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Civilisations (the ideologically loaded series Frost complains about) has as main presenter Simon Schama. Not exactly someone who knocks out incomprehensible post modern Marxist readings.

But he's a prominent, y'know, cultural marxist...

The barely disguised plot is the same as usual, of course - demand the BBC focus on highbrow, complex content. Wait a bit. Complain that the BBC doesn’t cater for the man in the street and so it should be privatised.

Apparently many anti-beeb Tories hated Top Gear (as in the Clarkson incarnation). Not because of him, but because it made it very difficult to say the BBC wasn’t making programmes that appealed to Joe Bloggs.

Crabcakes wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 10:03 am The barely disguised plot is the same as usual, of course - demand the BBC focus on highbrow, complex content. Wait a bit. Complain that the BBC doesn’t cater for the man in the street and so it should be privatised.

Apparently many anti-beeb Tories hated Top Gear (as in the Clarkson incarnation). Not because of him, but because it made it very difficult to say the BBC wasn’t making programmes that appealed to Joe Bloggs.

Top brass at the Beeb has been explaining for about 60 years that it walks the line between popular entertainment and something for everyone niche programming. And it does it very well as viewers will testify. The rest of the world’s media industry is at a loss as to why the British government is at war with the BBC.

People like Frost used to praise the Open University on BBC2. I guess that’s out of bounds now because they’d talk about climate change.

Jeremy Isaacs said Tebbit cornered him to complain about all these programmes on the newly launched Channel 4 about homosexuals (they’d been two). When we said minority programming we meant stuff like golf, Tebbit explained. I’ve never heard the metropolitan elite and lefties complain about golf on TV and are perfectly happy to see fans of the sport catered for. That’s where we are.

Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 10:54 am People like Frost used to praise the Open University on BBC2. I guess that’s out of bounds now because they’d talk about climate change.

And set up by socialists. All this edumacation, it's verging on communism...

What's the BBC remit again? Inform, educate, entertain.

Gloria De Piero looks like a shrink with a patient who thinks he’s Napoleon.

Ha ha.

He must think he's got a decent chance of being the next Tory leader if he goes in the Commons. He might well be right.

There is something about that meat face of his that sets my teeth on edge.

Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 7:15 pm Ha ha.

He must think he's got a decent chance of being the next Tory leader if he goes in the Commons. He might well be right.

Bloody hope not, he’s sounds quite plausible if you don’t know anything. Which is how he’s rose to where he is.

Braverman and Badenoch are likely to be the challengers, aren't they? In which case, he's got a decent chance because he doesn't sound as mad as Braverman and Badenoch's had to tell the Frosty wing to fuck off as part of doing her job,

It would certainly be a significant moment for a PM with an African background to lead a European country. Like the first African-American POTUS but Ben Carson instead of Obama.

Youngian wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 9:16 pm It would certainly be a significant moment for a PM with an African background to lead a European country. Like the first African-American POTUS but Ben Carson instead of Obama.

Good luck getting that significance past the turnip taliban.

Gives them cover like their mate Chalky at work who had a good laugh about being called a golliwog. And the lefties can’t call us racist anymore, got them there.

Frosty doing the hard work of a legislator, shitposting on the internet v a respected tax expert. Alas, no room for him to tell his base that their pensions and healthcare need to be cut.

Youngian wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 9:16 pm It would certainly be a significant moment for a PM with an African background to lead a European country. Like the first African-American POTUS but Ben Carson instead of Obama.

Problem is if they shift that way they will talking between themselves via twitter probably for at least 8-10 years.

And if Labour see any growth it could be three terms.

I can easily see them go to Frost at some point in that time, though he often appears as someone who likes to talk a lot but ask him to do any work and he is somewhat absent.

Today, Frosty is doing science. He rather missed out that the EU delayed because we hadn't carried out what he'd negotiated.

Frosty doing the free market now. "Cold fury".