CitizenVectron Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 BBC came under No 10 pressure to avoid using ‘lockdown’ in early pandemic, leak shows | BBC | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Exclusive: leaked emails and WhatsApp messages reveal reporters also told to be more critical of Labour Quote BBC editors asked their journalists to avoid using the word "lockdown" in reporting at the start of the pandemic and to be more critical of Labour after pressure from Downing Street, leaked email and WhatsApp messages show. On lockdown messaging in early pandemic: Quote The email, sent to correspondents at just after 6pm on the day lockdown was announced, was labelled: IMPORTANT ADVISORY – language re broadcast. "Hi all – D st are asking if we can avoid the word 'lockdown'. I'm told the message will be that they want to keep pushing people to stay at home but they are not talking about enforcement at the moment," it said. On being more critical of the Labour opposition: Quote In another WhatsApp message from Sunday 24 October 2021, a senior editor asked journalists to make coverage more critical of Labour after a complaint from No 10. The message reads: “D St complaining that we’re not reflecting Labour’s mess of plan b online. ie Ashworth said it earlier this week, then reversed. Can we turn up the scepticism a bit on this?” BBC has become more and more the messaging arm of the Conservative Party the last decade, on issues ranging from the pandemic, to trans issues (BBC notoriously anti-trans), to climate, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 I could see a valid argument about quibbling over lockdown, but the thing about Labour seems to be pure political coordination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 So how long until the UK constitutionally must have an election? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 20 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: So how long until the UK constitutionally must have an election? what constitution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 42 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: So how long until the UK constitutionally must have an election? Quote The next United Kingdom general election is scheduled to be held no later than 24 January 2025. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 22 minutes ago, Jason said: what constitution This is correct in the sense that the UK doesn't have a formally codified constitution. However, the collected body of both written and unwritten arrangements is generally accepted to comprise the "constitution" of the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 7 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Lmao they still have two years left to get this stuff buried. What a dumb country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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