- Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:35 am
#63296
Early in the coalition government, I recall a minister (something tells me it may have been Grayling) telling an interviewer that they had no right to criticise him because "I answer to my constituents at the ballot box, and they have just given me a 5 year mandate". That seems to have been taken on board.
Perhaps it's to do with the profusion of news channels - if they don't like the tone of Radio 4, they can threaten to speak to Sky, or exclusively to GB News. They're legitimate outlets, you can't accuse them of hiding from the public, it's easy to tune into any of them, so just remember that the MP is doing you a favour just by gracing your studio.
Tie into this a plethora of morons screaming about "balance" - so if you schedule a debate and one party pulls out, rather than flag this up and call them out or empty-chair them, it's easier to pull the entire debate.
Basically, the GIFT keeps on giving.
As the actress said to the bishop, rabbi, imam and priest
"My eyes have seen the glory, I'm a born again Atheist!"