privatization

48 days ago

How to enrage a lefty this week: tell he/she/they the real reason for UK "droughts" & water rationing

Already there are discussions about which parts of the UK will need a hosepipe ban next year. The BBC and others in the media GroupThink talk of ongoing droughts which is all down to man made global warming. You will recall that I have become somewhat obsessive about the ”droughts” affecting reservoirs in this part of North Wales, such as Lake Vyrnwy since the water level collapsed showing the villages the wicked English had flooded all those years ago.

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2769 days ago

Just why am I paying for so many BBC staff to live it up in Russia at the World Cup?

ITV is a commercial network and covers the World Cup well enough. So why does the BBC need to bid for matches and cover it at all? Its remit should be high quality public service broadcasting not competing against commercial networks – using taxpayers cash – to show commercial propositions? But okay, we do not live in a low tax libertarian paradise, so there has to be BBC sport. However…

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3827 days ago

Weekly Postcard #121 - The Women's FA Cup Final and what it says about the loathsome BBC

No doubt some (the Mrs) will accuse me of sexism as I discuss in this week's postcard what the unimpressive Women's FA Cup Final says about the BBC. The case for privitization grows stronger by the day.

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