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WANT TO STOP BBC BIAS AGAINST BREXIT?

Despite the vote for Brexit, the BBC output remains massively opposed to withdrawal from the EU. It is required by law to be impartial, but is not. At the same time, its complaints procedure is not fit for purpose. It is designed mainly to protect the BBC. With the process of Brexit now underway, it is vital that pressure is applied to force it to become properly fair. That is the purpose of this site.

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This site has been created by News-watch. We have been monitoring the BBC’s output for 17 years and thus have unmatched experience and expertise. Our reports are already read at the highest level, and our purpose now is to ensure that the issues involved in the UK’s withdrawal from the EU are properly covered. But we have limited resources, so we need your help. The BBC’s output is massive and a main tactic is to defend against accusations of bias by claiming that balancing material elsewhere has been missed. Every complaint registered here will be considered carefully and used as an essential part of our monitoring efforts and analysis.

News-watch is continuing its monitoring throughout the process of withdrawal, using new technology that allows the recording and searching in retrospect of a greater range of BBC output than has ever been possible. This will allow us to attack the BBC’s phoney defences more effectively. We are analysing with unprecedented range and depth areas such as content themes, the editorial stance of individual programmes, or the approach presenters over time.

We intend to put intense pressure on the BBC high command as Brexit unfolds. BBC Complaints will be a core part of that process. It is an easy-to-use conduit for you to be fully engaged in holding the Corporation to account.

Report EU Bias

Our hope is that you will alert us to as many examples as possible of BBC EU bias. Please register your observations below. We’ll feature some of the most interesting contributions on the site, and create an archive of complaints that will serve as a clear record of the Corporation’s failings.

We’re not linked to or affiliated with the BBC, and can’t guarantee that we will use your complaint directly in our work. As such, you may also wish to voice your concerns directly to the BBC using the Corporation’s own complaints procedure.

Featured Submissions

In this section are some of the most interesting contributions we’ve received about BBC EU Bias.
Read through them and join the discussion.

World at One BBC Radio 4, 19/03/2018

A news item including children in Wales being questioned about their views on Brexit. Three were interviewed. After two offered their reasons for being against ‘leaving Brexit’, I awaited at least a third one to balance the item with a view reflecting the Welsh vote , if not the entire nation’s. But this is radio 4 . All three , aged 7-11, were against Brexit. As a remain voter, I see every attempt by BBC radio 4 to re-present the vote as an insult to democracy and, in this instance, an embarrassment. I don’t need to resort to presenting the uninformed views of children to reinforce an argument. I would add that I support Wales asking children and young people their opinions.

world at one BBC Radio 4, 19/03/2018

The World At One broadcast today a specific item introduced by statement along the lines of “The majority of over 18 year olds in Wales voted to leave the EU, but what do the children think?”. The article then broadcast the opinions of four 11-year olds, in succession, from a school in Wales. All 4 opinions were anti-Brexit. No pro-Brexit opinion was mentioned. Indeed, the interviewer asked if any other chid wanted to say something, but there was no response. I have to ask, what on Earth do the BBC think they are doing interviewing 11-year old children, in a school group environment, as part of a serious news programme?! Does the BBC not understand child psychology, or child peer pressure in a group environment? Does the BBC really think that 11-year olds are capable of expressing independent thought or opinions with no influence from parents or teachers? Did their parents approve of their children being broadcast? Were their parents and teachers pro- or ante-Brexit? – that would have been relevant. Such exploitation of children in furtherance of an anti-Brexit agenda is intolerable.

BBC News BBC1, 01/03/2018

Interview with Rachel Reeves MP regarding damage to the UK car industry if there is no deal and the U.K. leaves on WTO terms. Ms. Reeves spent a lot of time listing all the perceived damage to the U.K. car manufacturers , including the loss of thousands of U.K. jobs. Her prophesies were treated as fact and there was no one present to describe the far greater damage to EU manufacturers from trading on WTO tariffs. This interview confirmed my suspicion of BBC bias in favour of remainers and a little research has uncovered reports of many similar imbalances. The BBC needs to produce a series of reports, describing the EU, how it works, where the main EU institutions are situated, which countries benefit most from their membership, trade flows between member countries, etc. More facts please and less bias.

Today BBC Radio 4, 27/02/2018

The lady interviewer of Boris Johnson was clearly biased in favour of staying in the EU. She was recounting Labour’s latest revision of its position as if it were the answer to all outstanding issues in negotiations with the EU (which it is not), without any acceptance that remaining in the Customs Union would limit our freedom to negotiate trade deals for ourselves. Mr Johnson’s attempt to point out with facts that our growth rates in trade with countries outside the EU are and have been growing faster than our trade within the EU were drowned out by her continuously speaking over him and stating what were obviously her strongly held personal views in favour of remaining in the Customs Union.

