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  1. An English Gentleman says:
    April 23, 2015 at 11:00 pm

    Avoided bbbc nearly all day. I was feeling quite pleased with myself but then I mistakenly switched it on to question time……..first question, predictably was “What about the problem of the Mediterranean ‘migrants?’ (not criminals attempting illegal entry)…over to you Mr UKIP representative who as soon as he started speaking was continually interrupted by dimbeldor…………..All so predictable. I don’t suppose we will have any questions about the tower hamlets labour chap, Luftur Rahman who has just be found guilty of numerous corrupt electoral practices…

    Off button.

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  3. Geoff says:
    April 23, 2015 at 11:42 pm

    The IQ standard of a typical SNP lefty, any reason to have a snipe at UKIP, this aimed at Paul Nutall on tonights QT, FAIL!!

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  4. I Can See Clearly Now says:
    April 24, 2015 at 12:20 am

    We’ll need extra popcorn… Conrad Black returns to the Lords. Isn’t Ashcroft giving it up?

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  5. Merched Becca says:
    April 24, 2015 at 12:22 am

    ‘This Week’ on Al Beeb now .
    A totally biased audience – very amature, very amature indeed.
    Its almost as if they have ‘cheerleaders’.

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    • Geoff says:
      April 24, 2015 at 12:31 am

      A shame neither Diane Abbot or Suzanne Evans hadn’t seen tonights polls before the program was recorded.

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    • David Brims says:
      April 24, 2015 at 1:05 am

      ”A totally biased audience”

      It’s London, a city that’s under occupation.

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  6. Merched Becca says:
    April 24, 2015 at 12:53 am

    Are the politicians listening ?
    Most people in this country are against any more immigration, migration, asylum seekers, or whatever you call them, yet the media and the politicians are all for taking thousands more. Where is the UN and the rest of the world where there is much more space. Britain is a small country where resources are limited and getting scarcer.
    Vote UKIP – the party that cares for the future of Great Britain.

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    • dave s says:
      April 24, 2015 at 1:09 am

      No the politicians are no linger listening and no longer represent us. Especially in the shires.
      We have been here before and it always ends badly.

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    • David Brims says:
      April 24, 2015 at 1:12 am

      The U.N like the EUSSR is part of the problem not the solution. I think this song is appropriate.

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  7. Angrymanupnorth says:
    April 24, 2015 at 12:53 am

    BBC This Week. Thurs 23.4.15.

    Bad move by This Week. They went live with a shipped in audience. And the audible audience was, well, not balanced. Possibly numerous BBC staff?

    Whooping and hollering the introduction of Miranda Green, regular pundit with LibDem allegiance. The reception for Suzanne Evans of UKIP was downright impolite, for one of the brightest, clearest and positive politicians in the country. Shameful. The deluge of comments regarding skewed audiences on BBC political programmes during an election campaign will no doubt continue.

    Stick with the studio Brillo. Save the Blue Nun outings until after hours.

    BBC. A stain on democratic process and British fair play.

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    • dave s says:
      April 24, 2015 at 1:07 am

      I switched off. There was no point in listening. Things are getting out of hand with the BBC now. Very foolish of them. That German word leugenpresse fits the BBC perfectly.

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    • David Brims says:
      April 24, 2015 at 1:20 am

      If you want a true British audience that hasn’t been contaminated, brainwashed, I suspect you would have to go to the Falkland Islands,

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  8. Angrymanupnorth says:
    April 24, 2015 at 3:10 am

    BBC Website. Bias. On many levels. Its IFS again, Robert Peston again, Nick Robinson again.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32424739

    The ‘Independent’ IFS, have produced a report on the 4 main parties. The IFS, in a nutshell, can’t work out the ‘sums’ of the 4 main parties. But wait! The four main parties are Lib, Lab, Con, SNP.

    That’s strange because the BBC informed me at the last national election, how many votes were attracted by each party:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/events/vote2014/eu-uk-results

    Yes, they told me that UKIP were the largest party, polling 11 times more votes than the SNP, 4 times that of the LibDems, and beating Lab and Con into 2nd and 3rd places. And the Greens were 4th. Yet Peston, Robinson et al, accept an ‘Independent Report’ on manifesto fiscal scrutiny including the SNP as a ‘main party’ and which ignores UKIP, the Party that won the largest share of the vote at last year’s national election.

    Nick Robinson and Robert Peston report to the public as if UKIP do not exist and as though they did not poll 4,376,635 votes at the last election. This is gross bias by omission. They know what they are doing here.

    Those 4,376,635 people deserve representation. And fair, impartial representation from the BBC in accordance with its Charter obligations.

    Many of those 4,376,635 are not happy with the BBC’s bias against UKIP, and thereby, bias against them and their views. Bias which has resulted in real world spite and violence and accusations of bigotry, racism, sexism and whichever ism might suit the mood.

    This bias works. Readers discuss and frame the economic arguments through the lens of the article, as can be seen by many of the comments. The article itself can only be described as waffle wrapped around a report, biased by design, to provide a mental setting to the unsuspecting reader. A mental setting which excludes UKIP.

    Robinson. Peston. Common Purpose. They have learned their trade well.

    Supplementary. On Question Time, two ‘random’ members of the vetted audience mentioned the report using the term ‘The 4 main parties’ associated with – ‘uncosted and deficient’. Yet many people will have been given the impression from the framing of their comments, that UKIP were one of the 4 parties who were ‘uncosted and deficient’. A biased report can be used against UKIP in so many ways.

    And there was a chap from Liverpool with direct, clear answers to questions, who spoke well and displayed common sense. His name is Paul Nuttall. He stands for UKIP.

    Any chance of an impartial report on UKIP manifesto please BBC? On the BBC website election page please. Do UKIP’s sums add up or not? What do the ‘Independent IFS’ say, or don’t they have the manpower to cover UKIP as well?

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