British TV News - What News?

Having watched a bit of ITV news just to balance my suspicions about the BBC I swiftly came to the conclusion that all British TV news is shite.

We were treated to spectacle of The Spawn of the Manse doing his hand gestures in Pakistan - but no mention of the fact that he's bunging them over £400 million quid (see last post) while back here in Blighty the economy is going down the toilet.

We were treated to one or two other items, I can't remember what the hell they were now, but nothing of great note.

There was no mention about the pound dropping in the currency markets and being worth less than a euro.

But we did get plenty of 'news' about the Strictly Come Dancing phone-in fiasco and something else to do with X-Factor. Then everything turned into Sport and I passed out with rage.

There was nothing on tv about RIPA back in 1990; there has been almost nothing about ID cards or the National Identity Register (apart from one programme very recently); nothing on ContactPoint and absolutely nothing about the (temporarily delayed) Communications Retention Bill, which will usher in the police state so many people are keen to ignore.

And there is never, EVER anything about the EU, unless it absolutely unavoidable. Interesting to see what happens when the Brussels commissars compel the Irish to vote again on the Lisbon Constitution.