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The irony is that in Conservative circles, the BBC is criticised for devoting too much airtime to Corbyn and his band of swampies, who are woefully unpopular ou
by bb101 11y ago
The irony is that in Conservative circles, the BBC is criticised for devoting too much airtime to Corbyn and his band of swampies, who are woefully unpopular outside the vegetarian dreadlocked middle-class Islington set. Seems like the BBC can't do anything right.
- krmmalik 11y agoKey point being "Conservative circles" , which lets face it arent very big. The conservatives were dreadfukly movked and ridiculed when the arrived in Manchester last week. Most of the working class cant stand them.
- bb101 11y agoWell, except that most of England voted for the Conservatives in the election just a few months ago. They are hugely, yet quietly, supported and popular in any area of Britain that isn't deprived. Manchester, Bradford, Luton and their ilk are all bastions of welfare recipients so it's hardly surprising that the Conservatives aren't popular there.
- DanBC 11y ago> except that most of England voted for the Conservatives They got a 36% share of the vote, on a 66% turnout.
- vixen99 11y agoLet's face it - in this year's election eleven million people decided they could stand them which is why there's a Tory government. How is a group of protesters outside a party conference evidence for your point?
- jon-wood 11y agoI'd be inclined to say that if everyone is complaining about the other side getting too much coverage, the BBC are getting things about right.
- buro9 11y agoStoking a political flame war isn't a smart idea on HN. It's worth remembering that comments are fixed and non-editable after only a little time and that such comments will come to be permanently associated with you even if you only meant them in a very conversationally temporal way.