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May will release her grip on power when her fingers are prised off it with crowbars and not one second before.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Mon May 29th, 2017 at 10:45:24 AM EST
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This election was supposed to be a procession to a 100 seat majority. With the polls as they are, I suspect the grandees have already been to see her

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon May 29th, 2017 at 11:17:12 AM EST
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My guess too.

Dimbleby accused the media of anyti-Corbyn bias yesterday, so I'm wondering what's going on there - it's a bit like Satan accusing the home help of turning the heating up too high.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Tue May 30th, 2017 at 03:01:47 PM EST
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Maybe the ex-Bullingdon Tory boy is trying to hang on to the last tatters of his alleged BBC impartiality by a faux day late dollar short protest about how nasty everybody is being.

Or maybe some people in the BBC are getting worried about blowback if Corbyn wins. It's not just the long list of tory personalities in the senior ranks at BBC News, it's the almost complete absence of any Labour people.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue May 30th, 2017 at 03:34:21 PM EST
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I was thinking about this today, after a Tory troll had a go at me for pointing out the obvious Tory bias.

The bias is absolutely unquestionable. As you say, there are exactly zero household name BBC journalists who aren't Tory supporters.

Labour gets some support among comedians and other entertainers, but the mainstream news teams have become a Tory closed shop.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed May 31st, 2017 at 12:23:29 AM EST
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Thanks for confirming my suspicions. That is the sort of development that occurs before some major development.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Fri Jun 2nd, 2017 at 05:55:34 PM EST
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British Election Update | 109 comments (109 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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