BBC Director General Runners and Riders
Given that George Entwistle effectively pocketed almost £8,500 for each of his 53 days as Director General, there will be no shortage of candidates for the job. Guido gives you his own take on the runners and riders:
- Craig Oliver – The former BBC man turned embattled Downing Street comms chief is under pressure in his current job after a seemingly endless series of media foul-ups from the PM. Last week’s This Morning debacle will hardly have helped. This solution will work well for all concerned.
- Andrew Neil - Experience running Sky as their founding boss. One of the Beeb’s finest inquisitors, Brillo would surely get to the bottom of all that has been going on. Would need to remain on screen though.
- Andrew Marr – Handy Andy is a BBC stalwart and earned praise for his grilling of Lord Patten over the weekend. Is expected to rule himself out over alleged indiscretions in a Soho bar.
- David Dimbleby – A legend at Broadcasting House, Dimbers has graced our screens for decades. Making the step up would mean hanging up his Question Time boots. He certainly made the case for himself on Today this morning.
- Kelvin MacKenzie – It could be argued that more 90s-style tabloid hackery is just what the BBC needs. There would be none better for the job than Kelvin. Understands popular journalism.
- Piers Morgan – The CNN host might soon be out of job if his US election coverage was anything to go by. Certainly has the experience in the media, though a future court date is the last thing the BBC needs.
- James Murdoch – An outside bet but one that would certainly stir things up. Has a proven track record of successfully running major media corporations and dealing with scandal. They could hardly do worse…
Let battle commence.
None of them women, or, indeed, PD James…
Doubt it pays enough for a Murdock
What about Sven?
As long as they have been to Eton and/or a member of the Bullingdon, then i’m ok with it.
Nancy!
i’m free!
Let’s hope your always free, mind you you could finish off the BBC so maybe you are the right candidate?
Winner! Always had the backing of the staff of the BBC. Good with fiction productions. Has all the telephone numbers of the right people on his mobile when he can find it. Will throw his weight around when it is needed and even when it is not. Has a way with bigoted people.
Unfortunately never seems to turn up for work.
Well nobody is perfect. A return to work package could be organised. I still think there is a great deal in his favour. For example his rather prickly personality means that he is far from biddable. He also has the advantage of being a member of several minorities; including being Scottish thus keeping them happy. He has experience of picking the battles and even the wars he wants to fight. He has extensive experience of making spending decisions, which is closely aligned to his experience of spending other people’s money. The cultural fit is undeniable and I cannot think of anyone better placed to take on the Armature Liberal Snobs that have replaced him in his previous job.
Eddie Mair is my choice.
5 years ago, maybe. When he was sharp. Is too pompous now.
Someone that should be included in the list as a possible for Beeb’s New
DG is “Jane Lighting” the former head of Channel 5
plus she has good press & commercial business experience…….
Jane Lighting will certainly bring a fresh look & much needed drastic over
haul for this out of touch very bloated dinosaur that needs to be dragged
kicking & shouting into the 21st Century and being cut down to size thats
fit for purpose
Cometh the time & in this case cometh the lady !!!
I sincerely trust she is on the short list……..
Janet Street-Porter it should be then as she has the working class credentials to relate to the British public.
How about Charles Allen?.Highly experienced media operator, no nonsense commercial operator, well connected and highly thought of by the politicos after his involvement with the Commonwealth and Olympic Games, must be worth an outside bet!!
Yes, and loves trivia and silly, tedious stunts. He assumes we can’t cope with serious discussion, hence this serious shortcoming. Was once quite a talent, but no longer now that he wants to play everything for laughs.
Another gay p43do in broadcasting…
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2231695/Kevin-Clash-Voice-Sesame-Streets-Elmo-accused-having-sexual-relationship-underage-boy.html
Nadine Dorries? She’ll be used to working with creepy-crawlies now, and she ticks the ‘female’ box.
Clare Balding…she really does tick female boxes.
After a few night sleeping in the jungle, Nadine probably will have ticks in her ‘female box’.
