Just seemed a quite appropriate reference given the other conversation. Food for thought IMHO.
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Led by Donkeys strike againā¦
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Agreed, but I think that the news operation does need a significant overhaul. The journalistic quality is quickly becoming poor, regardless of whether itās politically biased or not. Too often fact checking is just not there at all, and the quality of their articles is often near tabloid-level.
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Well, it will be tabloid level once itās privatised.
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This is true, and I also think the quality of the dramas is overplayed. The good ones are few and far between, and the content being put out by Netflix, Hulu, Apple etc generally superior.
Thatās very, very good.
Maybe itās a question of taste, but I actually prefer the BBC productions. And Iād hate to lose the Proms.
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The thing is thereās no reason to lose anything if the corporation is so great and adored as much as people say, then it will survive as a subscription service.
I barely watch anything on there, and while I do use the website for news, it has become so clickbaity I wouldnāt be sad if I couldnāt use it anymore.
I would prefer to not have to pay for something that I donāt use. If it was all of the high standard it was in the late 80s then fine, but I donāt believe it is.
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Ah but I like Quality Street chocolates (or Heroās to be more up to date) but hate the coffee, strawberry and orange creams and the coconut things (who the f*** likes that desicrated coconut stuff?). Does that mean I should only pay for the chocolates I like?
Sorry, couldnāt help myself. Your argument is the same used by Julia Hartley-Brewer which has become a bit of a meme I believe.
It doesnāt sound like you like Quality Street then, it sounds like you only like some of them. It should be up to you if you want access to all the chocolates you like then you should have to pay for all of it and just not eat the ones you donāt like.
If youāre happy to miss out on the chocolate you do like and buy something else entirely that you like more, then that should be an option available to you
My argument isnāt pay for what you use, itās pay for all of it or pay for none of it.
Yes, same. When you buy them you get them all, thereās no choice for a fixed fee. Despite my best efforts of gorging on the fudges and caramels leaving the yucky ones for the Boss I always lose out.
And yes I will try and buy ones I like as well
In reality they tend to be gifts, but the battle is real. Iāve gone all Gump again.
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Iāll happily pay for TMS and Pop Master but Eastenders, Woke Who and local radio can die a death.
Are you really dissing Attenborough? Shame on you!
I donāt know of another website to get reliable (on the whole) news, especially without lots of meaningless adds dotted all over the place.
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He can stay but then heāll be extinct in a few years 
I think the Beeb is getting better and on a wider range of platforms.
Am I happy with a license fee. No, not really but thatās the way itās all going one way or another.
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That 's why I still use it, but itās more out if laziness. If it wasnāt an option to me, Iād make the effort to find an alternative.
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The best journalistic source Iāve found thus far in the UK is one that sadly comes with a very hefty fee (and a reminder that good work has to be paid for somehow). Itās owned by a Japanese company so probably less incentive to be biased too. Itās the Ā£319/year FT.
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Reading in a Dutch newspaper that Johnson spoke with Sky news and said that nobody told him the garden party was against COVID rules ā¦
Am I missing something but is Johnson not the one that enforces those same COVID rules and thereby he should know them ā¦
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I think the line of argument is that Johnson didnāt know about the invite to 100 members of staff with the suggestion that they bring their own booze. Cummings has claimed he told Johnson about the plan and warned him it would be in breach. However, what Cummings actually did was communicate that to Martin Reynolds (Johnsonās Private Secretary who sent the invitation) and assumes that he relayed those sentiments to Johnson.
I can think of a few reasons why Reynolds may not have done this. So itās quite possible that Johnson wasnāt aware of the nature of the gathering in the garden in advance but it would have become immediately obvious to him as soon as he got there.
It was in breach of the rules at the time and, as you say, as one of the people responsible for framing those rules he absolutely would have known what they were.
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