the beeb in meltdown!

This morning i heard tony benn on r4's today impassioned pleas to allow an appeal to be made in the name of humanity to help aid the poor people in palestine.
The bbc has taken the line that to allow such an appeal would show a bias to one political group.
Does this stance not endorse zionism or indeed the power brokers and powerfull pay masters of zionism both on this side of the atlantic and in the US.
what are they so afraid of!
Or who is pulling the strings.
I dont remember such an attitude in other humaniterean crisis' such as those during the balkan wars.

In the same programme was charles moore ,editor of the telegraph and his reaction to the return of the jonathen ross show.
Moore has pledged to not pay his tv license and says that the beeb has broken their code of conduct by not keeping to their charter which stated that they should produce programmes that maintain social standings and taste.
He continued by correctly stating that as a public service broadcaster funded by license payers and granted by legislation that he is in the right to challenge the decision not to get rid of ross.
However as we know the broadcast that caused such offence was on the radio in a unpopular slot.
This doesnt diminish the abuse of power or bullying of a pensioner who had fled nazi germany,which ross is so guilty of.

And the jonathen ross show itself just happens to have an independent production company bringing it to our screens,a company owned by ross himself.How could justice be truly delivered there.We know the real reason why ross was not sacked was because the beeb could not afford to get embroiled in a court case over such a handsome contract.
So it would seem then the beeb is not only endorsing ross but opening itself to huge political ambiguities.
refusing to support a humanitarean crisis on one hand and endorsing a bully with a possible writ or court case ensuing.

In the same interview another guest the loathsome kelvin mckenzie claims that channel 4 who are in huge debt are getting further in debt in the hope that the government will bail them out like they have the banks.
Under the terms of the broadcasting act this may be likely.
All in all it just shows what a mess our tv broadcasters are and this at a time when we are preparing for expanding airwaves and the digital revolution.
Could be a revolution most unwelcome.

lib dems got their sums wrong

in the aftermath of the announcement that powys cc would almost certainly have to raise the council tax by 3% is the confusing figures from the lib dem group who claim they can save 3 million by not filling vacancies.
that is those who retire from powys during the year would not then be replaced.
Perhaps not a bad idea but when you consider that the powys planning dept were and are up to 300 applications behind schedule and the fact they have employed an outside independent consultancy to help them catch up and clear the defecit at a cost to the tax payer of £60,0000, then the lib dems proposal would seem to have no legs.
If anything by employing a couple of locals to help out the planning dept would bring better results all round.

zionism and racism

The wider world is again feeling the misery of the israeli state.It was encouraging to read this weekends letter page that featured a lettercalling for sanctions akin to those felt by south africa during aparthaid from 25prominant uk jews including miriam margolyes amongst others but not from religous leaders.
Also read john pilgers question as to why the west does nothing to put an end to such hostility in this weeks new statesman.I always think it is quite obvious that those who beleive in zionism are some of the most powerfull people in the us.
It is also disturbing to hear of the potential escalation of call to arms from both sides with apparent fundamentalists from indonesia joining with hamas.
The only way to truly cease eventsis through negotiation.and sooner the better.

Prince harry continues to live up to his grandfathers work in international relations.
harry is a natural roya,another with no purpose other than as a waste on tax payers monies.I have great hope that more of his stunts will bring an end to the whole lot of them.