The Tory "dirty tricks brigade" and the media

Mancie · 21-03-2010, 21:20

Look's like the Tories have got it all sorted in the run up to the election..they can do no wrong according to the newspapers.. attacks on Labour are not only daily but seem to be created for the main news on BBC and early morning editions of the papers have new revelations that are forgot in the second editions..
this is not a fair fight regarding policy.. it's tory dirty tricks.. nowt's changed there then.

Margaret Pilkington · 21-03-2010, 21:24

Personally, I find it irritating and counter productive for each party to try and discredit the other.......and I am sure I am not alone in this.
I would rather hear how the parties plan to get us out of the hole we are in at the present time.

Every election the parties try to sling mud at one another.

cashman · 21-03-2010, 21:31

dont suprise me one bit, but in all honesty, dont think its as bad as it was years ago, the media these days, due to their own decline, will slag any beggar if they think it will sell more papers.

Mancie · 21-03-2010, 21:32

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Personally, I find it irritating and counter productive for each party to try and discredit the other.......and I am sure I am not alone in this.
I would rather hear how the parties plan to get us out of the hole we are in at the present time.

Every election the parties try to sling mud at one another.

of course every party will focus on the weakness of the oppostion.. I'm talking about the outright attack on Labour.. the newspapers and those who own them know which side thier bread will be butterd on.. and it ain't labour.

BERNADETTE · 21-03-2010, 21:33

As Margaret has said it is not the mud slinging that interests me at either local or national level. It would just be nice for once if manifestos were written out with just a vein of truth in them from all sides. As far as I can see they are all just a bunch of liars who treat us all with contempt and as if we are thick

Margaret Pilkington · 21-03-2010, 21:39

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Originally Posted by Mancie

of course every party will focus on the weakness of the oppostion.. I'm talking about the outright attack on Labour.. the newspapers and those who own them know which side thier bread will be butterd on.. and it ain't labour.

Now come on Mancie.......newspapers come in all political persuasions, and they are, of course going to show the party they support, more favour that any other. You don't get turkeys voting for Christmas.
And to be fair Labour have had, what 13 years to get things sorted and they haven't cut the mustard.......or do you think that they have?
I am not sure that any political party has the cojones to tackle the real problems that afflict this country at the moment.
I shall be taking a pin to the polling booth with me.

Mancie · 21-03-2010, 21:47

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Now come on Mancie.......newspapers come in all political persuasions, and they are, of course going to show the party they support, more favour that any other. You don't get turkeys voting for Christmas.
And to be fair Labour have had, what 13 years to get things sorted and they haven't cut the mustard.......or do you think that they have?
I am not sure that any political party has the cojones to tackle the real problems that afflict this country at the moment.
I shall be taking a pin to the polling booth with me.

Name a popular newspaper that is blatant Labour.. maybe the mirror
if we yap on enough I could name many that are blatant Tory.. respect to you Margaret but I would have thought you had grown up by now and sussed out the Press... if you ain't then just tells me 16yrs old should be allowed to vote..some of them have more sense.

Stumped · 21-03-2010, 21:49

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Originally Posted by Mancie

Look's like the Tories have got it all sorted in the run up to the election..they can do no wrong according to the newspapers.. attacks on Labour are not only daily but seem to be created for the main news on BBC and early morning editions of the papers have new revelations that are forgot in the second editions..
this is not a fair fight regarding policy.. it's tory dirty tricks.. nowt's changed there then.

As you have previously hinted, Mancie, we should all be capable of making up our own minds about which party, if any, has the political ability to turn around the crisis in which this nation currently finds itself. The bouts of mudslinging by the mass media is merely propoganda that is best suited to the shredder. Should the combatants for the forthcoming general election ever get around to the sensible negotiation of a political prospectus that will benefit the UK as a whole, then we should be prepared to listen. In the end it will come down to the value of the pound in your pocket and the increased burden of taxation that none of the parties appear prepared to enlighten us about. Until that is made clear, I for one, reserve the right to continue abstaining. The televised head-to-head sessions could prove to be very interesting - or very embarrassing, as the case may be. The approach of the Labour biased BBC could develop into something quite controversail in the intervening days.

cashman · 21-03-2010, 21:53

agree stumped the shredder is the place fer it, thing is though there are many many of the "Jeremy Kyle" "Trisha" etc brigade that take everything read as gospel.

Stumped · 21-03-2010, 22:03

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Originally Posted by cashman

agree stumped the shredder is the place fer it, thing is though there are many many of the "Jeremy Kyle" "Trisha" etc brigade that take everything read as gospel.

Tell me about it. Some of them even pop up on this site now and again!

shillelagh · 21-03-2010, 22:07

theyre all as bad as each other .. thats why i stopped buying a daily newspaper. Only buy one on a sunday and basically its for the puzzle page and sudoku .. other wise i wouldnt buy one.

MargaretR · 21-03-2010, 22:09

I can't see why you are getting uptight about the election.
It is preplanned for the tories to win - its their turn to screw us for all they can.
I don't recommend anyone get annoyed about it - just go with the flow.
Sit back and watch all the silly backstabbing in the name of 'democracy'

Stumped · 21-03-2010, 22:13

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Originally Posted by shillelagh

theyre all as bad as each other .. thats why i stopped buying a daily newspaper. Only buy one on a sunday and basically its for the puzzle page and sudoku .. other wise i wouldnt buy one.

My current daily is the Express - but like you I only take it for the crosswords, etc and the brilliant strip cartoon: 'Calvin and Hobbs'. The cartoonist is plainly a brilliant observer of childhood behaviour. The tales surrounding a youngster and his imaginary friend have me in fits of laughter most days.

Mancie · 21-03-2010, 22:19

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Originally Posted by Stumped

The tales surrounding a youngster and his imaginary friend have me in fits of laughter most days.

nowt changed there then Stumped..you still imagine you have friends

andrewb · 21-03-2010, 22:31

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Originally Posted by Mancie

Name a popular newspaper that is blatant Labour.. maybe the mirror
if we yap on enough I could name many that are blatant Tory.. respect to you Margaret but I would have thought you had grown up by now and sussed out the Press... if you ain't then just tells me 16yrs old should be allowed to vote..some of them have more sense.

1997:
Independent - Labour
Daily Mail - Labour
The Guardian - Labour
The Observer - Labour
Daily Telegraph - Conservative
The Times - Conservative
The Sun - Labour
Financial Times - Labour

Yeah it might have changed now, but that's what happens in 13 years of politics!