Anyone with a particular bias can write a book from a biased perspective. As Aitken is in the same camp as the hard right contributors in these threads it is totally unsurprising that the book he writes meets with their approval and that it's conclusions are similar. That doesn't mean he is right! It just means he has an opinion.

The fact that he previously worked for the BBC doesn't change that. In fact it confirms that not all the journalists at the BBC hold "liberal" views doesn't it?

I have never suggested that the BBC has a right wing bias! All I have suggested is that the perception that they have a left wing bias is just that. A perception held by those whose own opinions are on the right.

They have well designed structures and controls that demand objectivity from their journalists, whatever their personal political views might be, most of which, quite rightly, we will never know.

All the moaning and wailing from the right about how unfairly they are treated by the BBC is resonant of Trump's treatment of the media in the USA.

This must never be allowed to get a toehold here because down that path is a very dark place.

Improve the controls. Make them more transparent if you wish. Allow citizens access to the decision making processes. Ensure that the BBC Governors include all shades of political opinion. But never try to compromise their freedom from political interference or their ability to provide us with the truth as they see it.

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.

'Toehold'

You are a minority voice in the Tory community and especially its grass roots. Your opinion must never be allowed to 'get a toehold'......Not like there's much chance of that thankfully.

Honestly you are so deluded that answering your posts on here just feels like I should be receiving payment for psychiatric work.

Edited by Stirlingsays (17 Jun 2019 11.50pm)

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

Anything but. Tone, inflection and intonation all have an effect.

I rather think the delusion is all yours. I am not expressing an opinion as member of the "Tory community", especially the current one. I am expressing it as a British citizen concerned about the drift towards hard right politics and populist sentiment in the UK.

That some, like me, whose natural home was within the "sensible" wing of the Tory party are worried about the widening divide in British politics is not delusional at all. It is there in plain sight.

How people on that wing coalesce with those on the right of the Labour party and others whose politics stand on the firm ground of the centre remains to be seen but coalesce they must to ensure that we don't follow the disaster that has engulfed the USA in the last 2 years. Hopefully the USA will come to it's senses and recover from that but I would much prefer that we avoided it altogether.

As I have told you many times you neither need to read my posts nor answer them. That is entirely your choice. I will though make my points as I see fit. As psychiatrists, by the way, should never be judgemental you would make an exceptionally bad one, so I doubt if your earning capacity in that field would amount to much.

So I suggest you stick to posting nasty hard right opinions on rather obscure web forums for you cannot cause much harm that way.

Edited by Wisbech Eagle (18 Jun 2019 10.47am)

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.

In what capacity do you see hard right policies in the UK.
What has happened in the USA in two years that is so bad.
The only thing I see is freedom of speech being shut down and the colleges and unis are the drivers of this with the help of left wing policies.
The jobless at its lowest for eons oh and stopping illegral immigrants.
That's not too bad surely.

Yes. People don’t have time and many want to deny what it says.

It’s called a summary.

Trump lost. Badly. Hahahahahahaha.