Comments on: The Tories are whining idiots

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 12:49:00 +0000

Never mind that – what about the ludicrous Tory overreaction highlighted by the equally ludicrous story PRESIDENT BLAIR INSULT TO QUEEN in today’s Express?

Apparently Tony Blair had the temerity to laugh when someone made a joke about how we "couldn’t elect a president… yet", and this is apparently enough to place him firmly in the camp of the Antichrist, or so a formal Tory complaint would have it.

Or so I gleaned from the front page in Sainsbury’s – I couldn’t read the rest and I certainly wasn’t about to buy a copy.

By: john b

john b — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 19:55:00 +0000

"the BBC which owes its continued charter to the Labour party's continued government"

Serious question: have either the Tories or the Libs promised to, err, disestablish, the Beeb?

General point: the program featured hecklers heckling politicians of all political hues. The Tories were the only ones to complain. How the fuck can that possibly be an indictment of the Beeb rather than the Tories?

By: ed

ed — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 14:07:00 +0000

I won’t pretend to sympathise with your point of view John B. It’s ridiculous to claim that, in the context of general BBC behaviour, this isn’t an indictment of them rather than a stick to beat the intolerant Tories. What was happening was an intervention in the process of the election which no-one, let alone the BBC which owes its continued charter to the Labour party’s continued government, has a right to.

It wasn’t playful. It wasn’t legitimate media activity. It was wrong.

By: Matthew Turner

Matthew Turner — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 08:24:00 +0000

I though the S.Telegraph yesterday did finally, if it wasn't already, stop being a 'newspaper' in the sense of reporting news. One page was taken up merely with exposing 'Labour lies' with no pretence of objectivity or balance.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 07:36:00 +0000

It's just that the Tories are whinier than the other parties

I seem to remember Labour throwing a wobbly when Have I Got News For You flashed up "VOTE CONSERVATIVE" as the punchline to a joke about subliminal advertising. But since everyone ripped the piss out of them (and then some) for their oversensitivity, maybe they've learned their lesson.

By: john b

john b — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 07:27:00 +0000

Sorry, I've seen the error of my ways: the BBC are evil, and hate all that is good, true and right.

More sanely, the link shows a documentary about heckling, and "the programme observes hecklers at other parties' campaign meetings and not just the Conservatives". It's just that the Tories are whinier than the other parties, and the Tories' house paper is willing to publish a vast amount of bullshit (see also their coverage of nearly all UK economy and home defence stories) in the hope that their election rout won't be as embarassing as last time round...

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 05:39:00 +0000

Are you out of your mind? How can you possibly defend what the BBC is doing?