by Rab Bruce’s Spider

It’s been a busy week for political news. We’ve had the scandal of an MSP who suffers from asthma paying £4.68 for a short taxi ride to ensure she arrived at a talk on time, we’ve had the continuing shambles of Brexit, with the Tories seemingly intent on coming away with no deal at all from the discussions, we’ve had the Spanish Government moving into full Fascist mode in their treatment of Catalan independence supporters, and we’ve had the startling news that Colonel Davidson is to appear on a celebrity version of Bake Off.

This latter news has raised much scorn amongst Yessers but, to be fair to the Colonel, she is doing it for charity, so fair play to her for that. The fact that she will gain extra publicity and her appearance is being relentlessly promoted by the BBC is par for the course. The best advice is simply not to watch the programme. Unreliable sources claim she will be serving up a large portion of mince followed by Empire 2.0 biscuits.

But the biggest news of the week surely must be that the BBC has not reported on the biggest news of the week. We fully expect them to ignore the First Minister’s international visits and speeches, but to ignore the latest admission from the Office for National Statistics is quite breath-taking even for the BBC. The ONS, it seems, has been miscalculating the UK’s wealth and has now admitted that some £490bn has had to be removed from the calculations. That’s nearly half a trillion pounds!

With inflation hitting a new high, and the Bank of England under increasing pressure to raise interest rates, this news is pretty cataclysmic for the UK economy. With businesses leaving and Brexit clearly going to have an enormously detrimental effect on all of our lives, this adjustment to the perceived wealth of the UK really should be major news. The fact that it isn’t shows, if any doubt remained, that the BBC is nothing more than a tool of the British State which provides propaganda rather than actual news. To make matters worse, they know a great many people still trust them, so they are not going to change. They will carry on misleading us right to the bitter end. Let’s hope that end isn’t too far away.