Rolling news and the BNP

I’ve been watching the BBC’s news coverage. Since 5pm they have had one new story – Nick Griffin. This despite the fact that the Royal Mail strikes are ongoing, 6,000 Sri Lankans have been released from internment, another soldier has been killed in Afghanistan and Ethiopia has asked for food aid. Why are the BBC… Continue reading Rolling news and the BNP

Tory Dog Whistle Politics is Back! (did it ever really go away?)

I’ve been travelling back from my short break in North Yorkshire today but I have a headache. Tories have been blowing into dog whistles all day and the tinny noise has been reverberating from as far away as Whitby. For years now, this blog has been reminding readers that the problem with Cameron is not… Continue reading Tory Dog Whistle Politics is Back! (did it ever really go away?)

How to make UKIP look good…

Well done Buster Mottram for handing Nigel Farage a bit of a propaganda coup: UKIP says it has “unanimously rejected” an offer from the British National Party for an electoral pact at next year’s European elections. It says ex-tennis star Buster Mottram, a UKIP member who claimed to represent the BNP, made the “astonishing offer”… Continue reading How to make UKIP look good…