Today BBC Radio 4, 21/02/2018

Under the terms of its Charter, the BBC has a duty to be impartial in reporting on all matters, be they social, economic, political, or other topics. By implication this duty should extend to representing the views of all UK citizens, including those held by the 17.4 million people who voted to leave the EU. The most blatant offender breaching this duty whenever the opportunity arises is Nick Robinson, co-presenter on the BBC 4 ‘Today’ programme. This morning Robinson took BBC pro-EU bias to a new level when interviewing a range of no doubt carefully selected individuals, among whom were officials in Calais, a representative of carmaker Citroen / Peugeot and a former French ambassador to the UK. During each interview Robinson posed leading questions clearly designed to elicit the most dire and catastrophic predictions of what lies ahead for the UK once we leave the EU e.g. we will become a third world country, there will be colossal logjams at Channel ports, French car imports to UK will plummet, and so on. What the BBC has so far failed to report is the positive news emerging yesterday in an exclusive report in Business Insider about a change of tack in the EU negotiating position whereby the European Parliament is to call for Britain to have ‘privileged’ single market access after Brexit. http://uk.businessinsider.com/european-parliament-brexit-resolution-association-agreement-single-market-2018-2 Could it be that the BBC takes such a negative view of Brexit because of a hidden agenda aimed at securing further EU grants over and above the £3million awarded a few years ago, which was ostensibly to fund the costs of unspecified research and development projects?

Question time BBC1, 08/02/2018

Once more Question Time continuously invites “Remain” speakers v “Brexiteers” on a ratio of 2 or 3 to one, even 4 if you include Dimbleby. Newsnight with Evan Davis, a rabid Farage hater, is another example of bias. All my long life the Beeb was balanced on Political coverage. Now it opines openly against Brexit and Sopel’s predjudice on the News Channels about Trump are sad. His sneering embitterments at being banned from the White House, broadcast now in front of the railings aren’t worth watching, buy the Guardian instead. From Ian Hislop to Jo Cockburn this band of metro do-gooders are so predictable it’s nauseous to endure.

Mash Report BBC1, 08/02/2018

Significant time, and at least 4 bashes at BREXIT/BREXIT supporters with no balance despite the fact that George Soros, “The man who broke the Bank of England” has just given £400,000 to the remain campaign. He is a Hungarian American who made at least $1 Billion dollars at the expense of the UK government in 1992. What is his motivation this time. He can obviously see a quick buck to be made. There was no mention of this, yet this is a significant potential threat to UK democracy. This is not the first time this program has shown extensive bias. I can only think of one occasion when they have poked fun at the Remain campaigners, yet they are constantly bashing BREXIT. It’s outrageous the BBC allow this level of bias. Where is the balance i their BREXIT coverage? I’m not seeing it.

Wake up to Money 11.1.18 BBC Radio Five Live, 11/01/2018

Misinformation about UK-EU trade un-challeneged by presenters and uncorrected after request to correct: Jane Foley, of Rabo Bank, a regular commentator on 5 Live & Radio 4, stated that most UK trade goes to the EU: this is not correct, a maximum of 44% of UK trade is attributed to EU destinations. Of this 44% a significant proportion, while initially going to EU ports such as Rotterdam, is actually in transit and destined for non-EU countries, so is not trade with the EU. I texted requesting a correction which was ignored, thus perpetuating the exaggeration of economic benefit from EU trade as part of the Remain strategy. The apiece was in response to the very good news that UK manufacturing and exports are at the highest level in 10 years. The commentator appeared reluctant to acknowledge how good this news is, and seemed to be trying to use the figures to support the Remain proposition that the UK is dependent on the EU for trade. The BBC should correct such blatantly incorrect misinformation, it chooses not to because of its own very obvious Remain bias.

Jeremy Vine Show BBC Radio 2, 14/12/2017

Almost every day Jeremy Vine uses the subject of the day to reopen the discussion of the possibility of reversing Brexit. His daily bias is so unashamedly transparent it is laughable. I often have to change channels.. He gives unfair advantage to those speaking against Brexit and repeatedly guides the general inferance that people who voted for Brexit were stupid & didnt know what they were doing. Jeremy would be surprised how many Academics, Landowners, business owners, young professionals, farmers, Lawyers, even financial services people here in the North voted to leave Europe and knew exactly why and what the immediate and long term consequences would be and will be. This was a democratic decision by the largest electoral turnout in history and Jeremy Vine and the wider BBC need to accept it or I am afraid your days as an independent and impartial broadcaster are over. NOBODY in this country wants a State TV service like in North Korea and the BBC is fast becoming such. The BBC used to be impartial..But no more, and everybody knows it. It is a big shame because the technical quality of the service is second to none.

BBC News Website BBC Online, 14/12/2017

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42330511 A typically anti brexit passive aggressive BBC article. Brits remain Europe’s biggest buyers of touring caravans and the UK market is second only to the US. John Lally, head of the industry body, the NCC, attributes this rise in sales to a change in holiday behaviour. The slide in the value of the pound since the EU referendum has made that decision easier for many, he adds: “Regardless of Brexit… people still want to go on holiday, ‘staycations’ are becoming more popular.”

Today BBC4, 01/12/2017

Whenever the BBC refers to a no deal Brexit it is always ‘crashing out’ of the EU. There is no such thing as crashing. We will exit to trade comfortably on WTO rules, as do 85% of the countries in the World. Crashing is emotional and meant to instil fear. When one crashes one is injured. There will be no injury if we trade on WTO rules. I have been running a business which exports over a £1.0 million in services a year for 30 years. I have always refused to bid for EU work as I find it bureaucratic and biased in favour of the big corporations. Post Brexit I will still continue to trade successfully deal or no deal. Furthermore the BBC reporters appear not to know the difference between the ‘Single’ market(i.e. the regulated EU market) and the European market, which is the market for goods and services in Europe, from which we can never be excluded! Biased or ignorant, I am not sure which.

