Here (h/t anonymous on the open thread) was the BBC's home editor Mark Easton giving us the benefit of his wisdom on tonight's BBC One News at Six:
Clive Myrie: With me as the BBC's home editor, Mark Easton. For some, the choice in this election seems stark and clear, yet, as we have shown there, clearly there are people who are still undecided about this election.
Mark Easton: You know, I'm really struck by the number of people I've met who still say they haven't made up their mind who they are going to vote for on Thursday. The campaign itself, if anything, has deepened the sense of scepticism, cynicism, certainly not enthusiasm. The party leaders are not seen to be trustworthy, certainly not particularly likeable. I think, on the issues, people are generally fed up with Brexit. They want it out of the way, you know, whatever happens, one way or the other. They want to move on. We want to talk about other things. And on those other issues, real frustration, I think, that we are not talking more about the the health service, about crime, and housing, and climate change, the cost of living. The manifestos, I think, are often seen as a wish list, rather than a credible road map for government, and many of the voters I've met here today have said they are going to make their mind up in the voting booth itself, they are going to look down the card and make the decision, I don't know, based on their final instinct. In India, you know, they have a box on the voting card that reads 'none of the above', and I suspect if you had that here for this election, it would get a huge amount of support.
Is Commissar Easton teeing up the next post-election BBC line if the hated "Tories" win...? If so, the line is: "The people did not vote for Tory policies, only to get Brexit out of the way. And Brexit was a problem of the Tories' own making. Therefore this Tory government has no moral legitimacy and must expect to be opposed by street protests, trade union power, outraged minority groups and campaigns for independence." And you can bet Easton will be cheering on the opposition!
ReplyDeleteIf a BBC interviewer with known left wing views asks people who they will vote for, there are a number of responses... firstly "none of your business", secondly "get lost", thirdly "whatever I say won't be reported by you if I disagree with you, mate" or fourthly "you tell me first who you're voting for before I tell you".
ReplyDeleteToday on R4 this morning has Nick Robinson sneering at Tories whenever he can and accusing them of being liars... it's sickeningly biased and he is so triumphantly happy about stitching up Tories who have nothing to do with what has been going on elsewhere.
It's the same with the polls... who in their right mind has the time (except pensioners) to take the time to answer all the pollsters questions? I expect most people, like me, do not respond to being questioned so the "random sample" selected is actually a self selected sample of the willing to answer questions put by strangers or known interviewers whose views they either disagree or agree with.