tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post1919942733743971060..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: While I was outChristopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-24673136848825538232011-10-06T02:03:04.632+01:002011-10-06T02:03:04.632+01:00Save the razor blade for one of those wankers, and...Save the razor blade for one of those wankers, and savour your large brandy, whilst we can..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-77782572540341334122011-10-06T01:06:56.292+01:002011-10-06T01:06:56.292+01:00I have tried to stop reading the BBC health news i...I have tried to stop reading the BBC health news in the interests of preserving my own health and sanity. The BBC has sunk well below the standards of the Daily Mail and even The Sun would be embarrassed by the appalling magazine piece on alcohol apparently written by Philippa Roxby. I have two daughters and would myself be ashamed had either of them put their name to an article so partial, so uncritical so devoid of intellectual content and, at times so incomprehensible. My youngest is 15 but I would expect her to be capable of much better than this dross. I can only assume that the neo-prohibitionist lobby are a bit worried about the review of alcohol consumption guidelines so have chatted up some tame journalist in order to mislead the public again. The BBC it seems is always happy to help the mendacious provided that they are “on message”.<br /><br />I would have preferred not to read the piece on TB and smoking but made the mistake of logging into the BBC news to find this non-news junk science on the front page. I have always harboured some respect for the BBC but am now completely disillusioned. It is obvious that someone senior has an agenda and that the BBC is not remotely impartial on the subject of public health. Stanton Glantz is on record as being prepared to sacrifice any vestige of integrity and honesty in pursuit of his obsession so I wonder why any publicly funded body would find anything he had to say worthy of front page news. But we are talking about an organisation that regularly features The World Cancer Research Fund in its output.<br /><br />The BBC is currently implementing 20% cuts. What is the betting that Philippa Roxby, the editor responsible for front paging Glantz and Fergus Walsh get to keep their jobs? No doubt, more useful, more talented and more honest people will lose theirs.<br /> <br />In a recent interview Lord Patten said the trust was in talks with senior executives about how they could "accommodate the BBC" to the new budget. <br /><br />"But, for heaven's sake, we're talking about the BBC running for the next five years on £3.5bn a year. Plus the income it can raise from its commercial activities," he said. <br /><br />"Now we should be able to run a damn good public broadcaster on three-and-a-half billion a year."<br />He said the BBC would focus on its "core and most valuable services" such as children, drama, news and factual programmes.<br /><br />Would “news” include the utter garbage that spews from the health team on a weekly basis I wonder?<br /><br />Pass me the huge brandy and the razor blade. I am losing the will to live.Ivan Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18364023294207490403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-81697888544351713142011-10-05T20:32:31.067+01:002011-10-05T20:32:31.067+01:00WHO calculates the death toll that smoking adds to...WHO calculates the death toll that smoking adds to tuberculosis http://apps.who.int/tb/surveillanceworkshop/status_analysis/27.htmBelindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284836559314332001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-69173951087027035052011-10-05T18:40:17.673+01:002011-10-05T18:40:17.673+01:00Leg-iron,
I've been told that at the Lib Dem ...Leg-iron,<br /><br />I've been told that at the Lib Dem conference the bar is ten deep, the Tories drink all night long, but Labour are lightweights. Sounds about right.<br /><br />CJSChristopher Snowdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-43265283887165567112011-10-05T17:49:40.827+01:002011-10-05T17:49:40.827+01:00It would be interesting to see the alcohol bill fo...It would be interesting to see the alcohol bill for the three party conferences.<br /><br />'No safe level'? They take doublethink into dimensions physics haven't yet thought of.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-47362783218252016892011-10-05T15:38:07.720+01:002011-10-05T15:38:07.720+01:00I think that the £13 million endowment to Alcohol ...I think that the £13 million endowment to Alcohol Research UK needs further investigation even if it has been inherited from AERC. It is also interesting to note that The Edrington Group (Famouse Grouse) continue to be Trustees of the new organisation.<br /><br />I may check out the relationships with Sir Ian Good, Chairman of The Edrington Group ... in the interest of total transparacy.Bill Gibsonnoreply@blogger.com