tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post7269235143179882469..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: "How could you disagree with that?"Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-37464069157879243082019-03-02T15:05:19.633+00:002019-03-02T15:05:19.633+00:00I think EU has to a degree brought France and Germ...I think EU has to a degree brought France and Germany together, but there are so many other more powerful reasons for peace in Europe, not the least of which was the partition of Germany at the end of World War II and the Cold War. The EU hardly came out of the conflict in former Yugoslavia with flying colours. Nor am I particularly optimistic about its ability to deal with any future threat, whether it be Putin or a resurgence of ISIS within its own borders.<br />What is interesting is Hugh Sykes turnaround regarding the demographics. Apparently it wasn’t older voters with a rose-tinted vision of the past who voted for Brexit, but younger voters who were “too young (or unimaginative) to know what they are putting at risk”. It would seem on the strength of this exchange that it is Hugh Sykes who is wallowing in nostalgia.Terrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-28564522858957286122019-03-02T11:59:44.759+00:002019-03-02T11:59:44.759+00:00I don't suppose Hugh Sykes has any problem wit...I don't suppose Hugh Sykes has any problem with importing millions of people that are ideologically opposed to our ideas of trust, co-operation and peace.<br />All over the western world barriers are going up within our own borders to protect us from Sykes' friends.<br />Who are these people that want to wage war on the French and Germans? They certainly aren't the native British and it offensive of Sykes to suggest otherwise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-86067776346474386002019-03-02T11:50:08.935+00:002019-03-02T11:50:08.935+00:00Yugoslavia? Ukraine? Georgia (if you count that as...Yugoslavia? Ukraine? Georgia (if you count that as European, and the EU do)? These were all wars in which dangerous EU meddling played a big part. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-42267284166671498852019-03-02T08:12:10.426+00:002019-03-02T08:12:10.426+00:00And EU led peace? NATO? USA bases? Mutually assure...And EU led peace? NATO? USA bases? Mutually assured destruction? All things the BBC are institutional opposed to so they can’t be the reason...... Clockworkorangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07538039281226245073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-59884917883688552582019-03-02T08:09:37.687+00:002019-03-02T08:09:37.687+00:00Thanks Craig - there is an ignorant and dangerous ...Thanks Craig - there is an ignorant and dangerous undercurrent to Brexit but I’d argue it comes as much from the peeps who voted Remain, they “didn’t know what they were voting for” and did so just because they were told it’s racist etc to vote leave.Clockworkorangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07538039281226245073noreply@blogger.com