ChatterBank1 min ago
"Eu Shamed" ?
As others may know, always been a keen Brexiteer, but I'm finding some of the rhetoric flying around at the moment to be a bit uncomfortable, for example, this morning's headlines in the Express read, "EU shamed by 'bigger, tougher' UK and US after Australia defence pact 'Full marks Boris' "
I fear this kind of hubris & gloating isn't doing the UK any favours, you'd think we were preparing to go to war! - there's also lot's of similar sentiment on YouTubes; shouldn't they all pipe down a bit?
I fear this kind of hubris & gloating isn't doing the UK any favours, you'd think we were preparing to go to war! - there's also lot's of similar sentiment on YouTubes; shouldn't they all pipe down a bit?
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Naomi
Daily Express https:/
Private Eye https:/
Daily Express https:/
Private Eye https:/
Zacs-Master; The 'EU' in its various forms in Brussels, Strasbourg, Luxembourg & lord knows where else, has subscriptions to all European newspapers & periodicals as well as many hard copies delivered daily. Like all politicians, they like to know what is being said of them, - probably to be able to try damage limitation exercises!
The head librarian at the ECHR in Strasbourg happens to be a personal friend of mine & I could probably get her to furnish me with a list of all the publications taken in across the Union, though it will be a long list.
The head librarian at the ECHR in Strasbourg happens to be a personal friend of mine & I could probably get her to furnish me with a list of all the publications taken in across the Union, though it will be a long list.
"Daily Express https:/
Private Eye https:/
In fairness, The Eye is monthly, so those are misleading stats. Almost certainly more people read the Express than read Private Eye. I don't think the tabloid ravings would matter so much if they didn't have some sort of familiar ring to them when it comes to people who should know better ...
On the AUKUS thing I should say that I have no real problem with it in principle, but it surely did not take a genius to see it would cause a serious diplomatic row with a NATO ally. It's all very well say Macron is this and that: he almost certainly is, but it's not all about just the President, and knowing the French as we ought to, that is not the way to go about things - not that it's probably the way to do it full stop.
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In fairness, The Eye is monthly, so those are misleading stats. Almost certainly more people read the Express than read Private Eye. I don't think the tabloid ravings would matter so much if they didn't have some sort of familiar ring to them when it comes to people who should know better ...
On the AUKUS thing I should say that I have no real problem with it in principle, but it surely did not take a genius to see it would cause a serious diplomatic row with a NATO ally. It's all very well say Macron is this and that: he almost certainly is, but it's not all about just the President, and knowing the French as we ought to, that is not the way to go about things - not that it's probably the way to do it full stop.
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Private Eye is fortnightly.
Obviously the Express has repeat daily readers and that is less than PEs fortnightly total.
My point in comparing the two is that with a readership less than a satirical comic, the Express isn’t very influential (any more).
It used to be when it had 3.5 million readers and was Britain’s best selling newspaper. Even 20 years ago it had a respectable 2 million readers. But now, just an eighth of that total.
Obviously the Express has repeat daily readers and that is less than PEs fortnightly total.
My point in comparing the two is that with a readership less than a satirical comic, the Express isn’t very influential (any more).
It used to be when it had 3.5 million readers and was Britain’s best selling newspaper. Even 20 years ago it had a respectable 2 million readers. But now, just an eighth of that total.
