As stated in the last post Miliband gets a free pass from the BBC when it comes to real criticism of his policies…and it seems that the BBC aren’t so keen even to give airtime to those who do have critical things to say.
This was a widely published story:
Miliband in No10? It raises hairs on the back of my neck! CBI chief’s anger as Labour leader pledges to bring back socialism
Even the New Statesman felt moved to respond:
John Cridland’s assault on Miliband completes the CBI’s divorce from reality
The CBI head presents the Labour leader’s plans as dangerous Bolshevism. But in an age of market failure, most businesses won’t agree with him.
The head of the CBI said last night that the prospect of a return to 1970s-style socialism under Ed Miliband ‘raised the hairs on the back of my neck’.
John Cridland attacked the Labour leader’s policies, including an energy price freeze and higher corporation tax.
He accused Mr Miliband of trying to drive a wedge through the business community, praising small firms and demonising big ones.
Mr Cridland, the head of Britain’s biggest business lobby group, welcomed signs the economy is picking up – but warned the outlook for enterprise has been damaged by Labour’s lurch to the left.
Small businesses are the backbone of UKplc, they aren’t stupid. They know they need as much help as possible, not more government fiddling and interfering. This is just another incentive to NOT employ any extra workers, or fewer than planned.
Miliband’s latest scheme on a “living wage” is just as short-term as other policies. He truly is an obvious career politician with his sweeteners. More embarrassing than seeing an old guy in a dirty mac offering sweets to children in a playground.
This latest scheme involving the living wage really does deserve to be taken apart and yet you just know that the BBC is not the organisation/ outlet to do it.
When Osborne announced the creation of the Office for Budget responsibility before the last election, I seem to recall that he had to jump through hoops to describe what it would do and how.
The first questions that should be asked about the living wage are what will it be, and who sets it, but we all know they won’t be.
Amongst the top questions should be one or two about the protections that will be provided to businesses who offer it to stop government either withdrawing or whittling down these incentives over time.
This proposal is just so obviously an election bribe, highly cynical, and yet no-one will ask the questions. You can lay good odds against the BBC doing it.
The dirty old man bought his sweets. Red Ed is using our money to by his and then giving it back to us, but not for free mind. I just hope he has not got any puppies he wants us to look at.
Yes indeed this would be a bigger story if the CBI had questioned Tory policy. It’s not a story though if you support Labour and would like to see them back in power.
That would put and end to all of this scary talk about axing the licence fee.