Vote For Nige, Exterminate The Doctor......

[mushroom25]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/nigel-farage/11580065/Nigel-Farage-Ukip-will-exterminate-Dr-Who.html

vote winner for ukip?

[jno]

he's not a fan of the BBC, is he. I expect Angela Rippon once refused to go on a date with him.

[Zacs-Master]

Complete fruitcake.

[sandyRoe]

Older ABers, who took The Eagle, may remember Dan Dare. Would they agree with me that Farage has something of the look of his mortal enemy, the Mekon, about him?

[Svejk]

Nigel's quite right, of course. This 'journalist' is so passionate about the BBC he thinks the Andrew Marr show is on BBC2.

[Svejk]

The BBC is a disgrace. Makes us a laughing stock around the world.(imo)

[jim360]

It's good to see Nigel Farage has his priorities sorted.

[sp1814]

It's a bizarre thought which I don't think would sit well with he general public. However, it might very well appeal to someone like, say, Richard Desmond, the media baron - who has give £1.3million to UKIP's election fund.

Svejk - the BBC is not a laughing stock around the world.

How did you form that opinion?

[Svejk]

It's very important, jim. Some people, unbelievably, rely on the BBC for all their news and views.

[Svejk]

No, sp, I said it is.

[Zacs-Master]

Comrade Svejk would rather use TASS as his news source.

[Svejk]

Hardly, it's the blatant left-wing bias I'm railing against.

[mikey4444]

These days, Farage mostly talks some sense, compared to the UKIP of old.

But on this he is reverting back to "Mad as a Box of Frogs" mode. Does he really think that he is going to attract more "normal" voters, by attacking one of Britains best-loved institutions ?

He only has a few days to get more than the paltry 2 MPs that UKIP already has in Westminster. If he is really serious, about his Party being taken seriously, he had better ditch nonsense like this and talk about real issues.

[Gromit]

The suggestion of Doctor Who and Strictly were rather words put in his mouth. Farage did not single those programmes out, Marr did.

Farage's view that the BBC should not make commwrcial programmes is clearly wrong. Programmes, good or bad define our cultural identity. And besides which, they earn the country lots of money in overseas sales. ITV are free to invest in a programme of their own similar to Foctor Who, but they choose not to.

And the claim that local BBC web pages are killing local democracy is baseless. Many regional newspapers are clearly biased, many owned by the Daily Mail Group. Unless you are a rightwing barmpot, most people accept that BBC news is impartial.

[ichkeria]

The influence of the BBC must be infuriating to media tycoons like, well Richard Desmond as well as Rupert Murdoch whose son launched a diatribe against the corporation some while back.
Oh the irony.
I think Svejk is in wind up mode (for a change)
Maybe Nigel is too for that matter. The Tories would appear to be clawing back a few votes from his party so maybe he is simply trying to remind his fans that UKIP stands for a whole other raft of barminess unrelated directly to Europe and immigration :-)

[sp1814]

Svejk

Please give us some examples of how the BBC is seen as a laughing stock around the world, whilst I wander over to the Golden Globe and Emmy's website, ready to prove your wrong.

[sp1814]

Gromit

Yes, Farage didn't name any programmes, but he did say that he doesn't think the BBC should do entertainment programmes.

By extension, that includes Strictly and Dr Who.

As an analogy - if he said, "I don't think that Parliament is the right place for mothers to be"...he might not be saying, "I don't think that Harriet Harman should be in the House of Westminster", but by implication, he is - if you see what I mean.

[mushroom25]

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/u-turn

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3066025/Farage-wants-exterminate-Doctor-Ukip-leader-fire-terrible-demand-BBC-banned-making-entertainment-shows-including-Strictly.html

:-)

[DTCwordfan]

sp - the way they handled the Clarkson farce perhaps?

[mikey4444]

I have always understood that in the event of a nuclear war, the Captains of our Trident Submarines have a Standing Order, that after a while, they let a radio aerial off and see if they can get the Today Program, or the Shipping Forecast. Notice its not Britains Got Talent.

[mikey4444]

I guess Radio 4 is the baseline here !