tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post3833091255268156945..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: BBC spinCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-38149560926038966872018-06-30T17:11:25.435+01:002018-06-30T17:11:25.435+01:00Re, Steel firm Thyssenkrupp backs Tata merger'...Re, Steel firm Thyssenkrupp backs Tata merger' ... Perhaps the Dutch and German owners have decided that a post-Brexit UK will be a better launchpad into global markets than from their existing base within the EU - especially into the UK's traditional markets and the US.Loondon Callinghttp://otboae.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-78854861593494742802018-06-30T10:00:33.757+01:002018-06-30T10:00:33.757+01:00I you were to travel along the A50 in Staffordshir...I you were to travel along the A50 in Staffordshire, you would see that JCB are expanding their factories and warehouses with new road layouts and bridges. Their own machines are cleverly displayed working of major earth-moving operations.<br /><br />The once small agricultural market town of Uttoxeter is expanding rapidly as a result of the introduction of high-skilled employment in the area, if the recent opening of stores such as Waitrose and Majestic and a new cinema complex are anything to go by.<br /><br />This is business and employment at the heart of England - well away from London. The success of JCB with its stated pro-Brexit policies hold very little interest for the BBC.<br /><br />Loondon Callinghttp://otboae.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-33587463820230174472018-06-30T08:55:51.544+01:002018-06-30T08:55:51.544+01:00There's more from the BBC business pages today...There's more from the BBC business pages today: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44659500<br />'Steel firm Thyssenkrupp backs Tata merger'. What about Brexit? The word doesn't appear throughout the whole article. It must be a serious worry to the BBC that these pesky businesses establish their own trade deals for the future - despite Brexit.Loondon Callinghttp://otboae.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-21475718892127033282018-06-29T13:15:06.703+01:002018-06-29T13:15:06.703+01:00I only wish we had a Government truly dedicated to...I only wish we had a Government truly dedicated to promoting our re-industrialisation, moving us away from the corrupt casino economy centred on the City that successive chancellors have backed. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-50198257399220302942018-06-29T10:24:18.073+01:002018-06-29T10:24:18.073+01:00Yes, the BBC only like to report negatively about ...Yes, the BBC only like to report negatively about UK industry. There was another example of a British firm selling hundreds of lawn mowers to Russia for maintenance of all the world cup football pitches. It received a couple of sentences on the business pages. <br /><br />The owner of the firm concerned is English - living and working well away from the clutches of London and the BBC. Had there been an ethnic dimension such as there was for the manufacture of traditional cricket balls a year or two ago, then we would have been force-fed the glory of such a firm.Loondon Callinghttp://otboae.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-42323382345687959072018-06-29T09:11:11.805+01:002018-06-29T09:11:11.805+01:00I missed the sour 'analysis' in the online...I missed the sour 'analysis' in the online report from Douglas Fraser, Scotland business editor. It ends:<br /><br />"However, this looks like a design which was heavily subsidised by the UK taxpayer, being sold overseas, and wholly to the benefit of BAE Systems. It appears that the UK taxpayer sees none of the direct payback or royalties from that investment."Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-3680710917700766492018-06-29T08:59:02.020+01:002018-06-29T08:59:02.020+01:00It is a constant of BBC reporting that 'jobs&#...It is a constant of BBC reporting that 'jobs' in manufacturing industry are all about 'metal bashing' yet as with the Trident replacement programme a lot of the work is design and project management (the sort of thing girls can do!), relatively well-paid and high skill.<br />While the hulls of the ships will be built in Australia it will be surprising if much of the content, (the 'high skill' stuff) isn't UK-sourced.<br />There are no silver-lined clouds in BBC land and their silver clouds are paper thin and filled with 'buts' and as many negatives that they can drum up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com