On March 1st 2016 news emerged that suggested the BBC Trust was doomed. An independent review concluded the BBC’s in-house regulatory body was flawed. Sir David Clementi, who led the independent review, said there was a need for “fundamental reform”.…
Monitoring BBC Scotland political output
Just over a week ago former First Minister Alex Salmond called out the ‘mongers of doom’ who were predicting calamity for the Scottish economy. The intervention followed inaccurate predictions that Scotland’s economy was about to go into recession. The roll-call…
Scottish GDP growth was a hammer blow for BBC Scotland
I’m not going to write a preamble to this article. I’m just going to come straight to the point. BBC Scotland smashed its Charter to bits on Wednesday when it attempted to manipulate the news narrative prior to Scotland’s GDP…
Grenfell and the BBC Scotland sham investigation
“I wish I hadn’t woken them” said a man the day after the full horror of the Grenfell Tower tragedy became clear, “they’d have died in their sleep without knowing”. Sometimes it’s better not to alert people to pending, but…
Respected commentator Margaret Curran
Regular readers of my articles will know that I have long argued that the so-called ‘newspaper reviews’ that are broadcast on Good Morning Scotland should be scrapped. The slots on the midweek version of the show are all too often…
GMS – Analysis of an interview
On Wednesday June 28th, Good Morning Scotland broadcast a discussion between the host of the programme Gary Robertson, and his BBC colleague Glenn Campbell. The discussion centred on a statement given to the Scottish Parliament the day before by First…
Indyref2 – Nicola Sturgeon played a blinder and Unionists know it
I watched Nicola Sturgeon make her statement yesterday. I watched the question and answer session that followed. I was extremely happy when it all concluded. From what I saw on social media, fellow Yessers were similarly impressed. Make no mistake,…
What will the FM say this week on the subject of a second Indyref?
Nicola Sturgeon is expected to reveal the results of her party’s general election ‘reflection’ this coming week. That reflection will of course include the small matter of a second independence referendum [IR2]. The First Minister deftly avoided being bounced into…