Oh well. They might dislodge the moths that have lately taken up residence there.
They want someone with far-left pro-nanny state propaganda experience?
Can they reincarnate Goebbels?
John Presclott?
With his experience in creating pack of lie mockumentaries, I think Michael Moore should get an interview.
Or rhe guy who did ‘This is Spinal Tap’. Or ‘Airplane’.
that is exactly what i was going to say, there must be at least one woman capable of doing the DG’s job
nah
Angela Rippon has some cojones and doesn’t suffer fools gladly.
So both those estimable qualities disqualify her
Jeez, that list fills me with despair. Why didn’t you go the whole hog and include James Naughtie?
They will go for the bird that didn’t get the job when Entwistle took over and took umbrage and resigned, I can’t remember her name and can’t be arsed to Google it.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/11/12/article-2231648-15A64730000005DC-886_634x467.jpg
This woman was in charge of news yet she is not expected to resign.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2231648/Now-BBC-news-director-Helen-Boaden-deputy-step-aside-child-abuse-fiasco-temporarily.html
It just shows the sexism in society that there is one rule for men and another for women!
Has to be Gordon Brown!
He wouldn’t turn up. That would be a win win situation.
John Humphrys?
How about the Murdoch thaT
That little tinker @afneil surely has to be a shoo-in. Dimbers is a no-no; very unprofessional how he overruns QT every week, taking Neil’s This Week airtime away from him.
How about the Murdoch that actually likes the BBC, Elizabeth?
Polly Toynbee then it will be F…..D!!!!!!!!!!
Try and be serious for once.
It’s got to go to the Scots scouring pad……
I feel pretty sure it will be none of the above.
Andrew has marred his chances through liberal use of super injunctions about a mistress we are not allowed to name or mention.
He would be a shoe in as DG if Brown was in charge.
What, Alice Miles, you mean? The office bicycle AIUI.
I would not touch with a bargepole thank you
Patten says that THE interview was equivalent to evidence being obtained under torture.
What did Fatty Pang know about the Newsnight programme and when? He seems to have been more in the loop than Entwistle yet seems to have asked no questions. Another smug *unt who needs disembowelling.
As the BBC appears to have gained special protected status,maybe they can announce the selection of a new director general by means of coloured chimney smoke.
And probably accidentally burn the whole place down. Result!
No BBC = 4 billion tax cut.
Child abuse,cover up,deflection and smears,all supported by a dogmatic bunch of loyal followers who believe the institution has a god given right to exist.
This isn’t a new director general we are getting but a fucking pope.
Abu Qatada. That way they can just continue there anti 1sreal leaning no problem
They can all F.O.
The BeeB needs an outside candidate, who will sweep the Augean Stable that is the BBC, removing deadbeats, bias and management layers, whilst making people accountable, which will be a novelty for the employees.
As for Piers, he’s going down for phone hacking…..
Is the Augean stable the same as my kitty litter?
Need someone with commercial experience to guide it on the road to subscription funding.
+10
Heseltine or Tebbit then.
It has to be Andrew Neil, the only objective one amongst those.
+1 to that.
Tony Blair, the BBC needs someone who can stop the traffic. I see the stand in DJ got a strop on with Sky News and stormed off. Got the video yet Guido?
See the previous thread.
Cheers only linked to this thread
I don’t get much of a salary, but I would willingly have it reduced by two thirds, if Kelvin MacKenzie were to be made DG of The BBC! It would be the best thing that happened to anyone or anything ever!!
None of them. Germaine Greer would make an excellent DG.
BRILLO!!!!!
I nominate Tom Watson
The candidate’s for new BBC director general we have….in the left corner Andrew Marr,In the left corner David Dimbleby,in the left corner…..
No women as usual.
Or Blacks.tut tut tut BBC
Are any of them homnasts…?
No Shemales! tsk. Is it too much to ask.
If I can’t have the bird with the big knockers Germaine Greer then Portillo is my second choice.
