1. They are still reporting that "Clarkson apologises for PM remark" and that
"Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has said he is sorry for calling Gordon Brown a "one-eyed Scottish idiot".
He said: "In the heat of the moment I made a remark about the Prime Minister's personal appearance for which, upon reflection, I apologise." "
On Friday I noted that:
"So he's apologising for the "appearance" part of his comparison, I assume that that is the "one-eyed" part of the phrase "one-eyed Scottish idiot"; I therefore assume that Jeremy Clarkson still considers Gordon Brown to be both "Scottish" and an "idiot" - well said Jezza. I also don't think that Jeremy Clarkson has retracted his comment that
"He keeps telling us everything's fine and he's saved the world and we know he's lying..."
And an article in Saturday's Sun confirmed that:
"after issuing his apology via the BBC, he told The Sun there was one part of his remarks he did not regret — declaring: “I haven’t apologised for calling him an idiot.”
The Sun columnist, whose comments came at a press conference for his Top Gear roadshow in Australia, insisted: “I very specifically apologised for making fun of his personal appearance — very specifically.”
Speaking at his Sydney hotel he stressed: “I have nothing against the Scottish and of course I regret making any remark that might have upset the disabled.
“But the idiot bit — there is no chance I’ll apologise for that.”
I presume the BBC will be updating their coverage of this story to accurately reflect Jeremy Clarkson's opinion, or will they continue to misrepresent him?
2. I note that the BBC have not seen fit to report the lead story in the Mail that:
"Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has claimed more than £116,000 in Commons expenses for a 'second home' while effectively lodging with her sister.
Ms Smith claims the maximum parliamentary second-home allowance, currently a tax-free £24,006 a year, on the detached house in her West Midlands constituency, where her husband and two young children live and which she bought for £300,000 five years ago.
She is able to do so because she has told the Commons authorities that her 'main home' is a house in London owned solely by her sister, Sara, where she stays on some weekdays.
Nor is this the only large expense caused by the Home Secretary's decision to share her sister's house.
Two policemen provide a round-the-clock guard at the South London property, costing taxpayers an estimated £200,000 a year. The two officers are stationed at the property on a shift basis.
There would have been no need for such protection had Ms Smith opted to live in one of two vacant grace-and-favour ministerial homes in Whitehall when she became Home Secretary in 2007 as they already have police protection.
But such a move would have affected Ms Smith's personal finances: Ministers who live in such properties are not allowed to claim the Commons second-home allowance."
I am sure that if a similar claim had been made about a senior Conservative politician the BBC would have covered the story in great detail and Michael Crick would have already started a Newsnight investigation.
The BBC's political bias and brainwashing of the British public stinks and the sooner the BBC is either made to be unbiased or is closed down, the better.
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