Category Archives: anti Coalition at all costs

Given BBC antipathy towards the current UK Government, one can almost understand it’s enthusiasm to move the debate on from yesterday’s better than forecast inflation figures and back onto the negative narrative so preferred. We got a double whammy of that this morning from the BBC. First was the “news” that government plans to reform the system of funding for elderly care could be delayed by 10 years to 2025. Andrew Dilnot, former chairman of the Independent Commission for Funding of Care and Support, says such a move would be a “betrayal of people’s trust”. Then, following up the meme, comes the item that the UK’s monthly unemployment figures are likely to bring more grim news after last month’s figures showed unemployment rose to more than 2.6 million in the three months to September. In summary – vote Labour!

Anyone listen to this encounter between John “I like to interrupt” Humphyrs and Conservative Minister Grant Shapps? The hostility shown towards Shapps is really visceral but I was glad that he did not take it all lying down and fought back against the smearing that Today excels at doing. The “social housing” riff is simply a narrative that allows Today to attack the Coalition and employ the talking points Labour provides them.