Archive for 'Tag Archives: 'Newsnight''

Paxman and Dawkins – Evangelising Militant Atheism

Paxman and Dawkins – Evangelising Militant Atheism

On 13th September 2011, BBC Newsnight aired a conversation between Jeremy Paxman and Professor Richard Dawkins discussing Dawkins’ new book, ‘The Magic of Reality’. The programme seemed to offer Dawkins an almost unchallenged platform to proselytise his position [...]

Stark racism will mean ignoring the real causes of riots in England

Stark racism will mean ignoring the real causes of riots in England

Dr David Starkey comes across as someone who prides himself on how much he can upset others with his strident views. So when he chose to evoke the memory of Enoch Powell’s ‘rivers of blood’ speech [...]