CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Hague is a very good politician, but he has the same problem as Cameron is that he has a bunch of silly geese behind him. He would however be more forward and honest which is what seems to be all the rage this election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted April 16, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted April 16, 2010 BTW, as Tories go I quite like Hague. couple of my "floating" mates said they would vote Tory if he were the leader .. would a hung parliament see either the Labour or Tory party replace the leader though ?Wouldn't have thought so. Hung parliament will probably lead to another election in October and I don't think either party would risk it Reading this thread is an eye opener, although maybe I shouldn't be too surprised Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tonyh29 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Wonder what the sky figures will be ? Man U v Bayern managed to draw 1.76 million viewers and the most viewed programme on Sky 1 , Lost only attracted around 1.1 m so my guess is that Sky are gonna struggle to attract lots of people don't know in whose advantage that will work ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 BTW, as Tories go I quite like Hague. couple of my "floating" mates said they would vote Tory if he were the leader .. would a hung parliament see either the Labour or Tory party replace the leader though ?Wouldn't have thought so. Hung parliament will probably lead to another election in October and I don't think either party would risk it Reading this thread is an eye opener, although maybe I shouldn't be too surprised Why?Well I am not commenting on any particular poster but I do think there are double standards and agressive posting styles being employed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted April 16, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted April 16, 2010 Oh, I thought you meant on the content of the topic. Guess your complaints are upto the mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Wonder what the sky figures will be ? Man U v Bayern managed to draw 1.76 million viewers and the most viewed programme on Sky 1 , Lost only attracted around 1.1 m so my guess is that Sky are gonna struggle to attract lots of people don't know in whose advantage that will work ? Putting on a media outlet that is not available for the mass public is pandering to Murdoch. It's bad enough we are having these but to allow Murdoch to start to influence things like he does with Fox in the US is a major problem. If they thought they had to put it on a different network to ITV and BBC, why not C4? or just on the radio (then we could have removed that shite about body language etc)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Wonder what the sky figures will be ? Man U v Bayern managed to draw 1.76 million viewers and the most viewed programme on Sky 1 , Lost only attracted around 1.1 m so my guess is that Sky are gonna struggle to attract lots of people don't know in whose advantage that will work ? It'll work in Camerons favour regardless of how many people watch it, although odds are anyone who is willing to tune into sky to watch a debate wil probably have their minds set. the BBC one will be the big one. Don't trust Murdoch and his cronies at all, bizzare idea to have it on Sky, should've been Channel 4 IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 with Paul Daniels as Chancellor ? My guess is we would like it but not a lot. Grrr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Don't trust Murdoch and his cronies at all, bizzare idea to have it on Sky, should've been Channel 4 IMO. Unless Murdoch is going to beam subliminal messages throughout the broadcast i don't see that it matters what channel it is on I would guess your typical sky user had the dish put in for the football initially and would therefore be more from a working class background and thus more towards Labour anyway ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Who is the 'Alistair Stewart'(forget the word, i want to say compare..) for the Sky debate? That is my worry when it comes to Murdoch, he has more than enough influence to make sure Cameron gets a tincy bit more protection and coverage. Although I'll be fair and say Sky news isn't as half as bad when it comes to a pre-conceived narrative like Fox does, so maybe it won't be too bad. And i suppose so (in reference to the labour point), but let's be honest next week is about Foreign Policy, Cameron will probably be hammered and Brown will be left for dead considering the two parties recent history. If the ratings are high all Clegg has to say is how he opposed the war and voila the floating voters and youth voters are his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Boulton, I assume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrees Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Wonder what the sky figures will be ? Man U v Bayern managed to draw 1.76 million viewers and the most viewed programme on Sky 1 , Lost only attracted around 1.1 m so my guess is that Sky are gonna struggle to attract lots of people don't know in whose advantage that will work ? Putting on a media outlet that is not available for the mass public is pandering to Murdoch. It's bad enough we are having these but to allow Murdoch to start to influence things like he does with Fox in the US is a major problem. If they thought they had to put it on a different network to ITV and BBC, why not C4? or just on the radio (then we could have removed that shite about body language etc)? This. Sky is not free-to-air, therefore a percentage of the population, me included, are being denied the right to form a judgement over the entire series of debates. Democracy? Pah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jondaken Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Anyone but Cameron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ads Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Wonder what the sky figures will be ? Man U v Bayern managed to draw 1.76 million viewers and the most viewed programme on Sky 1 , Lost only attracted around 1.1 m so my guess is that Sky are gonna struggle to attract lots of people don't know in whose advantage that will work ? Putting on a media outlet that is not available for the mass public is pandering to Murdoch. It's bad enough we are having these but to allow Murdoch to start to influence things like he does with Fox in the US is a major problem. If they thought they had to put it on a different network to ITV and BBC, why not C4? or just on the radio (then we could have removed that shite about body language etc)? This. Sky is not free-to-air, therefore a percentage of the population, me included, are being denied the right to form a judgement over the entire series of debates. Democracy? Pah! Go to a pub and watch it then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted April 16, 2010 Moderator Share Posted April 16, 2010 Personally I think these debates should be available to everyone via terrestrial TV but I'm not sure one being on Sky will have much impact on the result of the election. As for the influence of Murdoch, I'm not sure that will be anything new given the influence of his print based media outlets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 16, 2010 Moderator Share Posted April 16, 2010 Isn't it on sky news which is free to air Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted April 16, 2010 Moderator Share Posted April 16, 2010 Isn't it on sky news which is free to air Ah ok didn't know that, that is better although still not available to everyone I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc89 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 this immigration to certain areas only policy .. I hear it works in Australia , fair enough but will it work in the UK ? Quite simply it wouldn't, it works in Australia and Canada but the geography of those places lends itself to that system ours simply doesn't. Oh and just to add I think Clegg knows it, he was grilled on this by Paxman earlier this week and lets just say he didn't perform as well as he did last night when his words were actually challanged. He was asked to name an area in the country that has a labour shortage that could benefit from this type of system resulting in pure panic in his voice and no actual answer.It pretty much says it all about him and his party's policies. Like I've said, they're idealists and would do more harm than good for the Country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Posted April 16, 2010 Author Share Posted April 16, 2010 Boulton, I assume. Adam Boulton? How times change At the impeccably liberal St James's, Piccadilly, a female vicar blessed the union of Sky News political editor Adam Boulton and Tony Blair's former 'gatekeeper' Anji Hunter. So yes, at one level this was a happy, charming, gossipy day, like many English summer weddings. But it was also, inescapably, a symbol of a wider union. The marriage of Adam and Anji formalised not only their own very modern co-habitation (they are both on their second innings, marriage-wise) but also the increasingly cosy bonding of politics and a certain type of journalism. The New Labour-Murdoch nexus has been made flesh. Read more: clicky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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