The BBC is a world class broadcaster, and James Wild’s idea of parliamentary scrutiny is to count the flags in its annual report.
It’s up there with the American senators who ask Mark Zuckerberg what the internet is.
You know what other document has no photos of the Union flag, @jamesowild?
The Conservative Party Manifesto 2019.
Now, please - if you care about national unity, stop trying to rip institutions like the BBC to shreds for no reason.
A quick recap:
- the BBC HQ has a Union flag flying above it
- BUT James Wild MP says his constituents expect the BBC annual report (which is mainly text) to include a Union flag
- the Tory party manifesto has no Union flags
- James Wild has no Union flags on his website
I think we may have found the root problem. The BBC did not commission this:
there is a bit history between James Wild and the BBC. here's what happened when they tried to interview him after his election loss in 2017. bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-eng…
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- if Trump scrapes home in the electoral college, but loses popular vote in 2016, the Democrats are out of touch.
- if Biden scrapes home in the electoral college, and wins popular vote in 2020, the Democrats are out of touch.
yes, it's partly about polls and expectations.
but why is it hard for the right to admit that the only reason that American presidential elections are close is because of a perverted electoral system, which is operating in a way that was never intended?
Trump got a lot of votes. If I were the Democrats, of course I would want to understand why. But Gore, Kerry and Clinton got a lot of votes too and the right didn't spend the aftermath of those elections saying that those votes should be listened to.
This is brilliant - Charles Moore, who thinks the licence fee should be slashed, also apparently wanted to be paid at least £280,000 of licence fee payers’ money to be BBC chairman
What happens when you find out your romantic country home is linked to slavery? Well, the owners of one castle urged me not to mention it, in case of vandalism. But happily other owners have been more thoughtful... ft.com/content/ffbfd3…
One question I had while writing the piece is: are many country homes owned by people of colour? Have they been? Someone kindly pointed me to the story of Nathaniel Wells, the son of a plantation owner and a black woman…
Wells inherited his father’s plantations in St Kitts (he freed very few slaves), and circa 1800 used some of his money to buy Piercefield House, near Chepstow. He became a country gentleman and probably Britain’s first black sheriff.
It's OK to confront people not wearing masks on trains. A society where people call out rule-breakers is also a society where people help each other carry the shopping. ft.com/content/8bcc03…
What we need is from train companies to produce badges for people who are exempt. TfL has one in development. Some people are worried that such badges would single out those with a disability, but... ft.com/content/8bcc03…
Last time I wrote about masks I received many, many emails about the size of coroanvirus particles...
PM’s televised address was argumentative, rather than explanatory. Made case for stronger rules. Brushed over what those rules are. Most people support tighter measures, but they need to know what those measures are.
Slightly odd to me that he decided not to act as explainer-in-chief - which (I think) has worked well for Cuomo/ Sturgeon.