Wednesday 13 April 2011

Anti-Government Bias

It is important, even if a Tory, to make one's voice heard when one thinks the Conservative led coalition is doing something wrong and the writer has to admit he has done so on several occasions. It is also right to commend the government when it is right. Osborne was absolutely right to say in the mail today that it stinks that the Electoral Reform Society, which is being paid by the taxpayers to run some of the referendum ballots and stands to benefit if AV comes in, is funding the Yes to AV campaign. I think the ERS should be banned from providing further funding and that the Yes to AV campaign should be made to repay the donations it has already received from the Society in order to ensure there is a level playing field. There are other institutions where a level playing field should be imposed such as the BBC which, if it is not going to be broken up and privatised, should be forced to dismiss half those lefties that work for it and to take on replacements who favour the Tories or at least Tory policies. Furthermore heads of e.g. the Royal College of Nursing, ACPO and so on should all have to declare their political affiliations so we know where they're coming from. The law should also be changed so that taxpayers or employers are forbidden from making contributions to or paying trades union officials whilst they spend time on union matters (see a Guido Fawkes blog of today on this topic - http://order-order.com/ ). 

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