While I'm happy about the anti woke stuff and consider GB News very milk toast in terms of right wing I fully agree with you about the Democratic point.

I don't think it's right that anyone peaceful....regardless of their political opinions has no representation. Indeed, I think people will have more trust not less if open discussion is allowed over the corporate and censored direction we are moving in.

Personally I think decentralized societies which have more independent political systems thus allowing people to make choices between is a far better future....similar to independent states in America.....where California is run very differently to Texas for example.

Instead of forcing people to all live the same way surely choice is a better option.....and for that we all need more freedom not less.

Edited by Stirlingsays (05 Dec 2021 5.02pm)

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

Bias is in the mind of the beholder.

The BBC has an obligation NOT to be biased, and I, for one, think it strives very hard not to be.

GB News is not under any such obligation.

You watch whatever you like. How long that will be GB News is open to question.

If they fail, the BBC will still be there. So long as you continue to pay your licence fee.

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.

Well quite. I choose not to watch Sky News in the UK because I dislike its style intensely. But I have zero objection to Sky News existing. I am not forced to pay for it.

Whereas with the BBC I am forced to pay for it. Meaning that I expect it to reflect the widest possible range of views from across the spectrum. Which during the Brexit issue, it patently did not, showing a disgusting bias towards those who wanted the July 2016 result cast aside. The BBC is not fit for purpose any more and there is no justification for it to be paid for by licence fee. If Government wish to fund a state broadcaster then let it do so from normal taxation. Not by compelling people to pay for an organisation that made little effort to disguise the contempt it felt towards 52% of people who voted Leave in the Brexit Referendum.

Edited by Matov (05 Dec 2021 8.04pm)

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.

So to be able to watch any live tv we are forced to pay for a licence which then funds the BBC?

Yes, we all are because the British Broadcasting Corporation is a national asset. It is established by a Royal Charter and is a public corporation. We all, collectively, own it.

The BBC is public service broadcasting at it's finest. That some don't like it's output and imagine it has a political agenda is shared by those of all political thought.

Whether you like it, or not, is really beside the point. You are British. It is British. It's your and my responsibility to ensure it remains independent of government and commercial influence.

You may not appreciate that today, but should the day dawn when our politics turns again, and you find yourself vehemently opposed to a government who seeks to take over the BBC and use it to stifle free expression, then you may be very glad that it's yours, and not theirs.

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.

No it doesn't.

And their history programmes certainly do not reflect the UK of yesterday.

Eze Peasy at Anfield....