It was the Ofcom report that was old.

Improvement suggestions are always welcome and useful. The actual recommendation was to transform the way it handles complaints so that perceptions can be changed.

Not that it needs to actually change its programming or standards of impartiality but to improve the understanding of them.

In other words address a PR issue, not an operational one.

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.

Nick Robinson asked the question having done the research. That’s his job. Exposing the attitudes of those who seek responsibility is important.

Farage’s view is not unique. It has also been stated here several times, although where the true source lies is unknown.

What must be true is for anyone in the west to publicly state such an opinion is to hand Putin all the propaganda he needs in his own country to keep them onside, whilst brutally silencing any dissenting voices there.

Scoring own goals is not something needed in any team.

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What do you expect from the BBC?

The sad thing is that Farage was right. We handed Putin an excuse to invade Ukraine with our usual meddling.
That is not the same as saying that killing civilians was justified or that Ukraine isn't entitled to a choice.

I don't think people who have already decided to vote Reform will be bothered by this leftist propaganda.

Exactly

hats off to palace, they were always gonna be louder, and hate to say it but they were impressive ALL bouncing and singing.

He repeated and expanded on them yesterday, when it might have been wiser to be a little more circumspect. I think that’s the point that observers are making.

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.

I've had trouble with other AI systems; they seem to pick out individual words in a statement and formulate an opinion without realising that a past tense is being used and consequently the AI thinks the statement relates to today rather than some historical aspect.

hats off to palace, they were always gonna be louder, and hate to say it but they were impressive ALL bouncing and singing.

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Don't see what the issue is. Why don't the BBC put it next to the statue of Jimmy Saville.

One more point

Which is exactly what I suggested.

The problem comes when that country is right next to Russia, and from their point of view, threatens their security.

Imagine if the Republic of Ireland or Mexico declared itself as a military ally of Russia.

Putin is no friend of the West. He is a ruthless dictator who stops at nothing to maintain power. He is also a dedicated defender of Russia.

Showing weakness is not sensible, but nor is poking the bear.

Farage has been consistent in that message for a long time, and it turns out that he was right.

We should have read the room far better.

Know your enemy.

People who present the idea that nations just decide to join Nato and that they isn't anything going on in the background are either clueless or dishonest.

People who ignore the obvious CIA and American five billion NGO and bribery involvement in the 2014 Ukrainian coup take people for fools. The whole project was US state policy, as was the Nato expansion east before it....that European states all go along with because we want to keep our defence costs low and with Britain our UN security seat.

What Farage was saying.....and he was saying this many years before this idiotic war....that Nato enlargement policy was a bad idea and would lead to confrontation with Russia.

He was right and it should be remembered that he was criticised about that at the time.....by people who have been proven wrong.

What Farage was saying has essentially been repeated by top diplomats in that political space for policy towards Russia since 1991 and the fall of the Berlin wall.

I fully agree, policy towards Russia has been a complete failure and has resulted in the worst outcomes....A China/Russia and now BRICs competing pack.

Most of the criticism directed at Farage over this is based along the lines of 'Putin bad'.....like they are talking to children.

They don't want to engage on the detail because that they shows that essentially Farage's argument has a lot going for it.

It's not about whether you like Putin or not, it's based upon what is intelligent policy for avoiding terrible outcomes like we have today.

The Ukraine war was the most avoidable war I've ever seen....one of the most forewarned wars and one of the most lied about.

People are sleeping walking into their children being called up and excuses being made for a war footing that has no upside at all....only costs that you'll be expected to bear for no gain at all.

With the worst outcome being the destruction of all of us because essentially we are run by globalists obsessed with the very attributes they accuse others of.

Edited by Stirlingsays (22 Jun 2024 6.29pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

The point is that Ukraine shoud never have been encouraged to join NATO. In fact, neutrality would have been the best solution for all parties.