Know Better

As Boris Johnson calls for MPs to be banned from appearing on RT, on which his own father recently appeared, the question presents itself of why no one else ever asks those particular elected parliamentarians to appear.

The media Establishment is still trotting out the BBC's barefaced lie about Laura Kuenssberg's invisible bodyguard at the Labour Party Conference, and it is preparing to present awards to the likes of Janan "Corbyn supporters are as thick as pigshit" Ganesh and Nick "Chris Williamson is like Mussolini" Cohen, both of whom it regards as on the Left, so limited is its social circle.

"The BBC is no better" is a useful riposte, not least because of its accuracy. "How can you possibly appear on LBC, or on After The News, or in one of the Murdoch, Barclay or Rothermere papers?" "The BBC is no better." And it isn't. "How can you possibly appear on RT, or on Sputnik (the radio station), or on George Galloway talkRADIO programme, or in the Morning Star?" "The BBC is no better." And it isn't.

Indeed, there is nothing on it as intelligent or as balanced as Going Underground, or Sputnik (the television programme), or The Mother of All Talk Shows. It is no wonder that the more thoughtful Conservatives and right-wing commentators wish to be on them. Their colleagues who have never been invited need to look to themselves.