Campaign for an English Parliament

Just for once, the British government actually says England when they’re talking about England and what does the BBC do?  Replace England with “Britain”.  I despair, I really do.

Living in rural Britain?

BBC3 is in the early stages of researching a programme about younger people living in rural areas. We are very keen to hear from teenagers and people in their early 20s living in rural communities who feel that they have been affected by the recession.

According to the Commission for Rural Communities there were 9.8 million people living in rural areas of Britain in 2008.

Really?  Let’s just check what the British Commission for English Rural Communities’ website says shall we?

9.8 million people lived in rural England in 2008

I thought Winston Smith was a fictional character, I didn’t realise he was a writer working for the BBC.

A complaint has been submitted to the BBC, naturally …

According to the Commission for Rural Communities there were 9.8 million people living in rural areas of Britain in 2008.”

No, the CRC does NOT say there were 9.8m people living in rural areas of Britain because the CRC is an English department of the British government.

What they actually say is: “9.8 million people lived in rural England in 2008″

http://www.ruralcommunities.gov.uk/events/10bignumbersnovember20091

The BBC employs tens of thousands of researchers and journalists, why do ordinary people like me have to continually correct you on such basic things as understanding the difference between England and Britain when it’s written down in front of you?

England does not mean Britain, it’s not that hard a concept to grasp is it?

Edit:
The article was changed as a result of my complaint at 2am!

Hi Stuart

Thank you for your complaint regarding the figures published by the Commission for Rural Communities for England.

It has now been changed and I’ll send a note to the person who wrote it.