Question Time BBC1, 07/12/2017

Once again the pro-brexit campaigner was out numbered 3 to 1 by panel members, without Dimbleby’s thinly veiled opposition to anything suggesting leaving the EU. Together with a Karnal Ahmed and Nick Watts in other places, these days the BBC is so unobjective that it’s become boring. The Daily Politics (Jo Cockburn see above), Newsnight (Evan Davis) or The Marr programme which is really a ‘remainer’ political broadcast with the namesake embarrassingly complete Brussels advocate. David Dimbleby’s insistence that the audience is ‘selected’ to avoid bias is simply axiomatically disproportionate to view. Doesn’t anyone in the BBC actually watch what happens objectively any more. I’m 72 years of age and was (up till the Referendum) an avid lifetime follower of the Beeb’s current affairs programmes including ‘Today’ and Jonathen Dimbleby’s Radio 4 audio alternate to his brother’s visual presentation. My life now has something missing, trust and a real feeling of dispossession …

The World This Weekend BBC Radio 4, 03/12/2017

It is disgraceful of the BBC to feature regular interviews with the discredited former Prime Minister Tony Blair ever since he left office and mainstream politics. As usual Blair spouted sanctimonious drivel in his trademark messianic voice on subjects such as the urgent need for the UK to develop ‘progressive’ (aka lefty) policies for this, that and the other. Prompted by Shaun Ley, the interview inevitably moved onto Brexit whereupon Blair stated categorically that he and his institute, the so-called Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, were going to do everything in their power to reverse Brexit. Ley made few attempts to interrogate these views and left the arrogant Blair to drone on, uninterrupted, for several minutes. Can anyone, apart from the BBC, give credence to a man who ‘misled’ Parliament and along with his ‘best buddy’ George W Bush took the UK into what many believe was an illegal war in Iraq, and is now trying his hardest to thwart democracy? Shame on you BBC: how can you give airtime to a yesterday’s man who clearly hasn’t got a clue about the meaning of the word democracy?

Andrew Marr BBC1, 03/12/2017

Two of the guests who were giving comments on the Sunday Papers were Ayesha Hazarike and Nigel Farage. Ayesha Hazarike continually interrupted and spoke over Nigel Farage during the time he was trying to make his comments, at Andrew Marr’s request, on Brexit and other subjects in the papers. My complaint is that Andrew Marr did nothing to prevent this but allowed these continuing and infuriating interruptions to continue which meant we could not hear what Nigel Farage was trying to say and probably prevented his saying more. Would the BBC please prevent this sort of thing happening in the future by getting Andrew Marr to act as a proper Chairman of the programme. I would add that Andrew Marr is quick enough to interrupt the talk of Brexiteers but not that of Remainers or left-wing speakers which once again shows the BBC’s anti-Brexit bias.

News at Six BBC1, 30/11/2017

Irish Border : Republic and N Ireland. Very old footage of the border was shown during the time of the troubles. A military watch tower loomed in the background. The while tenure and tone was of if NO agreement is reached then it is a step back to the bad old days. In fact there have been no commercial customs in place since 1922 and the Government has stated continually they do not want any physical infrastructure in place at the Irish border. No one does. It’s not in anyone’s interests. As someone who has lived in 5 European countries and worked extensively in Europe over 20 years I’ve seen the EU close up. Consequently I have a very good first hand insight to the EU. Europe is a wonderful place. The EU is not.

Breakfast BBC1, 14/11/2017

We are in our 70s and until a few years ago were staunch supporters of the BBC and its “British” values of fairness, honesty and patriotism, not any more. It seems to us that the BBC has become a pseudo political party in its own right currently engaged in not only outrageous political bias but almost an anti establishment crusade. The announcement by David Davis 13/11/2017 has again brought to our screens the bitter caustic and twisted reporting from Laura Kuenssberg and the inevitable wheeling out of Anna Soubry and Ken Clarke for extended biased interview coverage. Where is the impartiality, where is the balance, where is the opposing view ?? We now switch over to ITV and Aljazeera for a more balanced view and to find out what is happening in the rest of the world not just the ‘Brexit bubble’. There HAS to be something that can be done as we strongly object to funding this political party through our license fee. The answer – Axe the BBC News division from the rest of the corporation and let it become self funding.

6pm news BBC1, 10/11/2017

Your report on progress of negotiations for brexit was not balanced and highly biased. It concentrated on the negatives if agreement was not reached and how bad it would be for U.K. exports. No mention was made of the equally deterimental effect it would have on EU exports to the UK. Again it was followed by a comment from a spokesperson that the transfer of statutes could be reversed. It seems at times from your reporting that it is one way street and that the EU have no vested interest in selling to the almost 70million people in the U.K. Can we please have a balanced view in the future highlighting both positives and negatives for both sides.

News at 10 BBC1, 31/10/2017

The article about the impact of Brexit on dairy farming last night allowed some farmers to give the impression that trade with China would be much easier after Brexit – that the Chinese say it is much easier to deal with one country than twenty seven. Farmers were seen ‘benefiting’ from this new freedom. There was no corrective to this impression – the obvious points being that nothing prevents one country (e.g. the UK) or even one company from trading with China. The complications are in negotiating the underlying treaties with all countries. And, on the evidence, this dairy farmers/ cooperatives/ companies now setting up new trade with China are doing so within the EU – we haven’t left yet. It is important for the BBC not to fall into the trap of uncritical acceptance of Brexit. Half the voters were against it, and those that were for it have not yet been able to say what on earth it means, beyond looking roughly like ‘remain’!

