BBC to Fund S4C
In times of cuts difficult decisions need to be made.
S4C, the Welsh channel costs about £100 million a year to run and is funding now going to be transferred to the BBC. In other words, a proportion of my licence will be used to create programmes that in many cases have an audience that can’t be measured.
If the Welsh are so keen on the Channel, then surely funding should come from the Welsh Assembly! But they are too intelligent to fund such a bloated dinosaur, when there are much more worthy projects about.
The Welsh Call-Up Their Secret Weapon
I thought they were pushing it to hold the Ryder Cup in early October, after this cold summer in the UK, but to hold it in Wales was taking real chances.
So off course the Welsh called out their secret weapon to soak the Americans and ruin their game. It seems to be working as Europe was marginally ahead when play was suspended today.
To make things worse for the Americans, their waterproofs don’t work!
Reputedly, the Americans have been heard asking, if there is a Welsh manufacturer of waterproofs!
Apparently, they ended up buying the gear from ProQuip, who would appear to be a Scottish company. But then they know about rain up there!
The First Welsh-Born Prime Minister Since Lloyd George
Julia Gillard has just become Australian Prime Minister, as Kevin Rudd has stood down. She was born in Barry in South Wales, so becomes the first Welsh-born Prime Minister since Lloyd George.
When will we have a foreign-born Prime Minister? We already have! He was Bonar Law, who was born in the crown colony of New Brunswick, which is now part of Canada.
Think Different, Think Plaid
This was the slogan for the Welsh Nationalists today. I thought plaid was Scottish!
Seriously though, the two Nationalist parties can help the removal of this Labour government. If they do, it would make negotiations interesting in a hung parliament.
How to Attract Business
I really don’t care what language people use in private, but are new powers for the Welsh Assembly to force companies and organisations to provide services in Welsh a good idea?
If I was thinking about relocating a company to Wales, I would think again, as if at some future date, I’d have to go to the expense of providing everything in Welsh as well as English. I would go to part of the UK, where things were less strict. In these days, where business efficiency is the key, then imposing rules like this doesn’t make sense for the vast majority of companies and organisations.
Football in Welsh
This note is in the latest Popbitch.
The December 14th edition of S4C’s Welsh language football show Sgorio picked up a grand total of zero viewers, according to official audience figures.
This can’t be correct, as the presenter’s family would have watched.
A Reason to Turn Off
As I came out of Cambridge this afternoon, Radio 5 was interviewing Mark Serwotka. Now if there is ever a man that makes me reach for the off switch or change to another channel, it is him.
I’ve nothing particular against the Welsh, but his voice and the same moans about everything he is always droning on about, make me wonder if they were glad when he left. I don’t think I’ve ever heard him say anything positive about anything!
So I switched him off.
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