Portillo would actually be a rather good fit.
Tory gone native. Smooth. Broadcast experience etc.
Ooooh! Scary!
All “hideously white” in the words of a previous incumbent.
Yeah – how about a blonde bird with big boobs. Couldn’t be any worse than previous guy but we could enjoy looking at her
Holly Willoughby?
Isn’t that the woman who sat beside Schofield as he brandished the list of alleged abusers in front of Cameron last week?
The very same:
http://fallenscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Holly_Willoughby_456070a.jpg
Anneka
Sounds like just the job for either Sophie or Sandra from Accounts. They could job-share if one of them needs to count the cash or feed the kids.
Jo Brand has many years of broadcasting experience and connects with the great British public
Funbags flanagan
Joe Pasquale
Abu Qatada is my choice, no chance of bias then.
George Blake?
With ending.
Must go,I’ve have a lot of shit to get back in a horse
He’s working hard on his Ken Livingstone soundalike accent.
Aaaaaargghhh
Boris for DG
The man is simply vulgar,vulgar,vulgar….
Does anyone have the version of this where you can see the reflection of the ‘media handler’ frantically windmilling about what he should be saying?
It’s like a bonus edition of The Thick of It.
What a f*****g car crash that was!!
Another t**t rises to the top.
800 grands worth there, apparently.
We need someone who is Pro EU, an advocate of catastrophic man made global warming and a lefty to the very core. Polly Toynbee opportunity knocks.
Or Jo Brand
Or Chris Huhne
I tick all the boxes.
Could get a yank. Algor is free.
And he’s super-duper serial…
Newsnight special on ManBearpig?
The explosive Basil Brush and Victor Meldrew can job share. The only time you will ever here the very cautious line ‘I don’t bloody well belieeeeef it.’ Boom-Boom.
Can’t we just just go into any the courts of law and pick one of the people who has been called up for jury service and hasn’t been picked, at least you have a greater chance of them actually doing it better than the ones above, every one on the above list non, no ,you must be joking, time the tv tax payer had an honest person in charge of public broadcasting again.
Why not have a job share? with all the candiidates appearing to do a milliband,
stabbing each other in the back, they must have at least one grey cell between them.
I am an equalitist. I have equal hatred for all of them.
I nominate Mehdi Hasan
Why no
Polly Toynbee
Harriet Harperson
Hazel Blears
Diane Abbott
Margaret Hodge
FARM WORKER Over years,the lefties have infiltrated our once, beloved bbc and bloody trashed it.Tis a joy to watch the beeb implode,though sad at the same time.
They also do the same thing to the economy
Nadine may not have her old job to come back to…
Get her working on the buses. Pathetic cow.
We’d turf her off our bus
Bilderbergers: Cleared To Rule The World
Posted on November 10, 2012 by Tony Dean
An article just in about the Bilderbergers
by Richard Cottrell
Contributing writer for ‘End the Lie
“Bilderberg leaves rehab, cleared to rule the world”
One of the world’s most secretive societies is emerging from the closet, blinking and shrinking at the harsh light of day, like Dracula suddenly deciding it might be safe after all to emerge from his cool dank vault at sunrise.
Sunrise is the right word. Never have the prospects for one world order seemed rosier or closer at hand. So it can be no coincidence at all that the Bilderberg Group, and its sister cabal, the Trilateral Commission, are suddenly basking in deckchairs on the lawns of public respectability.
It is my sincere conviction that we are watching the warm-up acts to prepare us all for a single world order as the orchestrated take down of the entire global economy begins to bite.
Shortly after the Bilderberg/Goldman Sachs/EU promoted coup d’états in Italy and Greece in November, Reuters wired a report that Bilderberg and the Trilateral Commission had taken over Europe. The agency made it seem the terrible twins should be applauded for picking up the poisoned chalice of the great debt crisis purportedly eating away at the Euro.
Before we go any further, it stands on the public record that Reuters CEO Peter Job is no stranger to breaking bread among the rulers of the universe.