PM BBC Radio 4, 31/10/2017

Seems to me a very shallow report which supposedly assessed the price of “food on your plate” should the EU refuse to agree a trade deal of any sorts as a result of Brexit. It was a highly selective scare story with little scrutiny or challenge. The impression given that we are doomed if we join the huge number of Countries from beyond the EU who trade with Europe ,and the rest of the world , via WTO arrangements and other trade deals, is surely a distorted one ? Why is the BBC seemingly so eager to promote anything negative which so obviously undermines the decision the Country has taken, that is, to leave the E U.?

BBC News at midday BBC Radio 2, 31/10/2017

The growth figure of the EU was used in a report to highlight the lower growth of the UK. You never see this the other way round. I have never heard the growth figure of the UK quoted to highlight the low growth of the EU in the past. Why start comparing now? In the past the growth figure is just stated, not compared. I find it very divisive and misleading. Positive economic stories are spun in spite of brexit while negative ones are spun as because of brexit. The narrative of the BBC is incredibly biased and definately not impartial.

Daily Politics BBC2, 19/10/2017

Jo Coburn interviews John Redmond from leave means leave and Jenny Chapman, Labour shadow Brexit minister. Her line of questioning was very aggressive only towards John Redmond and her interruptions were constant. Conversely she allowed Jenny Chapman uninterrupted and off subject answers to go unquestioned, without interruption. I recorded the Programme and played it back to myself and the bias is extreme. I shall again be complaining to the BBC, unfortunately for the 5th time in a year and the 2nd time about the same interviewer. I did used to like Jo Coburn and in many other subject matters she is able to mask her bias with professionalism, however I believe the BBC either need to remove her from Brexit interviews or give her a major education on current customs procedures under WTO rules, because she is clearly lacking. I say this having worked in the international logistics industry for 38 years including managing the largest inland clearance port in the UK.

Daily Politics BBC2, 19/10/2017

The presenter’s (Joe Coburn) aggression in questioning John Redwood on his pro Brexit stance and his reasoned arguments on why opposers should stop wingeing, was barely contained. His arguments that a no deal situation would not be the disaster she argued, was, in each example, he quoted, aggressively interrupted. Very rarely does the BBC or, indeed any of the other visual media give an even-handed approach. Typically any pro- Brexit contributors who give a positive view on the country’s future are out-numbered by 2:1 or more by contributors giving counter and nearly always intimidatory views. These latter are almost always reinforced by the presenter(s) themselves. The sole exception to this appears, in my view, to be Andrew Neale who is notable for his even-handed questioning. Why don’t Ofcom investigate this issue seriously?

Today BBC4, 14/06/2017

Although we are fully aware of the Radio 4 and wider BBC bias to remain in the EU, it is nevertheless astonishing to hear this morning’s blatant misrepresentation of the government’s position on the exit of the UK from the EU on the Today programme. Consistently throughout this morning the headlines have been quoting Theresa May’s position as being to cut all economic ties with the EU. This is utter rubbish, as the BBC editors will know, she has said we want to negotiate free access to the Single Market and the best possible trading relationship with the EU. Both the Conservative and Labour party had, during the election campaign, committed to leaving the Single Market and Customs Union, although the Labour Party changes its position depending who it is talking to. The BBC is misleading their audience on government policy and, as a publicly funded broadcaster, they need to reassess their position of trust. Many people I know do not trust the BBC and avoid listening to its coverage of the UK’s departure from the EU for that reason.

Today, Business segment BBC Radio 4, 15/06/2017

Subject: Still peddling EU propaganda: UK payment & receipts from the EIB The UK pays into the European Investment Bank, a portion of the funds the UK provides are then returned to the UK, with conditions attached, via the EU’s convoluted bureaucracy in which funding conditions are set by unaccountable bureaucrats unconnnected with the UK’s economy. Khamil Ahmed and the rest of the BBC’s Europhile establishment continue to attempt to mislead those who don’t follow the labyriithyne EU processes into believing that the EU is some kind of beneficient entity that the UK is dependent on for its continued survival. We object very strongly to this peddling of propaganda by a publicly-funded broadcaster.

Victoria Derbyshire BBC2, 17/10/2017

Victoria Derbyshire interview with European correspondent Kevin Connelly following Junker/May joint statement saying they want to accelerate the Brexit negotiations. Connelly said there were 2 interpretations one could make of the agreed statement, and then went on to choose the most pessimistic one as being the more likely. He criticised Theresa May for wanting to limit the amount the U.K. has to pay, but also seemed to be saying that she was only wanting to limit the amount to appease Tory backbenchers rather than to benefit the U.K. as a whole. He moaned about the cost of exiting the EU, saying “no-one can now remember, during the brexit referendum, anybody talking about the idea that it would cost a fortune to get out of the European Union, just as it would cost a lot of money to remain in”. He failed to mention that the amount of money to be paid to exit the EU will be a one off amount (although probably not paid off in one lump sum) as opposed to large and ever increasing contributions going forward if we had chosen to remain.

