BBC pro-Labour bias (part xxx + 1)

The BBC just can't stop themselves. Now a puff piece entitled "Brown seeks to calm economy fears" that starts "Gordon Brown has said the UK is well placed to deal with global economic crises, after figures showed a sharp decline in house prices. The prime minister said a 2.5% fall in March, recorded by the Halifax, should be seen in the context of 10 years of big increases and low interest rates. He added that the government was not a "spectator" and was "always vigilant" on global economic difficulties. He insisted the UK was in a much better position than in the early 1990s."

The article continues on to allow Gordon Brown to blame "the US credit crunch - which has led to falls in property prices there - saying the whole world was "in a difficult situation arising from what's happened in America"."

Then Gordon Brown's claims about the state of repossessions "the number of UK homes being repossessed was a "fraction of what happened in the early '90s"." are reported as fact.

Then Gordon Brown's claims about the economy now compared to under the Conservatives are allowed to stand unquestioned "the government had taken the correct "long-term decisions" on the economy, contrasting the position now to the world economic downturn in the early 1990s. "If you look back 15 years... we had 15% interest rates, 10% inflation, rapidly rising unemployment, public spending having to be cut, taxes having to rise dramatically."

Gordon Brown's comments re abolishing the 10% income tax band are also reported straight: "he also defended the recent abolition of the 10% lowest income tax rate, which has been criticised by Tories, Lib Dems and some Labour backbenchers, who say it is hitting the lowest earners. Mr Brown said it was one of a package of measures in the last Budget which, as a whole, saw those on the lowest incomes gaining the most. Asked about Labour MPs criticising him, he said he was taking the right "difficult long term decisions" and that over "the next few months" people would see the results. He said his government "would not play to the gallery" and would be judged in the long term."


Can you remember when David Cameron has been reported in this way, without any contrary views from the Labour party, a Lib Dem or just a BBC "expert". Can you remember the BBC giving a Conservative PM such an easy time? Of course not, that is because the BBC is not a news organisation, it is the publicity arm of the Labour party in power.

Is no contrary view allowed to be expressed in Gordon Brown's Britain. Will he send his new Chinese "goons" round to sort out the opposition? Is "Stalin" Brown to model his style of Government on Stalin's Russia, "Communist" China or Mugabe's Zimbabwe?

Ein Labour Party, Ein Government, Ein BBC.