Read the full article here
[Editor's note: in fact, it is so public that a PDF hosted on the Department of Defense's official website reveals exactly that on page 7 under the heading "UNITED KINGDOM" where he is the first listing.]
Edit:
The server for that pdf gives an “Internal Server Error”, so obviously the Bilderbergers in our parliament don’t want you to see it. No bother just download this pdf instead secret-societies-the-bilderbergers.pdf
http://tinyurl.com/bpc8or2
Further reading:-
bilderbergers-want-uk-in-eurozone
eu-population-control-agenda
gibber gibber gibber. where’s my rubber shoes and foil hat. They’re reading my thoughts a tell you! Don’t trust microwave ovens or UHT milk! gibber gibber gibber Beam my up Scotty!
Ian Brady is a safe pair of hands.
Why not just leave it blank and pencil in whoever is in charge of the Labour party at the time?
Can I just express my disappointment that you have not put me in the running?
After all my attention-seeking letter-writing last week, I should be an odds-on favourite.
Having said that, I confess that the truth is I am a command-class Hunt and the only reason I am doing this is to gain some penpals.
I am placing this message in the public domain.
I can’t see my name there either. Is there no justice?
Nor Mine.
I think you will find that the attention-seeking letter-writer last week was the one who wrote a patronising letter to the Prime Minister claiming to be the Fearless Seeker of Truth.
Also known as Twatson.
Sally Bercow for DG. Lets finish the BBC off forever.
She certainly needs the money to settle her upcoming libel case.
The ‘Trojan Horseface’ ploy – I like your thinking…..
A reality TV show with public phone voting for the next DG is the way to go.
The Krankies.
ROBBIE SAVAG
Us
Anyone still looking into Savile issues and the cover up there? Or has this ‘news’ done its work?
1) Ken Clarke
2) Mathew Corbbit
3) Russ Abbot
4) Ted Heath
5) Mat Baker
Until another Tory scalp presents itself we must focus on those poor abused kids.
What not Paxo? His first morning’s work could be to sack himself.
I am a biddable time-server too, albeit it on a magnificent pay package.
Can I nominate Tony Blair? Despite luring the British in to a war on the orders of US, Tony Blair, although a dangerous man – is after all a genius of a man (but for all the wrong reasons)
You are Slotgob and you can keep the £5.
Nah cun’t pay him enough millions.
Surely you mean Cherie as Tony is not a woman
Bleedin and Obvious come to mind.
Obviously would Dianne Abbott bleed enough for you?
They pay you money.
A CV if ever I saw one.
Andrew, Andrew, I have nothing more to say.
“one of the finest broadcasters ”
And for the record….name the others.
Abbott, your view, your view, since when does your view matter. Racist.
Diane, Diane, you missed a bit:-
“My view is that despite the current problems and the current media coverage, the BBC remains one of the finest Labour party propaganda broadcasters in the world.”
If thats the case why do they force people to pay for it under threat of imprisonment.
Suely if its as good as you claim it is then BBC would have no problem raising money if the licence fee was made voluntary.
How about a date?
To all those complaining about no women on the list, the solution is to make it a labour-style all woman short list.
Then everyone is satisfied when mr x gets the job.
I would like to put my name forward for this all wimmin shortlist
Err ‘short’ or ‘fat’ list??
I wouldn’t be where I am today if it wasn’t for all women shortlists.
Yep, got that, Schnorbitz, ta. More words of insight and wisdom from the ‘leader’ of the Larbour Parteh.
..and whose words told to me in confidence I’ll now share with the world via twatter
Another Milliband PhotoBomb!
Why’s his dog wearing a hat?
No shit, Ed.
I thought for a minute that you were going to put yourself forward for the job.
At least you’ll be in charge of something, eh.
Maybe Ed Millionaireband should learn a lesson from the honourable Entwhistle, after all George never stabbed his brother in the back.
Louise looks like the newest kitchen maid arriving at Downton Abbey in that photo.
