Grown in small orchards in Switzerland, or large plantations in parts of Italy such as the Po Valley, the spaghetti-tree hoax struck Britain, its citizens mostly unfamiliar with much to do with spaghetti at the time, in a shocking display of flat-out humour by the famously reliable BBC.
The report provided footage of an Italian family harvesting, sun drying, and serving homegrown spaghetti in a segment a little under three minutes long.
I rarely feel compelled to write official letters of complaint about news articles, even if I disagree with them, but the BBC's hack piece on ADHD has already done so much damage. And there's a documentary on ADHD tonight by the same journalist which will probably do even more damage. I will reserve judgement on the latter until I watch it, but I'm not holding out hope.
Exclusive: Labour's former head of disputes says he was driven to the brink of suicide amid pressure put on him by leader's aides
Labour’s former head of disputes has accused Jeremy Corbyn of having done more than “any modern day political figure since the Second World War to bring about the rise of antisemitism.”
Sam Matthews – who lifted the lid on his time working for the party on Wednesday night's damning BBC Panorama expose of Labour’s handling of complaints involving Jew-hate – tells the JC how he was driven to the brink of suicide as a result of the intense pressure put on him by Mr Corbyn’s closest aides to deliver their extremist political project.
Mr Matthews reveals how during his two-year tenure working at Labour’s headquarters in central London, he personally witnessed interference in a raft of high profile antisemitism cases by Mr Corbyn as well as senior party figures such as general secretary Jennie Formby, chief of staff Karie Murphy, Seumas Milne, the leader’s director of strategy and Andrew Murray, another key Corbyn adviser.
“My view is that Jeremy Corbyn has done more than anyone in modern political history to bring about the rise of antisemitism,” he says.
“I saw first-hand the way his people operate and the way they allowed it to happen. I witnessed a deliberate attempt by these people to redefine what constituted modern day antisemitism – mainly so they could let their mates off the charge.
“After Jeremy became leader, he opened the floodgates and allowed people to join the Labour Party who never would have been allowed anywhere near it in the past.
“Whether he himself is an antisemite or not is an irrelevance. He is the biggest friend antisemites have had since the Second World War."
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