Victoria Derbyshire Other (please give details in main complaint box), 09/10/2017

BBC news channel. Yet more unwarranted attacks on Mrs May, her leadership and Brexit. Isn’t it time that ALL reporters, are legally bound to report only the facts of the news, not speculation, not ‘story telling’ as the BBC Head of News called it. The media have far too much influence over a lot of the population who believe that what they hear is the truth, rather than that particular reporter’s opinions. News reporting should not be allowed to be hyped up, with reporters becoming actors to try to force their opinions, or those of whoever they are working for, on the population.

Mock The Week BBC2, 29/09/2017

When I heard Nish Kumar and James Acaster accuse over half of British voters of being racist for opting to leave the EU I had to re-wind just to confirm that I had understood correctly the gist of their comments! I was astounded. We’ve long had to endure the supercilious quips of Hugh Dennis and other panel members who regularly insinuate that anyone who didn’t vote to remain in the EU is a racist, bigoted, half wit but to make this accusation quite so bluntly was remarkable not only for the incredible ignorance, bitterness and vitriol of the comments but also because these two clowns clearly felt that a BBC programme was a safe platform from which to make these remarks. James Acaster even remarked ‘that won’t make it in’ – indicating his recognition that he had crossed a red line and that the comments would be edited out before being broadcast but clearly this didn’t happen. Comedy is a powerful tool and we should not be naïve enough to think that this is all just a bit of fun. The panel guests are clearly smart and funny people otherwise they wouldn’t be on the TV. They know full well that they have a great deal of influence and that they reach an audience of millions. I appreciate that they feel injured at having lost the political argument but they must not be allowed to abuse their influence by serving up slander thinly disguised as comedy.

BBC News all day BBC4, 29/09/2017

The BBC only told us (with glee and a tone that depicts mockery of British Citizens) how many Brits are applying for Spanish, French, German and Irish Passports. BBC never balanced the report with those EU Citizens who applies for British Citizenship. One would have thought the BBC would easily obtain the UK figures from the Home Office. At the end of the programme, it was disclosed they could actually not obtain official figures from the countries listed. So, ALL has been the BBC making guesses ir cooking up alarming stories. Where is the balance reporting?

BBC News BBC Online, 26/09/2017

BBC once again portrays a doom and gloom story on the main news web page. This is regarding the cost of holidays going up due to the poor pound – “Thomas Cook predicts Spanish holiday prices to rise”. This is contrary to recent surge in the pound which should be celebrated, yet the BBC want to slowly but surely change the publics view on the how Brexit is having negative impact. I believe this is story not worthy of being on the front page or in fact anywhere on the news as it not certain and is somewhat fake news. This is because we don’t know how the pound will end up for next years holiday season and if we did then we should give up our jobs and become a forex investor. I believe the reporting to be a pessimistic view instead of celebrating all the good that has come about and that can come out of Brexit. This is a dumb it down story for the normal Joe public who goes on holiday ,rather than giving them all the facts about the pound rallying . The BBC should be helping promote Britain as after all its the BBC after all, not the EUCC. A 34 yr old engineer from N Ireland.

Today BBC Radio 4, 25/09/2017

Whilst driving to work this morning two key points of bias reporting by BBC Radio 4 morning programme came out of the radio at me and I am sure millions of others. At around 06:15 we heard from Paul Johnson of the Instuite of Fiscal Studies tell us why Brexit is going to be bad for business and that he couldn’t see us replacing lost trade with the EU as we step outside the single market and that this would have a natural impact on jobs. Next up we had Sadiq Khan London Mayor at around 07:50 tell us why he wanted something different for London as London voted to stay part of the EU and that people didn’t vote to make themselves poor along with a number of other negative comments and we had no counter to this from the leave side of the discussion what so ever, BBC (Bias Brooadcasting Corporation) an absolute disgracefull reporting and an all to commond outcome from the BBC reporting bias across its whole structure. The Government need to understand that the Country is in massive debit and we need to trade our way out of this which we will not be able to do whilst remaining part of the European Super State that my parents didn’t vote to join back in 1975 or I voted for since being old enough to vote at the 1983 general election onwards.

“Brexit Neogations have not begun well” BBC Online, 07/08/2017

A typically negative BBC news story about Brexit which appeared on the BBC News website today, the article was an interview given by Simon Fraser who was employed by the foreign office until 2015. He made claims that the Brexit negations hadn’t started particularly well. First point is the BBC doesn’t disclose that Mr Fraser campaigned for the remain campaign, also since leaving his post in 2015 Mr Fraser has been working as a consultant advising business on Brexit. It does make me wonder whether this a personal opinion as I can’t see very many of his ex-colleagues wanting to brief him on the current state of negations Especially when you have articles like this which suggests more progress is being made than what’s being reported by media outlets such as the BBC: https://capx.co/dont-believe-the-bad-news-about-brexit/

Today BBC Radio 4, 02/08/2017

Terrible interview with Polly Toynbee and another person. “Debate” on the effects of Brexit re farming and food production. There was no debate, the interviewees were purely ruminating on the possible effects of Brexit on food production and farming subsidy. There were no facts, statistics etc just highly pessimistic speculation. Neither clearly knew anything about it, the gentleman simply agreed with Ms Toynbee. Phrases such as “people did not realise this when they voted for Brexit” were clearly heard, along with terrible cheap American food flooding into the UK.

