You can’t beat the Today programme for sheer pro-Labour entertainment value. I caught Shaun “Where’s my Butler?” Woodward being interviewed by James Naughtie this morning on the issue of Gordon’s leadership (or lack of) and yesterday’s fun and games with Hewitt and Hoon. Woodward naturally dismissed this all as a distraction from the real issue (Cameron’s dithering) and declared (hand on heart, scout’s honour?) that he sat in “a happy cabinet.” This surreal statement was not challenged in any way by Naughtie and so a line in drawn through the winter revolution in Labour. As an add-on, Woodward was also gifted an easy question concerning Northern Ireland’s First Minister Peter Robinson which was designed to allow him to wax lyrical on the wonderful relationship between the DUP leader and the IRA in the form of butcher boy Martin McGuinness. All one big set-up, and a complete disinterest in asking hard questions.
A HAPPY CABINET?
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It seems Brown is throwing Woodward onto all the news programmes to come up with; “All of Labour, MP’s, the Cabinet, my constituents love Brown.” It’s kind of sickening to see this multi millionaire Tory turn coat doing his best to help Brown. But it is like King Canute trying to stop the sea and Woodward his jumping about as he will probably be out on his ear in a few months time so he is doing his best to show loyalty for a job afterwards. Still he could always work staking shelves for his in-laws?
Naughtie doesn’t hide his allegiance does he?
Woodward: This is a party which wants Gordon Brown to be the leader.
Naughtie: Do we?
Still on the listen again site (for the moment!)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/listen_again/default.stm
Look at the 0733 excerpt about 12 seconds in
Mr Naughtie of course has form….
Good catch. This belongs on the sidebar of Beeboid quotes.
If you are on this site, its worth reminding you that for £16 you can join the Conservative Party, go to local party functions and express your concerns about bbc bias to your MP, in person.
You may be gratified to find he holds similar sentiments, and, if he can go back to Westminster and say he is getting flack from constituents about the obvious bbc left wing bias, it strenghens our position significantly.
It is important not to let bbc apologists muddy the waters by saying overall bbc output is of a superior quality to commercial tv, therefore the bbc can’t be tampered with. There has to be a specific charge that the political output is pro labour and overtly and manipulatingly left wing.
ps Good to see Toenails robinson loose even more (is that possible !) credibility.
Interesting stuff on the Specator ref Mr Darling
http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/5688443/brown-weakened-by-friend-become-foe.thtml
Will no-one wield a knife?
Backwoodsman
Why would I – or anyone – wish to join the “Conservative” Party if we want something done about BBC bias? In general terms, the Conservatives are no better than Labour (or the LibDems). The difference between “Conservative” and Labour policies (on the BBC and on the wider world) are minuscule: the only perceived difference is in presentation. Even then Cameron seeks to look and act like Blair. Admittedly he comes over as exactly what he and Blair are – spivs – although I suspect this was not his aim. Brown at least tries – and fails abysmally – to present an original and statesmanlike persona.
Coming to the topic of this website, the Conservatives, although manifestly not the favourites of the BBC or its reporters, have not uttered a squeak about BBC bias – against them or anybody else. For instance, the Conservatives are happy to continue bleating “climate change” at frequent intervals, have more or less ignored Climategate and certainly appear content to go along with the BBC’s dismissive treatment of the unfortunate incident at CRU.
Prick Robinson made a complete fool of himself on The Daily Politics yesterday.
The Hoon/Hewitt letter was published online on Guido’s blog at 12:40 , while the Daily Politics team were still scrambling around trying to read the hard copy. Loved Chris Bryant’s reaction. He didn’t have a clue.
Don’t the BBC just hate internet bloggers ? They just can’t control us !!!
“Guido gloats”
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2010/01/06/guido-gloats/
The BBC have been trying to spin tihs as a PRO McMong story all day, yet Sky and others have pointed out how tardy Milipead was in giving Mongy his support.
And where is all this McMong did well at PMQ’s crap coming from? Did they watch the same one as me? McMong never answered one direct question from Cameron, especially over the national debt.
Finally I see that it looks like the underpants towel head was radicalised (do Muslims actually need radicalising?) here in the UK (no shock there then) but of course the BBC will try to spin it that he wasn’t.
Martin,
There is a theory that Cameron is going easy on Brown at PMQs because the Tories’ greatest fear is that Brown will be replaced.
But you are right. Brown didn’t answer a single question, but asked Cameron questions instead. The poison dwarf, Bercow, didn’t intervene to slap Brown down once. A shambles.
‘declared (hand on heart, scout’s honour?) that he sat in “a happy cabinet.’
I’m sure he does. Along with the rest of the dormousesque collection the Mad Hatter brings out to have one of his daily storms in teacups.
The place must be awash by now. And we pick up the cleaning bill.
Why doesn’t the BBC tell the truth? McMong simply told his cabinet mates that if they made him walk the plank now, he’d go straight to see the queen and call a snap election leaving them no time to replace him. He’s tried that stunt several times now and no one in the Liebour party has the bottle to call him on it.
There’s an example of pro-Labour bias in the HYS about the Hoon/Hewitt letter:
Does Labour leadership row matter?
How has this move affected your view of the political parties ahead of the election? Should Labour MPs hold a leadership ballot? Have the opposition parties reacted appropriately?
What on earth would be considered an inappropriate response? Total nonsense. This is just a little pro-Labour bias from the HYS sub-editor, as only a Labour supporter would be concerned at all about the appropriateness of any response from the Tories.