You've been looking in the wrong direction, the dangers are coming from the right.

If they'd read this thread, they'd be gone off looking for the Left Wing government that was supposedly already in place in Ireland.

And I'm guessing by this, you don't think that that is the case.

The Gary Lineker incident this week has shone a very bright light on UK government strategy and messaging and that of their supporters within the media.

The leading of the 10pm news on BBC 1 with Gary Lineker tweet rather than the legislation that it referred to was a very significant media in the story of how the media operates.

The UN, Amnesty, the EU all came out to say that they are either extremely concerned about this bill, or that it is outright illegal and yet the most influential news outlet in the country (and one with huge standing worldwide) led with commenting on how a contracted sports presenter commented on it on his private twitter account and reported that he would be spoken to about keeping such views private and to not say anything that could indicate a bias on the part of the organization.

Bear in mind that this was the reaction when at the same time when the BBC chairman reportedly was involved in arranging a loan for Boris Johnson in the weeks before Johnson appointed him to his role. Also, a board member went from the BBC to the role of communications director at Number 10 Downing Street and then back to the BBC for his role on the board.

Alan Sugar, of the Apprentice, Jeremy Clarkson (formerly of Top Gear) both have history of expressing very strong political views while being connected with the BBC without any comment on them doing so from top brass iirc, but definitely not leading the nightly news with the fact that they said whatever it was.

And anyone paying any sort of attention to BBC political coverage and the people involved could not pretend that Laura Keunnsberg and Fiona Bruce don't do a pretty poor job of hiding any bias that they may possess in their private life. Andrew Neil actually led a very politically motivated magazine while actually being the head political commentator within the BBC (before he went on to launch a right wing channel. lol).

And I'm not saying that these people shouldn't have biases. they're human, of course they're going to have opinions and it is not easy to keep them hidden at all times though Laura and Fiona have significantly let the mask slip in recent years. But the targeting of Lineker in the manner in which he was targeted this week is very very telling.

Some humorous outcomes of the week was people like Julia Hartely-Brewer who spends so much time complaining about Woke Cancel Culture taking a break from that to demand that Lineker be fired without a hint of irony.

But, the biggest message here, and why the whole thing is so relevant, and why Lineker was scapegoated as he was (or attempted to be) was that this whole government policy is so misguided, and being done to deflect from the real issues people in the UK are continually dealing with by pointing the finger at vulnerable people in the week after tens of people like them died in the waters of the Mediterranean.

Massively increased utility bills (while energy companies post record profits), a crumbling NHS with people spending several hours waiting for Ambulances, lack of trust in police after very negative events, strikes in virtually all key industries because people are just so beaten down with trying to make ends meet in the current economy.

And what is the elephant in the room here that I haven't mentioned yet? Brexit! That has influenced everything and the reason Rishi Sunak is standing behind a dais this week with the words 'Stop the Boat's' on it and why Suella Braverman is attempting to introduce such policies is because it deflects from everything else and creates a culture war to both distract from the real problems, and bring their supporters out in force. Cue thread title. Again.

There is when its one groups subjective version of what is 'order' and 'national pride' though no?

From the article. Bold mine.

A - You should edit your post

B - What difference does it make and how would it have been rabble rousing to leave it out which they didn't do anyway?

Sorry, do we have to post an entire article now?

The first paragraph states that the Guardian has been told the reason for them not broadcasting the episode.

Do you really think the BBC are going to put their hand up immediately and state, Yep that's why we did it? If they were that morally upstanding, there'd have been no conversation about Lineker this week.