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UKIP: The First 100 Days
Tom2023
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Monday 16th February at 9pm on Channel 4
Really looking forward to this.
The Mirror says
Nigel Farage says
But I imagine Nigel is probably cock-a-hoop because every time a TV channel tries to portray UKIP in a bad light it always backfires and increases support for them and most UKIP supporters probably wouldn't mind a bit of social unrest if that's what it takes to get the UK truly independent ;-)
Really looking forward to this.
The Mirror says
A UKIP government would spark widespread rioting and the loss of millions of jobs after Britain leaves the EU.
At least that's the prediction made in a Channel 4 docudrama aired tomorrow.
UKIP: The First 100 Days features a mix of archive footage and scripted scenes, with actress Priyanga Burford playing the part of the party's only Asian woman MP.
Nigel Farage says
It's liberal-left poppycock
But I imagine Nigel is probably cock-a-hoop because every time a TV channel tries to portray UKIP in a bad light it always backfires and increases support for them and most UKIP supporters probably wouldn't mind a bit of social unrest if that's what it takes to get the UK truly independent ;-)
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I wonder if this is in some way meant to "balance" out the Farage/Gogglebox programme they showed a while back.
If they had made it as a drama with a fictional party seizing power - then they might have got away with it. But by making it as a drama documentary, it feels very much as if there is an agenda at work.
I am no friend to UKIP - but this does feel wrong to me.
I know it is fictional but it could be seen as Channel 4 having a bias towards/against a particular political party when they really should remain impartial.
As much as I don't agree with a lot of UKIP's policies and would never vote for them myself they are a legitimate political party which people are entitled to vote for and they should be able to be represented on TV in the same light as other political parties.
The trouble is they are not being represented in the same light as other political parties. This is almost treating them like celebrities.
Indeed, for a party that has only MPs they sure do take up a disproportionate amount of space in the media!
I thought UKIP was the renamed Monster Raving Looney Party.
What time does it start?
Starting now on C4
Where was the one for the Greens when they got their first MP?
I think so far its anti Ukip.
Which will make a nice change.
Its only anti UKIP for people who don't already like them.
So far it hasn't shown people who like them anything wrong.