Criticise RT (and George Galloway) all you like. But only if your own media cover the stories that are on Sputnik and Going Underground.
Last week's Sputnik gave a voice to the Chagossians, and questioned Israel's attitude to IS. Today's gave a voice to the Rohingya, exposed Tony Blair's links to the regime in Burma, and then provided a platform from which the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association was able to state its case against Uber, a company with close ties to David Cameron and his family.
Similarly, if you do not want Jeremy Corbyn on the ballot for Labour Leader, then whom do you propose instead to state the case against austerity, against the neoconservative war agenda, against Trident, against the assault on civil liberties, on behalf of the Chagossians, against the regime in Sri Lanka, on behalf of the Dalits, and against the caste-based discrimination that the Government has promised to relegalise in this country?
If only RT is covering the stories, and if only one of the Hardest of Hard Left MPs is raising the issues, then the fault is in everyone else.
I won't hear a word against Uber-a Godsend for commuters everywhere.
ReplyDeleteIt saves so much time and money that it's unbelievable-people who could never afford cabs before are actually using them now.
There are no Police checks on the drivers.
DeleteThat's easily sorted. Getting rid of isn't the solution. Do you actually realise how much it saves people on a journey?
ReplyDeleteTaxis-particularly in London-were beyond the reach of most people until it was introduced.
There were other ways of addressing that. The black cabs do not set their own fares. Take a look at the Sputnik programme, it'll be online by now. It is very well worth watching.
DeleteLarge private monopolies like Addison Lee (which charge outrageous fees because they have no competitors) don't like their monopolies being challenged by a new competitor. I'm not surprised.
ReplyDeleteYou always get howls of rage like this whenever an innovative new player enters a stagnant established market.
The big cab firms will get over it. People are migrating to Uber for a reason.
It's cheaper.
I'll watch it when I get a chance.