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History Forum / General / British History / July 2004_Government Considering Dismantling BBC_
Hmmmmmmm... Sounds like an excellent idea... -------------------------- "Government considering dismantling BBC" Sun Feb 15, 4:01 AM ET LONDON (AFP) - The government is considering a plan to break up the BBC and remove its independent status in the wake of a bitter row with the state-funded broadcaster over the Iraq war, a report said. Government papers detailing possible changes to the BBC's structure proposed breaking it into separate regional entities for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, The Sunday Times said. The documents, which the newspaper said had been drawn up by "senior civil servants", also suggested that the job of ensuring the BBC's impartiality could be taken away from the corporation's board of governors. The BBC, which is independently run despite being financed by public money through a compulsory television licence, is currently facing perhaps the worst breakdown in relations with the government in its 82-year history." [...] http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1537&ncid=1537&e=3&u=/af p/20040215/wl_uk_afp/britain_politics_media_040215090138 DSH >Hmmmmmmm... > >Sounds like an excellent idea... sounds like Tony Blair is rewrtiing Eric Authur Blair. >-------------------------- > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > >DSH  SignatureMember - Liberal International On 11 Sept 2001 the WORLD was violated. This is doctor@nl2k.ab.ca Ici doctor@nl2k.ab.ca Society MUST be saved! Extremists must dissolve. Time to see the eternal relegation of Man U, Liverpool, Everton and Millwall > Hmmmmmmm... > > Sounds like an excellent idea... > -------------------------- > > "Government considering dismantling BBC" No it isn't, it's just another News International wet dream. You're terribly behind with the news today, it was denied before you sent the post... Do get with the programme, if you're going to try and trash British institutions please try and get your blow in at least before the official denial. SignatureWilliam Black ------------------ Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government Since the US was the world's military superpower *before* the Cold War ended, it would have had to unilaterally disarm after the Cold War to change that status. The US is still a military superpower because of a number of reasons: 1.Unilateral disarmament and appeasement have not appealed to most Americans (outside the inner circle of the Democratic Party) and were largely discredited in the 1940s. While military spending *was* dramatically reduced in the 1990s, not even the feckless Clinton Administration seriously considered complete disarmament. 2. Most of Europe *did* unilaterally disarm after the collapse of the Soviet Union -- not that most of them carried their share of the defense burden before the Soviet Union collapsed. Thus the US became comparatively stronger than its only plausible military rival. Sadly for the Euros, the money saved from their disarmament was thrown down the rathole of economically useless social spending. 3. The third world is (and has been) militarily ineffective compared with the West. Since most Post Cold War military actions take place in the third world, the US military advantage is exaggerated. 4. Geography bestows on the US the advantages of being a large continental power (ala Germany, Napoleonic France) *and* being an island power (ala Great Britain). As a result, American military is structured for power projection. 5. The US has a freer economy than any major industrialized power. This allows it to spend a comparatively small percentage of its GNP yet fund a very capable military. 6. Saddam Hussein's ill-conceived invasion of Kuwait reminded everyone that the end of the Soviet Union did not automatically eliminate the need for military power. Coming so soon after the effective collapse of the USSR (the nominal collapse occurred a year later), this prevented the ridiculous notion of unilateral disarmament from getting any traction. --Ty |
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