Well, what a state of affairs...! Won't somebody please put a stake through Labour's heart!!!
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Thank you all for your kind words and your encouragement throughout the election - and before. I has been very much appreciated. The BBC has generally lived well down to expectations (with the odd bright exception), and sunk below a fair few too.
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I am now going to give myself a couple of weeks off from the BBC and from blogging - a fortnight without Marr, Naughtie, Carolyn Quinn, Norman Smith, Crick (etc)!
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The batteries need recharging.
Not a sheep and B-BBC, of course, will be watching the biased Beeb as vigilantly as ever in the mean time.
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Best wishes to you all,
Craig
Enjoy your break. You deserve it.
ReplyDeleteWell done Craig.
Andy C
Thanks Craig. You have a good rest - you have earned it!
ReplyDeletehear hear.
ReplyDeletefantastic work Craig, enjoy the sunshine !
Craig,
ReplyDeleteTake some time out and come back to the fray refreshed !
As they would say in Gambian patois " Hey man, we need you ah ! "
Thank you Craig for all the hard work you have put in in the run up to this election.
ReplyDeleteI salute you for the sheer hard work which you have put into this blog, and I hope one day you receive the rewards which you so richly deserve.
Thanks Craig for your meticulous monitoring and record keeping, and thanks for the occasional hat-tip.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your break because we all know that if, as is likely, the Tories form the next Government, the BBC will suddenly find an urgent need to report on every single Government mistake, scandal, failure to reach some target etc, no matter how minute. Lets hope that when that happens, your data can be used to totally discredit the BBC.
And a very suitable image to go on your break to... Eric Morecambe's statue in fine 'Bring Me Sunshine' style...
ReplyDeleteYour blogging during this general election campaign has been outstanding and if anyone (Iain Dale perhaps) decides to organise such an award, you have my vote. I am in awe of the detailed work that you have produced, where do you find the time?
Hi Craig, dont know if you'll be checking the blog to post this, but as well as the email I sent you, worth giving a public mention of the profound gratitude that is owed to you by all and that you know I have as well. Simply, when contacting any politician about the worst aspects of BBC bias, your site is the main canon of of objective analysis to link to. Knotted handkerchief and deckchair time for you now. Enjoy!
ReplyDelete'I has been very much appreciated.'
ReplyDeleteWell, yes, but is it for you to say so (after all, you are not a politician!).
p.s. I do really know/think it's a typo!!
Terrific job Craig, have a good rest you've definitely earned one. All the best...
ReplyDeleteI’m sure we’d all like to join together and congratulate the BBC’s Mr Chris Summers’ election to Ealing Council.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ealing.gov.uk/services/council/elections/results/council/may_2010/northolt_mandeville.html
I’ve just done so and reminded him that due to the BBC’s Chief Political Adviser Mr Eric Bailey failing to address the clear breach of BBC impartiality guildelines that the below entails that now the Election is over the Conservative Party might like to give the matter the attention it deserves.
http://twitpic.com/1gtmrl (21 Feb & 13 April)
One hopes Zac Goldsmith’s action in filing a complaint against the BBC’s report by Sarah Bell (below)might give the Tories a bit of gumption to do what’s needed, but now they’re in talks with the Lib-Dems they’ll probably tell the Hon Zac G to shut the heck up about it, if past performance is anything to judge by.
http://beebbiascraig.blogspot.com/2010/04/vote-for-susan-kramer-says-bbc.html
Craig - Thanks for doing a brilliant job in supplying the incontrovertible figures to prove what so many of us suspected.
ReplyDeleteSince the BBC is already showing that defeat for Labour has not diluted their anti-Tory agenda, we need to find a way of using your evidence to force them to moderate their bias.
After all, we're just asking for balance.
What's wrong with that?
I don't think Craig does deserve a break. The enemy never sleeps and while Craig's been away sunning himself, who knows what the Beeb has been up to. ;-)
ReplyDeleteCome back! I'm missing my morning read.
ReplyDeleteAndy C
Welcome back, bloggy good show!
ReplyDeleteNormal service on the BBC. I too am personally of the opinion that this idea is absurd, but I want balanced coverage to reach an informed opinion that might change my mind, not the BBC's usual agenda driven bilge.
Cameron's not going to do anything about it in a million years. The BBC are going to continue to eat away at our democracy unchecked.
wazzup? I meant that last message on the thread you've just posted!
ReplyDeleteAndy,
ReplyDeleteThere are a few for you to go at now!
I'll be back in earnest again next Friday.
Again, best wishes to all.