Strong and Effective

The best news programme on television is Jeff Randall Live. Good well researched interviews on the issues which affect us all and in particular our prosperity. I cannot understand though why they have to withdraw or postpone it when there is some reality type event unfolding. Very few reality type events need continuous coverage. They are as boring and futile as Big Brother. The Jackson Doctor's trial falls into the Big Brother category but who is watching it? Not even a fan of Jackson is going to follow the trial as it is like watching paint dry. All it merits is no more than the most cursory report in a main news bulletin. Sky News should have another channel for reality type news or another channel for serious news just like the BBC with its taxpayer funded channels. Our broadcasting laws must be changed so that channels like Sky News can take a different political stance to the one taken by the left leaning BBC. No doubt the Labour party would object just as they object to anything that smacks of redressing the balance in broadcasting to somewhere in the middle. Talking about Labour reminds me that Miliband gave a press conference today at which he complained that Cameron is being weak and ineffective over the Fox affair. He, of course, is such a strong and effective leader of his party that he was unable to hold the press conference on his own but needed Balls to support him. His strength and effectiveness have been amply displayed in another sphere as it seems Dan Hodges has lost his job at the New Statesman because he was less than gushing about the great Labour Leader. See Guido Fawkes here.