Post by Teddy Bear on Nov 29, 2013 20:47:23 GMT
In one of the most hypocritical blame shifting attempts that one could imagine, head of BBC Trust - Fat Patten blames politicians for their pro-immigration agenda.
For the years that Patten has held his position he has ignored the pro-immigration 'multicultural bias that the BBC has been engaged in. If the view which he expresses below is genuine, then he must have been aware of the continual bias. So why then did he not do something about it - that's his job?
Besides the fact that the BBC will always support Labour, regardless of policy, it's fair to assume that most politicians will believe that whatever the BBC continues to hammer away at, that most people will be affected by and believe - like all propaganda. So it's understandable that most politicians, particularly those who choose that vocation today, will modify their views and statements to appeal to those people. This is the very reason that BBC bias is so dangerous to our society.
But rather than address this, Patten puts the cart before the horse and blames politicians for this policy.
I rather think that with MPs coming down on him for all the scandals that have been revealed to have occurred on his watch, this insidious scum is just looking for a bit of revenge.
Otherwise do something about it in the area that you are responsible for Patten.
For the years that Patten has held his position he has ignored the pro-immigration 'multicultural bias that the BBC has been engaged in. If the view which he expresses below is genuine, then he must have been aware of the continual bias. So why then did he not do something about it - that's his job?
Besides the fact that the BBC will always support Labour, regardless of policy, it's fair to assume that most politicians will believe that whatever the BBC continues to hammer away at, that most people will be affected by and believe - like all propaganda. So it's understandable that most politicians, particularly those who choose that vocation today, will modify their views and statements to appeal to those people. This is the very reason that BBC bias is so dangerous to our society.
But rather than address this, Patten puts the cart before the horse and blames politicians for this policy.
I rather think that with MPs coming down on him for all the scandals that have been revealed to have occurred on his watch, this insidious scum is just looking for a bit of revenge.
Otherwise do something about it in the area that you are responsible for Patten.
BBC chairman Lord Patten says political correctness stops politicians speaking the truth on immigration and says Europe's weak borders have led to rampant crime
By Peter Allen
Lord Patten has weighed in to the immigration debate by suggesting that British politicians are now unable to cope with the country’s ‘porous borders’.
The Chairman of the BBC Trust and former Conservative minister blamed the ‘dark side of globalisation’ for the problem.
Chris Patten also suggested that elected representatives were increasingly reluctant to tell people the truth about such vexed issues.
His words – delivered to an international audience at the British Embassy in Paris – comes at a time when Britain is preparing to deal with an influx of immigrants from Romania and Bulgaria.
Lord Patten said: ‘Today with porous borders, the amount that politicians and political leaders can actually do on their own is very limited, and I think that it’s a pity that people don’t make that point rather more vigorously.’
He said that ‘immigration, organised crime, drugs’ and ‘epidemic disease’ were just some of the ‘aspects of the dark sides of globalisation’ leaving national governments increasingly powerless.
Referring to the September 11th 2001 attacks on America in which almost 3000 people died, Lord Patten said: ‘The 9/11 terrorists were paid for with credit cards – that’s the world we live in and I think it’s astonishing that politicians are so reluctant to say we’re not any more facing a series of challenges which are manageable within our own space, we’re trying to cope with a predicament.
‘It’s proved extremely difficult for political leaders to tell people what they may not want to hear and get elected.
Worries: His words come at a time when Britain is preparing to deal with an influx of immigrants from Romania and Bulgaria.
Worries: His words come at a time when Britain is preparing to deal with an influx of immigrants from Romania and Bulgaria. Pictured are eastern European workers queuing up outside the British Embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria, for visa applications
‘And the general consequence has been that political leaders only tell people a bit of what they don’t want to hear, which doesn’t entirely prevent the growth of populism and parties on the extreme but can just about secure their election or near election.’
Lord Patten, who is also a former European Commissioner, said the problem with Brussels as it faced up to such problems was its lack of accountability.
While ‘the buck stopped’ with leaders like David Cameron in Britain and Francois Hollande in France, there was no-one in Brussels who was ultimately to blame for anything.
Lord Patten said: ‘I would give national parliaments a greater role in the legislative process and policy making in Brussels.
Weak Brussels: Lord Patten, who is also a former European Commissioner, said the problem with Brussels as it faced up to such problems was its lack of accountability
Weak Brussels: Lord Patten, who is also a former European Commissioner, said the problem with Brussels as it faced up to such problems was its lack of accountability
‘I would give them a red card as well as a yellow card when it came to proportionality and subsidiarity, and secondly I would create a parliamentary body, a sort of senate in Brussels – a body which represented national parliaments and had some kind of overriding view.’
Lord Patten warned against transferring any more power to the European parliament because ‘currently there isn’t any European demos’.
On the growth of power of European institutions, Lord Patten said: ‘I think that at the moment we’re in a crazy world. I bet you would hardly find a single European political leader who thought that the right way to get greater accountability into the system would be by giving more power to the European parliament.’
In words which may anger Mr Cameron, Lord Patten also praised German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
He said: ‘Quite interesting how Chancellor Merkel who is probably the most successful politician in Europe at the moment, has been very nervous of ever embracing any agenda for radical change.
‘If you look at the agenda, which she has agreed with her allies in the coalition you can see that confirmed.’
There were also stern words about Russia, whom Lord Patten suggested was living up to its international role as a ‘trouble maker’.
Referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin and to the disgraced former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, Lord Patten said: ‘In Europe we have been pretty weedy, as schoolboys would say, in the way we have dealt with Russia in the European Union.
