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Ric Glasgow said:
Surely you jest Steven? The BBC are so far left it's embarrassing!!
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Are they? In what way are they "far left?"

Nigel Farage has been on 33 times, more than any other politician. Andrew Neil, considered to be their prime interviewer, is the former editor of the Daily Mail. They have been found to air sources that are critical of Labour/Jeremy Corbyn DOUBLE the amount of times they portray him as a good politician and give almost twice as much unchallenged airtime to Corbyn critics as they do anybody else.

They are bound by strict impartiality rules by OFCOM, and they have a pretty good track record of pulling up broadcasters who take the piss. Corbyn claims the BBC are out to get him, but in truth, it's not tipping either way, it's only perceived as such by people on each side of the political spectrum.
 
Steven Toast said:
Are they? In what way are they "far left?"

Nigel Farage has been on 33 times, more than any other politician. Andrew Neil, considered to be their prime interviewer, is the former editor of the Daily Mail. They have been found to air sources that are critical of Labour/Jeremy Corbyn DOUBLE the amount of times they portray him as a good politician and give almost twice as much unchallenged airtime to Corbyn critics as they do anybody else.

They are bound by strict impartiality rules by OFCOM, and they have a pretty good track record of pulling up broadcasters who take the piss. Corbyn claims the BBC are out to get him, but in truth, it's not tipping either way, it's only perceived as such by people on each side of the political spectrum.
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My big friend, Andrew Neil is so right wing that Boris Johnson is running scared of him. Can't have it both ways.;
 
Clovis Iscariot said:
As you well know Mr Toast, if there were to be another referendum, the options would be: Remain
Or Stay in the Customs Union, Single Market, Free movement of people, ECJ to remain as it is now, payments for access to the Single Market. So leave in name only but with no voting rights.

Any Brexiteer would naturally have to boycott such a loaded option.
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But those things are all worth staying in.

You don't know what the ballot paper will say, I highly doubt anybody would risk alienating a portion of the nation on something as controversial as this. No Deal shouldn't be an option ever, it's ****ing suicide.
 
City Man said:
My big friend, Andrew Neil is so right wing that Boris Johnson is running scared of him. Can't have it both ways.;
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I wasn't suggesting he was biased, but he is of right wing stock.

The MSM isn't just the BBC anyway, that's just one news outlet.
 
Tory arguing with Brexit Party
Lib Dem arguing with the SNP

Still on the first question.
 
Steven Toast said:
But those things are all worth staying in.

You don't know what the ballot paper will say, I highly doubt anybody would risk alienating a portion of the nation on something as controversial as this. No Deal shouldn't be an option ever, it's ****ing suicide.
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For people like myself, the economics of it all do not matter. Each to their own I suppose.
 
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City Man said:
My big friend, Andrew Neil is so right wing that Boris Johnson is running scared of him. Can't have it both ways.;
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Andrew Neil is the editor of The Spectator - he is well known for his right wing views.

He is, however, a fantastic interviewer and usually manages to give everyone the same treatment and scrutiny. It will be a shame when he retires.

Basically, Johnson's arse fell out.
 
For anyone who thinks the BBC have a left-wing political bias:

Name the political presenters/correspondents on BBC TV that are left of centre.
 
Steven Toast said:
I wasn't suggesting he was biased, but he is of right wing stock.

The MSM isn't just the BBC anyway, that's just one news outlet.
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"Regarding his political affiliations, he was formerly a Maoist and a member of the Socialist Campaign for a Labour Victory, an offshoot of the International-Communist League, now known as the Alliance for Workers' Liberty. At Cambridge, Marr says he was a "raving leftie" who handed out copies of Mao's Little Red Book and he acquired the nickname Red Andy.[8][9][10]"
 
Leon T Trout AFC said:
Andrew Neil is the editor of The Spectator - he is well known for his right wing views.

He is, however, a fantastic interviewer and usually manages to give everyone the same treatment and scrutiny. It will be a shame when he retires.

Basically, Johnson's arse fell out.
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Soft sentencing yet again, is your mate Barch out on parole too?
 
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