One of the funniest pieces of video documentary I have seen for years

Take a trip over to David Thompson and watch all six of the videos. A marvelous set of videos from this 1980s documentary showing how a collection of socialists really couldn't manage to produce a left wing Sunday paper. Absolutely hysterical if are in the right mood; the factionalism, the bickering and the sheer ineptitude are breathtaking. You will love the "political correctness" around the recruitment process and Jon Pilger being as always right as ever he was. I found the video of Neil Kinnock singing and being a general pillock especially enjoyable.


The real punchline though is that some of this bunch of jokers became and/or are now in senior positions within the media. One of them became the chief editor for several newspapers and another one became head of documentaries for the BBC. So at least one of the great failures was still able to spread their left wing bias but this time at the taxpayers expense. So laugh at the story of their failure but the last laugh may be on us.