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For newspeak control and censorship try the guardian comment pages
mention the M word or the I word you can be in trouble. This from a 'liberal' newspaper |
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The BBC is left-wing to the core. Left-wing means that government should be the default preferred provider of services and goods. And the BBC is a government broadcaster. Every employee , every decision is taken by someone who was appointed by someone who was appointed by a government Minister. Not one single person of influence who works for the BBC has EVER been appointed by the people who pay for the fecking show which is the licence fee payer.
The only thing keeping the BBC straight is competition. At least we live in a society where that is now allowed, but it was a heck of a fight. In the days of pirate radio, a few mariners ended up nearly dying in the seas around Britain fighting for the right of the British people to have an alternative to government approved entertainment information and education. And lefties should not forget this. |
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Andrew Neil, Tory Activist and ex-Sunday times journalist.
Nick Robinson, head of Oxford University Conservative association, and chief BBC political Editor. Laura Keunssberg, Granddaughter of Lord Robertson, also great niece of governor of Nigeria. And so many more. The BBC is happy to allow the Left-wing bias thing to be popular belief because it helps individual causes. Paxman, Marr, et al all freely open about their support for Conservatives. All the way back to the BBC founder, the Conservative peer, Lord John Reith. In fact it has been proven beyond doubt that Corbyn has had more negative publicity than ANY politician in television history. So any (and they are rare) Labour supporters are not 'left-wing' as Labour hasn't been a left wing organisation since 1995. Who are these left-wingers who run the BBC. No-once can find any of them. Your definition of left wing is somewhat flawed, bongo. It is also proven, beyond doubt that 90% of the written media and privately owned radio and TV is 'right wing'. By ANY definition. even yours. The moment any journalist or commentator says a single thing not part of the (let's call it) "New facist" doctrine, as so readily expounded ad nauseum on this forum. |
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it gets called 'leftie'
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Can you name any of that lot who were appointed by someone who was appointed by the licence fee payer?
Btw, it is possible to be a Conservative and a leftie - read a conservative manifesto and see how much they believe government should control peoples lives. Believing government and not the licence fee payer should select the Board and set the licence fee is pretty fundamental to lefty-ism. Believing you should have the option to sit down for breakfast with government-approved television without any say in it is about as hard core lefty-ism as it gets. And get taken to the Magistrates' Court and fined if you disagree. Authoritarian or what? Let the licence fee payer elect the Board, and let the Board set the fee and the scope of the beast without government interference. Power to the PEOPLE. |
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The fact that they were all appointed speaks loudly enough about those who did the appointing.
I would be all for the people electing the boards for every quango, commission, in fact everything. I do believe most people would not, however, have much of a clue who or what they were voting for, just go for those who told the most convincing lies! I'm a little confused still about you definition of Left and Right. I think authoritarian diktat without question would be more aligned to Pol Pot or Kim Yong Un, or other despots - there are dozens of examples of life controlling states throughout history and all over the world - but they could usually be described as leftist. It may well be possible to be a Conservative and a leftie, just as it's possible to be a butcher and vegetarian. It's not, I would suggest, all that common. |
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It is laughable when you hear the spivs scream about the BBC being a subversive left wing organization, the bullying done by Tebbit , Thatcher and Murdoch and the rest of the filthy gang of tory hardmen on the bbc has actually nearly destroyed it completely , as usual the tories and their fanboys protest to much.
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left wing and right wing don't mean anything these days. That doesn't describe what the BBC are or do.
You could say they are liberals but I think that's insulting to many liberals who don't share their warped views on certain topics. I'd say I have fairly liberal views, but I draw the line at surrendering common sense in favour of political correctness. |
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I think STUDYFORM is correct, we need a collective term for the feeble minded pc brigade.
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Libtards !
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http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-davos-meeting-hsbc-idUKKBN1520SW
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and on queue, possibly the biggest libtard arrives with YET ANOTHER LINK no one looks at!
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Only 1000 jobs moving to Paris.
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Have they seen what's on the streets of Paris lately? Even the Chinese are shunning the place.
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what makes them leave mobo ?
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They won't leave it's just more FALSE NEWS, and France??! lol must be crazy
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London's streets are paved with gold. Paris streets are paved with .............
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dead Charlie Hebdo journalists and concert-goers?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiWomXklfv8
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What happens if Le Pen wins next years French presidency vote and in the meantime Britain has, reduced its corporation tax to attract / retain international companies, following the economic threat to us posed by a bullying EU Brexit negotiation stance?
They're going to look like c-units |
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There appear to be problems.
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date/2016/html/sp161130_1.en.html |
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FFS!!!!!
2 of my posts deleted..... Who is doing it and why. I'm finished with this poxy forum. |
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you want to try the guardian for censorship
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Setting out her Brexit agenda, Theresa May has reassured the countries of mainland Europe that Britain harbours no ill-will following various events in 1415, 1588, 1815, 1918, 1945 and 2016, and that in the interests of peace, reconciliation and good trading relations, she is inviting them to apply for membership of the British Commonwealth, provided that Papua New Guinea, Zambia and Tonga raise no objections.
‘The wind of change is blowing through the continent, whether they like it or not,’ she stated. ‘Besides, everyone in Europe already speaks English all the time anyway. Obviously, they will have to get used to doing what they are told by some other country, but they should be used to doing that as part of the now doomed European Union. I’m offering you all the golden chance of a united Europe under British rule.’ |
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More copy and paste by Bleeding Mad.
He seems to have lost his own voice. |
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I have a sore throat.
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And a pea for a brain.
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Just make sure you highlight all your copy and paste jobs BM, you don't want to fool people it's all your own work now do we.
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Other examples that leftyism and Conservatism can coexist are arts council grants for opera and farm subsidies to grow sugar beet ( and then taxing the saps that drink pop ). Leftyism is about government deciding what is best for you because leaving people to make their own minds up about whether the latest Donna Poncerama opera is good enough to be worth their own money would mean a collapse in societal values.
In the case of the above Conservatives benefit from the hand outs of the lefty philosophy. In the case of public lending libraries for example Labour voters benefit. |
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THe BBC guy in davos is grinning like the cat that got the cream as he talks about hsbc moving some jobs.
He can barely conceal his glee that he's got bad news to gloat over! |
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left wing and right wing don't mean anything these days. That doesn't describe what the BBC are or do.
You could say they are liberals but I think that's insulting to many liberals who don't share their warped views on certain topics. I'd say I have fairly liberal views, but I draw the line at surrendering common sense in favour of political correctness. Very true. I've always considered myself as slightly left wing but I haven't the foggiest clue how advocating unlimited immigration is classed as left wing. It may be progressive and liberal but no idea how unlimited immigration is anywhere near any left wing objectives. I voted for Brexit and would have preferred Trump than Clinton. The only difference I see between the Remianers/ Brexiters and Trump/Clinton fans is one side is realistic and says what they think and the other lives in a fantasy world and says what people think they should think. |
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This is hilarious.
. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38707997 |
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Don't you like Germans?
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They're a strange breed.
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Even by your standards that is a stupid question BM.
Not sure how i could answer it, i like everyone until they prove me wrong. I find Henning Wehn hilarious. |
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Shrewd.
VOTES to keep the right out. It is that simple. The more vibrating culturalists, the more votes against the tory lot. At least, that is the philosophy. |
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McDonnell on Marr and Abbot on Sunday Politics today. Should help boost the UKip vote in Stoke.
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