Lord Patten said: ¿In Europe we have been pretty weedy, as schoolboys would say, in the way we have dealt with Russia in the European Union.
Weedy: Referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin and to the disgraced former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, Lord Patten said, 'In Europe we have been pretty weedy, as schoolboys would say, in the way we have dealt with Russia in the European Union'
‘And I think we’re being pretty weedy at the moment in the way we are debating the future of the Eastern partnership and those countries which escaped the Russian empire of the 1970s and 80s and which Mr Putin would like to have back in the hutch.
‘Russia is of course a country with a great history, with great literature and artistic tradition but I don’t see much of that in Mr Putin frankly, and I’m not surprised that his best European friend is Mr Berlusconi.’
Lord Patten was a speaking about international affairs and answering questions on Thursday at an evening celebrating the purchase of the Ambassador’s Residence in Paris by the Duke of Wellington. It was hosted by the current Ambassador, Sir Peter Ricketts.
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- The former Tory minister blamed the ‘dark side of globalisation’ for issues
- He suggested politicians were increasingly reluctant to tell people the truth
- He was speaking to international audience at the British Embassy in Paris
- He said that Brussels' main problem on issues was lack of accountability
By Peter Allen
Lord Patten has weighed in to the immigration debate by suggesting that British politicians are now unable to cope with the country’s ‘porous borders’.
The Chairman of the BBC Trust and former Conservative minister blamed the ‘dark side of globalisation’ for the problem.
Chris Patten also suggested that elected representatives were increasingly reluctant to tell people the truth about such vexed issues.
His words – delivered to an international audience at the British Embassy in Paris – comes at a time when Britain is preparing to deal with an influx of immigrants from Romania and Bulgaria.
Lord Patten said: ‘Today with porous borders, the amount that politicians and political leaders can actually do on their own is very limited, and I think that it’s a pity that people don’t make that point rather more vigorously.’
He said that ‘immigration, organised crime, drugs’ and ‘epidemic disease’ were just some of the ‘aspects of the dark sides of globalisation’ leaving national governments increasingly powerless.
Referring to the September 11th 2001 attacks on America in which almost 3000 people died, Lord Patten said: ‘The 9/11 terrorists were paid for with credit cards – that’s the world we live in and I think it’s astonishing that politicians are so reluctant to say we’re not any more facing a series of challenges which are manageable within our own space, we’re trying to cope with a predicament.
‘It’s proved extremely difficult for political leaders to tell people what they may not want to hear and get elected.
Worries: His words come at a time when Britain is preparing to deal with an influx of immigrants from Romania and Bulgaria.
Worries: His words come at a time when Britain is preparing to deal with an influx of immigrants from Romania and Bulgaria. Pictured are eastern European workers queuing up outside the British Embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria, for visa applications
‘And the general consequence has been that political leaders only tell people a bit of what they don’t want to hear, which doesn’t entirely prevent the growth of populism and parties on the extreme but can just about secure their election or near election.’
Lord Patten, who is also a former European Commissioner, said the problem with Brussels as it faced up to such problems was its lack of accountability.
While ‘the buck stopped’ with leaders like David Cameron in Britain and Francois Hollande in France, there was no-one in Brussels who was ultimately to blame for anything.
Lord Patten said: ‘I would give national parliaments a greater role in the legislative process and policy making in Brussels.
Weak Brussels: Lord Patten, who is also a former European Commissioner, said the problem with Brussels as it faced up to such problems was its lack of accountability
Weak Brussels: Lord Patten, who is also a former European Commissioner, said the problem with Brussels as it faced up to such problems was its lack of accountability
‘I would give them a red card as well as a yellow card when it came to proportionality and subsidiarity, and secondly I would create a parliamentary body, a sort of senate in Brussels – a body which represented national parliaments and had some kind of overriding view.’
Lord Patten warned against transferring any more power to the European parliament because ‘currently there isn’t any European demos’.
On the growth of power of European institutions, Lord Patten said: ‘I think that at the moment we’re in a crazy world. I bet you would hardly find a single European political leader who thought that the right way to get greater accountability into the system would be by giving more power to the European parliament.’
In words which may anger Mr Cameron, Lord Patten also praised German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
He said: ‘Quite interesting how Chancellor Merkel who is probably the most successful politician in Europe at the moment, has been very nervous of ever embracing any agenda for radical change.
‘If you look at the agenda, which she has agreed with her allies in the coalition you can see that confirmed.’
There were also stern words about Russia, whom Lord Patten suggested was living up to its international role as a ‘trouble maker’.
Referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin and to the disgraced former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, Lord Patten said: ‘In Europe we have been pretty weedy, as schoolboys would say, in the way we have dealt with Russia in the European Union.
Lord Patten said: ¿In Europe we have been pretty weedy, as schoolboys would say, in the way we have dealt with Russia in the European Union.
Weedy: Referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin and to the disgraced former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, Lord Patten said, 'In Europe we have been pretty weedy, as schoolboys would say, in the way we have dealt with Russia in the European Union'
‘And I think we’re being pretty weedy at the moment in the way we are debating the future of the Eastern partnership and those countries which escaped the Russian empire of the 1970s and 80s and which Mr Putin would like to have back in the hutch.
‘Russia is of course a country with a great history, with great literature and artistic tradition but I don’t see much of that in Mr Putin frankly, and I’m not surprised that his best European friend is Mr Berlusconi.’
Lord Patten was a speaking about international affairs and answering questions on Thursday at an evening celebrating the purchase of the Ambassador’s Residence in Paris by the Duke of Wellington. It was hosted by the current Ambassador, Sir Peter Ricketts.
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