The Political Thread

[Theblazeuk]

I hadn't heard of the Overton Window and had been stretching the word 'Hegemony' to explain the same concept. Cheers!

[CrazyFoxMachine]

So, someone was pointing out BBC bias on FB earlier - pointing at Paul Nuttalls of the UKIPs being invited on Sunday Politics despite being a party without a single MP (and by extension - just HOW much coverage the party gets in the media generally). A commenter then implied that UKIPs had the weight of numbers but First Past the Post was failing the actual state of representative politics and the BBC might be giving more balance ....weight of numbers....

So on a numbershunt I went - the last stable count of UKIPs membership is 39,000 people. A fair amount. Not the billions one always like to frighten themselves by imagining but still solid.

The last stable amount for, say, the greens is however 53,000. And they actually have an MP. You never seem them hippie fucks on TV though doya?

But they're boring I guess. Maybe it's not the party numbers that count... but the viewing figures.

[CalHab]

The Scottish Greens are also a separate party, so their numbers wouldn't be included in that figure, but it would be reasonable to add them when considering UK policy. They also have six MSPs, which is six more than UKIP.

[CrazyFoxMachine]

The response was of course, that UKIP got the larger vote share. Which is absolutely true - coming ahead of even the Lib Dems. Vote share is just one way to cut the coverage cake though. I propose a ludicrous but strenuously unbiased six-hour weekly politics show giving equal coverage to every single party that got over 500 votes in the UK. Including (my facts odyssey reveals) a Trotskyist party in NI that got 7,000 votes. 

[CalHab]

But that doesn't explain why BBC Scotland so frequently trot out the hilariously dim-witted kipper David Coburn. UKIP are pretty much the definition of a fringe party in Scotland. Even the Scottish Socialists have a better history of electoral success.

[Modern Panther]

Here he is, demonstrating a complete lack of understanding of pretty much everything...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-36134456

[GordonR]

Everything you need to know about David Coburn: an openly gay man who opposes same-sex marriage.

[Jim_Campbell]

Astonishing. The Conservative and Unionist Party is perfectly happy to sacrifice the Union in pursuit of Brexit: David Davis says Northern Ireland can unify with Eire if they want to stay in the EU.

[Professor Bear]

When they said "take back our country", they meant England.  Only England.
Also, rat-faced Word We're Not Allowed To Say On The Forum Anymore Nigel Farage has announced his future travel plans.  They are: Fuck You, Plebs - Enjoy Your Trash Fire Of A Country.

[Steve Green]

Stop talking Britain down, Nigel.

[Rately]

Brexit well beyond satire now.

Just mindboggling that we are being marched off a cliff, fully aware of what we will lose due to dishonesty, and the manipulations of the likes of Gove, Farage, Johnson etc.

[Goaty]

Brexit this, Brexit there, Brexit everywhere...

I see they always talk about it, but I don't recall what would happens after we out of EU?

[JayzusB.Christ]

When they said "take back our country", they meant England.  Only England.
Also, rat-faced Word We're Not Allowed To Say On The Forum Anymore Nigel Farage has announced his future travel plans.  They are: Fuck You, Plebs - Enjoy Your Trash Fire Of A Country.

And there you have it. Proof, if anyone was still in any doubt, that his Brexit campaign was always about himself and his own ego.  He truly is a... well, you know.

In other news:  Goodbye, world.  Sorry.  http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39415631

[Hawkmumbler]

But if only we could have predicted this would all happen! IF ONLY!!!

[Dandontdare]

reading the comments section on BBC about triggering Article 50, I did like one comment: "A50 will get you to Warrington not economic prosperity."