General Election 2017

midlandstufc    


There was certainly anti-Corbyn bias during the Election campaign, just as there was pro-remain bias last year for the Referendum. I wonder if sections of the media will reconsider whether demonising people, whether it be Corbyn or Farage might not have been counter productive ?



Anyway, I was almost swayed for the first time ever to vote Tory but their arguments were so weak that I could not bring myself to do it.


There are people in my Constituency (and naturally I won't confirm or deny whether I'm one of them  )  who had never voted Tory up until June 8th....but now aren't entirely sure if they did in fact vote for a member of the Conservative party or not.


Not only did the UKIP candidate for Central Devon not turn up for the declaration, but as the BBC and Devon Live reported: 'The BBC's Hamish Marshall reports the UKIP candidate Tim Matthews has decided to join the Tories before the votes have even been counted'.

link - Bad Luck Kippers, I'm A Tory Now !



And as the Crediton Courier reported the following day (June 9th)  'Against this background, given the need to get behind Brexit negotiations, and to be true to ourselves, we now have to make choices. And I have made mine. I have joined the Conservative Party'.


UKIP voters, particularly those who made their way to the Polling Station later in the evening, have been speculating on the precise time that Mr.Matthews Conservative Party membership came into effect. Was there any possibility that he was technically a Tory Party member BEFORE they cast their vote for him at 9.45pm on June 8th, or would that have breached Election rules, or Representation Of The People Act etc etc ??

At least his full commitment to Brexit is undiminished,  so the guy can't be all bad.


It's only natural to be more critical of something you don't like when you're forced to pay for it. A persons argument falls down if their financial contribution was voluntary, but despite any criticism from some, the Government seems to be working more closely with the BBC than ever. For instance the announcement late last year about the huge dollop of Government cash coming their way if they'll broadcast to North Korea etc. There's no way the BBC could choose to, or justify using British licence fee payers money to finance such an obviously politically driven move. But it does reinforce in the minds of the public that the BBC is an arm of the State. 

link - Government Pays For BBC To Broadcast To N.Korea


It used to be said in decades gone by, that if you could see the poor televised offerings elsewhere in the world (America singled out as among the worst) that people would be more appreciative of the BBC. Should Floridagull be reading, he might be kind enough to recall his initial impressions of U.S television when he first moved to the States. I've a hunch that American television has improved quite a bit from 30 or 40 years ago, but the adverts are all for a cure for one physical ailment or another,as Florida has mentioned before, I think.


Just carrying on this discussion after the Election is over, is off topic in itself, and it's a concept that has never been deemed too important on TFF. On topic, off topic, any topic you like........that is, EXCEPT the pros and cons of smoking  .