I can’t find anyone giving odds on Brillo – anyone know a bookie who is?
Paddy Power’ll quote you a price.
Bring back Hilda..
This pair should be given the job of DG. Certainly could not do any worse than Enwistle.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/52/Testcard_F.jpg/240px-Testcard_F.jpg
My candidates here
Andrew Neil would not be allowed as he has made it clear that he is not convinced that climate change is going to bring about the collapse of civilisation by three weeks come next Tuesday fortnight.
Such views are VERBOTEN at the BBC.
http://bishophill.squarespace.com/blog/2012/11/11/booker-on-newbery.html
‘For you, Sceptic, ze var iss over and you are all going to fry’
Bring on global warming, some warmer weather would be most welcome! Oh, I forgot, the climate has been cooling for quite a few years now…..
Your name vill also go on the list.
Update update update
Clever blogger ‘omnologos’ has legally liberated the information that the Beeb tried so hard to keep confidential. They appointed six (yes 6) lawyers to go to court for them. But omnologos just used a bit of nous, not the law, and found it easily.
http://bishophill.squarespace.com/blog/2012/11/12/bbc-climate-28-revealed.html
It really hasn’t been a good week for the Beeb has it? Let’s hope it gets considerably worse!
ROFLMFAO
Derek Laud ticks all the boxes.
You forgot…… Ken Livingstone.
Has all the correct left wing credentials, has run one of the biggest cities in the world. Huge experience. An outsider. Has media experience via his LBC radio show. Very popular.
‘Very popular’ BWAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAHHHHHAAAAA !!!!!!!!!
What an absolute tosser
Just ‘ad a pint of winkles, and a pie with jellied eels daan the Old Kent Road, me old cock sparrers. Rarin’ to go, just polishin’ the buttons on me Pearly King outfit.
Your mockney accent is worse than fucking Dick Van Dyke’s.
… who, it is said, changed his name from Penis Transit Lezzy.
Michael Portaloo
Andy Coulson is free at the moment. Mind you, he might not be after the court case…
Mr Abu Hamza’s friends assure me that he is a safe pair of hands.
One missing, Guido
I nominate… our host.
Well, why not?
Brillo can lick my balls
This country is bollocksed.
What about me Guido, just remember what will happen if I’m not included.
Why u so down on the BBC? If it’s so bad how come everyone knows it?
The BBC is respected worldwide. You aren’t
BBC 1 You 0
Checkmate
How many innocent people has Guido accused of kiddy-fiddling?
Go back to CiF and dribble there. I hear they’ve started warming the windows on your bus.
Why u not work for the BBC?
YOu are not intelligent enough. I expect you are frustrated middle management in dead end conmpany.
BBC 1 You 0
You are aware you are a parody of yourself, right?
It’s bad enough working out which posts are the ‘real’ Jimmy and which are wags taking the piss.
The levels of dementedness in each really are fine shades of grey.
YOu are clearly jealous of the worldwide BBC good reputation.
This is what the BBC are good at
your private TV cannot do that
CheckmateMuthafucka
Ryker,you read like the sort of c*nt who doesn’t have to pay the BBC licence fee.
Still at home?
Half term’s over. Should be at school….
u mad bro?
@ryker
Shouldn’t you be back at Broadcasting House by now?
Timmy is about to call a senior managers’ meeting and you’d better be there or they’ll step you aside.
lol u mad 2 bro?
and u got the apostrophe wrong
doh!
Ryker old son.
Your memes need updating.
Memo to Fat Pang:
Re George’s successor
Thank you for your suggestions. But on reflection we feel obliged to reject both of them
Sadly, Bill and Ben are gravely tainted by their association with ‘Little Weed’ and would not be suitable.
Muffin the Mule could not be coaxed from retirement, and his name has unfortunate connotations in today’s febrile Savilian environment. The last thing we need is further police investigations…..
But it occurs to us that Sooty and Sweep don’t seem to have many engagements planned right now. Perhaps they could be approached?
