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    Well done Chris Patten - BBC given some stick

    He puts the boot into the BBC socialist propaganda mouthpiece and supports the long-standing claim that they are a London-centric, Left-leaning bias which alienates large sections of the public.


    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1RN9tDNVv


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    Everyone and everything has a bias, without it we would have no free will
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    patten is a brown nose of the highest degree...i remember his face when he lost his seat as a MP
    i have learnt to do what my wife says!


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    Quote Originally Posted by bornatbirth View Post
    patten is a brown nose of the highest degree...i remember his face when he lost his seat as a MP

    Afterwards he always looked pretty smug during his 5 years in the cushy job as Honkers Governor


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    that was when labour went downhill giving jobs to former tory MP's...why bother winning a election
    i have learnt to do what my wife says!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Dedworth View Post
    Afterwards he always looked pretty smug during his 5 years in the cushy job as Honkers Governor
    Whether as an MP or Governor of HK ... he invariaby had that smug aura about him, IMO.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Little View Post
    As an MP or Governor of HK ... he invariaby looked smug IMO.
    He knows a good earner when he sees one

    Quote Originally Posted by bornatbirth View Post
    that was when labour went downhill giving jobs to former tory MP's...why bother winning a election
    Actually when the Socialists got in in 1997 Honk Kong was a month or so away from being handed back to the Chinks - Major gave him the job. Blair made him a life peer - might have been something to do with Blair converting to Catholicism and wanting to keep in with the Pope


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    Quote Originally Posted by Dedworth View Post
    He knows a good earner when he sees one



    . Blair made him a life peer - might have been something to do with Blair converting to Catholicism and wanting to keep in with the Pope
    Why? Is Patten up for that job too when the German pops his cloggs


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    Quote Originally Posted by Englishman2010 View Post
    Why? Is Patten up for that job too when the German pops his cloggs
    He's certainly within the right age bracket, Ian! ... is he also a Catholic?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Englishman2010 View Post
    Why? Is Patten up for that job too when the German pops his cloggs
    Not Patten The Reverend Blair of course . I reckon he made high profile Catholic Patten a Peer to brown nose the RC heirachy


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    Quote Originally Posted by Dedworth View Post
    Not Patten The Reverend Blair of course . I reckon he made high profile Catholic Patten a Peer to brown nose the RC heirachy
    Blair's had the right training for the job, 10 years plus of cover ups and lies


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    ... Pope Chris(t) Patten ... well ... ... I suppose stranger things have happened!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Little View Post
    ... Pope Chris(t) Patten ... well ... ... I suppose stranger things have happened!
    More like Pope AnFONEY I


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    Blair? ... he'd have been a worthy successor to 'Cardinal Sin'!


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    Are there any staff other than ethnic minorities and homosexuals employed at the Beeb ?..having to think here.

    More like being in Pakistan when watching news progs these days.


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    Quote Originally Posted by grahamw48 View Post
    Are there any staff other than ethnic minorities employed at the Beeb ?..having to think here.

    More like being in Pakistan when watching news progs these days.
    Ah ... ... you mean like when the newscaster is actually of Pakistani origins, and the correspondent reporting from war zones in that part of the world is British?

    Aye ... I've noticed!


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    Quote Originally Posted by grahamw48 View Post
    and homosexuals
    Admittedly ... a fair few of the show presenters and comperes these days do come across as being a bit "iffy" ...


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    ... still ... ... I suppose we have to move with the times !!!


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    I've noticed that no matter what a BBC newscasters ethinic origin they all have same generic BBC accent. When I was in Brunei and Malaysia a couple of months ago watching the English language local TV news, the newscasters there all had a generic BBC 'British' accent. They'd obviously all studied/been trained at the BBC.
    Whatever we say about the BBC, it is still one of the most highly respected TV organisations on the planet. the left wing bias does annoy me sometimes, but I remain a fan of the BBC and am proud of it. Whenever I'm abroad, I always watch BBC World if it is available
    TBH, I don't care what sex, ethnic origin or sexuality the BBC newscaster is, as long as they are inteligible. I'm more interested in the news rather than the mouthpiece.


