The BBC may be biased but it is a superior product.
“Would a united Ireland really say goodbye to the BBC?” No better example of the complex relationships not just between North and South but between Ireland and Britain than our intertwined media ecologies. The Irish Times.
Hugh Linehan correctly observing “Irish people consume a lot of British media.”
And Fintan O’Toole in the Irish Times.
“It remained (though we don’t like to acknowledge this) closely intertwined with Britain, not least through the sharing of a common popular culture.”
The UK poor economic outlook.
Andrew Bailey warning “Tariffs and ageing population threaten UK economy. Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves face ‘strong headwinds’ against growth, according to the Bank of England governor.” The Times.
Adolescence - the many reasons why people are still watching and talking about it.
Why does the fictional killing of a white girl by a white boy get more headlines than the actual killing of 12 year old Leo Ross by a 14 year old boy.
As I said here:
Brits ignore kids stabbing kids
In Sir Keir Starmer’s infuriating speech announcing a public inquiry into the Southport massacre he blamed many things for the atrocious act. It was Amazon’s fault. It was the knife’s fault. And it was of course, the fault of social media. (These days, you can blame anything on social media.)
The underarm serve in tennis is a sign of civilisational collapse.
There is such a thing as manners. And the underarm serve is not it.
Discraceful and poor sportsmanship.
A reminder:
On Irish unity
The issue of Irish unity was back on the news after the Irish Times carried out a survey on Irish unification. Support for Irish unification is growing but it is still some way off. In addition, most people in the South want unification on their own terms.
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