Is There Any Point In Mrs May Visiting Brussels? (And Mixed Metaphors.)

[Khandro]

Or would the time be more valuably spent preparing for a 'cliff-edge' exit? It seems from the pre-arranged replies to last-night's amendment she is 'up against a brick wall'.
Dominic Raab has said;
"I would rather we got a deal, but it takes 'two to tango' and the 'ball is in the EU’s court'."
Could he have mixed his metaphors even further by adding, 'and the clock is ticking'?

Any more metaphors? (suggestion; 'are we are up the creek'?).

[Khandro]

jim; //What I'm saying is that at the same time you can easily find just as many examples of BBC reports biased in the other direction.//

I'll believe that if you can give me one, (just one) example of the BBC being biased in its condemnation of the leave campaign.

[naomi24]

Jim, //I'm not going to dispute the idea that you can find examples on the BBC of reports that appear to be biased against Brexit. //

But you did. You said the BBC is 'impartial to a fault'. A large pinch of salt required for your posts again, I think.

[jim360]

One example often-cited would be, say, the tendency to allow pro-Brexiteers to come on and to say things that are demonstrably untrue without challenging them on this point.

Meanwhile, being "impartial to a fault" clearly covers the case where both sides of a debate feel that the BBC is being biased against them. No salt required at all.

[jim360]

In the long run the simple fact is that complaints of bias are not limited to "your side" of the argument. Whether or not you quibble with the way I expressed myself, it's not difficult to verify my main point. The BBC is blatantly biased in favour of the left, cry right-wingers, and blatantly biased in favour of the right, cry the far left. Both are right.

[naomi24]

//Meanwhile, being "impartial to a fault" clearly covers the case where both sides of a debate feel that the BBC is being biased against them. //

Haha! Not even a good try.

[jim360]

Try the post after, then.

[naomi24]

Nah. Just off to get my salt shaker.

[jim360]

There was a Radio 5 Live phone-in, for example, when two callers in a row complained of the BBC's "blatant left-wing bias", then its "blatant right-wing bias".

Stop getting your salt shaker and start reading what people whose politics are opposite to yours say about the BBC. Maybe then you'll appreciate better the point I'm making.

[Khandro]

jim, I wont get into the left/right argument (though everyone knows the BBC is biased left ;0). I'm talking Brexit v. Remain.

[naomi24]

I don’t think so Jim. Your ‘impartial to a fault’ is reminiscent of, among other things, your hysterical claim that Brexit will bring “economic ruin upon us all”. Just continuous spin and nonsense and it’s becoming tedious. My salt pot has become a permanent fixture.

[jim360]

Left/Right, Brexit/Remain. It doesn't particularly matter the subject, proponents of both sides will find the BBC biased against them. That is, as I say, because the BBC seems determined to appear impartial, and in doing so fails spectacularly. That's what I mean by "impartial to a fault".

[Khandro]

jim; // That's what I mean by "impartial to a fault".//

So you wont mind paying even more for their neutrality, (and the enormous salaries of the champagne socialists);

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1081123/tv-licence-fee-increase-2019-bbc-price-watch-tv-april-2019

[Khandro]

jim; More evidence; both the Express and Breitbart (and maybe more) have the new Brexit party as front page news;
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1080968/brexit-latest-news-european-union-irish-backstop-theresa-may
I went on the BBC website and put in search, "Brexit Party" ... nothing!
How long before it is reported?