Election Manifestos and the BBC
carl.waring
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I know we're only a couple of days into Election campaigning so it may yet happen but history tells us that no party will include "what we'll do with the BBC" in their Manifestos.
Now, given the alleged (by the anti-LF/BBC crowd at least) hatred of the LF/BBC and all it stands for* one would have thought that the future of the national Public Service Broadcaster would be a hot topic for inclusion in party Manifestos; especially given that the Charter renewal is only a year away.
(* Yes, I know! Hyperbole and not entirely accurate but you get the idea :-))
I guess what I'm getting at is, would what any party plans to do with the BBC influence your decision whether to vote for them or not?
I don't normally vote but I think I might in this case.
Now, given the alleged (by the anti-LF/BBC crowd at least) hatred of the LF/BBC and all it stands for* one would have thought that the future of the national Public Service Broadcaster would be a hot topic for inclusion in party Manifestos; especially given that the Charter renewal is only a year away.
(* Yes, I know! Hyperbole and not entirely accurate but you get the idea :-))
I guess what I'm getting at is, would what any party plans to do with the BBC influence your decision whether to vote for them or not?
I don't normally vote but I think I might in this case.
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Absolutely it would.
Given that the right-wing are anti-state / anti-public services / anti-public sector and Labour are the opposite, I think we can all hazzard a guess at what each would want to do.
PC have already published their manifesto. They want to federalise the BBC.