tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post3643445650864063400..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: Rock and a hard placeCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-73652745216984287462017-05-05T14:10:33.752+01:002017-05-05T14:10:33.752+01:00"Personally, I think the choice between Macro..."Personally, I think the choice between Macron and Le Pen is a terrible choice, as was the choice between Clinton and Trump."<br /><br />Couldn't agree more. We're facing the same problem here in the UK's forthcoming election, although I doubt many posting here would share that view. Perhaps these terrible choices also reflect badly on the electorate(s) too. <br /><br />The quality of political debate, political coverage and commentary in the (mass) media all taking a huge nosedive in recent history. Social media and the blogosphere is hardly a replacement either, as so few make any sincere effort at objectivity. I'm not expecting an improvement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-6289111626123416842017-05-04T11:47:20.776+01:002017-05-04T11:47:20.776+01:00The “sins of the father” argument is neither fair ...The “sins of the father” argument is neither fair nor logical, but it is hard to separate Marine Le Pen from the FN of the past. I don’t know if O’Neill is taking a cheap shot by asking why feminists who voted for Hillary Clinton wouldn’t by the same logic vote for Le Pen, but he does have a point.<br />Personally, I think the choice between Macron and Le Pen is a terrible choice, as was the choice between Clinton and Trump.Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05818860172734529356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-56822998828700399662017-05-03T03:38:05.282+01:002017-05-03T03:38:05.282+01:00O'Neill's rant is a lazy appeal for laughs...O'Neill's rant is a lazy appeal for laughs to the peanut gallery. Equally lazy is his theft of the 'If you don't vote for Le Pen, you're a misogynist' line, which quite a few US bloggers have been saying since before the first round vote. I'm pretty sure I had a comment to that effect over at the Speccie quite some time before he wrote this. I realize most British readers wouldn't know that.<br /><br />Marine Le Pen isn't anti-Semitic. Actual Jew-haters who aren't Muslim aren't going to say the things she's said. David Preiser (USA)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00055001852090086556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-29272631472691256422017-05-02T22:16:27.506+01:002017-05-02T22:16:27.506+01:00Both bad. I know little about either candidate oth...Both bad. I know little about either candidate other than most of those I normally disagree with want Macron to win, which is usually a good reason to want the opposite.<br /><br />A certain bit of me just wants the one that will send the MSM progressives into a spiral of shock and despair. Just think how good it'll be to watch their faces! <br /><br />However in this instance Le Pens socialist nationalism sounds too much like something else to let it enter the world again.Clockworkorangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07538039281226245073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-34511677355323715642017-05-02T14:09:33.078+01:002017-05-02T14:09:33.078+01:00The fascist is worse than the investment banker, b...The fascist is worse than the investment banker, but they are both bad. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-70785180438923310312017-05-01T21:27:41.234+01:002017-05-01T21:27:41.234+01:00What I find odd about the BBC's reporting of M...What I find odd about the BBC's reporting of Macron is their apparent lack of interest in how he did it...how did this guy who was, as I understand it, a political advisor not a leading politician, set up his own party and finance his own campaign...some say with Hollande's implicit backing. These things don't just happen "like that". Who decided he should enter the race? What was Hollande's role? Who provided the money? The "world class" BBC can't be bothered, although it will of course regularly pursue the issue of FN funding. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com