Whittingdale, BBC bias, scandals and reputations

Whittingdale is on the left of this BRexit poster

Tory scandal blast from the past

Op-ed: David Davis, Conservative MP, told Andrew Marr Sunday that he believes UK PM David Cameron can continue in his role if the country votes to leave the European Union in June 2016.

Just who is he trying to kid?

Cameron has already hedged his bets by telling reporters last year he would step down from his role sometime before the next election scheduled for 2020.

That means that if or should that be when he leaves office he can say it was by choice.

But less than a year into the first Tory government for years Cameron's position is tainted and far from secure ahead of the EU referendum.

Saturday an estimated 150,000 people took to the streets of London with core demands but one united voice to say #CameronMustGo.

In other parts of the country including Leeds and Liverpool protesters also took to the streets.

For every person out there protesting there was at least one more unable to attend but with them in spirit.

BBC News opted for a news blackout on Saturday when it came to the protests reinforcing a view held by many that as an independent of government news service it is no longer fit for purpose.

Later in the day BBC News posted a nod to the protests but decided it was not newsworthy come their main evening TV news at 10pm.

Obviously BBC News producers thought the country would be more interested in William and Kate sitting outside the Taj Mahal in India; that choice of report either highlights a BBC in the pocket of the establishment or out of touch with many British people.

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This week John Whittingdale Tory Culture and Media Secretary survived a scandal but his position is tarnished to say the least.

He may be a single man but the fact that the MSM opted to ignore a story regarding him and a prostitute dominatrix for weeks has a nasty smell to it.

Sunday the Whittingdale scandal continues with new allegations; this time with reports by a porn star that he shared government papers and sent her a picture from Chequers.

Why expose Whittingdale now?

Could that be part of the in / out EU referendum fight?

The BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation is or should that be was a fine independent institution funded by the government and British licence fee payers and it was a world class service.

Commercial advertising free the Beeb provided some standout programming down the years but it is now at a crossroads.

Claims of BBC bias toward the left or right of politics are nothing new but those allegations now have more than just little ring of truth to them.

An important petition launched by campaign group 38 Degrees highlights how the Tory government aim to make the BBC nothing more than it’s paid for mouthpiece by appointing those who head the broadcasting company.

Sign the petition here