Separate Moan Thread About The Election

I should think they'll give him an adrenaline shot before going on stage from now on!

It seems I was wrong earlier in saying they can't replace him on the ballot. Apparently despite being the nominee from the primaries it still has to be confirmed at something or other in August; in theory they can pull a switcheroo but they won't

 

Indeed, the media are not here to help the general public decide or to lay the facts out clearly for and against. The media are in it for their owners, the more newspapers they sell or online clicks generates profit. Sensation, half truths and personal tittle tattle are their stock in trade.

Social media is even worse, infiltrated by malicious actors and unpoliced.

 

The key word there is 'should' - you only have to look at the number of apologies the BBC has had to give over the past few years to see that they have definite biases. Like many occupations, the media (TV/Radio) tends to have a lot more folks of one political persuasion than another, and often if you of the other, you stay quiet or your life will be made very uncomfortable.

In my industry, fairly heavily unionised, it was (emphasis on was), quite staunchly Labour; teaching, NHS, railways... all the same - and indeed, you only have to look at the behaviours of the media to see that it too, is the same.

It is entirely possible, of course, that this actor was indeed genuinely a rotten apple that has gravitated toward Reform - it is genuinely possible that he isn't left leaning, despite being a thespian who predominantly seem to be left leaning. But that being the case, why would he then present in character? Why would he, a well spoken person, be 'rough talking', as it was so put? Stevie Wonder could see that there is something wrong with that picture.

Amazing how it is OK to admit/apologise and move on and don't link it to the party if it is a Labour MP, but not for anyone else.

 

Oh at one time it did, or at least it came fairly close to the mark. Things went south when they moved from giving us the news and actual happenings of the day over to it being your daily dose of what you should think - it started with things like health/sugar/obesity... everything had to have a message; it even ran through into things like Eastenders. Then 2015/2016 happened and folks didn't behave themselves and voted the wrong way. Ever since, there has been a bitterness and a desperation to present things in a way to deliberately ignore certain parts of society (essentially most folks over the age of 40, particularly if they are male) - they even admitted that was their strategy at one stage, to attract younger viewers and listeners (no, not in the Jimmy Saville of attraction... although with the BBC you never know ) - - you only need to look at Radio 2 to see how it lost listeners by the million and the corresponding explosion in listeners for the likes of Greatest Hits Radio.

 

They were relatively successful in almost blackmailing people to vote for them in 2019, using the tactic that "if you don't vote for us, you will get Corbyn"... to a large degree that was true and scared the wits out of folks, especially given some of the numbers Corbyn was lobbing around with regard to spending. That blackmailing isn't working this time, not least as the Tories blew as much as Corbyn would have done and more, with much of it wasted. This time around, we are saddled with debt, so there simply won't be the money available for Starmer to blow like it was confetti.

 

Maybe they paid them £150 and asked them not to heckle again...