Lib Dem minister urges conference to stop reading Guardian
"Stop reading the Guardian," a Liberal Democrat minister told the conference today.
"It is a carrier of misinformation and lies," said the health minister, Paul Burstow, who was complaining about the paper's recent coverage of the government's health policies.
What ingratitude. The Guardian was the only daily paper to endorse the Lib Dems at the election, after much internal agony on the paper, and decades of backing Labour.
Strange really. And I swear I saw Mr Burstow briefing a Guardian journalist a few hours ago.
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At 21st Sep 2010, Jon Harvey wrote:Rats! Just when I want lots of people in Government to read my article about how to implement austerity in the Police Service!
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At 21st Sep 2010, steve smith wrote:Don't read the LibDem manifesto. Given some of the government's actions and planned activities, it is a carrier of misinformation and lies.
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At 21st Sep 2010, Les wrote:The guardian has gone back to it's leftwing roots ie labour.
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At 21st Sep 2010, Scully wrote:Maybe he's talking about the , his local newspaper which has featured a number of stories about LibDem excess in his own backyard recently?
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At 21st Sep 2010, Sariya wrote:Somewhat understandable, considering the Guardian's editorial slant post-election.
I don't think I've read a single comment piece in the thing for months that claimed that Nick Clegg was anything less than the antichrist.
The might have endorsed the party during the election, but they've certainly done their best to backpedal on that as fast as they can since.
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At 21st Sep 2010, JunkkMale wrote:One can see how this might ruffle feathers in a few quarters.
Not so much the "It is a carrier of misinformation and lies," bit, which seems to have troubled no one hereabouts, factually, but... the lack of gratitude.
Not to be tolerated, especially after decades of backing Labour. We can feel the empathetic pain. No so strange, really.
And here was me thinking it might be to do with a degree of quoting in some places out of all proportion to its readership stats.
But unsubstantiated gossip is fine. I swear.
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At 21st Sep 2010, jauntycyclist wrote:is this the same guardian that says it has evidence of journalists breaking the law but refuses to publish or hand the details to the police?
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At 21st Sep 2010, U14613388 wrote:So the Guardian is a newspaper that is "a carrier of misinformation and lies"? Perhaps the Liberal Democract minister should be asked whether the public were misinformed by the Guardian when it endorsed his party in the general election...
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At 21st Sep 2010, U14613388 wrote:They say a week is a long time in politics. Maybe so. Still, you would expect Liberal Democrat ministers might be more grateful for what support they did receive only a few months ago....
I have further analysis here on this story:
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At 21st Sep 2010, barriesingleton wrote:MORE JUDAS THAN ANTICHRIST? (#5)
With each day that passes Nick demonstrated the degree to which he can kid himself (if not Charlie Kennedy and others) that he did it 'for the good'. Nick fixed it for Nick.
But it will eat him; he knows what he has done. Blair did all his stuff 'for the good' and he is prematurely aged. Only Jekyll and Hyde Brown has the trick of not knowing, at least, in the half that might care.
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At 21st Sep 2010, Isatou wrote:I didn't know anyone still read the Guardian. Remind me of its circulation ?
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At 21st Sep 2010, Smeagol wrote:Can someone tell me what justifies the intense media coverage of these conferences to non-party members (or atheists re-the Pope's visit)? They are nothing more than stage managed rallies designed to appease and assure the continuing support (mainly financial) of their supporters.
In my memory, the only significant thing in terms of what actually went on to happen in reality, that ever resulted from a party conference was when the perceived public resonance with a speech by David Cameron at a Conservative conference was enough put the newly crowned Gordon Brown off calling an election that he would probably have won.
On such the future of nations is decided, and I suppose I just answered my initial question!
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At 21st Sep 2010, life4peace wrote:Really dislike the insinuation that people are incapable of formulating own opinions... For the sake of debate though, which UK paper does not present the news in favour of a single political party? Pray does anyone know what news a "non-biased" newspaper report?
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At 21st Sep 2010, GeoffWard wrote:.
"The Guardian has gone back to it's leftwing roots - ie labour." (Ava78 @ 3)
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Yes, but can Labour go back to its left wing roots?
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At 22nd Sep 2010, Smeagol wrote:14-
Not if it wants to govern this country. To me the only thing wrong with New Labour (Which Thatcher wryly as always, claims as her greatest invention) was the arrogance and stupidity of it's principle exponents i.e. B and B.
New Labour without the egotism and narcissism of its former leadership could well form the next government. Shame that all of the leadership contenders appear to be the same.
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At 22nd Sep 2010, stevie wrote:I would sooner read the Guardian and listen to the ´óÏó´«Ã½ than listen to any LibDem promises about how they would oppose an increase in VAT, say No to savage cuts in the first year...I could go on but you know the rhetoric as they lied a lot and promised everything unlike the beeb and the Guardian and Vince rowed back a lot in his speech....someone must have had a word...
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At 3rd Oct 2010, Gaz wrote:All this user's posts have been removed.Why?
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