This morning I've been on childminding duty, with the smallest of the Baby Bishop keeping me occupied with a variety of more or less charming antics. The weather has cheered up (well, it's above freezing and the sun's out) and so we got out for some fresh air.
Duly refreshed and with fifteen minutes to kill before lunch, we switched on the television and caught a programme called Barnaby Bear on CBeebies. I don't know why I still let the children watch anything the BBC produces, I really don't, and true to form even Barnaby Bear managed to be infuriating. Yes folks, BBC output for preschoolers is just as disgustingly political as the rest of its output. Can anyone at the BBC stand up and tell me that it is considered suitable for preschoolers to watch a section about roads protesters at Twyford Down? Complete with Lord Porritt bawling into a loudhailer? I know he's a hero to those on the left, but this is meant to be a programme for the under fives, for heaven's sake! Barnaby Bear and the Twyford Down protesters? What planet are these people on?