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    I'm proud of it too.

    I'd be even prouder if the presenter represented an example of the majority indigenous population.

    World Service Radio is even worse, now that they've decided upon this diversity of accents nonsense.

    Try listening to the shipping forecast one night, with the West Indian guy . God knows what the the poor sailors make of it, while trying to listen in a force 9 gale.


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    The BBC's impartiality and standards have drastically declined over the last 20 years or so. Patten needs to wield the axe and get shot of the Trough Feeders, Lefties, Diversity/Equality Directors and Politically Correct - all of whom would find it very hard to obtain employment in the real world (ie private sector). This should be followed by a spending review focusing on personalities and presenters obscene salaries. The BBC (and ITV etc) need to realise that it doesn't have to be held to ransom by these people as the majority wouldn't be able to get a job outside of the UK Broadcasting Industry.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Dedworth View Post
    a spending review focusing on personalities and presenters obscene salaries. The BBC (and ITV etc) need to realise that it doesn't have to be held to ransom by these people as the majority wouldn't be able to get a job outside of the UK Broadcasting Industry.
    ... you wouldn't - by any chance - be thinking of one, Jonathan Woss, would you?


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    Quote Originally Posted by grahamw48 View Post
    .

    World Service Radio is even worse, now that they've decided upon this diversity of accents nonsense.

    Try listening to the shipping forecast one night, with the West Indian guy . God knows what the the poor sailors make of it, while trying to listen in a force 9 gale.
    They should stick to the Oxbridge accent, at least everyone can understand that. It might not be representative of the regional accents the rest of us have, but at least it makes us sound sophisticated to the rest of the world


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    Quote Originally Posted by Englishman2010 View Post
    They should stick to the Oxbridge accent, at least everyone can understand that. It might not be representative of the regional accents the rest of us have, but at least it makes us sound sophisticated to the rest of the world
    "BBC English" ... as it was termed back in the 1950s when this accent seemed to be ubiquitous among [*mainly] male radio announcers and sports commentators alike.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Little View Post
    [*mainly] male
    ... hope *this remark doesn't "smack" of sexism ... !


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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Little View Post
    ... you wouldn't - by any chance - be thinking of one, Jonathan Woss, would you?
    and the rest of the gang Arthur - Paxman, Lineker, Vine, Clarkson, Moyles, Bruce, Wogan, and one who really gets my back up Evan Davis


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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Little View Post
    "BBC English" ... as it was termed back in the 1950s when this accent seemed to be ubiquitous among [*mainly] male radio announcers and sports commentators alike.
    That's how the rest of the world think we sound, or like Sean Connery's James Bond. Whenever I'm abroad, very few people guess I'm British on the first attempt. They always guess Australian or Irish first ...and I don't even think I've got an accent, OK maybe a touch of A1 northbound to Peterborough


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    I'd rather my kids aspired to sounding 'posh' and ARTICULATE than like ignorant bloody chavs.

    Everywhere...dumbing down.


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    Quote Originally Posted by grahamw48 View Post

    Try listening to the shipping forecast one night, with the West Indian guy . God knows what the the poor sailors make of it, while trying to listen in a force 9 gale.
    That is so funny Graham, but also reassuring, because I also listen to the Shipping Forecast ( after the "Sailing By" theme music at about 12.45 am ) - it helps me get to sleep ( although I can imagine better ways ! ).


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    Quote Originally Posted by grahamw48 View Post
    I'd rather my kids aspired to sounding 'posh' and ARTICULATE than like ignorant bloody chavs.

    Everywhere...dumbing down.
    I couldn't agree more I make sure I teach my kids how to pronounce words properly and to be polite all of the time. I can't stand the "urban" language that todays youth use, It doesn't sound right when white middle class kids start using a type of inner city pattois


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