I wonder if the BBC thinks that supporting the government position on the EU referendum will make the government look kindly upon the BBC when the Charter Renewal is finally decided? Has Lord Hall Hall got an agreement with Cameron?
No, of course not, the independent and impartial BBC would never stoop so low.
The BBC may interview some who support Brexit but it is becoming more and more obvious that the weight of the BBC coverage is favouring the pro-EU side.
There is little attempt from what I have heard to balance out the debate and provide voices from both sides on certain issues.
When Gove said the ECJ could override the agreement Cameron signed up to the BBC misquoted what he said claiming that he said the agreement was not legally binding at any time….but that wasn’t what he said…this is…
“The facts are that the European court of justice is not bound by this agreement until treaties are changed and we don’t know when that will be. I do think it’s important that people also realise that the European court of justice stands above every nation state, and ultimately it will decide on the basis of the treaties and this deal is not yet in the treaties.”
Not binding until the treaties are changed to incorporate it. And of course the ECJ is a political body that serves the European Union and makes its judgements with that in mind…in the interests of the European Union.
The BBC on the Today programme brought in Dominic Grieve to give us his legal opinon…but he is, as he admitted, an ardent supporter of the EU and in fact was a loud voice urging Cameron to sign up to the agreement he that did. Hardly the voice of impartiality that was needed.
Today I just heard Pienaar give us his opinion on whether the referendum debate is civil or not….apparently it is all Boris Johnson’s fault for calling the PM’s claims ‘Balderdash’…no mention of Cameron’s attacks on the Brexiteers or his rigging of the referendum by trying to gag them and with-hold information from them.
Then we had a clip of the Norwegian PM telling us how awful life was outside the EU…she really wanted to join because you know what, Norway just didn’t have any sovereignty.
The BBC is now playing that clip on the news as if it is a truthful and impartial voice in the debate. What the BBC doesn’t tell us is that the Norwegian politicians have been constantly trying to sign up Norway to more and more EU legislation by the backdoor behind the population’s back…..do we trust Cameron and Co not to do exactly the same?
Why doesn’t the BBC quote other voices from Norway when the vast majority of the Norwegian population are against further integration?…
David Cameron this week said that Britain should not seek to emulate Norway by putting itself outside the European Union. In fact, Norway is happy and free outside. If anything, we would like an even looser relationship with the EU.
The opposition to EU membership in Norway is stronger than ever. The main arguments for staying out are retaining our sovereignty and the democratic deficit of the EU.
Trouble is we’ve been here before with the BBC and its less than honest protrayal of the Norwegian position.Let’s just remind ourselves, and the BBC, what the Norwegian position really is….it co-operates closely with the EU and has a great deal of say in its workings….
Norway and the EU
Norway and the EU enjoy good and close relations, although Norway is not a member of the European Union. The Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA) is the mainstay of our cooperation, and it ensures that Norway takes part in the EU internal market. We are also part of the Schengen Agreement and cooperate with the EU on foreign and security policy issues.
Through the EEA Agreement, the three EFTA states Norway, Iceland and Liechten-stein are equal partners in the EU internal market, on the same terms as the EU member states. Moreover, the Agreement also covers cooperation in other important areas such as research and development, education, social policy, the environment, consumer protection, tourism and culture. It also enables the three EEA EFTA states to participate in various EU programmes. Norway also participates in the activities of a number of EU agencies through provisions in the EEA Agreement or on the basis of bilateral agreements.
Let’s look at what they have opted out of.…all the politics of the EU including the human rights…note the rules for the single market are 90% global and would be followed anyway, in or out of the EU…..
I think the BBC has given up any real pretence of impartiality and its journalists are now slipping in the pro stuff because it comes so naturally to them, they just can’t help themselves, they don’t even notice it.
Remember the prophets of doom and gloom after the referendum announcement sterling diving to a 7year low, panic and horror. All blamed on a Brexit. This is the BBC Business Live today:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/business-35668620
No mention that the GBP has increased by almost 1% on the day against the $ and the euro.
UKIP site Australia because of its points based immigration policy, and its many free trade deals. The Norwegian elite has always been known to want to join the EU gravy train, at the moment all they have is the UN, and that is not enough for democratically rejected and failed grease balls. They don’t even have a House of Lords. All there is in Norway, is an elite who want to give away independence and sovereignty to the European Union. And if Britain is to avoid that fate, we need to pass a law that makes it a crime of Treason for anyone who displays pro-EU tendencies.
Lord Hall’s failure to cut costs, staffing levels and complaints is revealed by these facts.
(1) In 2013/2014 the BBC received 192,459 complaints, in 2014/2015 the BBC received 259,886 complaints, a massive 35 percent increase in complaints to the BBC.
(2) In 2013/2014 the BBC spent £955 million on wages, in 2014/2015 the BBC spent £976.5 million on wages, a 2.25 percent increase in payments.
(3) In 2013/2014 the BBC employed 18,674 full-time staff, in 2014/2015 the BBC employed 18,974 full-time staff, a 1.6 percent increase in staff numbers.
I had a reply to my complaint to the BBC regarding the Stephen Nolan show that I posted here about 2 weeks ago. You can hear the clip and read the email here:
Seeing as the BBC is happy to regularly allow (or, as I see it, push forward) intermittent bursts of (radio phone-in/live TV debate) public anger against large “greedy” multinational companies, can we now expect a silencing of those “democratic voices” after the pro-EU letter signed by major companies such as HSBC, BAE Systems, BT, Royal Dutch Shell, Rio Tinto and BP.
Who would have thought HSBC could so easily get themselves off the hook with the political Left? As if they give a crap! They’ve already ‘blindly’ committed themselves to an ‘uncertain’ pre-EU-referendum London – because Hong Kong was NEVER a viable option. It was ALWAYS A BLUFF!
I wonder if Amazon or Starbucks are going to get a mention, as they usually do? I wonder what their stance is regarding the EU? It would be pure gold if they came out as pro-EU, seeing how much they are hated by the Left for not paying some kind of tax or other.