Total bias from TV stations
- Thread starter bobk
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- Ceredigion
GMTV are getting unbearable, that morgan chap
Editor of the Daily Mirror , what do you expect
Seems like you’re the only one maintaining any neutrality.???
Daniel Larn
Member
I think the bbc an C4 must be doing a gold job of being impartial, as whichever side someone seems to be on. They seem to be on the other side.
- Location
- North Antrim
Meanwhile members of the labour party are attacking the BBC for being biased in favour of the government.
I wonder what the relative proportion of Labour: Conservative voters is:
A. In the public sector. (75:25?)
B. In the private sector. (25:75?)
And don't forget; it's the private sector that pays for the public sector. In fact, I have a theory that folk in the public sector and Guardian journalists don't deserve to have a vote.
A. In the public sector. (75:25?)
B. In the private sector. (25:75?)
And don't forget; it's the private sector that pays for the public sector. In fact, I have a theory that folk in the public sector and Guardian journalists don't deserve to have a vote.
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- Hereford
Local radio here very biased toward Labour and Liberal . Labour don't stand any chance here but Liberals might have a slight chance but BBC H&W give the liberal candidate a lot of airtime and then to cover their backs they then state "there are other candidates standing " and then read their names out !!
Exfarmer
Member
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- Bury St Edmunds
You would be surprised how many people in the public sector actually are Conservative voters, I would suspect far more like the national split. Even [public sector workers don't like paying tax !I wonder what the relative proportion of Labour: Conservative voters is:
A. In the public sector. (75:25?)
B. In the private sector. (25:75?)
And don't forget; it's the private sector that pays for the public sector. In fact, I have a theory that folk in the public sector and Guardian journalists don't deserve to have a vote.
Danllan
Member
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- Sir Gar / Carms
Was chatting with a fellow last night along these lines, but from a different angle. He was talking about the number of people he knows of working for the council (Carms Co. Council) who are on long term leave for 'depression', yet who seem to function and socialise well enough. And he was on about those taking sickies.I wonder what the relative proportion of Labour: Conservative voters is:
A. In the public sector. (75:25?)
B. In the private sector. (25:75?)
And don't forget; it's the private sector that pays for the public sector. In fact, I have a theory that folk in the public sector and Guardian journalists don't deserve to have a vote.
I bet there is a close correlation between leftist voting and taking time off at the public's expense.
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- Westish Suffolk
Had to smile when Lord Patten said today on 5Live that he always used to believe in a poll when it was in your favour and therefore went to bed happy.
Public money is easy to come by so why bother taking care of it? the average worker pays approximately 47% of his income in taxes in the UK. It is 57% in France and 38% in the US. In the middle ages the serf toiled for the lord of the manor for three days a week and the rest of the time was free to earn a living for himself. He was better off than we are today in this respect. Income tax was first levied to pay for the Napoleonic wars but was unpopular and did not assume real significance until WW1 when obtaining public acceptance was not too difficult. After that war it was not returned to normal and became a funding source of the then Labour government to provide more social services. Exactly the same happened after another tax hike of WW2 and thus grew the socialist nanny state that we know today. It was income taxation by stealth and many more stealth taxes have since been introduced since. Brown was a specialist.
Wage inequality is far too great and must be tackled and so must tax avoidance but taxation is a double edged sword. It kills incentive and reduces the overall tax take. It has been proved many times in many countries throughout the world.
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- Scottish Highlands
I wonder where the fellow you mention gained his medical degree. Mental health is a killer and it is not easy to diagnose the issues. It should not be trivialised, stigmatised or the likes.
Daniel Larn
Member
In fairness, people who work long hours for little return are more likely to suffer depression. And people in that position are often Labour voters based on demographics.
However this year I see so many people who are the zero-hours, 3 job working, never take a sick day type still voting conservative.
At the end of the day, I think public sector workers are going to be more left-leaning as they see the damage being done by conservative austerity measures.
Whether they take more time off or not says little about their work ethic imho.
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- Westish Suffolk
The Neill/Corbyn interview the other day didn't harm the Conservatives too much did it?
- Location
- fakenham-norfolk
Even in the heart of rural Norfolk" The Eastern Daily Press" is so biased towards the lefties agenda that it has become unreadable to any Conservative or Brexit minded individual.
- Location
- fakenham-norfolk
Even in the heart of rural Norfolk" The Eastern Daily Press" is so biased towards the lefties agenda that it has become unreadable to any Conservative or Brexit minded individual.
- Location
- Hereford
I don't understand it .... there was never this widespread bias toward the opposition when Blair and Brown were having a go at running the country and the Tories in oppo
- Location
- Westish Suffolk
Really? The Sun, the Mail, the Express ( and Torygraph ) did their bit at the time surely...
- Location
- Hereford
.... I was thinking more about local press etc . There have always been national papers for both sides but our local radio and newspapers were never biased then like they are now .
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