Yours Faithfully
Open The Box And Take The Money and Run (Talent Scouts)
What about the Woodentops? Er no we have already got too many of them.
We already have 649 Woodentops in the House of Horrors….but sadly not one fit to do a properly important job.
Sooty and Sweep cannot be approached, as they have both lodged sexual abuse claims against the BBC who allowed the late Harry Corbett to anally interfere with them, live on televison.
Moderated for mentioning Sooty/Sweep abuse allegations, WTF?
Sooty / Sweep allegations ? I blame Sue.
What about Mexican Pete, the bandit (is that too far back for you all?)
I’m free (for the moment).
I decided to shower Entwistle with wads of cash because it was only money from the licence fee and therefore “appropriate”.
Take the following and see where it leads.
Someone from the Police Federation
Someone from Whitehall
Tom Watson
Someone from Newsnight
Someone from ITV
Puppet Philip Schofield
See the trend, over to you Guido, let’s see how smart you are!
I’m also free (for the moment).
And I’ve nicked Chris Huhne’s missus. Among other things
Women often take revenge on two-timing ex-lovers by sleeping with the grossest, most physically disgusting man they can find. Dunno why.
Christ, Sally Bercow’s ex must have really pissed her off.
Don’t companies have to advertise vacancies in a manner that is none discriminatory?
Well I cannot find the DG job listed – https://careers.bbc.co.uk/fe/tpl_bbc01.asp?newms=se
No wonder you can’t find it. It’ll be in the Gardniua, and nobody at all reads that.
What it needs is a hard nosed private sector exec good at wielding the axe and cost cutting to bring a sense of day to day realsim to an organisation so wrapped up in itself that it has completely lost touch with the real world.
Anyone remember the name of that asset-stripper bloke from the 1960s who made a fortune buying ailing factories, selling off the land and then closing them all down?
Unfortunately he will be dead by now
Thought that was that dipsy yank Mittens Romneytard?
Is it just me or does Tim Davie have a bit of a John Inman walk. It’s very distracting.
Tim Davie, quicker out of the blocks than Usain Bolt.
I am just glad the BBC don’t make cars or aircraft
But they are truly excellent at crafting lies.
BBC Aviation proudly present the BBC Vickers Mark III Flying Boat
- All the engines are mounted on the left wing
- The aircrew compliment will be 5 pilots, 13 co-pilots, 32 trolly dollies, but no navigator
- No moral compass will be installed as we consider these obsolete
- There will be no ‘economy’ accommodation of any sort
- Golden parachutes will be provided for all crew and but there will be no life vests for the
licence payerspassengers- A
complementarycompulsory copy of the Guardian will be found on each seat.Prototype trials have shown that the Mark III tends to fly in ever decreasing circles but we plan to fix this by adding more engines to the left wing.
Bwa ha, tres drole.
- There will also be no black box as it is clearly racist, and if there is a crash rather than actually investigate we will just wheel someone out to say lessons have been learned, and over the balance of the entire flight we think we got things ‘about right’.
- People will also be compelled to buy a ‘BBC Vickers License’ under threat of prison, regardless of whether they actually fly. We will send out aggressive, sneaky people to turn up on peoples doorsteps and try to get them to incriminate themselves in order to get a commission.
Doesn’t *he* have a view on what his wife does?
Her living accommodation and expenses are funded by the taxpayer and as such I think we have a right to know why she smeared an innocent man,making her husband’s position untenable.
Was she in this taxpayer-funded property using taxpayer-funded equipment when she libelled Lord McAlpine?
If he did I am sure he would put his built up foot down and stop it.
That would be the office located somewhere in the building pictured on your Twatter would it?
How do you know journos are calling him if his staff are so busy ??
Sally Bercow has no grasp whatever of what she has done. Twitter world is not pretend Sally, it’s a place where you have to take responsibility for what you write.
I’m afraid you are a bit thick girl.
But child abuse happened at the BBC, y’know on the fucking premises.
I bet you do.
