Sky HighThere is so much nonsense being posted here by blindly doting BBC acolytes, that I am in despair. Yes I do know how much the BBC costs us, only too much – I help to pay for it! It has been wasting my money and yours for years. The great institution was long ago consigned to the scrap heap of ratings chasing. I(t is hugely overstaffed and hugely inefficient. No, I am not Cameron, but rather him than a continuation of the bunch of loonies we now have. And at least there are signs that he realises what bis wrong with the BC and aims to put it right.
Sky HighThere is so much nonsense being posted here by blindly doting BBC acolytes, that I am in despair. Yes I do know how much the BBC costs us, only too much – I help to pay for it! It has been wasting my money and yours for years. The great institution was long ago consigned to the scrap heap of ratings chasing. I(t is hugely overstaffed and hugely inefficient. No, I am not Cameron, but rather him than a continuation of the bunch of loonies we now have. And at least there are signs that he realises what bis wrong with the BC and aims to put it right.
Sky HighAre you aware that Ren Frew actually works for the BBC?
I think we can reasonably assume that he knows what he’s talking about.
Of course, because he said so. You don’t really imagine that BBC employees know any more than we do about the management’s decisions, do you? The other part of the argument is about matters of opinion and those of us who do not work for the BBC are more likely to form an opinion objectively.
Sky HighAre you aware that Ren Frew actually works for the BBC?
I think we can reasonably assume that he knows what he’s talking about.
Of course, because he said so. You don’t really imagine that BBC employees know any more than we do about the management’s decisions, do you? The other part of the argument is about matters of opinion and those of us who do not work for the BBC are more likely to form an opinion objectively.
Sky HighThe BBC is moving parts of it’s operations out of London to new centres in Manchester and Glasgow (where I work) largely because of the crippling costs of redeveloping and maintaining sites in London, notably a technologically outdated Television Centre in West London. Certain flagship productions are moving north as well, for example, here in Glasgow we have been making most of those bulk standard Saturday night lottery shows for a couple of years, things like The Weakest Link, Eggheads, and The Wall are also being made here or will be in 2010, to name but a few…
Last time I checked the first ‘B’ in BBC stood for British, not London. For far too long the BBC has been considered to be ‘London-centric’ and I for one are pleased that those of us plucky Jocks, Taffs, Micks and flat-caps outside of the M25 are finally being given the chance to prove we are also capable of producing ‘prime-time’ content for the corporation.
Personally I couldn’t care one way or another if Big Ben features in the News at Ten’s opening titles. It’s up to the programme’s editor to decide whether or not the bulletin itself is ‘London-centric’ or not. I believe the London area, like most UK regions still has it’s own dedicated news programmes for it’s catchment area on both ITV and the BBC.
If that was the reason there MIGHT be an argument for it. But it is not. We are all forking out a billion pounds in building, relocation and redundancy costs because the management of the British Broadcasting Corporation, based in the capital city of Britain, London, have decided it is too “London-centric”. I guarantee that if you asked a random selection of people in the street if they cared where their programmes were produced they would not give a hoot.
The BBC is a cash cow for my money and I fervently hope the Tories, if they win next Spring, break it up.
Sky HighThe BBC is moving parts of it’s operations out of London to new centres in Manchester and Glasgow (where I work) largely because of the crippling costs of redeveloping and maintaining sites in London, notably a technologically outdated Television Centre in West London. Certain flagship productions are moving north as well, for example, here in Glasgow we have been making most of those bulk standard Saturday night lottery shows for a couple of years, things like The Weakest Link, Eggheads, and The Wall are also being made here or will be in 2010, to name but a few…
Last time I checked the first ‘B’ in BBC stood for British, not London. For far too long the BBC has been considered to be ‘London-centric’ and I for one are pleased that those of us plucky Jocks, Taffs, Micks and flat-caps outside of the M25 are finally being given the chance to prove we are also capable of producing ‘prime-time’ content for the corporation.
Personally I couldn’t care one way or another if Big Ben features in the News at Ten’s opening titles. It’s up to the programme’s editor to decide whether or not the bulletin itself is ‘London-centric’ or not. I believe the London area, like most UK regions still has it’s own dedicated news programmes for it’s catchment area on both ITV and the BBC.
