tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post1797410404789644980..comments2023-05-08T10:46:34.371+01:00Comments on Y Cneifiwr: Here is the newsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-57767279296043017752014-09-24T09:33:11.028+01:002014-09-24T09:33:11.028+01:00Obviously you will have needed to be in Scotland t...Obviously you will have needed to be in Scotland to make a proper assessment about bias etc but every time I heard the BBC news it seemed very fair and balanced. On occasions it was mentioned that because of the balance rules the contrary view must be put etc.<br /><br />Cyneifwr seems to think that because I disagree with him about the bias I must be swivel eyed right wing Express reading idiot. Nothing could be further from the truth and its lazy of him to assert this.<br /><br />We have got to accept that the desire for separation will ebb away and when devo max is linked to English votes for English matters it will ebb away even quicker I think.<br /><br />There is a report out today that onbly 3% of Welsh People support separation - must be very disappointing for the likes of Cyneifwr but there we have it - democracy at work.<br /><br />As regards the volunteering for a war - I think the leaders of IS would love everybody to have this view but someone somewhere has to stand up to these people and it should include us ! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-26593171400831558172014-09-23T19:01:37.759+01:002014-09-23T19:01:37.759+01:00Yes it was a no vote but not the end of it. Yes th...Yes it was a no vote but not the end of it. Yes the media was biased but after PR Sir Gar we're used to that sort of thing.<br /> For the Scots the realization that the BBC was biased was quite shocking. Full marks to Gordon Brown for saving day and maybe the Union by an excellent speech promising Devo Max to Scotland. [Basically all state powers including tax and oil revenues minus defense and foreign policy].Most of the benefits of independence and less of the risk. But a real risk to Scottish Labour if Gordon fails to deliver, reducing the chances of their Scottish Yes voters returning to them for the Westminster Election.<br />The unintended consequence of the media bias is the growth of the crowd funded online Scottish news and opinion sites, all still functioning and an example to us all of real political engagement.<br /><br />The future is rich with opportunity for Scotland. If Gordon delivers, the chance of a prosperous future and almost full autonomy and if he doesn't we may be back to the independence issue very soon in the General Election next year.<br /> <br />The SNP has doubled its membership in the last 4 days [that's according to the BBC!] to 50,000 and the other pro independence political parties are also recruiting well. The Queen apparently purred on hearing the successful "No" result and the old UK chestnut of "when in difficulty volunteer for a war and distract everyone" seems disturbingly likely.<br /> <br />Pertinent to us in Wales is the promise of more devolution, more powers but is it real power or just an excuse to fund us even less so we should have to put up taxes to cover any shortfall? <br /><br />In the meantime we look forward to more cuts, a very fragile and weak Welsh economy, an NHS said to be on the point of collapse, poor infrastructure and no sign of real improvement in living standards anytime soon. <br /><br />Having visited Scotland many times since leaving 20 years ago my impression is that despite their obvious greater wealth nationally, the gross inequality within the population led to a left wing civic nationalist party engineering a chance of a referendum and the wide, grassroots, informal YES coalition almost snatched independence from the UK. <br />My enduring memory will be the 16 and 17 year old pupils, fresh off the school bus, in their neat uniforms ties and blazers trooping into the local polling station. [where the overall turnout was over 90%]<br /> <br />Despite the warnings from the No Campaign that if Scotland were independent, English Students would insist on coming up to Scotland where under EU regultions they could take up most or even all of the free university places places, over 70% of these youngsters seem to have voted YES.Sian Caiachnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-56526333623605669422014-09-23T18:03:18.942+01:002014-09-23T18:03:18.942+01:00Oh come off it.
That is the retort of the nationa...Oh come off it.<br /><br />That is the retort of the nationalists. Blame everything on people who read the Mail or the Express.<br /><br />I don't read either and I can think for myself. Mind you the Mail is the best selling paper in the country I think, so not all ail readers can be rabid Tories .<br /><br />The fact is the Scottish. nationalists lost and now they are trying to blame everybody and everything .<br /><br />Get a grip mun !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-89698058336621658592014-09-23T15:43:01.425+01:002014-09-23T15:43:01.425+01:00As for getting over it, this is just the beginning...As for getting over it, this is just the beginning. <br /><br />The media bias in the Scottish campaign was not the product of Alex Salmond's imagination. <br /><br />What I tried to show in my post - obviously unsuccessfully in the case of the two comments so far - was to show that the bias was not an exception but the norm.<br /><br />Like many other people, I want to know the truth, no matter how bleak or uncomfortable that may be. If you think it's OK to be fed a load of fairy stories and propaganda, take out a subscription to the Daily Express and retire to Lala Land.Cneifiwrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08767078276794410524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-76070398539291715672014-09-23T12:11:38.438+01:002014-09-23T12:11:38.438+01:00it was clear towards the end of the campaign that ...it was clear towards the end of the campaign that Salmond was priming the BBC to be the fall guy in the event of a no vote.<br /><br />and you have fallen for it hook line and sinker.<br /><br />it was a no vote - get over it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-39489559591569711782014-09-22T23:21:20.554+01:002014-09-22T23:21:20.554+01:00Boo hoo! Sour grapes, Cneifiwr, sour grapes.Boo hoo! Sour grapes, Cneifiwr, sour grapes.Jontynoreply@blogger.com