……and not on to you Sally.
We don’t always get what we wish for.
have better things to do…
and by this I mean Rampant Rabbit
Are you taking the piss ?
Stalin. Well so fucking left wing its verging on communism.
I feel that my handling of the present BBC crisis has been exemplary. I worked out my strategy when I was chillaxing.
Can I have it back please, I want to finish my igloo while there’s still some ice left.
So cold, it looks like No 153 needs a ‘P’.
So, the British Taxpayers will be picking up the bill for George Wetwhistle’s payment for failure AND, if a certain ‘Tory Peer from the Thatcher era’ sues the BBC, the British Taxpayers pick up the bill for that too ??
I am hoping that Bentwhistle’s obscene pay-off will do for Fatty Pang. He took him on, and he (presumably) approved yet another ridiculous contract where the greater the cock-up the bigger the payment – and then decided to double his 6 months pay to 12 months, on the basis that some self-important MPs might want to invite him in for a spot of grandstanding. Christ on a bike, no wonder we are fast disappearing down the proverbial plughole.
David Dimbleby, just how far left do you want the BBC to go.
All the way to the gulags.
The news and entertainment sides need to be split in two.
The news half should be run by someone like Andrew Neil.
The entertainment side should be run by someone who respects BBC tradition and so is at least nonce-neutral although ideally either an actual nonce, semi-nonce or pro-nonce. I can see four potential candidates up there who look like they might fit those criteria.
Scrap the licence fee first and the BBC can do what the fuck they like.
I think there needs to be a popular resistance to the TV license properly initiated in this country. It worked in Australia.
Very few people buy the Guardian because it is a load of sanctimonious, self-satisfied Islingtonista cleverer-than-you bullshit. Accordingly, they hover on collapse.
Unfortunately the BBC gets to inhabit the same mindset, except without market pressures to give it a valuable clue that very few people actually share their world view.
‘very few people actually share their world view.’
That is because you people are just scum.
Fit only to pay your BBC tax and shut up and listen to what we tell you. We are the chosen elite and don’t you forget it, Buster.
Louise.
Do you realise his initials spell
GGOO
I do not know if thhst is Freudian. For GO
Or a description of the particular mire in which he finds’ himself
Has fat pang fallen on his paunch yet.
Or is that a biological non sequitur. As well. As a physical impossibility ???
Nice quote about Fat Pang : “Like somebody who has just been rudely awakened in his club armchair to find a severed head on his lap” (AA Gill).
….and most of them didn’t have 55,000 poor deluded followers who must have very sad and empty lives and need something to fill them.
It also occurs to me that his lawyers will be doing the important people first. The loquacious and misguided Ms Bercow is way down that list.
I’m not misguided, I’m just thick.
Really good to see Sallys self imposed Twitter exile working.
But because of her position as wife of one of one of the most powerful men in politics, her “followers” may place more credence in her twitter messages than other users. They may have felt she had access to information not yet in the public domain.
She has abused her privileges and seriously undermined her husband’s role as Speaker.
I’m just an ordinary girl,Wife of the speaker of the house of commons and media whore,how did I know my Tweets to 55,000 followers,many in the press would cause so much trouble.
You are really scared, aren’t you Sally.
Sean Gabb
Frank Spencer is the ideal man.
With Frank Pike as his deputy, and Sir Les Patterson as Media Adviser
My all woman shortlist
Esther Ranzid
Pippa Middleton
Sally Oldcow
Chris Bryant
You forgot Jack Dromey.
I was a safe pair of hands. And I wouldn’t be any trouble now.
Couldn’t we have a reality TV programme to decide who gets the job? We might end up with a dancing dog or some inner city yoof dance troop but at least the public would have had a say.
cage fight
Hamster or budgie?
Lord Alistair McAlpine would do a good job.
I’d vote for Piers Morgan on condition he was turned into a woman first.
The interim DG is no better than the last one – he can’t even do a decent news briefing. Just seen car crash announcement on SKY done in the style of new labour luvvie. Where do they find them from?
