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@MajorRage said in British Politics:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in British Politics:
@MajorRage said in British Politics:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in British Politics:
For Christ sake Rage I didn't say that at all. Is it so hard to understand? It's really really simple. The BBC should apply that standard (obvious joke and freedom speech) across the board and not just to those who think like them. It's blatant hypocrisy and it's ridiculous to claim they should be supported for it.
I'm not supporting hypocrisy. I'm supporting their comments on Brand.
And the criticism is because of their hypocrisy. Do you understand now?
I understand that if you take isolated incidents which support your views and put them together, you could come up with hypocrisy, yes. Reality is that hypocrisy was there at the time, not now. They hypocrisy with Dankula was there when they employed Gervais, Boyle, Carr, Clarkson just to name a few. All 4 of them have been found guilty on mulitple occasions of saying offensive things. It took one to physically punch somebody to get fired.
Now why were they treated differently to Dankula? I would guess popularity. Something else that Jo Brand has. Dankula is a nobody. A nobody who has been (wrongly, in my view) charged with anti-semitism stuff. That is a pretty hot topic at the moment given what has been happening under Corbyn's watch. So a nobody, whose getting the most publicity he's ever had due to anti-semitism stuff, is dropped by the BBC. That ain't a big deal for me.
I acknowledge your hypocrisy and see how you get to your conclusion. I just don't buy the relevancy, and fully support the BBC on their comments re Brand.
What? It's based on popularity now? Give me a break. It's ideological. But even if it is just based on popularity doesn't that mean the BBC should be held in even more contempt?
And those comparisons are weak in 2019. No way they get their break out roles with the BBC in this day and age.
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We're going round in circles. I support BBC comments here. It doesn't mean I support every single thing they have ever done - their treatment of Deayton will always piss me off.
I have extremely strong doubts that whoever made the Dankula decision was involved with the Brand statement. It's like comparing a junior accountant to a global salesperson in a 50,000+ employee firm.
So lets just agree to disagree.
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@Rembrandt said in British Politics:
@MajorRage I quite like what I've seen of Raab, really good back story too.
Buzzfeed journalist proudly posted on twitter on what they thought was a hitpiece on him..responses are gold.
Yes, my biggest concern of Raab is how somebody could be part of a negotiating team, get to the end of it then walk away as the result is shit.
Um .. weren't you part of it? It may just be that May over ruled him (as is her right) on too many thing, but then he could have managed the PR better by strolling earlier.
Outside that though, I do like him.
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BoJo in the box seat
Fool me once, shame on you.
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Yes please Boris
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@MiketheSnow said in British Politics:
Yes please Boris
Seems like the very definition of a false equivalence.
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So the BBC after defending Jo Brand and championing free speech now edits the "offending" article out.
Weak.
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@Catogrande said in British Politics:
So the BBC after defending Jo Brand and championing free speech now edits the "offending" article out.
Weak.
They helped make the bed, now they have to lie in it.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in British Politics:
@Catogrande said in British Politics:
So the BBC after defending Jo Brand and championing free speech now edits the "offending" article out.
Weak.
They helped make the bed, now they have to lie in it.
I’m sort of with MR in that I think it was good that they came to Jo Brand’s defence but I also see the hypocrisy in that position. But to now cave in like that is weaker than a can of piss.
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Comedy Gold
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Comedy Gold
And unfortunately the most toxic
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@Rembrandt said in British Politics:
Great news! No more will the British people have to worry about their feel feels being hurt when seeing adverts!
stereotypical portrayals of men
The best a man can get ...
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@MajorRage said in British Politics:
Raab's out.
Right, whose next to back ... I mean it's a waste of time if it's not Johnson, but ...
Rory Stewart getting all the press at the moment.
The trouble is they are all looking like sleazy chancers and in normal times would not get my vote, but when the alternative is Corbyn, then fuck me I'd take any of them.
What a fucking shambles.
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Boris the best in my eyes but that's not saying much.. I guess it all hangs on whether the Brexit Party will run in the general. If they do then that'd be comrade Corbyn.The only way they won't run is if Boris pushes through a no-deal Brexit and gets the Brexit Party's sole policy right off the table.
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