

      It’s the voters fault Dave is such a fucking loser.

      • 169
        I Remember You Hoo says:

        This election was Dave`s to win, he had it in the bag and then bang! He shot himself in both feet and has been hobbling ever since. Unless he comes out with some dynamite, game changing messages, there will be a hung Parliament, with the Tories stitched out of power forever. Cometh the hour, cometh the man? I am not holding my breathe.

        • 178
          Doctor Fox says:

          I foresee two elections within a year. First one hung – bye bye Dodgy Dave, then Bonkers Boris and then total ignominy for the tories. Meanwhile
          labour will be licking it’s wounds and the Lib Dems will be doing their useless best to sort out the crap. Zimbabwe will look like a rich country. Bankers will be deservedly hung from lamp posts (hooray!)

  39. 94
    Cameron's honeymoon with the public lasted months says:

    the election is in 16 days

  40. 105
    genghiz the kahn says:

    BBC News ought to be more open about the balance of opinions and views held by all political editors, and senior staff.

    Remind me which political party did James Purnell and Ben Bradshaw join, remind which organisation employed them?

    How many members of the Lib Dems, and Conservative parties have worked in senior positions at Al Beeb?

    For a news organisation which relies on a compulsory levy or tax for funding, there is little scruitiny of the world views held by senior producers and editors.

  41. 107
    COBRA member says:

    Captain something or other has just been on phone to the PM asking how he sails the Ark Royal into Paris Charles de Gaulle airport.

    The clever PM who heads COBRA said if Paris proves too difficult try Amsterdam Schiphol it’s nearer the sea and has canals all over the place.

    • 117
      Bob Ainsworth of the MOD says:

      Tell captain of Ark Royal that we’re sending over a load of high-tech landing nets like they had in the storming of sicily.

      Try and keep casualties and men and womwen overboard to a minimum, body bags are in short supply and if you can charge them for the toilet and £50 per luggage item.

      • 142
        Captain of the Ark Royal says:

        Do you want receipts Bob?

        Can we dump these bloody aircraft and helicopters overboard to make more room for deck chairs?.

    • 200
      Stefan Pughe says:

      Fair dues to Gordo Schipol is under sea level and a sea battle took place over it one time

  42. 108
    khmer marron says:

    i would have thought ‘gardening leave’ would have been more appropriate at the BBC? usually ‘uphill gardening’.

    1 down……thousands to go……………..

    • 120
      KGBski says:

      good idea …first project with tittymarsh…dig very very big hole and bury entire BBC in it leaving a single trapdoor through which he is finally dropped b4 the concrete pump is turned on.

    • 155
      Thats News says:

      Yeah! That’s exactly what I thought. Either that or suspended without pay. I mean, look at all the fuss about that BBC Wales journo who was a volunteer press officer for the Bulldog Bash in his spare time? They sacked him.

      • 172
        I Remember You Hoo says:

        At the BBC there is one rule for loyal comrades and another, for all the rest.

  43. 114

    [...] + + + BBC's Chris Summers Given “Alternative Duties” + + + – Guy … [...]

  44. 122
    6% says:

    Dave is toast, he has gone from, in with a very good chance to, just about managing to hold on for dear live.
    You tories are the ones who have caused this. Dave against the worst govt ever, and look where he has got you. low to mid 30′s. pah, Dave is a poser.

  45. 128
    QWERTY says:

    Just out of interest has the jock Jonah ever been to Iceland?

  46. 132

    It’s hard having three parties with such a similar agenda.
    o Stay in Europe
    o don’t talk about the National Debt and talk about the deficit instead
    o find new and exciting ways to disincentivise anyone who is successful by creative/punitive taxation
    o ignore immigration from Europe
    o pander to all minorities and get the majority to pay

    Perhaps we should be graciously allowed by the beeb to hear from some of the not-quite-so-popular ‘others’ represented at prime time on their own show? Say:-
    o UKIP/Nigel Farage and maybe the Big Pee
    o Chris Mounsey/Libertarians
    o a representative from the UK Taxpayers alliance
    o a representative from the government statistics dept., to clarify Gordy’s lies.

    They should be part of the election debate anyway.

    We just might see a huge swing away from the incumbent parties if the people had a chance to see what else is on offer and how narrow is the focus of the main parties.

    • 201
      Tass Gordon says:

      Agree with you – there would be a swing away from the main parties, but we can’t have the sheeple know about the alternatives – the meeja are happy to preserve the status quo.

  47. 137
    purpleline says:

    o/t I want to ask anyone on ehere if they know of any Insurance company’s that do not believe in GOD. It seems amazing that we have not one atheist insurance company we could get travel insurance with.

    As Acts of God are the excuse to not pay out, I believe we can now challenge this in the EU courts of Youmin rights.

    Surely there is an opening in the market for a modern insurance company based on non religious grounds.

    ANyone fancy opening up a new Insurance company with me that up premiums but stops this practice of cheating the public out of their money.
    I will call it GICAA Gods Insurance to cover all my actions if you believe or not!

  48. 164
    Adler says:

    Well done Guido.

  49. 167
    wound-up says:

    Why is the quality of BBC types so low?

    It was only a few weeks ago some other half-wit was found out fiddling the reported income figures of BBC employees around £100,000 .

    People of low intergrity and very dumb (to get caught as well ).

  50. 177
    Ruth Kelly's plaything says:

    Congratulations, Guido. Great work.

  51. 179
  52. 180
    Odds Bodkins says:

    I tell you what, Cameron was bang on when he said too many twats make a twitter. Perhaps the other way around. Same difference.

    Any road, at least this blatantly biased little arsewipe peddler of Satan’s flatulence has got his comeuppance. The likes of Summers haven’t got a clue have they? never realizing for even one moment that the crap they post will be immortalized. Sad twat!

  53. 182

    Suddenly Broon has cottoned onto the fact that 400,000 Brits stranded and potless abroad all have families and possibly friends very quickly like a pyramid scheme the spere of influence rises to a couple of million and those are votes either lost to the Prime Mentalist. It costs nothng to deploy warships ( they cost anyway so why not send a whole flotilla rather than a couple of clapped out hulks? Clear case of Broon not seeing the bigger picture, diving right in and assereting leadership. Possibly better if his wife took over.

  54. 186
    bob says:

    So may we enquire about the political background and suitablilty of his successor

  55. 187
    Alexsandr says:

    and what about John Sergeant on Question Time last week. How can someone who has such pro labour bias become BBC Chief Political Correspondent ?
    This should be investigated.

    and he can’t dance either, but he is quite funny on Argumental on Dave

    • 191
      Hang The Bastards says:

      Another fucking disgraceful OWN GOAL !

      Sergeant is more Labour deluded than Brown himself !… Perfect for the BBC’s “impartial” view on the world.

  56. 188
    Civil Servant says:

    Frankly, bollocks. The LibDems are a party of the centre-left. This is the end of any chance of a majority centre right government for the foreseeable future.

  57. 193
    (I've been renamed) DA-Notice says:

    I bet Lord Pearson of Rannoch is happy about this, he has compiled an extensive dossier of evidence of the BBC’s Europhile bias over the last decade or so and this goes hand in glove with that.

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    [...] + + + BBC’s Chris Summers Given “Alternative Duties” + + + [...]



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