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Bluenorthwest

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3. Where are those folks who usually tell us UK media is run by saints and angels

Reply to MichaelMcGuire (Original post)

Tue Nov 27, 2012, 08:29 AM

Nov 2012

unlike our own which is all weather reports and Honey Boo Boo? I predict that like the BBC on Gilbert, they will fall atypically silent on the subject.

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Former Labour Minister Lord Gilbert made the plea to drop neutron bombs on Pakistan and Afghans [View all] MichaelMcGuire Nov 2012 OP

Even the House of Lords pretty much told Lord Gilbert to STFU. Bolo Boffin Nov 2012 #1

They are going to be adding 80 new lords soon. So much for reform. MichaelMcGuire Nov 2012 #2

He was an elected MP and given a life peerage after his retirement from the Commons. Spider Jerusalem Nov 2012 #4

And he's an aristocrat now. n/t Bolo Boffin Nov 2012 #6

Nope. Spider Jerusalem Nov 2012 #7

Sitting in the House of Lords and he's not an aristocrat "in any meaningful sense"? Bolo Boffin Nov 2012 #9

No, he's not. Spider Jerusalem Nov 2012 #11

Relax. Bolo Boffin Nov 2012 #13

Where are those folks who usually tell us UK media is run by saints and angels Bluenorthwest Nov 2012 #3

It's just another example of why House of Lords reform should have gone ahead muriel_volestrangler Nov 2012 #8

Well they do have a lot on their plate with scandals of paedophilia at the BBC. MichaelMcGuire Nov 2012 #14

Which is any different... Spider Jerusalem Nov 2012 #5

I'd like to think so. MichaelMcGuire Nov 2012 #16

On top of everything else dsc Nov 2012 #10

That's not my understanding. RudynJack Nov 2012 #12

No, I think dsc is right; the ability to go in shortly afterwards is important muriel_volestrangler Nov 2012 #18

They are known as the Capitalist bomb due to the design to leave buildings alone and max radiation. MichaelMcGuire Nov 2012 #15

"I Just Want You To Think Big, Henry, for Christ's sakes." (VIDEO) Poll_Blind Nov 2012 #17