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09.10.2017 Technology

What’s the age of members of the Tory Party? How an incorrect number lodged itself in people’s minds

(Note: this is not a story about BBC bias, but more how journalists can get caught up amongst the bias propagated by others) This tweet by the BBC’s political correspondent Laura Kuenssberg caught my eye the other day – retweeted

21.04.2011 EU Politics / UK Politics

Comment is Free post on True Finns and populist parties

After appearing on BBC World Service World Have Your Say to discuss the True Finns, I’ve now written a piece for Comment is Free about the same issue – you can read it here. The comments thread is full of

18.04.2011 EU Politics

Portugal’s emergency loan – why ‘bailout’ is the wrong word

I was on the BBC World Service programme “World Have Your Say” (programme site, blog) earlier to talk about the implications of the election success of Timo Soini’s True Finns party in yesterday’s parliamentary election. The discussion briefly examined the

24.06.2010 EU Politics / UK Politics

Time for grown up football relations between England and Germany – let’s have Klinsmann in the BBC studio on Sunday

This weekend the World Cup starts to get exciting with the knock out round, and England are drawn against their old foes Germany at 1500 BST / 1600 CET on Sunday. When these countries have faced each other before the

03.03.2010 Technology / UK Politics

Framing the debate: Future of the BBC

There’s something deeply wrong with the ‘debate’ currently going on about the future of the BBC, and I think it boils down to the essential question: what is the value of public service broadcasting? Two themes dominate the debate at

05.09.2009 Technology

BBC for Brits abroad

I vividly remember car journeys through France with my family in the 1990s. As we headed north from Languedoc, travelling home at the end of a holiday, the only solace for my mother was the return of BBC Radio 4,

22.12.2008 UK Politics

Universal service + local decisions + no accountability = postcode lottery

I’ve just found myself shouting at the television as I happened to have the misfortune to see part of a programme on BBC1 called Dom’s on the Case that looks at healthcare provision in the UK. There were 2 main