I have always been pretty indifferent to Carol Vorderman. I liked the number bits on Countdown better than the letter bits as I was better at it, and it was fun to wonder if she had a sneaky calculator back there or whether she really did have an abnormal aptitude for mental arithmetic. It was [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Media’
Countdown to Disaster?
Posted in Education, Politics, tagged conservatives, election, Media on March 7, 2010 | 7 Comments »
What Should We Believe?
Posted in Politics, tagged Media, politicians on February 28, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Did you hear about ‘tangerine gate’? Twitter is all a giggle about how a hoax call to a LBC radio show by Robert Popper, in which a factory worker recalls seeing Gordon Brown throwing a tangerine into a laminating machine during a visit, was reported as serious news in the mainstream press (e.g. Daily Telegraph, [...]
Is Cameron given an easy ride by the BBC?
Posted in Politics, tagged conservatives, economy, election, Media, politicians on February 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The International Monetary Fund yesterday said that our economy is too fragile to cut public spending. Quite significant news, I believe, given that the economy is the central issue in this election campaign. I’ve read about it only in the Guardian and the Mirror. It seems the Daily Mail think maternity leave is more important, the [...]
Who needs policy?
Posted in Politics, tagged conservatives, election, Labour, Media, politicians, vote on February 22, 2010 | 5 Comments »
The last few days have seen lots of political activity. Brown the Bully. A future fair for all (complete with carousel??). Give labour a second chance. James Purnell standing down. It may well be a couple of months until the election – but the campaigns are all up and running, posters are being parodied, and [...]
Does mumsnet speak for you?
Posted in Parents, Politics, tagged election, Media, mothers, politicians, vote on February 18, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Janet Street Porter doesn’t like mumsnet, apparently (‘The daily discussions are usually pretty childish, and there’s a fair amount of bullying. There seems to be a received way of thinking, and woe betide anyone who disagrees.’ ) She hates Boden too. She’s a bit of a misery isn’t she? But alongside the usual bile she [...]
Being Human
Posted in Politics, tagged election, Labour, Media, politicians, vote on February 15, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Thanks a lot Gordon Brown, you made me sit through an hour of Piers Morgan. That’s one black mark against you for a start! Still, I felt that I should probably watch in case I felt the need to comment. After all the hype, I found the whole thing a bit of a let down. [...]
Is it the General Election yet? Nick Clegg
Posted in Education, Parents, Politics, tagged Liberal Democrats, Media, politicians on February 8, 2010 | 8 Comments »
I was quite impressed with Nick Clegg’s showing on Woman’s Hour this lunchtime (listen on iplayer here). [Full disclosure: I am a life long Labour supporter, although they have been trying my patience for some time now, and have also failed to pay a whole lot of attention to party politics for the past few [...]
Utter drivel
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Media on February 7, 2010 | 7 Comments »
How can a woman be paid for such utter drivel as this? I think the majority of us who are non-professional writers are able to produce better-reasoned, more articulate and interesting reads than this. I read about the Turkish girl, it made me want to cry. I saw the headline about Emma Watson – and [...]
Genuine Authenticity
Posted in Politics, tagged Media, politicians on February 7, 2010 | 5 Comments »
As we hear that Gordon Brown cried during a televised public interview with Piers Morgan when talking about the tragic premature death of his daughter, and that Alastair Campbell was ‘emotional’ on the Andrew Marr show this weekend, we are left to ponder whether such displays are part of an orchestrated campaign to appear ‘human’. [...]
The Birth, the Home and the Dangerous Midwife
Posted in Health, pregnancy, tagged homebirth, maternity, Media, pregnancy on February 7, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I felt sickened when I heard about the ordeal experienced by Victoria Anderson at the hands of Susan Rose, an Independent Midwife who cared for her during her pregnancy and home birth. A mismanaged pregnancy and birth led to not only health problems for the mother but a life long physical disability for her child. [...]