Newsnight BBC2, 28/07/2017

Kirsty Wark seemed way out of her depth & getting confused with her subject matter, following Newsnight’s Business Editor Helen Thomas’s piece on aviation post-Brexit, including Open Sky agreements, which finished with the suggestion that “we may be in for a very bumpy ride”. Kirsty interviewed a seemingly staunch pro-Remain studio guest, aviation economist Peter Morris of Flight Global, then when her other guest Jacqueline Foster MEP, a Transport spokesman specialising in this area in Brussels, (this reference conspicuously omitted from KW’s introduction) spoke via video link & corrected some misleading statements & those from the studio guest, she was cut off by Kirsty Wark who continued instead putting questions to Peter Morris. When she did eventually get to speak, and asked KW to allow her to finish, Jacqueline Foster referred to KW’s studio guest being extremely negative. When she said “I have to take on board & challenge some of the points your studio guest is raising”, Kirsty Wark cut her off again, saying “very briefly back to my guest here in the studio”, allowing Peter Morris the final say before bringing the interview to a close, with Jacqueline Foster seen -& ignored by Kirsty Wark- on screen in the background continuing to speak ,but her comments unheard by the viewers. This was very rude and yet again an example of how the BBC continues to misrepresent and mis-report anything Brexit, on this occasion by stifling argument to their preferred position. Last night’s imbalanced interviews were quite disgraceful and left me shaking with anger; it was so predictably one-sided. God knows how Jacqueline Foster must’ve felt at the way she was treated, constantly interrupted by the interviewer. She said during the interview that she was at a distinct disadvantage by not being in the studio where she would’ve been better situated to properly take issue with some of the negative & misleading comments coming from Kirsty Wark’s studio guest Peter Morris. There was some irony too in the previous night’s Newsnight programme with Kirsty Wark discussing with 2 studio guests the topic of the use of that word “elite”. But there were no references (surprise, surprise) to mounting accusations directed at the BBC for their contribution within the mainstream media of “liberal elite ” negative criticism of anything Brexit.

BBC News at Ten BBC1, 25/07/2017

My complaint is about the bias of the News at Ten on the item on Food Hygiene and particularly the care of chickens. It was a scare-mongering one-sided story that has not even about to happen. It is not only the EU that can legislate on food hygiene, Britain did it for years before the EU was started and it had much higher standards than the European countries before the EU. It is ludicrous to suggest that we be accepting lower standards from either the USA or the EU. Ww certainly will not, the public will not allow it. Have you investigated the pork husbandry of the Dutch? The BBC constantly neglects to mention the enormous possible benefits to Britain of leaving the colossally expensive Common Agricultural Policy. We need more optimistic views from those who are looking forward to Brexit and less views from your reporters. You regularly sink to the lowest professional standards with the use of VOX POPs which are meaningless as they depend entirely on the editorial involvement. You seem to regard your audience with contempt. You use disagreement and disharmony to cause fear and bias. We are all going to live with the outcome of Brexit. The BBC News has a responsibility to help us understand the truthful situation and hear from those who really know their subjects from both sides at the same time. You have forgotten you are a public broadcasting organisation representing the people not your own prejudices.

BBC News at 10 BBC1, 10/07/2017

Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull and Theresa May yesterday held a press conference at No.10 Downing Street. Mr Turnbull was very positive about a free trade deal with the UK and said he wanted to see one in place as soon as possible after Brexit. The tone of his speech was extremely positive. On the other hand, Laura Kuenssberg (yet again) decided to ignore that positivity and ask negative questions about unrelated subjects in an attempt to make Theresa May foolish. BBC News at 10am covered the news conference, yet strangely they cut the footage of Malcolm Turnbull being positive about our post-Brexit future, and instead changed the entire story to meet Laura Kuenssbergs own self-serving agenda of trying to make the PM look foolish. Even the BBC News site barely covered the positive aspect of the news conference, with the only footage being hidden away as a small story on the Politics sub-pages. It seems increasingly apparent that the BBC will do it’s utmost to put a negative spin on any Brexit story and make it headline news. Where it is unable to do so, it simply buries the story.

