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The places where people would most like to live mostly voted Remain

The places where people would most like to live mostly voted Remain

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Away from Brexit for moment with some polling on what are seen as Britain’s desirable locations to live. With Channel 4 going through a process of choosing a location outside London for a new creative hub YouGov have been carrying out the polling which no doubt will prove controversial. On my Twitter feed it was observed that most of the top choices all voted remain at the referendum. You have to go down to 9th place, Nottingham to find a…

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Theresa May’s staunchest supporter in the media announces his departure but could it be good news for her?

Theresa May’s staunchest supporter in the media announces his departure but could it be good news for her?

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Picture: Depending on your view the (in)famous Daily Mail front page the day after Theresa May called a snap election. Last night it was announced that the editor of The Daily Mail, Paul Dacre, would stand down from the role in November. Given how unlucky Mrs May has been it would be no surprise to see her staunchest supporter in the print media replaced by George Osborne, who as editor of The Mail might not be so supportive of Theresa May…

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Fake news and how to deal with it

Fake news and how to deal with it

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Russian propaganda—whether on chemical weapons in Syria, the nerve-agent attack in the UK, or the downing of the Malaysian Air flight over Ukraine—rarely attempts to explain the evidence but only to obfuscate it. But that’s what the guilty do. https://t.co/F3zwckGjVa — Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) April 23, 2018 Revealed: John Bolton Chaired anti-Muslim Think Tank That Spread Fake News With Help of Russian Trollshttps://t.co/jiHNLNm3mW — Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) April 23, 2018 DNA is perplexingly long. Almost 98% of the human genome is…

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Brexit-backing Sun & Mail seen as having the most negative impact on society – remain supporting Times & Guardian the most positive

Brexit-backing Sun & Mail seen as having the most negative impact on society – remain supporting Times & Guardian the most positive

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New YouGov poll ranks the main national papers I can’t recall any similar polling – looking at how the main national papers are perceived in terms of the impact they are having on society. At a time when the nation is so divided by Brexit it is striking that the papers that have been most strident in their backing of Brexit and opposition to those who oppose it should be seen in the negative way set out in these numbers….

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New “media trust” polling finds the BBC top and the Sun bottom

New “media trust” polling finds the BBC top and the Sun bottom

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I’m sure people will correct meif I’m wrong but I think this polling is a first. We see from time to time several different forms of “trust” polling but as far as I can recall these latest findings from Ipsos MORI covering broadcast, the press and the internet is new. For those who follow politics closely the close relationship between media and politicians is something that is raised all the time especially the way the former can have a huge…

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Maybe a reason why LAB gets poor media coverage is that the Corbyn-appointed PR team is not up to it

Maybe a reason why LAB gets poor media coverage is that the Corbyn-appointed PR team is not up to it

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This. Every Lab MP should read this & be embarrassed. The Lib Dems do vg rebuttal, quotes and opposition research… pic.twitter.com/Ts9OiXewPY — Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) March 30, 2017 It is as if the red team has given up I have never been a fan of Seumas Milne, the PR chief of Corbyn’s Labour, not because of his politics but that he is so poor at the job. The series of Tweets highlighted by Sam Coates of the Times above…

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Remember when the BBC’s Woman’s Hour asked David Cameron and David Davis what sort of underpants they preferred?

Remember when the BBC’s Woman’s Hour asked David Cameron and David Davis what sort of underpants they preferred?

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With all the fuss today about the Daily Mail’s “legs” front page let us not forget that the BBC can sometimes stray into what could be described as sexist. In November 2005 when David Cameron and David Davis were slugging it out for the Tory leadership the two of them appeared on Woman’s Hour and were asked at the end what sort of underpants they preferred. Another question was whether they preferred blondes or brunettes. David said the former while…

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The Sun re-does its classic front page on the day of the 1992 general election

The Sun re-does its classic front page on the day of the 1992 general election

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This was from election day in April 1992 Tomorrow's Sun front page is a straight lift of its paper on the day of the 1992 General Election pic.twitter.com/jpKmFRH3ty — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 18, 2017 Tomorrow’s front page https://twitter.com/tonygallagher/status/821819701886091264 https://twitter.com/WoohaDavid/status/821830344160792577