When he's not talking about politics, Norfolk Blogger tends to be spot on. In this post, he highlights the massive difference between online weather forecasts from the Met / BBC. He's totally correct too; not only are there massive differences between different companies but areas only miles apart have totally different weather forecasts. So today I am conducting my experiemet of compari...

Lib Dem leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has told the BBC that despite having "massive regrets" about breaking his election pledge he will "not apologise for the for one minute" about the proposed plans to increase University tuition fees.

That’s how Nick Robinson’s piece for BBC TV on Gordon Brown’s speech to Labour Party conference broke down. The 4 minute 50 second piece was 42% Nick Robinson speaking, and only 58% Sarah or Gordon Brown speaking. Add to that the preceeding and suceeding segments - more BBC journalists and presenters talking about the speech -

A last-minute rush to accelerate the payment of bonuses ahead of April's introduction of the 50p tax rate for high earners is under way

We are talking here of The Lord Mandelson and one hopes that is the case. It could be much worse than that. The said "noble" Lord is, we are told, stepping into the dispute over British jobs for UK workers by announcing a review of how the country's engineering and construction industry can achieve higher productivity to beat off foreign competitors. This review will thus look at "skill short...

Belgrade submitted its application bid last month with the ambition to "beat all records for fastest EU accession" but diplomats warned there were no shortcuts to the bloc's membership.

A month has passed since the riots, and it still feels as if nobody has grasped what really happened. The media debate has been limited, to say the least: lots of self-appointed community leaders and youth experts talking about kids' "voice" or "stake" in society, or calling the likes of David Starkey racist. The BBC "riots debate" last night, featuring Dame Clai...

Chaos nearly occurred to the BBC News schedules on Radio 4 when an 8 minute interview with Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg went missing at short notice. Without it, political balance would mean that the World at One would not have been able to broadcast similar interviews with other party leaders, resulting in a knock-on effect

A few weeks ago, David Cameron was talking about the "de-moralised" society using it as a stick to beat the liberally-minded and emphasising the fact that he is a conservative, NOT a liberal-conservative.The problem with the Right and morality is not that they don't like talking about it, they just don't understand it. There are plenty of self-appointed moral guardians out there from the Daily Mai...

The BBC seems to have decided that the expenses scandal means that they are no longer bound by pesky laws like the Representation of the People Act. BBC Breakfast has just run a 7 minute puff piece for Esther Rantzen, the TV personality (BBC, natch) who has announced that she will be running against disgraced Labour MP Margaret Moran in Luton South. This may not be during the campaign period of th...