tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post2858479451291980712..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: The BBC profiles George SorosCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-81787595658140094672018-06-01T22:57:37.986+01:002018-06-01T22:57:37.986+01:00Ozfan, I agree m. I’d go further, the entire estab...Ozfan, I agree m. I’d go further, the entire establishment is against Brexit. The BBC is just one of many institutions who are trying to frustrate Brexit because that are all against it. MB has listed some of them above.<br /><br />The democratic vote has cause them a real problem which they are grappling with. How to get what they want without being seen to overturn the referendum result.<br /><br />Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07341313534441507081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-47406350244925883512018-06-01T19:58:23.334+01:002018-06-01T19:58:23.334+01:00In what way is it acceptable to have a foreign nat...In what way is it acceptable to have a foreign national interfere in UK politics when the BBC clearly believes that is unacceptable for foreign governments, allegedly, to do the same?<br /><br />It must depend on the direction of the interference, in which case that <i>is</i> bias.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-80496455940995916302018-06-01T19:29:05.582+01:002018-06-01T19:29:05.582+01:00That the state broadcaster has not been curtailed ...That the state broadcaster has not been curtailed in its Remainiac bias has been a clear indicator that the Government does not want Brexit. Since June 2016. Ozfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17351381043702605990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-7759027302292162352018-06-01T14:19:18.208+01:002018-06-01T14:19:18.208+01:00MB I agree entirely that it is reprehensible to pr...MB I agree entirely that it is reprehensible to pretend to be a Eurosceptic while advocating continued membership, but what concerns me more is claiming that 'Brexit Means Brexit' while giving Remainers a 2/3rds majority in Cabinet & throwing away our best bargaining chips early in the negotiations. A government that meant what it said would surely have brought the BBC to heel or, at least, subjected it to heavy criticism for its continued, and escalating, support of the Remainiac cause. I believe that the Beeb must have been 'tipped the wink' that No 10 will not be heartbroken if they sabotage Brexit. The question is 'Can they?' - I would argue that they now have far less influence than before because people have seen that all Remain's threats of impending economic collapse, all of Carney's huffing & puffing about rising unemployment & economic stagnation have been shown to be just that.Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02650372666915304667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-88086918926285125942018-06-01T12:39:17.087+01:002018-06-01T12:39:17.087+01:00True, it was Obama's intervention that was the...True, it was Obama's intervention that was the tipping point. They overplayed their hand.<br /><br />But that's doesn't mean Project Fear had no effect. I believe it did. Fear is always a factor in democratic discussion...it wasn't that I minded so much, but it was the way public servants - Treasury, Bank of England, Generals, Police Officers and the rest were dragged into it that I think was very reprehensible. <br /><br />Cameron and Osborne could have chosen to debate the issues openly and honestly, because I would fully accept you can make arguments for the EU. But to simultaneously pretend you are a Eurosceptic while advocating continued membership, denying Turkey and other countries were on a membership path, and pretending the EU didn't have plans for a common foreign and defence policy...that was a dishonest form of argument. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-18248821171438085352018-06-01T10:06:22.348+01:002018-06-01T10:06:22.348+01:00I'm not sure 'Project Fear' was that e...I'm not sure 'Project Fear' was that effective - take for example Obama's ham-fisted attempt to bully us into remaining - it had, I am sure, the opposite effect to that intended & tipped many 'undecideds' into voting Leave. For this reason I am beginning to think a second referendum would work to Leave's advantage: Soros's antics, and the BBC's latest big Remainiac push are antagonising a lot of voters.Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02650372666915304667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-36029563312178555942018-06-01T00:16:21.281+01:002018-06-01T00:16:21.281+01:00Soros's effect on politics in countries like B...Soros's effect on politics in countries like Britain and Hungary is probably far more marginal than either he or his enemies think. But as a matter of principle I don't think we can simply acquiesce in foreign billionaires seeking to reverse democratic decisions. <br /><br />Let me put a further point...the Remainiacs keep on about the defective nature of the decision to leave the EU - well don't blame the Leavers, blame Cameron and Osborne who prevented a full open debate about the issues, preferring instead to subject the population to the worst propaganda barrage since Lord Haw-Haw. Do you recall how they used the Royal Family, Police, Generals, Ambassadors, the EU itself, the Irish President, the President of the USA, the Treasury and the Bank of the England - involving them all for the first time directly in the UK's domestic politics. It was absolutely shameful. Without that propaganda barrage the vote would have been 70-30 for Leave. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.com