GArrick reduced

Lobster Issue

[…] Point of Order about the LIBOR scandal, Sir David also appeared to use the Commons to publicise a forthcoming book about the LIBOR trading scandal, by former BBC economics editor Andy Verity. Sir David told the Chamber that Mr Verity’s book would present ‘a prima facie case to believe that state agencies coerced individuals […]

The Mandelson legacy

Lobster Issue 91 (2025)

[PDF file]: […] nation mourns. . .’ One from a former Labour MP said: ‘You must feel totally vindicated in your long-held assessment of this appalling creature.’ A retired senior BBC journalist was in touch to say: ‘You must have a certain sense of satisfaction now that your man has got his comeuppance.’ These welcome messages took […]

The view from the bridge

Lobster Issue

[…] Journal version was ‘Covid-19: Local health teams trace eight times more contacts than national service’ at . 25 or 26 Forget the Palestinians On 13 August the BBC News carried the story of the agreement between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel to normalise relations.27 There was much related talk about how good […]

The view from the bridge

Lobster Issue 66 (Winter 2013)

[PDF file]: […] Growth Fund and the Business bank.’ Dallas ‘63 We are going to get a torrent of bullshit about the Kennedy assassination in the next couple of months. BBC Radio 4 contributed a piece called ‘The Reunion’ in which a group of people who were in Dallas in 1963 when it happened recalled the events. […]

The view from the bridge

Lobster Issue 79 (Summer 2020)

[PDF file]: […] CIA. On the SDP and its American connections see Tom Easton, ‘Who were they travelling with?’ in Lobster 31. 15 Dom’s the word So I watched the BBC profile of Dominic Cummings, which boiled down to this: Cummings directed campaigns against the Euro, the proposed North-eastern Assembly and the EU. I don’t remember the […]

View from the bridge

Lobster Issue

[…] has reached issue 167.77 There will be something there of interest if you are reading this. Owen Jones has an important piece about the pro-Israel bias of BBC reporting of the assault on Gaza.78 It has been followed by a detailed analysis of the BBC staffer at the centre of this, ‘BBC Middle East […]

View from the bridge

Lobster Issue

[…] has reached issue 167.63 There will be something there of interest if you are reading this. Owen Jones has an important piece about the pro-Israel bias of BBC reporting of the assault on Gaza.64 It has been followed by a detailed analysis of the BBC staffer at the centre of this, ‘BBC Middle East […]

The view from the bridge

Lobster Issue

[…] CIA. On the SDP and its American connections see Tom Easton, ‘Who were they travelling with?’ in Lobster 31. 15 Dom’s the word So I watched the BBC profile of Dominic Cummings, which boiled down to this: Cummings directed campaigns against the Euro, the proposed North-eastern Assembly and the EU. I don’t remember the […]

Friends of Israel

Lobster Issue 86 (2023)

[PDF file]: […] embassy-Levy link was not mentioned by Jon Sopel, the Jewish early biographer of Blair16 who went on to become the BBC’s North America editor before joining former BBC Newsnight presenter Emma Maitlis at LBC’s show The News Agents. One of the other Jewish journalism figures holding what Burg called ‘stunningly powerful positions and clout’ […]

Friends of Israel Booth PDF

Lobster Issue

[…] embassy-Levy link was not mentioned by Jon Sopel, the Jewish early biographer of Blair16 who went on to become the BBC’s North America editor before joining former BBC Newsnight presenter Emma Maitlis at LBC’s show The News Agents. One of the other Jewish journalism figures holding what Burg called ‘stunningly powerful positions and clout’ […]

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