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SCOTS ARE SECOND CLASS
CITIZENS
30th January 2009 A spokesman for the BBC has denied that they had anything to do with the length of time Glenn Loovens was made to wait before taking his penalty kick in Wednesday's League Cup semi-final. Whether you believe that or not it was obvious to all that Loovens was made to wait and Artur Boruc could clearly be seen complaining to the referee about it. Luckily it didn't matter in the end but what is apparent is the fact that the people of Scotland continue to be treated like second class citizens where the BBC is concerned. The match started off on BBC1 Scotland then viewers were told to switch to BBC2 Scotland then just as Loovens was about to take his penalty it was back to BBC1 Scotland, what an absolute farce! Can you in your wildest imagination picture an FA Cup semi-final between Arsenal and Spurs being switched from BBC1 to BBC2 then back to BBC1 because the News then Newsnight was coming on? No, neither can I and arrangements would have been made in advance to suit if the match went to extra-time and penalties, the News would have been delayed. As far as I'm aware the TV licence fee for those of us in Scotland is the same at £139.50 as it is for those in England yet we get landed with an inferior service from the BBC. I'm not just talking about the Celtic v Dundee United match (and that wasn't the only time the channel hopping has happened by the way, it's a regular occurrence), I'm talking about the fact that there are BBC TV regions all over England who have their own local weather and news reports yet we in Scotland have one to cover the whole country. The BBC Scotland spokesman commented that "It was well flagged up in the listing that the schedule might be subject to change if the match was extended", eh.. so that's okay then is it? It's just not cricket as they say in Englandshire but of course if it had been then the News would have been confined to the red button.
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