Saturday 13 February 2016

"In an upbeat speech"





Something changed overnight though. Originally the BBC report read:
David Cameron has said Britain will never "retreat from the world" and it is in Europe's interests for the UK to stay in a reformed European Union.
Speaking in Hamburg, the PM said changes he was seeking to UK membership would make Europe "more outward-looking, competitive and dynamic".
In an upbeat speech, he said if he got what he wanted he would campaign "unequivocally" for the UK to stay in.
Campaigners for EU exit have said the PM's renegotiation is a sham.
This morning that had changed to the following:
David Cameron has said Britain will never "retreat from the world" and it is in Europe's interests for the UK to stay in a reformed European Union.
Speaking in Hamburg, the PM said changes he was seeking to UK membership would make Europe "more outward-looking, competitive and dynamic".
He said if he got what he wanted he would campaign "unequivocally" for the UK to stay in.
Campaigners for EU exit have said the PM's renegotiation is a sham.
Did someone complain that the BBC was given the PM's speech an 'upbeat' spin of its own by calling it "an upbeat speech"?

Whatever, the phrase has been consigned to the recycling bin of history.

1 comment:

  1. Unless the BBC is going to start giving equal prominence to leave speeches from people like David Davis and Nigel Farage, then this is just another example of structural bias. The BBC might plead that they can't help the fact DC is PM but equally they can't, in that case, plead they are giving equal prominence to the stay and leave campaigns. Cameron is cynically taking full advantage of this phoney war period to get his message across.

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