This Is The BBC

On A Point Of View BBC radio 4, a 10 minute opinion piece this week will be.Yet another left wing oriented person called Martin Jaques,more of whom at the end.Shall we explore why this tendency to only have left wing people on the BBC is, or shall we look into why cats chase mice or dogs bark.Because of its very nature the BBC cannot be anything other than left wing-liberal.It is possible for a newspaper to be Left or Right wing but it is practically impossible for a public service broadcasting service to be anything other than left wing.Why would it reflect a pro-capitalist ethos when its very existence is predicated upon an ideology that supports a State run broadcasting service ie mixed economy-socialist?To be anything other than what it is would be like proverbial turkeys voting for christmas

I do not complain about the fact that the BBC is a left wing institution,there is a place for left of centre oriented broadcasting station -its just that it should not be funded out of taxation via the licence fee(those who argue that it is not a tax but a fee are engaged in mere semantics).

Then there are those who try risibly and absurdly to deny that the BBC is tendentious but then what else can they do,for if they acknowledge the blindingly obvious fact namely that the instiution is biased the gig will be up and privatisation would be inevitable So they must keep up this absurd fiction about political neutrality.The very idea is a myth as no one can conceal their political inclinations any more than they can conceal their body language -it leaks from them every time they open their mouths.Returning to Martin Jaques.How many people when listening to his first broadcast about China on the Point of View programme will know that for years he was editor of Marxism Today the now defunct magazine?At least he will find the BBC a comfortable spiritual home from home.