If that was the reason there MIGHT be an argument for it. But it is not. We are all forking out a billion pounds in building, relocation and redundancy costs because the management of the British Broadcasting Corporation, based in the capital city of Britain, London, have decided it is too “London-centric”. I guarantee that if you asked a random selection of people in the street if they cared where their programmes were produced they would not give a hoot.
The BBC is a cash cow for my money and I fervently hope the Tories, if they win next Spring, break it up.
Sky HighI have at last managed to find out how to include my photo of G-AGJG as previously mentioned. The owners have obviously done a good job of restoration.
What a fantastic job. She looks as bright as the day she entered service. Thanks for the photo.
Sky HighYet another car/van not fitted with indicator lights…………………:rolleyes:
Sky HighYet another car/van not fitted with indicator lights…………………:rolleyes:
Sky HighSolicitors always call round to your house
American hospitals have constant Tannoy messages. (Praps they do,never been in one)
Sink tidies are always full of dishes
TV chefs always prepare a “little” something
What do news presenters say to each other after the sound goes off? (That could start a whole new thread)
Probably the same inanities as when the sound is still on!
Sky HighSolicitors always call round to your house
American hospitals have constant Tannoy messages. (Praps they do,never been in one)
Sink tidies are always full of dishes
TV chefs always prepare a “little” something
What do news presenters say to each other after the sound goes off? (That could start a whole new thread)
Probably the same inanities as when the sound is still on!
Sky HighWhat I now find irritating about this is that there are people trying to pretend that this is some kind of party political issue, as if it were only one brand of MP that have had their noses stuck into this particular trough.
I don’t know where you got that idea? Perhaps because being the party of government it is even more appalling to see senior ministers noses in the trough than an opposition members. But they are all as bad as each other and every MP should pay the price be they Labour, Tory, Liberal, Nationalist or Independent.
Sky HighWhat I now find irritating about this is that there are people trying to pretend that this is some kind of party political issue, as if it were only one brand of MP that have had their noses stuck into this particular trough.
I don’t know where you got that idea? Perhaps because being the party of government it is even more appalling to see senior ministers noses in the trough than an opposition members. But they are all as bad as each other and every MP should pay the price be they Labour, Tory, Liberal, Nationalist or Independent.
Sky HighA couple of years ago a group of us were sorting stuff for a church jumble sale and a golliwog appeared.
There were two Caribbean ladies present.One thought it was a harmless toy and commented,”hey,it looks like me !”
The other lady was absolutely outraged and treated us to a ten minute lecture on how it was an evil symbol of racial oppression,had no place in modern society,such things should be banned completely,how would we like seeing a white equivalent,and so on ad nauseam.
Two completely opposite views from ladies with very similar backgrounds.
No prizes for guessing whose opinion was received more sympathetically.It’s a harmless child’s toy and children don’t even notice racial differences until adults teach them to.Years ago my daughter wanted to identify a little girl at playgroup and the best she could come up with was,”She wears a blue dress”.She had no idea at all that the girl was Asian.
Incidentally,I was watching an antiques expert valuing an old golliwog toy recently,and she referred to it only as a “golly”.What a load of round things.
Is there anyone on here who truly is offended by golliwogs,sorry,gollies ?
Probably. We are all offended by something sometime. The trick is not to get uptight about it and “move on”. There are far too many narrow minded bigots with tight brains an d tight ar…es.
Sky HighA couple of years ago a group of us were sorting stuff for a church jumble sale and a golliwog appeared.
There were two Caribbean ladies present.One thought it was a harmless toy and commented,”hey,it looks like me !”
The other lady was absolutely outraged and treated us to a ten minute lecture on how it was an evil symbol of racial oppression,had no place in modern society,such things should be banned completely,how would we like seeing a white equivalent,and so on ad nauseam.
Two completely opposite views from ladies with very similar backgrounds.
No prizes for guessing whose opinion was received more sympathetically.It’s a harmless child’s toy and children don’t even notice racial differences until adults teach them to.Years ago my daughter wanted to identify a little girl at playgroup and the best she could come up with was,”She wears a blue dress”.She had no idea at all that the girl was Asian.
Incidentally,I was watching an antiques expert valuing an old golliwog toy recently,and she referred to it only as a “golly”.What a load of round things.
Is there anyone on here who truly is offended by golliwogs,sorry,gollies ?
Probably. We are all offended by something sometime. The trick is not to get uptight about it and “move on”. There are far too many narrow minded bigots with tight brains an d tight ar…es.
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