tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post2599830452884024033..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: Mark Easton has the answerCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-27794842407959967292018-06-09T16:21:09.295+01:002018-06-09T16:21:09.295+01:00Yes, good point. And Easton would never admit that...Yes, good point. And Easton would never admit that some of the most dynamic high growth or prosperous economies on the planet are not members of transnational blocs: China, S Korea, Singapore, Japan, Australia and New Zealand come to mind. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-13962148361130182032018-06-09T13:32:29.423+01:002018-06-09T13:32:29.423+01:00Excellent observation.Excellent observation.Ozfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17351381043702605990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-13063544662834215732018-06-09T13:21:31.436+01:002018-06-09T13:21:31.436+01:00I suspect that a majority of the older people East...I suspect that a majority of the older people Easton patronizes voted Leave with a sense of optimism that things could change for the better and that they would regain some measure of control over the political life of the country. Of course this isn't the kind of optimism Easton wants to hear about or the sort of control he wants the public to have.<br />If he has found diminishing optimism it is probably much to do with project fear and the increasing perception that the government is trying it's best to destroy the possibility of real control for the British people.<br />Of course Easton isn't going to give that view any credit or exposure even if he is capable of perceiving it.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02861761053996464078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-4495542048378234782018-06-09T12:29:15.359+01:002018-06-09T12:29:15.359+01:00How many people, even "old" people, have...How many people, even "old" people, have a mantel clock in their home these days? I think it's Easton who's living in the past. Perhaps his grandma once told him she didn't like his purple flares. (BTW, he's coming up to 60 himself which might explain the age obsession - sharp suits can only disguise the ageing process up to a point).Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-73730201557283073922018-06-09T10:38:13.029+01:002018-06-09T10:38:13.029+01:00His BBC News website piece about it begins:
"...His BBC News website piece about it begins:<br /><br />"The saccharine aroma of reminiscence pervades many an English front parlour. As mantel clocks tick, the faces of England stare regretfully through net curtains, yearning for yesterday."<br /><br />And ends:<br /><br />"Optimism is in short supply and a beguiling nostalgia threatens to turn into resentment or bitterness. Instead of listening to the mantel clock ticking, reminiscing for a lost age, England needs to find a way to reconnect with its citizenry."<br /><br />https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44357001Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-18136647476091868572018-06-09T09:56:48.302+01:002018-06-09T09:56:48.302+01:00I saw a lot of the "The Mark Easton Show"...I saw a lot of the "The Mark Easton Show" on Thursday in what puports to be the 10 O'Clock News on BBC 1. As you say, pure advocacy (and one motivated by wider, unspoken, concerns about the big project...advancing PC multiculturalism and the European superstate). <br /><br />He must have hunted hard for those pro-English parliament voices among the "posh", "eccentric" and "nostalgic" country set. I should think it's the last thing on their minds. But if you ask them - and I am sure Easton did in many different ways - they will tell you they don't like SNP members deliberating on English matters while we can't deliberate on Scottish matters.<br /><br />The snippets of conversation we saw were I am sure the result of several minutes of conversation with Easton steering them into the desired statements. From what I could see, the people simply wanted Scottish MPs at Westminster to be prevented from voting on purely English matters, which isn't really the same as saying you want a whole new bureaucracy and system of governance known as an "English Parliament" being set up. <br /><br />And then we had the nonsense of whether people feel they "influence" their council in some Easton-approved model council (like one of those exemplary Maoist villages), with some dubious stats being quoted (a minority yes suddenly became a majority yes once the Master Magician had a excluded a huge number of don't knows). <br /><br />Actually now I think about it, Mark does have something of the sharp-suited magician about him (as well as an unprincipled estate agent) - able to make things appear and disappear. "Pick a card, any card"...but he knows the card always says: "You have chosen to become part of a vibrant PC multiculturalist society and even if you haven't yet you will soon." Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.com