If the Tories are controlling BBC output, then they must be driving a left wing, Woke agenda.

I know the Tories are hardly conservative any more, but that seems incredible.

Medieval royalty were always wary of the Church. Modern politicians are very wary of the new opinion-leaders.

Be nice to the media or they will Bury your political career. Boris got nailed by a hostile media. Not the first nor the last politician to learn the hard way.

Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford

Hmm

BBC is supposed to be impartial - Fact

BBC has warned its presenters not make political comments that could threaten it's impartiality - Fact

Emily M has been in trouble with the BBC on 3 occasions for the above.

You are concerned there is a Tory in the BBC he must be the only one as the vast majority of staff and senior management are not. - Supposition on my part but probably not far off the truth.

Emily M now has a new show on LBC so is reworking this old story to boost her profile - Supposition on my part but it certainly wont hurt her.

One more point

Indeed Wilesy- I had to stop listening to the 5 live morning show with Nicky Campbell as they had to balance all the incompetence of bungles cabinet and his own incompetence and lies with a caveat-" of course all parties break the law"! etc etc, you couldn"t make it up!

Your prior post alongside this one detailing John Simpson's tweet still does not grasp EM's criticism on how to properly present balance in an instance where there is a significantly uneven split of professional view.

Do you play out both sides of the argument without any further moderation? Does this properly inform someone of the broader argument? Is it responsible of a public broadcaster?

It"s the shutting down of democracy Wilesy, you know it, I know it,Emily knows it!

I had a rabid dog once. As much as it pained me, I shot it. Shame.

Systematically dragged down by the lawmakers

And that is a Lefty saying that.

It is truly incredible that after Trump and Brexit anyone can say that the BBC isn't totally Liberal Left biased.

The truth is that the BBC attitude is totally out of line with the majority in Britain, and those self appointed arrogant arbiters of right think can't bring themselves to accept that.

I wonder how the many BBC haters here react to the way they have handled the last 7 days?

I think it has been nothing short of magnificent, showing respect and sensitivity in equal measure. It has reflected the mood of the nation perfectly and shown, to me at least, why the BBC is something we all ought to be proud of.

The coverage of yesterday’s ceremony, the live streaming of Westminster Hall, and the interviews with those paying their respects shows us all at our best.

The constant bitching on these pages that the UK is somehow a lesser place than it used to be, along with the nonsense that the BBC is biased, has been comprehensively shown to be totally misplaced.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

Isn't that what the national broadcaster is supposed to do? It isn't political. Its job is to reflect opinion and not direct it.

Thus, when I say "reflected the mood of the nation", it's doing what it is supposed to do and, in my opinion, always does do.

That some don't like it is inevitable, but so long as they come from both sides of politics, as they do, then they are getting things broadly right. It's just that you don't get the left posting here, so you don't get to read their bitching.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.