tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049208109612299827.post5382518248618321681..comments2023-12-06T23:58:59.189+00:00Comments on ffranc sais: BBC's UKIP bias continuesFrank Littlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12447989626809704972noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049208109612299827.post-88315441161137390242016-09-17T19:11:43.635+01:002016-09-17T19:11:43.635+01:00Yes, I agree that FPTP is unfair and I have acknow...Yes, I agree that FPTP is unfair and I have acknowledged that UKIP also want a fair voting system (not the fudge of AV which some quarters of the Labour party espouse). However, the BBC in the past has thrown parliamentary representation at us as a basis for media representation so it is unfair to change the basis at this point in time, if that is their reasoning.<br /><br />I might also point out the direction of travel since 2015, the gains in our membership and the fact that UKIP have made net losses in council by-elections in the two years so far.<br /><br />As I type this, I am watching the repeat of the set speeches to UKIP's conference on BBC Parliament. With the exception of a couple of minutes on selective education (the only Theresa May policy conference reps approve of) and less than that on planning, it was wall-to-wall Eurocentric. Nothing about the nuclear "deterrent", nothing about social security, the health service, the environment - or even the electoral system! It is still clearly a one-issue party, not yet a serious alternative national government.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Frank Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447989626809704972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049208109612299827.post-41417509882106012342016-09-17T12:37:44.681+01:002016-09-17T12:37:44.681+01:00The BBC is more concerned with making news rather ...The BBC is more concerned with making news rather than reporting it. Don't expect fairness from them or you'll be disappointed. Thursday's Question Time which contained the organised public lynching of John McDonnell hit a low, even for them.<br />But your argument about UKIP only having one MP against Lib Dem's eight as some justification for more coverage doesn't convince me, Frank. UKIP had over 1.4 million votes more than the Lib Dems in 2015. It's the unfairness of first past the post should be addressed, something I know you and your Party have consistently advocated over many years.Stannoreply@blogger.com