At the weekend I tweeted a lot about the Rwanda trip arranged by UK Home Office and the exclusion of journalists clearly opposed to recent legislation. Today I bought a print copy of Guardian and i but can find nothing that explains how the journalism was arranged.
There was some online reporting. Independent reports Ed Davey speech. He objected to the exclusion of journalists and claimed it showed Rwanda as a "vanity project" . But I cannot find this reported in i or Guardian. Yesterday Sophy Ridge asked about it but not BBC.
On Twitter I now find an update from Deputy Chairman of Conservative Party / GB News presenter
As this continues it is clear there is a trolling operation with journalists as the target. Only GB News Mail Sun Telegraph Express are accepted as allowed to join the photo trip. Have I got this wrong ? If ITN or Channel 4 were invited please let me know. I am basing this on recent tweets. BBC managed to get accreditation for a local reporter but were not on the plane.
So as far as I can tell this is not a story apart from one question from Sky News and a speech from Ed Davey that was not reported in print. Again, links or clues welcome.
This is alarming. This blog has been mostly about Brexit but the same concerns continue with related issues. European Courts now have the role of an enemy to be blamed for UK policy failures. "Annoying the right people" means lawyers and journalists. "GB" news is actually funded and close to USA polarised opinion. ( By the way if it is worth losing billions to get Trump back on Twitter the losses in tens of millions may be sustainable ) .
Maybe this sort of trolling should be ignored. But then it looks as if the BBC is happy to be excluded and then continue to repeat lines from #No10Sources anyway. Is there any point at which they do public in self defence ? Guardian may explain what they think is happening with media.
The actual numbers on immigration are not well reported. the PM pledge is just "to stop the boats" . The evidence for energy appears to be the numbers of people upset. Where is this heading?
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