Thursday, September 16, 2004

An absurd suggestion by Shadow defence minister Gerald Howarth that the BBC should have alerted police that the House of Commons was to be invaded by pro-hunting protesters.

For a start, we receive dozens of phone calls, letters and e-mails every day from loons, cranks and self-publicists promising all kinds of apocalyptic acts.

They almost always turn out to be utterly baseless -- and if we reported every single one we'd never get off the phone to Scotland Yard.

Secondly -- and more importantly -- the BBC isn't responsible for security at the House of Commons and those that are made an almighty balls up yesterday.

But when in doubt, blame the BBC.

2 Comments:

Blogger Guy Jean said...

"But when in doubt, blame the BBC."
Or even when there isn't any doubt (that the BBC are not responsible): blaming the BBC is sometimes the only option. Telling the truth is not an option.

6:48 AM  
Blogger Guy Jean said...

Question for our glorious leader: "Which is correct, 'the government IS responsible' or 'the government ARE responsible'?"
Answer: "Neither, the BBC is responsible."

6:50 AM  

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