Just read Guido’s quote from the BIJ to Leveson (top right.) ‘Gold standard of journalism.’ (Failed) CSE level standard, more like.
If Mr Neil or Mr Kelvin are unavailable then I think we should also consider Mr James Delingpole and Dr David Starkey.
Such polite, collegiate types would be able to do the necessary.
Failing that I nominate Baroness Warsi.
There’s plenty of choice there.
I think this might have opened up the floodgates.
The journalists that are left might now go native and try to outcompete each other with nastiness and vitriol towards their incompetent, tormentor, controlling managers and administrators. They’ve broken free.
We got hints of that this morning on Today from Ed Stouton.
Right wingers of the BBC (?) this is your chance to sock it to them!
The praise and devotion directed towards terrier Humphrys will be noticed and some might try to emulate him.
Tony Blair would be a great choice, but the BBC would have to offer more than the £2.5M that JP Morgan are currently paying him.
It doesn’t really matter who get’s the job, they’ll just be there to close the place down.
Once the prosecutions follow the police investigations and the true extent of the culture of perversion, criminality and cover-ups, comes to light.
They’ll be history, literally. Their brand will scrubbed from everything it touches.
Where Fred Goodwin ?
The great British public do not appear to me to have any great love affair with the BBC.
The fact that many MP’s constantly state it is a national treasure providing value for money for the taxpayer is in my view nonsense.
WE live in austere times . The average member of the public would rather pay an extra 3p for a litre of petrol than £145.50 per year from their net income for a broadcasting service .
Whoever it is, “The Guardian” would have to approve as would the Liebor party
Dear Points of View,
I’d nearly lost all faith in the BBC until the arrival of its hilarious new comedy-drama “The Decline and Collapse of a Wonderful Institution Universally Loved By Everybody” (BBC News24). Some of the plot-lines are a bit unbelievable as are one or two of the characters, but it was inevitable that a reliable old ham such as Fatty Pang would put in a solid performance as hapless bungler Lord Patten.
I’m afraid Tim McInerney struggled slightly with the one-dimensional Director General Entwistle, although his catchphrase “What the f**k’s going on here, then?” has gone down a storm in our household and it’s a shame he was written out of the plot at such an early stage. I love the creation of a new ‘Er Indoors character in the shape of News Director Helen Boaden, who you never actually get to see.
Bradley Walsh is good as the TV Centre car-park attendant whistled up to ‘fill in’ as Acting DG, and of the secondary characters Sally Bercow is very convincing as herself and should win one of the big prizes at the upcoming British Massive Compensation Awards Ceremony at Bow Street Magistrates court. Jabba the Hutt, though, doesn’t come anywhere near projecting the right sense of poisonous malice in the role of Labour MP Tom Watson and also needs to put on a few pounds.
Have been riveted to the TV and hope the Beeb lasts long enough to bring us the conclusion of this knockabout tale of staggering incompetence. Worth the license fee by itself.
Bravo
Ironic that you get a better standard of wit on here than on the BBC’s entire range of output.
Ironic, but not surprising. The BBC is drowning in it’s own sanctimony and self-delusion.
Ian Corby from the PRU should be running the BBC.
one is rooting for JEDWARD – two brains can be thikcer than one!
can I be both COMMISIONATOR and GOVERNATOR at the same time
Gary Glitter…got an impressive CV…and at least plod will know where he is…or is supposed to be!
So let me get this right .
These companies employ people in this country many of whom pay income tax and National insurance ,take out mortgages and loans and consume .
These companies rent commercial units and pay commercial rents and local taxes when other companies have collapsed leaving empty units and rental voids .
These companies also pay Vat .
But because they do not pay this Government loads of Corporation Tax they are crooks.
‘But because they do not pay this Government loads of Corporation Tax they are crooks.’
Yep three rights don’t make a wrong right!
It is not about minimizing their tax bill it is about avoiding it, and it is rather disingenuous to claim anything else!