Compare and contrast the two very different reports on the same subject, MEPS reject the cuts negotiated recently in the EU budget, one from the Telegraph,
MEPs reject EU spending cuts and demand extra £1.7bn from British taxpayers
MEPs have rejected cuts to European Union budgets agreed at an all-night summit last month and have demanded that national governments pay an extra £14 billion in spending for this year.
MEPs want renegotiation of EU budget deal
Euro MPs adopted a resolution saying they would only accept the deal on certain conditions. They want governments to settle outstanding budget bills, to avoid the risk of a shortfall.
The MEPs also want a flexible 2014-2020 budget, so that money not spent in one area can be used in another if needed.
The BBC’s version ‘understands’ the MEP’s point of view and suggests it is a reasonable and fair way forward.
The Telegraph’s version is more open and shows that the MEPs are intent on imposing the rise in budget of near 12% that they originally wanted….a group of MEPs feathering their own nest and trying to build the power base of the undemocratic EU which wants to impose yet more taxes, increase the budget and limit further accountability of itself.
Well its just a case one undemocratic ,powerful and unaccountable organisation , the BBC , supporting their friends and in the undemocratic and unaccountable EU. Why wouldn’t they when they receive EU tax payers money in addition to the UK tax payers money?
If we keep paying either of them why should they come and join us in the real world, after all as the BBC knows full well Only Fools and Horses Work.
Or that the DT, which is clearly anti-Europe, pushes that line whilst the BBC tries to give a more objective view to allow readers to make up their own mind.
Which one does the public prefer? Funny that.
Er, which one is the public forced to pay for? I’ll give you a clue, it begins with a “b”
The public don’t prefer it, there is no choice !
Try turning the tv tax into a subscription and see what happens mate, then follow it with an in/out EU vote!
‘MEPs want renegotiation of EU budget deal’ (BBC)
‘MEPs reject EU spending cuts and demand extra £1.7bn from British taxpayers’. (Telegraph)
Measuring the two headlines on relevance and realism, bearing in mind the Euro countries and the UK are drowning in a sea of debt, I reckon the Telegraph wins hands down.
But if like the Eurocrats you work for a publicly-funded organisation with no real accountability but with a guaranteed year-on-year budget and believe loading debt upon debt on future generations by spending money we haven’t got is the answer to all our economic problems, the BBC has it.
Do you have a more objective view on the tweet below (which seems to be going viral) Colditz too?
Shaun Richards@notayesmansecon
What is happening in #Greece? “For young females, the unemployment rate is 65.0%” http://www.mindfulmoney.co.uk/wp/shaun-richards/what-is-happening-in-greece-for-young-females-the-unemployment-rate-is-65-0/
After all we “know” from BBC Economics Editor Stephanie Flanders that the Euro area acted promptly in Greece! Indeed we have also been told this.
“Why the Greek bail-out has worked”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/stephanieflanders/2011/05/why_the_greek_bail-out_has_wor.html
Not only did the bailout work, but it cost practically nothing as well, IIRC.
“The ‘bedroom tax’ is the new great lie of the Left and the BBC. How on earth can a small welfare cut be a tax?”
By STEPHEN GLOVER
[Opening excerpt]:-
“The first rule of political propaganda is that if you repeat a plausible slogan enough times, and it goes unchallenged, it will eventually be widely believed.
“So it has proved with the so-called ‘bedroom tax’. Invented by an obscure crossbench peer called Lord Best, seized upon by the Labour Party and magnified by the BBC, the emotive phrase has generally been accepted as proof of this Government’s wicked treatment of the poor.”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2292967/The-bedroom-tax-new-great-lie-Left-BBC-How-earth-small-welfare-cut-tax.html
Helen Gooman, typical Liebore MP, effectively saying Labour will keep the reform.
Anyone else notice the leftie comments on the Daily Mail seem to be getting a huge number of upvotes lately? One smallish story had around 1500 upvotes this morning – a high figure even on a popular story. Maybe the whole country’s suddenly gone left wing? Or what else could be happening…?
Perhaps they are all working with a common purpose.
Because of this action, the EU comes into the limelight. It also seems the EU also gets a certain % of all revenues received in import duties to the EU. I have never before heard about this revenue stream.
More blatant misreporting by the BBC. They clearly don’t care to even to rehearse any semblance of impartiality these days – clearly illustrating just how institutionalized and unaccountable the rot truly is within the Corporation. Still, when you have a £4.5bn annual income guaranteed by the threat of imprisonment for non-payers one might reasonably be forced to ask ‘why should they give a rat’s..?’
Life sure is good inside the Politburo, comrades!
This was the only part of the BBC article I needed to read, which should have been at the top of it:
“Today’s vote is a clear indication that the European Parliament has accepted the responsibilities given to it by the treaties and will fight for an improved budget for the EU,” said the leader of the Socialist grouping in the chamber….
Total giveaway, whichever side of the coin one is on. The rest is window dressing, plus a throw-away line about allowing for a little budget flexibility for smaller departments or something. Also, I don’t get what the “Figures not disputed” subheading refers to. Is it that the fact that they’re screwed financially not in dispute, or is it about the amount of cash they want to you to fork over without squealing? It’s not at all clear.
And let’s not forget the auditors haven’t signed off the EU books for – what is it now? 14 years?
Yes – but its only small change – about £100 million in lost money annually – nothing to worry about.
18 years – this year it will be the 19th. See –
http://britain-today.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/november-loomsand-its-happy-18th.html
Nice titbits from Alan’s Telegraph link page –
“MEPs have demanded that the EU create new taxes to fund the Brussels budget”
“The parliament was forced to back down on plans to hold a secret ballot on the spending agreement after accusations that MEPs were trying to evade accountability to their voters.”
Believe it is at least 17 years, could be 18!