This is true of everywhere. The left totally dominates the public square through its control of the media, the universities, the schools and even the judiciary, and they use that control to create the impression of inevitable leftward “progress”, but it isn’t true. The opinions of people on the ground are strangely resistant to the indoctrination. There are a lot more small c conservatives around than is generally admitted.
True! I filled in a BBC survey the other day, indicating that at the slightest whiff of progressive indoctrination I simply switch off and go elsewhere in the market for news/entertainment. What we need is the majority to do the same, rather than imbibing and absorbing it. This is the big question for our times: is this progressive campaign working or is it water off the duck’s back?
We have a problem here with an age gap. Many people under, say, 30 will have the internet as their main source of news and information. But I would suspect that 95% of those over 55, say get their info from the BBC or the newspapers. The newspapers seem to concentrate on endless pictures of celebs. I do not believe that what you say is practical for another 20 years or so.
Fraser Bailey
3 years ago
Expect more lies and disinformation from the BBC. GB News cannot come soon enough. That aside, the upcoming Welsh election must represent some kind of record in that there will be two parties worth voting for – Reform UK and Abolish. I struggle to remember an election when there was a single party to vote for, so the Welsh can consider themselves to be very fortunate indeed.
Chris Wheatley
3 years ago
I live in Wales and believe that the only reason, on a LOCAL basis, to vote Conservative is as a negative-Labour gesture. At the moment the Assembly is looking stupid, whichever side you are on, so the Conservatives might benefit for a while. Also the move from Labour to Conservative in the last election has to be seen as Brexit vote and cannot be extrapolated into the future.
I have said before and will keep on saying that the Welsh Conservatives are not actually doing anything. The way forward is to attract high paying jobs to Wales but I don’t see anything at all coming from the WCs (looks bad doesn’t it!!).
I watch First Minister’s Question Time every week and the Conservative input is negligible. The one question which was interesting was about the loss of the British Volt factory and Drakeford just looked bored and said, ‘There’ll be other opportunities.” But nobody pressed the point. Total apathy!! The best in opposition are Plaid Cymru but they only have one policy – independence.
I said in a post last week that I had many ideas for industry in Wales. These ideas could be silly but they are only ideas. The WCs should be providing a platform for such discussions.
Chris I lived and worked in Wales and have said in other posts when Welsh politics raised it’s head. The Welsh are the world’s best at two things. Male voice choirs, they also include females and are sublime. They are also the originators of the dreaded committee. If a decision should be made, their answer is form a committee. No different than anywhere else but… two things are now inevitable, sub committees are formed and this is developed to a finite degree by having focus groups to answer to the sub committees who will clarify the focus groups suggestions and add a task force of (of course) experts who report back with suggestions. This will be discussed in detail with further recommendations to the main committee who will meet to evaluate the propositions and should more information be required they will form a committee of all the experts who will need further group analysis before reporting back… and so on and so on and so on and so on. If anyone reads this comment they may and I wouldn’t blame them think I am joking. I’m not. The second problem is as wonderful as it is to listen to English spoken by the Welsh. They never stop. Think Kinnock. As I comment blissful sound but! Er…what was the question?
This is true of everywhere. The left totally dominates the public square through its control of the media, the universities, the schools and even the judiciary, and they use that control to create the impression of inevitable leftward “progress”, but it isn’t true. The opinions of people on the ground are strangely resistant to the indoctrination. There are a lot more small c conservatives around than is generally admitted.
True! I filled in a BBC survey the other day, indicating that at the slightest whiff of progressive indoctrination I simply switch off and go elsewhere in the market for news/entertainment. What we need is the majority to do the same, rather than imbibing and absorbing it. This is the big question for our times: is this progressive campaign working or is it water off the duck’s back?
We have a problem here with an age gap. Many people under, say, 30 will have the internet as their main source of news and information. But I would suspect that 95% of those over 55, say get their info from the BBC or the newspapers. The newspapers seem to concentrate on endless pictures of celebs. I do not believe that what you say is practical for another 20 years or so.
Expect more lies and disinformation from the BBC. GB News cannot come soon enough. That aside, the upcoming Welsh election must represent some kind of record in that there will be two parties worth voting for – Reform UK and Abolish. I struggle to remember an election when there was a single party to vote for, so the Welsh can consider themselves to be very fortunate indeed.
I live in Wales and believe that the only reason, on a LOCAL basis, to vote Conservative is as a negative-Labour gesture. At the moment the Assembly is looking stupid, whichever side you are on, so the Conservatives might benefit for a while. Also the move from Labour to Conservative in the last election has to be seen as Brexit vote and cannot be extrapolated into the future.
I have said before and will keep on saying that the Welsh Conservatives are not actually doing anything. The way forward is to attract high paying jobs to Wales but I don’t see anything at all coming from the WCs (looks bad doesn’t it!!).
I watch First Minister’s Question Time every week and the Conservative input is negligible. The one question which was interesting was about the loss of the British Volt factory and Drakeford just looked bored and said, ‘There’ll be other opportunities.” But nobody pressed the point. Total apathy!! The best in opposition are Plaid Cymru but they only have one policy – independence.
I said in a post last week that I had many ideas for industry in Wales. These ideas could be silly but they are only ideas. The WCs should be providing a platform for such discussions.
Chris I lived and worked in Wales and have said in other posts when Welsh politics raised it’s head. The Welsh are the world’s best at two things. Male voice choirs, they also include females and are sublime.
They are also the originators of the dreaded committee. If a decision should be made, their answer is form a committee. No different than anywhere else but… two things are now inevitable, sub committees are formed and this is developed to a finite degree by having focus groups to answer to the sub committees who will clarify the focus groups suggestions and add a task force of (of course) experts who report back with suggestions. This will be discussed in detail with further recommendations to the main committee who will meet to evaluate the propositions and should more information be required they will form a committee of all the experts who will need further group analysis before reporting back… and so on and so on and so on and so on.
If anyone reads this comment they may and I wouldn’t blame them think I am joking. I’m not.
The second problem is as wonderful as it is to listen to English spoken by the Welsh. They never stop. Think Kinnock. As I comment blissful sound but!
Er…what was the question?
I also live in Wales and I agree. The WC are on a good day at best ( or worse) are Liberal Democrat on other days, simply blue Labour.
Pointless.