"They weren't our students," my source at UEL tells me.
"We were puzzled when we saw the pictures on TV because there were so many white faces. Whereas the population of UEL is much more black and Asian."
And I'm also told that when the Student Union President Joseph Bitrus was asked on LBC radio today why the student audience looked so bored with the speech, Mr Bitrus too expressed puzzlement, and said that they weren't his students.
So did the Conservatives bus their students in from somewhere else just to be sure that Mr Cameron's speech got a good reception and there weren't any embarrassing protests?
Indeed, were the audience students at all?
I think we should be told. After all, one of the themes of Mr Cameron's speech was "transparency"."
A good question but has Michael Crick ever queried the make-up of audiences for a Labour leader's speech or appearance? Did Michael Crick ever comment on how Labour bussed in cheering crowds to acclaim Tony Blair becoming Prime Minister in 1997, or was he too busy quaffing champagne in Broadcasting House?
2 comments:
It is interesting how few comments on Crick's blog are in support of his endless Tory-bashing.
On the other hand , I am surprised how lightly censored the comments seem to be.
Could be a good avenue for some BBC-bashing !
There was a wonderful 'Dispatches' programme from Peter Oborne shortly after the 2005 General Election that showed in great detail the lengths Labour went to to keep its photo-ops free of real members of the public, using Labour party activists throughout the campaign to pretend to be spontaneous, supportive crowds. Does anyone ever remember Crick pointing that out at the time?
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