Pray for us.
****ing pathetic weasel like response as expected!
Pray for us.
So, what you're saying is, you were into it before it was fashionable?While this (running - as ever in pfm) commentary on the corruption in the media is all true I am finding the calls from the usual protagonists in pfm's Off Topic mafia for media reform a bit hard to take. When the country spent millions on Lord Leveson's report into the press and then decided to ignore the recommendations that would have been the bedrock for wider media reform and independently assessed accountability some of us, through the likes of Hacked Off, campaigned vehemently for their implementation. I myself attended multiple events, became such a nuisance to my then MP that he literally ran away from our last meeting and spent an inordinate amount of my time canvassing for support from the more general public by various means. In my experience the latter was generally met with extreme apathy and sometimes outright hostility.
Now I sit here reading all the above and wondering just how many of those commenting in this way did anything at all (other than posting on an Internet forum that few people read) when Cameron's government decided to ignore Leveson's recommendations completely. I suspect the answer is likely, in most cases, to be very little. You reap what you sow!!
I can't imagine why nobody joined you on your crusade!****ing pathetic weasel like response as expected!
Well, the greatest corrupting force in the ‘Anglosphere’ must be reaching the end of the road now. It will be a genuine cause for celebration when the day comes and it’ll be interesting to see if the sons announce a new way of doing business. No one even a decade ago could have imagined the vision of hell on earth that is Trump-Fox, the British simply inured to The Sun over decades with all attempts to rein it in bought off in Westminster.
I campaigned for the Labour Party and donated several times my membership fee to the fighting fund. Good enough for you?While this (running - as ever in pfm) commentary on the corruption in the media is all true I am finding the calls from the usual protagonists in pfm's Off Topic mafia for media reform a bit hard to take. When the country spent millions on Lord Leveson's report into the press and then decided to ignore the recommendations that would have been the bedrock for wider media reform and independently assessed accountability some of us, through the likes of Hacked Off, campaigned vehemently for their implementation. I myself attended multiple events, became such a nuisance to my then MP that he literally ran away from our last meeting and spent an inordinate amount of my time canvassing for support from the more general public by various means. In my experience the latter was generally met with extreme apathy and sometimes outright hostility.
Now I sit here reading all the above and wondering just how many of those commenting in this way did anything at all (other than posting on an Internet forum that few people read) when Cameron's government decided to ignore Leveson's recommendations completely. I suspect the answer is likely, in most cases, to be very little. You reap what you sow!!
I marched against Blair's war, I did my bit. Anyone not present is to blame for all that followed.****ing pathetic weasel like response as expected!
Now I sit here reading all the above and wondering just how many of those commenting in this way did anything at all (other than posting on an Internet forum that few people read) when Cameron's government decided to ignore Leveson's recommendations completely. I suspect the answer is likely, in most cases, to be very little. You reap what you sow!!
This is an object lesson in exactly how little power is in the hands of the people. Taking back control? My arse.What exactly can we do other than sign arguably useless petitions (I signed several) and vote against the Conservative Party at every opportunity? I certainly don’t buy or fund any of the right-wing press (e.g. I have no Sky subscription) and have frequently publicised both #StopFundingHate and LedByDonkeys on this site, an act which has certainly raised money for both. What more do you want?
What exactly can we do other than sign arguably useless petitions (I signed several) and vote against the Conservative Party at every opportunity? I certainly don’t buy or fund any of the right-wing press (e.g. I have no Sky subscription) and have frequently publicised both #StopFundingHate and LedByDonkeys on this site, an act which has certainly raised money for both. What more do you want?
There’s a groundswell of resentment building, evidenced by the contributions to those threads. I don’t know how widespread it is, but if it is anything like representative of public feeling, then we are possibly closer to a civil uprising than at any time in my life.Her Twitter feed is well worth a read (link). Not a Tory. I like the definition of ‘Johnsonian’.
It's a worldwide problem.What exactly can we do other than sign arguably useless petitions (I signed several) and vote against the Conservative Party at every opportunity? I certainly don’t buy or fund any of the right-wing press (e.g. I have no Sky subscription) and have frequently publicised both #StopFundingHate and LedByDonkeys on this site, an act which has certainly raised money for both. What more do you want?
It is a little wonder that authoritarianism/populism is on the rise - democracy is failing at it's main function.
i'm not sure you understand what "populism" means because you are contradicting yourself in the space of a single sentence.
you may want to read this recent essay by thomas frank:
https://harpers.org/archive/2020/05/how-the-anti-populists-stopped-bernie-sanders/
populism is the main function of democracy.