UK and European Politics 2024 Thread

[tavyred]

Have you got a link to that blurb? Be good to see the detail juxtaposed against this from 2 days ago.

"Mr Thomas has never made any claims of serving in combat directly himself."

Plymouth Moor View: Row over candidate's military service record

A row has erupted after a political candidate accused his rival of lying about his military record.

www.bbc.co.uk

The controversy surrounds a Guardian article which he links to from his website where they claim he served in combat missions. So yes no direct claim from him at least, but the still live link is problematic for him if wants to represent himself accurately I suppose.

Fred Thomas for Plymouth Moor View | Labour

Find out about Fred Thomas' campaign against the Tories to become the next Labour MP for Plymouth Moor View.

www.fredthomas.win

BTW, any info on that ‘right wing slant’ you say exists every week on the panels of BBCQT?

 

[DB9]

The controversy surrounds a Guardian article which he links to from his website where they claim he served in combat missions. So yes no direct claim from him at least, but the still live link is problematic for him if wants to represent himself accurately I suppose.

Fred Thomas for Plymouth Moor View | Labour

Find out about Fred Thomas' campaign against the Tories to become the next Labour MP for Plymouth Moor View.

www.fredthomas.win

BTW, any info on that ‘right wing slant’ you say exists every week on the panels of BBCQT?

When you put BBCQT, I miss read it and thought you were talking about BBC Gardeners World and thought I didn't realise Monty Don was accused of being right wing!

 

[Spoonz Red E]

BTW, any info on that ‘right wing slant’ you say exists every week on the panels of BBCQT?

BBC Question Time: analysis of guests over nine years suggests an overuse of rightwing voices

The top five most frequent non-politician panellists all write for The Spectator.

theconversation.com

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[tavyred]

BBC Question Time: analysis of guests over nine years suggests an overuse of rightwing voices

The top five most frequent non-politician panellists all write for The Spectator.

theconversation.com

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I thought I’d explained perhaps the reasoning behind that.
We maybe arguing at cross purposes, but if the lone right wing voice is a Tory MP and they’re up against a Labour and a Liberal politician it’s only natural that the panel is padded out with a right wing media type.

 

[tavyred]

Rumours on X that the Tory betting scandal is about to get REALLY bad!

 

[Grecian2K]

Rumours on X that the Tory betting scandal is about to get REALLY bad!

Ooooh. Pray tell please!

 

[DB9]

Rumours on X that the Tory betting scandal is about to get REALLY bad!

Worth putting any money on it?

 

[Spoonz Red E]

I thought I’d explained perhaps the reasoning behind that.
We maybe arguing at cross purposes, but if the lone right wing voice is a Tory MP and they’re up against a Labour and a Liberal politician it’s only natural that the panel is padded out with a right wing media type.

This is where I disagree.

We have distinct political parties in the UK so the party political balance reflects the electorate.
The Liberals were most recently in government as a coalition with the Conservatives.

To label all the non Tory parties as 'left wing progressive' brings up two interesting sequiturs ...

• The 'socially conservative UK' (your definition) somehow votes left wing progressive in the main.
• The 'left leaning' BBC (your definition) has, for years, somehow strived to make their panels more right wing.

It's not as if the non party right wingers were bringing real alternative voices as a lot of them were/are openly Conservative cheerleaders in their respective journalistic or 'independent think tank' roles.

 

[DB9]

Don't worry. I'm locked and loaded now.

And to think - there's folks claiming I make shìt up.

DB9 - The Wikipedia Rubbisher.

Megalolz

<thanks spoonz>

From Wikipedia itself, Gaffaw!

Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a reliable source - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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[Mr Jinx]

From Wikipedia itself, Gaffaw!

Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a reliable source - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

.

This is priceless.

Next up. Art's rag, the Graun...

Cuban missile crisis, 60 years on: what the Russians left behind

Villagers became enmeshed in a battle for nuclear dominance – with the showdown leading Cuba to become one of the most militarised states in the world

www.theguardian.com

Off you go mate...I'm here all night.