Today Programme BBC Radio 4, 10/07/2017

Justin Webb interviewed Guy Verhofstadt, the EU parliament’s representative to the Brexit negotiations. My complaint is that Mr Webb failed to adequately challenge Verhofstadt on the EU parliament’s opposition to the UK Government’s plans for securing EU citizen’s rights after Brexit. The EU wants EU citizens post-brexit to have exactly the same rights as they enjoy now which from a EU perspective is not controversial but needs to be challenged if the requests are unreasonable. The only challenge was when Mr Webb stated (accurately) that this would create a new class of citizenship guaranteed in perpetuity which is of course different from UK citizens whose rights and obligations can be changed with successive parliaments. When Mr Verhofstadt replied that this was not the case (and it most definitely is) Mr Webb simply dropped the point. The obvious point that Mr Webb could have made is that EU citizens currently enjoy some rights that even British citizens do not enjoy such as bringing in spouses from outside the EU without restriction. Why should this continue post-brexit? The other point which Mr Webb alluded to but did not expand on is that it is a fundamental part of our constitution that one parliament cannot bind another. Could he not have put to Verhofstadt that it is a bit much to ask the UK to change its constitution in order to safeguard EU citizens’ rights when the UK would never ask France, Belgium, Germany etc to do the same. Next he asked whether the EU would expect these rights to be overseen by the CJEU (the European Court of Justice) to which the reply was yes. Again there was no challenge to this. The obvious point is that post-brexit the CJEU will effectively be a foreign court to which the UK is not a signatory. The UK does not allow the US supreme court to govern the rights of US citizens in the UK or the Indian Supreme court to govern the rights of Indian nationals in the UK? To allow the CJEU to have this jurisdictional oversight would be unprecedented and not something that any sovereign nation could agree to. There is also no precedent (to my knowledge) of any other bi-lateral treaty with the EU coming under the jurisdiction of the CJEU for the simple reason that no other country would accept it (example: the latest EU trade deal with Canada.) The third reason is the patent unfairness of having the EU choose its own court to be the arbiter of EU and UK citizens’ rights post-brexit. None of this was put to Mr Verhofstadt. Let me be clear, these are NOT pro-brexit points – simply points relating to the legal and constitutional status of the UK vis a vis the EU post-brexit. The interview ended with an incredibly bland and non-substantive point from Mr Webb that the EU parliament would not have much power as this would be decided by the nation states – a point easily rebutted by Verhofstadt as he is the lead negotiator for the EU parliament and rightly stated that the parliament has a veto on the withdrawal treaty. If you listen to the interview again, it is clear that Mr Verhofstadt’s views are not challenged adequately and his most outrageous points (from a UK perspective, although perfectly understandable from a EU perspective) are treated with undue reverence (compare with Evan Davies asking David Jones “what planet are you living on” on Newsnight 28th June 2017.) One might reasonably ask what planet Mr Verhofstadt is living on if he thinks post-brexit that EU citizens should have ... Read More

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This is a continued and long standing complaint. The BBC will not mention that we have a constitution and in fact Nick Robinson on the Today programme repeated the Government lie that we do not have a written constitution. We do and it goes back to Magna Carta and developed over time. It was considered by the Americans so good that they virtually copied it when they wrote their own constitution. WHAT HAS THAT GOT TO DO WITH BREXIT? you may ask. Our constitution states that my and your sovereignty cannot be given away to another country unless we have been defeated in a war. This makes all our treaties with the EU unlawful. This was confirmed by Lord KIlmuir’s letter to Edward Heath. Lord Kilmuir was the top law officer in the land. This letter was hidden for thirty years and because the media are controlled will never be mentioned or discussed. Make no mistake dear reader we are not leaving the EU. Negotiating using the Lisbon treaty is a diversion to ensure we stay in. We should just walk away. The BBC is your enemy and controlled by the globalist forces who created the EU.

Mock the Week BBC1, 05/07/2017

It’s hard to pin down bias specifics in comedy but it’s all pervasive in the direct and indirect comments made by the panel whenever reference is made to Brexit. One particular example was a comment made on 7:00 minutes when one of the panellists compares leaving the EU to a divorce when the leaving party does not retain or gain anything but is only the loser in the situation. This kind of comment is held in high regard and plays along with the narrative of, “we’re all in this together laughing at how foolish the Brexit vote is”. It’s so condescending! Have they forgotten that millions voted for Brexit? They’re not all fools!

Brexit: What’s Next? BBC1, 26/07/2017

Katya Adler and Kamal Ahmed attempted a re-run of the Remain campaign and brexit polemic. No upside potential was suggested for leaving the EU, such as new world trade opportunities and making our own UK laws, which was certainly nothing like the impassioned pitch made by the programme, EU and UK extreme remain commentators. The rhetoric that was so squarely on the side of remaining in the EU missed an opportunity for a balanced view of both sides of the argument. There was an air of scaremongering and stark warnings of no “cake” on UK plates when we leave the EU, but plenty of “salt and vinegar”. However, in the UK only a fortunate few ever had cake and the majority only ever had salt and vinegar, the majority of which stand to lose little or nothing. Therefore, why was 17.4 million leave voters and potential TV license fee payers suffering this tendentious nonsense barely considered in this programme?

Newsnight BBC2, 28/06/2017

Evan Davis declared to David Jones MP, ‘Theresa May’s plan for Brexit’ was one ‘which clearly didn’t grab the population in the election’. “I don’t think it was that,” Jones politely responded, “I think frankly the big issues were other non-Brexit-related issues, most particularly the issue of social care but also one or two other issues too. But I think so far as Brexit is concerned, we are now in the position where 80 per cent of the electorate of this country voted for parties who want to take Britain out of the EU.” The arrogant, EU biased response: “Sorry, what planet are you on? Davis, obviously cannot retain a professional attitude when interviewing anyone who diasagrees with his Remainer motivation. Witness the rudery he utilised against Nigel Farage in his series of interviews during the 2015 election campaign, which was stunning in its unequivocal presentation of complete contempt.

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Programme Date:16/03/2018, BBC1

A report of a close vote in Thatcham to use historically public open land to build a new school was alluded to by the reporter to mirror the divisive UK vote for Brexit. Surely it was just an important vote in a small community which effectively impacted to similar effect to both sides or the problem and Brexit had no relevance in the vote. To me this was an example of an inexperienced reporter trying to be cutting edge and probably reflects Thee BBC Remain preference.

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Programme Date:11/03/2018, BBC1

While listening to date line london every single member of this panel was pro eu. There was no balance whatsoever. I observed with my own eyes and ears that the bbc is biased. This is a disgrace, i dont pay my tv licence to listen to a remainer patronise every one. The bbc should be reminded that many people who are licence holders voted leave. Therefore your presenters should reflect this.

