2 days ago by Charles Kuffner

Mark Thompson has ended his candidacy for Governor. “There’s just too many people running,” Thompson said. “Any time someone jumps in, they cut your percentages down.” Thompson said last week he was considering ending his bid. He had said he had launched his campaign earlier in the year assuming he ...

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6 days ago by Gordon Cheng

Ooh, ooh, I'm so excited! I was in at Moore College yesterday and ducked into the bookshop to pick up Calvin by Bruce Gordon. All the cool kids—you know, people like Colin Bale and Mark Thompson reckon this is the Calvin bio to get. And I've got it! Be still my beating heart. I must remember not to ...

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10 days ago by metamorphe

How much money does a man need? Today we learn that the BBC are due to cut back on pay for their top executives and lose some posts. Director General, Mark Thompson was paid £834,000 last year while Caroline Thomson, the chief operating officer, received £413,000. Other top earners include the deput ...

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12 days ago by Noah Joseph

Filed under: Motorsports, Police/Emergency, UK Since falling from its glory days of yore - when it won nine constructors championships an seven drivers titles - the Williams F1 team has been desperate to light a fire under its drivers and engineers to get back to its winning form. But we don't think ...

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15 days ago by aroundthesphere

There's a war on out there...

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15 days ago by Karen

Somewhere along the line – before or after Stonewall, I don’t know – some in the LGBT liberation movement realized that as a “different” people with our own significant contribution to make, we needed to record and remember our past and nurture and create our future. Gay Liberation/LA and Radical Fa ...

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16 days ago by Roberto Lucena

Manifestantes invadiram nesta quinta-feira o principal prédio usado pela BBC para a produção de programas de TV, em Londres, durante um protesto contra a decisão da emissora de colocar no ar o maior líder da extrema direita do país. Reuters (Foto) Policiais tentam conter manifestantes em frente ao p ...

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16 days ago by thesearethenews

After the runaway success of last night’s Question Time, Mark Thompson has announced that every BBC show must feature ’at least one bigot’. This new announcement clears the way for the controversial, yet popular, racist Anton du Beke to remain on Strictly Come Dancing. Other notable names rumoured t ...

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17 days ago by Common Sense

The GRIFFIN HAS LANDED After a great deal of somewhat scattergun controversy, BBC1’s Question Time was finally broadcast this evening. The programme usually manages to keep its nose clean but, on this occasion, it had extended an invitation to the leader of the British National Party, Nick Griffin. ...

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17 days ago by Alex Knapp

Mark Thompson has a very good post in which he urges conservatives to start challenging the policies that have been motivating the movement since the 1960s and instead adapt to more contemporary challenges. I think that he makes his best point about the state of current conservatism here: In the fac ...

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