steviewevie Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 12 minutes ago, Matt42 said: The big issue with the licence fee debate is kicking off again. It’s a bloody complex one. People who are very right think the BBC is very left. People who are pretty left think the BBC is very right. It’s a really bizarre one. I think both parties are wrong personally. I think the issue is that both parties usually despise hearing opinions different from their own, and feel like because they are paying for this service it should reflect what they believe. Don’t really know how this will ever get sold as people gradually divide to become more and more either left or right leaning. Problem is how it is funded. They are effectively cutting funding now with this freeze and with inflation, so BBC will produce less, and export less. Not sure political bias cones into it, Tories don't like it because it's publicly funded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ozanne Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 6 minutes ago, steviewevie said: You have to wonder just how many there are in total. It's becoming very silly now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan1984 Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 I see Useless Dowden - who was culture secretary last year - is now claiming he wants to fix the culture in no. 10. After doing his utmost to destroy culture everywhere over the past two years. Incompetence seaps out of every pore of that man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozanne Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 Oh dear… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrelarmy Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 7 minutes ago, Ozanne said: Oh dear… Wonder how much of that £4.3bn ended up in the pockets of Tory doners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewevie Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 They think the military will blow up boats of migrants or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewevie Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 Nothing like a bit of BBC and migrant bashing to excite the base and save Bojo's neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 14 hours ago, steviewevie said: This is from biased BBC's Nick Eardley... Sue Gray's report is a fact-finding mission but within government it is expected she will say whether various gatherings were appropriate or not. She will not say whether gatherings or parties broke the law - or what any punishments should be. There is no date scheduled for its publication yet. The hope is it can be published as soon as possible - possibly by the end of the week. However, I understand because some allegations have just come to light, it is possible it could be published the week after. she's got a lot to do, there's eighteen parties to be investigated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Fish Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 Its pretty clear at this point that life largely went on as normal inside number 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrelarmy Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 34 minutes ago, Neil said: she's got a lot to do, there's eighteen parties to be investigated. The number of parties held by Tories are growing at an exponential rate. We’re going to need some Sage Analysis on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattiloy Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 It has nothing to do with the perceived bias. Its an excuse. The BBC is one of the biggest media organisations in the world with a brand that is more or less the gold standard for news and reporting and programming that is syndicated everywhere. The capital value of the BBC is in the tens of billions of £. It would easily be one of the largest companies on the FTSE. As with royal mail, as with the utilies, as with student loans, as with rail, as with the NHS - privatising the BBC would end up being extremely profitable for the private money that fills in the vacuum left by the government pulling out. Thats what its really about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 12 minutes ago, mattiloy said: privatising the BBC would end up being extremely profitable for the private money that fills in the vacuum left by the government pulling out. Thats what its really about. i reckon they'd be a good case for awarding the shares rto those households who pay the last five years of licence fee,. if that idea took and stuck it'd screw up the govt plans. after they came for the bbc, they came for the nhs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lycra Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 I expect we're going to see a rash of announcements. Anything and everything to try and distract the public and move the issue on. It's a well known tactic. Expect a reannouncement of building a bridge to Ireland and combining it with a garden! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 8 minutes ago, Lycra said: I expect we're going to see a rash of announcements. Anything and everything to try and distract the public and move the issue on. It's a well known tactic. Expect a reannouncement of building a bridge to Ireland and combining it with a garden! more govt by bullshit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan1984 Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 26 minutes ago, Lycra said: I expect we're going to see a rash of announcements. Anything and everything to try and distract the public and move the issue on. It's a well known tactic. Expect a reannouncement of building a bridge to Ireland and combining it with a garden! One of the papers yesterday said part of ‘Operation Save Big Dog’ was populist announcements… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
found home in 2009 Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 On 1/15/2022 at 11:38 PM, Ozanne said: I’m not sure on that yet as I think it’ll galvanise the Tories and potentially draw a line under it. However it could also tar the Tories by sticking with Johnson. I think it’s probably wise to wait, see what else comes out and then call the VONC after something else damaging is out. The other aspect is that it doesn’t trigger a GE straight away. Under the FTPA there would be 2 weeks for someone to be able to command the confidence of the Commons, if no one can’t then an election is called. It would be too messy for the Tories as they’d either have to go into an election with Johnson or rush a leadership election. The Lib Dems have now tabled a Vote of No Confidence:https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/lib-dems-motion-of-no-confidence-johnson/ Hopefully Labour will back them in opposing the Tories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 7 minutes ago, found home in 2009 said: Hopefully Labour will back them in opposing the Tories. doesn't much matter, the tories have the numbers to win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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steviewevie Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 Look over there...BBC, MIGRANTS, STARMER HAVING A BEER! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Fish Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 (edited) 6 minutes ago, steviewevie said: The nations kids went without Birthday parties... My kids are rightly pissed off at the fat twat. Edited January 17 by Barry Fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
found home in 2009 Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 The Tories have found 2 ways to make me angry in one day. Their attack on the BBC is horrible news, but they are also planning an attack on end to end encryption, which is the digital equivalent of saying nobody should have locks on their house doors:https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/revealed-uk-government-publicity-blitz-to-undermine-privacy-encryption-1285453/?fbclid=IwAR3Nm8Q8U6XzR5QYKnZZtb_fy3iY0eV-1uf9HxDAVaQPF41pvhpelcLUIUQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 9 minutes ago, steviewevie said: Look over there...BBC, MIGRANTS, STARMER HAVING A BEER! i want to upvote this, but am w orried it might look like i'm approving the words, which i'm not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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