Author:Anthony
BBC News website

Programme Date:12/03/2018, BBC Online

On the main page under the ‘Full Story’ section there is an editorial piece entitled ‘Have voters changed their minds on Brexit?’ yet hidden away in ‘World – Europe’ a story about the cronyism of the EU Commission – ‘Martin Selmayr: The man at the heart of a Brussels saga’. Clearly the BBC is still attempting to push their agenda. There is no need for the editorial piece and isn’t ‘news’ other than to sway public opinion that another referendum is needed / wanted.

Author:Nomad
Dateline London

Programme Date:03/03/2018,

An otherwise worthwhile programme, in picking its guests, displays a consistent bias against Brexit. With only a few rare exceptions, hardly any of the guests have anything positive to say on the subject, so any claim of balance is laughable. And as someone who lives outside the “London Media Bubble” I have to say that the contempt shown by the producers of this programme towards the rest of the viewing UK, is the reason the reputation of the BBC is so low. The blatant bias exemplified particularly by the last 2 shows, has now stopped me (and others) watching what was previously a commendable programme.

Author:Maggie123
BBC newswatch

Programme Date:02/03/2018, BBC1

The very first politician interviewed by the BBC after Theresa May’s brexit speech? The well known remainer troublemaker Anna Soubry. No other politicians in favour were interviewed.. it’s bias bias bias all the way with the Brexit bashing BBC. Sick of paying my licence fee for it

Author:Chris4614
Today

Programme Date:02/03/2018, BBC1

Anna Soubry at least 3 times before 3pm on BBC today. The breakfast programme on Radio 4, the lunchtime politics, Afternoon Live. Every time I tried to hear the news, I was subjected to an anti-Brexit rant from this zealot, totally uncontradicted by a balanced view. And she’s on again on Question Time. Also, I am fed up with hearing anything from the discredited ex- PM Tony Blair. Every time he speaks the BBC gives him a lot of air time, usually unbalanced, and provides him with a platform for his views.

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David 7th November 2017 at 10:46 pm on BBC newsBoth my Grandfathers along with countless other fathers fought in WW1 and WW2 to stop Germany taking the upper hand The BBC and all remoaners should be tried for treason and be dealt the same deal as Guy Fawkes
John Foley Nicholson 14th October 2017 at 6:20 pm on Graham NortonOnce again BBC shows its bias...having Hillary Clinton on Norton next week is the bottom of the standard. Will he ask her about how she defended her husband when he abused woman. She is part of the left side of American Politics. She should NOT be on this platform.
MS LORRAINE C DAVIDSON 13th October 2017 at 8:33 pm on BreakfastYes and I wish Nick Clegg would get the message from him loosing his seat as MP. That we do not want to hear, or read about him and his book for Remoaners, and dope promoting think tank. Why does he not move to Spain, or Holland if he thinks the EU is so great.
Sandra wilcock 12th October 2017 at 3:38 pm on The Andrew Marr ShowSeems to be the case with BBC programmes these days, anti Brexit which has been shown so many times by multi BBC programmes, I'm a woman born in 1950s and they never show anything of the women demonstrating at parliament or conservative conference for 2 examples despite many MPs of all parties supporting the WASPI campaign !!a
jack saunders 12th October 2017 at 11:18 am on Alan Bennett’s DiariesI resent being called a coward by Alan Bennett because I voted to come out of the EU. Mr Bennett must be afraid of standing on his own two feet and would rather be ruled by a bunch of unelected bureaucrats. I would remind him of the words of Benjamin Franklin "If you sacrifice your political independence for financial gain, shortly you will lose both"
G Horton 11th October 2017 at 11:03 pm on Laura Kuenssberg BBC Political EditorI agree with all of the above. LEFT WING LAURA is a disgrace.
Henry Harryman 11th October 2017 at 8:44 pm on Laura Kuenssberg BBC Political EditorTotally agree. Her biased anti government / conservative reporting goes from bad to worse coupled with personal attacks on Teresa May. I fear she is merely the mouthpiece for a left wing BCC bias, So much for the valued impartiality of the BBC,
MS LORRAINE C DAVIDSON 11th October 2017 at 4:38 pm on Emma Barnett, Radio-5-LiveIt was disgusting Emma Barnett interview of Nick Clegg if he was a conservative she would of questioned him like she usually does Conservatives. How come Emma Barnett let Nick Clegg say that we older voters in the EU Referendem have negatively affected young peoples future. Which is not true. When My future was very badly affected by older voters than me, who voted in the 1970's to drag me who was young slyly into the awful EU , deceitfully pretending first it was a common market. Emma did not question him on this. The whole radio and media has
Muhammad Imran 8th October 2017 at 1:08 pm on Emma Barnett, Radio-5-LiveNot only on this subject but other issues, Emma Barnett is so biased, Needs to take a lesson or two from Adrian Childs
Ian Stone 7th October 2017 at 3:48 pm on Have I got News for YouA disgraceful display from the so-called 'unbiased' BBC. This was Tory bashing no less. There were four recent party conferences, but this programme got its cheap laughs from the Tory conference. I thought there were more laughs from the Labour conference. Only one sentence covered that one. The Lib Dem conference got a similar one liner - to titters around the obviously lefty audience. The UKIP conference didn't even get a mention although there was real news in the election of a new leader. Tory bashing from start to finish was not what I was looking forward to. It was

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