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Yes @Mark Hodgson
I started at Kendal stone circle, up the pike then walked out of town west across to the new Whisky distillery, west to the secret stone circle and hitched into Cockermouth, then hitched to Wigton the next day.
stewgreen
In that episode he told how he of course voted for Hillary despite listing her many faults,
Mon, Tue, Wed also voted for her
Today's guy said nothing about voting ..just said that Trump MIGHT not be that bad
call that "an illustration of how the BBC, on occasion, can be balanced and non partisan" if you want
That's like saying that BBC presents BOTH sides of the political spectrum
........Left
................... and Far Left
stewgreen
Mark. The programmes can of course be listened to using the BBC app. I particularly recommend Thursday's programme by Andrew Sullivan which examines the reasons Climton lost - fascinating.
I haven't been called Gunner for more than half a century, but at the time was inordinately pleased with my nickname.
ACK
Londoners getting an early feel for blackout Britain.
Nothing to do with a shortage of supply but it's good to see the right people suffer first.
TinyCO2
Alan (if I may, or Gunner if you prefer):
Sorry I missed "Letter from America". I always used to enjoy it when it was presented by Alistair Cooke. The BBC isn't all bad, but it could be so much better!
Mark Hodgson
Mark Hodgson. Agreed about News 24, except that at certain times of the day and through the week there are special 30min programmes on a diversity of subjects. The BBC would argue that News 24 ought not to be viewed continuously. Like Sky News it's a rolling news vehicle, so that someone switching on usually only has to wait 30mins to hear all the news headlines. And that's the problem, that's all they are.
I also much enjoy From our own correspondant, and its equivalent From our own home correspondant. I also have enjoyed this week the series Letter from America giving very different viewpoints about the USA election - an illustration of how the BBC, on occasion, can be balanced and non partisan.
If this is to be our last exchange on this subject may say how much I have enjoyed it. Thank you.
ACK
4:02 PM stewgreen
I followed the proceedings of the now defunct Energy and Climate Change Committee - your mentioning of "clapping seals" brought it all back... really
The politicisation of stuff that has feck-all to do with politics and the abject foolishness that ensues never ceases to amaze me. The sales spiel for Miliband's Labour Party failed effort to sell socialist electrons is a stand-out in that department.
tomo
stewgreen:
Actually I'm in Cockermouth, though I get to Wigton regularly, as the parents-in-law live nearby. The little-known section of the Roman Wall west of Carlisle along the Solway coast is worth a visit. I do like Burgh-by-Sands.
ACK:
There definitely isn't that much between us re the BBC, but I'll have one last moan if I may, and then I promise to leave it. Try watching News 24 on BBC for an hour or two, and see how you get on - you'll see 2 weather forecasts, perhaps quite a lot of sport headlines, and the same news stories about 3 times (more if you watch for 2 hours). You will actually see very little news (or perhaps I should say very few news stories). Given how many news reporters the BBC has all over the world, I find it extraordinary that they can't be bothered to use a 24/7 news channel to tell us lots of stuff from all over the world.
On the plus side, I do like listening to "From our own correspondent" on Radio 4, where you do get to hear lots of this stuff, and it's often quirky and off-beat too, getting beneath the skin of the countries they're based in. That's rather good.
Mark Hodgson
@Mark Hodgson ah you're in Wigton in 2014 I walked from the film factory to the coast and along Hadrian's wall back towards Carlisle.
stewgreen
AFAIK American's -ize , British -ise