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Pontius Navigator wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 10, 2021 12:51 pm

TGG, not interested, but I would be interested in what others said

The BBC press office has apologised for smearing James Dyson as a Tory who sleazily lobbied for tax advantages:

We accept that Sir James Dyson is not a prominent Conservative supporter as was stated in some of our coverage of his text messages with the Prime Minister. The James Dyson Foundation made a charitable gift to support the Wiltshire Engineering Festival for school children. We accept that this does not signal affiliation to any political party and we would like to put the record straight. Sir James also raised concerns about the accuracy of other aspects of our reporting. We wish to make clear that Sir James contacted Number 10 in response to the Prime Minister’s direct request to him for assistance in relation to the urgent need for ventilators and incurred costs of £20 million which his company voluntarily absorbed in trying to assist in the national emergency. His text messages to the Prime Minister were also later sent to officials. We are sorry that these facts were not always reflected in our coverage, and we apologise for not doing so.

In response, Sir James Dyson said

“The BBC now acknowledges that it was wrong and has issued an apology – which I accept. To justify its claim that I am a “prominent Conservative supporter” the BBC shamefully twisted our charitable gift to school children to suit their political narrative. The Prime Minister asked Dyson to help at a time of crisis, in the national interest, and we did just that. We dropped everything and focused on the national effort. Far from any gain, the project cost us £20 million – a sum we voluntarily bore. I am proud of the efforts of every Dyson person who contributed and we would do precisely the same again. It was deeply disappointing, for me and for the hundreds of Dyson people who gave it their all, to have our efforts developing an emergency ventilator mischaracterised and used for political mudslinging.”

the other thought Bolton was a seperate place to Greater Manchester, not that it is part of Greater Manchester.

Pontius Navigator wrote: ↑

Fri May 14, 2021 8:28 am

Ibbie, some of the afternoon quiz shows reveal the general knowledge of the GBP, weak on geography, maths, and many other subjects, excellent on most sports, pop music, and Celebs. Better are the same quiz shows with 'celebrity' tacked on. Many seem to revell in their ignorance, so far up their own egos as to be laughable.

I am watching 'Celebrity SAS' at the moment. It's old one but some characters really stand out. Katie Price was brilliant 'the worst that will happen to you, your false eyelashes will drop off' or Brendan Cole 'I am not making excuses I am just explaining' - STFU.

Or of another, my favourite, 'he has the breaking strain of a kitkat'.

G-CPTN wrote: ↑

Fri May 14, 2021 8:48 am

I believe that Geography teaching nowadays is more about physical characteristics rather than locational knowledge.

Ibbie wrote: ↑

Sun May 16, 2021 9:26 am

I can now confirm, that without any doubt, Andrew Marr has completely lost the plot. Trying to dictate what Government policy should be. Lets have two Andrews in the Tower.

Breakfast and it's content ( so editors to blame) plus at least one of the presenters were not worthy of airtime today. Is their any other news than the Indian Variant?
Scarmongering by the BBC again....shirley not.

we asked her what Oslo used to be called. She just looked scornfully at us and gave the correct answer as if to say, everyone knows that