So Chris Morris is going to put his mucky paws all over our General Election, claiming he's undertaking Reality Checks? The branding is a thin disguise for anti-Conservative opinion pieces. Let's see his latest:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50222315
In this he examines the Conservative Party slogan: Get Brexit Done. Have they analysed "For The Many Not The Few" on Reality Check one wonders...
Well it seems to me this is exactly the sort of thing the BBC should NOT be doing - second guessing political slogans. Chris doesn't waste time. In the first para he is already concluding that the Conservatives have got it wrong and "it's not that simple".
He then misleadingly claims that "Brexit has been pushed back to 31 January 2020" before immediately contradicting himself by conceding it could take place before then.
He claims that Brexit will be "loved and hated in equal measure". No evidence given for this assertion. At the Referendum a million more people loved than hated the idea. But for Chris 52-48 has become 50-50.
Morris uses Remainer language throughout, referring to the WA as setting out the "divorce" agreement. This suggests a union of two parties, but that was never the case: we joined a club. A better analogy would be settling the bar bill.
At the end of the opinion piece he states: "Whatever happens in the next few months, the fallout from the Brexit referendum will remain with us for years to come."
The dictionary definition of "fallout" is "the adverse results of a situation or action". That is a very biased word to use in context.
Checking out Chris Morris's other Reality Check post since the election began - General election 2019: What does 'clean-break Brexit' mean? - this 'reality checks' Nigel Farage and Ann Widdecombe's talk of a 'clean-break Brexit' and finds it wanting. It's "highly unlikely to happen" for starters, 'just walking away' is "not sustainable" and claims that 'no deal' is a misleading term because a series of mini-deals have already been done are simply "wrong". So that's them told!
It will be interesting to keep a close eye on all Chris Morris's Reality Check pieces during this election. How many will check the anti-Brexit side's claims? How many will 'reality check' the Lib Dems or Labour?
Will he check the Green Party's absurd claim that we as a species will become extinct within 25 years if we don't adopt a 100% non-carbon emissions policy within just over 5 years? Will he check the Labour Party's claim that the Conservatives have a plan to sell off the NHS in the next Parliament?
ReplyDeleteFor the many not the few would work if it was preceded with the word poverty. Jeremy has been fighting racism all his life is another one Chris Morris might like to look at.
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