You are right about the BBC. They set extremely high standards across a bewildering array of media and occassionally they fail to live up to them.

Reply: I don’t criticise government for spending on people who are unemployed, but criticise them for following policies which create so many unemployed

The BBC is in need of serious reform. The redistribution of the licence fee would be a good place to start coupled with a new definition of what is, and is not, covered by that infinitely elastic phrase “public service broadcasting”.

This CBI incident aside – I must be in a minority in finding the BBC informative and without bias, unless I’m being naive here in taking their coverage at face value and not trying to read between the lines.
Robert Peston provides an informative blog.

(I’m not that Robert!)

You borrow £100, you have to pay back £100 plus interest.
You tax someone £100 more, they have £100 less to spend.
Customers who have less to spend means Companies have £100 less income .
Companies have less income they make less profit.
Companies have less profit they pay less tax.

Do none of these high flying Consultants who advise the Government seem to be able to work it out, or do they think the answer is to simply print another £100 to replace the £100 lost, then its alright.

Why does anyone think a near trillion dollar spending package (which no-one has actually read!!) is just the thing when the problem is a $3.1 trillion dollar deficit?

The various ‘Cuffy Meigs’ types must be laughing out loud

John, honest and competent journalism is a vital part of a democracy. What are you going to do about the BBC when you return to government ?

This country has supported state spongers for too long, it’s about time some bussiness learned what generating income from their own work is realy like, then maybe we will start to get a stronger economy.

and after thinking about what lola told me about the faults with certain nationiled companies that i thought in the past should become nationalized, i have to admit, lola was right, they are better off in the private sector (so long as they are run efficiently)

as for the CBI, isn’t it better to invest in better/cleaner technology that force tarrifs/fines and fines on companies, actualy causing the slow down in what they “intend” due to companies and individuals having less money due to said tarrifs/taxes and fines.

bring back the part time politicians with real world business experience.

let’s not forget too, a hundred billion here, a hundred billion there, pretty soon you’re talking serious money.

And eventually, soon I think, it will impact the governments ability to borrow money.

Then, well, I’ve always wanted to travel to Argentina but I never envisaged Argentina coming to me!!